Shanda and TX have announced that they will inject capital into their literary websites, which has stimulated not only those companies that are waiting on the sidelines, but also those small literary websites that are already in operation but are not large. After those companies on the sidelines saw the capital injection of the two giants, the idea of wanting to get involved in online literature swelled rapidly, and each company was working overtime to study whether to build a new literary website by itself, or choose one from the existing literary website for financing and acquisition.

Businessmen are opportunists, whether they are conglomerates or literary websites, they want to take advantage of this shareholder trend to expand and increase their chances of profiting.

Traditional literary writers and those experts and scholars who stand on the front line of traditional literature have constantly published their own remarks in major media and newspapers, criticizing the exaggeration of online novels, and at the same time secretly satirizing readers who spend a lot of money on these fantasy novels.

If you don't die, you won't die!

This is the words of a reader of an online novel, and this sentence has become popular all over the Internet in just a few days.

This time, traditional literature not only despises online novels, but even includes those readers who like online novels, and this time, some people can't help it.

Several forums with the highest number of views in China, such as Tianya, Maopu, etc., and even several portals have successively appeared a post with a strong smell of gunpowder.

Fear or Jealousy? 》

"First of all, I want to tell you that I have no bias towards traditional literature and online literature. From classical masterpieces to documentary literature, from martial arts essays to the current fantasy web novels, I read books with the purpose of killing time and enriching my spiritual life. ”

"In my heart, no matter what you write, as long as it makes me happy. Or if you absorb the slightest thing, I will praise you without hesitation. I'm sure that many readers who like to read have a similar mindset to me. Of course, there will definitely be readers with different mindsets, and as the old saying goes, turnip and cabbage have their own love. ”

"Readers with a learning mentality will choose some that are more professional. Or experiential works to read, because they have a strong purpose. Readers who want to entertain themselves basically do not deliberately choose works, as long as they can find resonance or happiness, they have achieved their own purpose of reading. Therefore, I believe that whether it is online literature or traditional literature, existence is the truth. ”

"For this competition between traditional literature and online literature, I personally don't think it's necessary. Because the meaning and purpose of the two different types of works are different, and their readership is very different, there is no comparison with Ben, so why fight in the ring? ”

"Looking at this ring match with a neutral wait-and-see mentality, I found out the problem. For a long time, those traditional literary writers have been known for their rigor and connotation, and their works have also taken a lot of time to brew, not to mention the quality of their works. This rigorous mentality alone deserves the respect of readers. The opposite of traditional literature is online novels, and the carrier of online novels is websites. Nowadays, social information is spreading too fast, and it is precisely by grasping this characteristic that online novels have its particularity, maintaining stable creation every day, and allowing readers to participate in the creation of works, which can be regarded as a novel way of creation. According to the actual situation now, online novels are relatively successful. ”

"As I said earlier, I found a problem. That is, a collision between traditional literature and online literature actually made some people resentful. It is not difficult to see between the lines that some people despise online novels, and can even be said to despise them. This is a kind of pathology, since you look down on online literature, why do you want to fight with him? Doesn't this mean that your own profession is actually no different from that of an online writer, at least, you can perform on the same stage. So, what right do you have to despise others? ”

"Also, the particularity of online novels has created many situations that are difficult to appear in reality. For example, tipping! There is a great timeliness in online novels, readers see a certain plot, or a certain character, and like it from the bottom of their hearts, then they will naturally reward the author without hesitation to express their support, this is a normal state of mind, I am happy to see it, and I am willing to give you a reward, and you can accept it with peace of mind. But those experts and scholars in people's hearts are using the rewards of online novels to criticize, or even criticize, which is abnormal. Are you envious of online writers? Or is it jealousy? ”

"Take this competition as an example, on the first day of the release of the new book "Notes on Tomb Robbery" by online writer Mortal, it was only an hour, half an hour to be exact, because the server of the Chinese network at the beginning of the first half hour was slow to respond due to the impact of a large amount of data. The one-hour achievement of "Notes on Tomb Robbery" is hundreds of times that of Zhang Fei, is it because this ring match is the home of online novels? There is definitely such an element, but it is not the most important thing. You must know that before the start of the competition, not only the writers' associations around the country were promoting this matter, but even the Chinese Writers' Association was helping to publicize it, not to mention the newspapers and media that needed the support of writers. The intensity of the propaganda can be described as unprecedented, but what about the results? ”

The eyes of the masses are bright, and even if this sentence is circulated for another 10,000 years, it will not be forgotten. We weren't involved in the ring, but we can see who is the better match. What are you doing when you are unscrupulously mocking and criticizing others? They are creating with their hearts, they are reassuring their readers to exercise restraint, they are swallowing their anger and waiting for the day when the truth will be revealed. I admit that hype has a huge impact, but I understand more that really good works don't need to be self-praised, and they don't need to show off themselves, because there are readers! ”

"Those so-called experts and scholars, those so-called famous writers, are you afraid? Afraid of being overtaken by a nobody? Afraid that your career will become second-rate? Afraid of losing your current position and interests? I also want to ask, are you jealous? Jealous of the unparalleled popularity of online writers, jealous of the courage of online writers, striving for progress, and eventually replacing your position in the literary world? Jealous of the jaw-dropping income of web writers? ”

Since the appearance of this post, it has been frantically reprinted by netizens, and the portal is no exception, and for a while, people no longer look at the sarcasm of those experts and scholars in the newspaper, but set their sights on low-status online writers.

Those well-informed newspapers, after learning that there are more famous online writers in their cities, have come to the door to ask for interviews.

Chen Ping naturally received such an invitation, but he refused.

The competition in the literary world is not about who can dominate public opinion, but who can get the support of more readers. To put it bluntly, the result is what matters.

No matter what status you are now, no matter how many media you can influence, whether you can gain the support of readers or not is the key to success or failure.

Chen Ping doesn't have the heart to fight back through the media now, he just needs to write "Notes on Tomb Robbery", and leave the rest to the readers.

What's more, "Notes on Tomb Robbery" is even more difficult to write than his previous books. Although he has a clear memory in his brain, the change of face in his brain is too discordant, Chen Ping does not dare to remain immersed in the state of code words for a long time, he is afraid that he will be scared out of his mind, or he will be mentally confused.

Chen Ping has no time to take care of the battle of public opinion, which does not mean that others do not express their views through exclusive interviews.

An interview with an author appeared in China Youth Daily, which was not so much an interview as an online writer who expressed some of his views.

"I'm a web writer who isn't well-known, but I love my profession and I have a lot of confidence in what I'm doing now. I like words, whether it's traditional literature or online literature. At the same time, I also have a scale in my heart, which distinguishes the two kinds of literature very well. ”

"Fiction is storytelling, at least that's what I think. Writers of traditional literature are also telling stories, but they don't have the opportunity to see whether the reader likes what they are telling in the process of storytelling. Online literature is different, the author writes every day, the reader reads every day, online literature gives the author a good interactive space with the reader, and the author can also find out in time which part of the reader likes to talk about himself, or the reader is not interested in those things. This not only allows the author to better find the direction of creation, but also makes the reader happy as much as possible. ”

"Anyone can tell a story, but the quality of a story is judged by the reader. Although there are too many fictions and exaggerations in online novels, not everyone can create excellent online novels. Take me as an example, when I entered China from the Internet, I became one of the first batch of netizens, and I like to wander around the Internet and watch all kinds of interesting things in various forums. After the advent of online novels, I started to write, but at that time there was no income. But the first batch of authors who entered the online novel have an advantage, that is, they have seized the opportunity, as long as you stick to it, you will definitely have a lot of gains. ”

"Writing is a profession that is different from other professions, and it is not about who has more seniority and who can take up more resources. Writing is based on personal effort and talent, and age is probably the least important factor in the profession of online writer. It's like a mortal who participated in this ring competition, he only joined the ranks of online writers in the middle of 04, and now? He is an iconic figure of web novel authors, and his popularity is enough for other web writers to look up to. So, I want to tell those traditional literary writers that you can despise online novels, but you must not despise online writers! You can despise online novels, but you have to face up to, and even value, online writers. The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and no one is sure that one day in the future, online novels will become the mainstream of the literary world! Those who respect others will respect themselves! (To be continued......)