Back to 1997, I became the originator of online literature

Chapter 50: "First Intimate Contact" has fans going crazy

7 month 22 day.

It's around 10am.

In the county town where Cao Sheng grew up, his old classmate Tan Lei was dragged to a newsstand by his high school deskmate Jiang Ya. As soon as they arrived, Jiang Ya began to look through the newspapers in front of her.

While searching, he said, "You and he were both in Huizhou Teachers College. You really didn't know that he wrote a novel? That he has become a famous writer? You don't keep in touch with him at all?"

Before Tan Lei, who had a complicated expression on her face, could respond, Jiang Ya pulled out a copy of Wenhui Daily and pointed to a report on it, saying, "Hey! Look! This news is about him! Take a look!"

Tan Lei frowned and looked over. She saw the headline of the news was: "The initiator of Internet novels - Zhongyuan Yidianhui!"

The following report is: "Cao Sheng, pen name Zhongyuan Yidianhui, is only 18 years old and still a freshman in college. But at the beginning of this year, he quickly became an Internet celebrity with "The Days of Living with the Air Hostess". The number of readers on one website alone exceeded 200 million. He and his work are not only the initiators of Internet novels, but also the creators of the most popular ones at present..."

Just as Tan Lei saw this, Jiang Ya took out a copy of Yangcheng Evening News and stuffed it in front of her.

"It's also on here! Look here!"

Jiang Ya pointed to a section of Yangcheng Evening News and motioned for Tan Lei to look at it.

This time the title is - "Have you read this year's most popular romance novel "Living with a Stewardess"?"

Content: "It's not just the summer this year that's hot, but also Zhongyuan Yidianhui's "The Days of Living with a Stewardess"! This is the first online novel! It's also the most popular online novel at the moment. The total online popularity has exceeded 200 million, and the sales of the physical book have exceeded 10 copies!"

Jiang Ya placed another copy of Chongqing Daily in front of Tan Lei.

The white finger pointed at a news article and said, "Look here! It's also reporting on him!"

Tan Lei looked over.

Title: "Cao Sheng! A new and cutting-edge writer who emerged out of nowhere!"

Text: "If you love reading and pay attention to literature, then you must know that there is a book called "Living with a Flight Attendant" which has become popular recently. The author had the honor to meet the author of this book, Cao Sheng. If you want to know more about him, please see the conversation between me and Cao Sheng below.

Me: "Hello Cao Sheng! Under what circumstances did you decide to create this work?"

Cao Sheng: "Well, it should be when I'm bored!"

Me: 'Boring? You mean your college life is boring?'

Cao Sheng: 'About the same! I don't have many courses in college. Sometimes I only have half a day of classes. The afternoon and evening are free time. Saturdays and Sundays are also free. So I often feel bored and want to find something to do.'

Me: 'And then you decided to write a novel?'

Cao Sheng: "Yes! It doesn't cost much to write this, it's a very cheap entertainment."

Me: "Ah? You write novels for fun?"

Cao Sheng: "Is it not possible?"

......"

Tan Lei looked at these and didn't know what to feel.

The facts seem to have proved that she had good taste. She had fallen in love with him before he became famous.

But she couldn't get along with him.

And now he has become famous and a new and emerging writer in the newspaper.

Jiang Ya was still looking for other newspapers for her. After a while, she found seven or eight newspapers reporting on Cao Sheng.

The newsstand owner was unhappy.

"Hey! You two little girls can't do this! If you want to see something, just pay for it! You can't just watch it for free!"

Jiang Ya frowned and retorted: "I bought it yesterday. Can't I bring my classmates over to take a look today?"

The boss lady: "Who knows if you bought it yesterday? Anyway, I have no impression."

Jiang Ya wanted to argue, but Tan Lei raised her hand to stop her, then took out her wallet and bought the three newspapers she had just read.

……

That afternoon.

Beijing.

Donglaishun Hotpot.

Cao Sheng, who finally completed the signing, was eating mutton hotpot with Zhao Ping and others.

The last 10 days were like nothing he had ever experienced before.

I am in a hurry every day. I am in a hurry to accept interviews from various media, to record radio programs, to attend book signings, and to board the plane.

and many more.

Busy like a star.

Although he stayed in each of the five cities for two days, he went there and left in a hurry. He had no time to play or taste the food in each city.

During these 10 days, everything was just a cursory inspection.

very tired.

Fortunately, he was finally done with his work and could go home after eating the hotpot.

Although he was physically and mentally exhausted, he still picked up his glass and took the initiative to toast Zhao Ping and others, thanking them for flying around with him and attending events everywhere over the past few days.

For this book signing event, Huacheng Publishing House assigned him a marketing team.

Zhao Ping is mainly responsible for his travel, accommodation and meals. Other tasks, such as contacting the signing points and media in each city, arranging the signing site, etc., are all handled by dedicated people.

The person in charge of this signing event is named Huang Song.

At this time, Huang Song raised his glass with a smile on his face, "Cao Sheng! You have worked hard recently. Come! I'll toast you again! I hope we can have a chance to cooperate again next time."

Cao Sheng raised his glass and clinked it with his. "You've worked hard, too! Everyone has worked hard, and I'm looking forward to working with you next time!"

After drinking the glass of wine, Huang Song said with emotion: "It's been hard work lately, but it's worth it! I just contacted the headquarters today. In just a few days, the first print of 100,000 copies has been sold out. The headquarters is already working overtime to print more!"

Zhao Ping was curious, "Boss, how many copies did you print this time?"

Huang Song: "One hundred thousand copies!"

Without waiting for everyone's reaction, he continued, "However, looking at the current market enthusiasm, I personally estimate that printing an additional 100,000 copies may not last long, and I guess we will have to print more copies soon."

This made Zhao Ping and others smile happily.

Because the higher the sales of this book, the higher the bonus they can get.

……

Two hundred thousand copies...

On the plane flying to Huizhou that afternoon, Cao Sheng thought about this number and felt a sense of accomplishment.

According to Huang Song, such sales volume has broken the record of their publishing house in recent years.

It's a definite bestseller.

The sales volume of 200,000 copies itself is not very impressive, the key is that the time was too short!

The first print run of 100,000 copies sold out within ten days of its release.

In the current domestic publishing market, the annual sales of most works do not reach 100,000 copies.

evening.

Cao Sheng returned to Huizhou Teachers College.

When he returned to his dormitory, the clothes and shoes he had bought for his parents were still in the suitcase in the dormitory. If he hadn't come back to get these things, he could have gone home directly after finishing the signing event in Beijing.

That night.

The "First Close Contact" serialized on the BBS has been updated with one chapter.

Soon after this chapter was updated, fans of the book went wild.

Because in this chapter, the heroine Qingwu Feiyang died.

Taiwanese author Pi Zi Cai did not have the chance to buy the physical book of the recently published "Living with the Air Hostess".

The part of this book serialized online does not mention Ran Jing's death.

However, many readers on the Internet have recently been following "The First Intimate Contact" and "Living with the Air Hostess". After all, these are the two most popular novels on the Internet this year.

Moreover, the heroines of both books are very likable.

There are tens of thousands of readers who like them.

The results of it?
The newly published "Living with a Flight Attendant" wrote Ran Jing to death, and tonight, Pi Zi Cai wrote Qing Wu Fei Yang to death again?

Who can bear this?
(End of this chapter)