Briefly Talk About the Follow-Up Update Schedule

After that, the basic two chapters of 6,000 words will be updated every day, and one chapter will be added on Thursday and Sunday every week. If there are no accidents, this rhythm should be maintained until the end of the book.

This is already the highest speed I have achieved so far. A book with more than 4 million words is basically equivalent to an old man in his 70s and 80s. It is not appropriate to use the standards of young people... I understand many readers very well. The mood of urging updates and not seeing enough, but it is really powerless. The first goal now is to maintain the level, finish the book steadily, and write an ending that satisfies myself and everyone. Therefore, everyone should be considerate. Take care of yourself a little bit, and give me some time to think about it.

As for the ending, in fact, I had already thought about it when I opened the book. I have no intention of modifying it at all. It is a semi-open ending. I am personally very satisfied with this ending. As for why it is written in this way, some readers have roughly guessed it. This is the only solution.

In terms of the number of words, the current estimate is more than 500,000 and less than 1 million, which is the completed book of more than 5 million words that I originally promised.

Calculated according to the plot in the book, that is to say, there will be another 1-2 big cycles to finish all the parts that should be finished. The time is probably within one year after Mr. Pei graduated, and the book will basically be officially completed.

Some readers may hope that this book can be written in 8 million or 10 million words. I understand that everyone likes Mr. Pei and Tengda and doesn’t want to read the end of the story. In fact, I am also reluctant, and from the current data. , The recent data has increased compared to before, and it is better than I expected. From the perspective of data alone, it is reasonable to write another four to five million words.

However, it is precisely because of the increase in data that I feel that I should collect it in the most suitable place, start well and end well, and cannot write indefinitely.

Why such an arrangement is made is mainly due to two reasons.

First of all, the routines of each book are exhausted. Some people say that "if you write too much anti-routine, it becomes a kind of routine". How to say this, indeed, it is quite correct, but it is a very correct but meaningless sentence...

No book is without routine. In other novels, fighting monsters, upgrading, making money, and so on, there are so many things back and forth. This is nothing surprising. Why would someone expect anti-routine things to always bring you the initial surprise? It's impossible in itself.

If a book can be written indefinitely, but it can always bring surprises to people, it would be hell.

In the past, some readers have always said that they are tired of watching anti-routines, and they asked me to change the routines, but I ignored them because I couldn't change them. I have explained why it can't be changed many times, so I won't repeat it. The only solution is to keep the big routines unchanged, change the small routines and details, and make a little more tricks. This is the best solution I found, and it may also be the best solution for this subject at present. After all, I don’t I have seen others write anti-routines and can stabilize to 5 million words.

The reason why many people say that anti-routine 500,000 words will collapse, but I can write 5 million is because I understand this truth better than them. I have a clear mind and know what to keep and what to discard.

But no matter how fine-tuning is done, there is a limit after all. This is the lifespan of a book.

When I said that the book was almost finished, I actually meant that I had almost finished writing all the wonderful plots I could think of, and I had clearly stated the thoughts I wanted to express, and there was nothing I had to write.

It’s not that the book has to be finished when the number of words is up, but that the book has to be finished because the content is gone. This content is not about the plot, but about the wonderful plot. The plot can be extended infinitely, but the wonderful plot is very limited.

I can write that Mr. Pei is 80 years old, but if he is doing the same thing for the next fifty years, then what's the point?

Just like mining, it becomes more and more difficult to dig out high-quality ore as you go further. It is time to stop when you have almost dug. It does not mean how deep you must dig to stop, nor does it mean that you must dig the last piece of ore It's over when you come out.

Of course, you asked me if I have finished digging the anti-routine stuff? Have you finished digging the game? I can say with absolute certainty, no.

But I have dug out everything that can be written in this book, and the rest cannot be written in this book.

This leads to the second question: the subject matter has reached its peak.

Some people may sneer and say, oops, your book started off pretty well, but then it gets higher and lower. From this point of view, it’s a bad idea or something wrong. I have to say, how many urban-themed books are not high-spirited?

Not to mention urban immortal cultivation and spiritual recovery, they are not considered urban themes at all. The urban theme I am talking about is similar to the pure city of entertainment, without any combat system.

Because the urban theme itself is a theme that is fierce in the early stage and weak in the later stage. The city has a strong sense of substitution, and the excitement comes quickly in the early stage, but the protagonist also easily loses his goals and motivation. Take entertainment as an example, it is too simple for the protagonist to make money, make movies and win awards. It was very cool at first, but after a few times It won't work, it won't go up if it's cool, and it won't move.

However, under this background, it is impossible to continue to dig deeper, so the city is destined to be a subject that is difficult to take off in the later stage.

In fact, if I have to write 10 million words, can I write? If I can write, I left this interface at the first time, because the technology has changed suddenly and surpassed reality. This is enough for me to write a long paragraph. But after careful consideration, I chose to give up.

I have laid the groundwork at the beginning before, saying that the technological development of this world is different from our real world, it will change and accelerate development, including the AI ​​​​in the game and automatic driving. I have also made a little bit beyond A realistic attempt, in fact, the initial consideration is to use this setting to expand the plot when the plot is still available but the plot is exhausted.

But after I tried it, I felt that the effect was not good. Some readers didn’t agree with it, saying that this technology is too outrageous, and it’s not real at all. Touch it...

But this is normal. It may be because the entire world view is closer to reality. The more technology is pushed up, the more tearing the world view will be for readers, which may cause a deviation.

So, let’s stop here for the technology line of this book, let’s not go any further.

If forced to write, I estimate that more than 60% to 70% of the current readers can be retained, but I have no confidence in the wonderfulness of these plots. I think it may not be very good-looking, and these ideas will be wasted. Moreover, the higher the technology, the larger the scale of the company, in fact, the refreshments generated will not be improved correspondingly, but will decrease. It is also because of the limitations of the urban subject matter itself, some things cannot be written for well-known reasons, and the more difficult it is to avoid, the more unavoidable it is, which is very embarrassing.

If someone says, ah, I don't agree, there is no such thing as a city driving high and low, it's you! I can only say that this is the consensus I have discussed with a group of authors who have written the best cities in the past two years. They all feel that the ceiling of the pure city is not high enough. Of course, what I mean by abandoning urban themes is not abandoning the urban background, but abandoning purely urban content and writing.

If you don't finish digging, put it in the next book and dig it again, there will be a more suitable theme and background. I am definitely reluctant to let me give up these things, so I saved it for the next book. In fact, I already had a general idea three or four months ago, but I will not disclose it for the time being.

Of course, everyone can rest assured that I will definitely write to a level that satisfies me before finishing the book, and I will not force the speed. If it really exceeds 1 million words and I can’t make it to the end, then I will continue to write , has been written until the natural transition. After all, although this book has entered the final stage, the data is obviously better than my expectation, and it is better than the data of many books at their peak, and it can often reach the top ten best sellers, so I don’t have any urgency to start a new book or finish it. The willingness to drop it, what I need is an ending that satisfies me enough.

It can be regarded as synchronizing with everyone the current status and planning, thank you for your understanding and support, thank you!