It’s about to be put on the shelves.
I didn't expect that I would write a testimonial on the shelf again in this life, and Lao Niu was a little confused.
Just imagine - ten years ago you were young and a good basketball player.
You sweated profusely on the court on countless sunny mornings or dusk with fallen leaves.
You also made countless like-minded brothers and won the favor of girls.
Loud cheers and praise.
Suddenly one day, you are injured, fractured, or broke your leg.
Then you leave the court, take off your jersey, study hard, and take exams.
Then you enter the society, wear a suit and tie, work hard, marry a wife and have children.
Not only have you already I don't play basketball, and I haven't even had time to watch the NBA for a long time.
The unique rubber smell of basketball and the "squeak" sound of sneakers rubbing on the court are so far away that they seem like a lifetime ago.
Then, on this day, for no reason at all, and without knowing what happened, you suddenly appeared on the court with a "biu~" sound.
You were wearing a vest instead of a suit, and you were holding a computer instead of a basketball.
And you're about to enter - the real game!
At that time, you must be as confused as Lao Niu is now.
Because, although the court is still the same court, the backboard is still the same backboard, and the basketball is still the same basketball.
But the players have changed, the cheerers have changed, the tactics have changed, and even the rules have changed.
Now basketball can be kicked with your feet!
This is what Lao Niu, the "newcomer", discovered when he came to the current starting point.
It's like a trilobite from the Cambrian period emerged from the deep sea, only to find that it had become a completely new species that was completely unadapted to the environment.
Not only the writing techniques, narrative style, story rhythm... these things have a completely new way of playing, but also "three golden chapters", "short-term goals, medium-term goals, long-term goals" and the like, which sound very high-end and classy at first glance. thing.
How to slap in the face, how to control the rhythm, brand new pretending skills... everything must be learned from scratch.
Even the title of the novel is completely different from what it was a few years ago.
Especially when Lao Niu clicked on the science fiction section that he loved and found that what readers liked to read were "ship girls, American comics, Marvel, and Xingyue", he even felt a "Holy shit, what is this?
Holy shit" , what is this?”
Such a deep sense of disconnection.
So when I first thought of the idea of "Forty Thousand Years of Cultivation", Lao Niu actually rejected it.
Future cultivation, or science fiction cultivation, is not a new idea.
From Huang Yi's "Interstellar Prodigal Son" to Mo Yan's "Star Wars Heroes" series to Dian Xuan's "Stories of the Gods", many senior experts have long tried to develop this field, even better than "Miscellaneous Journey".
Classical Cultivation” is much earlier.
But today, from "Mistle" to "Mortal" to so many excellent works, classical cultivation has been carried forward, but future cultivation is still... a waste!
This shows that there will definitely be huge flaws in future cultivation, or it will be extremely difficult to write, or it will be extremely difficult to be welcomed by the market.
The greater possibility is that all three of the above exist at the same time.
No one wrote it.
It’s not that other writers were stupid enough not to discover such a “creative” subject matter and only Lao Niu discovered it.
No one wrote about it because all the writers had discovered such a "creative" subject matter, but after careful consideration, everyone felt that this subject matter was too difficult and too confusing, so they all gave up.
Other writers are so smart, but Lao Niu is not stupid either.
After thinking about it carefully, Lao Niu decided to give up and just change the subject and write something about the return of the hot-blooded soldier king to the city, or watch a few more episodes of "Iron Man" and "Spider-Man" and then write about some American comics for unlimited streaming.
Wouldn't it be very easy?
, very pleasant?
However--
When one day Lao Niu found himself sitting in front of the computer for some reason, opened the document for some reason, and typed out the words "Forty Thousand Years of Cultivation, Rust Lake, Starry Federation...", Lao Niu knew , finished.
Lao Niu's unicorn arm broke out again.
Kirin arm attack is a very painful thing, and you will enter a state of "write even if you know it won't make money, write even if you know you won't be popular with readers, write even if you know it is super difficult to integrate cultivation and technology, even if you have to I have to write regardless of my time, energy, and body.
Even if my lumbar muscles are strained, my fingers are worn out, and hemorrhoids are breaking out, I still have to write.
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I just have to keep writing, writing, writing, writing."
Kirin arm is a terminal illness for writers.
Once it occurs, there is no cure.
Then I have no choice but to keep writing.
For Lao Niu, writing itself is not difficult.
Although it is tiring, it is very refreshing.
The difficult thing is the reaction of readers after putting it online.
To be honest, Lao Niu didn't have much confidence at the time.
Because the subject matter itself is a bit biased, Lao Niu's writing style is also a bit old-fashioned, and the rhythm is still stuck in the era a few years ago, when a villain could write 200,000 words.
It is not as refreshing as the current generation where you can kill eight villains in three chapters and seduce two beauties at the same time.
Besides, the theme of Lao Niu is also very old-fashioned "blood, fighting, friendship, protection" - it sounds weak.
So Lao Niu is really worried - will anyone read such a thing, such a style, and such a theme?
Although once the unicorn arm strikes, I will continue writing even if no one reads it, but...
This damn thing is just an old cow showing off!
Which writer would really want no one to read what he or she has worked so hard on?
This is all stage talk!
Fortunately, with the support of friends, before it was released, the data of "Forty Thousand Years of Cultivation" had greatly exceeded Lao Niu's psychological expectations.
What makes Lao Niu most happy is not the data itself, but Lao Niu suddenly realizes something through the data.
Some things will go out of style, and some things will never.
Themes will be outdated, the ideas will be outdated, the writing style will be outdated, the routines will be outdated, the slap in the face will be outdated, and the golden fingers will be outdated.
But passion will never go out of style, friendship will never go out of style, persistence will never go out of style, and dreams will never go out of style.
As long as what is written is about passion, friendship, fighting, perseverance, protection, and dreams... there will always be people who will love to read it, and there will always be people who will be moved. very good.
Because Lao Niu only knows how to write, and is only willing to write these things.
Dreams, friendship, passion, hard work, victory after fighting with all your strength...
Lao Niu can only write these old-fashioned but timeless things.
After "Forty Thousand Years of Cultivation" is released, it will continue to tell stories about persistence and abandonment, dreams and reality, protection and destruction, friendship and powerful enemies...
Finally, I would like to thank the editor-in-chief Wei Ni and the editor-in-chief Hu Hu for giving Lao Niu this opportunity.
I would also like to thank all the friends who have been supporting this book.
In the past month and a half, every click, every recommendation ticket, every reward and every comment seems to have brought Lao Niu back to his youth, knocking on the book for the first time.
In the golden years of typing the keyboard, I feel ashamed that Lao Niu couldn’t spare more time to interact with everyone because of his low energy.
I’m really sorry.
Of course, I would also like to thank all the friends who are still willing to support, subscribe, reward and vote for "Forty Thousand Years of Cultivation" after it is released.
Although asking for subscriptions, monthly tickets, etc. is a bit tacky, as Lao Niu himself, I don’t want to write things purely for commercial purposes.
But after all, it is not time for one person to be full and the whole family not to be hungry.
After Lao Niu's death, he still has a large family to protect him, including his wife, children, and children.
Because coding takes up too much time and energy, he doesn't take enough care of his wife and children, and Lao Niu feels very guilty.
If we can get more support from everyone and allow Lao Niu to provide more material protection for his family, then Lao Niu will be able to write more calmly and stably.
In short, the support of all friends determines the future of "Forty Thousand Years of Cultivation".
From this moment on, we will pursue our dreams and sail across the stars together!
Let's stop here first, the whistle blows, the game starts, and the old cow is going to play to risk his life.
Win or lose, no matter what, Lao Niu will keep writing.