Chapter 67 Dear readers, please come and take a look

First of all, wish me a happy 24th birthday in advance.

Yes, that's right. Today at 1 a.m. it will be my 24th birthday. I would like to take advantage of this special day to chat with you about me and this book. You can just listen to it for fun.

I started writing novels when I was nineteen. It has been five years now. Looking back on the past, I can’t help but sigh.

At that time, I was poor and struggling to make ends meet. That day, I was lying on the bed reading a novel, and suddenly I felt itchy and thought about writing a book myself to earn some money to pay the rent, otherwise I would really be kicked out.

I was working at an external station at that time, and perhaps I had some talent, so the first book I wrote was a fantasy, and the result was not bad - at least it was pretty good for a newcomer.

However, after writing just over 100,000 words, I was able to enter the palace with honor.

The reason was that I rewatched Hikaru no Go in my spare time, and when I saw the part where Sai disappeared, I burst into tears.

I told my editor at the time that I was not happy with the book I wrote and I wanted to write a book on Go.

The editor was confused. He repeatedly advised me to continue writing fantasy, and then told me how niche the Go field was, how there had been no results at all, and that I was short of money, and so on.

Indeed, that year, Mr. Zhan had not yet broken through the circle, the TV series "Soul of Chess" had not been broadcast, and there were no more than three people writing about Go on the entire Internet, and their results were very poor. It can be said that... it was completely forgotten.

But I was only nineteen at the time, young and frivolous, and I felt that my talent was greater than anything else, so I said to my willful editor, "I can do it, I'll borrow money from my friends first."

Then, the much-loved face-slapping plot happened. At that time when Go was completely out of the circle, my book achieved very, very good results, so good that I couldn't believe it.

While writing that book, I gradually came to understand the general situation of the online literature circle and was no longer the young and naive person I used to be.

Later, I was somewhat glad that I was still young at that time. I was too frivolous and acted recklessly without knowing the consequences. If I were the me now, I probably wouldn’t have the courage.

Now when I reread my old books, although the writing style is immature and the writing style is immature, I can still feel the enthusiasm, full of emotion, full of spirituality, and full of youthfulness between the lines.

Nowadays, there is much less spirituality and much more craftsmanship - there are too many routines.

I have lost the youthfulness I had back then and have become a seasoned veteran instead.

So when I started my next book, I chose a genre that would appeal to a wider audience, and so did the next and the next.

These books include fantasy, history, online games, urban novels... Maybe I do have some insignificant talent in writing novels, and those books have also achieved some success. (proud akimbo.jpg)

Last year, I finally arrived at Qidian.com after many twists and turns, and wrote a book that performed decently, with an average subscription of over 8,000, a great product. Although I am not entirely satisfied with the result, it is acceptable as my first book on Qidian.com.

But one day, I suddenly woke up——

I found that I had lost the joy of creation. Even though the book did well, I felt like going to a grave every day when I typed.

I repeatedly pondered the market and considered traffic, but I never thought about writing a book I wanted to write. This may not be a bad thing. On the contrary, it shows that I am already a mature online writer.

But is maturity necessarily a good thing? Now standing at the critical point of 23 and 24, I look back and find that the time when I really felt happy writing was when I knew nothing and had no money.

Damn, I not only have the demeanor of a tyrant, but also the demeanor of Jack Ma! Perhaps it is for this reason that when I was writing the protagonist of this book, I more or less substituted a part of myself into the book - I really don't want to play Go! But, do I really not want to?

If you don't want to.

Some time ago, when I was racking my brains over what subject to write for my new book, I started chatting with my former editor.

I said jokingly but with a hint of pride: You said at the beginning that my Go book would fail, but it turned out to be so successful. Now I tell you that I want to write an article about Go, do you still think so?

As a result, the face-slapping scenes like those in the novel do not exist.

The old editor replied to me: If someone asks me this now, I will still say this, but if you ask me, I will not say this. The reason why your book was so successful is only because you wrote that book.

It’s hard to imagine how I felt at that time. I felt touched by being recognized, but also a little bitter, and inexplicably confused…

It suddenly occurred to me what I was going to write.

I want to make up for the regret I had back then, regain my courage, and choose to keep going. This is probably also the mood of Yu Shao in my writing now. (Laughs) So, five years later, I listened to the sound of autumn rain outside the window, picked up my pen again, and wrote a story about Go.

That’s how this novel came about.

I saw many comments saying that although they clearly didn't understand Go, they somehow enjoyed watching it and could even get into the game.

Every time I see this kind of comment, I am very happy and say to myself, of course, because I, a Go writer, don’t really understand Go, but you will definitely be able to understand what I write.

Although strictly speaking, I am actually a teenager who is striving to become a professional Go player, after all, I studied Go for two years in a Go school in elementary school.

Until now, I still remember vividly the first time I learned this variation of Zhengzi. I saw at a glance that the attacked party could not escape, which shocked all the children in the audience.

Hmm? Who said that the Go interest class at the Children's Palace is not a Go school? Isn't a Go school a dojo? Since I have trained in a dojo, I can be considered a dan-chao! Okay, okay, no more jokes.

To be honest, although I have learned Go, my level is quite poor and I have already returned a lot of what I learned to my teacher. Because of this, some parts may not be professional enough, so please forgive me.

Some people may ask, if you are not an expert, how can you write a good Go article? My answer is: I am an expert, so why should I write a novel? In fact, what I want to write is a story about Go players. I think the players' persistence in winning and losing, their hard work and belief, and their spirit of never giving up are what attract me the most.

The latest novel is published first on Liu9shuba!

Although my level is not very good, but when I watch a chess game, see the chess pieces fall on the board, see a series of brilliant moves, see the sacrifice of pieces to gain momentum, and then see the fierce and sweeping attacks, and see the overall plan that has been carefully calculated, I still feel deeply shocked and my heart is still overwhelmed!

Thai cool! How can someone play such an awesome chess? Why can't my pig brain think of it at all! Coach, I want to play chess! However, in order to write as professionally as possible, I often search for some patterns and variations that I don't understand, listen to explanations, analyze chess, and watch game explanations.

The few hundred words you see may often take me half a day.

I am a particularly stubborn person, and I really want to write this book well, so I often spend a lot of time worrying about a plot, whether the dialogue is reasonable, whether the writing is coherent, or whether the description is accurate enough.

This caused me to type extremely slowly while writing this book. I am so tired that I am almost bald.

Some people also say that my writing is watery, but I don't think it is. I flipped through it and felt that the chapters I wrote did not advance the plot. They were either paving the way for subsequent plots, or laying the groundwork, or establishing the characters.

Hmm... maybe I haven't updated enough.

I have to emphasize here that Qidian.com updates new books twice a day. You can see that everyone updates twice a day. If you say that I am not diligent, I am more wronged than Dou E.

After it’s on the shelves, I will update more every day, and to make up for everyone, I will write more free chapters and put them on the shelves later.

Okay, okay, now I’m going to show my true colors.

Please vote for me and continue reading!

Go literature is indeed a niche genre and does not attract much attention. Even now, with this word count, the number of collections has not exceeded 10,000. I looked at other books from the same period and found that the number of collections has reached tens of thousands.

Although I was mentally prepared, I was still more or less disappointed when I saw the collection in the background.

So readers who think this book is okay, please read it, especially on Mondays and Tuesdays. Reading on these two days is related to recommendation, which is extremely important. You must read it! I really don’t have the money to run a ranking or anything like that. The previous new book list was able to rush to sixth place with so few collections, and it was all thanks to the support of readers!

I hope readers will continue to support me, and I will work hard to write a good book!

One can never be young again.

But the flowers will bloom again one day.

I bow my head, I bow my head, and I bow my head again!

Wish myself a happy birthday! (End of this chapter)