Back to 1997, I became the originator of online literature

Chapter 65: A Visitor from the City TV Station
Looking at these book reviews, Cao Sheng couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

I couldn't help but recall the scene this afternoon when hundreds of alumni lined up at school to ask for my autograph.

His first love in the original time and space, Chen Shuyun, became a fan of his books.

Some classmates, seniors and juniors also came to him to ask for autographs.

And the girl in the white dress named Ren Xueyi, who not only asked him to sign on her white arm, but also told him that she liked him and would come to see him again.

and many more.

Then I think of the simplified Chinese version of "Living with a Flight Attendant", the book signing sessions in five cities, and the simplified and traditional Chinese version of "I Want to Become an Immortal". Recently, I got an extremely high price of 10,000 per episode from Xinchang Publishing House.

After his rebirth, he achieved so much in just over half a year, and he found that his mentality had changed a little.

Feeling a little bit high.

This suddenly made him alert.

Because his past experience tells him: when one is feeling proud, that is often the time when one is heading downhill.

Can I write a good story in this state of mind?
He opened the document of "I Want to Become an Immortal" on his computer, squinting his eyes to examine the plot he had recently written, over and over again.

After reviewing it several times, he finally discovered a problem: the book contained too many emotional scenes recently.

When he first decided to write this book, he consciously created two more female protagonists.

There are three heroines in total, two of whom have already appeared.

This is his conscious attempt to cater to the market.

The memories before his rebirth told him that at the beginning of the development of online literature, having multiple female protagonists was a trend, and three was considered rare.

but……

He suddenly realized that most of the plots he had written recently were love triangles between one man and two women.

The hero is caught between the two heroines, and he is able to please both sides, but he is also in a dilemma. Overall, this plot lacks the sense of excitement and cannot be considered a qualified exciting story.

Perhaps readers of this era, in the absence of any better choice, will still look forward to and follow the subsequent plot even if they don’t like this part of the story.

However, after pondering for a moment, Cao Sheng deleted 9 chapters of the recent plot in one go.

He cherishes his reputation very much.

I hadn't discovered this problem before, so that's fine.

Now that it has been discovered, it should be corrected immediately.

This was what he lacked when he wrote novels before his rebirth.

At that time, whenever he wrote an unsatisfactory plot, he actually had a hunch that some readers would not like it. However, sometimes because of the full attendance award, he did not have enough time to rewrite a chapter in the remaining time of the day, so he sent out the chapter that he was not satisfied with.

Add to that some so-called "poisonous spots" that he wrote unconsciously, and there are too many flaws in his works.

This is probably also the important reason why he has always found it difficult to write a hit work in the past.

After his rebirth, he became much more strict with the quality of his work.

But tonight he was the most ruthless, deleting 9 chapters in one go, almost 3 words.

If these more than 30,000 words are not deleted and sent to Xinchang Publishing House, it will be nearly 5,000 yuan, and then sent to Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House, which will be another income.

The combined income from these two sources is almost enough to buy the house he lives in now.

He felt a little sad after deleting so many words at once.

But he felt in his heart that it was the right thing to do.

There is no end to making money, but an author’s reputation cannot withstand the damage over time.

There will be a day when you will be defeated.

After deleting the 9 chapters, he sat in front of the computer, holding a cup of tea, drinking tea, adjusting his mindset, and calming his heart little by little.

Get rid of the impact that the achievements of the past six months have had on your state of mind.

He kept recalling the days of his frustration in the original time and space. He wanted to use the feelings of those frustrated days to remind himself: You just took advantage of your rebirth and wrote a topic that no one has written before. Your real level is just that of a loser. What are you proud of? Don’t you know your level? If you don’t hurry up and improve, in a few years, you will be washed up on the beach by the waves behind you...

As he thought of this, the names of great gods flashed through his mind.

It is said that he once wrote 9 words in a single day.

There is a man named San Shao who claims to have updated 10 words every day for years without interruption.

There is an unprecedented winner of eight consecutive monthly ticket titles - Shen Ji.

There is Qidian, the subscription king for many years - Tomato.

There is also Chen Dong, who has been in the industry for about 20 years and is still able to maintain his peak form and sweep all the major charts on Qidian.

And not long after graduating from college, he used the royalties from a book to buy a whole building of potatoes.

There are too many. He can remember countless online literary masters, most of whom have been the most popular for several years.

Once upon a time, these great gods were the dark clouds hanging over his head, preventing him from seeing the light of hope for success.

Today, these great gods in his memory can still give him great psychological pressure.

Because he knows that these people will enter the industry in a few years.

And, you will become famous quickly.

Their fighting power is more terrifying than each other.

Thinking of these people, when Cao Sheng put down the teacup in his hand, his face was as calm as water, and there was no trace of impetuousness or complacency in his heart.

I opened the outline of "I Want to Become an Immortal" and the detailed outline of the next plot, and began to sort out and adjust them bit by bit.

That night, he didn't write a single word of the main text of "I Want to Become an Immortal", and spent all his time adjusting the outline and details.

He was determined to continue improving his writing skills.

Wait until the future to compete with those people.

Before his rebirth, he was no match for them.

Now that he has a new life, he wants to break the psychological shadow left on him by these people.

……

The next morning.

At daybreak, Cao Sheng, as usual, came out of the yard wearing sportswear and sneakers, and ran slowly along the sidewalk along the Xin'an River.

Since he moved here, he has not missed his daily morning run, but he changed the location of his run from the school playground to the sidewalk by the river.

The air by the river is much better than that in the school playground. It has the coolness of water vapor and the fresh fragrance of the weeping willows by the river.

Of course, when running on the sidewalk by the river, you can't run as fast as you can on the school playground.

Like other morning joggers, he ran neither fast nor slow, crossed the old bridge over the Xin'an River, came to the other side, then ran along the sidewalk on the other side to the new bridge a few kilometers away and came back.

This whole run is at least ten kilometers.

In the first few days when he started running such a large circle, he found it very tiring. By the last few kilometers, his speed was not much faster than walking.

But he insisted on coming here every day.

Gradually it became easier.

The speed in the next few kilometers will not be too slow.

When he was almost done running a lap today, he turned into a roadside bun shop and ordered four beef buns and a bowl of beef bone soup without any beef or bones.

This beef bone soup looks watery, with only a little chopped green onion and pepper sprinkled on it, but it is very fragrant and fresh. The key is that this beef soup is free.

He had eaten here once before and loved it.

Come here often recently.

After eating and drinking, he slowly walked back to his residence.

After resting for a while and waiting for the sweat to stop, I took a shower and changed into clean clothes.

After a moment, he left for school.

Today is still the day to welcome new students.

But his mentality today is different from yesterday.

He didn't want to be recognized by any freshman and asked for his autograph.

Not wanting hundreds of people to line up for his autograph, he wore a sun hat in the hope of avoiding being recognized by the freshmen.

He hopes to resume a peaceful life as soon as possible so that he can concentrate on writing and improve his writing skills bit by bit.

but……

In the morning, he was sitting behind the desk welcoming new students, listening to his classmates chatting, when counselor Lu Xiangwei came up to him with a smile on his face and a group of people.

Some of them seemed to be school leaders.

A young, beautiful and fashionable woman was holding a microphone, a tall and strong middle-aged man was holding a camera, and a girl in her twenties was holding a makeup box.

Lu Xiangwei stopped, extended his hand to Cao Sheng, and turned to introduce the group, "Dear leaders, Miss Cai! This is Cao Sheng from my class, the famous writer Zhongyuan Yidianhui!"

After that, he turned to Cao Sheng and said, "Cao Sheng! Miss Cai from our city TV station wants to interview you, please cooperate."

(End of this chapter)