Slap.
Slap.
In the early morning, there was a light rain.
The cold fog covered the window casement, and the pattering raindrops slanted on the window sill, like the sound of stringed and urgent pipes, covering the sound of keyboard tapping in the room.
Zhang Chen hummed happily.
The novels he has read are still fresh in his memory, as if the pages of an illusory book are opened in his mind, one after another clear words are presented.
This kind of convenience made him not have to think. He tapped his ten fingers on the keyboard quickly, and then typed out those familiar words and sentences smoothly.
After writing a chapter and saving the manuscript, click Save, and skillfully switch to the writer's background, the rapidly rising data curve is clearly displayed on the screen. One after another enthusiastic comments filled the entire computer screen.
The love and admiration of readers is overwhelming.
Long rainbow farts, self-created fan pictures, fan novels written out of love for the characters, various tap water Amway posts, and rewards one after another... because a favorite A favorite novel, a favorite author, these people who should have been scattered all over the world, and may never have known each other in this life, gathered in the same comment area, as if they had become a family.
And the author of "Son of Heaven" is the link that connects all people together.
For so many readers' unabashed enthusiasm, love, admiration and admiration, since Zhang Chen was reborn one year ago, Zhang Chen has been flattered at the beginning, and now it is taken for granted. ?Today's habit, don't take it seriously?.
He just smiled and didn't respond.
Taking the day of his rebirth as a turning point, his life almost underwent a major reversal. The him who achieved nothing a year ago, and the him who is so popular and famous now, seem to have been split into two people.
How impermanent are the things in this world.
In the past, Zhang Chen never thought that he would have the opportunity to live again. When he was reborn a year ago, he was really at a loss for half a month, until he found that he remembered all the things he had seen in the past ten years in his mind. ?novel.
That's when he decided to go back to his old career.
In the past ten years, although Zhang Chen has read many novels, not all of them have been read in full, and the results of these novels vary greatly. He carefully screened out the twenty books with the most complete and best grades in his memory.
At that time, Zhang Chen first aimed at a popular sci-fi book "Xing Hai". Unexpectedly, when he was gearing up to start copying, the original author had released it three days ago—before he was at a loss. During that time?, it made him miss the opportunity to release "Xinghai".
Only then did Zhang Chen realize that these novels were not a secret treasure that only he knew. He could copy them whenever he wanted.
They are sovereign in themselves.
If Zhang Chen can't copy the novel out before the original author publishes it, the memory in his mind will be wasted. He must race against time with the original author.
He didn't dare to delay for another moment, and immediately listed the remaining 19 novels according to the time they should have been released according to his impression, forming a timeline.
In order to ensure that "Xinghai" did not happen again, the first thing he copied was the newcomer Wang Xuanhuan's "Bei Xuan Biography", which will be released soon. Not long after "Bei Xuan Biography" was serialized, he double-published the fairy tale novel " Fairy Way".
In the past year, with these two popular works released at the same time, each novel was updated at least 10,000 times a day. When encountering special events such as rewards and rankings, more than a dozen chapters will be released consecutively for exposure. Chen has successfully transformed from a young rookie into a new master of Lingdian Book City, with countless book fans. Hardworking and talented? Who doesn't love brilliant authors
A month ago, the two double-opening books were finally finished, and Zhang Chen immediately set his sights on the third book on his reading list, the horror novel "Sly Song" by the fantasy writer "Yunshang" after his transformation. .
There are only so many novels in Zhang Chen's mind, and one book is used for one less. He vaguely remembered that "Yunshang" was transformed in this year, and maybe he would start writing "Sly Song" in a few months. Therefore, as soon as the old article was finished, he would not stop reading for readers. The group announced that they would open a new book.
The readers were all whetted, and asked about the title and genre of the book in the group. One of the local rich readers who firmly occupied the top of his reward list, "Takoyaki", is still there? The reader group is crazy about it? The gods blow rainbow farts.
Zhang Chen knows this reader whose ID is Takoyaki. The other party seems to be young. The first conversation in the reader group revealed a lot of information in reality. It seems to be a white man. Miss Fumei.
Probably males always like to show off in front of females, and after being praised by the imaginary cute little sister, Zhang Chen is completely lost, and on the spur of the moment, he spread the first 30,000 words of "Sly Song" to the readers Character.
The plot of this horror novel is bizarre and thrilling. The beginning of only 30,000 words brings its own characteristics to the extreme.
After reading the beginning, the readers were full of praise and frantically urged for updates. Zhang Chen was so praised that he was ecstatic, saying that if he saved some manuscripts, he would officially open the article next month.
Coincidence happened.
Only half a month later, the real author of "Sly Song" suddenly posted an article in Zero Point Bookstore.
And Zhang Chen's readers quickly discovered this article that was almost copied and pasted from the title to the content of his own. This is simply the lowest and most arrogant plagiarism!
They informed Zhang Chen of the matter as soon as possible.
Looking back now, Zhang Chen still remembers his flustered, guilty conscience, embarrassment, and fear at that moment. It's like a thief who stole someone else's clothes but was bumped into by the original owner. It seems that someone will take off his clothes in the next moment, revealing nothing inside.
At that moment he even had some regrets.
If he hadn't sent the beginning of the 30,000 words to the readers on the spur of the moment, at most he would have missed this "Sly Song" like he missed "Xing Hai", and only he knew everything. The big deal is another copy.
But now, everyone has seen that he and "On the Cloud" have collided with exactly the same title and content. Among them, there must be one person who plagiarized!
In the past one year, Zhang Chen's mentality has undergone a great change. He likes the current life, which is so glamorous and sought after by others. He absolutely cannot accept changing back to the original state—
In his mind, he even imagined the picture of being disgraced and everyone shouting and beating after being exposed.
"No! I will never plead guilty to plagiarism! This will destroy me! This will destroy everything I am now!"
When Zhang Chen woke up from the panic and made up his mind, he realized that the wind direction on the Internet was different from what he had imagined.
At this time, he was recognized by countless people as talented, full of aura, and liked to try different types of masters, while "On the Cloud" was just a man who had been depressed for more than a year, but had never written a book. An average author of horror stories.
Even if you only compare the initial release times of two people, you can still tell who is right and who is wrong.
Countless readers spontaneously "walked the way for the sky".
Only then did Zhang Chen come to his senses. He was no longer the little author who hit the street. All the evidence was correct. He was more powerful. What was he afraid of
It seems that the thief who stole someone else's clothes but found the purchase certificate in the pocket of the clothes. Therefore, even if he ran into the original owner of the clothes on the street and was caught on the spot, he dared to take out the clothes with confidence. Credentials come, loudly? Yelling. The onlookers, who did not know the truth, began to accuse the original owner and defend the thief.
An absurd and funny thing just happened.
A few days before the incident, in order to prove its innocence, "Yunshang" posted a series of novel materials about "Sly Song" on Weibo, including many folk horror legends. There is even an outline of the novel?.
—And Zhang Chen doesn’t have any of these things
After posting the material and outline, "On the Cloud" also asked Zhang Chen to post his own material and outline.
Of course, his original words are: "I don't know why my original work is exactly the same as the content of the new book of the emperor. This is really an unbelievable thing. It's like strangers in the world There is a possibility that the two people in my life will look the same... So I will post all the evidence that I think will help me. If the emperor is willing to post my writing ideas and materials Come out, it would be even better if two phases are confirmed. Maybe we are the coincidental twins?"
What "Yunshang" said was actually very modest, but the guilty Zhang Chen only felt a wave of irony rushing towards his face, and he almost turned from embarrassment into anger all at once.
Of course, he couldn't post any outline, so he sent out a strange sentence: "What a coincidence. Just last night, my computer was visited by hackers. All the files in the computer, including novels The material and outline have been lost.”
After Zhang Chen made this statement, the "Yunshang" account was almost overwhelmed by Heizi. Malicious plagiarism, looking for hackers to steal the original author's outline, anti-slandering the original author... One after another, hats are put on the other party's head.
This is simply a cyberbullying.
In the following month, I never logged in to the account on the cloud again, nor did I continue to update it in Zero Point Bookstore. The other party seemed to have completely resigned to fate and fell silent.
A great god who he could only look up to in his previous life was defeated by him so lightly
Zhang Chen's heart changed drastically at this moment.
It was as if a beggar had smashed the emperor to death with a scythe, and many things that once bound him were suddenly not worth mentioning. That sense of awe that seems to exist in everyone
When facing the original authors of those novels, Zhang Chen felt a little guilty in his heart, as if he was lowering his head. This is also mixed with the author's admiration for the top masters in the industry.
But the fall of "Yunshang" seemed to have destroyed the high wall in his heart, and the statue collapsed, making the words "just so" spontaneously emerge in his heart.
... He is the person who has the essence of novels for the next ten years, and now he is a great master himself. As for those future masters, some haven't yet started writing novels, and they are destined to fail to catch up with him in the future. What is he guilty of fearing
When thinking changes, people will be more relaxed.
Taking advantage of this one month, and taking advantage of the huge attention gained from this plagiarism incident, Zhang Chen released a new book "Sly Song" in Zero Point Bookstore. Up to now, nearly 400,000 words have been updated, and it will be published tonight. To be officially launched.
Zhang Chen set a timing for the archived manuscripts to be released today, and only then? Opened his reader group, @All Members, and announced the good news.
All of a sudden, the readership exploded, and there was a lot of excitement. Everyone said that they would definitely subscribe as soon as possible.
Zhang Chen glanced over the messages on the screen, and hummed softly in his mouth, his spirits high.
Just at this time, he suddenly saw someone in the reader group asking: "Really? Why hasn't Zhenzhen girl been online these two days? She? Is not a diehard fan of the emperor, every day Do you have to go online to guard?"
"True" is the real name that "Takoyaki" mentioned in the reader group, so the people in the group began to call her "True".
And? Someone? @了张陈, asked him if he was clear.
Zhang Chen was stunned, and suddenly remembered that the day before yesterday when he habitually flirted with Bai Fumei privately, the two of them casually mentioned "on the cloud".
Zhang Chen just expressed his grievances, but the other party immediately promised that he would teach "Yunshang" a lesson and vent his anger on him.
Zhang Chen didn't take her words to heart.
But that seems to be the last time two people chatted.
... Could it be that what she said is true? Did she really go to teach "Yunshang" a lesson
"I don't know her situation, maybe something happened in reality and it's not convenient to go online."
Almost subconsciously concealing the conversation between the two, Zhang Chen typed such a sentence in the group.
But his brows furrowed deeply.
A bad premonition suddenly hit my heart.
"Snapped!"
At this moment, the lights in the room suddenly went out. The light on the computer screen also dimmed, and the power was cut off.
The sunlight outside the window disappeared at some point. It seemed that there was an invisible and intangible curtain that blocked all the light from the outside world, and the whole room was darkened.
A gust of cool wind brushed across Zhang Chen's forearm, and his whole body shivered uncontrollably. When the body leaned back slightly, his forehead suddenly felt cold.
Tick, tick, tick.
It was as if drops of water were falling from the ceiling, one by one, falling on his forehead.
Zhang Chen couldn't help but raised his hand to wipe it, and suddenly, an unusual stench spread from his fingertips to his nasal cavity.
"Blood, it's blood..."
He was about to stand up from the chair with a jerk, but because of too much movement, he tripped over the chair and suddenly fell to the ground, his body trembling.
Zhang Chen was in a trance.
Amidst the panic, another inexplicable sense of familiarity flooded into his heart unconsciously.
Suddenly, his body shook, and dense goosebumps covered his whole body in an instant.
An indescribable terror filled him.
"This is... the plot in the cunning song!"