Why I'm here today
Today I happened to see that the cumulative number of words typed by Sogou Input Method has reached 10 million. Looking back on the past ten years of typing, I suddenly want to say something.
The author was not a top student and did not even go to college. After graduating from high school, he was forced to work in a factory, partly because his grades were mediocre and partly because his family's financial conditions were relatively poor.
I was 19 years old at that time, working in an electronics factory. My first month’s salary was 1,800 yuan. I still remember it to this day.
The dirty and messy dormitory, all kinds of colleagues, the non-stop assembly line, and the smell of low-quality plastic...it seems as if everything happened just yesterday.
At that time, I never thought that one day I would be able to make money by writing novels. I just regarded reading novels as a form of leisure entertainment and a good medicine to relieve my mood.
Later, I moved around to various factories, staying in each factory for no more than a year. I didn’t even know what I was doing and I didn’t have any goals.
Until one day, I bought a computer on a whim, and suddenly remembered that I had always wanted to write a novel, so I just thought of a topic, turned on the computer and started writing.
I definitely failed at the beginning because I’m not a genius and I have no experience. After I wrote the beginning out of sheer enthusiasm, I didn’t know how to continue.
Later, I worked and wrote at the same time. It was not until two or three years later that I summed up some experience and earned my first royalties in my life - 15 yuan.
That’s right, it was fifteen yuan, but the excitement I felt at that time was incomparable to any subsequent royalties.
Because I finally confirmed that writing novels can really make money, and this is not just a dream.
I got excited again and quit my job at the factory. I took my computer home, borrowed money to install an Internet cable, and started working hard.
But ideals are good, and reality is cruel.
At that time, the royalties I earned were not enough to support myself, and the neighbors were always gossiping about me, which was very unpleasant.
Under pressure, I went to work again and continued to work and write at the same time. I went around in many places like a headless fly.
It was not until 2021, when I was writing "The Rise of the Primitive Tribe Farming", that I suddenly found my direction. Although I was not as famous as others, I earned much more than working in a factory. I resolutely quit my job again and went home to write novels.
This time, because I had an income, the neighbors stopped gossiping, my parents felt a little more at ease, and I started my own family, so I lived a relatively stable life.
After finishing "The Rise of the Primitive Tribe Farming", I ambitiously wrote another book "Starting Farming from Picking Up a Dragon Egg". However, due to lack of experience, I got confused after writing 100,000 words and failed again.
Later, I started another book, "This is My Primitive Tribe". This book was very successful. From the first 1,000 orders, it increased to an average of more than 3,000 orders, becoming my first high-quality novel.
Because he had made some money, had a family and children, and his parents kept urging him to build a house, so when the book was 800,000 words long, the author went to build a house.
Looking back now, this was definitely a very wrong choice, because I underestimated the difficulty of building a house. When the book was performing the best and even had room for growth, I was too busy building the house and delayed updating, which resulted in me being unable to catch up later.
After the house was built, when I wanted to update it again, my ideas had been interrupted and my royalties plummeted.
At that time, I was still very optimistic. I thought that since this book could make money, the next book would definitely make money, so I started writing the new book with great ambition.
As a result, everyone has seen that new books have failed one after another, making people doubt about life, and they are even worse than new authors.
I finally realized that my ability is actually very weak, and luck also plays a big part in my ability to make money.
During this year and more, I experienced a series of blows, including the deaths of two relatives from cancer, the explosion of debt, etc. The pressure of life made me breathless, and I even began to have some psychological problems.
It was not until the Chinese New Year that I finally adjusted my mindset and began to examine myself positively, reflect on myself, and face those difficult problems head-on.
I realized that I couldn't go on like this. I had to make money, I had to support my family, and I had to continue on the path of writing novels.
I began to think of every way to make money, and I began to learn every writing method I could find with a humble attitude and to hone my writing skills.
What moved me the most were the book friends who have been silently supporting me. It was you who gave me the courage to move on in the darkest times.
From the first batch of book friends: "Alma Descends to Earth", "Giant Panda", "Half-Step 1075", "Badger Music Immortal", "Wen Xi Kou Zi", "Southeast Wind Level 18", "When will the author evolve into a second-update beast", "Li Binjie"...
To "Xinxuan Liangsheng丶", "Haoqingtian", "Xiankanyuanyuan", "Lin Xiaoguang", "Sea Dragon", "JKcolin", "Qingtang丨"...
There are many familiar names. Some people may no longer read Qingshi’s books, while some may still be reading them. Qingshi remembers them all in his heart.
Especially the book friend "閒看苑", even when Qingshi was in the worst condition, he still silently supported Qingshi and never said a complaint, which made Qingshi feel ashamed.
Qingshi’s current situation is entirely his own fault, but he has elderly and children at home, so sometimes he has to find ways to make money. If he doesn’t, he won’t have food to eat.
In the future, I will continue to study hard and strive to finish this book well, to give an explanation to my book friends and to myself.
I will never give up on writing, even if I keep failing.
Thank you all for your company along the way.
Finally, attached is the cumulative picture of 10 million words typed, which can be regarded as a commemoration of how far we have come today.
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