In the town at the foot of Wudang Mountain, there is a small tea shop selling tea.
This kind of small tea shop not only sells tea, but also sells food.
Now, it is the time of day when the small tea shop has the least business. Apart from the boss, there are only two people in the whole tea shop.
"This brother, who came to drink tea so early, must be a tea lover."
After Huang Xiaoshi shamelessly sat down, he placed a baggage in his hand on the table and slowly opened it.
"A friend just gave me some Wudang black tea.
We are destined to meet each other. I wonder if my brother would be interested in having tea with me?"
Huang Xiaoshi seemed to say this very casually, but in fact he was so nervous that his toes almost pierced the soles of his shoes.
This is the first time Huang Xiaoshi has spoken face-to-face with the Xu brothers. Although he has thought about how to speak on hundreds of occasions in his mind, but when he met a real person, Huang Xiaoshi's temperament at this time,
It’s still hard to escape the tension.
The Xu brothers are far from being comparable to the emperor. If you have to describe them, they are "gods" in this world.
When facing “God”, one should be in awe.
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"I didn't expect that this brother is also a tea lover." Xu Ziyi smiled gently at Huang Xiaoshi and said, "That means being respectful is not as good as obeying orders."
After hearing Xu Ziyi's words, Huang Xiaoshi kept the smile on his face and breathed out slowly in his heart.
After the first sentence, 99% of Huang Xiaoshi's nervousness disappeared at once, because Xu Ziyi's simple reply expressed too many meanings.
The simplest and easiest way to understand it is to be willing to communicate.
Huang Xiaoshi has long known that the Xu brothers are actually very approachable in normal times, but he has never dared to contact them because Huang Xiaoshi was not sure what the consequences would be if he came into contact with the Xu brothers.
To put it at the extreme, Huang Xiaoshi was afraid that he was chatting with the Xu brothers, and suddenly the other party's face darkened, and he said coldly to him: "You [super game] (information exceeds the game frame)." Then he slapped his hand.
Come.
Strictly speaking, as a [player], that is, a time traveler, it is actually very difficult not to [hyper-travel]. If you say something casually, a word may exceed the scope of this world's terms.
Fortunately, through the trash talk that Xiao Xiami has tirelessly sprayed for many years, the language habits of this world are no longer "original", and the risks of [super gaming] have been reduced a lot.
Even so, Huang Xiaoshi habitually thinks about it every time before speaking and tries to replace some words. After so many years of adaptation, Huang Xiaoshi's word usage habits have become very close to those of the native aborigines.
Today is really a great opportunity, and it is also the first time Huang Xiaoshi has encountered such a situation in so many years since he entered this world.
Xu Ziyi actually appeared here to inform him of the news, and he didn't get up and leave immediately after "official business" was done.
When such a scene appeared in front of him, even if Huang Xiaoshi was timid, he knew that now was the time to risk it all.
So Huang Xiaoshi took out the courage to face death and braved it.
Now it seems that it is done.
Later, Huang Xiaoshi took out the black tea that Fang Yunhua had just given to him, borrowed flowers to offer to the Buddha, and asked the boss to bring a pot of boiling water and two tea bowls.
After brewing the black tea, Xu Ziyi drank the tea and introduced Huang Xiaoshi to the science of "Wudang Black Tea". Huang Xiaoshi listened attentively.
After drinking up the pot of tea, Xu Ziyi stood up to say goodbye. Huang Xiaoshi stood up to see them off and gave Xu Ziyi this bag of Wudang black tea.
Then the two parted ways.
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To others, it looked like two people drinking a pot of tea in a small tea shop and chatting about tea, but Huang Xiaoshi benefited a lot from it.
Let’s talk about the biggest problem first.
Why did Jianghu Baixiaosheng appear in front of him?
Jianghu Bai Xiaosheng is not alone. At least Huang Xiaoshi knows that there are two brothers, Xu Ziyi and Xu Ziqi. Whether there are others, he doesn't know.
It doesn't matter who comes today. Even if it is [Nan Xian], [Bei Chou] or anyone else appears in front of Huang Xiaoshi, it doesn't matter who he is.
Jianghu Baixiaosheng represents one identity, that is, GM, game manager.
From this perspective, it is no exaggeration for Huang Xiaoshi to regard them as the "gods" of this world.
From Huang Xiaoshi's understanding, every appearance of Jianghu Baixiaosheng is meaningful. They will not open their identities and wander around in this world. In other words, they have ways to block other people's perceptions of themselves - when they don't want to be
When people see it.
This is why Jianghu Baixiaosheng suddenly appears and disappears.
Even a person of Fang Yunhua's level cannot feel the departure of Jianghu Baixiaosheng. This can only be caused by consciousness shielding.
Therefore, when Jianghu Baixiaosheng appeared in front of Huang Xiaoshi, this was an extraordinary event.
Of course, Jianghu Baixiaosheng has appeared near Huang Xiaoshi many times, but only this time he came specifically for him. On those occasions when he did not come for him, Huang Xiaoshi did not dare to approach him and strike up a conversation.
Thinking of this, Huang Xiaoshi's heart jumped several times.
This shows that Jianghu Baixiaosheng believes that what Huang Xiaoshi is doing or is about to do will have an important impact on the subsequent plot.
Now, the brain-burning moment has come, and Huang Xiaoshi wants to know which thing he did that will produce a huge butterfly effect.
Whether it was snatching the [Sword Book], teaching Yi Lan how to preserve the fetus, or recruiting Shang Jingzhong, or even just giving Yi Lan a divination, or accepting a godson.
The most difficult thing about the Butterfly Effect is that unless you extrapolate from the future or have extremely powerful predictive abilities, it is impossible to determine the source from the very beginning.
Now, Huang Xiaoshi is in extremely serious confusion.
I don’t even know what I’m going to do next, why do you think I can do it?
So, can you tell me which step I walked on?
In other words, I don't know exactly how I know I can do it.
Could you please teach me what to do to succeed?
When his thinking reached this point, Huang Xiaoshi was completely confused.
Huang Xiaoshi needed to think carefully. After throwing a handful of small coins on the table, he stood up and left the tea shop.
When he came to a place where few people visited, Huang Xiaoshi sat under a big tree, leaning against the thick trunk, and started to operate the "Inner Alchemy True Method".
[Inner Alchemy True Method] is an entry-level internal skill, it has only one special effect.
[Phaseless True Method]: Use internal force to offset 30% of the damage, and can stabilize the mind during operation.
What’s extremely funny is that this entry-level internal skill has inherited the advanced special effects of [Small Phaseless Skill], which is as ridiculous as a beggar wearing a golden crown.
Funny as it is, it can really stabilize the mind when running [Inner Alchemy True Method], and it can help Huang Xiaoshi think. This is an extremely rare effect.
After the [Inner Alchemy True Method] was activated, the distracting thoughts in Huang Xiaoshi's mind disappeared immediately, and Huang Xiaoshi's heart became clear and clear.
Huang Xiaoshi immediately realized that he had really thought too much just now.
When you don't know what to do, the easiest way is to just do whatever you want.
Now that Jianghu Baixiaosheng has confirmed that he will create an important plot moment, there are only two situations.
One is that no matter what you choose, it "just happens" to be correct.
The second is that no matter what you choose, it actually doesn't matter.
Putting aside the first inference which is too idealistic, Huang Xiaoshi thinks the second point is more reliable.
In other words, at an important plot moment, this is most likely already a completed action.
Now that it's finished, it's like the exam has been handed in. No matter how worried or anxious it is, it won't help.
Next comes the second question, why did Xu Ziyi stay to accept his chat and drank a pot of tea with him.
The answer to this question is definitely not this clever: because Xu Ziyi doesn't drink.
You must understand that every move of Jianghu Baixiaosheng has a purpose, so it should not be just for drinking tea.
Huang Xiaoshi thought of another possibility, that is, his importance in the entire [script] had increased.
When Huang Xiaoshi was a guest intern in the company, he asked the eldest sister who was responsible for the newcomers in his team a very silly question.
Huang Xiaoshi asked her: "Sister, you have brought so many newcomers, who will leave an impression on you?"
Huang Xiaoshi thought that the eldest sister would answer, what is humorous, what is charming, and what is down-to-earth and diligent.
As a result, the eldest sister gave Huang Xiaoshi a very cold answer. She said: "I only remember the one with the best performance in each session."
This is the truth.
Drinking tea is just a gesture to show that we already know each other and we will meet again in the future.
By the same token, who would Jianghu Baixiaosheng ask for tea?
The ones with the best grades.
The best results here should not be due to the strongest, but the relatively [important role].
In this way, I should have grown from a small shrimp in the world to an important chess piece, no longer an insignificant role.
Now comes the third question, what is an [important role].
What is certain is that this [important character] is by no means the strongest person.
Otherwise, Jianghu Baixiaosheng should have contacted Wuxiazi, Longwang, Jiang Tianxiong, or even Eunuch Chen and Tianwang.
It is also certain that this [important character] is not the most powerful person, so the most powerful people, the emperor and King Cheng, can actually only exist as background panels.
So, how to define "important role"? Shouldn't each role be determined when writing the "script"?
Huang Xiaoshi suddenly realized a very important thing, which even he had judged wrong.
This thing is: why is Dongfang Weiming the protagonist.
This was originally a question that did not require thinking. Dongfang Weiming is not the protagonist, but who is the protagonist?
However, Huang Xiaoshi now knows that the positioning of the character will change. In this way, the protagonist is not decided at the beginning.
Then, why is Dongfang Weiming the protagonist?
This brings us to another prerequisite question: what is a role?
Huang Xiaoshi suddenly thought of the summary of characters given by the teacher in the literature class when he was in college.
"In any story, characters are the tools that drive the development and change of the story."
That’s right, “Tools that drive story development and change.”
If you put it this way, it is relatively simple and clear.
[Script] is a stage, not a story.
[Story] is generated in real time on the stage of [Script], relying on the interactions between countless [Characters].
Jiang Hu Bai Xiaosheng can only control the direction of the [script], but he does not, cannot, and should not even control the performance of the [character] and stipulate what direction the [story] must go.
Yes, the audience doesn't care or pick about the ending of the story, they just want to see a wonderful story.
“[Audiences] just want to see great stories.”
Huang Xiaoshi's ideas suddenly became clear, and he felt that he had cracked the [worldview] of this world.
Don't think about what kind of world this is, but think of this world as a big stage.
There is a carefully designed [script] on the stage, as well as an extremely large number of characters, and countless chaotic events.
Through these chaotic events, the characters performed wonderful stage plays one after another through the guidance of the [script].
What the [audience] is most looking forward to is that these stage plays are generated in real time, so no one knows what the final ending will be.
However, as the stage play continues to be performed repeatedly, the originally random endings will inevitably be repeated. When the repeated endings appear again and again, [the audience] becomes dissatisfied.
“[Audiences] just want to see great stories.”
However, the cost of writing a new script or changing the script is too high. At this time, someone thought of a way, which is to add some uncertain variables.
This uncertain variable is yourself, the [player].
Through the uncertainty of the [player], new changes occur in the original elements and a new story is generated.
As for how the [player] lives after entering this world, whether he will suffer physical and psychological trauma, or even death, the audience does not care.
“[Audiences] just want to see great stories.”
After understanding this, Huang Xiaoshi can also understand why there is [Heavenly Way].
[Audience] actually doesn't care whether the world is destroyed. If there is a wonderful way to destroy it, [Audience] will definitely like to hear about it.
However, if someone wants to destroy the world in the simplest, crudest, and most boring way, that is destroying the [audience] experience, so Jianghu Baixiaosheng will erase such people as soon as possible.
“[Audiences] just want to see great stories.”
This is extremely important information. After thinking about this, Huang Xiaoshi immediately realized that Bai Xiaosheng, who was once thought to be omnipotent, only assumed the functions of [managers]. Their functions and powers,
In fact, it is given by [the audience].
In other words, everything they do must not violate the core requirement of [the audience], which is a wonderful story.
In this way, although Dongfang Weiming is involved in a lot of plots, [the audience] is tired of watching him. Huang Xiaoshi, a jerk who jumps left and right, is actually the character that the [audience] enjoys the most.
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Thinking of this, Huang Xiaoshi recalled that, by the way, Fang Yunhua had told himself that Jianghu Baixiaosheng had announced to him the news that the "Book of Swordsmanship" was about to appear.
This also shows that although Fang Yunhua did not participate in stirring up trouble, [the audience] has high expectations for him. After all, Fang Yunhua's extreme operation of opening up the harem is also extremely amazing.
Because of the expectations of the [audience], Jianghu Bai Xiaosheng hopes that he can continue his efforts, create greater glories, and show off his special talents in the next [plot].
It's a pity that Fang Yunhua's mood changed drastically after having a baby. Now he is like a middle-aged man in his forties who just wants to live a stable life.
This kind of character is destined to be abandoned by [the audience].
Therefore, Jianghu Bai Xiaosheng did not go to Fang Yunhua this time, but found himself.
Now that everything has been figured out, Huang Xiaoshi's heart is full of joy, which really feels like a profound enlightenment and enlightenment.
Last question:
As the [main character], the spotlight on the stage has already shone on me. Can I get any benefits?
There are definitely benefits, and they are huge.
First of all, you can get important news as soon as possible, which is a huge time difference benefit.
The second is that you can get a lot of gossip that others don’t know.
In the original story, the Xu brothers would come over and inform Weiming every time something happened. If it weren't for them, Weiming would have missed many extremely important plot points.
In addition to this kind of explicit tip-off, the Xu brothers would also reveal various information intentionally or unintentionally.
Some, Weiming understood, some, Weiming didn't care, and some, Weiming didn't understand what was going on at all.
Because every life experience of Weiming is different, this means that he can only understand part of the message. However, the part of the message that he can understand will also be of great help to Weiming.
Third, this is also the reason why Huang Xiaoshi is suddenly so interested in it now.
As the [protagonist], as long as the performance is exciting enough and makes the [audience] happy, as a corresponding report, the Xu brothers may meet your requirements that do not exceed their scope of authority.
Huang Xiaoshi really wanted to ask them for something, and this was also his biggest concern at the moment.
