Reborn, I achieved legendary status with a single book.

unconsciously.

2013 has passed, and 2014 has arrived.

Spring has only been here for a few days.

Chen Yang then received a call from Su Yiyang of Aurora University, asking if Chen Yang was interested in returning to school for classes.

Chen Yang was taken aback.

They assumed that Su Yiyang had asked Chen Yang to apply for a graduate program at Aurora University.

But let's be honest.

Chen Yang wasn't interested in graduate school or anything like that.

If he had been interested, he would have applied after graduating.

Moreover, given Chen Yang's circumstances at the time.

As long as Chen Yang applies, he will definitely be admitted without taking the entrance exam.

But to Chen Yang's surprise, what Su Yiyang meant by "taking classes" was to have Chen Yang teach at a school.

Chen Yang was somewhat dumbfounded: "Principal Su, you mean teaching?"

"Yes."

"Teach me what? I don't know how."

"When it comes to online literature, you are undoubtedly the most knowledgeable person in China right now. Your return to the university to teach online literature would be a major innovation for Aurora University."

"Well, it seems that you need a doctorate to become a lecturer at Aurora University."

"That's just normal. Besides, you've already obtained a senior professional title in online literature, which is equivalent to a full professor. You've also won the Six-One Project Award, so the university could definitely promote you out of turn. However, a professorship is out of the question. You can be an associate professor first, and after teaching for a few more years, a full professorship shouldn't be a problem."

"This, this..."

"Still considering it? Aren't professors more appealing?"

“It’s not that it’s not good. Principal Su, as you know, my job requires me to write regularly. I can teach occasionally, but I really don’t have the time to be at school all the time.”

"You really enjoy writing books that much?"

"Yes."

"Aren't you worried about not being able to write it in the future?"

"I have considered it. But I'm someone who enjoys new things and is open to new experiences every day. I can't guarantee how good my future works will be, but I think I can still write."

"You little rascal. Oh... let me think. How about this, it's not good for you to stay at school all the time, how about you become a chair professor at Aurora University?"

"Is it like holding a few lectures each year?"

"Similar, but not lectures, still classes. It's just that you don't need to attend classes every day like lecturers or professors, nor do you need to stay at school every day."

"That's no problem."

Chen Yang nodded.

……

"Bu Yang Shen, I heard you've become a professor at Aurora University?"

"What?! Who said that?"

"Aurora University has issued a statement."

"Uh, okay. But not a professor, a visiting professor."

"The same meaning."

The news of Chen Yang becoming a professor quickly spread within the industry.

The eyes of all the author friends were filled with stars.

Every step Chen Yang took was something they longed for.

He writes well.

He's also amazing at other social activities.

it's good now.

He became a professor immediately.

Moreover, he is a professor at a top university.

Such achievements.

If this were in a novel, it would truly bring glory to one's ancestors.

"By the way, Bu Yangshen, what do you teach at Aurora University?"

"I don't know anything else, I'll just talk about online literature."

"Wow, I want to come to the class, is that okay?"

"If you really want to hear it, I can arrange it. That should be possible."

"Will listening to this make me a master...?"

"Haha, maybe there's a chance."

Chen Yang answered with a smile.

As for whether there will be a chance, it's really hard to say.

After all, online novels are like that.

To become a master.

Talent, luck, hard work... you must have two of these three.

However, for most people, many only meet one of the three conditions.

Even one of the conditions may not be met.

Therefore, becoming a god has always been the dream of countless authors.

But if Chen Yang is giving the lecture... that's a different story.

This is the lesson of the number one online writer.

This is the first of the five famous white dishes in the Central Plains.

Even if listening to his lectures doesn't make one a god, it's still incredibly beneficial for all authors.

……

The news that Chen Yang had become a visiting professor at Aurora University quickly spread throughout the university.

The Chinese side acted swiftly as well.

Before Chen Yang went to Aurora, all the formalities were completed for him.

They also arranged an office and a professor's apartment for Chen Yang.

In addition, a course on "The Development History of Online Literature" was arranged for Chen Yang well in advance.

This course is not a required course at Aurora University.

You can treat it as an elective course.

It's okay if you don't choose it. You can go if you're interested, or you don't have to go if you're not.

In order not to take up too much of Chen Yang's time, the school arranged one class for Chen Yang per week.

But even though it was just one class.

However, once Aurora University had arranged the courses, almost all of its freshmen to seniors enrolled.

Even many graduate students and doctoral students wanted to attend Chen Yang's classes.

In addition, some authors in the industry also wanted to attend the class.

Fortunately, the number of people allowed on the Aurora side was limited.

Only 200 people are allowed at this time.

As for why the number of people is limited.

After all, Chen Yang was giving a lecture, not giving a speech.

The more people you give a speech to, the better.

But there need to be fewer people in class.

Chen Yang thinks the ideal number would be no more than 100 people.

This way, he can have more energy to interact with the students.

of course.

As for those who did not register, the school will also record videos for them.

If you're interested, you can download Chen Yang's lecture videos.

For those who simply can't wait, Aurora has also arranged a live broadcast. ...

A week later.

Chen Yang's course "History of the Development of Online Literature" at Aurora University has officially begun.

Chen Yang entered the venue.

All the students stood up excitedly and said in unison, "Hello, teacher."

"Hello, students, please sit down."

Chen Yang didn't know if other universities would continue to follow tradition.

In any case, Aurora University has always insisted on the etiquette and rules of primary school.

Whenever class starts, all the students stand up and greet the teacher.

After the teacher nodded, all the students sat down.

"Dear students, it's been a long time. I'm Chen Yang, and I also studied at Aurora University a few years ago. But time flies, and it's been many years since I graduated. I received an invitation from President Su to teach a few classes at Aurora University. Although I majored in Chinese Language and Literature, I'm really not qualified to teach Chinese Language and Literature. Fortunately, I've been writing online novels for so many years, so I have a certain understanding of online literature. Therefore, in the next period of time, I will share online literature with you all."

"However, before class, I looked at the list. I found it strange. You said that students majoring in Chinese literature and other humanities were interested in my class. How come students majoring in science and engineering... are also so interested in online literature?"

This made everyone at the scene burst into laughter.

One of the engineering PhDs stood up: "Professor Chen Yang, although I studied engineering, I have always dreamed of becoming a writer."

Another person stood up: "Me too."

"Me too."

Many people raised their hands.

It can be said.

Whether you studied humanities or sciences.

Becoming a writer is something many people have probably thought about.

Unfortunately, due to various reasons, they ultimately failed to become a couple.

Even so, people still have a strong desire to write and become writers.

after all.

Writers are like God.

Every time a writer puts pen to paper, it's like God creating a dream.

What a noble profession this is!

Chen Yang smiled slightly as well.

He is one of them.

only.

He was luckier than many others to become a writer.

Moreover, this line of work can provide a livelihood.

"It seems everyone wants to become a writer. However, I've done some research. Whether it's Aurora University, Peking University, or Tsinghua University, there aren't any courses specifically designed to train people to become writers. In fact, there isn't even a course that teaches people how to write novels. Take our Chinese Language and Literature major, for example; it covers ancient literary history, modern literary history, literary criticism, and so on."

"Many people often doubt whether talking about these things is useful, as it seems that talking about these things has little to do with whether one can become a writer. But in fact, there is no specific formula for writing. We can only find a writing path that suits us by understanding a series of other literature-related things."

"However, I think it's a bit clearer in the realm of online literature than in traditional writing. Perhaps after listening to my course, everyone will have a general idea of ​​online literature and how to write online novels."

I interacted with everyone a little.

Chen Yang then began his formal lecture.

"Speaking of which, the history of online literature is very short. The first year of online literature that we generally define is 1997 with the publication of 'First Intimate Contact' by Pi Zi Cai. Of course, there was online literature before him. However, at that time, people may not have specifically defined this literature as online literature until he became famous."

"Can anyone explain what online literature is?"

Chen Yang asked a question.

Soon, a student raised their hand and answered: "Works published online are online literature."

Chen Yang nodded: "Well said."

Chen Yang continued, "Theoretically speaking, works published online are online literature. However, that was only the 1.0 era of online literature. At that time, although we had our first close contact and knew that it was online literature, the online literature of that time was not the same as the online literature of today."

"At that time, everyone thought that as long as I posted my work online, it would be online literature. As a result of this concept, the first generation of online literature websites, Rongshuxia, was created."

As Chen Yang spoke, he opened the PowerPoint presentation.

"You can also search for this website."

"The website's founder is William Zhu, an American of Chinese descent. When he created the website, he didn't have any grand ideas. He just liked to write, and there were so many like-minded people online, so he created it. In the early days, Rongshuxia (榕树下) achieved good development and attracted many writers that we can now name."

"For example, Li Xunhuan, Annie Baby, Jin Hezai, Guo Jingming, Han Han... and many of these writers are still active in the literary world and have achieved considerable success. So, the question is, did these writers truly become famous because of their innate talent?"

at this time.

In the live stream room.

Netizens and authors in the industry also started discussing it extensively.

"Yes, these writers are just very talented, aren't they?"

“Li Xunhuan, Han Han… they must have great talent.”

The students in the audience shared this view.

Chen Yang smiled and said, "To talk about talent, they do have some. But what really made them famous was not their talent, but the different medium they used."

"Teacher Chen Yang, what is a medium?"

"It is the object that supports the text."

Chen Yang said, "The earliest carriers of writing were probably the earth and rocks... Our ancestors used stones or branches to draw on the earth and create on stone walls. However, over time, these characters or pictures would disappear. Later, our ancestors thought of carving characters on tortoise shells, and that's how oracle bone script came about."

"Later, as productivity became more advanced, our ancestors began writing on fabrics such as cloth, cotton, and brocade. Then, they started writing on bamboo, which led to bamboo slips. Later, paper was invented... Until the advent of the internet, we always wrote on paper."

"Of course, not entirely. After the invention of paper, our mediums have also changed. For example, we have magazines, newspapers, periodicals, etc. Although these mediums are also paper, the content of each medium is very different. Take the earliest oracle bone script as an example. Because tortoise shells are very hard, it is not an easy task to carve on them. Therefore, our ancestors did not carve many oracle bone scripts. Each time they carved, there were only a few dozen characters, about a hundred characters, and some even only had a few characters."

"When we moved to the era of textiles and bamboo slips, writing became easier, but only relatively easier. Writing on cloth was easy, but cloth was too expensive; we might not even have enough clothes to wear, let alone use them for writing. So we wrote more on bamboo, but writing on bamboo was also inconvenient, at least in terms of carrying it. Since writing on bamboo slips was inconvenient, most of the texts written on bamboo slips were not very long."

"For example, the Tao Te Ching is only 5000 characters long. The Analects is also over 1 characters long, and the Book of Changes is only a few thousand characters long. Why didn't they write longer ones? Because longer ones are inconvenient to carry and not easy to spread or copy. The longest ones are historical books written on bamboo, such as the Book of Han, which is about 70 characters long. But it took the author 40 years to write these 70 characters. If it were me, at my peak, I could finish 70 characters in a month."

"puff……"

Chen Yang's unexpected statement that he could write 70 words in a month left everyone speechless.

Then came a burst of applause.

The fellow authors in the live stream were overjoyed; they never expected that Bu Yang Shen would show off during class.

But showing off is still showing off.

But it's true that he writes 70 words a month.

When Chen Yang was writing "I Have a System for Pretending to Be Cool and Slapping Faces", he updated it like crazy.

You can't help but accept it.

"It wasn't until the invention of paper that the length of our written works increased. So we can see that the different mediums have a great deal of limitation on the content of writing. Even after we had paper, we couldn't just write as long as we wanted. A series of works were not only constrained by the paper, but also by the printing conditions at the time. Many classics written by our predecessors have not been passed down because they were not well preserved and printed."

"Let's return to the website Rongshuxia. It can be said that Rongshuxia, as a representative of online platforms, is quite different from traditional print media in its role as a medium for online literature."

This means that what people write on it may no longer be the same as those works published in traditional print.

Before paper existed, people wrote very little, and every sentence was profound and meaningful.

With the advent of paper, works could be written longer and their content became richer.

Thus emerged novels, operas, etc., which were not considered literature at the time.

Then to modern times.

Essays, modern poetry, novels, and plays also emerged.

Then.

From paper to the internet.

He made another huge change.

Even in its initial 1.0 version, the changes were still enormous.

His innovation lies in his different writing style.

His writing style is more unrestrained, more imaginative, more down-to-earth, and more linguistically diverse.

immediately.

On the big screen, Chen Yang listed Jin Hezai's famous quote:

"I want this sky to no longer obscure my vision;"

I want this land; it can no longer bury my heart.
I want all living beings to understand my will;
"I want all those Buddhas to vanish into thin air..." (End of Chapter)