Chapter 75
Author's Note [A Must-Read for Readers]
Chapter 75 Author's Note [A Must-Read for Readers]
Q: Which would you choose: a job with a monthly after-tax salary of 5,000 yuan, five social insurances and one housing fund, free meals, accommodation, utilities and internet, five days a week, eight hours a day, and weekends off; or a job as an online novelist with a pre-tax salary of 5,000 to 6,000 yuan, no meals, accommodation, utilities and internet, at least eight hours a day, and no social insurances and one housing fund?
A: I choose the latter.
Q: Why?
A: Because of passion!
This is not fiction; it is something that truly happened to the author.
Just over a month ago, my former boss learned about my recent situation during a phone conversation and offered me a job that seemed pretty good at the time, but I still politely declined it.
He couldn't understand why I was being so stubborn if I could make money writing novels, but if I couldn't, why was I still so insistent?
It's like I can't understand why he would smoke even though he knows smoking is harmful!
The answer is actually very simple: passion!
I entered the workforce quite early and have done many different kinds of jobs. I have actually worked as a screwdriver in an electronics factory and also worked as a bricklayer on a construction site for half a month.
I've been to two real sweatshops. One of them required at least fourteen hours of work per day, with sixteen hours being the norm!
One of them works thirteen hours a day in an environment with noise pollution and heavy physical labor.
The reason I was able to persevere under those circumstances was that, besides being young and healthy at the time, I could read novels for a while during breaks after get off work or while slacking off at work.
Back then, I loved reading novels about ordinary people. Why?
Because it allows me to have beautiful fantasies about the future.
Those novels where the protagonist is invincible or possesses extraordinary talent at the beginning, the protagonist and I at that time had absolutely nothing in common. I was such an ordinary person, I never had that kind of hope from the start.
On the contrary, the "ordinary person" storyline is fantastic! It's about an ordinary person who gets a cheat code through a chance encounter and then uses their own cleverness to climb to the top step by step.
In that era, there were many such examples in reality; many business owners who were worth hundreds of millions at that time were living examples.
So it's really inspiring!
This feeling has lasted until now; I still can't stand reading those invincible novels.
I can't understand the thinking of those mainstream online novel readers. I can't understand why they say that life is already so hard, so why not read some invincible and exciting novels to have some fun?
When I read those kinds of books, I just feel they're too fake. I don't find any enjoyment in them; they just feel so fake!
Perhaps I'm taking things too seriously, trying to find reality in illusion!
Later, I started writing novels, and it was only then that I realized this was the job I had always been searching for.
My love for writing novels is a hundred times greater than my love for any other job I've ever done before!
I've asked myself many times why this is happening?
One uncertain answer is, because of agreement.
Perhaps I've never had the chance to gain recognition from others growing up. No matter how hard I worked, I rarely received recognition or praise from others. I was even scolded by my colleagues who asked me why I was working so hard and if I was trying to show off.
As for writing novels, as long as I put my heart into it, I can still gain the approval of many readers, who will express their support and even give me rewards.
So the internet is really a great thing. It allows someone who is not good at socializing to gain a lot of recognition from others online.
It is because of this sense of belonging that I have grown to love writing novels more and more.
When my former boss asked me why, I told him the reason.
Although he still didn't understand me, he could understand what I meant. So he said, since you really like it so much, then do it wholeheartedly, so that you won't have any regrets when you get old.
The book currently has exactly 10,000 favorites. If the initial subscription is normal, it will probably be around 700, which is similar to the previous books, Qingyun and Feixiu, which were cut off!
So I know very well what kind of income this result will bring. I am basically certain that my pre-tax monthly income will be between five and seven thousand in the first six months after the book is published, provided that I maintain a high update volume.
What I can look forward to is when the word count reaches 1.5 million. That's when the "ordinary people's flow" genre really kicks in, and my income should increase significantly. The exact amount will depend on the situation at that time, but I'm really looking forward to it!
Now, my rent, utilities, internet, living expenses, social security, and medical insurance cost more than 4,000 yuan a month. If I add anything else, I basically won't have much money left.
Fortunately, I can still save a little bit if I cut back, and I've always been good at saving money.
So I still have some confidence to continue writing full-time.
It was released at noon today. I hope that readers who have followed this book will do their best to support the first subscription, so that a middle-aged young man who still has some dreams of literary creation can continue to work hard for his dreams!
Five chapters will be updated after the book is released, each with more than 4,000 words, which will add up to 20,000 words. That's equivalent to ten of those 2,000-word chapters. Isn't that a big update?
Now let's talk about the extra chapters that everyone is more concerned about. Currently, we only offer extra chapters for monthly tickets. The minimum monthly ticket requirement is 300 monthly tickets. For every additional 300 monthly tickets above 300, we will add one extra chapter. Each chapter must be at least 4,000 words, with no upper limit.
Readers who have followed the author's previous work, Desert, should know that the author has basically fulfilled any promises made for extra chapters. So you can rest assured about that. At most, there might be delays due to writer's block or some unforeseen circumstances. The author will never renege on his promise!
(End of this chapter)