First of all, about the issue that most genuine readers are more concerned about, when "The Gray Man" will be released on the shelves.
From a more conservative perspective, there should be 2 to 3 rounds left of the recommendation position this game may get before it is released at the starting point.
In the fantasy channel, this game has already reached the PC channel cover recommendation column (commonly known as 'channel recommendation') in the app editor's recommended column. If you go up one level, it will be the channel recommendation column on the PC starting page (commonly known as 'six channels').
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Without taking into account being on the Sanjiang list, the other one or two homepage recommendation positions on the six-channel recommendation position are the exposure opportunities that "The Gray Man" can theoretically obtain before it is put on the shelves.
Therefore, I estimate that this work should be on the shelves at about 161,700 words. If it is lucky enough to make it onto the Sanjiang list, it will be on the shelves at about 190,000 words.
Regarding the update rate, this game is currently updated 4 to 5 times a week, and plans to increase it to 5 to 6 times after it is released.
For the sake of money for perfect attendance, the word count is reduced and the quality is reduced? Forgive me for refusing.
Here, I would like to thank the readers of nga, s1, and b stations again. It is because of your help that "The Gray Man" got a good start in the first and second weeks of publication.
Entering into a virtuous cycle of recommended position exposure.
The results of this work are actually quite exaggerated.
You can go to Longkong, Tieba, or online article-related author groups and ask:
"If we say that on Qidian's third-tier channels (the fantasy and suspense channels are only 'relatively' more popular than the reality and martial arts channels), someone will only update the book four or five times a week after publishing it, and the number of words in each update will be between 2,000 and 2,000.
It varies between 4700, the update time is random, and the author's account is a new account of lv1 (without any accumulation of fans).
Then this person's work has been promoted all the way to the PK position and has reached the recommended position in the channel, and is expected to reach the sixth channel position on the home page of Qidian.
Do you believe this kind of thing?"
Generally speaking, the listener will probably have two reactions:
a. Where did the street boy come from and talk nonsense? Silly*, the story is not reasonable.
b. What the fuck? The Fantasy Channel is so easy to make money? I want to go to the Fantasy Channel to open a book and make money!
The world is so big and full of wonders, right? (Spread your hands)
Well, then there's the story itself.
After reading the first volume, smart people should have figured out that there are two groups of plots [progress markers] in the first world, which I call "civilian lines" and "transcendent lines" respectively.
The progress mark of the "civil engineering line" is very obvious, which is the reconstruction process of the Chuyang family castle. Farming, improving production relations, increasing productivity, and overcoming practical problems encountered in the production process.
The progress bar of ‘Super Line’ is more like that of The Riddler, but it’s actually easy to understand:
Prelati’s [Chaos Fun Man’s Conspiracy],
The world-destroying Kuroshio's [Bottom of the Earth, Sea of Rigid Desire],
[Four] secret locations of star stone fragments.
Above, [Black Tide Burns the World] and [Star Stone Ascending God] are essentially two aspects of the same thing.
‘Civil lines’ and ‘supernatural lines’, like the double helix structure of DNA, are independent of each other but also entangled with each other.
At the end of the story of the first world, the two lines will definitely merge into one.
Just like the people's view of history and the heroic view of history, both are different ways of interpreting history itself.
There is no distinction between right and wrong, dialectical unity.
The first world, my own psychological estimate is to end at about 800,000 words, and then enter the second world based on the peak of Victoria in the 1890s. As for the third world, you should know from the introduction of the work, it is a science fiction wasteland
Well.
Well, others write one book with 3 million words, but I write four books with 3 million words (laugh, I should pay homage to the copywriter here)
In short, I am very grateful to everyone who has read this, and I urge you to continue to support my creation in the future, thank you!
Then, I want to announce another important thing to you.
Please put down the milk tea, cola, and mineral water at hand first to avoid spraying later.
Don't be afraid of what I'm going to say next.
The time has come and I am going to publish a supplementary book.
Stop, stop, stop! Smash the rotten eggs and rotten cabbage slowly! Listen to my explanation first!
The matter involves many aspects, so I will focus on the aspects most relevant to you first.
For "The Asher", my creative update rate ranges from 4 to 6 times a week.
I am not currently writing books full-time, so I naturally do not sit in front of the computer 24 hours a day.
The creation of "The Gray Man", the daily plot deduction and detailed outline review did not take up all of my free time, because there is a capacity limit for the detailed outline content that I can deduce every day, and I can't code it out no matter how long I sit.
More words.
(While creating literature, we should maintain healthy physical and mental development and not go to extremes)
As for the supplementary book I am about to publish on the History Channel ("The Gray Man" is the main book), strictly speaking, [I did not create it alone]!
The specific situation is as follows,
I have a friend who is a doctor from Fudan University (not a doctor from Zhouyou! He is a doctor in the sense of a degree!).
Although his major is in the subject of "Biochemical Environmental Materials" which is comparable to our "Civil Engineering", he is very knowledgeable about modern world history (young and promising, a top student is a top student, and he is good at everything).
Basically, the plot of the supplementary book I am about to publish was designed by this doctor friend, and I was responsible for coding the story in a form that [complied with Qidian censorship restrictions] and publishing it on the History Channel.
We estimate that the number of words in this supplementary book will be around 700,000 words, with an increase or decrease of 200,000 words.
As for the update rate, the sub-book [only updates 2-4 times a week] cannot exceed 4 chapters. I estimate that 3 chapters a week will be enough.
Therefore, the update of "The Gray Man" that everyone is following will not be affected.
Furthermore, the publication and update of the supplementary book will be beneficial to my current book "The Gray Man".
The specific logic and operation methods are as follows:
1. After the supplementary book was published, I directed everyone from the Fantasy Channel to the supplementary book. Please save it, read the stories in the supplementary book, and save some follow-up reading.
2. Test the recommendation position in the History Channel's supplementary book, gain exposure, and attract a wave of History Channel readers.
3. In the supplementary book, I diverted traffic to "The Gray Man", allowing readers of the History Channel to try "The Gray Man" and increasing the readership pool of "The Gray Man".
4. A virtuous circle, the two books guide each other.
Well, in short, please don't worry about the creation and update rate of "The Gray Man". The sub-book is only about 700,000 words in length, and the updates will be very slow and will not affect it.
Well, let me talk about the supplementary book [Team Creation].
The title of the book is planned to be "Iron Sword Mountains and Rivers: The Magic Tales of Shendu"
The background blueprint of the story is from 1929 to 1932, and the location is limited to Shanghai during the Republic of China.
This book will be published on the "History·Qing History and the Republic of China" channel (unpopular among the unpopular, hahahaha).
Pay attention! What I talked about above is the ‘background blueprint’! It is also the so-called ‘prototype’!
I discussed and inquired with the editor that the subject matter of this book must be decontextualized as long as it meets the requirements of the starting point review.
At the starting point, if you want to write a novel with a modern historical theme, you must not touch the well-known "those red lines".
As for "Iron Sword Mountains and Rivers: Shendu Magic Tales", because it involves elements of supernatural power, it needs to go a step further and be imaginary.
That is to say, "Although many terms in the story are imaginary and original, when everyone reads the story, they will feel, 'Oh? This is describing the magic city of Shanghai during the Republic of China'!"
To give a few examples:
Republic of China - Huangxia
Great Britain—Albion
France-Fernz
Japan - Luanying
The Land of Lighthouses—Arcadia
Italy - Italy (laughing)
Ahem, everyone knows it (full of desire for survival).
By the way, "Iron Sword Mountains and Rivers: Shendu Magic Tales" is a group drama, with a total of 5 protagonists, four men and one woman.
Finally, please allow me to use the introduction of the supplementary book as the end of the "end-of-volume summary".
(When the supplementary book is officially published on the History Channel, I will remind everyone in the author's remarks of the subsequent updated chapters of "The Gray Man". Please be sure to taste the strange stories written by my friends and me!)
=== "Iron Sword Mountains and Rivers: Shendu Magic Tales" ===
In the 18th year of the Huanglu calendar, the 86th year since the opening of Shendu, Shendu has entered its "golden decade".
The Undead, the Green Flame Swordsman, the Vampire, the Demon Summoner, and the Magical Girl.
The chaotic and confusing [Far East Magic City],
The intrigues of [Ten Miles Foreign Market],
The precarious [Iron Sword Mountains and Rivers],
There is a poem that says:
【All living beings are ups and downs in the world, and the Huangpu River is going north!】