It's finished!
After writing over four million Chinese characters in a little over a year, I've brought it to a satisfying close.
I started The Righteous in late April 2020. Honestly, I hadn't put much thought into the opening. I'd just finished my previous book and gone on a trip, and I wrote the opening right there on the high-speed train.
For a struggling author whose only previous book had started with a dozen or so paid subscriptions and finished with an average of just a few hundred subscriptions per chapter.
Things like the Premium tier, ten thousand average subscriptions, or a Gold Alliance were things I never dared dream of.
So.
I never imagined this book would achieve anything spectacular.
I always felt that earning enough to get by would be pretty good.
Then one day—
My editor told me my book had made it onto Three Rivers.
And then.
I got pretty excited.
Back then, I thought anyone who made it onto Three Rivers was a big shot. Even in their worst month, earning around ten thousand yuan shouldn't be a problem.
If I updated diligently, I might even earn a little more.
On top of that, there were problems at work.
So I quit my job outright and started writing full-time. (I imagine there aren't many people who dare quit their jobs the moment they're told they've made it onto Three Rivers. After all, few people are as reckless as I am.)
Once the book went behind the paywall.
It did pretty well, too.
The initial subscriptions weren't high, but with fifteen to twenty thousand characters of updates every day, the results were still pretty encouraging.
Of course.
The more I updated each day, the more time I spent typing.
I developed problems with my neck, lower