Back to 1997, I became the originator of online literature

Chapter 193 Site-wide Announcement
The same morning.

Cao Sheng was sitting in the classroom attending class, but his mind was neither on the teacher nor on the draft book in front of him. His eyes were on the playground outside the window.

There was a class having a physical education class on the playground. Several girls were running hard on the track, which was quite pleasing to the eyes.

But in fact, his mind was not on those girls.

He was thinking about the new book he uploaded to Under the Banyan Tree last night.

According to his previous habit of publishing new books, he would notify his fans every time he published a new book, such as posting a single chapter in the old book.

Before his rebirth, he would also notify the book fans group.

But this time he was a little hesitant to publish a single chapter to promote this new book.

It’s not that I don’t have confidence in the creativity and quality of this new book, but... I’m afraid of being scolded by the readers of "God's Tomb".

Those readers who are following "God's Tomb" suddenly saw that he had published a new book, and I guess many of them would scold him.

Because it is obvious that if he updates two works at the same time, it will inevitably affect the serialization speed of "God's Tomb" and may even affect the quality of the subsequent plot of "God's Tomb".

It seems very cool to talk about the double-opening thing.

But it is not friendly to readers.

Therefore, he decided not to publish a single chapter to promote the new book this time, and let the new book develop quietly for a while! Who can see it depends on fate. Anyway, the recent update speed is not fast, and he has decided to update one chapter every three days.

This is just the right time to keep the plot of "A Man's Martial Arts" which will be released tomorrow secret for a while longer.

One chapter is updated every three days, and only ten chapters can be updated in a month. The content of ten chapters does not reveal much about the movie, and a month is enough for the movie to reap the box office.

only……

There is a saying: The tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop.

He didn't want to promote his new book for the time being, but after the editors at Under the Banyan Tree read the first chapter of his new book, someone quickly suggested promoting his new book on the homepage of the website.

The person who made this suggestion was his old friend Wang Jing.

Wang Jing felt that based on her friendship with Cao Sheng, she should strive to obtain such benefits for Cao Sheng.

What's more, Cao Sheng is a shareholder of their website. It is reasonable for her to help him get some benefits.

After hearing her proposal, other editors agreed.

Then Wang Jing went to ask the boss.

The boss readily agreed.

For him, the fact that Zhongyuan Yidianhui has a new book being serialized under the Banyan Tree is itself a good opportunity to promote Under the Banyan Tree.

Just like that, when Cao Sheng decided not to promote his new book for the time being, everyone under the banyan tree, from the boss to the editor, unanimously agreed to give his new book a big promotion.

The kind that has a banner above the homepage of the website.

The banner was quickly put up.

Appear in the eyes of tens of thousands of book fans and authors.

The content on the banner is as follows: "Zhongyuan Yidianhui's new masterpiece: "The Mysterious and Yellow Linglong Tower of Heaven and Earth" is coming!"

The big red banner with golden fonts is quite eye-catching.

"Keep low! Keep low! Don't shoot with a gun..."

In the classroom, Cao Sheng whispered to himself.

Under the banyan tree, I don’t know how many people have seen the content of this banner.

Wang Jing refreshed the pages of "The Exquisite Tower of Heaven and Earth" with a smile on her face. She was satisfied to see that every time she refreshed the page, the number of hits on the book would increase by hundreds or even thousands.

Moreover, the number of book reviews in the comment section was also growing rapidly. When she got off work at noon, there were already more than 1700 book reviews in the comment section for this new book, which had only one chapter published so far. If the number of words in these reviews were added together, the total number of words would definitely far exceed the number of words in this chapter.

When I saw this new book, after reading the first chapter, I went to the book review section and saw some posts like this:
"Damn! You're starting a new book right now? Is 'God's Tomb' going to end? No way! I'm enjoying 'God's Tomb'! You're starting a new book at this time?"

"What do you mean, author? This new book is classified as fantasy, but you wrote 'Type: Infinite Universe' before the introduction? Are you creating a new category?"

"Fuck! This book title isn't actually a fairy tale? Are you kidding me?"

"Is 'One Man's Martial Arts' really one of the plots in your new book? The movie won't be released until tomorrow, right? Wouldn't it be a spoiler if you publish the book now?"

"I just finished reading the first chapter, and I suddenly became interested in the upcoming "One Man's Martial Arts". Feng Yuxiu is going to challenge the world's number one in every field? Is that so cool?"

……

After seeing the banner and reading the first chapter of the book, Annie Baby subconsciously went to the book review section, wanting to see how much more popular Zhongyuan Yidianhui's new book was than her own.

When she saw the lively scene in the book review section, with the number of book reviews exceeding a thousand, she looked envious.

He intuitively realized the gap in popularity between himself and Zhongyuan Yidianhui.

But she unexpectedly noticed some insults in the book review section.

She didn't read the positive reviews carefully, and her attention was mainly focused on the sporadic criticisms.

"Zhongyuan is a bit of dust! You son of a bitch, if you dare to finish "God's Tomb" in the near future, I will cry in front of you!"

"Ah Hui! You didn't even post a chapter in your old book to notify me of your new book? Do you want to die? If you have the guts, don't leave after school!"

"Is it fun to serialize two works at the same time? Ah Hui! Is it because we, the fans of "God's Tomb", can't afford to support you or what? Come back and apologize to the brothers!!"...

It was almost noon when the Third Master saw that Zhongyuan Yidianhui had published a new book.

When he first saw the banner announcement above the website's homepage, he was surprised.

As a smart man, he hesitated and felt confused after his previous book failed. He even thought about never writing novels again.

But novels are addictive, whether you read them or write them.

So, he recently started a new book.

Before starting the new book, he thought of the new book title that Zhongyuan Yidianhui had told the media before - "The Linglong Tower of Heaven and Earth".

He checked on the Internet and found out that the Tiandi Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda was Laozi's magical weapon for protection. Even Tongtian Sect Master's Zhuxian Sword Formation could not break the defense of this pagoda.

Therefore, he concluded that Zhongyuan Yidianhui's new book must be another fantasy theme.

Moreover, he still remembered that Zhongyuan Yidianhui had published a single chapter in his work before, saying that the name of the new book was "Seven Treasures Linglong Tower".

Later, it was suddenly changed to "The Linglong Tower of Heaven and Earth".

Thinking of this, he checked the Seven Treasures Linglong Pagoda again and found that this was the pagoda in the hands of Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King.

When he found this information, he was moved.

A few days later, I opened a new book called "Seven Treasures Exquisite Tower", and the genre I chose was fantasy.

He believed that Zhongyuan Yidianhui's "The Mysterious Tower of Heaven and Earth" would become a hit after it was published.

By then, his book "Seven Treasures Exquisite Tower" should be able to benefit from it.

After all, this title was the original name of Zhongyuan Yidianhui's new book, and both books are fantasy heroes. Those readers who are not satisfied after reading "The Linglong Tower of Heaven and Earth" wouldn't want to read "The Linglong Tower of Seven Treasures" to quench their thirst?

Therefore, when he saw the announcement that "The Mysterious Tower of Heaven and Earth" had been published, he was excited.

It felt like waiting at an intersection where a beautiful girl must pass after school. After waiting for a long time, I finally saw the beautiful girl walking slowly towards me.

The excitement in my heart cannot be expressed to outsiders.

but……

When he saw that this book was placed in the fantasy category and the very beginning of the introduction said "Type: Infinite Universe", he was dumbfounded.

When he started reading the first chapter, he became more and more shocked. Is this a fairy tale? How could this be a fairy tale? Did the hero travel through time? Why didn’t he travel to the ancient world? How did he travel to the world of “One Man’s Martial Arts”? Isn’t “One Man’s Martial Arts” a kung fu movie? This, this…

After reading the first chapter, his heart sank to the bottom.

Wrong guess! Totally wrong!
"The Linglong Tower of the Mysterious Heaven and Earth" is not a fantasy novel, not at all!

He sat in front of the computer in silence for a long time.

It's like trying to catch a beautiful girl on the street after school, but finding no one.

……

noon.

After having lunch in the cafeteria, Cao Sheng returned to the villa.

I brewed a cup of Pu'er tea, carried the teapot to the study on the third floor, and turned on the computer.

While waiting for the computer to start up, he laughed at himself and thought: I will never open two books at the same time again. What's the point of opening two books at the same time? He dared not tell his old fans when he opened a new book, as if he was a thief.

Then I thought: the book should have passed the review. Without my promotional chapter, the book should be very unpopular. I wonder if the number of book collectors has exceeded 100? Are there any fans who have seen this new book? Are there any posts in the book review section scolding me?

With these thoughts in his mind, after the computer started up successfully, he went under the banyan tree and logged into the author's backstage. When he saw the number of collectors of the new book, his eyes widened.

How many?

5399?

How could there be so many?
I haven't even published a single chapter in my old book to promote it. How are these fans so well-informed? How is this possible?

I just published the first chapter! How could they find out so quickly?

What went wrong?
He suddenly felt a little guilty. Although such a large number of collectors was a good thing, he estimated that the book review section might have exploded. Everywhere he looked, he saw a lot of curses.

This feeling is very similar to a long time ago, when he stopped updating one of his works for a few days and suddenly he didn't dare to read the book review section anymore, for fear of seeing readers scolding him. He was even more afraid that his old book fans who had supported him in the past would also come out to express their disappointment in him.

With more than 5,000 collectors, he felt that there must be many old book fans who had spoken in the book review section.

After all these years of writing, what he is most afraid of facing is the criticism from old book fans.

Every time he saw old fans jumping out to criticize him, he felt abandoned by everyone.

At this moment, he wanted to light a cigarette to relieve the tension in his heart.

But after he was reborn, he never smoked again. How could he have cigarettes on hand?
He could only lower his head and take a sip of tea, but when the tea entered his mouth, he immediately spat it out. He grimaced from the burn and took a breath of cold air, almost throwing away the purple clay teapot in his hand.

Putting down the teapot and calming himself, he took a deep breath, reached out to control the mouse, clicked on the page of the new book, and dragged the page to the book review area.

Although he was a little afraid that readers would scold him, reason told him that since he had chosen to be expelled from the party and fired, he should face whatever the situation was. There was no point in escaping.

(End of this chapter)