[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-dreaming-back-to-1997-i-became-the-forefather-of":3,"chapter-dreaming-back-to-1997-i-became-the-forefather-of-dreaming-back-to-1997-i-became-the-forefather-of-chapter-67":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Dreaming Back to 1997: I Became the Forefather of Web Novels",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2348301,4589,"Chapter 67: Appearing on Television","dreaming-back-to-1997-i-became-the-forefather-of-chapter-67",67,"\u003Cp>Many locals in Huizhou have the habit of watching the \"Huizhou Evening News.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every day at dinner time, turning on the television to glance at the evening news while eating not only makes the dining atmosphere more comfortable but also allows one to catch up on local affairs; for many, it is quite pleasant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the \"Huizhou Evening News\" began reporting on Cao Sheng tonight, many people in thousands of households across the city couldn't help but pause with their chopsticks, looking curiously at the television.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the television screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The host, Cai Yuhua, dressed in a white women's suit, was smiling as she broadcast: \"Since ancient times, Huizhou has been a place where culture and talent gather. Not only does it produce the Four Treasures of the Study and possess a profound historical and cultural heritage, but it also continuously gives rise to talent; it can truly be called a place of outstanding people and divine spirits! 18-year-old Cao Sheng is the talent from our Huizhou who has become famous nationwide and even across the Taiwan Strait this year! He is an up-and-coming writer. At only 18 years old, he has already authored two works: one is the recent bestseller 'Days Living with a Flight Attendant,' and the other is a brand-new genre he pioneered—the Xianxia cultivation work 'I Desire to Become an Immortal.' This book has currently been published in Traditional Chinese in Wanwan, Baodao, and is about to be published in Simplified Chinese on the mainland. Please watch my interview with him below!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scene on the television shifted, and she and Cao Sheng appeared on screen, facing each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who achieve fame at a young age are always prone to attracting attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, Guo Xiaosi and Han Er from the original timeline; after becoming famous with one book, they were known nationwide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And today, Cao Sheng, who appeared on the \"Huizhou Evening News,\" is, in the eyes of most people, a typical example of achieving fame at a young age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>18 years old, a college freshman, and he had already written two novels, both of which were published.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the television, Cai Yuhua asked about Cao Sheng's family background, asking if his parents were intellectuals and if they had cultivated his interest in writing since he was a child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Sheng shook his head, \"My parents can't even write their own names well; they should be considered illiterate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then did any other relatives or elders in your family cultivate your interest in writing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Yuhua pressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Sheng still shook his head, \"No! My relatives and elders taught me how to harvest rice, transplant seedlings, fish, and ride a bicycle, but no one ever taught me how to write, because most of them are also illiterate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then how did you learn to write?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Yuhua was curious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Sheng smiled: \"School teachers! Didn't your teachers teach you how to write essays?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Yuhua: \"Teachers only teach us how to write essays of a few hundred words, right? Did your teachers teach you how to write long novels of hundreds of thousands of words?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Sheng: \"That, they did not.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Yuhua: \"Then how did you learn to write them?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Sheng smiled and replied: \"Interest is the best teacher.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the truth. In the original timeline, the reason he could make a living by typing was indeed that no one had ever taught him; everything relied entirely on interest. Because he had enough interest, he had the patience to explore slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also because of sufficient interest, he was able to try writing web novels time and time again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Failing one book after another, he was still able to persist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as far as he knew, the vast majority of web novel writers grew up this way; no one taught them, and they didn't need anyone to teach them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reading enough web novels, one naturally knows what a web novel is like.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The saying \"If you read three hundred Tang poems, you can recite them even if you can't write them\" follows the same logic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing what a good web novel looks like, when you write it yourself and try your best to move in that direction, you will naturally improve bit by bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With years of accumulated progress, a novice will eventually become an expert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This evening, when the television news was reporting on Cao Sheng, many teenagers in Huizhou were lectured by the elders around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In one household, an illiterate old lady pointed at Cao Sheng on the television and earnestly educated her grandson, who was burying his head in his meal, \"You useless brat! Look at him! You are 18, and he is also 18, but he has already published two novels! And you? You only know how to eat! You only know how to play! Why can't you win some pride for your grandmother?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In another household, a teenager who was eating was suddenly slapped in the face by his father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The teenager was stunned, looking at his father in confusion and grievance, \"What are you doing? You hit me when I'm not eating, and you hit me when I am eating? Are you going to let me eat or not?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man wearing big shorts and a white undershirt glared at the teenager, \"Look at him! His surname is Cao, and your surname is also Cao! He is 18, and you are also 18! Why is the gap between you and him so big? He has published two novels at 18; don't you think you deserve a beating?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The teenager turned his face to look at Cao Sheng on the television, finding him more and more unpleasant to look at.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another household.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An old man with snow-white hair pointed at Cao Sheng on the television and said to his 16-year-old grandson, \"Your grandfather used to teach you how to harvest rice, transplant seedlings, fish, and ride a bicycle; when will you be able to write two novels and get them published?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 16-year-old grandson looked at his grandfather speechlessly, his shoulders slumped, and he curled his lip, \"Grandpa, what are you talking about? You taught me how to harvest rice, transplant seedlings, fish, and ride a bicycle, and I would be able to learn how to write novels? Who told you that writing novels is learned that way?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man waved his hand, \"What do you know? A writer needs to experience life! Harvesting rice and transplanting seedlings are all experiences of life. Look at him, he experienced these things and learned to write novels; why can't you do it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The teenager: \"???\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huizhou Normal College.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the entrance of the small shop next to the No. 2 girls' dormitory building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Sheng's old classmate Tan Lei was buying shampoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The television in the small shop was broadcasting news about Cao Sheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing \"Cao Sheng\" mentioned on the television, she turned her face toward the screen in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she saw that it was really Cao Sheng on the television, she froze, staring blankly at Cao Sheng, who was being interviewed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A once-familiar classmate had actually appeared on the television before her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her feelings were very complicated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She felt that the gap between her and him was getting wider and wider.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, he was only in a junior college while she was in an undergraduate program; previously, she still had a sense of superiority in front of him and was quite confident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the female host interviewing Cao Sheng on the television, Tan Lei couldn't help but wonder if this female host was interested in Cao Sheng?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, why were the host's eyes so bright when looking at him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the entrance of the small shop downstairs of another girls' dormitory building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Sheng's roommate, Wei Dongming, was picking out items on the shelves with a petite girl, chatting and laughing as they picked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This girl was a freshman whom Wei Dongming had been pursuing for the past two days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking advantage of the opportunity to welcome new students, he had taken a fancy to this freshman and had been approaching her every day as a senior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt that he should have a chance, and this freshman seemed to like him a little too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, the freshman beside him suddenly turned her head to look at the television in the small shop, watching Cao Sheng being interviewed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the words \"Huizhou Normal College\" and \"Accounting Major,\" she looked at Wei Dongming in surprise, \"Hey! Senior, is this person on TV really from our school? He seems to be in the same major as you. Do you know him? He is so handsome!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Wei Dongming frowned and looked at the television.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he saw Cao Sheng on the television, the smile on his face stalled. He had heard at noon that people from the television station had come to interview Cao Sheng, but hearing about it was one thing, and actually seeing Cao Sheng being interviewed on television was another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was already quite jealous that Cao Sheng was more handsome than him, and he had always looked down on Cao Sheng's rural background, thinking of him as a country bumpkin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, looking at Cao Sheng on the television, he subconsciously turned to look at the freshman beside him. Noticing her eyes shining as she looked at Cao Sheng on the screen, Wei Dongming's expression couldn't help but turn a bit ugly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt as if a green light was shining on his head.\u003C\u002Fp>",1602,"2026-06-21T01:55:54.452Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","0a9e19b709b4ca236e63995721a625219dd6029bc6eb3fc17baa4f59a497c2f2","dreaming-back-to-1997-i-became-the-forefather-of-chapter-68","dreaming-back-to-1997-i-became-the-forefather-of-chapter-66",338,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdreaming-back-to-1997-i-became-the-forefather-of-cover.jpg"]