Hello, fellow book lovers. I am tx Cheng Zhi, here to extend my sincere New Year blessings to everyone. Today is January 17, 2023, the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month. Here, Lao Cheng wishes everyone a happy New Year in advance and good luck in the Year of the Rabbit. The rabbit will make rapid progress, the whole family will be happy, everything will go well, and the body will be healthy.
In fact, Lao Cheng started out like everyone else, a reader who loved reading. According to the Internet classification on Zhihu, I should belong to the first generation of Internet readers. Although he is an author, Lao Cheng is not a professional author, but an amateur author. People know themselves, and I know that I don’t have the ability to support myself and my family by writing books.
I'm also very lucky that I didn't give up my job at any point to write books full-time, because my experience of writing books was like a roller coaster, with ups and downs. If one book does well, the next book will fail.
It was the first time in 2005 that I published the novella "Loving You Again in the Next Life" online. It was written based on myself, and it was also written to commemorate the lost youth, the lost first love, and the lost love.
"I Really Didn't Want to Be an Emperor at the End of the Ming Dynasty" is my eleventh book, and it is also the book with the worst statistics so far before it was put on the shelves. However, it is the other extreme. Among all my books, the one with the best subscription ratio has a total collection of 4,488, with an average subscription of 574, and a subscription ratio of 7.82. The first order of this book is 220,
It took a total of thirty-one days to open the book on November 26, 2022 and put it on the shelves on December 27, 2022. From the first order of 220 to the average order of 500, it took seventeen days. As of today, in less than two months, 450,000 words have been updated. To be fair, this is not Lao Cheng's ultimate update speed. My highest record is 460,000 words in a single month. I also used the "Blood Blade of the Tang Dynasty" which is not yet a high-quality book. It took me eleven months to rise from a first-level author to a first-level author. Level 5, get 150,000 points.
However, it is too difficult for Lao Cheng now. The old man has lung cancer and has been in hospital for nine days. He is accompanied by him in the hospital every day. Lao Cheng still insists on updating and trying to maintain the hard-won situation.
An author friend said, you are so ambitious that you can still write books now...
There is really no other way. You have to carry it if you can, and you can carry it if you can't, because Lao Cheng is a man.
When you have free time, when you are at home, take some time to spend with your parents, because they are old and no one can predict the future.
"I Really Didn't Become an Emperor in the Late Ming Dynasty" is still on the road of growth, gaining support and criticism from more readers.
I reply to some of the comments in the book review section.
For example, some readers said: "Why is it so stupid to dismantle a small machine tool into parts and bring it here? Is it because I don't have enough IQ to write a book?"
In fact, industry is a system, and it relies on the power of the system. It is not difficult for the protagonist to carry a machine tool on his back, but what about electricity? what to do? How to solve?
There is also "riding an electric bike, drinking Erguotou, cherishing one dollar, this is the middle level of a state-owned enterprise?"
Lao Cheng is a state-owned enterprise employee. In fact, the income of the middle-class people in state-owned enterprises is not as high as everyone imagines. There are hidden benefits, but no matter how high the income is, the attitude towards life depends on each different person. Lao Cheng himself understands this very well, because Lao Cheng is also a father with children. Lao Cheng is willing to pay for his children's food and clothing, but he... can only make do with it.
Before Lao Cheng got married, he was a smoker. He smoked Big Red Eagle. Later he switched to Bai Liqun, then to Shiqu, and then after he had a daughter and son, he switched to the lower-end Huangshan Bailiqun.
Men at different ages have different consumption concepts. When they were unmarried, they would dare to spend half a month's salary on a meal. Now, they will calculate and compare every meal, even if they want to buy something. Save a dollar and walk a few more miles.
No matter how bumpy the road ahead is, Lao Cheng still works hard to move forward.
In the new year, Lao Cheng and everyone set out again.
Finally, I hope everyone will continue to support us.
tx Cheng Zhi
2023.1.17
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