Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 743: Pirated articles appear online

The original novel had about 60,000 words, and some of the plots needed to be revised, such as the hero and heroine going to see "Titanic" together - which hasn't been released yet.

Simple, just replace it with "Ghost". This film was introduced as one of the top ten films last year.

Also in the novel, the science guy, Pi Zi Cai, discussed fluid mechanics with Qing Wu Fei Yang, something Fang Ming Hua had long forgotten.

But it doesn’t matter. After logging onto the Tsinghua University website, Fang Minghua posted a message and soon some enthusiastic people followed up to give him some general scientific information.

But the sheer number of formulas made him dizzy.

It took me about ten days to complete this novel. Compared with the original novel, it has more than 5,000 words. It mainly enriches the images of the two protagonists, Pizi Cai and Qingwu Feiyang. From a literary point of view, it is a bit thin.

After completion, the first reader of the novel is usually the daughter-in-law Song Tangtang, but Song Tangtang is still in Yanjing and has not returned, so Fang Minghua sent it to Li Li in San Francisco in the form of an email.

Just one day later, Fang Minghua received a call from Li Li.

"Wow Minghua, you actually wrote such a pure novel. The love story between Pi Zi Cai and Qing Wu Fei Yang is so touching that it made a middle-aged woman like me cry."

"Middle-aged woman? Why do you call yourself that? Did you learn it from Tangtang?" Fang Minghua asked.

"Hehe. I'm old anyway."

"What nonsense are you talking about? You are still very young. In my heart, you will always be the girl who read poetry in a white shirt and blue suspender skirt on the campus of Xi'an University!" Fang Minghua said.

"What about my cousin?"

"She will always be the girl dancing under the moonlight in southern Xinjiang wearing a Type 65 military uniform!"

"Oh, how romantic, Minghua. After you wrote this novel, I noticed that you have become more sweet-mouthed."

"Hey, you like it?
"Yes, I like it."

The two joked for a while on the phone and then returned to the topic.

"Minghua, will this novel be published in the United States?" Li Li asked.

"Not for now. I plan to publish it on the website of Shengshi Bookstore." Fang Minghua briefly explained the basic situation of the website Under the Banyan Tree.

"I'd better translate it into English. It can also be published on the American literary website Electric Literature's Recommended Reading." Li Li offered her opinion.

"Are you still translating? Your current task is to have a good rest! You are not allowed to substitute for classes next semester." Fang Minghua said in a serious tone.

"It's okay. I just had my pregnancy checkup last week, and I showed you the report. Everything is fine. It's summer vacation now, and I'm stuck at home doing nothing. How uncomfortable it is."

"I'll come and keep you company."

"No need. You still have to take care of two children, and my cousin is busy with work." Li Li advised on the phone.

"I will definitely come over when the baby is born."

"Let's talk about it then."

The two chatted for a while before hanging up the phone.

Fang Minghua then sent the novel to the submission mailbox under the banyan tree in the form of an email, but he did not use his current pen name. Instead, he changed to a very domineering online name: Guanzhong Swordsman.

Before I came to this era, I often used this online name when hanging out in the Tianya community.

I called Dai Jiali again to explain the situation.

"Great! We'll upload your novel right away! Well, we won't upload it all at once, but in serial form, uploading 2,000 to 3,000 words every day!"

"Okay, I'll give you the manuscript, it's up to you." Fang Minghua said with a smile.

Perhaps, I will become the first author of this era to publish a novel in serial form online?

Fang Minghua thought to himself.

Soon, Under the Banyan Tree published "The First Intimate Contact" in the most prominent place on the website, with one chapter of about 3000 words every day.

Chen Wanning, who is in charge of the website operation, found that the number of visits to the website suddenly began to increase compared to usual times. Originally, there were only dozens of visits a day, but now it has suddenly exceeded a hundred, and most of them are clicking on that novel. The number of visits per day is gradually increasing.

Wow. I’m up!
Today's visitor count has reached 500 people!
Chen Wanning was ecstatic. In his spare time, he would go online to check out other literary websites, mainly the BBSs of major universities, and the one he visited most often was Shuimu Tsinghua.

When he logged in and saw the hot posts on the forum, he was stunned.

It turned out to be Fang Minghua’s “The First Intimate Contact”.

What the hell!

Piracy!

Moreover, the latest chapter published yesterday appeared on the BBS of Shuimu Tsinghua University today, followed by a large number of comments on the novel.

There are no words to express my praise.

Chen Wanning felt the situation was serious and immediately reported the matter to Dai Jiali.

"We should lodge a solemn protest to the moderator ace of Shuimu Tsinghua University and demand that he delete the post immediately! Otherwise, let the company's legal department sue them for copyright infringement!" Chen Wanning put forward his opinion.

Dai Jiali did not answer.

If there were pirated books from Shengshi Books appearing on the market, she would have asked the company's legal department to negotiate long ago.

Although piracy is rampant in this day and age, after suing several infringing publishers, at least those pirates are not as blatant as those who pirate books from other publishers.

But online novels.
Dai Jiali hesitated for a moment and said, "How about this, I'll call Teacher Minghua and tell him about this situation."

"OK then."

Dai Jiali returned to his office and called Fang Minghua.

At this time, Fang Minghua was also surfing the Internet and browsing the Shuimu Tsinghua Forum. Of course, he discovered that his novel had been pirated.

Well, there are quite a lot of replies, all of which are praises.

Fang Minghua used his own account to post a comment below the main text as if to play a prank: "By the way, the writing is pretty average, it shouldn't be so lascivious, right?"

As a result, there was a reply below the post very quickly.

"Very ordinary? If you have the ability, why don't you write it?"

"That's it. Do you understand literature?"

"Hey, which department are you from? Do you dare to leave your dormitory name? I'll come find you and discuss this with you! I'm XXX from the History Department."

Seeing the endless replies, Fang Minghua quickly closed the post.

Fortunately, there is no human flesh search yet, otherwise someone would really reveal the truth?
Just at this moment, the landline rang. Fang Minghua picked up the receiver. It was Dai Jiali calling. On the phone, Dai Jiali told him about the pirated article.

"Haha. I'm watching it on Shuimu Tsinghua University." Fang Minghua said with a smile.

"Then, Mr. Minghua, what do you say we should do? According to the company's previous regulations, we will ask the other party to delete the post and, if necessary, ask for an apology and compensation for the losses."

Fang Minghua hesitated for a moment and said, "Forget it. We are all in the early stages of development. For the sake of traffic, you can make a request to the moderator of Shuimu Tsinghua University."

"any request?"

"First: You can reprint it, but you must state that it is reprinted from Under the Banyan Tree. Second, the latest chapter of the novel that appears on their BBS must be three days later than Under the Banyan Tree to ensure that Under the Banyan Tree has priority!"

"Teacher Minghua, your idea is great. We will negotiate with the moderator of Shuimu Tsinghua University right away!"

Within two days, the moderator of Shuimu Tsinghua University accepted the request of Shengshi Film and Television, and the novel "The First Intimate Contact" became popular in Shuimu Tsinghua University and Under the Banyan Tree.

Some people were moved to tears by the love story in the novel.

Some are also curious about who the author of this Guanzhong Swordsman is?

Of course, more young literary people felt the urge to write after reading this novel.

Li Jie from Ningbo, Zhejiang Province is such a girl.

(End of this chapter)