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Chapter 182: The number of new books increases dramatically
That night.

Huizhou, Cao Sheng is reading everyone's comments on his performance in the "Telling the Truth" column in the book review section of "Shenmu".

It was a bit disappointing to find that there were very few posts discussing what he said at the end of the show. The post he saw in the book review section was like this:
"Every time I see Ah Hui, I feel that God is so unfair! He is simply God's own son! Not only is he such a good writer, but he is also so handsome! Compared with him, I even wonder if I killed someone from the King of Hell's family in my previous life? Otherwise, why would I look like this?"

"The author is quite eloquent! He didn't seem nervous at all during the show and was so humorous and funny. Look how he made the audience laugh!"

"The author was very funny when he was young! He even imagined himself to be Cao Cao's son, and wanted to stab Cao Pi with a sword and ascend the throne himself, haha..."

"Ahui has really become classy! He's even been on CCTV's shows. People who don't know him would definitely think he's some celebrity."

"Comparing yourself to others is really frustrating! I've been writing novels for more than half a year and haven't made a penny, and I've even spent a lot of money on internet fees. He made three or five hundred thousand in his first year of writing novels. Fuck!"

……

There are a few posts discussing what he said at the end of the show, and the style is a bit strange.

For example: "Ah Hui! Do you think I have the right to choose my spouse if I don't learn to write novels from you? Do you think too highly of me?"

"You make so much money a year, but you advise us not to write novels easily. That's not convincing! I didn't want to write a novel, but after hearing you say you've made so much money this year, I feel like writing one now."

"Zhongyuan Yidianhui! Thank you for your advice on the show, but I am a stubborn person. The more others advise me not to do something, the more I want to do it! So, I have decided! Let's start tonight. You write "God's Tomb" and I will write "Immortal Tomb"!"

……

Sitting in front of the computer, Cao Sheng was speechless.

He had good intentions and hoped to persuade his fans not to try writing online articles easily, but he didn't expect that it seemed to have the opposite effect?

He thought it was because the income he revealed on the show was too astonishing.

But even if he doesn't reveal it himself, anyone who watches the news regularly can probably guess his approximate income this year.

Apart from anything else, the film and television adaptation rights were sold for one million and the script was sold for half a million, which have been reported by many media outlets.

Just then, his cell phone next to the computer suddenly rang.

I picked it up and saw that it was my home landline phone number.

After the new house was built, his parents installed a landline phone at his suggestion.

"Hey?"

As soon as Cao Sheng opened his mouth after the call was connected, he heard his mother's voice coming from the phone, "Ah Sheng! Ah Sheng! Is what the villagers said true? Did you really make more than two million this year?"

Cao Sheng: “…”

The show just aired today and the news has already spread to my hometown?

When did the news from my hometown become so well-informed?

It seems that CCTV's programs cover too wide a range.

After a few seconds of silence, he hummed.

Since so many viewers across the country know about it, he and his parents have nothing to hide.

Letting his parents know about his current ability to make money can also allow them to rest assured and enjoy their retirement at home, instead of always thinking about going out to do hard labor to earn that little money.

"Even if you really made that much, you can't say it on TV! Are you crazy?"

The voice on the phone suddenly became my father's.

Apparently, my father was also listening to the phone call just now.

Cao Sheng chuckled, "Dad! I know what's going on. I'm a novelist, so I'm a public figure. Talking about my income at this time can increase my fame and sales of my novels, which is good for making money!"

As the old saying goes: No one knows a son better than his father.

In fact, how can a son not understand his parents?

He knew exactly what he should say to convince his parents.

Sure enough, on the phone, my father's tone weakened, "Is that so! I don't understand what you said. Since it's good for you to make money, you've already said it, so forget it! But, Ah Sheng! With what you said, there will definitely be more people coming to our house to borrow money in the future. Even if our family has mountains of gold and silver, it's not enough for so many people to borrow. What do you think we should do?"

I heard my mother's voice of agreement over the phone.

Cao Sheng smiled.

He could understand his parents' dilemma, but he didn't care.

He has long passed the stage of being thin-skinned and embarrassed to say hello to others.

"Dad, Mom! Just say I didn't give you any money, I just built a house for you. Tell them that I keep all my money myself, and just blame it on me."

"What if they ask us for your phone number, call you, and borrow money from you?"

"Tell them I don't have a cell phone yet."

……

at the same time.

Huang Qingya was also sitting in front of the computer. She had just watched Cao Sheng's performance and words on the "Tell the Truth" program today.

Watching it on TV in her own bedroom.

At this moment, she was sitting in front of the computer, looking at her novel in the document. She wanted to start typing, but found it difficult to concentrate.

All I could think about was how Cao Sheng looked on TV.

So young, so handsome, and so funny.

Moreover, before the end of this year, he has earned 2.5 million, which is probably higher than the total profit of her eldest brother's company in a year. Although her eldest brother's business is not small, the profit is hard to predict. Sometimes he can make some money, and sometimes he will lose money.

But she was really surprised that Cao Sheng could earn so much by writing novels part-time while attending school.

When she was with Cao Sheng, she was actually always worried about the age gap between them.

But today, she suddenly realized that the gap between them was not just in age, but also in income, fame, social status and other aspects.

He is one of the leading young writers in the country.

He has countless fans.

He has already been able to appear on CCTV's TV programs.

There are countless beautiful women who like him.

She remembered the love letters she had seen in the drawer of his computer desk.

She asked him with a smile if he had seen it, and he said no.

It seemed that those love letters had never been opened.

but……

Those love letters at least prove how popular he is with girls.

……

Lao Zhang is the editor in charge of database review at Under the Banyan Tree.

The next morning, he came to the company, turned on the computer, and checked the new books that had been applied for storage after get off work yesterday. His originally nonchalant expression froze for a moment when he saw the number of new books that had been applied for storage. He thought he had seen it wrong, so he closed his eyes tightly. When he opened them again, the number of new books he saw was still the same as before - 317 books.

This is not a weekly number, let alone a monthly number.

Rather, it is the number of new books he has applied to be added to the library since he got off work yesterday.

How many hours has it been?
There are so many new books applying to be included in the library?

Is this a shady move by a competitor? Trying to use a bunch of junk books to ruin our website's reputation?
A light bulb went off in his head and he thought he had seen through his rival's conspiracy.

This number is really too abnormal! During this period, when he came to work every day, he could see no more than 50 new books applied for storage.

But today it suddenly increased more than 6 times.

In order to verify his guess, he patiently opened each of the new books that had applied for inventory review and carefully read the first chapter of these books.

As he expected, the quality of the several books he opened one after another was very poor. The writing style was basically at the level of a junior high school student's composition, and there was not a single well-written book.

There are even a lot of typos.

The quality is obviously much worse than the new books that are usually applied for storage.

So he stood up with a serious look, walked to the boss's office and knocked on the door.

When he came to the boss, he reported his discovery to him with a sullen face.

But what surprised him was that he found that as he continued to report, the look in his boss' eyes became more and more strange. When he finished his report, not only did his boss not look angry at all, he even seemed to want to laugh?

Then, he really heard the boss's laughter.

Zhu William laughed and asked, "Old Zhang! Don't you know that our boss Cao was on CCTV yesterday?"

"Ah? Who? Boss Cao? Which Boss Cao?"

Old Zhang didn't realize who Boss Cao was for a moment.

When he saw the boss laughing again, he remembered that there was another shareholder under the banyan tree - Cao Sheng of Zhongyuan Yidianhui.

But he was still a little confused. "Boss, even if Mr. Cao appeared on some CCTV program, it wouldn't cause so many new books on our website to suddenly increase, right? Could it be that he was advertising our website on CCTV?"

Zhu William shook his head with a smile on his face, "That's not the case! But the effect should be similar!"

Old Zhang was very confused.

Zhu William chuckled and kindly explained, "I watched the show he was on yesterday. Can you believe it? He first revealed that he has earned 2.5 million this year, but at the end of the show, he seriously advised everyone to be cautious when entering the industry and not to easily learn to write novels like him, haha..."

At this point, he couldn't help laughing.

Old Zhang stared at him in a daze and laughed. After a few seconds, he finally reacted. His expression was stunned at first, and then he couldn't help laughing out loud and shaking his head.

First he reveals that he has made a lot of money, and then advises others not to follow his example?
He couldn't believe that Cao Sheng could do such a thing.

But he finally understood why there were so many new books applied to be stored in the warehouse after he got off work yesterday.

I guess many people who watched the show yesterday had a sudden idea and wrote the beginning of a new book overnight and came to Under the Banyan Tree to apply for it to be stored in the library.

These people may just start writing on impulse, without considering whether they have the ability to do so.

That's why the quality of the new books he saw today was obviously worse than usual.

understood!

Lao Zhang apologized to Zhu William with a helpless look and went back to work.

In the next few days, although the number of new books applied to be stored was not as exaggerated as that day, it was still obviously a lot more than before.

Not only under the banyan tree, Lao Zhang took the time to take a look at other websites and found that recently it seemed that the number of new books added to the database of each novel website was much more than before.

He even suspected that Cao Sheng was deliberately using this method to advertise online novels?

(End of this chapter)