Back to 1997, I became the originator of online literature

Chapter 481 Even someone with only a junior high school education can write.

There are many people like the schoolteacher and the man with the broken blade.

Few can resist the allure of money.

However, there are countless people with writing talent across the land of China, among its more than one billion people.

One of the most important reasons why traditional literature in the past did not have a great influence, a large readership, and a small number of writers was that it was very difficult to publish.

However, the emergence of novel platforms like Qidian has made it very easy to publish works.

As long as you can type, you can register an author account on Qidian and publish your writing for readers to appreciate.

Before Qidian implemented paid reading, it wasn't as attractive to writers.

After all, there's no money to be made!
There are people who generate electricity out of love.

But not every writer is willing to generate electricity out of love.

Now, Qidian has piloted paid reading, and some people have already earned more than 11 yuan in electronic manuscript fees in a month.

The old sayings, such as "money moves people's hearts," "a generous reward will surely bring forth brave men," and "money can make the devil turn the millstone," all speak to the magic of money.

In the original timeline, many writers were attracted to online novels by the potential income, which led them to try writing.

For example, the news that Xue Hong was the first writer to break the million-yuan mark in annual income attracted many people to try writing online novels.

For example, after San Shao, Tu Dou, and others appeared on Hunan TV's "Day Day Up" program and claimed to earn tens of millions of yuan a year, it attracted many people to try writing online novels.

For example, the news that a book by Tudou sold over 100 million copies in a year on a mobile bookstore attracted many people to embark on the irreversible path of writing online novels.

and many more.

Every time the income of a top online novelist is exposed, it attracts a large number of people to get into online novels.

After Cao Sheng was reborn.

His income has repeatedly shocked the public.

It inspires people who are confident in their writing skills to consider writing online novels.

Some people who lack confidence in their writing skills also develop the idea of ​​writing online novels.

For example: Wang Tian.

Wang Tian is 22 years old this year and has a junior high school education. Logically speaking, with his education level, he should never have had the idea of ​​writing novels in his life.

He originally had no such idea. After graduating from junior high school, he went to the construction site with his uncle and honestly carried bricks, cement, and mixed mortar.

His plans for the future were actually made by his parents and uncles.

The father said, “If you don’t get into high school, don’t blame your mother and me for not sending you. We only have a little over two acres of land, and your mother and I don’t have any skills. Why don’t you go work on the construction site with your uncle? You can earn money and learn a skill. It’s better than staying at home and farming with us. After you work for a few years and save enough money, we will build a new house. Once the new house is built, we can find you a girl to marry.”

The mother said, "You can't spend the money you earn recklessly. Give it to me, and I'll save it for you. I'll use it to build you a house and help you get married in the future."

My uncle said, "To prevent you from spending money recklessly, I'll keep your monthly salary for you. I'll only give you 100 yuan a month for pocket money. The rest I'll give to your parents at the end of the year when we go home. If you spend it all, when will you ever get married? Right?"

right?
Wang Tian, ​​who came to the city construction site to move bricks with his uncle when he graduated from junior high school at the age of 16, couldn't say for sure whether it was right or wrong.

But he knew that his parents and uncles were doing it all for his own good.

Therefore, he never protested.

He silently moved bricks, cement, and mixed mortar. He did all the dirty work and hard labor on the construction site, as long as someone asked him to.

His hands became rough and cracked from working so hard, and he became dark and thin. In the beginning, after finishing work and eating every day, he was so tired that his whole body ached and he didn't even want to take a shower. He just wanted to find a place to lie down.

Later, as he got older and worked on construction sites for a long time, he gradually became stronger and was not as tired after finishing his work each day.

Gradually, I started looking for ways to have fun and pass the time.

People play cards on the construction site every day.

He didn't have much money and didn't dare to gamble.

We often go to nearby hair salons and small hotels to have fun, and sometimes I jokingly ask him if he wants to come along.

He disliked that kind of woman because he thought she was unclean, and having never been in a relationship, he couldn't accept that kind of way of relaxing.

So he never went.

Once, when he passed by a book rental shop near the construction site, he stopped and turned to look at the dilapidated shop, his expression becoming very complicated.

He thought of his student days.

At that time, he actually studied very hard.

I also want to get into high school and then go to university. Who wouldn't want that?
His academic performance was actually quite good. Out of the six classes and more than 300 students in the entire grade, he consistently ranked in the top 30, and at his best, he even ranked 12th in the entire grade.

only……

The school he attended had a very low college entrance rate; only three to five students could get into high school each year. As a result, he failed the high school entrance exam.

Actually, it's not really considered failing the exam.

If he wanted, there were two other high schools in the county, which he could definitely attend with his scores.

However, those two high schools had a very bad reputation, with frequent reports of student fights and pregnancies, and very few students were admitted to universities each year.

In their village, not a single person went to attend those two high schools.

People would rather go out to work than go to those two high schools.

After all, high school tuition is expensive for rural children, and living expenses are also a considerable burden. Therefore, unless they are admitted to the best high school in the county, their families generally will not allow them to continue their studies.

This is how Wang Tian entered society.

That afternoon, he paused for a moment in front of the book rental shop before walking in with his head down.

When I entered, I didn't dare look at the owner behind the cashier, afraid of seeing the surprised look in her eyes.

He thought that he looked dirty and must have been a laborer on a construction site. He was sure the bookstore owner would look at him with surprise when she saw him come in.

She was probably thinking: "You big, uncouth guy, you're in a bookstore?"
But compared to other forms of entertainment, he felt that renting books was the cheapest and best way to pass the time.

He first rented Jin Yong's martial arts novels and read every single one of them. Then he started reading Gu Long's. After finishing Gu Long's, he read martial arts novels by other famous authors such as Wolong Sheng and Sima Ling.

Later, he discovered Huang Yi's works.

only……

The number of martial arts novels from Hong Kong and Taiwan is ultimately very limited.

Unable to resist reading day after day, he finished reading all the martial arts novels he could find in less than a year.

A sudden reading slump befell him.

Having no other choice, he started reading the works of Jin Yong (complete), Jin Yong (new), Gu Long (powerful), and others.

To be honest, although the pen names of these books are quite ridiculous, some of them are actually quite well-written.

It helped him get through many lonely times.

Two years ago.

Suddenly, in a book rental shop, he saw brand-new novels. The covers and pages were all brand new, and the covers were much thicker than those of Jin Yong and other authors. The cover designs were also much prettier. Many of the books even featured sexy women on their covers. Although these women were obviously not real, the exposed thighs were enough to please Wang Tian's eyes.

Out of curiosity, he flipped through the new books for a while.

It was discovered that all of these new books were written by an author named "Zhongyuan Yidianhui".

There is a book called "I Want to Become an Immortal" and another called "The Tomb of the Gods".

Each book was divided into many volumes. He tried renting one and took it home. From then on, it was as if he had opened the door to a new world. He became completely engrossed in this novel world of cultivation novels.

Now, two years have passed.

He not only read all of Cao Sheng's works, but also many other writers' works, and already knew what online novels were.

Under his influence, several young men on the construction site have developed a love for reading novels.

At 22 years old, he also learned to go to internet cafes to surf the internet under the influence of his coworkers.

The cost of internet access is much higher than renting novels.

But it also held a greater attraction for him.

There are countless novels, endless domestic and international TV series and movies to watch, and countless songs to listen to online—all for free! It's all free; you only need to pay to access the internet.

He couldn't bear to go to internet cafes so often.

I only go once or twice a month, and each time I only stay for two hours. Two hours is definitely not enough to read novels. I can only listen to music, read the news, and occasionally watch a movie stored on the internet cafe's hard drive.

Recently, he discovered Qidian.com.

He discovered that Zhongyuan Yidianhui was serializing his work on this website.

"The Romance of Chinese Martial Arts" is very good.

He recently read two copies of the book at a rental bookstore, but Qidian has the latest chapters of the book, and its serialization progress is much ahead of that of the rental bookstore.

Overjoyed, he decided to splurge and read all the chapters of "The Romance of Chinese Martial Arts" that he hadn't read before on his computer. However, he was surprised to find that most of the chapters he hadn't read required a subscription fee.

He was disappointed.

After reading some free chapters, he went to the book's review section and saw that people were discussing the book's electronic royalties of over 11 yuan last month.

What is electronic royalties?
No one explained it to him.

But through the discussions in these posts, he gradually understood what electronic royalties were.

He was surprised to learn that writing and publishing novels online could actually earn him royalties.

Then, a thought flashed through his mind: Could I also write a novel and post it on this website?
He felt inferior about his junior high school diploma.

However, he was very confident in his ability to endure hardship and persevere.

He thought: Writing novels must be easier than working on a construction site. I won't have to be exposed to the wind, sun, and rain, and I won't have to be dirty all day long.

If you can earn royalties, writing novels is much more respectable than working on a construction site.

He wanted to try it.

He didn't aspire to the income of a top earner like Zhongyuan Yidianhui; he was content with earning just a few hundred yuan a month.

It's important to know that the wages for working on construction sites are not high these days.

You only make twenty or thirty yuan a day, and after working yourself to the bone for a month, you only make a few hundred yuan.

This kind of work is utterly undignified to talk about.

Not only do others look down on him, but he also looks down on himself.

Several years of working on construction sites have made Wang Tian much more mature.

Their self-discipline also far surpasses that of their student days.

In recent years, he has often thought: If only I had worked a few times harder when I was studying, studying would have been much better than working on a construction site.

For several days in a row, he did not rent any more books.

He found a school and bought draft paper and two ballpoint pens at a stationery store near the school gate. After returning to the construction site, he would find a quiet corner after finishing his work each day and try to write a novel on the draft paper.

Even though writing was very difficult, full of stumbles and falters, and he often found himself unable to express himself clearly, he didn't want to give up. He was afraid that years later, he would still be toiling away on a construction site, and that he would regret time and time again not having tried several times harder when he first tried writing novels.

……

Huizhou.

Cao Sheng had no idea how many people were spurred on by his electronic manuscript fee from last month.

Little did anyone know that the legendary figure "Broken Blade" from the original timeline had also entered the industry ahead of time.

What's even more unknown is that on a certain construction site, there was a young man named Wang Tian, ​​who only had a junior high school education, and who, influenced by his income, also began to try writing.

It's also unknown how many people across the country have become hooked on online novels under his influence.

This evening.

Jiang Xiaoshuang, whom he hadn't seen for some time, came to his place, stepping into the living room on the second floor of his villa in the afterglow of the setting sun.

Cao Sheng asked his aunt to cook two more dishes to entertain Jiang Xiaoshuang.

Jiang Xiaoshuang, whom I hadn't seen for a while, seemed to have a much stronger presence than before.

She looked much more refined overall.

Everything has been upgraded, from clothing and hairstyle to skin.

Even her smile was brighter than before.

"Did you watch my last two episodes? Oh, right, do you remember the name of my show? I told you about it on the phone."

While eating, Jiang Xiaoshuang talked to Cao Sheng, her face beaming with joy.

She has been busy lately with the new program that Huizhou TV prepared for her. She had previously invited Cao Sheng to Huizhou TV for an interview, and they did an episode called "On Stage with Ash".

In that episode, she was the host, responsible for chatting with Cao Sheng on stage.

The show received good ratings and positive reviews after it aired.

Huizhou TV therefore decided to create a special interview program, and Jiang Xiaoshuang was chosen as the host of the program.

There is a lot of work to be done from the preparation to the broadcast of a new program.

She is under a lot of pressure.

Therefore, I haven't come to Cao Sheng's place recently.

But she would occasionally call Cao Sheng to tell him about the hardships and troubles of her work, and sometimes ask him for advice.

Therefore, Cao Sheng knew the name of her new program.

When asked about it, Cao Sheng smiled and replied, "The 'Showing Off the Stage with Frost'! Of course I remember it."

Jiang Xiaoshuang smiled and asked, "Did you watch my last two episodes?"

Cao Sheng smiled and shook his head.

He definitely didn't look at it.

He was planning to watch the first episode of her new show before it aired, but that night, after he finished dinner, he didn't think about it at all and went upstairs to write as usual. By the time he remembered it, it was already past midnight when he went to bed.

He also planned to watch the second episode before it aired.

But that night, Wang Jing talked to him about investing in Ali, and while they were talking, he forgot to watch Jiang Xiaoshuang's new show.

I didn't remember until the morning of the next day.

At this moment, when Jiang Xiaoshuang saw him shake his head, the smile on her face immediately turned into helplessness, and she couldn't help but roll her eyes at him.

(End of this chapter)