Back to 1997, I became the originator of online literature

Chapter 15: Popularity Soars, Lovelorn Hat
The various book reviews in the book review section always make Cao Sheng smile, especially when he sees someone in a book review thinking that the book is based on a true story, the corners of his mouth can't help but rise.

I think today’s readers are so adorable.

He did not yet intend to explain that the story was fiction.

Because if the people who read this book believe that it is based on a true story, then when they read it, they will have a strong sense of immersion and a better reading experience.

Moreover, the fact that people have been discussing whether this book is based on a true story will increase the popularity of the book and make it easier to spread.

Therefore, it would be beneficial for both him and the readers to not say for the time being that the content of this book is fictional.

He even wanted to never explain.

……

After reading the reviews in the book review section for a while, Cao Sheng felt in a good mood. He logged into his email and retrieved a chapter from his saved draft and posted it under the banyan tree.

He is wondering whether he should speed up the update of this book?

For example, could we update it every two days? Or every day?
After all, the website has already arranged a recommended position for his book, and it is not known how long this recommendation position will last. While it is in the recommended position, speeding up the update speed will definitely increase the popularity of this book.

Once you've been recommended, speeding up the update will have a much worse effect.

But if the updates are sped up, this book will be finished soon. The whole text has only 82 chapters. If it is updated every day, it will be almost finished in another two months.

With the current number of readers of Under the Banyan Tree, it would probably be difficult to accumulate many readers within a two-month serialization period.

After thinking for a while, Cao Sheng decided to try updating every two days for a while to see the effect.

After all, this book is the first work he wrote after his rebirth. If possible, he certainly hopes that more people can read it.

Works written with passion are only for the sake of popularity.

Moreover, if the popularity can increase high enough in the near future, he can also try to publish the book in the near future.

After all, he still hoped that this book could earn him some royalties so that he could improve his life as soon as possible. Due to limited living expenses, he had been eating vegetarian food every day recently. Any more days like this would be torture for him.

He wants to eat meat!

Very much.

……

After this day, Cao Sheng really started to update a chapter every two days.

And the effect is really good.

The number of readers increases by thousands every day, and the growth rate is getting faster and faster.

The response in the book review section was also very good.

Such as: "The author has been so diligent recently, updating a chapter every two days. I am so happy!"

"A little gray in the Central Plains! Can you be faster? Can you write a chapter every day? Can you?"

"Keep it up! Author, you've been doing great lately, you must keep it up!"

and many more.

Cao Sheng can see similar book reviews every time he comes to the Internet cafe to update chapters.

But he didn't dare to speed up the update.

The manuscripts I have on hand are really too limited.

Another half month passed in a blink of an eye, and it was already the beginning of April.

"The Days of Living with a Flight Attendant" has been serialized to chapter 20, and the number of readers has increased to more than 8. The rapid growth in popularity has a lot to do with the strong promotion of Under the Banyan Tree.

Under the Banyan Tree is very different from the online literature website that Cao Sheng remembers.

Although works are recommended on Under the Banyan Tree, there is a writer recommendation section. This recommendation section does not promote works, but individual writers.

Among them are some famous traditional writers in China.

As "The Days of Living with the Air Hostess" was recommended, Cao Sheng's pen name "A Little Gray in the Central Plains" also became one of the most recommended writers.

The combined effects of the two recommended positions made the popularity of his book grow very quickly.

Let me put it this way! Maybe it’s because this book is the first long serial novel of Under the Banyan Tree. In recent times, almost all readers who come to Under the Banyan Tree have read this book.

This book is unique to the entire website. Compared with other short stories on the site, it is very special. However...

For Cao Sheng, the popularity of this book on the Internet is of no use for the time being.

Perhaps it will be published later, but there is little hope of its publication in the near future.

Therefore, he has been making the most of his time recently to write his new book "I Want to Become an Immortal".

After half a month, I finally wrote about 60,000 to 70,000 words.

In fact, with his previous typing speed, if he worked hard, he could write more than 100,000 words in half a month.

But before, he was a full-time coder, and he typed directly on the computer. His typing speed on the computer was much faster than handwriting.

And now?

Except for the weekends, he had to attend classes during the day, and he could never study fast enough if he just wrote by hand every day.

Writing 60,000 to 70,000 words in half a month was the result of his hard work.

After writing the beginning of 60,000 to 70,000 words, he felt a lot more relaxed.

Because these words are enough to submit to a publishing house in Taiwan.

Once he converts all the manuscripts into electronic documents, he can submit them immediately. If nothing goes wrong, there should be a great hope that the book will be published.

In order to submit the manuscript as soon as possible and get the review results as soon as possible, he missed classes in the mornings for the next few days.

Because he stayed in the Internet cafe all night for several days in a row to upload his manuscripts.

Every time he booked a night, he would sleep in the dormitory for the whole morning.

Maybe he had missed too many classes in the past few days! This morning, when he was sleeping soundly in the dormitory, he suddenly felt someone pushing his upper arm. Cao Sheng woke up from his deep sleep in a daze, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the old face of the instructor Lu Xiangwei.

Cao Sheng was startled and his face changed slightly, but that was all. He did not scream, nor did he sit up in shock.

Because his mentality is still that of a 40-year-old, he has long lost his awe of counselor Lu Xiangwei.

Moreover, in his impression, Lu Xiangwei had a good temper and was privately nicknamed "Awei" by his classmates.

Therefore, even though Cao Sheng was caught by Lu Xiangwei on his bed after skipping classes, he was not too panicked. His expression soon relaxed, and he raised his hand slightly to greet him: "Hello, teacher!"

Lu Xiangwei looked at him helplessly, pursed his lips, and sighed: "Cao Sheng, I heard that you didn't go to class in the morning these few days, right? What's wrong? Are you heartbroken?"

After a pause, before Cao Sheng could reply, Lu Xiangwei continued, "Even if you are heartbroken, you still have to go to class! You keep skipping classes, when will you be able to find a partner again? Don't you think so?"

Cao Sheng: “???”

At this moment, even though Cao Sheng knew that Lu Xiangwei had a good temper, he was still surprised by Lu Xiangwei's words.

I was thinking, I skipped classes and slept in the dormitory, and you caught me, not only didn't you scold me, but you also advised me like this?

"Teacher, I'm not heartbroken."

Cao Sheng denied it.

He doesn't want to be accused of something all the time.

Last time, he went to an Internet cafe and stayed overnight and didn’t return to the dormitory. The next day, his roommates accused him of checking into a hotel with a girl.

Today, because I stayed at the Internet cafe all night, my counselor accused me of being heartbroken.

My goodness, he just booked a few nights in the Internet cafe, but in the eyes of his roommates and counselors, he had actually gone through the whole process from dating and checking in a room to breaking up.

It is equivalent to adding a love experience to his emotional resume.

He didn't want to have more experiences like this out of thin air.

only……

Facing his denial, Lu Xiangwei laughed slightly, and there was a hint of sympathy in his eyes. He even reached out and touched Cao Sheng's head, comforting him: "It's useless for you to deny it. Teacher, I was also your age. I know why you skip classes for several days in a row and sleep in the dormitory. "

Cao Sheng looked at him in astonishment.

Lu Xiangwei: "Forget about this morning. Take a good rest, adjust your mood, and go to class in the afternoon. If you keep skipping classes, you will definitely fail several courses during the final exams, and I won't be able to help you then."

(End of this chapter)