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Chapter 132 "Living with a Stewardess" is trying to gain popularity

Some readers who are reading today's updated chapters of "I Want to Become an Immortal" feel that they are still not satisfied after reading the first chapter updated by Cao Sheng tonight.

But I accidentally discovered that there was a "Next Chapter" button at the end of this chapter.

Instead of "to the last page".

I was a little excited at once, and subconsciously clicked "Next Chapter", and then a new chapter really popped up.

These readers don’t know what’s wrong with the author today, and he actually updated two chapters out of the ordinary. Maybe the author drank too much and updated one extra chapter?
Who cares! Let’s watch it first.

As a result, when they finished reading this chapter, there was actually the next chapter, which was a double surprise.

These readers continued reading happily.

When they finished reading the third chapter updated today, they saw the "Next Chapter" button again, and they suddenly felt happy.

It's so beautiful that it makes my nose bubble.

result?

This time when I clicked on the next chapter, what I saw was not the fourth chapter, but an apology chapter from the author: "I am guilty, I apologize, please forgive me, a sinner!"

The title of this chapter confused many people.

I thought: The author has performed very well tonight! He has already updated three chapters, why is he still admitting his guilt and apologizing?

With such doubts, after reading the contents of this chapter, some people did not know whether to laugh or cry; some were extremely surprised; some were angry; and some were delighted.

Reactions varied.

Then, the book review section quickly became lively.

The number of posts has surged.

There are all kinds of posts.

For example: "Mr. Author! Since you are so sincere in admitting your mistakes, I will be magnanimous and will not bother with you, a young man. I forgive you!"

"I was wondering why the author updated three chapters tonight! I thought he finally found his conscience, but I didn't expect him to admit his mistakes. But if he admits his mistakes, three chapters are not enough! Come on! Give me two more chapters!"

"Hey, who is this little cutie apologizing? Isn't this our author, Zhongyuan Yidianhui? You deserve this day? You deserve it! I told you to hide your new book and never do it again!"

"I didn't expect the author to apologize. Now I just want to ask: When will you apologize next time? Can you apologize every day?"

……

The next morning.

After Wang Jing came to work at the Banyan Tree, she suddenly heard several colleagues discussing something like "apology", "confession", "Cao Sheng", and "book review section".

Wang Jing's heart skipped a beat when she vaguely heard these words.

I thought something big had happened to Cao Sheng.

Has it risen to the level of confession?

so serious?

Was he caught for whoring?
She was anxious and ran over to find out the truth.

When she learned the truth, she didn't shed tears, but just felt at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

It was such a small matter, yet he actually said something like "confession". If people who didn't know heard it, they would think that he had already been executed!

She returned to her workstation, logged onto the website, and came to the book review section of "I Want to Become an Immortal". Looking at the screen full of posts discussing Cao Sheng's apology chapter, she couldn't help but chuckle.

I feel a little complicated.

She didn't expect that Cao Sheng's new book had already been published in Taiwan.

But she only found out about it today.

"Tomb of the Gods"?
She remembered the name, then clicked on his single chapter and read it. From this chapter, she found that Cao Sheng's personality was quite interesting.

For such a small matter, he actually published a separate chapter to confess his guilt to the readers.

Not only did he add two chapters, he also said that he would negotiate with the publishing house to see if he could post a few chapters of the new book for everyone to see.

From the perspective of a website editor, she likes such authors because they are more likely to be liked by readers.

From the perspective of a book fan, she felt that she couldn't get angry at all and even wanted to laugh.

After pondering for a moment, she began to write an email to Cao Sheng.

Cao Sheng is now a shareholder of Under the Banyan Tree.

Moreover, the condition for his free investment was that his works in the next few years would be serialized for free under the banyan tree.

Now that his new book has been published, according to the original equity agreement, he should serialize "God's Tomb" in Under the Banyan Tree as soon as possible.

She wanted to urge it.

It’s definitely not because I really want to read this new book, right! Absolutely not!

……

Morning self-study.

Cao Sheng walked into the classroom with a few books and sat down in his usual seat in the back row.

As soon as he sat down, he saw his former roommate Song Chao coming over with a book and sitting next to him.

Cao Sheng gave him a smile.

Just about to open the book.

Song Chao started talking, "Cao Sheng, have you published a new book recently?"

Cao Sheng looked over.

Song Chao smiled, "I saw a lot of people saying in the book review section of I Want to Become an Immortal last night that you have a new book. The title is "God's Tomb", right?"

Cao Sheng nodded and said, "Congratulations! I saw a comment in the book review section, and a Taiwanese netizen said that your new book is very good. You have finally made your living as a writer, right?"

Cao Sheng smiled, "You're too kind. This is not an industry that guarantees income. Who knows how many years I can make a living from this? I might fail at any time. Anything is possible."

He spoke from his heart.

In the original time and space, many great people who were once very popular and stood at the top of the entire industry, as time passed, no longer had their former courage and lost their sense of presence.

Even though Cao Sheng was a reborn person, he himself was not sure how many years he could make a living in this field.

But his words sounded humble to Song Chao.

Song Chao smiled and did not refute.

After a moment of silence, he whispered, "I recently made another beginning. Can you help me take a look? I believe in your judgment. This time, I hope you won't hold back. If there are any problems, you'd better point them out to me. I promise I won't get angry, okay?"

Cao Sheng noticed that Song Chao's expression was serious.

He was silent for a few seconds and nodded.

Among the seven roommates in the dormitory, the one he has the best relationship with is Song Chao.

In this life, the reason why Song Chao embarked on the path of no return of writing novels was because he was influenced by Cao Sheng. Song Chao in the original time and space had never tried to write novels.

That’s right! In Cao Sheng’s mind, writing novels is indeed a road of no return.

Once you set foot on it, it’s hard to turn back.

The longer you walk, the more you will find that there is no road left for you to walk when you look back.

Because my other skills have been neglected, my social circle is very small and I don’t have many connections.

But Song Chao has only been on this path for a short time, and has not yet tasted the sweetness of writing novels. So, if what Song Chao writes now is still not good, Cao Sheng wants to persuade him to turn back, and it is not too late to turn back now.

Song Chao handed over a stack of draft paper.

There were dozens of pages of densely written words on the paper.

Title: The Peerless Demonic Sword

Introduction: Legend has it that under the endless abyss, there is a peerless magic sword buried. The demons under the abyss have been guarding this magic sword for generations. Legend has it that when this magic sword appears again, it will lead the demons under the abyss to make a comeback, spread the flames of war across the entire continent, and mankind will face a catastrophe.

And now, in the abyss, a young demon boy got this magic sword. He wants to turn the legend into reality and make the demons the masters of this continent!
……

After reading the title and introduction of the book, Cao Sheng glanced at Song Chao.

I feel like Song Chao's writing style seems to have improved a bit.

But the writing style is a bit like traditional martial arts.

It also has a bit of Western fantasy flavor.

And the taste of failure.

He had used this style of writing several times when he first entered the industry and tried to write online articles.

I always feel that a book with the word "魔" in its title is very cool.

But without exception, all his books were failures.

Cao Sheng didn't rush to comment.

He patiently read the text bit by bit, and only after he finished the first chapter did he close the draft book in his hand and turn to look at Song Chao.

Song Chao whispered, "Just tell me the truth. I don't need any comfort. I just want to hear your honest opinion."

Cao Sheng returned the manuscript to him and said carefully: "Your writing has improved. I can see that you have written this opening very seriously, but..."

Although Song Chao asked him to tell the truth, Cao Sheng was still a little hesitant when the words came to his lips.

Seeing this, Song Chao smiled and said, "Just tell me the truth. I'm really looking for your advice."

Cao Sheng nodded. "The subject matter is a bit old-fashioned. Most importantly, it doesn't have enough gimmicks! There's nothing outstanding about the first chapter."

Song Chao frowned, "Why don't you read two more chapters? I think the last two chapters are well written. If you only read the first chapter, isn't it too little?"

Cao Sheng shook his head, "No need! You are a newcomer, you have no fame, and you don't have old readers. If new readers see your book and the first chapter doesn't attract them, most of them will leave. Not many people will have the patience to read your second and third chapters. So, if the first chapter is not well written, no matter how well you write the rest, it won't make much sense because most readers won't read it, unless you are mentally prepared to write hundreds of thousands of words for free and slowly accumulate readers and word of mouth."

Song Chao frowned even more tightly, "Is the first chapter really that important?"

Cao Sheng nodded.

Song Chao thought for a moment, "So what is the gimmick you're talking about?"

Cao Sheng: "You can think of it as something that readers are interested in and like to read, or a selling point. In fact, it is not just the first chapter that needs to have a selling point. If a book wants to attract readers to keep reading, it is best to have a selling point in every chapter. The more selling points a book has, the more readers will follow it."

Song Chao frowned and thought.

After a while, he suddenly asked, "Cao Sheng, can I become your disciple?"

Cao Sheng was surprised and laughed and shook his head.

"We are classmates. Don't talk about whether to become my disciple or not. If you have any questions, you can ask me. I will answer them if I can. There is no need to do this."

Song Chao blushed a little, nodded, and did not bring up the topic of becoming a disciple again.

……

noon.

Cao Sheng returned to his residence and saw three emails on his computer.

They were sent by Wang Jing, Chang Qingshu and Lin Baohui respectively.

Wang Jing urged him to send his new book "God's Tomb" to the banyan tree as soon as possible.

Chang Qingshu asked him how many manuscripts he had on hand. He said that the sales and reputation of "God's Tomb" in Taiwan were very good, and many readers called to urge him to submit manuscripts. The headquarters hoped to publish the second volume as soon as possible. He also asked him what brand of mobile phone he liked?

The content of Lin Baohui's email was: "Ah Hui, I have good news for you. The book "Living with a Flight Attendant" will be on sale tomorrow. I hope it will be a big hit, taking advantage of the popularity of your new book. I think it will be a big hit! Do you want to guess how many sales there will be? If you guess correctly, you will get a prize! How about a guess?"

(End of this chapter)