He went out these two days and posted the last chapter on March 9th. At that time, he was in Shanghai. He had no regrets after confirming the contract.
The next day, he arrived in Zhengzhou, broke up with his girlfriend, sent all the passwords to his family, and went straight to Cangzhou, Hebei.
From the third of January to the first of March, he used two months to compare the words of the readers of the book and the information on the internet to roughly determine the address of the author of the spy novel, Xun Qing Teng.
Everything said in the previous chapter was true. Xun Qing Teng was the author of The Spy Story of the Republic of China.
He opened the Qidian app, clicked on the discovery page, found the column at the top, and scrolled down to find:
December 2nd, 2018: Ai 'er's Qidian Magazine, Issue 37 (November 26-December 2)
November 25th, 2018: Ai 'er's Qidian Magazine, Issue 36 (November 19-November 25)
There was a picture in these two magazines, recording the number of monthly votes for Haunted House, There's Demon Aura, and The Spy Story of the Republic of China during the competition for the title of Best Author.
"There's Demonic Aura" was released in May, with an initial subscription of 7,700 (from Qidian Data Network), and 3,790 monthly votes; 3,921 votes in June; 7,417 votes in July; 7,756 votes in August; 17960 votes in September; 36974 votes in October (70,000 RMB monthly vote red packet was given due to demonic aura, and the monthly vote red packet was within the rules of Qidian, five yuan each); 32045 votes in November (as of November 25th)
I Have a Haunted House went on sale on the first of August. Initial subscription was 17600 (from Qidian website). Monthly votes for that month were 14269; September 18749 votes; October 19140 votes; November 40627 votes. (As of November 25th, the competition for the top spot started that month. More than 80,000 RMB worth of monthly votes were given out.)
"The Spy of the Republic of China" was released on August 1st, with 2,400 subscriptions (from Qidian), 8,087 monthly votes; 26284 monthly votes in September; 48115 monthly votes in October; 32318 monthly votes in November (as of November 25th).
Haunted House and The Spy Story of the Republic of China were released on the same day. All the data that could be seen on the internet, such as favorites, gifts, subscriptions, chapters, and comments, Haunted House surpassed The Spy Story of the Republic of China.
Under such circumstances, Haunted House and QQ Reading combined to give out more than 400,000 RMB monthly votes in red packets, and in the end, the total monthly votes surpassed The Spy of the Republic.
The Newcomer King looked at the total number of votes. I really wanted to ask Green Vine in person, "Where did you get your votes when your statistics are lower than mine and you don't even give me a red packet for your votes?" Taobao? Online shopping?
Four hundred thousand RMB was equivalent to more than eighty thousand monthly votes! The last hundred thousand was given during the double monthly ticket period!
There was a red packet ranking in Qidian for the number of red packets given out. It was the same for QQ Reading.
[The Spy of the Republic of China] had 48115 monthly votes in October and was ranked eighth on the overall rankings. I had also noticed this book at that time. A new book with 2400 subscriptions had managed to enter the top ten of the monthly rankings in just two months.
In October, my average subscription was 24,000, and I received a total of 19140 monthly votes, ranking in the twenties.
In November, the editor asked me if I wanted to compete for the Newcomer King. Competing for the Newcomer King was to earn monthly votes, and there were many benefits. It could make the readers more united, and the monthly votes ranking itself was equivalent to a big recommendation.
I told the editor that it was fine if I had to compete with evil spirits, but what was the point of competing with a big spender?
The editor replied to me. It was the first time I was disappointed in this industry.
If a book with an average subscription of a few thousand and a book with an average subscription of tens of thousands PK, then the book with an average subscription of a few thousand PK would probably care.
But if a book with an average subscription of twenty thousand and a book with an average subscription of thirty thousand PK, then the book with an average subscription of twenty thousand PK would probably care.
It was very realistic, I understood.
I asked the readers for their opinions, and the readers were very passionate and supportive. Then, the competition officially started on November 16th, and it was from that day until now that I started to lose sleep.
In December, someone went around saying that I was cheating votes, leaving messages in my space, and privately scolding me. Not bad, I noted it all down.
At that time, I was prepared to go to Long Kong to personally expose this spender, but the readers in the management group stopped me, saying that no matter what kind of crazy rumors were being spread, the author must not do it himself.
After December, the title of the book changed, the synopsis changed, and the outline and main storyline were also cut and rewritten to avoid being reported as not being harmonious. Some short stories outside of the main storyline were added.
On the first of January, the first place on the Dao Monarch Monthly Leaderboard, the top ten of the Global Martial Arts Annual Leaderboard, and Haunted House's Newcomer King were both given special chapters as thanks. The next morning, I consulted a lawyer online about how to sue the spy spender of the Republic of China through legal channels.
The specific implementation period was very long, and I thought it would be a very simple matter.
On the second of January, I joined the first signed author group, and it was also the only signed author group that still existed.
There were people discussing the Newcomer King, saying that Haunted House won unfairly, and that they relied on cheating to become the Newcomer King. I knew that many people were saying the same thing.
I couldn't prove that I wasn't a spender, but I could guarantee with my life that from the moment I started writing until now, I never cheated any data. Clicks, favorites, monthly votes, subscriptions, comments, gifts, everything was real!!!!!
I couldn't prove that I wasn't a spender, and I didn't know what to do to punish this real spender.
I told my parents about this problem, and they told me to get over it. I also told my girlfriend about it, and she hated me to the core. I also told my friends about it, and they told me that the innocent will be innocent, and that it's fine as long as we have a clear conscience. They didn't understand why I was so angry.
Actually, I just couldn't understand one thing. Why did I do nothing wrong? But I became the one who did something wrong!!!
I tried to convince myself for the past few months, but the more I thought about it, the more disgusted I felt. My brain felt like it was stuck with glue, and I couldn't breathe.
I knew that even if I wrote this far, there would still be people who would say, "Isn't it just a small matter? Do I have to feel so bad?
Honestly, I didn't know why I was like this. I thought I would slowly get over it, but it was the opposite.
I felt that I should use my own method. Cangzhou was quite big, and after searching for an entire night, I finally reached the place.
I didn't like to talk normally, but if I didn't say this out loud, it would be suffocating. I didn't know why I had to worry so much before.
It was only now that I calmed down. I thought about it, I'm only 26.
I can use the rest of my life to fight with this spender, so what's the rush?
I used most of the day to calm down, but I still managed to control it.
Thinking about it, it's actually quite annoying to have an author like me.
I'm already on my way back, so there's no need to worry.
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