Chapter 220 Preparing for Takeoff
Li Yan was indeed not joking. As she wrote online novels more and more seriously during this period, she unlocked more and more memories of the online novels before her rebirth.

He had come into contact with online literature in high school before his rebirth. At that time, Origin was the leading website, and there were also many other websites that were thriving.

It seems that the competition is fierce, but after all, it is still a relatively niche field. There are only a few very famous online writers and representative works - but they are still popular among online literature enthusiasts. They have not broken through the circle and are not very prominent.

The story that Li Yan wrote casually that year was favored by the editor of another large website. After leaving a comment, he was pushed to the new book recommendation column and later given the opportunity to sign a contract.

At that time, Li Yan said that reading was important and it was impossible to update continuously. Then he stopped updating gracefully, and also severed his relationship with online literature.

During college, he also thought about giving it another try, but he found that the world of online literature had changed completely. A lot of content had been developed by pioneers before. He looked at the huge hole and didn't know how to stir up this world.

All the flashes of inspiration are “old tricks”, how do we play this?
If it were put aside ten years later, Li Yan's book might not cause any waves at all, which has nothing to do with ability.

Different times have different demands, and adapting is the first priority. Even if you go against the trend of the times, you will be stuck at the critical juncture when readers change their tastes - it should be said that this is a more advanced way of adapting to needs.

The era in which Li Yan lived was still in the stage of establishing new schools of thought. "Online literature" only represented a form of text carrier and the subject matter was still being explored. Although there was still a gap between it and traditional literature, the readership still had the patience to read carefully.

This is different from the mature and commercialized online literature industry that Li Yan felt when she was in college. At that time, old bookworms had read too many books, new readers had more choices, and social pressure was greater. Most people read books just for fun.

Therefore, Li Yan's use of his profound literary skills and serious literary attitude to write a novel estimated to be several million words would be a thankless and stupid act ten or even five years later.

But now after his rebirth, it is feasible.

The proof is now in these readers who are actively researching the details of the plot.

Li Yan writes martial arts novels, but not just martial arts novels.

Only martial arts will be doomed.

He wrote a group portrait, fictionalized a world based on real history, and used the "lost two hundred years" as the big mystery, filling the book with suspense.

Readers, just like the protagonist who has been sitting in the dilapidated temple for a hundred years and the heroine who has been sleeping in the coffin for a hundred years, are full of unknowns and doubts about this world.

The world situation is chaotic, people's hearts are unpredictable, and even history has been changed by major forces.

Suspense and mystery + martial arts, although it is not too rare and is considered a category in the niche mystery circle, but those are all mystery novels wrapped in martial arts skins. Li Yan's is a martial arts novel with suspense and mystery elements added.

A small follower may hide a clue, an inadvertent sentence can also reveal a lot of information, and even the truth of history is hidden in the contradictions of the altered history books...

Li Yan wants to use an interesting martial arts story to bring readers outside the mystery circle to experience the thrill of suspense and puzzle solving.

This kind of story will not be interesting if it is too complicated, but it cannot be overshadowed by carefully designed puzzles, so it is a great test of writing skills.

Li Yan used excellent writing skills and detailed settings to write a beautiful skin, appropriately inserted some emotional conflict points to maintain readers' enthusiasm for reading, and combined with his own experience and ability in writing mystery, he constantly teased readers' nerves in the matter of foreshadowing, and finally it was time for the first wave of harvest.

Dear readers, please give me some gold coins!

A suspenseful martial arts novel with several million words can be considered a new genre, right?

At the very least, when the two terms 2009 and Qiyuan Chinese website are combined, people will think of his "Nangong Boy", right?

The ambition is coming true.

Li Yan finally spent the whole day on Monday to finish writing the climax part, and then spent another day on Tuesday to revise and organize it all. Only then was this part scheduled to be written at a volume of 4,000 words per day.

It’s not that he is stingy, but he is more afraid that the proportion of people like Xiaopang will increase, and then he would be in tears.

On the night when the time was completed, Li Yan saw a book review:
After reading the latest chapter and seeing many discussions among book friends, I found something wrong. I criticized this author before, saying that he likes to write some characters to tell a few historical stories. I know the author wants to express a sense of immersion - my world is real! But he dug so many holes in one sentence, and he definitely won't fill them, which makes me feel no sense of immersion. Now it's wrong, so many details are connected. In the third chapter, the protagonist went down the mountain and was betrayed by the old man. The protagonist sighed that the bright lights at this time must be a trick, and then there was a sentence before that "the lights were on in both houses"!
This sentence can actually be recycled now, and it makes sense. I get goose bumps all over my body! Can you feel it? This author actually did it on purpose. This detail is actually fucking intentional!
Ah...Li Yan felt refreshed all over.

He really wanted to reply, "This is the feeling of pleasure when reading a mystery novel," but decided not to do so because the two are actually very different.

You really need to take notes when reading mystery novels, because they are the kind that require a lot of brainpower and are tiring to read. If you don't want to use your brain, there's no point in reading them.

Even if we ignore these details and just read this book as a martial arts novel with a bit of suspense, it is still completely worth reading - don't you see that the fat guy who only wants to watch the fighting scenes is also enjoying it very much.

More and more readers begin to participate in the discussion, and their discussions will inspire later readers, allowing readers who are not aware of the resonance here to discover it and then become interested in reading it, forming a wonderful virtuous circle.

Therefore, a very special phenomenon occurred in Li Yan's book. The number of subscriptions for the chapters that were originally skipped suddenly skyrocketed.

The number of comments soared, and Kaiyuan was completely upset. He kept sending messages:
Great writer! The number of reviews seems to be going viral. I visit your book review section every day. Are you not going to recommend it? The editor-in-chief asked me why I didn’t recommend it. I told him that you asked me to suppress it, but he didn’t believe me!
It was indeed Li Yan who asked Kaiyuan to hold back the next recommendation that was to be arranged for him, because he was waiting for this wave of plot to explode and then push it forward, turning the foreseeable critical acclaim but commercial failure into both critical acclaim and commercial success.

Now, it's time.

Li Yan: It can be arranged.

Kaiyuan: Good!
He immediately went to make arrangements and was busy for more than half an hour before he sent a message to Li Yan: That's strange, you are the opposite of Tian Gang, in the conversation just now, you were the editor and I was the writer?
Li Yan made an innocent expression.

Kaiyuan: I really admire you. So far, I have heard that only top-notch old authors who have made a book popular can have the ability to recommend it for so many days. How confident are you? It really makes you confident. Whose golden god's vest is this? Don't tease Xiao Kaiyuan, Chun Ge.

Li Yan: What Chun Ge? That’s my dad. My name is Li Yan, and I’m a first-grade student.

Kaiyuan: Okay, okay...Little Li Yan, you should go to bed early today~
After the appraisal was completed, Kaiyuan was so happy that he went crazy.

Mr. Shenxu also sent a message: Orgasm?

Damn it... Don't omit the subject here, Li Yan replied quickly: The novel has indeed reached its climax.

Kidney deficiency: How long will the climax last?
Li Yan: ...About a week. Does it look good?

Kidney deficiency: Refreshing.

Damn, how can I not feel good after having an orgasm for a week? It feels so good.

Kidney deficiency: The book review section has been very good recently, very exciting, and it gave me a climax.

No wonder you have kidney deficiency, young master. Li Yan was still sighing, and the next sentence made her dumbfounded:

You need a rush at this time, right?

No, Comrade Gongzi, did you do this on purpose or was it an accident?
Li Yan: The editor will arrange for it to be recommended, so there is no need to fight the Golden Alliance anymore. I also want to see how many people this plot itself can attract and what kind of comments it will get.

Kidney deficiency: I have some aspirations. But you misunderstood me, I didn't say I wanted to get gold, I just wanted silver.

After becoming the first person to reject the Gold Alliance, Li Yan became the first person to reject the Silver Alliance.

Worried that Mr. Shenxu would feel unhappy because of these two rejections, Li Yan even added: I am already very grateful for your operation.

Who knew that Mr. Shenxu would reply: Ask the price first, then it will not be too late to express your gratitude.

What the hell? Li Yan suddenly wrapped the quilt tightly, and cold sweat broke out from his temples.

Isn't it true? All the gifts from fate have already been secretly marked with a price?
(End of this chapter)