Zhonghai, in the suburbs, in a cheap rental house.
Jiang Chen was naked from the waist up to a pair of boxer briefs, sitting in front of a second-hand desktop Shenzhou computer that was too noisy, typing on the keyboard so that it kept crackling.
On the WORD document on the computer screen, a series of words appeared like running water.
Snapped!
With the last tap of the space bar, Jiang Chen's tense muscles and highly focused spirit relaxed.
"It's done in three chapters."
Jiang Chen twisted his slightly stiff neck. He had been coding for three or four hours without moving. It really tested one's will. "Haha, it's getting smoother and smoother. Today's third update, 10,000 words, only took Three hours and eighteen minutes, nine minutes faster than yesterday, well, there is improvement.¡±
He skillfully picked up the hard-shell Double Happiness cigarette case next to the computer, took out one, lit it with a snap, and started puffing away.
"Phew! It's so comfortable!"
Although Jiang Chen has just graduated a year and a half ago, he has already been a smoker for seven or eight years.
He was originally a graduate of a prestigious university in Zhonghai City. Unfortunately, after entering college, he became obsessed with online game novels. He basically spent four years of college in novels, and his studies were wasted. In the end, he could not even get a diploma. After getting a certificate of unemployment, naturally, there is no need to think about finding a good job.
He did not dare to go home and face his honest parents, so he stayed in Zhonghai and finally found a way out - writing online game novels.
However, his talent is not very high. After more than a year of hard work, he is still far away from becoming a god. At most, he can barely have enough food and clothing. He updates 10,000 words every day, and the manuscript fee plus perfect attendance is only a little over 3,000 per month. , If you don¡¯t starve to death, you will definitely not make a fortune.
After smoking a cigarette, Jiang Chen began to revise.
Half an hour later, Jiang Chen was finally satisfied and boarded the Qidian Author Backstage, uploaded and published it.
After looking at the half-dead subscription, Jiang Chen felt helpless.
"Now it has 3.8 million words, and the 24-hour subscription has dropped to less than 300. Alas, there is no possibility of improvement, so hurry up and get new books!"
Jiang Chen¡¯s current income depends entirely on this old book. He has already started preparing the new book, but he plans to wait until the new book is put on the shelves before the old book can be completed.
After finishing the old book with 10,000 words, Jiang Chen began to prepare a new book.
It took Jiang Chen more than a month to complete the outline, main plot, characters, plot, training system, etc. He was still satisfied. Although there was nothing new, it was more in line with the public's taste. This was also his latest year, starting point for research on readers. The market determines the subject matter.
Compared with the coding speed of the old book, Jiang Chen spent nearly two hours coding one chapter of the new book.
There is no other way. At the beginning of the new book, we strive for excellence.
"Now it has more than 50,000 words. When it reaches 60,000 words, let's see if it can be published in traditional Chinese?"
A thought flashed through Jiang Chen¡¯s mind.
Since the previous book was about urban supernatural powers and could not be published, this time, he planned to choose an Eastern fantasy theme.
If it can be published, then the income from this new book will be guaranteed.
Nowadays, there are many big and small gods in Qidian.com who are publishing new books, and there are many people who are attracted by them. He is an ordinary author with few die-hard readers, so there is a huge risk in opening a new book. Because of this, his old book will continue to be delayed, at least every month. My income is fairly stable, but my new book is on hold.
After typing a chapter of a new book, Jiang Chen found his stomach growling. It looked like the time on the computer showed it was already 2:30 in the afternoon. He had nothing to eat except getting up and making a bucket of instant noodles. Coding is a mental activity. , no wonder I¡¯m hungry.
¡°There¡¯s no food left, it seems I have to go buy some.¡±
Jiang Chen looked at the small kitchen and saw it was empty, and couldn't help but shake his head.
After locking the door, Jiang Chen got on a second-hand electric bicycle and headed towards the vegetable market.
When it comes to eating, Jiang Chen never gives up on himself. He is very keen on eating.
A white tender pig's trotter, two pounds of ribs, half a duck, and some fresh vegetables.
After buying a bottle of liquor and a carton of Double Happiness cigarettes from a small tobacco and alcohol shop, he began to return to the rental house.
Since he started writing code after graduation, he has almost become a homebody, rarely going out to play, and even having less contact with college classmates.
The main reason is that he has an unwillingness to admit defeat in his heart. He always wants to become a great master one day and stand out. In this way, he can have face in front of his college classmates in the future.
Which of his classmates now??But his job is smooth and his career is successful. As far as he knows, the worst one has a monthly income of seven to eight thousand. A monthly income of ten thousand is mid-range, and as for tens of thousands, there are several.
Ouch!
Jiang Chen had just turned an alley corner when his head suddenly hurt, as if he had been hit by something. He almost shed tears from the pain.
By accident, he misdirected the electric car and hit the wall. Fortunately, the electric car was not very fast and Jiang Chen was quite agile and avoided being crushed by the electric car.
I touched my forehead and it was bloody. When I looked at it, I saw that my fingers were full of blood.
"Holy crap, who is so wicked?"
Jiang Chen covered his forehead and raised his head with anger on his face.
Who have you offended? This is such a disaster!
There are tall buildings on both sides, and it is impossible to tell which floor the things fell from.
He quickly lowered his head to look for the murder weapon.
Soon, a diamond-shaped crystal the size of a thumb fell into his sight.
"This is?"
Jiang Chen quickly picked it up. It was as warm as jade, glowing with a strange brilliance, and it was stained with some blood. It was obviously this thing that hit him in the head.
He didn¡¯t think it was any kind of diamond, it should be some kind of craft crystal.
Jiang Chen looked up at the buildings on both sides, shook his head, and put the rhombus crystal into his pocket.
He didn¡¯t notice that the blood stains on the crystal disappeared at an extremely slow speed, as if they were absorbed by the rhombus crystal.
After returning to the rental house, Jiang Chen bandaged the wound on his head and began to deal with the pig's trotters.
Braised pork trotters, Huaishan braised pork ribs soup, and stir-fried green vegetables.
Jiang Chen drank strong wine and had a sumptuous lunch.
Of course, it¡¯s already past four in the afternoon.
I don¡¯t know what¡¯s going on. At this time, he is usually full of energy and will continue to prepare new books, but now, he is actually a little sleepy.
¡°Well, let¡¯s get some sleep first, and I¡¯ll write a new book at night.¡±
Jiang Chen finally made a decision.
But before going to bed, he still went to QQ and spent a while among the readers. He is an author who aspires to be a great writer, so he attaches great importance to readers. He spends some time every day communicating with readers. Although among the readers There are not many readers, but they are all readers who support him very much. There are even a dozen die-hard readers.
Strange to say, Jiang Chen lay down on the bed and fell into a deep sleep. Before falling asleep, he always thought about plot settings for new books.
It¡¯s getting dark outside.
In the rental house, the light has also become very dim. Only the desktop computer screen is dazzling and the chassis is buzzing.
Suddenly, a hazy light and shadow rose from the pants Jiang Chen placed on the chair and flew to the center of Jiang Chen's eyebrows.
??Among the light and shadow is a diamond-shaped crystal.
Under the light emitted by the rhombus crystal, some white light spots appeared around Jiang Chen and began to merge into the rhombus crystal. Until all the light spots merged, the light and shadow suddenly disappeared into Jiang Chen's eyebrows.
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