Back to 1997, I became the originator of online literature

Did I get inspiration just before Chapter 535 was about to be released?

After dealing with the messages on QQ, Cao Sheng went to the book review section of "Cultivation Chat Group" for a while. At a glance, the book review section tonight was almost entirely filled with posts discussing the book's release tonight.

These days, online book review sections are gathering places for book lovers.

Because the "chapter commentary" feature won't be available for many years.

You can't just comment anywhere in any chapter; if you want to express your opinion on a book, you can only do so in the book review section.

"It's going to be available tonight? How many words are there in total? Why not update with more free chapters for a few more days?"

"I originally thought that 'The Romance of Chinese Martial Arts' would be finished before this book was released, but I didn't expect that even though it's going to be released tonight, 'The Romance of Chinese Martial Arts' still shows no signs of ending. Is Ah Hui going to be writing two books at once for a long time? Awesome!"

"It's going to be available again. To be honest, I don't think this book is as exciting as 'The Romance of Chinese Martial Arts'. The pace is too slow. It's almost like writing about the protagonist's daily life. I can't believe that these two books were written by Ah Hui. The styles are too different. But thinking about it carefully, this book is actually quite good. So please support it when it goes on sale tonight!"

"Ah Hui is already so rich, why is he in such a hurry to put his products on the shelves and make money? Is it really necessary?"

"This launch message was a bit perfunctory! Ah Hui, with this kind of attitude, I have no reason to subscribe and support you! Why don't you rewrite the launch message?"

……

This afternoon, Cao Sheng took some time to write a short message about the book's launch and posted it.

Seeing this post, he couldn't help but reflect on whether his launch message was really perfunctory.

Is it perfunctory?
He scrolled up the webpage to the launch message section and clicked on it.

I squinted at the author's note that I had taken some time today to write about the product's launch.

Title: Author's Note on Launching the Product

Contents:

"I received a notification from the editor that this book will be available at midnight tonight. As is customary, I'm writing a post-launch message."

Let's talk about the original intention behind this book!

As many friends know, when this book was published, my novel "The Romance of Chinese Martial Arts" was still being serialized, and it is still being serialized. If nothing unexpected happens, that book will continue to be serialized for quite some time.

So here's the question: "The Romance of Chinese Martial Arts" is far from over, so why did I suddenly start writing this book, "Cultivation Chat Group"?

This brings us to the question of the original intention behind the creation.

Many friends seem to have already guessed it—this is a customized article promoting Tencent QQ and Ali. Initially, Tencent asked me to customize a book, and later Ali also made the same request.

How could I possibly have that much time to start two more books?
So they simply put everything together and created this book, "Cultivation Chat Group".

This was the original intention, but it wasn't the whole story.

Can I write custom articles?

I've thought about it carefully and think it's possible to write it, but I need to downplay the characteristics of a customized piece and instead develop my own style and unique features.

In short, the book's creativity and quality must both be excellent.

This is the attitude I, as a professional writer, should have.

As for... will Mr. Ma from Tencent and Mr. Ma from Ali be unhappy about doing this? Will they think I'm not promoting their products hard enough?
Let’s put it this way!

The people who provide for me are not them, but my fellow book lovers.

Even if they give me company shares and may give me a lot of dividends in the future, allowing me to earn a lot, I will never forget that everything I have now is given to me by all my book fans.

Therefore, I put a lot of effort into writing this book.

I hope that you will be satisfied with both the creativity and the quality.

If you, dear readers, find this book to be well-written, I hope you can subscribe and support it after midnight tonight. If you can also give this book your monthly tickets, I would be extremely grateful!

Finally, my sincere promise for tonight is a minimum of 12,000 words. If I wake up tomorrow morning and see this book at the top of the new book monthly ticket chart, then I will still update 12,000 words tomorrow.

Lastly, thank you all for your support during the new book launch period! Thank you!

Cao Sheng wrote his brief, short launch message in a very casual manner, only a few hundred words long.

I'll write down whatever comes to mind.

I felt relaxed while writing.

To motivate people to subscribe and vote, he also made a commitment to update.

But looking back at this launch message now, it does feel a bit perfunctory.

The most crucial thing is that it lacks the sob story that should be part of the launch message.

If you don't play the victim, why would readers support you?

Thinking of this, Cao Sheng gave a self-deprecating smile.

I thought to myself: I probably won't have the chance to play the victim in this lifetime. My achievements are too good, I earn too much, and I'm much richer than most readers. How could I possibly play the victim?

Should I say in my book launch message that I'm currently writing two books at the same time, and also taking time to write a script for Jackie Chan, so busy that I don't even have enough sleep?

How many readers will feel pity for this kind of sob story?
Looking at the launch message, he knew that such a message would probably have little effect on boosting the book's subscription numbers.

But he wasn't really panicked.

He had written similar launch notes several times before his rebirth.

At first, I didn't understand that the best selling point for a launch message was to evoke sympathy, so I didn't use that in my launch message.

Later, she realized that she had earned quite a bit and lived a more comfortable life than many readers, so it would be shameless to continue playing the victim.

In fact, it turns out that not using sob stories in the author's launch message has little impact on the number of subscribers.

Ultimately, what's the point of people who don't plan to subscribe to your book, no matter how eloquently you speak in your launch message? They might not even bother to click on it.
For those who were already planning to subscribe, what effect does your sob story in the book launch message have? People who were originally thinking of subscribing might suddenly feel disgusted after seeing your sob story and give up the idea of ​​subscribing.

He was lost in thought for a while.

Cao Sheng smiled slightly, hid his browser, brought up the outline of "The Twelve Zodiac Animals," and studied it intently.

He wasn't in the mood to write tonight.

However, you can carefully examine this script outline to see what adjustments are needed. When your mind is scattered, you can actually examine the outline from an objective perspective.

Surprisingly, as he looked at it, he actually came up with a way to make a change.

—In the third part of the outline of "The Twelve Zodiacs", the action scenes can be set underground.

In his outline, the male protagonist is to seize three animal heads.

Cao Sheng's inspiration was that, since the male protagonist should show a relaxed and carefree attitude when seizing the first beast head, this should not only be shown during the time and process of seizing the beast head, but also in an action scene.

For example: The male protagonist, wearing a wingsuit, flies in and suddenly bursts into the exhibition hall of the animal heads. Before anyone can react, he easily seizes the animal heads and leaves in style.

When it comes to seizing the second animal head, since the protagonist has already taken one, the world-renowned security organization has made strict arrangements for the exhibition. The protagonist's entrance can no longer be so dashing; he can only infiltrate the exhibition hall by disguising himself. Furthermore, when seizing the animal head, he encounters a full-scale blockade and pursuit by the security company, and his entrance method changes to walking. The main battlegrounds are in the exhibition hall and the streets and alleys, during which the protagonist and supporting characters can engage in high-speed car battles, with the main battlegrounds being on the ground.

But when they seized the third animal head...

To emphasize the difficulty the protagonist faced in obtaining the beast head, his entrance should not be by flying or even walking, but rather by crawling.

For example, the male protagonist crawls slowly through the underground sewers, gradually approaching the building where the third beast head is located.

Compared to the miraculous descent from the sky when seizing the first beast head, and the disguise and infiltration into the exhibition hall when seizing the second beast head, the protagonist struggles to crawl through the dark and filthy sewers when seizing the third beast head, encountering snakes, rats, and all sorts of filth along the way...

This should better reflect the male protagonist's determination to seize the third beast head.

And, the stark contrast between his transformation from a carefree bounty hunter, who used to steal with the flair of falling from the sky, to someone who had to crawl through sewers, makes the film even more moving.

At that moment, a few lines from a song from before his rebirth flashed through Cao Sheng's mind: "Who says only those who stand in the light are heroes?"

Who says someone covered in mud isn't a hero?

"I love you walking alone in the dark alleys, I love your unyielding spirit, I love your confrontation with despair, your refusal to shed a single tear."

……

If the male lead in this movie wants to earn the audience's respect, the carefree and unrestrained image at the beginning of the film is definitely not enough.

He needs to fall from grace and be brought down to earth.

Moreover, it was the kind of fall that happened intentionally.

He could have continued to live a carefree life as a bounty hunter.

However, because his patriotism was stirred up, he was willing to take the three animal heads for free. For this, he was willing to risk his life time and time again, willing to crawl into the sewers, and willing to walk into the inescapable net set up by Interpol.

That's when I got this inspiration.

Cao Sheng immediately began revising the final section of the script outline.

When revising this part of the plot, he even had a suggestion in mind when he gave the script to Jackie Chan: when seizing the first animal head, the movie scene should have bright colors, preferably with blue sky, white clouds, and bright sunshine, and the background music should be dynamic and dashing.

When capturing the second animal head, the scene should be relatively dark, for example, using the light of an overcast day, and the background music should be heavy and somber, or tense and exciting.

When capturing the third beast head, the scene should be darker, using a nighttime tone, with dark sewers and buildings under the cover of night. During the most intense battle, a sudden thunderstorm can be used, with lightning and thunder outside the window and torrential rain, while inside the building, the battle is fierce, with flashing swords, gunshots, and grenades.

In this way, the differences between the three storylines can be reflected in various aspects such as lighting, entrances, battle locations, and battle methods.

……

In front of the computer.

Cao Sheng seems to have forgotten that his new book is going to be released tonight.

My thoughts were completely absorbed in revising the outline of the script for "The Twelve Zodiacs".

He himself didn't know why so many thoughts related to filming flashed through his mind when he was adjusting the script outline.

Filmmaking should be a matter for the director to consider.

As a screenwriter, why would he need to consider those things?
But that's what he thought of.

Suddenly, his phone rang again.

He was brought back to reality.

He frowned and looked up at his phone on the table, where he saw a message from Bao Jianfeng.

Cao Sheng picked up his phone, opened the text message, and saw the following: "Mr. Cao! The book publishing function has been activated for you. Please publish the VIP chapter as soon as possible. I wish your new book great success!"

Is the product listing feature now available?

Cao Sheng was startled and then noticed that the time on his phone was already 12:05.

It's already 12 o'clock?

Time flies so fast?

Before I knew it, several hours had passed.

He paused for a moment, realizing that he had been so engrossed in his work that he hadn't noticed the passage of time.

He replied with "OK".

After saving the revised script outline, I quickly pulled up the saved manuscript of "Cultivation Chat Group," opened the author's backend, and sure enough, I saw that the book had already enabled the VIP function.

He rushed to release the VIP chapter.

He knew that at this time, thousands of readers would be waiting for the book to release paid chapters.

If I don't publish paid chapters soon, I'll alienate my supporters.

Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4.

He released four chapters in quick succession.

The publishing process is more complicated than publishing free chapters.

First, you need to upload the chapter, and then select publish.

When uploading chapters, you also need to select VIP chapters.

(End of this chapter)