(｡ ・∀・)ノ゙Hi! What a grind!

Here is a novelist who has been writing a novel for 20 months and finally has a masterpiece-Shu Mengshi.

Although the title of this chapter is cool, this chapter is actually a good testimonial.

At 13:00 on November 20, 2020, this book was officially released on the shelves, and the first VIP chapter was released.

As of 13:00 on November 21, 2020, within 24 hours, the first order of this book has reached 6351.

When the book was put on the shelves, the collection was only in the early 42,000s, and the subscription ratio was almost 1 to 7.

The 1-to-7 subscription ratio, the first order of 6351 - the results are so dazzling that I can't believe it.

Thank you very much to all the book lovers who supported this book, thank you for enjoying my work.

Although this chapter is a high-quality testimonial, I don't know what to say, so I'll just tell you how this book was born.

First of all, [the experience that this book has suffered so far is very arrogant]

The book started with the inspiration for a game called Kingdom of Salvation.

A first-person role-playing game set in medieval Europe.

I loved this kind of immersive role-playing game, and I was so addicted to it that I didn't even eat or sleep every day.

Personally, I'm a big fan of Japanese sword and halberd works.

So while playing this game, it occurred to me that it would be nice if there was a first-person RPG set in the Edo period, where the player played as a ronin.

As soon as the thought popped into my head, it struck me:

INTERVIEWER Should I just write a samurai novel set in the Edo period?

I was already a novelist by the time, and I was already writing my debut novel.

Not long after, I played another game – the famous Wolf.

I love the game "Wolf" very much, because I think it perfectly meets my expectations for a martial arts game - swords, swords, moves, nervousness, and a moment of carelessness can kill you.

It was while playing This Wolf that my inspiration began to flow.

If "Heavenly Deliverance" brought me the skeleton of my new book, then "A Wolf" brought me the flesh and blood of my new book.

Suffice it to say – I was able to write this book thanks to the two games I played.

It was around the end of 2019 that I had a rough outline for my new book.

It wasn't until the summer of 2020 that I began to work on the outline of my new book in earnest.

From the end of 2019 to the summer of 2020, I read all the samurai-themed novels, manga, movies, anime, and TV dramas I could find to gather material and inspiration.

Then time passed - on September 19, 2020.

I will always remember this day.

On this day, I was sleeping in the hotel next to the school.

I'm a senior this year and I'm starting my internship, but because I haven't passed my level 4 yet, I rushed back to school to take the exam.

I had already left school for an internship, so I had to rush back to school on September 18th, then rent a hotel next to the school to sleep for one night, and go to school to take the exam the next day.

September 19th is the day of the Level 4 exam.

I woke up at about 6 o'clock.

I didn't make the final preparations for the exam.

Instead, I opened QQ, found an editor in the 9th editing group of the starting point, and sent him a friend application.

Anyone who has written a novel in China Literature should know that only the contracted author can add the edited QQ.

When you add and edit QQ, there will be 2 questions for you to answer.

One is the name of your author, and the other is the name of your work.

I don't remember what I wrote on these two issues at the time, but I remember the general meaning - "I'm an old author with a million-word finished book, and I want to cooperate with you in the new work, can you talk about it if you are interested?" ”

My debut novel is fantasy, and all fantasy novels are under the management of the "fantasy editorial team".

The "Fantasy Editing Group" also only accepts works in the fantasy area.

And this new work of mine is going to be in the light fiction area, so I can only "jump ship" and jump to other groups.

So I chose the group that is best at light novels - Group 9.

I found an editor who looked like he would be a good fit for him from the avatar and sent a friend application.

I was actually gambling.

Bet that this editor is my Bole, and will agree to my friend application and agree to talk to me for a while.

It's not surprising that the editor rejected the friend request, because in the editor's eyes, I was just an inexplicable person who suddenly wanted to add him as a friend (laughs).

Really lucky – I won the bet.

Two days later, on Monday, the editor went to work and agreed to my friend request.

I was so excited that I hurriedly sent the first five chapters of the book to the editor for his thoughts.

And the editor's comments are also quite sharp:

"It's okay to write, but the novel set in the Edo period, I don't know if it's going to be popular. Maybe it's going to be a fire, maybe it's going to fight to death. ”

I have to say - the editor is worthy of being an editor, this comment is very to the point......

Since the establishment of the station, no one has written a samurai novel set in the Edo period.

Not to mention that it is set in the Edo period, and samurai novels are basically not written.

In other words, I can't even learn from the works of my predecessors.

Because there are no predecessors' works to learn from, the editors don't know if works with this theme can be popular.

At that time, the editor suggested that I change the era to the most popular modern Japan, and let the protagonist cut down monsters or something in modern Japan.

After listening to this suggestion from the editors, I thought about it and decided - to decisively refuse.

The main reason for refusing was that I had been working on the outline of the book for a long time, and I was reluctant to give it up (laughs).

I decided to be the first person to write a samurai novel set in the Edo period since the establishment of the station.

So in a way, I'm a pioneer (laughs), and I've managed to carve out a blue ocean that no one has ever set foot in before.

By the way, the title of the book at the beginning of the book is one of the books I plan to choose between "Ichitosai" and "Ichitensai in the Edo Period".

After listening to the editor's opinion, I changed it to the current "I was a swordsman in ancient Japan".

I'm really grateful to the editor for his suggestion to change the title of the book.,If you use my original two titles.,Although the title of the book has been improved.,I'm afraid that it will dissuade many readers who don't know what era the Edo period is.、What is the meaning of Ichitosai......

Not only did the editor give me a lot of valuable input on the title of the book, but he also helped me change the introduction.

Time passed again.

On October 6, 2020.

This day is the starting point for the upload of this book and the official start of serialization.

I was very nervous during that time......

I'm afraid that no one will like this work, and then hit the street like my debut novel......

On the first day the book was uploaded, there were more than 40 collections of the book.

At that time, I was very excited to see this collection.

Because I have been on the street for almost 2 years, I have never seen such a high growth rate of collection.

Although I am an old author, the results of my debut novel are very bad, and there are less than 20 people who follow it every day, and there are no old readers who come to me for this new book.

I thought to myself that it would be nice if I could keep my collection growing like this until I recommend it.

However...... What happened next was beyond my expectations......

Let's use a favorite idiom to describe what happens next in the next book - [sweeping all the books of the same period with the force of a violent wind]

On the second day of the book upload, the daily increase in collection reached 80+

On the third day of book uploading, the daily increase in collection reached 100+

From the 4th day, the daily increase in the collection reached 200-400.

I was shocked when I saw the data......

The book has not yet been recommended, and there is such a collection that is growing without any exposure...... "Exaggeration" is a bit inadequate.

About 10 days after the new book was uploaded, the book began to be recommended for the first time, which is commonly known as "testing the waters".

I have specially recorded that before I "tested the waters", the collection of this book had reached 2231......

And the book's exaggerated results seem to have impressed the editors.

So the editor gave me the strongest push to test the waters - "channel strong push".

"Channel push" is a big push that most books can't get until the 2nd or even 3rd.

And the first recommendation of this book is "channel pushing"......

After pushing up, I felt uneasy again – what if I was at the bottom of the same period?

Then I thought about it a lot......

I overwhelmingly swept all the books that were on the "channel push" at the same time as me.

At that time, a book that was at the same time as me was not only on the "channel push" on the PC side, but also on the "channel push" on the APP side.

And I only have the "channel push" on the PC side.

That is to say - in the case of only one recommendation, I directly crushed this book with two recommendations at the same time.

Then step by step, the six-frequency, the channel on the APP side is strongly pushed, Sanjiang, and the home page is strongly pushed.

The data has been skyrocketing wildly, and it is becoming more and more exaggerated.

The most important data in the novel is the "follow-up rate".

To put it simply, it's how many people follow your book.

The most important data for a book is the level of follow-up rate.

This data is only visible to editors, not authors.

But the author can estimate how many of his follow-up votes are based on the number of recommended votes.

After being strongly promoted on the homepage on November 15th, in the 4 days until November 18th, the increase in my recommendation votes was the most among all books strongly promoted in the same period - 16,000 votes.

And the second place is - 6800 votes.

Difference in crushing level......

Then it was put on the shelves on November 20, 42000 collections, the first order was 6351, and the first order ratio was 1 to 7.

Looking at it, do you find that this book is very arrogant? (laughs)

Take on a brand new genre that no one has ever written, and sweep all the contemporaries.

To be honest, I was surprised......

Sometimes I can't help but ask myself - is my novel so good...... It can be liked by so many people......

Overall, I'm really scared that this book will have such a result (laughs)

I felt excited, but I also felt pressure.

With so many people enjoying my work, I have to make it better anyway.

Anyone who has read the afterword of Volume 2 should know that this book only really enters the main line from Volume 3.

So that's why I named this chapter's best testimonials - the story of "The Executioner's Knife" has just begun!

The story of these samurai is just beginning.

Bloody Wind Sword Halberd Fantasy Tan - Opening!

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Rinse dreams

November 22, 2020