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Chapter 514 Group Owner Invitation

After reading the first chapter of "Immortal Aura", Cao Sheng smiled and closed the browser. He had neither the interest to comment on the book as Zhang Shuang wished, nor the interest to delete the post Zhang Shuang made in the review section of his new book.

Because Cao Sheng was certain that the book "Immortal Aura" would flop badly, the kind of flop that leaves you bruised and battered.

Cao Sheng doesn't need to do anything at all; Zhang Shuang will soon become a laughing stock in the industry.

Although he had only read the first chapter of the book, Zhang Shuang might change his writing style in the later parts, and the plot might gradually become less terrible, with the quality possibly improving.

But Cao Sheng still concluded that this book was destined to be a flop.

Want to make a strong comeback in the mid-to-late stages of a project? To change its reputation and sales?

Perhaps reputation can gradually improve, but performance can never be reversed.

reason?

Very simple!
The first chapter was written in a way that didn't suit the tastes of most online novel readers.

This one chapter alone is enough to deter most readers.

In the parlance of the online novel circle before Cao Sheng's rebirth—the reader retention rate of this book is too low!

Readers attracted by the book's title and synopsis will likely lose most of them after reading it, or even before finishing the first chapter. How can a book like this possibly achieve any success?
Cao Sheng, having written for many years, has long had his own insights into whether a web novel can achieve success.

One of my takeaways is that the very first chapter is extremely important; it can often determine the fate of a book, with very few exceptions.

Of course, if Zhang Shuang reacts quickly enough and rewrites the first chapter as soon as possible, this book might still be saved.

However, Cao Sheng knew from the post Zhang Shuang made in the book review section of his new book, "Cultivation Chat Group," that Zhang Shuang had not yet realized that there was a huge problem with the beginning of his new book.

Not only was she unaware of the problem, Zhang Shuang was even quite satisfied and confident with this start.

Otherwise, would he have said in the post that this book is of better quality than "Cultivation Chat Group"?
Such a confident person will not reflect on their actions until they are taught a lesson by reality.

Cao Sheng didn't know him and had no prior relationship with him, so he naturally had no interest in enlightening the guy.

Aren't you full of confidence?

I'm waiting to see how well your new book performs.

This was Cao Sheng's idea.

Cao Sheng didn't delete Zhang Shuang's post because he wanted to see when the guy would finally lose his temper and delete it himself.

……

Magic City.

Zhang Shuang sat in front of the computer, refreshing the pages of "Cultivation Chat Group" from time to time, hoping to see Zhongyuan Yidianhui's response as soon as possible.

He was eagerly awaiting a response from Zhongyuan Yidianhui.

Whether it's a sharp retort, criticism of his own "ethereal mist" post, or deletion of his own posts, it's all good for him.

He had even copied his own post content, just waiting for Zhongyuan Yidianhui to delete his own post so that he could repost it and let more people see it.

only……

To his surprise, as time passed, the post he made became increasingly popular, and his novel "Immortal Aura" also gained more and more popularity, but Zhongyuan Yidianhui never responded to him.

He neither responded in his own post, nor in a separate chapter of his work, nor did he send a message to me through the website editor. Even the post that was getting more and more popular remained displayed properly in the book review section of "Cultivation Chat Group".

"Has he not seen my post yet?"

Zhang Shuang frowned and muttered to herself.

Be puzzled.

……

Huizhou.

Cao Sheng is already typing.

I'm currently writing a new chapter of "The Romance of Chinese Martial Arts".

After dinner with Qian Zhenyu tonight, we took a walk along Binjiang Road. The cool night breeze made him quite clear-headed, which also helped him write well tonight.

Once he got into writing mode, he had long forgotten about winning the New Concept Writing Competition.

Even Qian Zhenyu was banished from his mind.

At this moment, only the story's protagonist Wang Chao and the female protagonist Tang Zichen were in his mind.

This chapter describes the Heaven-Turning Seal.

The Heaven-Turning Seal is a powerful killing move in the novel "Dragon and Snake Romance". After mastering it, when used, the gaps between the bones in the body are widened, and the person suddenly appears to grow more than half a meter taller. With arms raised high and hands forming a seal, the seal is suddenly brought down from above, just like the Heaven-Turning Seal from the mythology descending from the sky. It can smash a person's head into their chest cavity in one move.

It can be described as extremely brutal.

It's like a whack-a-mole game; whichever head you hit, that head will be smashed down.

In the original timeline, when Cao Sheng read "The Legend of the Dragon and the Snake" and saw this move, he was greatly amazed.

I wasn't amazed by the power of this move.

Rather, the author was able to explain the principle behind this move clearly, at least in principle, it makes sense.

The immense power of this Heaven-Turning Seal, and the fact that the body rises more than half a meter into the air when it is used, is a scene that seems like a myth coming to life. The author has actually managed to explain the underlying principles.

This is something no other author has ever done.

In other works, there are many moves with greater power than this one.

But which of these methods sounds like it's based on such scientific principles?
Yes!

science!

Many of the moves in Shenji's "The Legend of the Dragon and the Snake" seem to be explainable by science.

The scientific explanation for the "Heaven-Turning Seal" is that there are gaps between the bones in the human body, and these gaps can widen or narrow. The most typical example is that as people age, their height generally decreases, and they become significantly shorter than when they were younger. This is because, with age, the gaps between the bones narrow.

Conversely, everyone's arms and legs can be artificially lengthened because when the arms or legs are pulled, the gaps between the joints are widened, thus creating the illusion of lengthening.

The male protagonist in "The Legend of the Dragon and the Snake" is a highly skilled martial arts master who, through special training, has been able to increase the gaps between the joints of his entire body.

When the Heaven-Turning Seal suddenly falls, the gaps between the joints that have just been widened suddenly shrink, as if a stretched spring has suddenly contracted, thus generating a tremendous downward force.

Cao Sheng felt very satisfied writing this kind of plot.

My whole being was immersed in the story.

……

at the same time.

However, tens of thousands of readers, authors, and editors in the online literature community were amazed by his new book, "Cultivation Chat Group".

For example, Xu Yan from Tongzhou was on an internet cafe computer. He had just finished reading the two chapters of "Cultivation Chat Group" updated today. Not knowing what book to read next, he casually logged into his QQ account.

result?

As soon as he logged into QQ, he heard a beeping notification sound and saw his QQ avatar flashing. Someone had sent him a message.

He manipulated the mouse to click on the flashing QQ avatar, and clicked the right mouse button several times. A chat box and a prompt box appeared on the computer screen.

The notification box tells him: You have been invited by the group owner, Little Chili, to join the chat group "Senior 3 Class 3 Students Group".

Upon seeing the text in the notification box, Xu Yan paused, blinked, then closed his eyes again, his first thought being whether he was dreaming.
Did you dream of having the same extraordinary adventure as the male protagonist in "Cultivation Chat Group"?

The male protagonist of "Cultivation Chat Group" is mistakenly added to a group by the group owner of a cultivation chat group, and he is added to the senior class 3 class group by Little Chili.

He closed the notification box, looking somewhat dazed.

The chat window on the screen showed the group chat interface of Class 3, Grade 12.

There are already quite a few chat records in the group.

Group admin Little Chili: "Dear classmates, I am Luo Jing, the class monitor. Please change your group name cards to your real names. Thank you!"

Fang Fang: "Luo Jing! How do I change my group name card? I don't know how!"

Tan Yu: "Dear classmates, it's been so long! I've missed you all so much!"

Zhao Enyun: "Thank you so much, Miss Luo, for inviting me to the group. I've finally found my people."

……

In front of the computer.

Xu Yan's mouth gaped slightly, his face full of surprise.

He thought to himself: Isn't this the original chat function created by Zhongyuan Yidianhui in his new book "Cultivation Chat Group"? QQ developed this function so quickly? Did QQ pay Zhongyuan Yidianhui any copyright fees?

……

Same night.

Across the country, countless netizens who logged into QQ found themselves added to a QQ group.

QQ groups entered the eyes of countless netizens for the first time in this era.

For readers who have read the beginning of "Cultivation Chat Group", the surprise is even greater.

The QQ chat group that appeared at the beginning of Zhongyuan Yidianhui's new book has actually been implemented by QQ?
Those who are clever have already guessed that this is the first time Zhongyuan Yidianhui has collaborated with Tencent to promote a certain feature of QQ since Zhongyuan Yidianhui invested in Tencent.

However, most intelligent people believe that QQ developed this feature first, and then asked Cao Sheng to promote this chat group feature in his new book.

Almost no one guessed that this feature was actually suggested to QQ by Cao Sheng.

Even so, "Cultivation Chat Group" and "Zhongyuan Yidianhui" still have an extra layer of halo in the eyes of many readers.

Everyone assumed that Zhongyuan Yidianhui must have received a considerable amount of advertising fees for promoting QQ in his work.

Such comments quickly appeared in the book review section of "Cultivation Chat Group".

Here at the starting point.

The book review section for "Cultivation Chat Group".

"Wow, that's awesome, Ash! QQ actually launched a group chat feature. They must have made a fortune from advertising, right? Hundreds of thousands? Or millions? The new book just started and they're already rolling in money, huh? Damn! I'm so envious!"

"Tsk tsk, QQ actually copied the idea from this book, I'm impressed!"

"When I first logged into QQ, I thought I had the same amazing experience as the male protagonist in this book! There was even a chat group that invited me to join..."

"Ah Hui is the spokesperson for Tencent, right? I originally thought Ah Hui just helped shoot a few endorsement ads, but I didn't expect him to be able to promote QQ's new features in the book. Now I understand why Tencent didn't choose celebrities, but chose Ah Hui as their spokesperson. This endorsement method is amazing!"

"Has the author opened up a new way for online writers to make money? Can the author reveal how much Tencent paid you this time?"

"I suddenly had a bad feeling. Could this book have been written to promote QQ's new features? If so, the quality of the rest of the book is questionable!"

……

These posts were quickly seen by many authors in the industry.

Magic City.

Guo Xiaosi looked at these posts and pondered, and couldn't help but wonder: Could I also earn advertising fees in this way?
Han Er saw these posts and had the same thought.

Beijing.

The Third Young Master had the same idea.

That night, many authors across the country had the same thought.

With such a way to make money, who wouldn't want to imitate it?
(End of this chapter)