Back to 1997, I became the originator of online literature

Chapter 10 Dear Readers
The idea of ​​submitting a manuscript to a publishing house lingered in Cao Sheng's mind, but he did not take immediate action. He continued to enter the manuscript on the manuscript paper into the computer document.

The main reason is that he feels that the book "Living with a Flight Attendant" is completely a love story. Unless he can contact a publishing house in Taiwan that specializes in publishing romance novels, the publishing house in Taiwan will probably not be interested in the book until it becomes popular on the Internet.

But he knew nothing about the publishing houses in Taiwan that published romance novels.

Even if he wanted to submit his manuscript to such a publishing house, he didn't know which one to find.

Therefore, he planned to wait until he was almost done with his work tonight before searching the Internet for the contact information of the publishing house in Taiwan.

He knows the names of some publishing houses in Taiwan.

For example: Adventurer, Xinchang, Crescent Moon, Gaia, Hetu, Novel Channel, Pioneer, Jiuxing, Zichenshe, Xinran Culture, etc.

As far as I can remember, after the rise of domestic online literature, most of the books published in Taiwan were published by these publishing houses.

But Cao Sheng knew about these publishing houses in the 2000s, so he was not sure whether these publishing houses had been established.

He estimated that it should have been established.

It can't be that these publishing houses were established only after the rise of online literature, right?
His biggest concern at this time is that these publishing houses may not be accepting manuscripts in mainland China yet, and the contact information of these publishing houses may not be found on the mainland Internet.

But as long as he could contact one or two of these publishing houses, even if they looked down on "Living with a Flight Attendant", he would be confident that he could write a work that would interest them.

It is not difficult for him to start a new book.

There are so many topics and stories that he can write about in his memory.

Fantasy, fantasy, fairy tales, cultivation, supernatural, doomsday wasteland...

and many more.

He can write anything.

As the originator of online literature, he has no rivals now. As long as he writes about the novel themes of the original time and space, he will be the pioneer of a new genre.

It should be no problem to impress the review editor of one of the publishing houses.

As for why he only considered publishers in Taiwan and not publishers in mainland China?

All I can say is: those who understand will understand.

Firstly, the publishing houses in mainland China currently prefer the works of traditional writers, and generally they have to be famous traditional writers.

For a newcomer like Cao Sheng who has no roots and no fame, it is basically impossible to publish in mainland China.

Secondly, when it comes to novel publishing in mainland China, pirated copies always get the upper hand in grabbing the market, and genuine copies have little room to survive.

……

The night is getting darker.

At around 3 a.m., Cao Sheng encountered a terrible thing that often happens in Internet cafes in this era - the computer crashed, followed by a sudden blue screen.

When Cao Sheng saw his computer suddenly turn blue, he didn't react for a moment, because before traveling through time, he hadn't encountered such a thing as a computer blue screen for a long, long time.

After being stunned for several seconds, he finally reacted and restarted the computer with a depressed look on his face.

He knew that if the computers in the Internet cafe crashed or had a blue screen problem, the written manuscripts would be lost instantly and would not be saved automatically at all.

Therefore, the more than a thousand words that he did not save just now must be lost, and he has to re-enter them into the computer.

Maybe he was unlucky today. At around 4 a.m., his computer crashed again, and then the blue screen appeared again as he watched in silence.

"Grass!"

He couldn't help but curse.

After the computer successfully restarted, he was no longer in the mood to continue uploading manuscripts to the computer.

My mentality is a bit broken.

The hundreds of words that I just saved without uploading to my email have been lost again.

Not wanting to continue uploading manuscripts, he simply searched the Internet for the contact information of the publishing houses in Taiwan that he remembered.

After a while, he actually found a few.

One of them is Xinchang Publishing House.

He was deeply impressed by this publishing house.

Because he remembered that many works of online literary masters in the original time and space were published by this publishing house.

Therefore, he has more confidence in the strength and reputation of this publishing house.

Cao Sheng looked at the landline phone number of Xinchang Publishing House and the email address for submissions that he had searched for, but he was a little hesitant. He was not worried that the information he had searched was false.

Instead, I am hesitating whether I should submit "Living with the Air Hostess" right now?
In order to earn royalties as soon as possible, he really wants to submit his article now.

But reason told him: now is not the best time.

There are several reasons.

First of all, his book is not yet popular on the Internet. Only two chapters have been published, and less than a hundred readers have read it. The current popularity of this book on the Internet is not enough to impress the publishing house.

Secondly, he remembered that publishing houses in Taiwan generally required manuscripts to be more than 60,000 words, and this number was too small and did not meet the submission requirements at all.

Although he has written more than 110,000 words for this book, most of them are still on draft paper and have not been uploaded to the Internet. He wants to submit the manuscript to Xinchang Publishing House, but currently he can only do so through e-mail, so he must first convert the paper manuscript into an electronic version.

Because of these two concerns, Cao Sheng hesitated for a moment and gave up the idea of ​​submitting his article today.

He planned to wait a little longer.

Wait until this book has gained some popularity online before trying to submit it.

If this book can become popular online first, and he submits it to a publishing house, it will have a greater chance of passing the review.

There is also a chance to negotiate a higher remuneration.

Having made up his mind, he stopped thinking about it.

My thoughts turned to the current situation of my book under the banyan tree.

I was thinking that I published another chapter of my draft under the banyan tree tonight. I wonder how many people have read it now? What is the response?

With some anticipation, he went under the banyan tree again and found his book.

He remembered that before the second chapter was updated tonight, the book had 44 readers and 16 comments.

At this time, the number of readers of his book has risen to 72, and the number of comments has increased to 33.

He saw some new book reviews.

"There really is a second chapter? Can the author tell me whether this story is made up or true?"

"You agreed to live with the stewardess? Why haven't you lived with her yet?"

"Is there any content that is not suitable for children? If so, can you please get to the point quickly?"

"I want to ask, is there a stewardess named Ran Jing? Is this her real name?"

"Author, can you tell me when the third chapter will be released? It won't take another few days, right?"

……

72 people read it, and there were 33 reviews?
This ratio surprised and delighted Cao Sheng.

Before the time travel, every time he published a new book, after sending out the first few tens of thousands of words, it was like playing a single-player game. Not only were there very few readers, but there were also very few book reviews, with only a few reviews added every day.

Sometimes there are more advertising posts than book reviews.

And now?

These people who have never read online articles were so enthusiastic about speaking out when they saw such a story on the Internet for the first time.

Cao Sheng suddenly began to understand why there were so many authors at the beginning of the rise of online literature. Even though they couldn't make a penny, they were still willing to work hard with their love and insist on updating.

It’s true that online literature readers of this period are so lovely, and they are all very enthusiastic about interacting with the authors.

With such readers, he suddenly felt that he could also generate electricity with love.

……

However, when the overnight stay ended and he came out of the Internet cafe in the early morning, the cold wind outside quickly cleared his mind.

He still felt that he couldn't do too much of the thing of generating electricity with love.

I have to find a way to earn some royalties as soon as possible.

He decided to start a new book recently, just in case.

If the book "Living with a Flight Attendant" fails to pass the publishing house's review, he will use another work to impress the publishing house's review editor.

Try to earn some royalties as soon as possible to improve your life.

(End of this chapter)