Many students hoped that I could write a chapter to sell my cuteness or something, but this chapter might be difficult to sell cuteness. Firstly, I'm a little emotional at the moment. Secondly, I want to write this important chapter seriously. Thirdly, I'm really exhausted. Now, I'm going to talk to you in a serious and lively manner. If there's anything that you don't like, please forgive me. I'll thank you all first, and I'll thank you in detail later.
Jiang Ye obtained first place in the monthly votes this month. As I said the day before yesterday, at least until now, Qidian's monthly votes ranking is still the greatest honor in the online literature circle. Now, we can say that we've had this honor.
I really like the monthly votes ranking. I think there's no one who doesn't like it. It's not only the honor of the author and the book, it's also the honor of the readers. Because of my laziness, I've never thought about it. I'm sorry to many of my readers, including the sub-editors. At the beginning of the year, after careful consideration, I decided to change my attitude. I'll find a suitable time, when there's enough time and no chores to fight for it. At that time, I decided to do it in May. The reason was actually very simple. This month is grandpa's seventieth birthday. After writing for so many years and using grandpa's character to swear, I wanted to make him happy. Grandpa is also reading at Qidian, and he's more concerned about the monthly votes ranking than I am.
However, at the beginning of the year, I received a notice that there would be an annual meeting in May. Following that, Jiang Ye's readers would gather in Shanghai. I wanted to go back to my hometown in Hubei to celebrate grandpa's birthday, so I didn't have the time to do it. So, I told Yun Cai that I definitely wouldn't be able to get it in May. I had to move it to another year before I had the energy to do it. Yun Cai immediately decided to resign, which put a lot of pressure on me.
Indeed, I didn't want to fight for first place in the monthly votes. Then, why did history go on this track?
At the beginning of the month, on the 1st of May, coincided with Qidian's double monthly votes period. Jiang Ye wrote about Yan Se and Guang Guang turning to Ashes, and Sangsang holding Ashes. When I wrote it, I felt that it was great. It wouldn't be worthwhile if I didn't canvass for votes at this time, so I opened a separate chapter to canvass for votes. I knew I would get a lot of monthly votes, but I didn't expect that I would get so many monthly votes.
Even though I became the monthly votes ranking's first, I didn't think it would last for long. Because I had a lot of things to do in May, I knew I wouldn't be able to write much. Even my readers didn't think it would last for long. According to them, I would be satisfied if I could stay on for a minute.
But at that time, I thought that it would be best if I could maintain it until the old man's seventieth birthday on the 8th of May. So, I shamelessly issued separate chapters to canvass for votes. You don't even need to say that I actually managed to maintain it.
Then … it became what everyone saw recently. I was forced to go crazy. I had no choice. Seeing everyone working so hard to cast monthly votes, canvass for votes, and even tipping so many people into monthly votes, I couldn't help but go crazy. Because I couldn't even convince myself to drop the ball at such a time. That was a behavior that deserved a beating.
Let me say something sour, but it was very true for Jiang Ye, me, and you. This time, the monthly votes ranking's first place wasn't mine, but yours. At least, it should be said that you forced me to do it.
I thank you. Thank you for forcing me. I hope that you will be as happy as I am tonight.
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Previously, I said that I've been working like crazy this month. In fact, this isn't the most I've written in so many years. It's not even the most I've written in the past month. But I can say that I've really done my best. I've really worked very hard to write. I've done this with a clear conscience, and I've done it with a clear conscience towards all of you.
This month, I spent half a month drifting abroad. Needless to say, I was tired from the long journey. In fact, I went from Yichang to the annual meeting. After returning from Shanghai on the 20th, I had a personal matter that made me waste two days. But I really used all the time I could spare to write. On the 25th, I suddenly found out that Broken Car had its annual inspection this year, but it didn't pass that day! On the 27th, my rhinitis actually flared up! It hurt for a whole five days, and I suffered for five days! But I still had to desperately write and explode. These days, I've been really bitter to the extreme.
You probably can't guess when Broken Car will have its annual inspection. It's this afternoon. I found a proxy company. I don't have to go myself, and I can try to write more. Because the proxy company asked me to drive the car to their company, I was afraid that I would have problems driving during the day. So after writing those five chapters late last night, I dragged my tired body, changed my clothes, and drove the car to the entrance of their company. At that time, the northeast sky was already bright.
(It seems to be literary? Take it back.)
At this time, the battle for the monthly votes has ended, so I can tell you these things calmly without worrying about being criticized. I'm reporting these bitter things one by one just to let you know that I really worked hard this month. The first monthly vote you cast is valuable, and it's worth it.
I know that it's hard for you, and it's very sad. Fortunately, this kind of hard work has finally paid off, so it's also worth it. If the first place in the monthly votes counts as a military medal, then we finally have one on our chests. No matter what happens in the future, we can always take it out to be happy, right?
Please allow me to once again literary this military medal to you first. There are many names that I won't list because it's impossible to list them all in a single chapter. I thank you, you, you, you, you … Then, I give this military medal to the old man, because I've been a playful guy all my life. Apart from the small contributions I've made to the family's finances because of your love for me in the past few years, there's actually nothing for the old man to show off, so I give it to him. Then, I give this military medal to myself, and to my wife, who has been having a fever these days, but still insisted on cooking instant noodles for me every day. Eh, why are the two of us so bitter this month?
Don't tell me that there's only one military medal. My eyes are blurry at this time, so there are countless of them, and I can give them everywhere I want.
Finally, please allow me to talk about something more serious.
Yesterday, after I finished writing five chapters, I drove to the agency late at night and saw the first rays of dawn. Lying on the bed, I picked up my phone and nervously scrolled through the monthly votes rankings. That's when I saw Tomato's single chapter. To be honest, I was very emotional at that time. Perhaps many people would say that I'm pretentious, but I really wasn't pretentious, because I was really emotional. Back then, I was also in the same situation, and I was very distressed. Even though my body was already in such a state, I couldn't say it unless I was desperate, because I would be ridiculed by many readers.
I shouldn't have written all this, but I couldn't help but write it anyway, since I'm old and thick-skinned. Alright, I still deleted a lot of paragraphs. The general meaning was that after so many years, it wasn't easy for everyone, and the monthly votes rankings were both good and bad at the same time, so the readers should understand and not fight.
In this battle for the monthly votes, Tomato and I didn't fight for it. Maybe we did fight for it, but because we liked each other, and because we were the rare ones on Qidian who had Saturdays off, we appreciated each other and resolved the conflict. But what if it was with other authors? What if it was with Pie, Ear Root, Uncle Guan, Potato, 72, Chen Dong, Third Young Master, and many other authors? What if it turned out to be a fight?
The circle of authors was only so big, and we were all otakus. There were only so many people we knew and admired. I was really afraid of causing some unhappiness. In other words, I was a bit clingy, or rather, homesick. Anyway, that was my personality. So, I really loved and hated the monthly votes, regardless of whether I was pretentious or not.
These days, I have been thinking about these things, so I couldn't help but say it. If I disturbed everyone's happy mood, please forgive me. Do you still want the monthly votes next month? Of course, do you want them like this month? Of course not. I'm not saying that I'll die of exhaustion. Seeing all of you working so hard, I also find it odd.
Having said all this, to prevent some readers from thinking that Tomcat was cocky after getting first place, I'll first say that in May, I updated nearly 180,000 words. That was considered diligent. In June, I guarantee that the number of updates won't be lower than that. It will exceed 180,000 words. That's considered a good attitude, right?
I'll write another chapter in a while. Good attitude, right? I'll apply for leave tomorrow, but I'll use the Saturday the day after tomorrow to exchange for leave. Good attitude, right?
Finally, I'll repeat: I'm very happy. I hope all of you are happy too. Then, I'll bring my Leader, no, it should be my Leader, me, and my family's cat and dog to give a deep bow to everyone to express my gratitude. I promise everyone that I won't be much more diligent in the future, but I'll definitely write better books.
I wish everyone a good night and a happy new month.
Ah, it's June. Let me end with a sentence that everyone is so familiar with that they're sick of it.
Please cast your precious monthly votes.
Thank you.
Another bow.
Don't worry, there won't be a third.
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。 (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian to cast a recommendation vote or monthly vote. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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