Chapter 87

Two months ago, on the morning of January 20th, Jiudeng uploaded the first chapter of "Super Quality Feng Shui Master." Since then, two months have passed.

Looking back on the days that have gone by, I have many feelings. If you were one of the readers who started following the book from the beginning, you would know that Jiudeng initially named it "Tao Says Feng Shui." It was only after a friend's advice that it was changed to "Super Quality Feng Shui Master."

Over these two months, from the Spring Festival to finding a job and starting work in a different place, Jiudeng has consistently updated the book without a single break. This is something that Jiudeng never thought possible before.

Jiudeng is a complete newcomer. Every day, hundreds of new authors at起点 (Qidian) dive in with great enthusiasm, dreaming of becoming a god of writing. However, how many of them can stay? Most give up because they can't persist. Jiudeng is grateful not to be one of them, as Jiudeng has managed to stick it out.

Jiudeng's book was signed after reaching 100,000 words, which took almost a month to write. Compared to many other authors, this pace is slow, but for a newcomer, Jiudeng considers it quite good.

With no readers and no collections, Jiudeng doesn't know how he managed to persist. In the author group, every day, a few new authors come in with high spirits, making grand declarations. But how many of them are ultimately crushed by reality and leave in disappointment? Jiudeng is fortunate not to be one of them, as Jiudeng has persisted.

Jiudeng has seen many new authors dive into web novels with enthusiasm, only to be beaten down by reality and leave in despair. Jiudeng cherishes this signing opportunity and understands the difficulty of writing.

In the past, Jiudeng always thought that books with fewer than 200,000 words weren't worth reading because they were too short. Fortunately, Qidian has many readers who don't mind the word count. If everyone thought like Jiudeng, it would be even harder for new authors to survive.

The difficulty of writing can only be truly understood when you experience it yourself. Sometimes, when inspiration strikes, you can write three chapters or even 10,000 words in one go. But as a newcomer, you often get stuck, spending half a day to write just a few hundred words. There were nights when Jiudeng wrote and deleted, deleted and wrote, from evening until the early hours of the morning, only to end up with 300 words.

However, for Jiudeng and other Qidian authors, these are not the real challenges. The greatest motivation comes from the recognition and encouragement of readers. Even if you stay up until 2 or 3 AM, with red eyes, seeing a single encouraging comment in the book review section or an increase in collections can instantly dispel all fatigue and exhaustion.

It's hard to imagine the disappointment when, after writing until 2 or 3 AM, you check the data and find no increase in recommendations or collections. In the past month, Jiudeng often wondered if it was worth it to write until the early hours of the morning, knowing that no one was reading the book and no one would know about the effort. Jiudeng thought about giving up.

Many times, Jiudeng wanted to smash the computer and quit Qidian, never to write again. Working during the day and writing at night, sacrificing most of the rest time, for such meager results, was it worth it?

Those were the most confusing days for Jiudeng. This confusion lasted until February 14th, when a message from the Qidian editorial department appeared in the backend, informing Jiudeng that the novel had been accepted for signing.

Jiudeng still remembers the feeling at that moment. After returning from an interview, feeling tired, the message instantly lifted the fatigue, filling Jiudeng with joy. Jiudeng wanted to take a big breath and laugh out loud.

Jiudeng can admit, somewhat embarrassedly, that the message was read more than fifty times that night, and Jiudeng kept checking the backend every few minutes, filled with joy and satisfaction.

Jiudeng wanted to share this joy with someone but couldn't think of anyone to tell. Jiudeng hadn't told friends about writing the novel, fearing poor results, and certainly hadn't told family. In the end, Jiudeng announced the news in the author group, as Jiudeng was afraid of not being able to sleep if the news was kept inside.

However, even after sharing the news, Jiudeng still couldn't sleep that night.

The signing was the biggest affirmation for Jiudeng. After enduring the darkest month, Jiudeng can now confidently say that no matter what happens, the book will not be abandoned.

The hardest month has passed. Is there anything harder than the first month for a newcomer? In the third week after signing, the first week of March, Jiudeng received the first recommendation, the legendary news push.

This first recommendation brought Jiudeng a lot of surprises. Even if future recommendations are better, none can replace the emotion of the first news push.

Within a day, the book gained over 200 collections and received the first non-friendship donation. The happiness of that first donation is still vivid in Jiudeng's memory. That week, the book's collections broke 1,000, and Jiudeng received the first red encouragement from a reader. All of this reignited the passion that had been dulled, and Jiudeng is determined to write the book well and make it exciting.

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Phew, I didn't realize I had written over a thousand words. I won't continue rambling. This is just a reflection of Jiudeng's feelings over the past two months. Since I couldn't share them with anyone, I had to trouble you to listen to Jiudeng's rambling. Of course, if you don't want to read it, you can skip it. (But by the time you read this, you've already finished listening to Jiudeng's rambling.)

With no way to thank you, Jiudeng can only repay you with more exciting stories in the future!

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