Back to 1997, I became the originator of online literature

Chapter 11 A New Book
Because he stayed up all night, Cao Sheng skipped class today.

When his roommates got up to have breakfast, he finished his breakfast and went back to the dormitory. When his roommates went to the teaching building for class, he took a shower and went to bed.

The entire dormitory building was very quiet throughout the morning, which was very suitable for sleeping. Cao Sheng slept very comfortably.

Cao Sheng slept until the dormitory building gradually became noisy and someone started shaking his bed, then he opened his eyes and woke up.

When I opened my eyes, I saw Song Chao, who was in the lower bunk, standing beside my bed.

Seeing Cao Sheng open his eyes, Song Chao asked curiously, "Hey! What did you do last night? It's only been a few days since the start of this semester, and you haven't come home for two nights. Are you in a relationship? Did you go to a hotel with a beautiful girl? You even skipped class today, but you didn't skip a single class last semester!"

"Book a room? Who booked a room?"

When the other roommate heard the word "check in a room", he immediately became excited. He looked around and his eyes quickly locked on Cao Sheng on the bed.

The other two roommates also looked over.

It seemed that everyone was convinced that Cao Sheng had checked into a hotel with a beautiful woman last night, and they all came over curiously.

Including Song Chao, four heads and four pairs of curious eyes looked at Cao Sheng who was sleeping on the upper bunk, and all the questions were thrown at Cao Sheng.

"Cao Sheng! Did you check into a hotel with a beautiful lady last night? Is that true?"

"Old Three! When did you start dating? Is it Wu Can from our class? But I saw that she was in good spirits this morning!"

"It can't be Wu Can, right? No wonder she looks so good today, while you look so listless! Hehe..."

Cao Sheng looked at them speechlessly.

Suddenly I remembered a joke I saw on the Internet before: A woman returned to her hometown in the countryside and still kept the habit of jogging in the morning. After running for one morning, a rumor began to spread in the village that morning - this girl is not decent. She ran out of some man's bed early in the morning and her hair was messed up.

At this moment, Cao Sheng felt that his reputation was damaged.

I thought that if my reputation was ruined one day, it would definitely be because of the rumors spread by these guys in the dormitory.

"No, I went to the Internet cafe for the night."

He felt the need to explain.

"Tsk! Who would believe that?"

"Do you know how to surf the Internet? For the whole night?"

"That's right! Who has ever seen you surfing the Internet before? And for a whole night?"

"Third brother! Just admit it! Did you check into a hotel with Wu Can last night? Tell the truth!"

The four roommates all wanted to expose Cao Sheng's true face, but no one believed Cao Sheng's explanation.

Cao Sheng was speechless.

In the end, he simply didn't bother to explain, and just to avoid damaging Wu Can's reputation, he explained that the woman he checked into the room with last night was not Wu Can.

When Song Chao and others saw that he finally admitted that he had checked into a hotel last night, they all felt a sense of accomplishment. When the other three roommates came back, they immediately shared the matter.

Therefore, the fact that Cao Sheng checked into a hotel room with a woman last night was confirmed in their dormitory.

Every roommate was curious about who that woman was?

They took turns questioning Cao Sheng, all trying to dig out the secret.

They also urged Cao Sheng to treat them to a meal.

When it comes to treating guests, Cao Sheng said he would not agree to anything.

His living expenses for this semester were not enough, and he was struggling to make money recently! How could he treat the whole dormitory to a meal for such a weird thing?

Not only did he refuse to treat his roommates, he also took the initiative and wanted to eat his roommates' meal.

The reasons he gave were also very convincing.

"I've been in a relationship lately and I've been spending money like water. As brothers, if you don't help me, who will?"

In response, the roommates dispersed.

Only Song Chao, who slept in the lower bunk than Cao Sheng, agreed to treat Cao Sheng to a meal at noon today, but the meal was limited to the canteen and could not exceed two yuan.

...The fighting and bickering with roommates relaxed Cao Sheng's spirit.

Having lunch with Song Chao also made him very happy.

But he knew in his heart that eating and drinking for free was not a long-term solution.

Therefore, he still wanted to start writing a new book, a new book that had a high probability of being published.

That night, he brought a stack of newly bought draft paper to the teaching building for evening study and began to think about what to write in his new book.
Fantasy? Fantasy? Xianxia? Cultivation? Doomsday wasteland?

Various subject types flashed through his mind, as did the titles of books that had been extremely popular at the beginning of the rise of online literature.

For example: "Purple River" and "Profanation".

These two books have long dominated the charts at Qidian.com.

For example: "Legend of Dragon Warrior", this was the first online novel he had read.

For example: "Legend of the Little Soldier", "The Mystical Journey", "Zhu Xian", etc.

Both of them were popular works in the early days of online literature and influenced countless later authors.

It is absolutely impossible for Cao Sheng to copy these novels verbatim.

He doesn't have such a good memory and can only write works of the same type.

After pondering for a long time, he decided to write a book on cultivation.

There are many reasons.

First of all, he had written several books on cultivation in his original time and space, so he had experience in writing this kind of subject matter.

Secondly, facts in the original time and space have long proved that at the beginning of the rise of online literature, cultivation literature could become very popular and quickly accumulate a large number of readers.

Again, in the first few years after the emergence of online literature, the theme of immortal heroes and cultivation was once the impression of many people on online literature, and they believed that online literature was just that kind of immortal heroes and cultivation novels.

Moreover, works of immortality and cultivation, such as the levels of cultivation, the names of various natural treasures, etc., can give readers a great sense of novelty.

It can satisfy readers' curiosity.

Cao Sheng still remembers his surprise when he first saw the levels of cultivation.

——Qi training, foundation building, golden elixir, Nascent Soul, spirit transformation, fusion, tribulation crossing, Mahayana... and so on.

There are several small realms under each major realm.

Moreover, each state of mind can be explained in a very clear manner, and the entire cultivation system is theoretically self-consistent.

It makes people doubt whether this kind of cultivation system really exists?

If this kind of work was written, as long as the story was not too bad, he really couldn't think of any reason why the publishing house in Taiwan would not want to publish it.

Having decided to write about this topic in his mind, Cao Sheng began to write the cultivation system of this new book on manuscript paper.

Then, based on the Nine-Line Method, construct the outline of the entire book.

When he wrote "Living with a Flight Attendant" before, although he also wrote an outline, he did not use the nine-line method to write the outline.

Because a love story is generally very simple for him, there is no need to make the outline too complicated.

Simply set up the characters and plot direction, and that's about it.

But works of fantasy and cultivation are different because they involve many novel settings, so when writing the outline, the more detailed the better.

The nine-line method is the most formal way to write an outline.

This writing style divides the entire outline into nine lines.

They are: protagonist, supporting characters, skills, partners, equipment, adventure, background, power, and harem.

By perfecting the settings of these nine lines, you can completely construct the outline of a book.

However, he still couldn't decide what the book should be called.

(End of this chapter)