I am a Gao Fushuai Villain Chapter 35 Discussion

This novel is the epitome of power fantasy with little or no consequences for the main character.

The main premise of the story is that the main character is now the villain of the story, and so he has to change his circumstances so that the protagonist of the story would not defeat him. The main draw of these type of stories (for me) is to see how the main character tries to change their fate. However, this novel only bothers to flaunt how "great" the main character is, while everyone else is either tr*sh or serves to emphasize how great he is.

Let's start off with the first few "heroines" we encounter. First off, the author, like every other terrible Chinese harem novel authors, always choose to describe women in the most dullest manner. Here's an example for the first heroine, Yan Ruyue:

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"An extremely beautiful woman was seated opposite to him.

Her beauty made it seem like she had come out of a painting. Her long hair dangled over her shoulders like a waterfall. Her facial features were truly flawless. When you combine the two, it was enough to stupefy most people. Any person would find it enjoyable to just look at her face alone. The perfect figure under her blue dress would make it more difficult for any man to gaze away from her.

It was hard to find any shortcomings in her appearance. Alas, her pretty face was icy cold at the moment and impatience could be seen in her eyes."

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Nearly every heroine is described in the same manner: goddess-like beauty, perfect body, flawless, etc. The list goes on. There is barely any actual development of their characterization as any of the plot is devoted to how "infatuated" they will become with the main character.

For example, Yan Ruyue is the fiancee of Lin Yuan, the character that the main character "isekai'd" as. Spoiler

Before his taking over, Yan Ruyue hated how Lin Yuan constantly hounded her, never listening to her, and objectified her. After his takeover, what he does is break off the engagement. Now Yan Ruyue thinks there is something wrong with her when he no longer pursues her. What kind of characterization is this when you hated someone for the greater part of their relationship, but just because they decide not to go with the engagement, it's now all different?

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Meanwhile, Lin Yuan meets the second heroine Qiu Wanxi. Spoiler

Just because he gets to pump his Charm stat through the broken game system that he has, when he meets her for the first time, he can constantly pat her head without her objecting to it, and she ends up following him around without even knowing his name. Then just because he feeds her favorite foods, she immediately opens up to him about her dream of owning a baking shop, and since he's a rich person, he immediately gives her a baking shop. How easy and convenient?

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Then we move onto the other problem with the story: the "power" system that Lin Yuan has. He's basically given choices to make, and with each choice, he automatically gets godlike skills without any consequences. He can also pump his stats with "affection points" or even convert his real-life money into points as well. There is no struggle for him to develop his powers at all.

For example, he gets his first choice with Yan Ruyue, Spoiler

where he has to choose between continuing the relationship with her or breaking the engagement. However, in either choice, he automatically sees the reward, so there isn't exactly a wrong answer. However, whatever choice-reward he picks automatically is very convenient for plot-related events in the future.

Since he chose to break the engagement with Yan Ruyue, he automatically learns godlike medical skills, which amazingly gives him the ability to cure Yan Ruyue's mother, despite them having the "top medical doctors around". How convenient, huh?

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Here's an even more ridiculous reward. He manages to get a reward that allows him Spoiler

to be a god-expert at the stock market, which he automatically uses to convince his parents to invest 5 billion into "Spanish Stock Trade" instead of another stock that their financial advisor was recommending. Yes, he has "knowledge" of the future, but how the event played out continued to highlight how much of a power fantasy it was.

Just within one day, his "investment" made 20 billion, while the other stock crashed. Now he's considered "the chinese Warren Buffett", everyone is lauding his skills for being amazing, and even the financial advisor is now saying he's her savior because if they had gone with her advice, she would've lost the company billions. Seriously?

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Then the last thing that made me completely drop this novel is how the author treats Ye Feng, the original protagonist of the story. Spoiler

Basically with Lin Yuan's resources, he's able to track when Ye Feng arrives. What he does is immediately tries to frame him for groping females, starting fights, and property destruction, and he does it right in front of Yan Ruyue so that the two cannot form an actual bond like they did in the previous story.

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What this shows to me is that Ye Feng, just like every other plot device so far in the story, was just meant to wank off how great Lin Yuan is. Unlike other novels with villain reincarnations, there isn't anything that Lin Yuan struggles with. There's no good humor in the story. Every scene never fails to emphasize how handsome or amazing Lin Yuan is. Every woman is merely an object for the main character. The world is lacking, Lin Yuan already starts off as a rich millionaire in a modern-setting with some Chinese martial fantasy. The power system is lacking any sense of innovation and only serves to heavily reward Lin Yuan with convenient skills to let him "navigate" the next "plot event".