Back to 80: My Literary Life

The original novel was about 60,000 words, and some plots needed to be modified, such as the hero and heroine going to see Titanic together - it hasn't been released yet.

It's simple, just change it to Ghost. This film was introduced as one of the top ten films last year.

In the novel, the science man, Pi Zi Cai, and Qing Wu Fei Yang discussed fluid mechanics, which Fang Minghua had long forgotten.

But it doesn't matter. After logging on to the Shuimu Tsinghua website, Fang Minghua posted a post, and soon there were enthusiastic people following up to explain science to him.

It was just that a lot of formulas made him dizzy.

It took about ten days to complete this novel. Compared with the original novel, the number of words is more than 5,000, mainly to enrich the images of the two protagonists, Pi Zi Cai and Qing Wu Fei Yang, which is a bit thin from a literary perspective.

After completion, the first reader of the novel is usually his wife Song Tangtang, but now Song Tangtang is still in Yanjing and has not returned, so Fang Minghua sent it to Li Li in San Francisco in the form of an email.

Just one day later, Fang Minghua received a call from Li Li.

"Wow Minghua, you actually wrote such a pure novel. The love story between Pi Zi Cai and Qing Wu Fei Yang is so touching that it made me, a middle-aged woman, cry."

"Middle-aged woman? Why do you call yourself that? Did you learn it from Tang Tang?" Fang Minghua asked.

"Hehe. I'm old anyway."

"What nonsense, you're still young. In my heart, you'll always be the girl who reads poems in a white shirt and blue suspender skirt on the campus of Xida!" Fang Minghua said.

"What about my cousin?"

"She'll always be the girl who dances under the moon in southern Xinjiang in a 65-style military uniform!"

"Oh, so romantic, Minghua, you wrote this novel, and I found that you've become sweeter."

"Hehe. Do you like it?

"Yeah, I like it."

The two joked a few words on the phone and returned to the topic.

"Minghua, will this novel be published in the United States?" Li Li asked.

"Not for now, I plan to publish it on the website of Shengshi Book Office. "Fang Minghua briefly explained the basic situation of the Rongshuxia website.

"I'd better translate it into English. It can also be published on the American literary website Electric Literature's Recommended Reading." Li Li put forward her own opinion.

"You are still translating? Your current task is to have a good rest! You are not allowed to substitute for classes next semester." Fang Minghua said seriously.

"It's okay. Didn't I just finish the pregnancy test last week? I showed you the report. Everything is fine. Now it's summer vacation and I stay at home all day without doing anything. How uncomfortable."

"I'll come to accompany you."

"No need. You still have to take care of two children, and my cousin is busy at work." Li Li advised on the phone.

"I will definitely come when the baby is born."

"Let's talk about it then. "

The two chatted for a while before hanging up the phone.

Fang Minghua then sent the novel to the submission mailbox under the banyan tree in the form of an email, but he did not use his current pen name, but changed to a very domineering online name: Guanzhong Swordsman.

Before I came to this era, I often used this online name when I was hanging out in the Tianya community.

I called Dai Jiali again to explain the situation.

"Great, we will upload your novel right away! Well, not all at once, in the form of serialization, upload two to three thousand words every day!"

"Okay, the manuscript is given to you, it's up to you. "Fang Minghua said with a smile.

Perhaps, I will become the first author in this era to publish a novel in serial form on the Internet?

Fang Minghua thought to himself.

Soon, Under the Banyan Tree published "The First Intimate Contact" in the most conspicuous place on the website, one chapter of about 3,000 words every day.

Chen Wanning, who is responsible for the operation of the website, found that the number of visits to the website suddenly began to increase compared with usual times. Originally, there were only dozens of visits a day, but now it suddenly exceeded 100, and most of them clicked on that novel, and the number of visits per day gradually increased.

Wow. It's up!

Today's number of visitors has reached 500 people!

Chen Wanning was ecstatic.

After work He also went online to check out other literary websites, mainly the BBSs of major universities, and the one he visited most often was Shuimu Tsinghua.

When he logged in, he was shocked to see the hot posts on the forum.

It turned out to be Fang Minghua's "First Intimate Contact".

Damn!

Piracy!

Moreover, the latest chapter published yesterday appeared on Shuimu Tsinghua's BBS today, followed by a large number of comments on the novel.

Words of praise, beyond words.

Chen Wanning felt the situation was serious and immediately reported the matter to Dai Jiali.

"We should lodge a solemn protest with Shuimu Tsinghua's moderator ace and ask him to delete the post immediately! Otherwise, let the company's legal department sue them for copyright infringement! "Chen Wanning put forward his own opinion.

Dai Jiali did not answer.

If it was a pirated book of Shengshi Books on the market, she would have asked the company's legal department to negotiate.

Although piracy is rampant in this era, after suing several infringing publishers, at least those pirates are not as blatant as pirating books from other publishers.

But online novels.

Dai Jiali hesitated and said: "How about this, I'll call Teacher Minghua and tell him about this situation."

"Okay then."

Dai Jiali returned to her office and called Fang Minghua.

At this time, Fang Minghua was also surfing the Internet, browsing the Shuimu Tsinghua Forum. Of course, he discovered that his novel had been pirated.

Hmm. There are quite a few comments, all of which are complimentary.

Fang Minghua used his own account to say something below the text like a prank: "Speaking of which, the writing is very ordinary. It's not so licky, right?"

As a result, there were replies immediately below the post.

"Very ordinary? If you have the ability, why don't you write?"

"That's it. Do you understand literature?"

"Hey, which department are you from? Do you dare to leave your dormitory name? I'll go find you and discuss things with you! I'm XXX from the History Department."

Seeing the constant comments, Fang Minghua quickly closed the post.

Fortunately, there is no legal human flesh search now, otherwise will human flesh really appear?

At this moment, the landline rang. Fang Minghua picked up the phone and it was Dai Jiali. On the phone, Dai Jiali told him about the piracy of the article.

"Haha. I'm watching it at Shuimu Tsinghua University." Fang Minghua said with a smile.

"Then, Teacher Minghua, what do you think we should do? According to the company's past regulations, we will ask the other party to delete the post, and if necessary, ask for an apology and compensation for losses."

Fang Minghua pondered for a moment: "Forget it, we are all in the early stages of development. For traffic, you can make requests to the moderators of Shuimu Tsinghua University."

"What request?"

"First: It can be reprinted, but it must be stated that it is reprinted from under the banyan tree. Second, the latest chapter of the novel that appears on their BBS must be three days later than under the banyan tree, to ensure that the priority of the novel is under the banyan tree!"

"Teacher Minghua, this is a good idea. We will negotiate with the moderator of Shuimu Tsinghua University immediately!"

Within two days, the moderator of Shuimu Tsinghua accepted Shengshi Film and Television's request, and the novel "First Intimate Contact" became popular in both Shuimu Tsinghua and Banyan Tree.

Some people were moved to tears by the love story in the novel.

Some are also curious about who the author of Guanzhong Swordsman is?

Of course, after reading this novel, more young literary people have an impulse to write.

Lijie from Ningbo, Zhejiang Province is such a girl.