Chapter 1440: Let's say a few words from the heart

Let's say a few words from the heart.

The New Year is just around the corner; let's say a few heartfelt words here.

A reader asked me, with the New Year here, everyone else is resting, you're an old writer, why are you pushing yourself so hard? What are you fighting for? Why do you still care about rankings like a young person?

He doesn't understand Zhangyu's thoughts.

Zhangyu has been writing books officially for twelve years, and in total he's written over twenty million characters, many books, but when you open his author name on Qidian, you can only see one book in his works list: 《Medical Unification》.

Zhangyu's first published book, 《****》, is gone; the first historical work to average over ten thousand subscriptions, 《Three Palaces Six Institutes Seventy-Two Consorts》, is also gone; the similarly subscribed-over-ten-thousand Wan Li history 《Medical Official Path》, which he wrote 11 million characters, is also gone; the recently launched urban work 《Food and Lust Under Heaven》, which he wrote 1.7 million characters, is also gone; if he could finish it, subscriptions would surely exceed ten thousand. So many new readers find it strange: an author who has written books for twelve years, why does he only have one book under his name? What has he been doing all these years?

Zhangyu has been writing all along; although he has a side job, he has never slacked off, but looking back, all these years of his hard work have turned into 404 errors—what a sorrow. Know that a work represents not only the work itself, but also the readers behind it; gathering readers for a work requires enduring a difficult process, and this time I have to start over from scratch.

Getting up from a setback doesn't count as skill; repeatedly failing and fighting on does. Who can withstand more blows than I? Who can suffer greater losses than I?

As the New Year arrives, I suddenly feel compelled to do something; after writing for so many years, I at least want to leave a name on Qidian's rankings, so that future readers know there was such an old author who once had such a work.

When I decided to fight, I only then realized how many brothers and sisters I have around me; although they rarely speak, they will give me selfless and generous support when I need it. When I decided to fight, I only then realized this is not a one-person battle, but a corps-sized operation, and I only then realized how strong our strength truly is. So I decided to give it my all, treating this work as a new beginning, and carve our name into the literary hall of Qidian.

With your support, how could I not give it my all? In the new year, I will carry the weighty expectations of all my brothers and sisters and continue to strive; I firmly believe victory will come as inevitably and unstoppably as spring.

On the twenty-ninth, the last day of the Yiwei year, cast all your Monthly Tickets, go into battle lightly equipped, and welcome the arrival of the Monkey Year! (~^~)