Chapter 107: A Humble Request from the Author

It’s live.

Godfathers, please give the first subscription.

Thank you to everyone who’s tipped, voted monthly tickets, and recommended!

I’m truly grateful!

Today I’ll update ten thousand words. I’ll post two 5k chapters first.

The rest are still being written; I’ll post them during the day.

(I know some godfathers are supporting behind the scenes, but please still give that first subscription—so I know how the book is doing.)

From now on, I guarantee two 6k chapters per day.

If I write more, I’ll update more.

I want to update even more than you do—gotta eat and support my family.

But most importantly, I need to keep the plot solid.

I love Xu Chen, Bing Ge, President Xu, and those characters yet to appear.

My skills are limited; I’m walking on thin ice, afraid of messing up.

Opening with a heroine like Bing Ge is very risky.

She even drove away some readers right off the bat.

She’s not your typical childhood friend or ideal first love.

At first glance, she’s not innocent, not ethereal, not sexy, not soft, not cute, not likeable…

Her essence is bleak and sharp—vividly tragic, insecure and stubborn, rough around the edges…

That’s nothing like the mainstream female leads in contemporary novels.

Many readers bailed after a single scene of Bing Ge’s introduction.

And they didn’t forget to trash-talk the author in the comments for writing a delinquent bad girl.

Just like the misunderstandings, contempt, and cold remarks Bing Ge faced in the story.

Novels don’t reflect reality—otherwise Bing Ge would flash a cold light and suplex everyone dissing her in the comments.

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I considered other heroine options at the start, including more crowd-pleasing goddess types.

But by the time I needed the heroine’s debut, Bing Ge crushed all other plans and burst onto the scene.

I’m such a fool—I knew smoking and fighting Bing Ge would put off readers, but I really love this character!

Fortunately…

As the story went on, many readers grew fond of this food-defending, ferociously cute guard dog.

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First time writing modern, first time writing rebirth—feeling my way across stepping stones.

The early stages were really tough.

No traction, zero traction—almost no views at all…

Single-digit new bookmarks each day, only 300 bookmarks after 100k words.

After 120k with system push, I finally hit the first recommendation round.

(This is why it launched so late—the trial push came much later.)

Data showed I should’ve dropped before 100k words.

But I wasn’t willing to give up.

I forced myself to keep writing.

Poor Bing Ge had such a hard life—at least I could write her turning point and give her a bright future…

The Xu family business had hidden dangers—at least I’d clear potential trouble and let the Xu family take off…

With these thoughts, I persisted.

Thankfully, after the trial push, the numbers gradually improved.

While the opening scared off some readers, it left a batch of discerning godfathers!

Though still not huge traffic, the follower count remained steady.

Not high, but very stable.

That shows telling the story sincerely rather than chasing edge drama still has staying power…

It managed to outlast higher-traffic books in the brutal recommendation PK and reached the fourth recommendation round.

I wonder how the initial sales are.

I’m so anxious.

But so far, bookmarks and followers have exceeded expectations.

First time writing modern and still making all four recommendation rounds in a cutthroat genre with a terrible start—I’m content.

It’s much better than my last Xianxia that flopped but left me unsatisfied.

(Welcome to the few old friends who came from Qingyang Mountain—I saw your comments, very touched!)

Overall, I have confidence and motivation.

Let’s go for it!

Xu Chen, Bing Ge, the Xu family’s lives are already improving—I hope my darkest times will pass soon too.

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Wishing all godfathers health and joy.

Please leave that first subscription.

I beg you.