Back to 1997, I became the originator of online literature

Chapter 55: Attracting Attention and Buying a House

Under the Banyan Tree acted quickly. "I Want to Become an Immortal" was published under the Banyan Tree in the afternoon, and an announcement appeared on the top of the homepage of Under the Banyan Tree at around 8 o'clock that evening.

——"Let's read Zhongyuan Yidianhui's new work "I Want to Become an Immortal"!"

There are countless readers and authors whose attention was attracted by this announcement.

Yes!

It's not just readers who are attracted, but also some authors.

Zhongyuan Yidianhui, as the most popular online writer under the banyan tree or in the entire Internet, many authors will subconsciously pay attention to his updates.

Many people are paying attention to what his next book will be.

Everyone wants to know if his next book will be just as popular?
So, when Under the Banyan Tree released this announcement, many authors couldn't help but read "I Want to Become an Immortal" and wanted to know what kind of book it was.

Does it look good?

Mr. Ning is one of them.

After he finished reading the two chapters of "I Want to Become an Immortal", he was stunned for a long time, muttering to himself: "The style has changed drastically... Does this guy have such a deep cultural background? This thing, this thing, I can't write it, right?"

Xing Yusen is one of them.

When he finished reading the only two chapters of "I Want to Become an Immortal", he looked up at the ceiling for a long time, smiled bitterly, and shook his head slightly, saying, "You dare to write about cultivating immortals... Are you so confident? Do you want to compete with Huanzhu Louzhu? Isn't your ambition too big?"

Li Xunhuan is one of them.

After he finished reading the two newly released chapters of "I Want to Become an Immortal", he smiled with disdain, but that night he tossed and turned and could not fall asleep.

Yu Baimei also saw the announcement under the banyan tree and finished reading the first two chapters of "I Want to Become an Immortal". After reading it, he frowned for a long time, opened the document, and tried to write the beginning of an immortal story, but he couldn't come up with words that satisfied him. After trying for more than an hour, he pushed the keyboard in front of him and said angrily: "Write, write, write! Write shit! I won't write anymore!"

It was at noon the next day that Annie Baby saw the announcement under the banyan tree and saw the new book "I Want to Become an Immortal".

After reading it, she frowned.

Then she refreshed the computer page every once in a while. After N refreshes, she muttered: "Why haven't you updated yet? The new book has just been published, can't you update a few more chapters? You can't be so lazy!"

……

The next afternoon.

Cao Sheng came to the Internet cafe and after updating a chapter of "I Want to Become an Immortal", he looked at the posts in the book review section with some anticipation.

Overlord is dead: "This book reminds me of "Swordsman of Shu Mountain", very good! I like this kind of work, and I look forward to more exciting sequels! I hope you can update faster. Don't think we don't know that your book has been published in Taiwan for several volumes. You have so many manuscripts in hand, and you still update a chapter every two days like the last book? Is that reasonable?"

Lv Wenming: "Update quickly! Even the landlord's donkey wouldn't dare to be as lazy as you!"

Gao Sheng: "Why did I see this book so early? Do I have to catch up with the updates every day? I can't stand it."

I love this book: "When will it be published? You are so slow in serializing it online, why don't you publish it quickly? Can't I just buy it?"

……

No matter how much the readers urged him to update, Cao Sheng remained unmoved. For the next period of time, he continued to update a chapter every two days.

In fact, in this era, his update speed is already very fast.

In this era where writing novels is all about passion, people generally update very slowly.

There are almost no websites that can update every day.

Updating a chapter every two or three days is considered fast.

Some authors only update one chapter a week and are known as weekly authors.

Some authors only update one chapter every half a month or even a month, and are known as semi-monthly or monthly magazines.

With Cao Sheng's update speed, he can be called a fighter among roosters.

However, if readers like your book, they will never be satisfied. They would like to lock the author in a small dark room every day and force the author to write 24 hours a day. If the author does not write, they will not be given food.

Of course, if they don’t like your book, it’s up to you. They won’t mind if you cut it off or stop writing it. They may even leave a comment in your book review section: “Finally you entered the palace? You should have entered the palace a long time ago!”

Entering the palace means becoming a eunuch.

It is a nickname for a work that is not finished halfway through.

Cao Sheng actually writes every day.

The weather is very hot this summer vacation.

But he had all his time free every day, without having to attend classes and without being disturbed by classmates. Every afternoon and evening, he would write in his dormitory.

I would write until late at night every day. I would still get up early in the morning to go to the playground to run, not too much, only one kilometer each time, but every time I would run at the same speed as the physical examination for the high school entrance examination that year.

He has a good physical condition and could run more laps if he ran slower, but he always wants to save time. He runs a thousand meters as fast as he can and sweats a lot, which not only achieves the effect of exercise but also saves time.

Although running saves time, he usually doesn't write in the morning.

This was a habit he developed from years of typing before his rebirth. It was also related to his state every morning. In the morning, he always found it difficult to find the feeling to type.

So, he has been quite leisurely every morning recently.

I usually read in the dormitory.

He is reading the recently purchased "Investiture of the Gods". In addition to this book, he also has "Journey to the West" and "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" on his bookshelf.

Although he had written many fantasy novels before, he had never read the original works of these three books, but only watched their film and television dramas.

Recently he wanted to read these three original works again, hoping to make "I Want to Become an Immortal" more exciting.

He felt a sense of urgency.

He knows his current writing level and believes that he will have no rivals in the online writing industry in the short term.

But he knows even better that his opponents will soon appear, and once they appear, they will be a group. Within a few years, the wildly growing online literature will enter a blowout period.

During this period, talented and determined writers will emerge in large numbers.

There isn't much time left for him.

……

While he was quietly reading and typing, he took time out to look at houses on Binjiang Road several times because the money in his bank account had increased.

Originally, he went home this summer and gave his parents 50,000 yuan, so there was only more than 30,000 yuan left in his account.

But recently, Huacheng Publishing House transferred the second advance payment of more than 30,000 yuan to his account.

Xinchang Publishing House also paid him eight thousand yuan in royalties for two episodes.

The balance in his account exceeded 80,000.

Now that he had money, the idea of ​​buying a house came to his mind again.

He wants to buy a house in Beijing or Shanghai.

But in the end, I decided to buy a house in Huizhou for my own use.

Wait until the end of this year or next year, and then find time to visit Beijing or Shanghai. Anyway, the housing prices in those two cities will not change much in the next two years.

If he buys a house in Huizhou first, he won't have to live in the school dormitory in the second half of the year.

He doesn't like living in the dormitory.

Before his rebirth, he had his own house and car. He had long been accustomed to living alone and always drove himself when traveling.

He was not used to living in the eight-person dormitory.

We were poor before and had no choice.

Now that he has some money, he wants to build a home for himself.

With a nest, you will have a better environment for writing.

There is also room for a computer.

I won’t have to go to the Internet cafe all the time anymore.

In mid-August, he successfully bought a courtyard on Binjiang Road, which had three two-story buildings and two bungalows, which served as the kitchen and bathroom.

The yard is not very big, only about forty or fifty square meters.

But when you open the gate, you will see Binjiang Road, and on the other side of the road is Xin'an River.

Willows are swaying by the river, and the river banks are all stone embankments, which provides beautiful scenery.

Cao Sheng spent two mornings cleaning the yard inside and out, and then moved his luggage over.

This yard didn't cost him a lot of money, only 15,000 yuan.

It's pretty expensive for the area.

(End of this chapter)