Chapter 004: Female Netizen Ice Falling City
Is it a style mismatch? Or is it too far ahead of its time to be accepted?
Before his rebirth, he had no impression of Clover Culture, a Taiwanese publishing house.
After being reborn, he used his current network to find the other party's information. I have briefly understood the essay requirements of this publishing house, and it seems to be biased towards romance and ambiguity. The specifics are not clear.
Chen Yuan is confident in his novels. Even if one is rejected, he has two publishers to choose from.
Packing up his mood, Chen Yuan opened the second email.
"To Tsing Yijun: The manuscript has been collectively reviewed by the editorial department of our agency, and it is a pity that it does not meet the standards of our publication, and I hope that there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future. -- Hema Publishing Business"
Chen Yuan's heart sank again, he didn't have time to adjust his mood, and hurriedly opened the last email.
"Hello Tsing Yi-kun! Your work "The Sealed Demon" has passed the final review of our editorial department after a strict review of 15 working days. If it is still in your hands, is Tsing Yi Jun willing to cooperate with our company to sign a traditional Chinese publishing contract? -- Gu Shunfeng"
This reply letter from Lin Bai Publishing House shocked Chen Yuan's heart. The depressed mood instantly made waves.
There was information about Taiwanese publishing houses in traditional Chinese, and he only found these three. If all three are rejected, then Chen Yuan will have to find other publishing houses. It's just that then things will be more difficult, and it's hard to solve problems through the Internet. Fortunately, "Sealing the Demon" was favored by Lin Bai Publishing House.
Thinking about it, Chen Yuan felt a little funny. It is incredible that "The Demon", which can be a god in the future online novel industry, has been rejected by two publishing houses in a row in 99.
He thought for two minutes, then began to reply to the other party.
Next, Chen Yuan began to create "Sealing Demons" again.
The first three parts have been completed, each with 240,000 words, and now there are 720,000 words.
This is already a long book in the novel world in 1999. But 20 years later, it's just the beginning.
Chen Yuan's novel is expected to be more than 26 million words and a total of 108 volumes. In the future, "Starting from Zero" has equaled 20 million words, but there are still more than 6 million words before the end of the full text.
At the time, this caused a sensation!
Behind this sensation, there are too many hardships and efforts of Chen Yuan.
The novel is too long, but the plot has always maintained ups and downs, which makes people feel surging after reading it.
A "Sealed Demon" contains Chen Yuan's meticulous conception for seven years. Every layout, every suspense, is almost amazing!
Seven years, more than 2,000 days and nights, so that Chen Yuan, who has not yet reached the age of confusion, is already full of silver hair.
When he recalled it, Chen Yuan couldn't help but feel sour in his heart and shed tears.
It is the bitterness of the past seven years that has made Chen Yuan cherish the hard-won good life more, love his gentle and considerate wife more, and pamper that pair of naughty and lovely children even more. But now, it all seems out of reach. On the contrary, his current life gradually made him feel real.
Chen Yuan retracted his thoughts and began to tap on the keyboard.
For the plot of this novel, Chen Yuan has a particularly deep memory. As he gradually sank into the world of the novel, a pair of white and slender hands danced uncontrollably, and faster and faster, until in the end, there was almost a phantom!
The middle-aged boss who sat back behind the bar couldn't help but be amazed. He didn't know how the young man did it. But he clearly remembers that he once saw this middle school student, who was still in his first year of high school, typed 54,000 words in just three hours!
It's incredible! The middle-aged boss told others about it, and no one believed it.
In 1999, computers were still a rarity in the small county town of Qingyun. Not many people actually have access to computers. People who know about computers are even rarer.
The middle-aged boss watched Chen Yuan's fingers dancing rapidly, and he was really worried that the keyboard he just bought would be broken. It's not that he's just worried, in fact, in the past few months, Chen Yuan has broken a keyboard......
When the hand gradually pointed to the direction of three o'clock, Chen Yuan stopped the movement in his hand and saved the more than 40,000 words of the new code. He logged on to QQ again.
Tencent QQ, an instant messaging software, is not called QQ at this time, but QICQ, which was launched in February this year and now has 1 million registered users. Its current templates are simple, and it doesn't have the variety of features that it will have in the future.
Chen Yuan applied for a six-digit number a few months ago. Such a six-digit number will rarely appear in the future. The numbers used by Chen Yuan in his previous life have reached 10 digits. In retrospect, the development of Tencent QQ is really incredible. It has a pivotal role in the online world of the future. Almost any netizen can't get around QQ.
Now he has dozens of friends on his QQ account. It was all added by others on their own initiative.
Among them, there is a female netizen named Bing Chengcheng, who is the most active. Her schedule is different from that of ordinary people, and she is often online in the middle of the night. This is also one of the reasons why she chatted with Chen Yuan the most.
At this time, as soon as Chen Yuan went online, a message was immediately sent from there.
"Great writer, why are you busy until three o'clock in the morning?"
Chen Yuan tapped on the keyboard and replied, "Still talking about me, didn't you also not rest?" Women stay up late and get old easily. ”
"Sister, I can't help it, today's night scene hasn't been filmed yet!"
"Oh, what did you do?"
"Young Bao Qingtian, have you heard of it?"
"No, if it's on the air, I'll find time to watch it."
"Hee-hee...... Don't be fascinated by your sister's demeanor! ”
"I'm already someone with a girlfriend, okay?"
"Didn't you go on a date with your girlfriend yesterday? How? Is there any going any further? ”
"Don't mention it, I made a mistake yesterday and had a stiff fall out with my girlfriend......"
"Please, you can't let other girls order?"
"I want to let her too, but sometimes, a lot of things are out of control. You're a girl too, give me an idea, how can I get my girlfriend's forgiveness? ”
"It's simple, send a small gift, and then launch a tender offensive, I believe your girlfriend will fall soon......"
"What a small gift? Here's an example. ”
"Uh...... Do you know Little Swallow? ”
"Little Swallow? Who? ”
"...... you, you don't even know about the hottest one this year?"
Chen Yuan on the computer side immediately had an impression. "Huanzhu Gege" has been popular all over the country in the past two years, and countless Chinese people have become loyal fans of big-eyed little swallows. As long as people who have come from this era will have such an imprint in their minds.
Chen Yuan quickly replied: "What does Little Swallow have to do with Little Gifts?" ”
"Stupid, you can send a postcard of Xiaoyanzi, it is economical and affordable, so that you can impress the girl's heart!"
Chen Yuan smiled bitterly and replied: "We are a small county here, and there is no such thing at all. ”
"Huh?! It's okay, my sister can help you, leave your address, and my sister will send it to you. ”
Chen Yuan was not polite, his fingers tapped on the keyboard, and he quickly sent the address.
"I can't guarantee time, you have to be prepared." The other party reminds.
"It doesn't matter. Thank you very much already. ”
"Less ......"
"By the way, how are you doing with your boyfriend?"
"What boyfriend? That's just ordinary friends, okay? ”
……
The two chatted a few more words, until this female netizen named Bing Chengcheng said that she was going to start work, Chen Yuan retired QQ, turned off the computer again, and after paying the bill, he left the Internet café and returned to the rental house.
At seven o'clock in the morning, the alarm clock rang on time, Chen Yuan rubbed his forehead and got up.
This kind of staying up late is an average of twice a week, and at the age of seventeen or eighteen, it is a period of high energy. But it may be due to the influence of rebirth, Chen Yuan's energy is not very good. The body lacks the vitality it should have, but there is a strange twilight.
This kind of situation happened to a high school student, and it was really weird.
Chen Yuan has been reborn for more than half a year, and he has become accustomed to his state. He tries to arrange his work and rest time as reasonably as possible. Staying up late can be as little as possible. The pain in his head made him secretly determined. If the energy continues to decline, staying up late can only be reduced to once a week, or even once a half a month.
On his way to school, Chen Yuan bought four meat buns on the street, which only cost one dollar, but they were far more affordable than the buns he could buy for two yuan 20 years later. In 99, the price of goods in China was low, and the penny had been gradually eliminated, but the dime change was still popular. Two cents for a big steamed bun, five cents can buy three!
Chen Yuan bought breakfast and took two more newspapers from the newsstand. One "Entertainment Weekly", one "Yangcheng Evening News".
He scanned it roughly, noticing a few interesting messages.
In the Hong Kong music scene, Liming, one of the four kings, has been in the limelight recently, and his three albums have squeezed into the top ten of Hong Kong's annual records, two of which have been ranked first and second respectively.
Chen Yuan knew that Liming's achievements could not stop the gradual end of the Four Heavenly Kings.
In the mainland music scene, Pu Shu made his debut, his first album "I Go to 2000" was released, "White Birch Forest" and "Those Flowers" became popular, and few people noticed that there was another song, that is, the album's song of the same name "I Go to 2000".
Chen Yuan may have been deeply moved by this song because of his rebirth.
It may reflect the enthusiasm of a generation of young people for the coming new century:
"Tomorrow morning, I guess the sun will be good, I'm going to clean myself, sell all the shabby, oh how good, come on Pentium computers, let them think instead of me, wear new clothes, cut new hairstyles, relax windows98, dress up beautifully, 18 years old is heaven, our life is as sweet as sugar."
Chen Yuan smiled faintly, Pu Shu couldn't get rid of all the shabby ones in the end, but the popularity of this album became a burden he carried for many years afterward, making him sink for a while.
The following news made Chen Yuan truly realize the influence of "Little Swallow".
In the TV industry, "Huanzhu Gege" is popular all over the country, and Zhao Wei also became popular for playing "Little Swallow", so much so that some people called 1999 "Zhao Weinian"!