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Chapter 158 The Butterfly Effect, the Ancient Gods Can't Hold Back

Cao Sheng browsed the book review section for half an hour. Seeing that many people were actively speaking and recommending the actress who played Ran Jing, he yawned and stopped paying attention.

I turned off the computer, got up and went to the bedroom to rest.

Not long after, he fell asleep.

However, the single chapter he posted in "Living with the Air Hostess", especially the post in the book review section to vote for the heroine, continued to ferment, and attracted the attention of countless netizens that night.

For example: some authors.

Jin Hezai has just finished writing today's manuscript and is checking his bookshelf to see which works have been updated. He wants to read a few chapters to kill time.

The bookshelf he was looking at was not a real bookshelf, but a virtual bookshelf on his personal account under the banyan tree.

As he was reading, he saw that "Living with a Flight Attendant" was updated tonight, but it seemed that what was updated was not the main text, but a single chapter.

Vote for the heroine of this book?
Jin Hezai's curiosity was aroused.

He had heard that the film and television adaptation rights of this book had been sold for one million.

Make him envious.

Sometimes, he would fantasize that the film and television adaptation rights of his work "Dark Cultivation" could also be sold. Even if it was only 100,000, he would wake up laughing in his dreams.

But this dream is too unrealistic.

Fortunately, this book has been published in Taiwan, and he can earn 3,000 yuan in royalties every month, which he is already very content with.

He thought about writing faster and earning more royalties.

but……

He hasn't developed his hand speed yet.

It’s not that I haven’t been single long enough, but that the Internet in China has only been developed for a few years now, and everyone’s typing speed is not very fast.

Being able to type means you know how to use the Internet.

If you can memorize the Wubi character roots, you are already an expert.

People like him who can write novels online and write 70,000 to 80,000 words every month are already masters among masters.

As for people like Cao Sheng who can write two or three episodes of manuscripts every month, they have already shocked countless people and are considered the legendary quick shooter.

He can be called the Schumacher of online literature.

But tonight, what Jin Hezai envied Cao Sheng was not his hand speed.

Instead, they are the names of familiar female stars recommended by readers in the post for voting for the female lead.

Zuxian, Jiaxin, Li Cai, Qingxia, Shuzhen, Zhilin, Xiao Qiang...

Almost all the names of famous actresses from Hong Kong and Taiwan appear under this post.

Imagine how envious he would be if any of these actresses could play the leading role in his own work.

Imagine that when this TV series was being filmed, you, as the author of the original novel, visited the set and shook hands with Joey Wong or Kate Tsui who played the role of Ran Jing, or even gave them a hug. How great would that be?
The more I think about it, the more envious I become.

Then he subconsciously recalled the quality of his book "Dark Cultivation". Is it worthy of being made into a TV series?

After just thinking for a while, he smiled bitterly.

I thought: the plot is not refined enough, the writing is not good enough, and there are not many exciting parts. Maybe the next book can learn from the experience and lessons of this book and be better.

Suddenly, he thought of the three-pointed, double-edged sword and the Ruyi Jingu Bang that appeared at the beginning of Cao Sheng’s new book “The Tomb of the Gods”. These were the weapons of Erlang Shen and Sun Wukong.

A Little Gray in the Central Plains was inspired by Journey to the West!

How about I try to take advantage of the popularity of Journey to the West with my next book?

For example: write a book called "The Legend of Erlang Shen"? Or "The Legend of Wukong"?
When this thought flashed through his mind, his eyes brightened.

I think there's something to be done about it, but I'm not famous enough. If I had the added popularity of "Journey to the West", there would probably be a lot more people watching it.

In comparison, the book he is writing now, "Dark Cultivation", has only slightly touched upon the popularity of "I Want to Become an Immortal", mainly because there are too many works that have piggybacked on the popularity of this book.

Haven’t you seen that most of the novels under the banyan tree are about fantasy and cultivation?

So many books are trying to take advantage of the popularity of "I Want to Become an Immortal". It's already good enough if each book can get a little bit of it. If it doesn't take away all the popularity of "I Want to Become an Immortal", it's already considered a book with a thick skin.

He estimated that it wouldn't be long before many people would follow the trend of Zhongyuan Yidianhui's new book "God's Tomb". In fact, there are already some, but the number is still small.

Because the pace of "God's Tomb" is too fast and the exciting parts are too dense, most authors are not sure they can imitate the writing style of this book for the time being.

But he believes that as the number of words in "God's Tomb" increases, more and more authors will feel that they have learned this writing method.

By then, works following the trend of "Shenmu" will surely explode, just like everyone followed the trend of "I Want to Become an Immortal" before.

But this time, he didn't want to follow the trend of "Tomb of the Gods", he wanted to go a step further and directly follow the trend of "Journey to the West".

Use the style of "Dark Cultivation" to write a dark Journey to the West, and consider using Erlang Shen or Sun Wukong as the protagonist.

……

Baby Annie, I also saw Cao Shengfa’s post about voting for the leading actress.

She also envied the fact that this book could be made into a TV series.

Naturally, I am even more envious of the fact that this book was able to earn a million in film and television adaptation fees.

Millionaires are still rare these days. Unlike Jin He, she felt that her book, "Legendary Taoist Companion in the Cultivation World", was more suitable for adaptation into a TV series.

Because her book does not have many fighting scenes and is mainly about love, the cost of filming would not be too high. She just feels that she is still far from being famous, and in the short term, no film and television company would be interested in her work.

In addition, this book is about the theme of cultivation. If it is really to be made into a TV series, the shooting cost may still be a bit high. It is definitely not as low as the shooting cost of "Living with the Air Hostess".

Thinking of this, she suddenly felt that she seemed to have learned the wrong thing when she had previously learned from Zhongyuan Yidianhui to write about immortal heroes and cultivation.

Maybe I should stick to writing the urban love stories I used to write?

That kind of story is similar to "Living with a Stewardess" and the cost of filming is not high. Maybe it will be adapted into a TV series or even a movie in the future?
The more she thought about it, the more she felt that her idea was correct.

She suddenly lost interest in continuing to write "Legendary Taoist Couple in the World of Cultivation".

She wanted to return to the subject matter she was good at before and continue writing love stories between urban men and women.

She thought it was a good track.

Most people who like writing have been led onto the path of immortal heroes and cultivation by Zhongyuan Yidianhui. How many people are left to compete with her in the race for urban love?

……

Liu Jiajun is the same age as Cao Sheng and was also born in 80.

Unlike Cao Sheng, he is the winner of the first prize in this year's New Concept Writing Competition, and won the grand prize with an essay titled "Physics Class".

This year is the first New Concept Writing Competition, so he, as the first prize winner, also has a certain degree of fame.

In the original time and space, his fame was gradually left far behind by Han Er and Guo Xiaosi.

but……

Originally, he was one of the first platinum writers of Qidian Chinese Network.

He is also one of the great writers in the online literature circle who died young.

And tonight, he also saw the post posted by Cao Sheng about voting for the leading actress.

He noticed that within less than an hour of posting, there were already more than 200 replies, which made him think deeply.

Suddenly I felt that maybe I should try writing novels online.

Because he felt that the readers who paid attention to the New Concept Writing Competition were far less than the number of fans of Zhongyuan Yidianhui.

He envied Zhongyuan Yidianhui for being able to communicate with book fans at any time.

As the winner of the first prize of the New Concept Essay Competition, he was unable to communicate with his fans at any time. He even doubted whether his winning article had attracted any fans. How many people had read his article?
He is currently preparing to apply for the position of editor-in-chief of the "Amazing" section of the "Sprout" magazine.

At this time, I wanted to try writing a novel and post it online while applying for the job to see how many people like my work.

……

The young man with the online name: Half Frog was also reading the post posted by Cao Sheng at this time.

As he read, he suddenly felt like writing a novel and posting it online.

……

A man with the online name: Cyber ​​Knight, also saw this post.

In the original time and space, his work "I am the Great Master" was the online literary enlightenment work for countless people.

He was the one who wrote the story about eating sweet potatoes to increase magic power and make the protagonist invincible.

He recently finished reading all the works of Zhongyuan Yidianhui, which inspired him a lot and he was thinking about writing something!

Suddenly I saw this work by Zhongyuan Yidianhui, and they were voting for the female lead.

He suddenly couldn't control his desire to create.

He felt that Zhongyuan Yidianhui's "I Want to Become an Immortal" and "God's Tomb" were both well written, but the protagonist's cultivation speed was still too slow.

Even when Chu Yun, the hero of "God's Tomb", was practicing, with clouds moving in all directions and the spiritual energy around him so dense that it formed spiritual energy vortices, he still felt it was too slow.

Not cool enough!
He had an idea: to write a book about how eating sweet potatoes can rapidly increase one's true energy.

Imagine that the male protagonist, who has no idea what Zhen Yuan is, discovers after traveling through time that sweet potato is a peerless treasure in the world of cultivation. Eating a small piece the size of a fingernail can allow a small shrimp who has just reached the first level of Qi training to instantly reach the perfect level of Qi training.

Eating a piece of sweet potato the size of an egg can help you build a successful foundation.

Eating a piece of sweet potato as big as an apple can allow a cultivator who has just established his foundation to successfully condense a golden elixir.

If you eat a few more sweet potatoes, you can have the cultivation level comparable to that of a Mahayana master.

Before crossing into the world of cultivation, the male protagonist used to eat sweet potato porridge every morning, and he had been eating it since he was a child.

Just imagine: after the hero reaches the world of cultivation, how fast will he cultivate? How deep will his true essence be? He should be able to become invincible in a few days, right?
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became.

I feel like countless inspirations have already flooded my mind.

He felt that the male protagonist was so strong that he could easily take the four legendary beasts, the Azure Dragon, the White Tiger, the Vermillion Bird, and the Black Tortoise, as pets.

When the protagonist wants to eat barbecue, he lets Suzaku breathe fire to grill it.

If you want to have cold drinks in summer, let Xuanwu cool them down. Uh... Does Xuanwu have the ability to cool things down? If not, then get another mythical beast with the ability to cool things down as a pet.

(End of this chapter)