Back to 1997, I became the originator of online literature

Chapter 251 Big Stars Also Lie
In the next half month, Cao Sheng, who stayed at the villa, spent more time surfing the Internet in addition to practicing martial arts, writing, reading, and so on.

He noticed that the Qilu BBS, which was established in July last year, is currently very popular and is catching up with the most popular BBS, Under the Banyan Tree.

He also saw two very popular works from the original time and space in Qi Lu.

One of them is "The Youth Here" by Jiang Nan.

One of them is "Heroes' Records".

"The Youth Here" borrows many names of characters from Jin Yong's works, but it tells a story about a university campus and is currently quite popular.

Heroic Aspirations...

In Cao Sheng's memory, this book was praised to the sky by a group of book fans for several years after 2000.

What impressed him most was a couplet that was widely circulated among book fans: "Jin Yong has stopped writing and Gu Long has passed away, leaving only the heroic ambitions of heroes in the world."

Just looking at this poem, you would think that this is the best martial arts work of this era, without a doubt.

But Cao Sheng couldn't help but wonder: Where did you put Huang Yi?

Huang Yi writes fantasy, not martial arts?

But not all Huang Yi's writing is fantasy.

Moreover, the boundary between fantasy and martial arts is actually not that big.

For example, "The Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", you can call it fantasy, or you can call it martial arts.

In the eyes of online writers like him, the difference between "The Twin Heroes of the Tang Dynasty" and traditional martial arts novels is just the difference between the world of high martial arts and the world of low martial arts.

There is only a difference in the level of combat power, but there is no essential difference.

The key point is that after "Heroes" became popular, the author of this book did not write any other work with similar popularity. It lacked stamina and cannot be compared with Jin Yong and Gu Long.

Cao Sheng's attention was more focused on the Qilu BBS.

Because he remembered that Long Kong and Huan Jian, who became very popular later on, seemed to have been bred in Qi Lu.

In addition to noticing Qi Lu, he also recently noticed a piece of news, a piece of news that many people might not care about even if they saw it.

——The Nasdaq index reached 5400 points.

This news reminded him of the Internet bubble.

He remembered that in the original time and space, after the Nasdaq index reached more than 5000 points, the Internet bubble soon burst and a large number of personal book sites were closed.

At the same time, some personal book sites that were unwilling to close began to join forces and merge.

For example, Longkong and Huanjian were formed by the merger of several personal book sites during this period.

After the merger, its strength and popularity increased greatly.

For example, Long Kong surpassed Under the Banyan Tree in one fell swoop.

But soon Long Kong will go astray and focus his main energy on publishing high-quality works. When publishing, he will take a commission from the works' royalties to achieve the goal of making a profit.

This is not a fatal problem.

The problem is that Longkong regards this method as the direction of development of online literature and even as the lifeline of his own website. Moreover, after the work is published, he stops serializing it on Longkong, forcing readers who like this book to buy the physical book.

It was during this period that a large number of Longkong readers left and came to Huanjian.

As a result, Huanjian became the industry leader.

It was a glorious few years.

But Huan Jian also made a fatal mistake.

Perhaps it was because of the lessons learned from the rapid decline of Longkong! Although Huanjian also helped publish the works, he would not stop serializing the works on the website. He was not very interested in making money from the works on the website. He thought that after making the website more popular, he would raise funds and grow stronger through financing.

There is nothing wrong with this idea.

Because most Internet companies of this era have this development model.

——Increase the popularity of the website, then use the popularity to attract funds, and then continue to increase the popularity of the website and continue to raise funds.

As long as they can raise funds, the website owner can get rich and the employees will have salaries.

Therefore, when Huan Jian was at the peak of its popularity, it never thought of offering paid reading.

Therefore, Qidian took the lead.

Moreover, it was not until Qidian's paid reading became popular and a large number of authors and readers flocked to Qidian that Huan Jian slowly reacted and followed suit to offer paid reading.

But it was too late.

These memories flashed through Cao Sheng's mind little by little when he saw the news that the Nasdaq index broke 5400 points.

He suddenly realized that the online literature structure he was familiar with would probably gradually take shape this year.

As for what kind of online literature landscape he is familiar with?

In the original time and space, when he started reading online novels, there were novel websites such as Qidian.

During this period, the development of online literature will enter an era of rapid development.

Future great authors will continue to emerge.

The types, quantity and quality of online literature will all show a blowout trend.

The number of readers will grow at an explosive rate.

However, online literature during this period was still disdained by mainstream society.

Many people compare online novels and online games, and regard both as malignant tumors that harm young people.

but……

To be honest, the online literature of this period did have some problems, such as pornography and adultery.

Restricted plots are found in almost every book.

The theme of the book is about the Mafia, and it is very popular among book fans.

But it was also during this period that some authors' works were so inspired and their plots were so fascinating that they often made countless readers lose sleep and forget about food.

Is this era finally coming?

Cao Sheng sat in front of the computer, feeling a little excited and a little stressed.

What’s exciting is that online literature is about to usher in an era of explosive growth. The number of readers and authors will expand rapidly, and the entire industry will be thriving. He will also be able to rise with the tide, and his income and fame will skyrocket.

The reason for the pressure is that he knows that the online literature of this period will continue to be flooded with elites from all walks of life, including doctors, university professors, overseas Chinese, hardcore bookworms who grew up reading all kinds of storybooks and novels, and talented players with extraordinary talents...

And he, Cao Sheng, is just an old loser with only a college degree.

Apart from those who have many creative ideas and themes from the original time and space in their minds, no one else may be able to compare with these people.

For example, writing style, knowledge reserves, typing speed, speed of learning and improvement, etc.

He pondered for a long time and opened the outline of "Honghuang Romance" on his computer hard drive.

This outline is only half done, and the details are completely missing.

But looking at the title of the book and the plot in the outline, he suddenly felt confident.

Perhaps, in the eyes of many people today, Cao Sheng has reached the peak of his career. "I Want to Become an Immortal", "God's Tomb" and "The Linglong Tower of Heaven and Earth" should be his masterpieces.

But he himself knows that the potential and future influence of the theme of "Honghuang Romance" are in no way inferior to those of cultivation, fantasy and infinite flow.

"The Story of Honghuang" will open up the Honghuang genre.

All the gods and Buddhas in the sky will be characters in this book.

It is difficult for readers who read Honghuang novels for the first time to resist the charm of this subject matter.

This book makes him fearless of any challenge from his opponents.

Because Shen Ji had already proved the combat effectiveness of this subject with "The Buddha is the Tao".

If the performance of his book "Hong Huang Yan Yi" is not satisfactory, there is only one reason - he, Cao Sheng, is not a good writer.

……

Cao Sheng lived in his villa and rarely went out.

Hong Kong.

This morning, Wang Zuxian got up and went to the bathroom. After a while, she came out with a disappointed look on her face because her period had come.

This means she is not pregnant.

Walking out of the bathroom, she looked at herself in the mirror above the sink and laughed at herself, feeling as if she had lost out greatly by letting him have two days of fun for nothing.

Then he burst out laughing.

I also felt that I had not lost out, after all, he was very handsome and still so young.

She felt like an old cow eating young grass.

Back in the bedroom, she picked up her cell phone, wanting to tell him the news that she was not pregnant, and to ask him when he would help her again.
But then I thought about the two times I was alone in a room with him, both of which were reported in the news.

The latest incident has caused a lot of uproar. If it weren't for Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao helping to cover up the lie in front of the media, this scandal would have been impossible to explain.

Now that the storm has just passed, she is a little afraid to meet him again during this period.

I don't have confidence that I can avoid reporters this time.

She suddenly felt a sense of mischief and wanted to tease him.

I sent him a message on my mobile phone - "Thanks for your help! I'm lucky, I'm pregnant."

……

Huizhou.

When Cao Sheng got up in the morning, he habitually reached out for his cell phone to check the time. He saw the time, but he also saw the message sent by Wang Zuxian.

His eyes, which were a little sleepy, suddenly opened wide.

Pregnant?

Are you pregnant now?

Am I the legendary sharpshooter? So accurate?

He subconsciously typed out her cell phone number, wanting to call her to confirm.

But I was afraid that she had already joined the crew and there were many people around her, so it would not be convenient to talk about such things.

So, after a slight hesitation, he sent a message back.

"Is it true? Do you have any evidence? For example, ultrasound report?"

She quickly replied: "My phone can't send photos. I'll show you the checklist next time you come to Hong Kong."

Cao Sheng didn't know how to respond for a moment.

I feel a little confused.

This was the first time in his two lifetimes that a woman told him that she was pregnant with his child.

His current status is that he has just turned 20 years old and has not yet graduated from university. In the eyes of many people, he is still a child.

And what is her identity?
If her fans knew this news, I'm afraid some of them would want to kill him.

How did you get pregnant?
The hit rate is too high!

He thought for a long time before sending another message.

"You plan to give birth to the baby?"

Hong Kong.

Wang Zuxian was sitting in the nanny car on the way to the crew. When she saw this message, she burst out laughing.

Full of smiles.

She thought it was really fun to tease him like this.

At the same time, an idea came to my mind: I could use this excuse to trick him into coming to Hong Kong, and once we meet, I would ask him for help. Maybe I would get pregnant next month.

Thinking of this, she replied: "Of course, didn't you suggest that I have one?"

Cao Sheng: "Are you sure? You suddenly have a child in your current position? Aren't you afraid that it will ruin your future? Aren't you afraid that your fans won't be able to accept it?"

Wang Zuxian: "I'm already pregnant, why are you asking me these questions now? Don't you think it's too late? Besides, it was you who suggested that I give birth to the child!"

This time, Cao Sheng was silent for a long time before sending a message: "I am not yet of marriageable age, and I have a girlfriend."

Hong Kong.

In the nanny's car.

Wang Zuxian had a complicated look when she saw the message, but she quickly returned to normal and replied: "Who said I was going to marry you? I said it was to help you, do you understand what I mean by helping? If you help someone with their bicycle, the bicycle will be yours? If you help someone with their vegetables, the vegetables will be yours?"

Cao Sheng: ...

Hearing her say this, he finally felt relieved.

After his rebirth, although he had thought about getting married and having children early, he had never thought about it to this extent.

Besides, he has a girlfriend now, how can he suddenly marry someone else?
Moreover, online literature is about to enter a period of rapid growth, and he is preparing to concentrate his energy and get along well with those future great writers who are about to enter the industry!
How can we get married at this time?
Just when he was feeling mixed emotions and remained silent, she sent him another message.

——"If you are willing, please take some time to come to Hong Kong again recently! Buy me some maternity products, and that will be your responsibility as a father, okay?"

Cao Sheng didn't doubt it and replied, "ok".

Hong Kong.

When Wang Zuxian saw his reply, the corners of her mouth slightly raised.

Without her realizing it, she herself hadn't noticed that her mood had improved a lot recently, and the thought of retiring from the entertainment industry had not appeared for a long time.

……

4 month 4 day.

Ching Ming Festival.

Cao Sheng returned to his hometown to worship his ancestors.

After that, I took some time to fly to Hong Kong.

Before coming to Wang Zuxian's residence again, he covered himself up, put on a baseball cap, sunglasses, and changed into a very loose set of clothes.

When he saw her, he only glanced at her face before his eyes went to her belly.

He seemed to be able to feel the little life in her belly.

"Have you had morning sickness recently?"

he asks.

Wang Zuxian, who was trying to hold back her laughter, was defeated by his question. She burst out laughing, and then laughed out loud, the kind that bent over with laughter.

Cao Sheng's face changed when he laughed, and he quickly reminded: "Be careful! Be careful! Don't laugh like that! It's not good for the child..."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly realized what was happening. He saw her bending over and holding her thighs, laughing so hard that she couldn't raise her head. He frowned and watched her finish laughing, straighten her waist, and raise her face. Then he asked expressionlessly, "You lied to me? You're not pregnant?"

Seeing his expression, Wang Zuxian finally stopped smiling, walked over, put her hands on his shoulders, then held his face, and smiled, "If I didn't say this, would you come to see me again so soon? What? Are you disappointed?"

Disappointed?
Cao Sheng felt as if he really had this feeling in his heart.

But he was mostly speechless.

He felt that he was too naive. He naively thought that a big star like her would not joke with him about such things, and he never thought that she would use this reason to trick him into coming to see her.

"Can't you just tell me straight? Why are you lying?"

Wang Zuxian: "I'm afraid if I tell you directly, you won't come."

Cao Sheng was even more speechless.

She smiled, bent down and got him a pair of slippers, the same pair he wore last time. Perhaps to calm him down, she squatted in front of him with a smile, took off his shoes and changed them for him.

After helping him change his shoes, she took the initiative to hold his hand, walked into the living room, made tea for him, massaged his shoulders and legs, and talked to him with a smile the whole time.

Gradually, Cao Sheng couldn't help but smile.

Seeing that he finally smiled, she chuckled, and stopped massaging his shoulders or tapping his legs. She just sat on his lap and put her arms around his neck.

When they looked at each other, the temperature in the air seemed to rise.

(End of this chapter)