Back to 1997, I became the originator of online literature

Chapter 168: Publicly renamed "Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Linglong Tower"

It was still dark, and Cao Sheng was not in a hurry to go out to meet the group of reporters.

If we go out at this time, the group of reporters will definitely start talking a lot and disturb the neighbors' rest.

He washed up leisurely, then went to the kitchen to cook himself a bowl of egg noodles, which he brought to the dining room and ate slowly.

While eating, I was thinking about what questions the reporters would ask and how I should answer them.

Glancing at the sky outside from time to time.

After finishing a bowl of noodles, it was already bright outside.

He casually took a tissue and wiped his mouth.

He looked down at his clothes and felt they were okay, so he stood up and changed into a pair of sneakers at the shoe cabinet, walked out of the main room, crossed the yard, opened the gate, and appeared in the sight of the group of reporters.

As soon as they saw him show up, the reporters rushed over like wolves seeing meat.

Cao Sheng smiled, crossed the road and walked onto a viewing platform by the river.

As a tourist city, Huizhou has many such viewing platforms along the Xin'an River.

The area is not very large, but it is separated from the residential areas across the street. So, if a reporter is interviewed there, it shouldn't disturb the neighbors too much.

A moment later, Cao Sheng stood on the viewing platform, with his back to the river and facing the crowd of reporters in front of him.

Reporters can't wait to ask questions.

With so much chatter going on, Cao Sheng had no way of answering.

He raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet. "I can't answer you if you keep doing this. So! Friends who have questions, please raise your hands. I'll call on them one by one, and whoever I call on will ask the question, okay?"

"it is good!"

"can!"

"can!"

……

The reporters agreed, gradually quieted down, and raised their hands to ask questions.

Cao Sheng pointed at a pretty female reporter.

The female reporter quickly raised the microphone and asked, "Hello, Cao Sheng! I'm sorry to disturb your rest today, and thank you for coming out to accept our interview. What I want to ask is: Under what circumstances did you think of writing a script? Do you think writing novels is too tiring and want to change your career to become a screenwriter?"

Cao Sheng nodded, "You have worked hard, too. I don't want to change my career, nor do I find writing novels tiring. I like writing novels, doing what I like, and I can make money. It would be hypocritical to say that I am tired. As for why I want to write a script? In fact, this script is a story that I need to use in my next new book. I just think this story is suitable for writing into a script and making it into a movie, so I gave it a try and it turned out to be a success."

He spoke very modestly, and the reporters in front of him all lowered their heads to take notes.

Cao Sheng glanced at them and asked, "Does anyone else have any questions?"

Many reporters raised their hands again. This time, Cao Sheng picked a male reporter with the darkest skin. He thought that this reporter must have a hard life as he was tanned like this, so he wanted to take care of him.

But the questions asked by this reporter with the darkest tan were not friendly at all.

"Cao Sheng! Many netizens online suspect that you write scripts because you yearn for the glamorous life in the entertainment industry and suspect that you have a crush on a female star. Is that true?"

Most of the reporters at the scene had smiles on their faces, and several of them were biting their lips for fear of laughing out loud.

Cao Sheng looked at the dark-looking and dark-hearted male reporter and simply replied with two words: "No!"

Then ask other reporters.

"Next! Who else has questions?"

This time, he picked the female reporter with the whitest skin.

The female reporter was smiling as she asked the question, and her question was much gentler. "Cao Sheng! You just mentioned your next new book. What I want to ask is, your new book "God's Tomb" was just published not long ago, right? Have you started preparing for the next new book? Have you decided on the title of your next new book? What type is it? I think this should be a question that many of your fans are very concerned about. I hope you can answer it."

Cao Sheng smiled slightly. He liked this kind of non-provoking questions.

"Although "God's Tomb" was just published not long ago, I personally have the habit of preparing the next work early. As for the type of the next work, it is kept secret for the time being, but the title has been determined. I can tell you that the tentative name I have given to the next book is..."

The five words "Seven Treasures Exquisite Tower" came to his lips, but he suddenly paused.

A post I saw in the book review section of "Shenmu" before going to bed last night suddenly flashed through my mind.

He remembered that post questioned whether the Seven Treasures Linglong Tower was strong enough.

At that time, he was still a little unconvinced, thinking: This pagoda is not strong enough? This is a magic weapon that can be used to subdue Nezha the Third Prince.

But at this moment, when the name of the pagoda came to his lips, he hesitated.

I thought: Since one reader doubted that the Seven Treasures Linglong Tower was not powerful enough, there would definitely be a second, third, and even Nth reader who would have such doubts.

Reason told him: There is no need to let everyone question the title of the book.

He chose this pagoda as the title of his next book instead of any other pagoda because of the fame of this pagoda, which is far greater than the other legendary pagodas.

After all, in "Journey to the West", every time Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, appeared, he held this pagoda in his hand, which attracted the audience's attention.

The name of this pagoda is also known to many viewers.

but……

He thought of his current fame and realized that there was no need to give his next book a name that was well-known to the public.

So, the Seven Treasures Linglong Tower that was on his lips was temporarily changed by him to: "The Linglong Tower of Heaven and Earth." The group of reporters in front of him showed various expressions of confusion and bewilderment on their faces.

Someone immediately asked him to say the name again.

Cao Sheng patiently repeated it twice to everyone, and even kindly explained which words they were. He was also hoping that these reporters would help him promote it.

Compared with the Seven Treasures Linglong Pagoda, the Tiandi Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda is much less well-known.

But its origin is terrifyingly powerful.

It is said that after Pangu created the world, the black and yellow energies between heaven and earth turned into a pagoda.

The full name has one more word than what Cao Sheng just said - Tiandi Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda.

It was once the magic weapon for the saint Lao Tzu to protect himself.

It is known as the number one defensive treasure in the Three Realms.

He appeared several times in "The Investiture of the Gods".

Master Tongtian's Zhuxian Sword Formation and Purple Lightning Hammer could not break the defense of this pagoda.

You know, the Zhu Xian Sword Formation is known as the number one killing formation in the heavens.

It's outrageous that we can't even break through the defense of this pagoda.

Now, this pagoda is chosen by Cao Sheng as the title of his next new book, but he feels that the title of eight characters is a bit too long, so he removed the character "宝".

……

Early that morning, Cao Sheng was interviewed by reporters for more than an hour on the viewing platform by the river before he was able to get away and return to his residence.

After returning, he hurried upstairs to the study, started the computer, and immediately changed the title of the next book announced in the chapter of "God's Tomb" to "The Linglong Tower of Heaven and Earth".

Otherwise, when everyone sees the title of his new book in the news and it is different from what he told them, he will not be able to withstand the readers' questioning.

But even so, there were still many question marks in the book review section of "God's Tomb" that day.

"What's going on? I'm only 38 years old! Is my memory so bad? I remember the author said last night that it was "Seven Treasures Linglong Tower"! How come it became "Heaven and Earth Mysterious Linglong Tower"? Did I remember it wrong? Or did the author change it?"

"Ah Hui! What are you doing? You just announced the title of the new book yesterday, but you changed it today? Can you think about it before you announce it? You're making my head a little confused!"

"Men are indeed fickle, but this is changing too fast, isn't it? The agreed title of the book has changed? Can anyone tell me what kind of magic weapon this is? Is it as powerful as the Seven Treasures Linglong Tower?"

……

At noon, Cao Sheng glanced at the book review section and didn’t dare to read any more.

Almost all of them are questionable.

Fortunately, his new book is still in the outline writing stage. If it is published and the name is suddenly changed, many readers may not be able to find his book.

In the afternoon, he drove his new car to the traffic management office to apply for a license plate.

As for the driver's license?

After he decided to buy a car, he took time out to go to the driving school several times. It is very easy to get a driver's license these days. As long as you are willing to spend money, you can cheat on the test.

He doesn't need to cheat.

He just paid a little more money and made an appointment for the driver's license test. His driving skills were not particularly good, but passing the driving test these days was a piece of cake.

He got his driver's license before buying a car.

Traffic control office.

He was choosing a license plate number when his cell phone suddenly rang.

I took it out and saw that it was Wang Jing calling from under the banyan tree.

He was a little surprised, so he stood up, walked a few steps away, and answered the phone.

"Hello? Why are you calling me suddenly? What's up?"

Wang Jing's voice came from the phone, "Mr. Cao! Have you not logged into your email since yesterday? I sent you three emails, why didn't you reply to any of them?"

Cao Sheng: “???”

"You've sent me three emails since yesterday? What's the matter that's so urgent?"

Wang Jing: "What do you think? You've made such a fuss, don't you know it yourself? The news these past two days has been talking about the script you wrote. Many people want to contact you, but they don't know your contact information, so they call our website. I didn't want to call you at first, for fear of disturbing you while you were writing the script, but I sent you three emails in succession, and you never replied. And those people are more powerful than each other, and my boss keeps asking me if I've contacted you, so I have no choice but to call you."

Cao Sheng was a little curious, "Who are these many people you mentioned? Why did they come to me?"

Wang Jing: "Some are reporters from major media outlets who want to arrange an interview with you, some want to invite you to their shows, and some are domestic film and television companies and directors who probably want to discuss scripts with you! Anyway, a lot of people want to contact you. Why don't you take a look at the email I sent you? I've sent you the contact information of those people."

Cao Sheng: "I'm outside now. I'll check it out when I get back. Thank you for your hard work."

Wang Jing: "Oh, that's fine."

……

After ending the call with Wang Jing, Cao Sheng went back to continue choosing a license plate number.

(End of this chapter)