Back to 1997, I became the originator of online literature

Chapter 38 Classmates become book fans, teachers ask for manuscripts
But how to spend these few hours before dawn?
Song Chao scratched his head. He had just learned how to use the Internet and didn't know what he could play online.

Subconsciously, I looked around to see what the other guys who were staying overnight were doing.

He saw that most of these guys were wearing headphones, most were playing games, one was listening to music, one was watching a movie, and some were sleeping.

He thought about it and suddenly wanted to see how Cao Sheng's book was booked under the banyan tree.

He was a little confused about how to pay if he made a reservation.

He clicked on the homepage of Under the Banyan Tree and found the banner at the top of the homepage, which was promoting the upcoming publication of "Living with the Air Hostess".

It is also the pre-sale window.

He clicked on the pre-sale window on the banner and saw that the pre-sale number announced had risen to 133664 copies.

This number surprised Song Chao.

I wonder how much money Cao Sheng can make?

He saw the reservation button and clicked it with his mouse out of curiosity.

The booking button becomes an input box with "Booking quantity" written in front of it and the unit "Booking quantity" behind it.

There is a default number "1" in the input box.

There is a "+" sign after the "1".

He clicked the + sign with his mouse, and the 1 in the input box changed to 2. He clicked it again, and 2 changed to 3.
Moreover, every time he clicks, the amount displayed below changes.

When you buy 1 copy, the pre-order price is 22.
When I ordered 2 copies, the pre-order price became 43, a discount of 1 yuan.

When buying 3 books, the price becomes 63, which is a discount of 1 yuan.

Below the amount, two payment methods are displayed.

One is to recharge game point cards.

One is bank transfer.

Song Chao clicked on the game point card recharge, and three input boxes popped up immediately.

An input box says: Please enter the card number.

The second input box says: Please enter your password.

The third input box says: Please enter the shipping address.

He clicked on bank transfer again, and three input boxes popped up under the words "Bank Transfer". One of the boxes read: Please enter the name of the remitter.

The second box says: Please enter the remittance date.

The third box says: Please enter the delivery address.

Below these three input boxes, there is also a payment account.

After seeing this, he felt that he had learned a lot. He didn't expect that it was actually possible to order things online.

He had heard of game point cards.

I didn't expect it could be used this way.

……

Song Chao, who didn't know what to do in the remaining time, clicked on "Living with a Flight Attendant" again. This time he started reading the reviews in the book review section.

You know what, these book reviews are actually quite interesting.

The book reviews gradually made him forget the time.

"Now I want to know if the author has really lived with the flight attendant? If they haven't really lived together, they can't write such a realistic story, right?"

"My name is Ran Jing. I declare that I have never lived with any man. I demand that the author compensate me for my reputation loss! It's okay if you don't want to pay, but the author must update two more chapters! Otherwise, I will sue you in court!"

"The heroine is so good, I don't think Ding Yang is worthy of her. I think Ding Yang is a bit stupid, too stupid!"

"I'd like to take this opportunity to advertise that 'First Intimate Contact' is also very well written. You can go and have a look."

……

At daybreak, Song Chao walked out of the Internet cafe in a depressed mood. When he passed by the school gate, he bought a few buns and a cup of soy milk, and ate while walking into the campus.

I finished eating before I even reached the dormitory.

Walking into the dormitory, he was just about to settle the score with Cao Sheng!
But he found that Cao Sheng's bed was empty, with only a folded quilt and pillow on it.

Did this guy go for a morning run again? "Running so early in the morning..."

Song Chao rolled his eyes, muttered something, yawned, and quickly got into bed.

He was already extremely sleepy.

When he woke up, it was already lunch time. His roommates came back from class and the sounds of opening doors and talking woke him up.

He opened his eyes and saw Cao Sheng walking into the dormitory. He suddenly said, "Cao Sheng! Are you still a human being?"

This abrupt sentence attracted the attention of several roommates who had just entered the dormitory, including Cao Sheng.

"What's wrong? What did I do?"

Cao Sheng was confused.

Song Chao pursed his lips, stood up, glanced at Cao Sheng, and began to condemn, "What do you think? How dare you ask? Let me ask you, have you finished writing your book "Living with the Air Hostess" a long time ago?"

Cao Sheng was a little confused and nodded subconsciously, "Yes, I finished it a long time ago, what's wrong?"

Song Chao pointed at Cao Sheng and said, "You've already finished writing it, why did you only post so much online? I went to an Internet cafe last night to read your book overnight, and I finished it in two hours. Are you worthy of me? Are you worthy of the fifteen yuan I paid for the overnight stay? Tell me yourself, are you going too far?"

"what?"

Cao Sheng was at a loss for words and didn't know how to respond for a moment.

The roommates who had just entered the dormitory understood what was said and burst into laughter.

Zhai Jun: "Damn! I thought something was wrong!"

Guan Zhi: "Song Chao, is Cao Sheng's book really that good? Does it make you so resentful? If someone doesn't know, they would think that he abandoned you! Haha..."

Zheng Xiaoqiang: "You scared me!"

At this time, Cao Sheng adjusted his mood and walked over with a smile, "Song Chao, have you finished reading all the chapters of my book that are currently serialized?"

Song Chao nodded, "Yes, I've finished reading it all. I actually booked a room to read your book last night."

Cao Sheng was a little curious, "So what do you think of my book?"

Zhai Jun, Guan Zhi and others also gathered around curiously and looked at Song Chao.

Song Chao looked at Cao Sheng with complicated eyes.

After a few seconds of silence, Song Chao gave Cao Sheng a thumbs up and said with emotion: "Third brother, your writing skills are amazing! Much better than mine. I couldn't even write an 800-word essay before, but you can not only write such a long essay, but also write it so well. Ding Yang and Ran Jing are almost brought to life by you. I didn't expect you to have this ability. I really didn't see it before."

"Is this true? Is it really that good?"

Guan Zhi expressed doubt.

Zhai Jun and Zheng Xiaoqiang looked at Cao Sheng in surprise, and then at Song Chao.

Zheng Xiaoqiang: "Song Chao, is Lao San's book really so good?"

Zhai Jun: "What you said makes me want to watch it."

Cao Sheng smiled and said, "Thank you for the compliment. It's not as good as you say. I just wrote it randomly."

Song Chao curled his lips, "Come on! If you really wrote it nonsense, how could your book be read by more than a million people? If you really wrote it nonsense, would Banyan Tree Underground specially send an editor to fly over here to ask you to sign that contract? And would the publishing house agree to publish your book? To put it bluntly, aren't the website and the publishing house very optimistic about your book?"

Cao Sheng smiled.

He knew that his writing skills were indeed much better than those of his roommates, and if he was too modest, he would seem hypocritical, so he didn't say anything else.

Song Chao's words made Guan Zhi and the others look at Cao Sheng differently than before.

……

In the next few days, more and more of Cao Sheng's roommates read his book.

Gradually, some of his classmates began to read his book.

Without exception, everyone who has read his book looks at him differently than before.

Talent is something that others cannot see until it is revealed.

The book "Living with a Flight Attendant" written by Cao Sheng can enable students who have read his book to clearly feel the gap between them and Cao Sheng.

This afternoon.

When the English class was about to end, English teacher Cheng Ying walked over to Cao Sheng and said with a smile: "Cao Sheng! I read the novel you wrote yesterday. It's really well written! But it seems that you haven't finished it yet. Have you finished the rest of the content? If you have, can you let me have a sneak peek?"

(End of this chapter)