Chapter 43: Author's Note on Release

First, let’s get to the main points.

Thank you to the brothers among my readers who have supported me all along, allowing this book to reach today.

Whether through tips, votes, following the updates, or even comments.

My sincere thanks, and I wish you all great wealth.

Next is that this book will officially be released tonight.

It will be at the usual time.

I will update at 00:01 on the 13th, and at that time, I will release at least three chapters first. (There might be a delay of a few minutes.)

Then I will work harder during the day.

I am terribly sorry.

I really overestimated myself; I originally wanted to save up some drafts every day and then have a high-octane launch on the day of release to make a splash!

But the result...

Every time I wrote, I would become dissatisfied with the plot.

Then I would have to scrap the saved drafts and rewrite them.

From the time I started publishing until now, including the discarded openings, even if I don't have a hundred thousand words of waste, I have at least tens of thousands.

Including just the day before yesterday, even though the release was near, I cut three chapters of saved drafts because I felt they were too sluggish.

Moreover, this book's genre is the type where if you ruin the saved drafts, they are completely unusable.

Helplessly, I can only release this much for now.

Writing too much deliberately might lower the quality, but I will still fulfill the extra updates for monthly votes.

I ask that you all look at my sincerity and please do not blame me.

Now, let me talk about the updates after the release.

Let's say a minimum of two chapters per day (about ten thousand words).

Actually, the word count of my chapters is really not small; they all start at four thousand, and some even approach six thousand.

Of course, two chapters is just the minimum.

I will try my best to update more while ensuring quality.

The update time is still set for the usual time every night; I will release the day's updates all at once then, so you brothers can read to your heart's content.

If there is a temporary delay due to unforeseen circumstances, I will post a separate notice.

I ask you brothers to please support me; I am begging for that first subscription!!!

Also, one more thing!

I am truly not anyone's alt account!!!

To this day, I don't even have a single "featured" book on Qidian; otherwise, why would I be so anxious that I can't sleep and my face is covered in acne after getting a little bit of success?

I have already said this many times in the comment section.

But there are still people assigning me a new identity every day, saying I am this author's alt or that author's alt.

Brothers!

I actually wish I were.

But I really am not!!!

So, I ask you brothers not to insult other authors or stir up drama regarding other authors in the comment section.

If I see it, I will delete the post directly.

Next is the rambling segment.

I have always said I wanted to chat with you brothers, so I might as well take this opportunity to get it all off my chest.

You brothers can indeed call me an old-timer.

Although I have no success on Qidian and every book has flopped, I am no longer a newcomer.

In the second half of 2019, because I was stuck at home, out of boredom, I embarked on this path based on my interest.

Then, relying on a talent not worth mentioning, I earned a little bit of money.

How should I put it?

At that time, I really felt I was quite lucky.

I was someone with no real education, yet I walked onto this path of literature and even had the chance to earn money and be self-reliant.

At the time, I even felt the road ahead was bright.

But perhaps because I was young then, even though things had just started to improve, I did not choose to keep moving forward.

Instead, I began to search for so-called freedom.

While shouting "life is a wilderness," I immersed myself in play, wantonly squandering my energy and time.

But what is freedom?

This world has always been fair.

When you are not progressing, or even regressing, there is always someone who will catch up to you or even surpass you directly.

I was never a person capable of self-discipline, and I lost myself in play.

As expected.

What awaited me was destined to be my life's Waterloo.

Nearly three years of a "flop" career... constantly draining my spirit and energy.

Nearly three years.

My mindset went from initial fearlessness to gradual anxiety... and then to frantic internal friction.

Many author friends advised me.

Adjust your mindset, stop playing around, and find the right subject matter.

If you don't understand history, don't go writing history.

Even this subject matter was given to me by an author friend who wanted to give me a hand.

But unfortunately... I really didn't have it in me.

At the time, I didn't think there was anything wrong with me, which led to wasting many opportunities in vain.

People are always wise after the event.

Perhaps if it weren't for returning home last year, I would still be completely unaware of these problems even now.

Last August, I had business back home.

Well, the hometown...

There is no form of entertainment.

I began to create wholeheartedly, though I didn't think about writing this subject at the time.

But I wrote several books in a row, and there was no movement at all.

The anxiety of life kept striking.

In the end, I really didn't know what to write, so I thought about trying this subject again.

Then I wrote an opening and threw it to my author friend, asking him to take a look for me.

I have to say, this friend of mine is truly a good brother.

He carefully looked at it from an author's perspective and felt it wasn't quite right.

Then he said, "I'll send it to my old reader and let him evaluate it from a reader's perspective."

"Sure," I said, filled with hope as I waited for the critique from a reader's perspective.

As expected of an old reader, the analysis was very on point.

A wave of sharp criticism hit where it hurt.

It completely tore away my fig leaf and that long gown I couldn't take off.

That night, I couldn't sleep; my Dao heart shattered, and I even had thoughts of quitting.

How should I describe the mood of that night?

Internal friction, anxiety, and confusion came swarming in.

I began to ponder countless questions.

Approaching thirty, is there really any point in continuing like this?

With no face, no education, and no family property to inherit, what should I do in the future if I keep going like this?

As if by some strange fate...

The next day, I was suddenly inspired and went to the small town where I had my first job after leaving school.

Looking at that small shop that had long since closed down with only the sign left, countless thoughts flashed through my mind.

After ten years, I seemed to be standing at the crossroads of life once again, starting to choose my future life.

If the spring breeze has pity for the flowers, could it allow me to be a youth once more?

That day, the youth of the past seemed to have truly returned.

Suddenly, my inspiration flowed.

The plot settings and other problems that had been stuck were all solved.

In just two days, I thought of a very long plot.

Gu Xiao, Gu Kang, Gu Cheng, and Gu Xi were all products of those two days.

Through the attitudes of two emperors toward solar eclipses in historical records, I considered the connection between the preceding and following plots.

And I thought through the development direction of each of them.

There are still various follow-up plotlines. (No spoilers!!! All I can say is that Gu Xi's highlight moment will be very intense!)

I rushed home without stopping to start this book.

I decided to take a gamble while there was still time before the New Year.

Don't understand history?

Then study history carefully.

Not self-disciplined?

Then set a fixed update schedule and proactively put pressure on myself.

Bad attitude?

Then force myself to change; if there is any plot I am not satisfied with, I delete it and rewrite it, no matter how many drafts I have.

I will do my best to give it one last try.

But even so, the initial results were somewhat unsatisfactory.

Nine days after opening the book, I finally received the first recommendation vote;

Eleven days after opening the book, the book received its first comment, and at that time, the collection count was not even one hundred and twenty.

This was truly a ridiculously, ridiculously poor set of data.

But perhaps it was truly the mindset of taking a gamble.

Regarding these results, I surprisingly had no psychological turbulence at the time; instead, I remained very confident.

How could the plotlines conceived in that state be worse than the things I wrote while anxious over the past few years?

I held onto this mindset and continued writing.

Sure enough, once this book got its trial recommendation, I felt a huge change.

First day: 300+ collections;

Second day: 500+ collections;

Eleven days and 120 collections? Garbage data?

No!

Seventeen days and 2,200 collections!

Over 1,000 active readers!

As of today, there are nearly 30,000 collections, and I have won all the recommendations during the new book period.

As for how the launch performance will be,

I can only rely on you all; I cannot force it.

For me, although I cannot say I have written every plotline before the launch to perfection, I have certainly given it my all.

No matter what, it is time to put down the heart that has been hanging in the air.

(Laughs) I originally thought I had a lot to say, but now that I am writing this, I don't know what to say.

Enough said.

I ask you all to please support me.

Help the author with a first subscription, help the author with a monthly ticket.

Yu bows his head repeatedly.

Finally, it is time to sacrifice a good brother's book.

"I Really Didn't Want to Play Go!", Author: Shanzhong Tukua

He is also a veteran author, and his results are much better than mine.

An urban competitive novel with over 20,000 average subscriptions and over 10,000 active readers.

Even though I don't understand Go at all, it was incredibly intense to read.

I really wish I could snatch 10,000 of his average subscriptions (doge face).

Brothers who like this type can go take a look.

I have posted the link below.

That is all.

Begging for first subscriptions!!! Begging for monthly tickets!!!

(End of this chapter)