Back to 1997, I became the originator of online literature

Chapter 2 Original Destiny

Cao Sheng thought for a long time, but couldn't remember in which year the first online novel in the original time and space appeared.

I only remember that the first online article was "The First Intimate Contact" by Piaozi Cai, which was published on the Internet around 2000.

He couldn't remember the exact time of publication.

It's a pity that he doesn't have a computer or a smartphone that can access the Internet, otherwise he could just do a quick search to determine whether the book has been published.

If I could be the first author to write an online novel...

That will surely be remembered by countless people.

Once you have such fame, it is certain that no matter what kind of novel you write in the future, it will be easier for you to achieve success than other authors.

Just like Guo Xiaosi and Han Er in the original time and space.

Both of them became famous because of the New Concept Writing Competition. After becoming famous, everything they do has attracted media attention. Compared with other writers, their lives are much smoother.

And now, both of them are still unknown.

Therefore, if Cao Sheng could become famous before the two of them, his future life might become smoother.

Who doesn’t want their life to be smoother?

Thinking of this, Cao Sheng couldn't help but think of the fate of his original time and space.

I only got into a junior college in the college entrance examination, and went to the little-known Huizhou Teachers College to study accounting, which was useless. After graduation, I worked as an accountant in several factories for several years. I had to do endless reports, and if I made a mistake in calculating a number, I had to sort out the account books again and again. If the boss said that I wanted a loan, I had to go to the bank again and again, prepare various materials, and even drink with people like a prostitute...

As for his salary, since he only has a college degree, it will never increase.

Cao Sheng could only watch others buy houses, cars, get married, and have mistresses, and he could only envy them.

Occasionally, he would think about making some money, but he didn't have the courage.

It was not until 06 that he began to use his spare time to try to write online articles and earned royalties, and his life finally saw a glimmer of hope.

In 08, when his royalties exceeded his salary, he finally made up his mind to resign and become a full-time writer in order to have freedom.

He originally thought that after becoming a full-time writer, his daily update volume would increase a lot. However, after actually becoming a full-time writer, he discovered that it was not the case at all.

After resigning, he relaxed completely.

I want to write a good novel, but I am always anxious and powerless to take action.

Not long after he started writing full-time, he began to suffer from the procrastination disease common to veteran writers.

I always hypnotize myself in my heart: When writing, one should not pursue speed, but quality and strive for perfection.

For a long time, he felt at ease being a shameful "clumsy writer", updating only four to six thousand words every day.

And laziness will have its consequences.

His retribution was that he could never afford to buy a house or get married.

He had been in a relationship before. His girlfriend was willing to date him but not to marry him. The girl clearly said that she didn't want him to take responsibility.

Thinking about it now, it really hurts my self-esteem.

His family had arranged more than a dozen blind dates for him.

When the girls met him for the first time, they were quite satisfied with his appearance and temperament. However, once they learned about his job and income, their attitude immediately turned cold.

Maybe it’s because of knowing shame that makes one braver!

After so many failed blind dates, he finally got determined and wrote a book with all his heart, and he persisted in updating it with 10,000 words every day for several months.

During those few months, he experienced what it was like to earn over ten thousand yuan a month.

Finally, I gained a little fame in the industry.

But at that time, he was already in his thirties.

The girls I once liked have all married other men.

As a man in his thirties, it is difficult for him to really like a girl. When he sees a girl he doesn't know, he no longer looks at her face first, but her breasts, legs, buttocks... and only then does he look at her face. When you are old enough not to care about a woman's appearance, it is really difficult for you to really like someone.

With some savings, he finally bought a house.

With a house, the success rate of picking up girls is indeed much higher.

But, he couldn't find the one he really wanted to marry.

As he turned 35, he wanted to get married even less.

Because he did some calculations: if he gets married after 35, he will be at least 36 when his child is born. When the child is 20, he will be at least 56. If the child gets married at 30, he will be at least 66. He will have to struggle for his child for almost the rest of his life, and most likely until the day he dies.

But can he write novels for so many years?
Twenty or thirty years later, will anyone still like to read the novels he wrote?
Do I have to wait until I am old to work in a factory to screw screws? Or find a job guarding a gate for someone? And be called a "watchdog"?
He felt scared just thinking about that kind of life in old age.

Therefore, in the original time and space, after he turned 35, the idea of ​​getting married faded.

Life is quite lonely.

It was okay when I had a girlfriend.

When I don’t have a girlfriend, I can only surf the Internet, eat and sleep alone. When I don’t want to cook, I can only go out to eat barbecue, crayfish, or barbecue alone...

When you don’t want to sleep alone, you can only go to KTV or nightclubs…

When you don’t want to stay home alone and type on the Internet, you can only ask others to go fishing or traveling together…

Well, that kind of day seems to be okay.

But the loneliness and solitude in my heart are real.

Especially when he sees other families of three or four living happily together, he always feels a little lost and a little envious.

As he is not married, he has no chance of hearing a child call him dad.

Every year when he goes back to his hometown, he feels bad because of his parents' urging him to get married and their disappointment.

In fact, after the age of 35, if he can meet the right person, he is willing to marry her.

But I can't meet him.

He is a nerd who writes online articles. His social circle is small to begin with and is shrinking.

There are few opportunities to meet strange women.

It is difficult to find the right person to marry.

In this way, he wasted his time until he was 40 and still remained unmarried.

Although a person's life is not bad, with food, drink, a car and a house, he still has many regrets in his heart.

At that time, if someone asked him whether he was happy or not?

He would probably say: I am so happy!
……

"Ah Sheng! Turn down the fire a little, we need to make maltose!"

The father in front of the stove suddenly spoke, bringing Cao Sheng's thoughts back to reality.

Cao Sheng responded and looked up at his father, whose face was dark and wrinkled. Thinking of the original time and space when he had never married and the disappointed look in his parents' eyes, he felt a little uncomfortable.

Since he was young, he also wanted to be the pride of his parents.

But in the original time and space, he first disappointed his parents in the college entrance examination, and many years later, he disappointed them in his marriage again.

Now he has the chance to start over. Although he has no chance to take the college entrance examination again, he has decided that he must not let them down again in marriage.

In addition, in this time and space, he could no longer be like in the original time and space, where he had to wait until he was in his thirties to finally earn some money and buy a house.

He has always been his parents' hope.

If he doesn't make something of himself, they will never feel happy.

He had already started thinking about what kind of work he should write next.
(End of this chapter)