Back to 1997, I became the originator of online literature

Chapter 257 Appeared on the News Broadcast

That evening.

In the villa restaurant, Cao Sheng was having dinner. The nanny, Sister Zhang, was holding a rag in her hand, wiping here and there, passing by Cao Sheng from time to time.

At first, Cao Sheng didn't react. He just thought she was a little abnormal today. Usually when he was eating, she would go to the first floor, and wait until he finished eating before she went upstairs to clean up. Why was she wiping things everywhere at this time today?

When she passed by him for the third time with a rag, Cao Sheng finally reacted.

Remembering that she accidentally overheard his conversation with Xiao Cui this morning and learned that he might be on tonight's "News Broadcast", she said she wanted to watch TV tonight.

He agreed without thinking.

He didn't care about such trivial matters.

She thought that since he had agreed, she could just turn on the TV when the time came, and she didn't take it to heart at all.

Seeing her acting so abnormally and passing by him three times in a row, he finally remembered what happened and couldn't help laughing.

"Sister Zhang! Is it almost time for the News Broadcast?"

Cao Sheng smiled and asked.

Sister Zhang immediately stopped, turned around and said with a smile: "It's about to start, do you want to watch it?"

Cao Sheng nodded with a smile, "Go turn on the TV! Let's watch it together!"

"Hey! All right!"

Sister Zhang walked quickly to the living room excitedly and turned on the TV.

But Cao Sheng did not go over to watch. He ate his dinner quietly, just paying attention to the sound of the TV.

After a few commercials, the familiar opening music of "News Broadcast" came into his ears.

The two hosts first took turns reporting today's headlines, including major domestic and international events, as well as news about the convening of a certain conference. As he listened, he heard his own pen name.

"Recently, our country's new literary talent Zhongyuan Yidianhui has made another breakthrough in his career after selling several scripts to the Hong Kong film and television circles. His new script Pacific Rim was picked up by the Hollywood giant Paramount and sold for a whopping $220 million. Once the news came out, countless compatriots at home and abroad were shocked!"

This is a news summary. I guess there will be a detailed report soon.

When Cao Sheng heard this report, he smiled slightly.

The feelings in my heart are quite complicated.

It feels like a dream.

When he first started writing online articles, how many obstacles did he encounter along the way? How many pitfalls did he step into? He himself has lost count.

In the eyes of many readers, he is an old flop. Most of his writings fail, and few of them are not. He always seems to be a bit literary.

But in fact, he had tried his best.

For example, when he wrote his first novel, he had difficulty continuing after writing about 10,000 words. Looking at the document on the computer, he didn't know what to write.
When he wrote his second novel, the data after it was published were still dismal. This time he gritted his teeth and insisted on writing more than 100,000 words, but there were only a few hundred collections, very few serious book reviews, and a pitiful few hundred hits...

He couldn't see the point of continuing to write and couldn't find the motivation to keep going.

For the third book, he learned how to find trends and hot spots. He looked at which books were popular and found that he could imitate the writing style of a book. He started by imitating the title and the writing style. This time, all the data were finally much better, but... when he had written more than 300,000 words, he entered a period of fatigue. The creative passion in his heart was gone, and typing every day was a torture.

He continued to write with perseverance, but the things he wrote were not exciting because he had lost his creative passion, so the popularity of his works continued to decline. The declining popularity further weakened his motivation to write, and he stopped writing soon.

The fourth, fifth...

In the creative process, we always encounter various problems.

Sometimes a carefully prepared work receives very poor response from readers after it is published. Some say that the beginning of his book is too slow and watery, but this is just a deliberate attempt to lay the groundwork for the plot as he wants to make the book longer and better.

Some say that he wrote it wrong, that other books are not written like this, and that this is a setting he made intentionally to distinguish it from other works.

Some say that the more he writes, the more he goes backwards. After so many years of writing, he hasn't made any progress. The reason is that he threw out a gimmick at the beginning of one of his previous books, using a writing style that grabs people's attention first, while this book uses a writing style that first criticizes and then praises. However, some readers feel that the book is depressing as a whole.

and many more.

With each book he encounters some new problems.

Readers can always find flaws in his works from angles that he would never expect.

Sometimes, his works perform well in the early stages, but become unstable in the middle and late stages.

Sometimes, the results in the early stage are not ideal, but they get better and better in the middle and late stages.

Sometimes, he is in a very good creative state, but in reality, some unexpected events will interrupt his creative state.

and many more.

Along the way, it seems that nothing has ever been smooth.

In this society, barely achieving some results and earning a little money are not worth mentioning.

And now?
A little over two years after his rebirth, he not only became the originator of online literature as he wished, but also appeared on the "News Broadcast".

"Boss! You really made it to the News Broadcast! You really made it! You, you are amazing!"

In the living room, Sister Zhang, who was standing and watching TV, looked at Cao Sheng with surprise, praised him loudly, and gave him a thumbs up.

When Cao Sheng saw this, he smiled but didn't say anything.

He felt that such honor was a bit unreal, as if the "A Dot of Gray in the Central Plains" mentioned in the "News Broadcast" just now was not him.

The news continues.

Ten minutes later, there was indeed a detailed report about him.

Cao Sheng did not turn around to watch TV. He continued to eat his meal quietly, just listening to the report on TV. The host's voice seemed to reveal a sense of pride.

"A great man once said, 'Talented men emerge in every generation, and each leads the trend for hundreds of years.' However, the talent turnover in my country's literary world is obviously much faster! For example, in recent years, a new star has been rising in my country's literary world, and has gradually become a leading figure in our literary world - he is Zhongyuan Yidianhui, who is well-known to readers. He was born in a poor family, but he loves literature. His academic qualifications are not outstanding, but he never gives up on himself. He seized the opportunity of the development of the Internet and published his works on the Internet for free. Now, his script called "Pacific Rim" has been sold to Hollywood, to Paramount, for 220 million US dollars..."

A leading figure in the literary world?

When Cao Sheng heard this title, he frowned, feeling that the title was a bit unlucky.

Because this reminded him of someone in the original time and space who liked to promote himself as a leading figure in the Chinese music scene.

……

When Cao Sheng felt that this title was a bit unlucky.

Across the country, countless viewers who were watching this segment of the report on the "News Broadcast" had completely different feelings.

A certain traditional writer looked on with a frown, saying nothing.

A well-known artist, who was not looking at the TV at first, stood up in surprise when he heard this part, walked closer to the TV, and watched the news report thoughtfully.

The owner of a novel website stared blankly at the news broadcast, which kept flashing photos and video clips of Cao Sheng appearing in various public occasions in the past two years.

A book fan was surprised and delighted to see that his favorite novel, A Little Gray in the Central Plains, was featured on the "News Broadcast".

A newsstand owner was eating dinner with his bowl in hand. When he heard the report, he couldn't help but look up at the TV, click his tongue and said to himself, "This kid is becoming more and more popular! Before, he was only in newspapers and occasionally on a few TV shows, but now he's even on the 'News Broadcast'. This kid has a great future!"

A certain online writer, while having dinner with his parents, overheard his father mention "a little gray in the Central Plains" on the "News Broadcast" he was watching. He immediately turned to look at the TV as if he had seen a ghost.

"This, this... Holy shit! Isn't this too awesome?"

As a result, he was hit on the head with his mother's chopsticks and scolded by her: "Why are you so rude? You are the only one who writes novels? So rude? And! Look at him! Not only is he more handsome than you, but he also writes much better novels than you. You should learn from him!"

The online writer quickly raised his hand to rub his forehead, which had just been hit, and looked at his mother in surprise, "Mom! How do you know that his novels are much better than mine? Have you read his books too?"

His mother rolled her eyes at him, "Nonsense! Do we need to read his books? Look, one of his scripts can be sold for $220 million. If a script can be sold for such a high price, can his novels be bad? If his writing is not much better than yours, would a Hollywood company pay such a high price for his script?"

The online writer: “…”

Such a simple and crude way of judging quality left him speechless, but he felt it made sense.

He himself knows clearly that Zhongyuan Yidianhui's works are now the object of study for everyone in the circle, and his works certainly cannot be compared with Zhongyuan Yidianhui's works.

"If your novel can sell for 220 million, even if it's not US dollars but RMB, your last blind date won't be able to look down on you!"

At this time, his father gave him another critical hit.

The smile on his face froze, and then he silently lowered his head to eat.

After his last blind date, he realized something: what is more distressing than the blind date’s ugly appearance is that the other person totally despises him.

This is equivalent to telling him: You are not even worthy of this.

This has made him much quieter recently.

Self-confidence was severely hit.

……

When there is news about Cao Sheng, his book fans are always the first to react.

Tonight's "News Broadcast" has not yet ended, and some posts talking about this matter have appeared in the book review section of the serialized "God's Tomb" and "The Linglong Tower of Heaven and Earth".

For example, in the book review section of "God's Tomb", there are several posts like this:
"Fuck! Ah Hui is so awesome! He was just on the News Broadcast. The news that he sold a script for 220 million US dollars was actually true. What kind of author am I chasing after? I thought he was just an expert, but I didn't expect him to be the best expert in the world?"

"My mother asked me why I was kneeling to watch TV, and I said: Zhongyuan Yidianhui is my favorite author! Last time I posted a post pointing out the flaws in his book! Am I too bold? I dare to find faults in the works of such an author? Is it too late for me to admit my mistake now?"

"This is terrible, brothers! Ah Hui, that bastard, might really have to change his career! He actually sold a script for 220 million US dollars. It was just reported on the "News Network". This, this... does he still have the heart to write novels? Will our book be abandoned?"

"I became a multimillionaire with just one script. When I thought that this book was written for me by a multimillionaire, I felt a little panicked. I kept asking myself: Am I worthy of it? Am I worthy of such a millionaire writing a book for me?"

"Why do I feel like someone I know is on the News Broadcast? Someone pinch me? Am I dreaming?"

……

In the book review section of "The Linglong Tower of Heaven and Earth", there are more posts discussing it.

The reason is probably that many readers have guessed that the script of Pacific Rim should be one of the movie worlds in this book.

Because Cao Sheng’s previous scripts, except for "Ip Man", seemed to be all about the movie world in this book.

For this reason, the book review section of "The Linglong Tower of Heaven and Earth" is particularly lively today, with more people posting and even more people replying.

For example: "I feel that the value of this book is constantly rising! The movie world in the book has been adapted into scripts one after another. Almost all of them have been sold, right? The key is that the prices are getting more and more outrageous! First it was "One Man's Martial Arts World", then "Ong Bak", "Ip Man", "The Hunger Games", and now "Pacific Rim" is sold at a sky-high price. Damn! Is this author going to the sky? How can you write a novel like this? I am almost scared to death by him! Is he so talented? It's too damn scary!"

"Everyone, guess when the script of the movie world of Twilight can be sold? I think everyone has seen the simplified Chinese book about Twilight that was recently released. Do you think the script of this movie world can be sold?"

"Is the Xinwen Lianbo deifying Ah Hui? I feel that once this news comes out, Ah Hui's death will definitely go down in the history of our domestic literary world! Now that I say he is the most awesome online writer, no one should object, right?"

"I suddenly feel that the film companies that bought Ah Hui's previous scripts made a lot of money! The script also written by Ah Hui, Pacific Rim, sold for 220 million US dollars. How much did his previous scripts sell for? Is it because he was a newcomer in the film and television industry at that time?"

"Before today, I always thought that Zhongyuan Yidianhui was not worthy of Zuxian! After watching the "Xinwen Lianbo", I suddenly felt that Zuxian was marrying above her status! There are many men who are worthy of her in terms of fame and finances, but how many writers can be on the "Xinwen Lianbo"? Is there another one who is so handsome? The key is that Zhongyuan Yidianhui is no longer poor! The script fee for "Pacific Rim" alone has made him a multi-millionaire! I suddenly feel that Zhongyuan Yidianhui is worthy of all the female stars in the entertainment industry! It's awesome!"

……

In front of the computer, Huang Qingya looked at the posts in the book review section of "The Mysterious Tower of Heaven and Earth" and frowned in silence.

She had been holding her breath, wanting to catch up with Cao Sheng's achievements in writing.

Before, she could barely see the other party's taillights, but now? She already doubted whether the other party had crossed the finish line?

The difference is too big!
(End of this chapter)