Shanghai Literary Master, 1980

Just copy the text, don't make it too high-minded! When writing this type of novel, you should try to cater to the tastes of most readers. Don't just write some very niche works, just to make a little complaint. Whether the author accepts it or not doesn't matter!

I love books written by authors who create original works or heavily adapt existing ones. I'm so sick of seeing a bunch of protagonists lining up to plagiarize Wrangler, Garland on the Mountain, To Live, Infiltrate, mess with Zhu Lin, play around with Gong Xue, and take Shi Tiesheng as their underling.

Author, what's the point of your protagonist doing all that research and writing papers at Fudan University? Readers don't understand it, and it's not satisfying. Readers want to see how the protagonist makes money, publishes amazing works, improves his life, and picks up girls. Who cares about your research? It's boring.

So out of touch with reality! Policies started to loosen in the 1980s, and he's not even considering buying a house? A courtyard house in Beijing, a villa in Shanghai—not too big, not even considering future appreciation, and being too far away is pointless, at least he'd be comfortable living there, right? He's in a relationship, doesn't he consider these things at all?

Li Xiaolin was born in 1945 and was the editor-in-chief of "Harvest" magazine. She was 16 years older than the protagonist. Is it appropriate for the protagonist to call her Sister Xiaolin?

It's very well written. The opening scene in Shanghai is refreshing, and maintaining this level of quality shouldn't be difficult.

Pottery

Finally, it's not Beijing. Peking University and Shanghai are fine, but why Tao Huimin again? Seriously, has this subject been overused?

The first chapter was actually quite good, but the entry point was poor. Choosing to write literary criticism makes it uninteresting; why would readers have any expectations for a review? Also, the focus should be on the plot. A brief mention of academic details is enough; readers won't bother reading them anyway. What's the point of going into so much detail? You could have waited for the plot to unfold before delving into those details, instead of starting like this from the beginning.

Speaking of Shanghai and literary giants, I'm reminded of Xu Laosan, the man who led an army of 300,000 and said he'd lose half if he surrendered. The key point is that he's surnamed Xu; the locals have nothing to say, hahaha.