Chapter 221 The Shocked Reader

Chapter 221 The Shocked Reader

Theme is very important to a novel. Why do novelists always choose popular themes for creation?

Because readers like that type of subject matter, they will look for books in that type of subject matter——

Choose popular topics and have a greater chance of being seen by readers!

Even some well-known best-selling authors dare not easily choose some unpopular themes for creation.

Because they can't guarantee whether readers will continue to support them after they write unpopular topics.

However, there are always some writers who play their cards against common sense.

Chu Kuang is such a writer.

He seems to have a natural dislike for writing about popular subjects.

Chu Kuang's debut work in the field of long-form fantasy is "The King of the Net", a sports competition——

Super unpopular theme!

His second novel is "Zhu Xian", which is a fairy tale that almost no one touches on the market——

It's even more unreliable than sports competitions!

However, these two novels with rather unreliable themes have achieved excellent results and led the market!

Yes.

When Chu Kuang's third novel was placed in the category of horror and suspense, many people in the industry were surprised.

obviously.

If there is no success of "Zhu Xian", the industry must not be optimistic about Chu Kuang's new book, and even 100% someone will jump out and say:

"Chu Kuang's new book will hit the street!"

Because of the horror and suspense, it is also a big upset in the field of fantasy novels!

But Chu Kuang has already shined twice in a row under the disapproval of everyone, so Yinlan Library started to announce the launch, and almost no one dared to jump out to question the quality of Chu Kuang's new book, even if they were more or less in their hearts. There is such an idea.

Editors in the industry are not stupid.

Everything involving Chu Kuang, judging by conventional experience, the chance of being slapped in the face is always extremely high, it is better to keep your mouth shut and wait for the follow-up.

Booksellers are not stupid either.

Even though the book "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" seemed to be a deal on the surface, the major booksellers still gave enough face and ordered a lot of goods from Yinlan Bookstore.

no way.

Who made "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" Chu Kuang's new book?

With the first two novels as the basis, the pseudonym Chu Kuang has already faintly ignored the effect of ignoring the classification and ignoring the subject matter!

but……

This is just the opinion of some people in Qin province.

Many Qi provincial readers disagree with this point.

Such as wheat boy.

Maitong is a native of Qi province.

After the merger of Qin and Qi, as a fan of fantasy novels, Maitong naturally read a lot of fantasy masterpieces by Qin Province.

Because there are so many excellent works by Qin Sheng, and they are all wonderful, Maitong couldn't stop watching them.

So Mai Tong didn't have time to read Chu Kuang's novel.

However, there are many readers in Qin Province on the Internet who highly praise Chu Kuang. It seems that this Chu Kuang really has something.

So Maitong is already planning to read Chu Kuang's works

Coincidentally, Mai Tong saw the promotion of Chu Kuang's new book by Yinlan Library.

To know an author, of course, through his latest works.

So after Mai Tong learned that Chu Kuang was going to publish a new book, he didn't buy Chu Kuang's past works, but had some expectations for his new book.

Mai Tong wanted to see how powerful this Chu Kuang in Qin Province was.

result……

Before the official release of this book titled "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", Maitong was already disappointed when he saw the subject matter of this novel mentioned in the promotion.

It turned out to be horror and suspense!

Isn't Chu Kuang a well-known writer in Qin Province? How could he write about such an unpopular subject?

This is the best-selling author of Qin Province?

To be honest, Mai Tong has no interest in this subject at all.

But maybe the netizens in Qin province were blowing too hard on Chu Kuang.

Although he was completely uninterested in the subject matter of Chu Kuang's new book, on June 1st when it was officially released, Mai Tong bought a copy of Chu Kuang's new book "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" like a ghost.

Not interested in books, but interested in people.

Readers in Qin Province rated Chu Kuang so highly on the Internet that Mai Tong couldn't help but wonder how powerful this man is.

However.

As soon as he opened "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", Maitong's face turned dark.

"First person?"

So majestic, that's the level?

Mai Tong has always believed that the first person is the most dramatic way of writing.

He once tried to force-read first-person works, but after a few chapters he couldn't help but retreat.

He hasn't read any novels written in the first person since then.

The market reaction also proved that the first person is not welcome.

Ninety-nine percent of the fire books are created in the third person, comparing God's perspective.

From this point alone, Mai Tong wanted to give "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" a death sentence.

But this book was bought with money, Maitong curled his lips, restrained his inner resistance, and continued to read.

And the setting and plot of this novel are slowly unfolding in front of Mai Tong's eyes...

[Faqiu, touching gold, moving mountains, and unloading mountains, these are the four major schools of tomb robbery. 】

[People light candles, ghosts blow lamps. 】

【Into the ancient tomb, light a candle in the southeast corner before opening the coffin. If the candle goes out, you must exit quickly and do not take anything. According to legend, this is a contract between the living and the dead made by the patriarch, which has been passed down for thousands of years and cannot be broken. 】

[When the rooster crows and the lights go out, you don't touch gold. 】

【Xunlong must look at the winding mountain, one punching and winding is one heavy pass; if there are thousands of locks on the closed door, there must be princes living here. 】

At the beginning, Maitong turned quickly, like swallowing dates.

It's like reading a textbook, because I don't have enough interest, so I read it very perfunctorily.

But when the plot of the white paper man unfolded, and the rules and settings of tomb robbery were analyzed layer by layer by the author, Maitong was gradually attracted.

"It's interesting."

He raised his eyebrows and continued to look.

Time passed bit by bit.

Seeing that the story merged into the main line and officially came to Hu Bayi's point of view, Mai Tong's eyes widened slightly, and the speed of turning the book slowed down unexpectedly.

"Zongzi……"

"Touch the golden talisman..."

"A strange person divides the golden point..."

"Sixteen-character yin-yang feng shui secret technique..."

From the first mention of the ancient city of Jingjue, the main line of the story has become clear, like the trunk of a big tree, spreading to the branches and leaves bit by bit.

fascinating!

With the extension of the story, Mai Tong was completely obsessed. He recalled the evaluation of Chu Kuang by the readers of Qin Province on the Internet, and for the first time had a strong sense of identity in his heart...

Chu Kuang, that's amazing!

This novel, which seems scary, actually includes history, geography, humanities and even I Ching gossip, and the writer can only write it if he has something in his stomach.

because……

Writing this kind of book requires the imagination of a thriller writer, the background of a historical writer, the logic of a detective writer, the grasp of human nature by a psychologist, the knowledge of a civil engineer, the sensitivity of a politician, the foundation of a geographer, and most importantly. Yes, but also a steady stream of great inspiration!

There are no worthless people under the famous name.

These crazy people have done it!

The most amazing thing is...

The tomb robbery scene described by Chu Kuang!

The underground world he wrote is too whimsical, too grotesque, and the thrilling and terrifying atmosphere carries strong spiritual stimulation, triggering countless imaginations of Maitong!

The characters are also very vivid.

Hu Bayi, who usually talks nonsense and talks about the key, decides the world.

Shirley Yang is an upright and universally skilled man with extraordinary skill and insight.

Wang Kaixuan Wang Fatty, who is greedy for money and afraid of heights but has a deep sense of loyalty and excellent marksmanship.

Factions, stunts, slang, a sense of age, everything is available, obviously absurd but exceptionally reasonable, and even materialistic analysis and explanation are interspersed in it, so that people will not feel that the author is making up...

This world is almost real!

Thrilling, scary and suspenseful, mysterious and weird, with a sense of deciphering reasoning.

This is completely different from the horror suspense imagined by Maitong!

Even putting this novel in the category of "horror and suspense" is a mistake.

This is clearly a new genre.

This is something that has never been seen before on the market... Tomb-robbing novels!

"Pink powder!"

Maitong's mood became extremely agitated!

Before, he hated the first-person pronoun, but after reading the novel, he suddenly felt that there is nothing wrong with the first-person pronoun!

Tomb robbery novels use the first person to enhance the sense of substitution, as if you are also entering the story!

Such an immersive experience cannot be given by the third person.

In other words, if the writer's writing skills are good enough, flowers can also be written in the first person!

at this time.

it's getting dark.

Unknowingly, Mai Tong watched the whole afternoon.

When he came back to his senses, he realized that his neck was a little sore and his eyes were a little bit astringent.

But at this time, the first volume of the novel is almost finished.

Maitong's reading speed is one of the fastest among readers.

And in about the same time.

The editors of Yinlan Library are staring nervously at the Internet, waiting for the first wave of feedback on "Ghost Blowing the Lantern". Although there are some comments now, most of them have nothing to do with the content, but just support for Chu Kuang personally.

"There shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"Although the style of the novel is not too youthful and fantasy, isn't it enough for the story to be wonderful these days..."

"I'm worried that readers won't be able to accept the first person."

"Everyone can't accept the first person, but everything has a process of adaptation. Don't you think that after reading this book, you forget about the first person?"

"Yes, I'm already obsessed after seeing the back, so I don't care about the first person."

"..."

Following the discussion among the editors, feedback on "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" gradually appeared on the Internet.

The first wave of readers finally appeared.

The novel is officially released at seven o'clock in the morning.

At this time, it has been nearly twelve hours since the release of "Ghost Blowing Lantern".

Readers who are fast readers can finish the first volume of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" within twelve hours.

It doesn't even need to be finished.

As long as I read a part of this book, its brilliance is ready to come out, enough for all evaluations to have something to say.

The editors who have been staring at the official website have finally seen the readers' comments one after another.

The first comment on formal content was left by a reader named "Mai Tong":

"As a reader of Qizhou, I have always heard about Chu Kuang's name. Today, I have the honor to read "Ghost Blowing the Lantern". After reading it in one sitting, I was shocked. After the merger of Qin and Qi, this is the best Qinzhou novel I have ever read!"

Immediately afterwards.

Like a flare gun.

After this book review appeared, more book reviews about "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" have sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

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