Open up and break into another world

Let me earnestly explain to my brothers the update situation over the past six months!

Actually, I had been thinking about posting this message as early as half a year ago; finally, today I can release it as I wished.

It was probably in June 2016, when I, Old Wang, a seasoned and unsuccessful writer, started "Hanging Out in Another World with Cheats," with the idea of creating one last work. Unexpectedly, once the book was released, the results were explosive!

Yes, it really was explosive!

With the support of many brothers, the book's performance during the free period was all the way high, even surpassing several super-god-level authors who released books at the same time! At that time, Old Wang really had a delusion: Was I going to become a god?

Old Wang is a part-time author. During the new book period, he had to ensure the number of updates, so that the website would arrange recommendations. At that time, Old Wang really saw a glimmer of hope on the road of online novels for the first time, so he did not hesitate to choose to work hard!

Working during the day and writing at night; three updates were guaranteed, often four or even more! If there are old friends who started following the book during that period, seeing my words, they should remember that Old Wang often updated until after three in the morning, just to write one more chapter!

During that time, I really worked hard!

My family thought I was crazy, and other authors in the industry also said: Old Wang, you are working so hard, don't you want your life?

I said: Let's give it a try, maybe this is my last chance in online novels.

Then, the book started charging for subscriptions. The readers during the free period, after the charging started, only one out of a hundred remained!

Out of a hundred readers, less than one read the genuine version, and the rest ran to read pirated versions...

After charging for subscriptions, I continued to work hard for a period of time, probably up to more than 1.5 million words. During that time, I often had bursts of updates.

However, after that, I should have hardly ever had any bursts of updates. There is no high-sounding reason, only one reason: my body couldn't take it!

Just imagine, going to bed at two or three in the morning every night, and having to get up at seven o'clock the next morning to go to work; moreover, this kind of part-time life is not one day, but a long-term thing!

Over time, my body has collapsed.

Before writing this book, I was a wind-chasing teenager on the sports field; after writing this book, I gained more than 20 pounds and became sloppy all over. My wife said that this is not real fat, but false fat due to being too tired.

I am really worried that one day, I will suddenly die from writing a book in front of the computer in the middle of the night. If that is the case, in addition to becoming a topic of conversation for other authors in the industry, my death will have no other value - this kind of thing is real in our author circle, and there is more than one case.

So at that time, I told my brothers: From now on, I will not update later than twelve o'clock.

It's really tiring and scary!

Earning pitiful money, but suffering physically and mentally.

I often see brothers saying, you are an author, you should be dedicated!

How to be dedicated?

Take a life in exchange for a pound of rice?

However, in fact, later I still often updated after midnight, even after one or two in the morning...

Sometimes I also ask myself, why?

I can only say, to give the few genuine readers who are waiting for updates an explanation!

I am also a reader, and I also understand the suffering of waiting for updates. In the past, when waiting for updates, I would also scold: What is this dog author doing all day long? Writing a chapter obviously only takes a few hours, so write it for me!

Only when I started writing books did I know that the most difficult thing about writing books is not coding, but conceiving - I spend much more time on conceiving every day than on coding. Moreover, the more the book gets to the later stages, the more plots cannot be written, and the more tiring it is to conceive!

If I were a full-time author, I could read a lot of other novels every day to draw inspiration. But I am just a part-time author, and when I get home from work every day, it's already evening, and my brothers are still waiting for me to update - if I don't update, and go to read novels to draw inspiration?

That's impossible!

If I really explain this to the readers, saying that I can't write, and I'm going to read novels to find inspiration!

I can be sure that readers will immediately come out and say: I admire this excuse!

Is this an excuse?

Actually, only author friends know!

Sometimes when I see readers say, why are you writing worse and worse?

In fact, sometimes, it's not that I don't know that I'm writing badly, but... even if I know I'm writing badly, I have to bite the bullet and write!

Because, if I don't write, there will be more scolding!

Even if I know that I'm not writing a book, I'm conceiving the plot; but do readers believe this explanation?

I just want to ask reader friends one question: Which author doesn't want to write more and earn more?

My wife really gives me a lot of support for writing books. Sometimes she also says, why don't you quit your job and write books full-time?

Quit my job... these four words are very light, but they bear the weight of a family.

To be honest, this book has earned some money, but it's about the same as my salary. And when I go to work, in addition to my salary, there is also social security; writing books does not have social security!

Moreover, with my current job, I can be sure I'll continue to receive a salary; the longer I work, the higher my salary will be. However, with writing, the next book might not earn me a single penny.

Some reader brothers have also encouraged me to go full-time. But honestly, do you feel I'm qualified to go full-time?

Unless nine of those ninety-nine pirating readers come back to read the legitimate version—don't underestimate these nine legitimate readers, you have to know that my legitimate readership is 'one in a hundred'; if nine out of a hundred come back, then my income could increase tenfold!

Even if only two come back, my income could double or triple!

And this is also the sorrow of an author—whether or not they have food to eat depends entirely on the mood of the readers.

Some people might say, if your book isn't well-written, and you can't keep readers, who's to blame?

Since ancient times, deep affection can't hold a heart, only routine formulas can win people over.

Brothers, open up your book collections and take a look, you'll find that eight out of ten books are exactly the same routine!

But, 'Hanging-On Adventure in Another World', there's only one!

Of course, this doesn't mean anything for improving my income—the website just likes to promote that kind of cookie-cutter formulaic writing. Otherwise, you wouldn't see so many identical books.

It should have been around August of last year, around my birthday, when I told you brothers that my body really couldn't take it anymore, and I was reducing my updates from three chapters to two.

My body really couldn't take it, but there was another reason: at that time, my wife found out she was pregnant.

My wife, should be said to be a very delicate person! Yes, very delicate! (This sentence shouldn't be seen, right?)

What happens when a delicate person gets pregnant? They become a hundred times more delicate!

So, after getting off work every day, in addition to staying up late writing, I had one more thing to do: coax my wife!

Moreover, my wife's health wasn't very good during her pregnancy, and she went to the hospital dozens of times before and after—these dozens of days of leave had to be made up with work; so, the updates became even slower.

But actually, when I think about it, my wife has really been extremely supportive of my career.

Older brothers may have experience with this, wives especially need companionship after they become pregnant.

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For example, when my wife was pregnant, she would sleep much better if I was by her side. However… brothers, look at the time I update every day, and you'll find out how rare it was for my wife to have a good sleep.

Occasionally, if I go to bed before eleven o'clock, it's a very good gift for my wife. And the price I pay for giving this gift is that many brothers will say: Damn it, Old Wang, you're slacking off again, going to bed at eleven!

Honestly, I owe my wife a lot.

To put it nicely, it's called pursuing a dream; to put it bluntly, it's damn selfish.

I don't want to let down the readers, and I don't want to let down my family. But, I'm not doing either well.

Today, I'm posting a special chapter to explain, because… today, your brother Wang, I, became a father!

Starting the day before yesterday, Old Wang has been in the hospital, so there's only been one update these past two days. The day before yesterday, some brothers should have already guessed my situation, right?

Actually, we found out about the pregnancy in August of last year. It was already thirty or forty days at the time; until today, at 35 weeks, it was a few days early.

During the day, outside the delivery room, I was so nervous that I was trembling all over; when I really couldn't hold it in, I hid from my mom and went to the stairwell alone to wipe away tears.

At that time, I suddenly realized that as an author, I hadn't even thought of a name for my child…

What an irony!

Fortunately, everything is fine, and the baby was born safely!

Then I suddenly realized that I had more responsibility on my shoulders.

From now on, I not only have to work hard to make life better, but also work hard to make my child's future better.

No matter what my child does in the future, I don't want him to be a miserable code monkey.

From now on, there will be a new member in the family to take care of. It's even more impossible to quit my job, that's for the child's milk money; and writing… I really don't dare to brag about explosive updates or anything—I still have a bit of self-awareness about how much time I have!

But I will still try to update twice a day, and I will give this book a perfect ending—this is my promise to you brothers from beginning to end.

Finally, thank you to every brother who sees this sentence! It is you who have been with me, making my coding, my frivolous and unrealistic dreams, meaningful!

Even more thanks to every brother who reads the legitimate version, making my hard work and efforts have a tangible return!

The night is deep, and after a day of excitement and nervousness, Old Wang, I am really tired today, and I really can't calm down to code.

I'm in the hospital now, sitting by my wife's bed. My great wife has finally fallen into a sweet sleep, and I'm holding my phone, typing out this passage—don't say that me typing so much is not as good as updating one more chapter. Actually, Old Wang's typing speed is very fast; but, typing fast doesn't mean writing fast.

Writing takes more time for conceptualization, and the actual time spent typing is very little.

Finally, I wish every married brother or sister to have a precious child soon! And I hope unmarried brothers and sisters will work hard!

Thank you for everything life has given me!

Thank you for all the encounters!

Thank you for everyone's concern!

Finally, I'll end this message with the most annoying four words: No update today!