In the end, I still felt that this title was the most suitable for 2018.
Thanks to all the readers who went crazy over this book in the past year, we won the monthly votes in May. We broke the record for the monthly votes on Qidian, and this record might still be there. This was something I never thought I would get during the writing process of 'Son-In-Law'.
I often checked the status of this book through the subscriptions. 'Son-In-Law' currently had 98,000 subscriptions on Qidian, and the average subscription was 39,000. The number of subscriptions in 24 hours was 10,000. In other words, even though there were no updates, there were still 11,000 people waiting to see its updates. It had been almost eight years since the book was published. There were 8,000 subscriptions when it was first published, and then it increased to 10,000. Now, there were more than 11,000 people.
The only regret was that I couldn't tell who was who from this number.
I occasionally thought of some of the friends I met when I first published the book on the internet, and some of my friends when I first used the pen name 'Angry Banana'. I thought, how many of them are still here today? Where will we end up with 11,000 people today?
It's an interesting fantasy. I've always told people that I'm a selfish person. I've seen "perfection" in literature since I was a teenager, and I've never let go of it. I've been writing all my life for the sake of getting to a certain point, to have a glimpse of it. Maybe people were looking forward to it, or maybe they didn't care, but I thought that only a small number of people would walk to the end together.
Imagine, when I was 50 years old, and I was talking to people about the process and insights I had along the way. What would the readers who had been reading or suddenly came back to take a look think?
We were used to using numbers from year to year to record a stage. Recently, there was an interview, and the reporter asked me what the keywords of 2018 were. I said that I was stuck. Actually, it was the same for 17 years, 16 years … Many questions were raised in that interview. The reporter even asked me, 'Do you feel that your experience is a' legend 'with your achievements at your age?' My face turned red.
I am a person who likes to write books. I have liked it since I was in the fourth grade. I wrote in a draft book. One day, the Internet suddenly appeared, and I posted the contents of my draft to the Internet. Another day, there was suddenly a payment model. Someone was actually willing to spend money for what I wrote. Because of that, I was able to support myself. But from the beginning to the end, when it came to writing, it had never changed for me since I was in the fourth grade.
Of course, it was easier to get a sense of joy in the fourth grade. I had just started, and the skills I had mastered were zero points. Every time I tried, I could improve a little. However, the more I improved, the more likely I would regress. I might go down the wrong path, and I might need to break through some difficult obstacles — because I had already broken through the easy ones. It often took me months or months to feel the joy of progress.
In real life, I occasionally obtain some things, such as first place in the monthly votes. But when it comes to writing a book, it's an unexpected bonus. I sometimes think that since they pay me, a mere book-writer, it is my duty to take them to some rarely-seen place, to see what the ultimate greatness of the craft can be.
There were still sixteen years left.
Unsurprisingly, eighteen years are about to pass. Stuck, stuck, stuck. There is nothing new in my writing. In fact, I have been adjusting my writing state throughout the process. Sometimes I succeed, sometimes I don't.
At the end of the year, I changed to a new method. Of course, maybe it's because I have been brewing for a long time, but the results are not bad. That's why you can see the updates these few days.
I hope that 19 years can also have a good start. I hope that I can finish "Son-In-Law" in full spirit. I also have inspiration for the new book, and many ideas. Sometimes I write some drafts, and sometimes I overturn them, so I don't move forward. But writing always makes me happy.
Before 'Live-In Son-In-Law' is completed, there shouldn't be any more monthly votes. Of course, if I have time, I will come out and chat with everyone. No matter what I write, writing always makes me happy.
I hope to see all of you on the first day of 19 years.
I hope it will be the same in 2035.
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