Chapter 313: Saving the Martial Arts with "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils"
The first thing that shocked everyone was the explanation at the beginning of the volume, "Tianlong Babu", which was taken from Buddhist allusions, Emperor Shitian, Yaksha, Asura...
There is no need to explain the explanation on the homepage. It is a gameplay exclusive to masters, and ordinary people cannot learn it.
Some people are interested, some are not interested, but they all choose to continue flipping down.
After flipping a few pages, everyone found something wrong. As they flipped, they found that there was something wrong with the progress bar!
Generally, if only one chapter is released in a new book, a few pages will be turned over, and the progress bar will move very quickly.
But "Tianlong Babu" is different.
Netizens who have stopped "You Once" were immediately refreshed.
Another long novel?
Many people's first reaction when they saw the progress bar was to click on the catalog to take a look.
The first volume "Youth Travel", the first chapter Qingshan Liluo Xianfengxing.
Hmm? That's right, there is indeed only one chapter.
Only one chapter, but the progress bar is longer than others' ten chapters.
Some people curiously counted the number of pages, and this number was a bit confusing.
More than 60 pages!
Although the font size settings on mobile phones are different, the 60-plus pages have explained the problem anyway.
Users of the web version also found the problem and kept scrolling down, as if there was no end.
With the development of online literature, there has basically been a consensus on the number of words in each chapter, about 2,000 words per chapter. If there are more, it cannot be finished in a few minutes, and if there are fewer, it is not exciting enough.
And "Tianlong Babu" is undoubtedly challenging this rule, with one chapter equal to ten chapters of others.
Looking back at the content of the story, the beginning is all about a teenager, a middle-aged man, a middle-aged Taoist nun, and an old man, and the writing style is quite ancient.
For a while, it was a bit hard to tell who was the protagonist. The current entertainment industry and online literature circle are generally very impetuous. If you can't see the key points in 300 words, readers may abandon the book.
In other words, the pen name Red Hair Monster is famous enough, and Xu Nuo is famous enough, so readers don't abandon the book so quickly. This is the advantage of the great writer.
Many people patiently read on, and once they read it, they can't stop.
The story is wonderful and the writing is profound. The protagonist Duan Yu is a little silly, and his innocent character is outlined in just a few strokes.
Zhong Ling'er is quirky, lively and active, so she should be the heroine.
The silly male protagonist and the quirky female protagonist are just a conventional combination, but this set has always been very popular and everyone loves to read it.
For example, in The Legend of the Condor Heroes, the silly Guo Jing and the lively Huang Rong are all this routine.
The first chapter is a big chapter, and it stands to reason that the churn rate will be very high. Many people may quit after reading part of it because of other things.
However, the editor Qiu Shui was surprised to find from the background data that the retention rate of the first chapter was as high as 90%!
What does this mean? It means that among the ten readers who came in, only one did not finish reading.
Terrifying data. Generally speaking, a retention rate of 50% is a pass, and above 50% is excellent.
There may not be many books with a retention rate of 90% on the entire Qiyue.com.
"What is the retention rate?" an editor asked casually.
"90%!"
"How much?" The other editors suddenly raised their voices.
Qiu Shui pointed at the screen, "Look."
The editorial department was shocked.
"Is it really a martial arts novel?"
"Of course." Qiu Shui said proudly.
The martial arts category of Qiyue.com is indeed lonely. The top authors have left, and a large number of authors have switched to other categories. There are not even 20 new books every month.
The recommendation position is even more bleak. As long as you publish a book, you can get full recommendation, but the effect is very poor, which is equivalent to nothing.
The fewer new books, the fewer readers, forming a vicious circle.
Martial arts are dead, not just a casual remark, but a consensus reached by countless authors who have a martial arts dream after unremitting efforts.
Not only Qiyue.com, but other novel platforms are the same. They have given all the policies for soliciting articles, supporting, and giving, but it's a pity that martial arts are still declining.
The most popular martial arts novels, placed in other categories, can't even rank in the top 50.
The editors know this, the authors know it, and the readers know it.
The other editors were shocked and asked, "What about the follow-up readers?"
Qiu Shui looked at the backstage and swallowed his saliva: "10,000 follow-up readers."
The editorial department was silent.
After a long while, everyone came back to their senses.
Even today when Qiyue.com is growing stronger and stronger, 2,000 follow-up readers have a great chance of being on the top three.
Ten thousand follow-up readers, no need to say anything, it beats everything.
"The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" has reached the end of most authors before it even entered the library.
What is recommendation?
It seems to be useless.
At least now it seems that a Weibo post has killed all recommendations.
Ten thousand follow-up readers are not the end of "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", it is just the beginning.
Qiyue.com urgently arranged a flash screen recommendation and began to actively advertise on major platforms.
If this wave of traffic can be captured, the number of users will definitely take off.
For a while, the whole network was full of news about "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils".
#Martial arts are not dead! Qiyue.com exclusively releases the martial arts novel "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils"!
#Nuoyan's new work "Tianlong Babu" broke records as soon as it was released.
#The rise of martial arts!
The title party is not enough to describe the shock that "Tianlong Babu" brings to everyone.
Neat words, wonderful fighting, vivid character portrayal.
It attracted readers' attention at once.
Facts have proved that novels can be good without a grand world view or a sky-high martial arts setting.
The novel setting is certainly a bonus, but the story is the core, and the essential selling point of web articles is the story.
There is a lot of discussion on the Internet.
"I haven't read such a wonderful martial arts novel in a long time."
"It's so enjoyable! It makes me feel so itchy."
"Duan Yu is the protagonist, right? Can he save Zhong Ling?"
This is the only bad thing about serialized novels. When you are reading it with interest, the bottom part is gone.
Discussions on the Internet also made more people pay attention to "Dragon Babu".
Big Tomato, an online author who is best at writing martial arts novels, also clicked on this book.
He is the one who has experienced the decline of martial arts the most.
As the leading author of martial arts, both income and fame are far lower than those of other classified authors.
Frustrated, but helpless.
He lamented more than once that martial arts were dead and not even gods could save him.
He originally thought that he would write about martial arts as a joke. After all, he was already a top star and there was no need to do such a thankless thing.
It was okay to write "Shading the Sky". After all, that book had a huge influence and made a lot of money.
He clicked on "Dragon Babu" and glanced at it briefly, his whole body froze.
Yes, it does smell like martial arts.
The light of the sword, the shadow of the sword, the love and hatred, the intrigues and intrigues.
Big Tomato put away his indifferent attitude.
I originally thought that "Dragon" was so popular because of its reputation.
Many of them are still bitter, thinking that if they have so many fans, they will definitely be able to do better than the promised data.
After adjusting his mentality, Big Tomato began to read the book word by word.
He read the content of the first chapter for a full hour. He first skimmed it roughly, then started to look for the key points, and finally organized the key points throughout the whole text.
After reading the first chapter, Big Tomato opened his work software and began to outline and detail the story to sort out the story.
After another hour, Big Tomato stopped what he was doing.
"Amazing! I'm ashamed of myself." Big Tomato can reach this point because of its hard work.
However, after reading the first chapter of Qing Shiluo's Dangerous Peak Journey, Big Tomato felt ashamed of himself.
After looking at his own book and then "Dragon", Big Tomato felt like he was useless.
He opened the author group and sent a message.
"Have you watched "Dragon Movie"?"
"Look, it's wonderful!"
"Awesome!"
"Look, I'm kneeling!"
Everyone's reaction was similar to his, and they all thought it was a divine book.
"Big Tomato, please open another book and compare it with Promise while it's hot."
"Yes, you are the master of martial arts novels."
Many authors encouraged him to be tough on "Dragon Babu".
Big Tomato was silent for a moment and sent a message.
"I have actually worked very hard, but today I discovered that hard work is not worth mentioning in front of talent."
This is very sad.
Very long, other people's ambitions destroy one's own prestige.
However, many of the great gods in the group remained silent.
As soon as "Shading the Sky" came out, all the great gods were defeated.
This is nothing, it is normal for a few geniuses to appear occasionally.
However, when the red-haired monster took off his disguise at the literary ceremony, everyone was stunned.
The red-haired monster is not just a red-haired monster, he also has a thunderous name - Promise.
A master composer, who crosses boundaries to write novels, actually beats the old masters like them. Who can I ask to explain this?
Is this genius?
What happened later became even more exaggerated. He promised to make movies, plan shows, debut as a singer, start a company, and do one thing after another.
Are there really geniuses in the world?
They once claimed to be geniuses, but compared with their promises, they couldn't even mention them.
The author group was silent for a long time, and the atmosphere was very gloomy.
Promise this is going to be diving.
He touched his chin and felt a little regretful. His original intention was to let "Tian Long Ba Bu", the pinnacle of martial arts novels, revive martial arts, not to attack these big guys.
He sent a message and added a big tomato, "Well, don't be discouraged. I actually work hard."
There is nothing wrong with this. When he was coding, he never updated it. Every day he was either coding or on the way to coding.
"Damn it, red-haired monster!"
"Catch the red-haired monster alive!"
"Master, send out red envelopes!"
The group suddenly became active again.
Xu Nuo handed out a lucky red envelope worth 1,000 yuan backhand.
The big tomato clicked in with a backhand.
In two seconds, all the red envelopes were snatched away.
"Damn it, you're a rich man." Someone posted a screenshot and he took away 300 yuan.
"Awesome."
"Gan, I grabbed 3 cents!!!! What kind of luck is this!??"
Big Tomato was heartbroken and grabbed the ground with his head, wishing he could be killed in the group.
"It's over, it's over, I missed 100 million!!!"
"One hundred million!!!"
Those who didn't grab it cried like ghosts and howled like wolves.
"Master, how many more will come?"
Usually there is only a small crowd of people, but a big red envelope blew up.
Xu Nuo came directly and sent out ten red envelopes in a row, totaling 10,000 yuan.
The group was immediately as happy as during the Chinese New Year. Those who robbed more took away two or three thousand, feeling very happy.
What Big Tomato said in the group was also posted online, setting off another craze.
There is a craze for watching martial arts across the country.