I Sell Books, Not Laughs!

One year there was a famine, and the people had no food to eat. They had to dig grass roots and eat Guanyin soil. Many people starved to death. The news was quickly reported to the palace. The emperor sat high and was greatly puzzled when he heard the report. The "kind" emperor thought hard and came up with a solution: "The people are hungry and have no rice to eat. Why not eat meat porridge?"

In our lives, there will always be some people who appear to be very kind and understanding, but in fact they are not.

Recently, I took my wife to Nanjing every day to accompany her for medical treatment. Although it was a minor problem, the treatment process was quite cumbersome. Go there by train in the morning and come back by train in the afternoon. Sometimes there are no seats on the train and you may have to stand for more than an hour. Or take a bus to rush home, which takes longer.

It’s really tiring. Imagine your long-distance journey, think about taking a long-distance bus or train, and then think about spreading this process to a month and doing this every day.

The writing is therefore in poor condition.

I have said hello to this matter a long time ago, but many people still don’t understand it. Or they think they understand.

A few days ago, I stopped updating for a day because of a mistake. I have explained what happened and apologized. It was indeed my mistake. In fact, I had already saved the manuscript in the Qidian backend, but the scheduled update was not set properly. It happened that something was urgent one night and I came home very late. When I found someone, I started scolding my father and mother.

At that time, I was so angry that I simply didn’t update it.

At the same time, I am also very confused, what causes this phenomenon to occur? How should I deal with this?

The next day I announced that I would stop updating for a hundred years, and all updates were accidental.

Then I started to update once a day, twice a day, and three times a day.

I found that those who scolded my father and mother disappeared and no longer made trouble. There was even some excitement and noise in the book review area. On the surface, this is a question of updating, but in essence?

I announced that I would stop updating for a hundred years, but I have been updating continuously for so many days. Is this an accident? Sometimes there are more accidents. Is this accident bigger than the accident that day?

Why don't these people make a fuss about these accidents? And what about scolding father and mother?

Some people will immediately reply: "This is because you, the author, have updated it."

Yes, it has been updated. But essentially?

It's also an accident, why can't these people generalize?

This is because the things I do are in their interests!

So these people seem to be very kind, very understanding, and very supportive of me, but in fact they are just supporting their interests. These "supports" do not truly understand your author's suffering, but are just as "kind" as that emperor.

These days, some readers have complained, saying: Master Gu, you have gone too far, for the sake of a few people, at the expense of everyone reading books. I see you are unhappy.

I’m here to answer: How come I’m causing trouble for everyone to read? I said I would stop updating for a hundred years. When did I stop updating?

These people are complaining for their own benefit and are not really trying to understand me.

certainly.

I know this is human nature and normal. I write a book and you read it. Why do I force you to understand me? You are an author, just writing a book, who am I? friend? family? hehe.

This is normal and I accept it of course. In fact, I never force others to understand me.

But one thing I can't accept is scolding my father and mother, and blurting out dirty words! ! !

I write and sell books, why should my parents be scolded?

If you sell things in a shopping mall, do you want your parents to be scolded?

I write a book, I put a lot of effort and time into it, I put in the work, and the results I get are justifiable. I sell books for a few cents per thousand words, and a few cents for reading a chapter, which may not even be as much as the price of a cigarette.

You open a cigarette shop and sell cigarettes. If someone buys cigarettes, you tell them that if the cigarettes are out of stock today, they can come and buy them tomorrow, or they can go to another store to buy cigarettes.

At this time, the customer yells and insults you and your family. How do you feel?

You must be unhappy, and neither am I!

I tell you, no one will be happy, everyone will be unhappy!

If I am unhappy, I will express it.

Why do I write a book? It’s about fulfilling your dream and making money to support your family at the same time.

It's life!

Not survival.

In this world, some people survive and some live.

I am the latter.

What I pursue is a high-quality life and a comfortable life. It’s not for you to insult me.

I'm not someone who sells jokes, I'm just someone who writes books and sells them. I'm not an idol, so I have to bear with you scolding me for fear of losing fans.

For me, if you lose followers, just drop them. If you subscribe or collect, just drop them.

what is the relationship?

A few years ago, when I wrote the book "Gu Zhenren", I never thought about making money. If I wanted to make money, I wouldn’t update my status like this, and I wouldn’t write about this kind of subject at all.

This is because I am different from others. The main purpose of writing a book is to write the book itself. Making money is incidental and secondary.

Before "Gu Zhenren", I wrote many books, and I have proudly announced many times: I have completed every one of them, and I have never failed!

This is the truth.

Maybe many people still don’t understand the real meaning behind this fact.

That is - no matter what book I write, no matter how successful the book is or whether it sells well or not, I will write down all the concepts in my mind.

If I wrote a book just to make money, what would I do?

"Gu Zhenren" has been updated one after another for several years, and it was only recently that some achievements were revealed, giving me the hope and possibility of doing this full-time.

I am also very interested in it because this is likely to be a high-quality lifestyle.

But even if I work full-time, will I change my original intention and write exclusively for money?

What I pursue is a quality life, money is secondary.

My concept about money is that poverty kills people, but wealth can also kill people. I can eat abalone and sea cucumber, and I can also eat rice porridge.

When I was a child, I lived a hard life, and I am not afraid of hard times in the future.

Even if I have a son now, I don't have the idea of ​​​​most parents, who want to find ways to provide him with a prosperous life. If he is talented and his poverty can support his ambition, he can make money by himself, so why does he need my money? If he has no talent, no matter how much money you give him, he will be ruined. His shortcomings will be magnified by too much money.

Being rich is a good thing, but being poor also has advantages.

To put it bluntly, if I really can’t write a book in the future, and I really can’t support myself and my family, the worst I can do is go out and find a job? I have hands and feet and am in the prime of life. Can’t I support myself, my wife and my children?

Therefore, I will not be affected by this cowardice.

I don’t write and sell books to be criticized.

For those readers who scold their fathers and mothers, I am here to tell you: I will not sell my books to you!

I’ll give you a word: Get out!

Two words: Get out!

Three words: speed up!

Four words: rolling on the ground!

Five words: Roll away in despair!

(After writing this paragraph, I counted carefully and found that my math is still very good.)

Some people may ask, Master Gu, are you too pretentious? This is not good. Look at those great gods, they don’t show off like you do. How can you pretend to be like this?

So let me tell you: I usually don’t pretend to compete, and I’m not good at pretending to compete, but I must pretend to compete today!

One is because others are showing off to me, and I, Master Gu, always reciprocate. I sell books, not laughs. My smile is for my friends! When friends come, I give you a smile and enthusiasm; when enemies come, I raise my sword, gun, and sword!

Second, I am different from many authors because of my pursuits and my temperament. If I'm not in a good mood, how can I feel good writing a book? I won’t be able to write good books anymore.

Third, I am pretending to be like this today. I have no virtue or ability, I am just poor!

In addition, I also want to ask you: What virtues and abilities do those readers who scold their fathers and mothers have to do this?

Just because they bought my book and "supported" me, does that mean they can insult me ​​and my family?

Ladies and gentlemen, have you ever seen a group of people like this, saying: I support you, but at the same time scolding your father and your mother?

Another common problem among this group of people is that they think: I "support" you in this way, I have made a great contribution, and I have suffered a lot. What's wrong with me scolding you? I'm doing it for you too!

Therefore, in my eyes, this kind of "support" is not support at all! I don’t want this kind of “support”!

Let me reiterate: I, Master Gu, write books, and I will not sell my previous books, current books, or future books to people like you. Don’t look at it if you have the guts!

In fact, the books I write are just like this. Why do you need to read my books? There are many other excellent books, so read them by others.

This single chapter of mine can also be regarded as a confession. I believe it is of great significance to my entire writing career.

Maybe some of you will feel very unhappy after seeing today's single chapter.

Sorry, this is not my main purpose, it is just incidental to make you unhappy.

Let me ask a final question——

I, Master Gu, sell books but not laughs! (To be continued.)