Chapter 591 How can studying be called cheating?

Bai Hai feels quite excited this April.

As mentioned before, as a college student, Bai Hai is a typical otaku. This kind of otaku is not a game otaku, but a TV series and book otaku.

In the whole dormitory, Bai Hai is the only special person. Others are either playing games or dating. After all, it’s college, so what’s the point of not dating? ?

The leader of Bai Hai's dormitory once said to Bai Hai, if you don't take advantage of the opportunity to have a few relationships in college, it will be very difficult to have another one after graduation.

Bai Hai didn't care much about this.

What's the point of dating?

If I have that much time, I might as well watch more drama.

Well, in April, Bai Hai has been following "The Beginning". His other online dramas may not be that good, and he has not seen the heyday of the entire online drama, but to be honest, "The Beginning" is enough to support the heyday.

At the same time, there is a discussion about this novel about gods and demons.

What Bai Hai is most looking forward to is novels about gods and demons.

Just think about it, who hasn’t read fairy tales in childhood, who hasn’t dreamed of flying in the clouds? ?

Novels about gods and demons actually belong to the category of fantasy. When it came to online literature, they were divided into fantasy and fairy tales. But no matter whether it was fantasy or fairy tales, Bai Hai always felt that something was missing.

In Yuanxing, China also has gods and Buddhas, but this kind of traditional classical novels about gods and demons do not have many complete systems.

If we were to say who Bai Hai admires the most, it would probably be 'Wang Xing'.

Wang Xing is 50 years old this year. He made his debut at the age of 20 with a novel about gods and demons, "Return of the Gods". This "Return of the Gods" amazed the whole country thirty years ago. After all, it is a collection of all the previous novels about gods and demons, as if he wanted to forge his own path.

Over the past 30 years, Wang Xing has been writing novels about gods and demons. He achieved success and fame 20 years ago. It can be said that Wang Xing made his debut at the age of 20, and then spent ten years to establish his status as a god and demon.

But in the following 20 years, Wang Xing's fantasy novels experienced ups and downs, with some successes and some failures.

After all, there are talented people in every generation.

In the past 30 years, fantasy novels can be said to have experienced a trough, but have always been developing upward.

The reason is simple, because people love to dream, and novels about gods and demons are more likely to make people fantasize.

However, from ancient times to the present, there has been no mature system for novels about gods and demons. Wang Xing created one, but some of the logic is not self-consistent, and some people do not want to use Wang Xing's ideas. But no matter what, the industry recognizes that Wang Xing is the pioneer of novels about gods and demons.

In the past five years, Wang Xing has not published any books. In his own words, he needs to summarize carefully and then write a more complete novel about gods and demons.

Wang Xing even planned to revise all the books from "Return of the Gods" published at the age of 20 to "Emperor and Empress" published at the age of 45, in order to thoroughly refine the system.

Because this is extremely exhausting and strenuous, Wang Xing has not been out for five years.

This time, taking advantage of the annual literary event, which is about gods and demons, Wang Xing announced his return.

Wang Xing also prepared for this trip for a long time.

His new book was preheated two months ago.

According to Wang Xing, his new book is going to create a system of Buddha, God, Taoism, demons, etc. He thinks this novel can be used as a reference for the system of gods and demons in the future.

Even Wang Xing has long announced that his novels are open to fan fiction.

Because he spent his entire life writing novels about gods and demons.

People often say that it takes ten years to sharpen a sword, but Wang Xing has been sharpening his sword for almost thirty years in order to publish the book he published today.

Not only Wang Xing himself is excited about this new book, but many of his fans are as well.

For example, the White Sea.

It can be said that Bai Hai grew up reading Wang Xing's novels, listening to storytelling adapted from Wang Xing's novels, and watching TV dramas and animations adapted from Wang Xing's novels. As such, Bai Hai is considered a die-hard fan of Wang Xing.

This kind of hardcore fans are not the so-called brainless fans, but fans who finally appreciate the work.

Bai Hai used the New Year's money he saved to buy almost all of Wang Xing's books, and read all of Wang Xing's books, no matter whether they were well-received or niche. In short, as long as it was Wang Xing's book, Bai Hai would buy it.

In Bai Hai's opinion, Wang Xing is the one who truly contributed to the system of gods and demons and to China's novels about gods and demons. Even many writers of the god and demon genre rely on Wang Xing to succeed.

In this way, Bai Hai just watched the "Journey to the West" promoted on the Internet as a form of entertainment.

Even many people, like Bai Hai, think that the publicity of being "second best in the world" is pure hype.

Also the first work in the system of gods and demons?

They also say that this is the pinnacle of Chinese mythological novels.

In the future, everyone can use the system of "Journey to the West" to create novels about gods and demons.

It hasn't even been launched on the market yet, but it's already been hyped up.

Are you comparing yourself to a famous book?

I even went to learn more about this 'Second Best in the World' Bai Hai, and found out that he is just a short story writer.

Do you think you are Yu Xiaoshu? ?

Can you reach the peak directly? ?

Besides, didn’t Yu Xiaoshu fail before?

Of course, in Bai Hai's opinion, comparing Yu Xiaoshu to the second best in the world is really giving face to the second best in the world.

After all, there is absolutely no comparison between the two of them.

For Bai Hai, he didn't want to give this 'second in the world' any discussion heat at all.

In the literary forum, not only him, but other people also had similar ideas.

"Haha, what's the point of this hype?? To be honest, among the gods and demons this time, I only pay attention to Wang Xing."

"That's right. After all, Wang Xing is the only screenwriter this time, and the rest are three great writers. They all want to go for platinum."

"Yes, and then there are people like 'Strange Uncle'. They are probably all trying to see if they can beat the great god."

…

In literary forums, there is not much discussion about "Journey to the West", and most of the discussions are mostly sarcastic.

No.

There were even only a few mockeries.

The same thing.

No one cares.

There are even many people who are interested in the new book of 'Weird Uncle'.

This is also the reason why Fengyang Publishing House felt that Journey to the West had little chance.

For novels, especially novels about gods and demons, this "Second in the World" is a complete newcomer. He is a complete newcomer and writes in obscure classical Chinese. What kind of market do you think he can have? ?

Besides, do you really think you wrote a masterpiece?

Just so, the editor-in-chief of Fengyang Publishing House was very dissatisfied with Su Qing, and he hoped that Su Qing could be a little more submissive these days.

Not only that, other colleagues also felt that Su Qing was a little too persistent.

Persistence? ?

Su Qing found it somewhat amusing.

If you really knew who wrote Journey to the West, you would do the same.

What's more, even if this "Journey to the West" is really a newcomer, Su Qing is ready to stick with it to the end.

She trusts her own judgment.

Tomorrow is the day when "Journey to the West" will be released.

Su Qing still called Yu Xiaoshu and said, "Xiaoshu, you'd better use your pseudonym to promote it tomorrow. If possible, you'd better use your real name to promote it."

Yu Xiaoshu said, “Okay, but since it will be released tomorrow, I will post it tomorrow, because today is the time when “The Beginning” starts.”

Su Qing suddenly realized: "Oh, I've been busy with Journey to the West recently and really haven't paid attention to it."

"Yes, many people on Douhu have been calling you."

Yu Xiaoshu said with a smile.

The two chatted for a few more sentences, and then Yu Xiaoshu posted an update using the pseudonym "Second in the World".

"Great Sage, where are you going?

Step on the southern sky and shatter the sky.

If you don’t come back once you leave, then you don’t come back.”

…

This update is also the slogan that Yu Xiaoshu told Su Qing before.

After all, this "Journey to the West" is published as 60,000 to 100,000 words per volume, and the first volume is just "Stepping on the South Sky" and "Smashing the Sky".

However, if it were just this one sentence, it would be difficult for everyone to understand what it means.

This is not.

There was some discussion under the comment section of Tianxiadier.

How to say it? ?

The current 'Second in the World' is not really an unknown person. He has written best-selling short stories and also broken some records.

Previously, some fans who followed 'Second Under Heaven' left a message to Second Under Heaven, saying, why write a long story when you can just write a short story? ?

Besides, many times, the audience’s preferences are different.

You know, most of the time, how can people who like this type of thing like long stories? ?

Or gods and demons.

What is the key?

The key point is that everyone feels that "Journey to the West" has an air of failure since its name.

Who would read such a long article?

Please don't be unrighteous, okay? ?

Well, after 'Second in the World' posted this update, the tone of the comment section went a bit off.

"Master, can you write some more short stories? What's so good about this god and demon novel???"

"Yes, I really think you should just write a short story and forget about this long one."

"That's right, Mr. Big, hurry up and write short stories instead of long ones. People won't read them."

"I am dying of laughter. Why do people think that the second best in the world will fail? I believe he will not fail."

"Yes, I believe it too. I must see how Journey to the West turns out this time."

…

Obviously, many people want the second best in the world to write a long novel, but there are still some people who believe in the second best in the world.

The next day, Bai Hai went directly to the bookstore opposite the school early in the morning.

Last night, Bai Hai could be said to have not slept all night.

Why?

It's a mixture of excitement and a little bit of irritability.

What makes me excited is that I can read the book of my favorite author tomorrow.

What’s infuriating is that the seventh episode of “The Beginning” is so damn catchy.

And it's stuck at a critical point.

The most important thing is that this episode is actually quite touching.

I always thought the old man with the snakeskin bag was the murderer, but it turned out that his bag was filled with nothing but watermelons.

His name is Ma Guoqiang. He was imprisoned for killing someone with his tricycle. Before he was released from prison, his wife came to the prison to inform him that she and her son Ma Xiaolong were moving to Jialin City and asked Ma Guoqiang not to visit them in the future. Ma Guoqiang had just arrived in Jialin City in the morning and happened to take the No. 45 bus to visit his wife and children when he encountered the accident.

When the cycle started again, as expected, Lu Di did not recognize them. At the same time, when Li Shiqing discovered that there were watermelons in Ma Guoqiang's bag, she pretended to be Ma Xiaolong's colleague and told Ma Guoqiang the regretful words Ma Xiaolong had said to her before, letting Ma Guoqiang know that Ma Xiaolong loved Ma Guoqiang very much.

Ma Guoqiang was very happy to hear what Li Shiqing said. He explained that he learned from his relatives that Ma Xiaolong posted on WeChat Moments that he wanted to eat the watermelons he grew, so he came all the way to find Ma Xiaolong carrying the watermelons.

When Ma Guoqiang saw that the watermelon was rotten, he shared it with the passengers in the car. Everyone praised Ma Guoqiang because the watermelon was sweet. At the last moment, Li Shiqing told Ma Xiaolong that he loved Ma Guoqiang. Ma Guoqiang was very happy to hear that, and the explosion happened again.

Then, it was another cycle, and there were only two possible murderers left.

Tell me, is it anxious that this episode is stuck here? ? ?

For Bai Hai, he almost didn't sleep all night. He kept reading various analyses about "The Beginning". Bai Hai even wrote some plot analysis.

In short, he sincerely felt that "The Beginning" was too explosive, and he wanted to see the subsequent plot.

But it didn't work.

He couldn't see the subsequent plot at all.

And then what?

I just can’t sleep.

Bai Hai, like everyone else, came to Yu Xiaoshu to urge him to update his work.

Unfortunately, there is no movement on Yu Xiaoshu’s social media platform.

The official account of "Beginning" did not mention adding more chapters this time.

kindness.

That's it.

Bai Hai came out early with panda eyes. The bookstore just happened to be open, so he went straight in.

At this time, there were not many people in the bookstore.

In the middle of the bookstore are displayed new books.

Among them, Wang Xing's new work was placed in the middle. Bai Hai was ready to buy this book without even reading it. In his opinion, no matter what Wang Xing wrote, he would buy it.

It is different with other people’s books.

This time, there are quite a few novels about gods and demons. There are 5 books in the first row of this bookstore, and there are more than 10 books in the back, which are basically all novels about gods and demons.

It can also be seen from here that there are quite a few authors of works about gods and demons, and quite a few of them are qualified to publish.

Bai Hai plans to take a look first, and if he finds something similar, he will buy it and take a look at it when he gets home.

After all, generally speaking, it is impossible for people to buy a book without even reading a few chapters.

In this respect, it is actually a bit similar to the three golden chapters of online literature.

If you want readers to pay to buy your book, you must lure them in from the beginning.

Of course, how can reading be called cheating???

This is called attraction.

Bai Hai plans to read the books of three other great masters, whom he is relatively familiar with.

As Bai Hai was looking at the books one by one, more and more people came to the bookstore.

…

…

(End of this chapter)