Back to 1997, I became the originator of online literature

Chapter 16: Submitting articles and socializing with the girls in the dormitory?

Cao Sheng still gave face to the counselor.

For the next two days, he did not go to the Internet cafe to spend the night. When he needed to update "Living with the Air Hostess", he would go to the Internet cafe after lunch.

He waited until the weekend to go to the Internet cafe and booked two nights in a row. During these two nights, he took advantage of the time to upload the manuscript of his new book. Finally, at around four in the morning of the second night, he converted all the manuscripts of "I Want to Become an Immortal" into electronic documents on the computer.

A total of 68,000 words.

Enough to submit to a publishing house.

After relaxing his whole body, he sat in front of the computer and took a short rest.

The two books I wrote after my rebirth flashed through my mind.

He was suddenly reborn into this era around the Chinese New Year.

At that time, I wanted to seize the title of the originator of online literature, hoping that this title would make my online literature career easier.

At that time, he didn't expect the book to make money. He just thought about how to cater to the market and the appetites of literary young people, so he wrote "Living with the Air Hostess".

later?

In order to earn money as quickly as possible and solve the problem of insufficient living expenses this semester, he started writing the fantasy and cultivation novel "I Want to Become an Immortal".

He did not intend to cater to the appetites of literary youths with this book.

My idea was to impress the editors of the publishing house with novel themes and settings. I also hoped that this novel subject matter would help me quickly accumulate a group of fans, make a name for myself, and become the number one writer of fantasy and cultivation literature.

Deep down in his heart, he also hoped that this book could prove his strength.

The originator of online literature, the first person to write fantasy and cultivation literature... Such titles can only prove that he started writing early, and only the quality of his books can prove his ability.

Only when readers recognize his ability, will his new book attract everyone's attention.

……

After a short rest, Cao Sheng began to organize the new book manuscripts in his email mailbox.

All the manuscripts saved separately in the mailbox are collected into one document.

Then I found the submission email address of Xinchang Publishing House and submitted the first few tens of thousands of words of "I Want to Become an Immortal" to it.

When submitting the article, he also attached a few words.

——"This book has not been submitted to multiple publishers. If it does not meet your company's publishing requirements, please let me know as soon as possible and I will try to submit it to other publishers. Thank you! I look forward to hearing from you!"

The manuscript has been submitted, and all that remains is to wait for the review results.

Although Cao Sheng was confident about the beginning of his book, it was still early 1998, and the publishing houses in Taiwan might not have started publishing works from the mainland yet, and there certainly had not been any online articles published, so there was still a possibility that his book would be rejected.

Besides, his book is a completely new subject.

Innovation can sometimes be an advantage, but sometimes it can also be a disadvantage.

It depends on the taste of the review editor.

If the reviewing editor feels that the subject matter is novel and attractive, then the chances of passing the review are naturally very high.

However, if the review editor is very conservative and feels that this subject matter has never been seen before and has never been published on the market, and that rashly publishing a work of this new subject matter will have an uncertain future and may result in a total loss of money, then the book will most likely not be approved for publication.

Cao Sheng was mentally prepared for these two different review results.

This is also the reason why he attached those few sentences when he submitted the article.

He really doesn't have much living expenses this semester. If Xinchang Publishing House is unwilling to publish the book, he must submit it to other publishing houses as soon as possible.

Otherwise, if time goes on and his living expenses run out, he will have no choice but to work and study.

Call home to ask for more living expenses?

He would not make this choice.

Because he knows that his family's financial situation is very limited, and his parents must be working hard to save up his tuition and living expenses for the next school year. If he asks his parents for money at this time, it will only put more pressure on them. How can he bear to do that?
There were more than two hours left in his overnight stay. He didn't surf the Internet. After logging out of his email, he closed his eyes and curled up in the plastic seat to rest.

He fell asleep soon. When he woke up, it was already early morning. The owner of the Internet cafe came over and nudged him, reminding him that the overnight stay was over.

Cao Sheng nodded.

He sat in the chair for a while and calmed himself down.

Feeling fully awake, he got up and went to the bathroom to wash his face. In the mirror, he had two obvious dark circles under his eyes and looked a little decadent.

People who don’t know him, just looking at his current appearance, would definitely think that he is a very depraved person and not a good kid.

As this thought flashed through his mind, he smiled at himself in the mirror.

He wanted to remember himself as he was today.

Because this is what he looks like after trying hard.

……

That morning, he did not sleep in the dormitory, but went to class with his roommates.

He remembered the counselor's reminder last time. He was also worried that he had missed too many classes, had too many points deducted, and would fail too many subjects in the final exam.

If you fail too many courses, you will have to retake the exams in the next semester.

Not only is it embarrassing, but it also takes more time and energy.

But he worked all night last night, so he naturally didn't have much energy in class today and was always drowsy.

Fortunately, the teacher who taught their class this morning was not strict. When he was teaching, he did not care whether the students were listening carefully or dozing off.

Cao Sheng spent the whole morning like this.

After having lunch in the cafeteria at noon, he just returned to the dormitory and was about to go to bed for a nap when his shoulder was hugged by Guan Zhi, the second-best student in the dormitory.

Cao Sheng was surprised and turned to look at Guan Zhi.

Guan Zhi was all smiles, holding Cao Sheng's shoulders, but his eyes were looking at the other people in the dormitory. He cleared his throat and said, "Brothers! I have secured a good opportunity for you. My girlfriend's dormitory wants to become a social dormitory with ours. Hehe, this is a good opportunity for you to get out of being single. Brothers, do you want to socialize with them? If you agree, we will have a meal with them tonight. At that time, whether you can win over a beauty in their dormitory depends on your own means. What do you think? Do you want to socialize, brothers?"

Guan Zhi has a good appearance, comes from a well-off family, and is eloquent. Last semester, he took the lead in finding a girlfriend.

Everyone else in their dormitory is still single.

I didn't expect that he would announce such good news to everyone today.

After he finished speaking, several people in the dormitory expressed their opinions.

"Is there such a good thing? Do you even need to ask? I will definitely agree!"

"I agree!"

"Is this true? Will everyone in their dormitory be there?"

"Hey! Second brother! Is there any other pretty girl in your girlfriend's dormitory?"

……

Several roommates surrounded Guan Zhi and Cao Sheng, asking questions one after another, all of them were in high spirits.

Nowadays, almost everyone who goes to college wants to fall in love.

Men are particularly active.

After all, they are adults, and their physiological needs affect their brains every day.

Cao Sheng yawned. He was seriously sleep deprived and just wanted to go to bed and rest. At this moment, let alone hanging out with the girls in his school's dormitory, even if he was asked to hang out with the Korean girl group Girls' Generation, he just wanted to sleep.

The kind where one sleeps.

So, he took off Guan Zhi's arm that was on his shoulder and said, "You guys discuss it! I'm going to sleep for a while."

After saying that, he climbed onto his bed.

(End of this chapter)