Back to 1997, I became the originator of online literature

Chapter 194 Industry Status
What surprised Cao Sheng was that not many people scolded him in the book review section.

The few posts that seem to be scolding him are also funny in style.

For example: "God's Tomb" updates one chapter a day so slowly. It turns out that you are secretly writing a new book. You still expect us to support your new book? Get lost! Unless you update more!"

"The pretty boy is unreliable! When I first saw the author's appearance in the news, I knew he was unreliable! How could he have the energy to update the book if he looks like that? As expected! It's ok that he didn't update "God's Tomb" well, but he only updated one chapter of the new book. Pah! Damn pretty boy!"

"How dare you publish just one chapter? Who can fill their stomachs with it? You call yourself a new writer! Bullshit!"

"Ah Hui! Come here! Please read with me: 'I am not a good person. I shamelessly serialized two books at the same time. Please don't follow my example! I am guilty!' After you finish reading this sentence, I will forgive you."

……

Except for these posts that seem to be scolding him.

There were more posts, but no scolding of him.

The content of the posts is quite varied, saying all sorts of things.

For example: "Ah Hui! Didn't you say that you have written about ten similar scripts? "One Man's Martial Arts" will be released tomorrow. What about your other scripts? Will they be made into movies?"

"Hey, this first chapter is quite interesting! What should I do? I like "God's Tomb" and I also want to read this new book. How about that? Ah Hui, why don't you stay up tonight? Write "God's Tomb" during the day and this new book at night! After all, we will sleep forever after death, so why should we sleep more when we are alive? Right? Haha."

"Damn it! Zhongyuan Yidianhui, you are the beacon of the industry! How can we authors survive if you do this? Do you want us to serialize two books at the same time like you do? It's not like you can't make money. The performance of "God's Tomb" is so good, and you are still publishing a new book? Fuck!"

"When I read this new book, I felt ashamed for some reason, because I suddenly thought that Zhongyuan Yidianhui was so successful and worked so hard, but I still had the time to read novels online. I seemed to understand why I was not successful."

……

In front of the computer.

Cao Shengting was surprised that everyone reacted like this.

There are so few people who scold him.

Is it because they are particularly tolerant of me?
Or is it because I haven’t slowed down the update of “God’s Tomb” because of this? And they haven’t felt that the quality of the plot of “God’s Tomb” has declined recently?
Or is it that readers of this era are simply easier to please?
He thought about it for a while and felt that it might be related to the fact that both of his books were serialized for free on the Internet.

Since no one was spending any money, they didn't have high expectations of him.

On the contrary, if everyone paid to read his books and saw him publish two books at the same time, I'm afraid his attitude would not be the same as it is now.

His heart, which had been hanging in the air, slowly settled down.

But this did not relax my requirements for the quality of my works and the speed of updating.

Because he knows very well that as an online writer, if he wants to satisfy most readers, the quality of his work comes first, and the speed of updating comes second.

This is one of the reasons why he chose December 12th as the date for his party and expulsion from office.

Because his courses for this semester are almost over.

Winter vacation will be here soon.

Next semester, he doesn't have to attend classes or do an internship.

I can almost do coding full-time.

Working full-time, with the current average update speed of online literature, it would not be a problem for him to write two books at the same time while ensuring the quality.

……

It was around 3pm that day.

Cao Sheng took some simple luggage and boarded a plane to Shanghai.

Tomorrow is the day when the first Internet Literature Award will be held under the Banyan Tree. Since he has agreed to attend the award ceremony, he should set off today.

Also leaving for Shanghai on the same day were the authors who were invited to attend the award ceremony.

There are dozens of people including He Zai, Annie Baby, Li Xunhuan, Xing Yusen, Lao Zhu, Pincha, Gufeng Taoist, Zhongyuan Yidianhei and so on.

Among them, tea tasting, ancient Taoist priests, a little black in the Central Plains, etc., did not emerge in the development process of online literature in the original time and space.

But in this time and space, because Cao Sheng opened the era of online literature in advance, especially his successively published "I Want to Become an Immortal" and "God's Tomb", he opened up the theme of immortal heroes and cultivation in advance, not only cultivated a large number of readers who like immortal heroes and cultivation, but also cultivated a group of authors.

He began publishing his works in early 1998.

Now 1999 is almost over.

In almost two years, the butterfly effect has become increasingly larger.

The development of online literature in this time and space is increasingly deviating from the development trajectory of the original time and space.

Every time news about him appears, such as reporting that the film and television adaptation rights of one of his works sold for one million, a script sold for half a million, and his annual income was two and a half million, etc., it stimulates some people to start trying to create.

The temptation of money has always been huge.

……

Zhongyuan Yidianhei is a 26-year-old fat man.

At this moment, he was sitting on the train to the Magic City. Thinking that he would be able to see Zhongyuan Yidianhui tomorrow, he felt not only nervous but also a little embarrassed.

Because anyone can see that his pen name is an imitation of Zhongyuan Yidianhui.

In fact, as far as he knew, since Zhongyuan Yidianhuihuo became popular, many similar pen names have appeared.

Such as: a little red in the Central Plains, a little green in the Central Plains, a little blue in the Central Plains, etc.

And he is just one of many imitators.

He didn't feel embarrassed at first.

But who made his book "I Want to Practice Taoism" so popular?

Not only did he become popular, he was also voted into the top 50 of the voting list by readers, and received an invitation letter from Under the Banyan Tree, inviting him to attend the award ceremony.

He wanted to ask Zhongyuan Yidianhui for an autograph.

But he was also worried that Zhongyuan Yidianhui would dislike him as an imitator. He himself felt that he was imitating too much.

Not only did he imitate other people's pen names, but even the title of his book "I Want to Cultivate Taoism" was an imitation of "I Want to Become an Immortal".

……

On another train.

Jin Hezai sat cross-legged on the bed in the sleeper car, fiddling with the new camera he had just bought yesterday.

This time when he went to attend the award ceremony, he wanted to take more photos to record the experience.

Mainly I wanted to take a photo with Zhongyuan Yidianhui.

He didn't have such an opportunity before, but this award ceremony gave him the chance to meet Zhongyuan Yidianhui himself. Although he did not grow up reading Zhongyuan Yidianhui's works, he believes that his decision to become a novelist and his current achievements are mainly influenced by Zhongyuan Yidianhui's works.

Therefore, he was looking forward to seeing some gray in the Central Plains.

……

The person drinking tea is a man in his early thirties.

He had just stepped onto the ground of the Magic City and walked out of the airport exit.

He was a little thin, but had an extraordinary demeanor. He wore a suit, leather shoes, a pair of silver-rimmed glasses on his face, and dragged a black leather suitcase in his hand. He walked with a breeze, looking like a social elite.

In fact, he was doing quite well.

He is an editor of a newspaper.

Originally he was used to writing editorials.

However, after reading the works of Zhongyuan Yidianhui, he developed a strong interest in fantasy novels, so he tried to serialize his works in Under the Banyan Tree in his spare time.

His outstanding writing skills and writing style that quotes from classics gradually attracted a group of readers.

Later, his works were recommended by the publication recommendation website Under the Banyan Tree.

It came into the sight of the editor of Hetu and was then successfully published.

Nowadays, he has little interest in his job and focuses his main energy on writing novels.

Walk out of the airport and get into a taxi.

He turned to look at the scenery outside the car window. This was his first time in Shanghai, so he was naturally curious about this city.

But while he was enjoying the scenery outside the car window, what he was thinking about was the grayness of the Central Plains.

He has mixed feelings about the grayness of the Central Plains.

Both admire each other's talents.

I am also a little envious of each other's achievements.

And a little bit of emotion: "If we have Yu, why do we have Liang?"

In particular, every time he saw the gray look of the Central Plains in newspapers or on TV, he couldn't help but think of "If we have Yu, why do we have Liang?"

He felt that he was no less handsome than Zhongyuan Yidianhui, and his writing skills and talent were also among the best among his peers, and he was much older than Zhongyuan Yidianhui.

But the tea from Zhongyuan has become popular across both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong, but he only tastes tea under the banyan tree and is not very famous.

Thinking about meeting the other person at the award ceremony tomorrow, he felt even more complicated.

He hadn't decided yet whether he would take the initiative to approach the other party and have a few words with him? Ask for an autograph?

Or sit in your seat and look at the other person coldly?

……

In fact, not only the above-mentioned authors, but all the authors who came to attend the award ceremony this time, thought of Zhongyuan Yidianhui in their hearts on the way to Shanghai.

Whether they admit it or not, they know in their hearts that their ability to embark on the path of writing and their current achievements are more or less influenced by the works of Zhongyuan Yidianhui.

None of them dared to say that they had not read Zhongyuan Yidianhui's works.

……

Compared with the complex psychology of these authors, Cao Sheng's mind is much simpler.

Sitting on the plane, he looked at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window, and then at the stewardess passing by from time to time.

When I get tired of reading, I just open a magazine to kill time.

After flipping through the magazine for a while, I felt bored and closed my eyes to rest.

When I opened my eyes again, the plane was already descending, preparing to land.

He opened his eyes and found that there was a blanket on his body. He was stunned and looked around subconsciously, but noticed that a male passenger next to him was looking at him enviously.

Cao Sheng was looked at in a somewhat bewildered manner.

I thought: The stewardess covered me with a blanket, and you are envious? If you are envious, you can also take a nap, and maybe the stewardess will also cover you with a blanket.

He collected the blanket and prepared to fold it and return it to the stewardess later when he suddenly noticed a business card under the blanket.

The font on the business card is very beautiful, with a name and a mobile phone number printed on it.

The name is: Su Jing.

Is this what the stewardess who covered me with a blanket left for me?

He was quite surprised.

I finally understood why the male passenger next to me looked at him with envy.

Is this the time when you see the stewardess covering him with a blanket and leaving her business card?
(End of this chapter)