Back to 1997, I became the originator of online literature

Chapter 81 Stealing the New Book

A second volume coming out?
Cao Sheng's attention fell on the second message in Wang Jing's email.

Because if the second volume of "I Want to Become an Immortal" is on the market, the serialization speed of his book on the Internet can be slightly accelerated, to one chapter per day.

In this way, he can accumulate more book fans as quickly as possible, and publish as many works as possible before online literature really explodes, thereby securing his position as the number one online writer.

Even though he may not be able to sit on this throne for several years, he will enjoy it for as long as he can.

Become famous early.

First-mover advantage is important.

If he could secure his position as the number one online writer at the beginning of its development, it would definitely be beneficial to him in the future.

For example, "The First Close Contact", the first online novel recognized by the original time and space, was not only published, but also adapted into a TV series, a movie, and even a game.

Just imagine: if it was not recognized as the first online novel, what are the chances of this pure romance novel being adapted into a game?

He, Cao Sheng, has already earned the title of the originator of online literature.

But he was still not satisfied.

I still want to be the number one writer on the Internet for a few more years.

If this goal can be achieved, he estimates that the copyrights of his works will be able to sell better than those of other great works in the future.

As far as he could remember, it seemed to be around 2010, for a few years, the film and television adaptation rights and game adaptation rights of online literary works were particularly good in selling.

The prices are higher than one another.

It is a common phenomenon to sell an adaptation right for one or two million. The adaptation rights of works by great writers like San Shao, Chen Dong, and Fanqie can easily cost tens of millions.

What impressed him most was that Tomato’s new book had just had a title and the book hadn’t even been written yet, but the game adaptation rights for the book were sold for 50 million.

The question is – is this book really selling the game adaptation rights?

Cao Sheng thought that what was being sold was the fame of the tomatoes.

It is the market performance of the godhood of online literature masters.

Online literature is a winner-takes-all industry.

At present, the title of the number one online writer does not seem to be worth much, and at most it can increase the probability of publication of the work.

but……

The better days are yet to come!

……

Cao Sheng created a new document, copied the 15-word manuscript into it, marked it with the title "The Second Volume of "I Want to Become an Immortal"", and sent it to Wang Jing.

That night, he wrote until late at night again.

It was already past midnight when I finished coding the last chapter of the day.

After turning off the computer, going downstairs and taking a shower, he still couldn't sleep.

Suddenly I wanted to go out for a walk.

As a writer who has been typing for many years, he was actually a night owl before his rebirth. He was often not in good spirits during the day. However, at night, he was in the best condition of the day and his mind became particularly clear.

He thought through many things in the dead of night.

He changed into sneakers, beach pants and a floral shirt, walked out of the yard, put his hands in his pockets, and strolled calmly on the sidewalk by the river.

On the left is the Xin'an River flowing quietly in the night, on the right is Binjiang Road, and above the head are the branches of weeping willows swaying in the wind.

It was late at night and there were few cars on the road. There were few pedestrians within a few hundred meters.

He liked nights like this.

The cool night breeze blowing on his body made his mind particularly clear.

He walked to a viewing platform, held on to the brick and stone fence in front of him with both hands, and looked quietly at the dark river water in the night, thinking about the outline of "Tomb of the Gods" in his mind.

Recently he has been writing "I Want to Become an Immortal" every night, and during the day in class, he has been thinking about the outline of "God's Tomb", which makes his mind a little confused.

The ideas of the two books inevitably interfere with each other.

But there is one upside.

The biggest benefit is that when he was conceiving the outline of "God's Tomb", it would occasionally trigger his inspiration for "I Want to Become a Fairy", giving him the idea of ​​adjusting the outline of "I Want to Become a Fairy".

When I was conceiving "God's Tomb", I couldn't help but want to use some of the good plots in the book "I Want to Become an Immortal".

But if we do this, those plots cannot be used in the book "God's Tomb", and we have to think of other plots.

This will undoubtedly increase his workload and cost a lot of brain cells.

The easiest approach would naturally be to keep the outline of "I Want to Become an Immortal" unchanged, and put those exciting plots that I have thought of recently into the outline of "God's Tomb" as originally planned.

only……

He still wanted to adjust the outline of "I Want to Become an Immortal" to make the book more exciting.

As for "God's Tomb"?
Anyway, it’s still in the outline stage and I haven’t written a single word of the main text, so I can just slowly think of the new plot!

Just be tired when you are tired.

Should have been able to come up with a better plot.

In the next few days, he really appropriated some exciting plots from the outline of "God's Tomb" into the outline of "I Want to Become an Immortal".

As a result of his actions, the outline of the subsequent content of "I Want to Become an Immortal" had to be greatly changed.

This increased his workload a lot out of nowhere.

The changes have given him a headache, and sometimes he regrets why he has to put himself through so much trouble.

The original outline of "I Want to Become an Immortal" was not bad. In this era, writing it with such an outline is already exciting enough.

It will not affect the sales of this book.

I haven’t seen many readers being dissatisfied with the plot.

but……

Looking at the revised outline, he could feel that the quality was significantly better.

So he felt it was worth it.

When he rewrote the detailed outline based on the revised outline, thoughts of regret would keep emerging in his mind.

After he finally finished the detailed outline, he looked back at the outline of "God's Tomb" from which a lot of the plot had been stolen. He felt that what had been stolen was not only the plot, but also his own brain.

My mind is empty. Where is the inspiration? Where can I find better inspiration?
He felt that he might have overestimated himself and was afraid that he could not come up with a better plot.

It was not until a few days later, when he had finished being intimate with Huang Qingya and entered the sage time, that a good idea suddenly came to his mind.

My train of thought was opened up, and it took me a few more days to gradually complete the outline of "God's Tomb".

Then he wanted to dig out some plots from this outline and add them to the outline of "I Want to Become an Immortal".

When this thought came to his mind, he felt completely unwell.

……

Yan Jie is the niece of the general manager of Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House.

I just graduated from college and am preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination.

She studies Chinese language and literature, and came to Changjiang Literature and Art to visit her uncle today, but her timing was a bit unfortunate, as her uncle was in a meeting in the conference room.

She could only kill time in her uncle's office for the time being.

Someone had just made her a cup of tea, but she wasn't thirsty and didn't want to drink it, so she wandered around her uncle's office with her hands behind her back.

As she walked around, she came to the bookshelf behind the desk and looked at the books on the shelf curiously.

Many of them are works published by Changjiang Literature and Art in recent years.

As she read, she saw a familiar book title: "I Want to Become an Immortal".

She has heard her friends mention this book several times recently, saying that it is a new type of novel that has emerged this year and is very exciting.

But she had no interest in becoming an immortal, so she had never watched it.

But she was bored at the moment, and after a little hesitation, she took out the book from the bookshelf, thinking of killing some time.

(End of this chapter)