I'm The Hard Rice King

Chapter 368: Launch and Influence

Li Peifeng used to have a bad temper, but in reality it was quite normal. The main reason was that he was more likely to reveal his true nature online, especially during his undergraduate days when his career as an online writer was not so successful.

At that time, Li Peifeng was used to using his true temperament to criticize the abnormal aesthetics and distorted views on various videos and social platforms; he would ruthlessly criticize those social media and Internet phenomena that were artificially flattering; he would use harsh language , a tricky angle, exposing the absurdity behind the bluster of all kinds of demons and ghosts; he will sympathize with the people who are really suffering, because he is one of them, yearning for and encouraging those who truly yearn for life... In short, at that time Li Peifeng is a big troll, from Zaun.

But one time when he was arguing with a netizen, Li Qiyuan accidentally saw it and asked sensibly: "What's the point of telling him this? Don't you know how much a word you type is worth?"

Li Peifeng suddenly realized that he no longer focused even a little bit of energy on this.

It’s really useless. He can make money by writing and typing on the keyboard, but he can’t make money by trolling people online.

Being a keyboard warrior = losing money.

Since then, Li Peifeng has changed his temperament and does not waste extra time on the virtual network, except... except for those who specifically seek to scold him!

[I just watched the trailer of the recently popular "Sword and Law". The music in it is very nice, but the pictures and plot only seem cheap and embarrassing to me. The author personally played the protagonist in his novel, and also learned how to make trailers for released movies... It always gave me a nondescript feeling, and it was purely a tiger rather than a dog. 】

[And I’m very surprised, is this video extremely popular? There are big stars calling for updates on Weibo, a certain space was banned by "Sword and Law", and even Zhihu's discussion threads are full of it. 】

[It’s just an online novel, but it can actually create such momentum across the entire Internet? Out of curiosity, I also took a look at this book and was defeated after two chapters. Let’s look at the results again, good guy…more than 200,000 words, 2.6 million recommendation votes, an average of 52,000 recommendation votes received every day, and this book has not yet been put on the shelves, it has directly ranked fourth on the website’s monthly vote list, pushing it to the top. The three of them broke out and posted a single chapter asking for votes. Isn’t it too fake? No comments from other authors? 】

[How much does Renjian Yiliangfeng cost to operate? If you do this, let alone kissing your son at the end of the line, it is simply kissing your father at the end of the line. There is also a book review section for "Sword and Law", which has been well received by Yishui, and it is estimated that half of the book's readers are female. It has super combat power and high aggression. 】

[I posted a message at the bottom of the comment area, ‘Do top students from North China Normal University write this kind of thing? Bye bye~' comments, people chased and scolded her; 'Why do you say that about my giegie? You can write it yourself if you have the ability! ’ ‘If you don’t read it, get out of here. There’s no need to make a special post. Who cares about this little loser? ’ ‘May I ask what your education level is? How many works have you had? Didn't you fart? ’]

[It’s quite funny. A writer does not rely on his works to speak for himself. He uses his appearance to attract fans, uses short videos to attract traffic, and selects a large number of NC fans. Why don’t you let me say that his writing is not good? Just playing these crooked ways and yet achieving such high results, no wonder the quality of online articles nowadays is getting worse and worse. 】

"One glance will confirm the truth and fight against the five scum!"

After reading the detailed description of the questioner, Li Peifeng scoffed. When he looked at the answers to the question, he saw many colleagues speaking for him...

Among them, the answer that ranked first and had the highest praise was posted by the famous online author "The Frog at Home".

A veteran writer who specializes in fairy tales and has a transcendent status in the circle. In addition, he is also a big V on Zhihu, with hundreds of thousands of fans. Zhihu covers everything from online articles, current affairs, celebrity gossip, etc. He can be seen on various topics, and many new writers who have just entered the industry have posted the beginnings of their novels and invited him to answer inquiries.

It may be that Frog was too focused on Zhihu, which caused him to be a little slack in his main job of coding, which caused dissatisfaction among many readers and ridicule from colleagues.

But in any case, this industry senior who is also a "one or two things in the world" has dealt with him before, and the other party's answer undoubtedly caught Li Peifeng's attention.

[The frog at home: The questioner invited me, but I didn’t want to answer his question, and I just blocked him... But I’m here now, so let’s just talk about it. 】

[I met Peifeng at the annual meeting before the Spring Festival. All the authors had a meeting on the first day after arriving in the Shanghai Stock Exchange, and Peifeng also arrived. But when I saw him entering the conference room, I really thought he was some kind of actor or star who had gone to the wrong place, but when I heard someone else introduce him, he was a colleague, his works spanned both male and female channels, he was twenty-three years old, and he was the youngest platinum writer in the world... I That feeling was like ten thousand alpacas running through my heart. 】

[Involution in the industry is a common phenomenon today. I thought that in the Internet literature circle, the update speed and the quality of works could only be reviewed in one volume. Unexpectedly, even the appearance of the author was covered, and it reached the ceiling all of a sudden. Later I thought about it, so what if I look like this? Do you still want to write online articles like me? I felt much better at once. 】

[People with good looks do have an advantage in most industries, such as actors and models. The higher the good looks, the better. But in the profession of Internet writer, the impact of good looks is so small that it can be ignored. But I have to admit that being good-looking has a lot of conveniences in doing anything. For example, during meetings, Peifeng always sat with female writers and chatted happily with those sisters...]

[We planned to sit down and chat with him and make an appointment for dinner after the meeting. Because at that time, his new book had already shown a trend of becoming popular. We had all read it and wanted to communicate with him. But I didn’t have a chance to chat during the meeting, but luckily I made an appointment with him after the meeting... Well, I got this meal! 】

[I had hot pot for dinner, and after dinner I went to Qing Bar to continue drinking. Pei Feng ordered the hot pot, and Hong Mao paid for it at Qing Bar. After two games, the four of us drank three bottles of liquor, countless beers and foreign wines... This guy was so damn good at drinking that some of us almost vomited, but he didn't do anything wrong, and even went on stage to show off his singing voice, which attracted a lot of attention. He got a few girls to chat with him...]

[To go off topic, let’s talk about his book "Sword and Law". I heard that the review was done by the female editor-in-chief and the male editor-in-chief together. The outline alone was 700,000 to 800,000 words. It caused quite a stir in the editorial department of the terminal at that time, but the book had not been released yet, and they did not leak the news. . I didn't see the work until after the book was released. After reading the first forty chapters, I posted on Weibo; this is probably the strongest book in 2122. 】

[The result is an understatement. "Sword and Law" is not only the strongest this year, but also the strongest online novel in the history of the term. If you want to ask me why "Sword and Law" is so popular, whatever I say now is just hindsight, and the previous predictions were just the intuition of the old author. 】

[Wang Jing had seen the sample film of "The Wandering Earth" and predicted that the box office would fluctuate by no more than 20%; Gregory Peck knew that "Roman Holiday" would win an Oscar when he saw Hepburn. I have been an electrician for so many years. I can tell whether there is electricity or not...]

[Back to the topic, the most controversial point in "Sword and Law" is currently in the circle. Is this book in operation? It certainly exists, but it is different from the simple, crude and criticized "cheating data brushing" in the past. The method used is to attract traffic from the outside world. I think this method is very good. It does not harm other authors and can also bring new readers to the online articles. It's a pity that ordinary people can't learn from it. He drew Li Peifeng's character paintings by himself, he also participated in the creation of several theme songs, and he wrote, directed and acted in the trailer shooting... At least among the writers I know, there is no one with Li Peifeng. She is equally versatile, and by the way, he also opened a short video studio. How can we learn from him to attract traffic from short videos? Not that diamond! 】

[But no matter how high the exposure is, no matter how much traffic it attracts, even if you advertise on Xinwen Network and talk a thousand words, the work still has to stand the test so that "Sword and Law" can have its current reputation and popularity. score. 】

[I am following this book, and I think it is very awesome anyway. No matter from the writing style, imagination, power system, world structure... I can't write it at any level. It gives me a feeling similar to "Shu Mountain" by Huanzhu Louzhu. After reading it, I can only be amazed. To paraphrase Yu Hua’s quotations; Damn, why do you write so well? I’m so stupid! 】

[Let me tell you another prediction. "Sword and Law" will create the history of online literature, and may even change the current literary evaluation system... Okay, that's all. Peifeng, if you see it, next time I go to the capital, Remember to take the initiative to treat me to a meal. The more expensive one should at least be worthy of my thousand-word navy manuscript! ! 】

"Sure~"

Seeing his senior replying to him, Li Peifeng lost a lot of anger and left a comment on Frog's answer with a smile.

Under the frog, there is also a senior Internet writer; Lao Wu.

This is a heavyweight, platinum-finished writer who specializes in urban themes. Like Frog, in addition to being a writer, he is also a big V on Zhihu. The two have similar numbers of fans. They both had dinner and drinks with Li Peifeng at the annual meeting. This time, he also came to help with this issue...

[Lao Wu: It doesn’t matter whether “Sword and Law” is operated or not. It doesn’t matter whether you think it is good or not worthy of being so popular. The world does not run according to your personal will! understand? 】

[The quality of the work is there, everything else is just noise. If you feel weird in my book reviews, you don’t need to wait for other book friends to comment. My operations officer will directly send you a package to delete posts and ban comments. 】

["Sword and Law" is definitely a pioneering work. It breaks away from the traditional Western fantasy DND rules, but there are some traces of it; there seems to be a shadow of science fiction, but there are no previous rules; the power system is idealistic like that of Xianxia A set of things, yet specious. When you hear this, you may think it is a nonsensical hodgepodge. In fact, the book is quite clever and rigorous, which is amazing. This is very powerful. The fantasy world does not mean pure fantasy. The book "Sword and Law" is based on the premise of fantasy and gives you another logic that you cannot refuse but accept. 】

[To be honest, I always thought that Peifeng took drugs to write this kind of novel. But when I saw him in person and saw that the young man looked more energetic than me when I was 18 years old, I gave up this idea. doubt……】

[Frog said that "The Sword and the Law" will change the current literary evaluation system. It seems to be an exaggeration, but I agree with it. Not only because of the extraordinary influence of this work, but also because Peifeng is currently a member of this system. He is engaged in literary research. I have interacted with his mentor Zhao Qingge several times. Moreover, there are many big figures in traditional literature in Beihua Normal University. If Peifeng writes online articles while continuing his studies and entering a university, it will definitely bring about some changes. I am very much looking forward to this! 】

[As an aside, I have always thought that the character paintings in "Sword and Law" are great. I met Peifeng at the annual meeting and wanted him to draw some characters for the characters in my book, for a fee. That kind of thing, but in the end he didn't agree, saying that there were only two reasons why he picked up the paintbrush; either to paint the woman he liked, or to paint himself. The former is because of love, the latter is because of beauty... vomit~~ I felt physically uncomfortable and vomited on the spot. I really vomited. It was the first time I saw someone who was more narcissistic and shameless than a frog! It's really insulting to gentlemen! ! 】

One or two things in the world: "Brother Wu, teach me a lesson. Don't drink so much with me next time."

Li Peifeng politely left a comment under Lao Wu's answer. After reading other answers, most of them were angry at the questioner. After thinking for a few seconds, he decided to formally answer this post.

"No matter how scholars evaluate a book, no matter how unanimously they praise a certain book, as long as you are not interested in it, then you don't need to care about this book at all. However, Chinese, mathematics, Except for English, politics, geography, history, physics, chemistry, biology and other textbooks..."

Although this slanderous and offensive post was very popular, most of the people below were speaking in favor of Li Peifeng, and his anger subsided a lot. In the end, he calmly shook his head and ignored it.

If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight.

Since "Sword and Law" has become popular, it is inevitable to face more doubts and attacks. It is not realistic for Li Peifeng to reply one by one, and he does not have the energy.

What's more, these factors are insignificant and cannot affect the release of "Sword and Law" as scheduled.

At 10:30 a.m. on February 16, "Sword and Law" was officially released. Li Peifeng immediately uploaded three VIP chapters, and then he uploaded three more chapters at 6 p.m.

Each chapter has more than 4,000 words, and the total number of words in the six chapters is 25,000. This is just the necessary update to put it on the shelves.

In three days, Li Peifeng plans to reduce the update to just over 10,000. At this speed, he can not only ensure that the total number of manuscripts he has in stock remains unchanged, but also control the rhythm of the book to ensure that there is something to watch every day, so that readers can enjoy it. Keep reading.

If nothing unexpected happens, he will continue to update 10,000 words a day until the first volume of "Sword and Law", which is expected to be 3 million words, is completed.

The 25,000-word burst of updates on the day it was released was not as good as those tentacle monsters among the authors at the end, but it was still among the best.

Readers enjoyed reading it, and monthly tickets and rewards came in droves, and first-time subscription data also increased explosively.

As of 9:30 that night, the first order of "Sword and Law" had reached an unprecedented 300,000.

In the past, the work with the highest first order on the Dingmin platform did not exceed 100,000. The first order of "Sword and Law" directly broke this record three times.

Li Peifeng originally wanted to publish a single chapter to thank the readers, but he felt that the first order would increase even more before the 24 hours had passed, so he pressed the impulse and did not publish it, but the terminal could not bear it.

Vice President Chen Yong bypassed editor Xia Sheng and called him personally to express congratulations. Then he said that he would make an announcement and arrange an exclusive text interview tomorrow. He hoped that he would be prepared and so on...

"OK, no problem."

"About your contract, Mr. Yu and I have also discussed it, and we agreed that the old terms are not suitable for the current situation, so we may make a new one. Don't worry, it will definitely be more beneficial to you. If you have any ideas, you can also tell us I said, it's all negotiable."

Li Peifeng understood, it seems that what Xia Sheng told him before was not painting cakes!

"My side is still copyright issues, and there is also the aspect of overseas dissemination..."

Li Peifeng is very busy tonight. It's not because "Sword and Law" is on the shelves and there are updates. He has no worries about saving the manuscript and publishing the review manuscript. The main reason is that he needs to deal with a series of impacts after it is released.

Just after discussing the new contract with Chen Yong, his father Li Qiyuan called again, also talking about the issue of the shelves.

"How much will you earn per month for this book?"

Lao Li asked very straightforwardly. Li Peifeng frowned and said: "I can't really say now, because there is no reference. No one has obtained an initial subscription like mine before. Moreover, I am discussing a new contract with the platform, and the share may be even higher." rise……"

"Why don't you estimate the approximate number first."

Yu Huizhi interrupted, and Li Peifeng thought about it again and again, and said: "According to the old contract, if the copyright is not included and only the electronic manuscript fee of "Sword and Law" is counted, it will be four to five million per month before tax..."

"five million!"

Yu Huizhi exclaimed in a low voice, and then she and Li Qiyuan laughed in surprise: "Honey, did you hear that, Fengfeng can earn five million a month in the future! Not counting copyright!!"

"I heard it, I heard it. It's only before tax. After tax deduction, it will be reduced by at least one million..."

Li Qiyuan was also happy, but responded with a calm smile, and then said to Li Peifeng: "Your mother and I have almost played in Sanya, but there is still a while before school starts, so I plan to go to the capital to find you in the next two days. You Is it convenient?"

Li Peifeng said something bad, Sanya can't accommodate you, right? What are you looking for me for? If you come here, they might become monsters again...

Li Peifeng didn't want to complicate the current situation, so he pretended to hesitate: "Mom and Dad, didn't you say you didn't recognize me as your son before? Why did your attitude change now that you heard I made money?"

"Is this out of father's love or mother's love?!"

Li Qiyuan ignored his son's "laughing in laughter" self-question and answer, but said to Huizhi: "I won't see him anymore. Even seeing this traitor will affect the development of the second child in your belly, wife!"

(End of chapter)