"Toad" is the final work of my urban novel, at least I won't write another urban novel for the next few years.When it comes to the conception of "Toad", we must first talk about the work whose title makes people feel helpless: "Chen Ergou's Enchanted Life".Before I wrote Chen Ergou, it had been deserted for several months. I was hiding on a hilltop in Yuhang, Hangzhou. When I was walking, I could see a family’s French-window study on the way. There was often a demure girl sitting there. While reading a book, a security guard happened to pass by one day. At that time, I had an idea. I was curious about the two people inside and outside the house, a man and a woman who seemed to be very different from each other. Is there any possibility of intersection between them? story.Then according to this context, there was Chen Ergou, who was born as a phoenix man. With this guy alone, he crashed into the strange world of feasting and debauchery, and then let the countryside and the city start a hand-to-hand fight.

Of course, as the protagonist, no matter how hard and difficult the process was, Chen Ergou succeeded in the end, at least in the eyes of the world. Relying on the drive to escape from Nanjing, he started as a security guard and became the leader of that city. The new underground emperor, and abducted the goddess in his heart into the house, and had a pair of children, which can be said to be a complete merit.However, as far as the result is concerned, for ordinary people, it is beyond expectation after all, and there are too many unrepeatable fortune opportunities mixed in during the period, and what the book "Chen Ergou" really wants to say is not here. As an author, what I really want to convey to readers is not only the helplessness of "if life can be happy and stable, who would be willing to be displaced", but also the insistence of "treat yourself as a human being when you are a human being".

Well, since there is a time for people to be servants, once they succeed, they will naturally have the prestige of being a master. Unfortunately, after Chen Ergou wrote that his merits and virtues have been consummated, I am no longer interested in writing about the brilliant life of a rural man after he gained power. Well, the book "Chen Ergou" came to an abrupt end.Therefore, after writing about Chen Ergou's thoughts, "Toad" came into being.Zhao Jiadi, nicknamed Zhao Baliang, is a typical rich second generation, and at the same time Zhao Jiadi is an atypical rich second generation.If Chen Fusheng’s purpose in life is struggle, in fact, Zhao Jiadi is also the same, but Chen Fusheng’s starting point lies in himself, and Zhao Jiadi’s family, two men, Chen Fusheng seems to hold more resentment .In the text of "Toad", I intentionally arranged a plot similar to Wang Jianwang. When Zhao Baliang met Comrade Chen Ergou in Shanghai Beach, there was not much friction between the two sides. The strange woman who saw him raised her hand, showed her the ring on her hand, and said that he was married.Then, on the banks of the Huangpu River, a back view of a man with his children looking up at the Pearl Tower was left for the eight-two classmates who jumped over the Huangpu River.

So readers who have read these two books said a word: I am not as good as Zhao Jiadi, but try my best to be better than Chen Fusheng. It's not that Zhao Jiadi lost to the aggressive Chen Ergou, but that the two came from different backgrounds and are in different positions, so their fighting methods will also be different.Zhao Jiadi, who has gone mad, is also very brilliant.Zhao Jiadi's family background destined him to be a master. The family fortune accumulated by his father's generation was enough to make him a dandy, but the kindness of a person has nothing to do with status.The poor are not necessarily good, and the rich are not necessarily evil.Zhao Jiadi's luck lies in having a grandmother with great wisdom and a father who dared to raise his son. There were two key events in his life. One was the sudden death of the little fox. He went to Guanyin Village to teach silently for a year. The second thing was the turmoil in Jinhai, and the sudden discovery of his father's gray hair. Only then did Zhao Jiadi truly mature.Compared with Chen Fusheng who had a nearly perfect and strong mental state at the beginning, Zhao Jiadi has a gradual process, from an ignorant impulsive boy to a responsible man.Zhao Jiadi's happiness lies in his having a family that "occupies the mountain as king", and his misfortune also lies in this. Therefore, when the family business is in trouble, Zhao Jiadi can only grit his teeth and shoulder the burden alone.

In "Toad", I like the little fox, whether she is a support teacher or not, I like her phrase "Come on, hero", I like her; I like the wise and mean old Buddha of the Zhao family, her transparency, and her treatment of Xiao Ba I like Zhao Taizu, I like this quietly gray-haired man who always shines with arrogance; I like Han Daode, I like this big dog who said the phrase "Treat me as a countryman, I will treat me as a countryman" I like him standing up and being a man; I like Ma Xiaotiao, I like the kindness of this little rich second generation; I like Qi Shugen, I like the gentleness, respectfulness and frugality of this different official second generation; I like Xiaobailian Huang Hua's Congliang , I like his book "Journey to the West but Journey East"; I like Li Zhijin, who holds a black umbrella in front of the grave, and her aura of big Tsing Yi; I like Wang Banjin, who always clamors to be a nun at the age of thirty, and the Queen Cai Yanzhi's childhood and youth, liking the diary of a little girl Zhang Wumei, etc.

I love everyone in Toad, even some of the villains.So, why do I not like the book "Toad"?It's not just because I wrote "Toad", but because I really like the characters I create. Of course I like Zhao Jiadi the most, the student who knelt down for his teacher, the younger brother who went crazy for his sister, and the man who is willing to play with guns for his own woman.I like his gradual maturity from naivety, his pretentious ideals that many people think are unrealistic, I like him in a daze at "Let the Lonely Ghost Return Home", I like his kindness and persistence in Guanyin Village, I like him After the Jinhai turmoil, he stood alone in his room in the capital, silently putting on the tenacity of his suit.

In Toad, there are "Qingping Diao", "Children", "If", and "Andersen's Fairy Tales", especially the last sentence "Why does Thumbelina miss that toad?", I think this sentence has been explained A lot of things have been said, so the end of the ending, let the conversation of that day of that year be repeated on this day of the year. There are seven or eight unsatisfactory things in life, and the most you can talk to people is one, two, three.This is what I asked the little loli Chen Qingzhi to say, but isn't this exactly our life? Fenghuo opera princes

Early morning of March 4, 2014