As Chu Kuang's direct editor, Yang Feng cares more about readers' feedback on "Ghost Blows Out the Light" than anyone else.
When the time was almost up, he waited in front of the computer, constantly refreshing the readers' comments:
“The new work is really great!”
"I was scared to go to the bathroom... I'm a man, in broad daylight, I was scared to go to the bathroom!"
"You seem very proud?"
"Chu Kuang wants to scare me to death and then inherit my mortgage?"
"The Master does not speak of strange things, but this passage in the book actually justifies itself with materialism."
"Wait a minute, buddy upstairs, why don't you explain to me the principle of corpse amorphophallus in a materialistic way?"
"… "
Yang Feng couldn't help laughing.
How is it possible that all tomb-raiding novels have materialistic explanations
The book mentions corpse-scented konjac and many other weird and mysterious plots, which actually have a bit of a supernatural color.
Fortunately, this is not a point of concern for readers.
More people still think this book is scary and exciting:
"This plot is so exciting that it makes my scalp numb and my heart is still pounding. Is this old thief Chu Kuang taking revenge on us for scolding him for writing about Bi Yao's death? But the novel is indeed good, and old thief Chu Kuang is still talented."
"Oh my god, this is actually a horror novel. I'm scared but I want to read it too. I can't stop reading it!"
"It's a fantastic and amazing tomb-robbing novel. I think this novel should be placed in the adventure category. However, no matter what category it is placed in, it doesn't affect the fact that it is a niche novel. Fortunately, Chu Kuang has made this tomb-robbing theme a popular one."
"What major did Chu Kuang, the old thief, graduate from? Why does he seem to know everything? This book involves too much knowledge about geography and feng shui."
"Chu Kuang can now build ancient tombs and castles just by using block characters."
"… "
Good reviews, all good reviews!
The horror atmosphere certainly makes many readers difficult to adapt to, and the genre of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" is not at all similar to Chu Kuang's first two books, and even the style is very different.
But in terms of text quality, Chu Kuang’s new book is as wonderful as ever!
Of course it's scary too.
The vast majority of readers said that this book is scary and exciting at the same time, so basically, they are afraid but at the same time can't help but be curious about the next plot, so they can only read on in fear and excitement.
It is actually not easy to feel exciting emotions when reading novels.
There are many comments from readers from Qi Province here...
Most of these readers from Qi Province were reading Chu Kuang's works for the first time.
But such a first time is destined to be unforgettable. "Ghost Blows Out the Light" has attracted many new readers to Chu Kuang's trap.
Based on his experience, Yang Feng has made a judgment.
This book is done!
At this moment, Yang Feng was no longer nervous and breathed a sigh of relief: "As expected of Chu Kuang..."
In fact.
Not just the official website.
Many editors from other publishing houses in the industry are also paying attention to "Ghost Blows Out the Light".
However, unlike Qin Qi's readers, these editors focus on:
New type!
After sports and fantasy novels…
Chu Kuang has actually created a new type of novel!
Isn’t this too scary
Who writes a book that creates a new genre
Is Chu Kuang's creative style an era ahead of everyone else
If we look at it from a broader perspective, "Ghost Blows Out the Light" can indeed be considered suspense, horror, and adventure...
It's all right, after all, they are all related.
But if we divide it more finely and take into account the content, this novel is a unique tomb-raiding novel!
"This should be considered tomb robbing?"
"I feel like it's almost time."
To call it "xx flow", it must first become popular.
Now in the entire novel market, only "Ghost Blows Out the Light" is about tomb robbing, so this theme cannot support the word "popular" for the time being.
But what editor is not a fox...
Anyone can see that the ideas of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" can, if not be copied, at least be imitated!
The protagonist and his group enter the tomb to explore, and in the process of escaping various dangers, the author shows the horror and weirdness of the tomb.
What is it suitable for
Of course follow the trend!
Some quick-witted editors have already planned to let authors who are good at adventure, horror and suspense follow the trend of "Ghost Blows Out the Light".
Don’t even bother editing reminders.
Some authors have already been eyeing Chu Kuang's new book.
Follow Chu Kuang and you will have meat to eat!
If you can't eat the meat, at least you can drink the soup!
Many of the people who followed Chu Kuang in the first two waves tasted the sweetness.
So Chu Kuang once again created a new genre, and many people wanted to try if they could follow suit.
In this regard, editors in the industry are increasingly impressed:
"Three long novels, writing about all kinds of niche topics, and yet each of them is so well written. This novelist is simply a monster!"
"The Silver and Blue Library is so lucky to have an old pioneer like Chu Kuang."
"I never thought that tomb robbing could be written into a novel. It's lucky for other writers to have writers like Chu Kuang in the market. But it's another matter if Chu Kuang publishes a book at the same time."
"You are talking about Master Hai and Mo Tong, they will probably just be the background."
"The key point is that he used the first person. This is really amazing! Nowadays, let alone readers, even us editors, who wouldn't frown and reject a manuscript when seeing the first person?"
"So there is only one Chu Kuang..."
"Chu Kuang is as willful as ever, but he has too much capital to be willful."
“Once this book came out, his greatness was firmly established.”
"… "
Some people are puzzled.
The sales volume hasn't come out yet, are you so sure
Most of the editors smiled bitterly.
Does this still require waiting for sales
No need to wait for sales.
Just speaking from experience.
Because starting from that evening, all major novel forums on the Internet have been filled with discussions about "Ghost Blows Out the Light".
What is a tomb raider, what is a tomb raider...
Some people even conducted special popular science research online to prove that the tomb robbery written by Chu Kuang was real and very professional!
This heated discussion atmosphere has proved that the sales of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" will not be bad!
But there are indeed some people who cannot see through it or do not believe in it.
After all, we want to see more powerful market results to prove the popularity of "Ghost Blows Out the Light".
Maybe it's a critical but not commercial success
Only sales figures are real.
So how are the sales of "Ghost Blows Out the Light"
How does it compare to "The Sword Immortal Goes Down the Mountain" by the contemporary writer Mo Tong
How does it compare with "My Alien World is a Primitive Society" by Hai Shaoye, a writer of the same period
This was the suspense that was hyped by some people in the industry before June came.
However, this suspense completely lost its hype value a week after the release of "Ghost Blows Out the Light".
Because the sales of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" completely surpassed the other two popular books of the same period from the third day!
In the past two days, the sales of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" were basically the same as the other two novels.
Slightly higher than Master Hai, slightly lower than Mo Tong.
Mo Tong was once in the lead.
The effect of signing and selling books is still very good.
As for the reason why it suddenly overtook on the third day, it was also very simple...
The reputation of Chu Kuang’s "Ghost Blows Out the Light" has reached a certain level and it has exploded!
After a week, the sales of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" had completely crushed the sales of the two books in the same period.
As the novel's reputation became increasingly popular, readers who were originally on the sidelines finally had their own clear book-purchasing goals.
Crash!
The number of readers who bought "Ghost Blows Out the Light" in the bookstore continued to rise, and they all donated generously to Chu Kuang.
The gap has widened completely, almost like an insurmountable chasm.
Chu Kuang’s “Ghost Blows Out the Light” became the well-deserved number one hit in June!
It was also on this day that many bookstores naturally changed their main recommended work to "Ghost Blows Out the Light"!
The demon boy can only stand aside, let alone Young Master Hai.
Immediately following.
Orders from the Silver and Blue Bookstore are also coming in!
The publishing house began to print more copies of "Ghost Blows Out the Light".
Obviously.
This week is enough time for many people to finish reading this book.
As more and more people finished reading the book, discussions about it naturally became increasingly heated.
On blogs and blogs, even many famous writers couldn't help but comment on "Ghost Blows Out the Light" after reading the novel.
One of the more important ones is the famous sales champion in Qinzhou, Mr. Nanji, who is already 38 years old this year:
"When I first saw the title of the book, I thought it was a ghost story with a supernatural twist, but I was surprised when I read it. It turns out that the so-called ghost blowing out the light is a rule of the tomb robbers in the legend. They put a candle in the southeast corner of the tomb and keep one or two burial objects when taking them. If the candle goes out, they have to put all the stolen treasures back to their original places... Isn't it mysterious? But it can actually be explained seriously. The candle going out means there is not enough oxygen. This detail shows the skill of Chu Kuang in this new book."
also.
Writer Chen Xing, whose novel sales are not much worse than Nan Ji, also expressed his own views:
"Chu Kuang may not be the best-selling author in the field of long-length fantasy, but he is definitely the most amazing one! In fact, tomb robbing has been popular for two thousand years. Due to the development of thousands of years, the techniques have been constantly innovated, forming a cultural undercurrent hidden underground. I am very interested in this industry, but I didn't expect that someone would write it into a novel, and write it so brilliantly."
"… "
Nan Ji and Chen Xing are considered the top long-length fantasy writers in Qin Province, mainly because their works have high sales.
There is a strong call for the two to be named the first Supreme God.
Their evaluations have made "Ghost Blows Out the Light" more widely recognized.
And except for the top writers of the same type.
The Literary Gazette, which is considered a semi-official media, even published an article about this novel:
"Chu Kuang's new book "Ghost Lantern Blowing" became popular because of its unique subject matter, but its definition is very vague. There are different opinions on horror, supernatural, suspense, horror, etc. But if you think about it carefully, it is more representative to call it tomb robbery. The rules of the tomb robbery industry are written in detail in the book, and even divided into different schools. But the weird things in the book are not limited to the tomb itself. The Queen of Jingjue used a thousand-year-old Kunlun sacred tree as a coffin, and planted a strange flower, corpse-fragrant konjac, on it. Anyone who approaches will have hallucinations, go crazy and die. Many people think it is fantasy. In fact, the prototype of this flower is the Titan konjac flower, which is planted in a botanical garden in Yanzhou. Chu Kuang's writing style, which seems to borrow from the ancient wild history, legends and modern anecdotes of Blue Star, should also become popular soon, but his writing purpose is not to become a historical archaeology textbook, but to pursue a kind of imagination that exists wonderfully in the real world..."
This report shocked many people.
First, it was the Literary Gazette that established the “tomb-robbing trend” status pioneered by Chu Kuang’s new book.
Semi-official newspapers and periodicals certified Chu Kuang as a pioneer.
Secondly, the content of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" seems to be particularly solid!
Everyone thought that corpse amorphophallus was complete nonsense and the product of the writer's imagination, but the Literary Gazette actually found the prototype
Although these descriptions do not completely match the situation, they can explain some strange phenomena in the novel.
There is also an explanation for Antarctica.
People light candles and ghosts blow out the lights, the lights go out when the cock crows, and you can’t touch the gold…
This sounds very cool and seems like a ridiculous setting. It turns out that it is due to the principle of lack of oxygen
The more you understand it, the more you feel that "Ghost Blows Out the Light" is not simple. All the settings are traceable and make sense, not to mention the feng shui, geography and other classified knowledge in the book!
Some people also think that this report in the Literary Gazette is intended to establish Chu Kuang's status in the industry.
The Literary and Art Association has clearly sent out a signal through its newspapers:
Chu Kuang must be one of the candidates for the great god in the fantasy field this time!
With all other candidates still pending, Chu Kuang secured the first spot with his performance in "Ghost Blows Out the Light".
In fact.
At a time when Chu Kuang’s new book has triggered a sales frenzy.
If he doesn't get this great spot, everyone will doubt the fairness of this selection.
So the Literary and Art Association’s report is very smart and timely.
They set Chu Kuang as a role model.
There is no suspense about this model.
The performance of new books in June is obvious.
The new work of Master Hai released during the same period, which was about adventures in another world, was indistinguishable from the crowd and had mediocre sales.
Mo Tong's "The Swordsman Goes Down the Mountain" has achieved impressive sales thanks to the freshness of the fantasy theme, his own writing ability, and the quality of the novel's plot.
Unfortunately, it was still crushed by "Ghost Blows Out the Light".
The fact that the Literary Gazette, a publication under the Literary and Art Association, did not give any relevant reviews of Mo Tong's new book already says a lot.
Whether from the outside world or the official, everyone recognizes Chu Kuang's new work.
Worth mentioning is…
Most people on the Internet think that although Mo Tong’s work is good, the novel is not as good as "Ghost Blows Out the Light".
It is even inferior to his previous work "Zhu Xian".
In a sense, Mo Tong was killed twice in a row by Chu Kuang.
Inexplicably, someone's heart once again emerged with these words:
"Those who learn from me will live, those who imitate me will die."
As Chu Kuang created new schools time and time again, this description became more and more appropriate.
The demon boy learned very well.
He grasped the essence of "Zhu Xian", so his new book that followed suit also sold very well.
But success was due to Chu Kuang, and failure was also due to Chu Kuang.
When everyone is learning from Chu Kuang, who will surpass him
This question has almost no answer.
At least Mo Tong, who was best at following the trend, proved with his strength that he could not surpass Chu Kuang by following the trend.
"… "
None of this was too unexpected for Lin Yuan. After all, this was Ghost Blows Out the Light Plus.
As the originator of the earth's tomb-raiding genre and a phenomenal masterpiece that has triggered countless follow-up waves, it deserves such influence.
If there was anything unexpected, it was probably the first comment under Xianyu’s blog post that left Lin Yuan puzzled:
"Your Ah Kuang's new book is really good!"
Lin Yuan began to wonder if he had been exposed.
How did this fan know that Chu Kuang... is actually from my family