America: John Wick 1924

Chapter 56: This book has reached a critical juncture, please continue reading!
As the title suggests, this book is currently at a critical juncture – this is not a joke, but a fact.

As some readers may not know, the most basic and important metric for a new book to get a better recommendation spot is the number of readers who follow it.

The term "following the reader" refers to the number of people who read the latest chapter within 24 hours.

The more people follow a story, the better their recommendation ranking will be; conversely, those who don't follow a story will be pushed down.

Therefore, what every author fears most when starting a new book is that readers will "hold" the book for a long time.

If more readers are "nurturing" a book, fewer will follow it up; fewer readers will not get recommendations, and the book's data will suffer... This creates a vicious cycle.

Admittedly, the book's current performance isn't bad, but it's not good enough either...

Recently, many platinum-level and top-tier authors have started publishing books, and mid-tier authors like me simply can't compete with them.

What's more, I'm writing about "urban combat," a genre that's currently experiencing a decline in popularity.

Those who frequently browse the urban fiction section of Qidian should be able to find that the most popular urban fiction now falls into three categories: "entertainment fiction", "farming fiction", and "rebirth fiction".

If you search from the number 1 to the number 100 on the Qidian Urban Fiction Monthly Ticket Ranking, you won't find a single novel related to combat—it's unavoidable, this genre has declined, and no excellent authors are willing to write about it anymore.

I am well aware that writing about "urban combat" now is very risky.

But that's the topic I wanted to write about.

I want to write about the dance of guns and knives.

I want to write about the duel on a speeding steam train.

I want to write about a skyscraper on the verge of collapse, and the men who fight to the death on the rooftop.

I want to write about men fighting a decisive battle under a rain of dollars, surrounded by countless banknotes, but they don't even glance at them; their eyes are only on "fighting" and "victory."

There are countless things I want to write about.

So, like Don Quixote, even though I knew that the current starting point city area was dominated by entertainment novels, farming novels, and rebirth novels, I still resolutely raised my old lance called "Urban Combat" and charged at the windmill.

If I lose, I have nothing to say. But I at least want a chance to challenge myself.

The book will be available in about two weeks.

Dear readers, please take the time to read each of the following chapters over the next two weeks.

It's okay if you don't look carefully; just quickly flip from the first page to the last.

It really is only a little over half a month, and I'm just troubling you all for this.

Once the book is available, you can choose whether to read it immediately or let it sit indefinitely – it's entirely up to you.

If readers start keeping the book after it's published, it just means my writing isn't good enough to keep them reading.

Before it goes on sale, I want this book to have a chance to challenge top-tier works and to have a chance to showcase this work.

By the way, if you're a reader who enjoys the "urban battle" genre, you should definitely read this book every day.

Sex and violence are two fundamental human desires, so unless human genes mutate, I absolutely do not believe that urban combat will ever decline.

I firmly believe that one day, "urban combat" will regain its vitality; it's just a matter of time.

If even a mediocre work like mine can achieve decent results, it will surely attract more outstanding authors to this subject—it's the same principle as "spending a fortune to buy a horse's bones."

At that time, readers who enjoy "urban combat" will be able to see a large number of excellent works.

In short, please be sure to read this book every day for the next two weeks! (Like a leopard crying.jpg)

Please read it! Asking for a monthly ticket!
Tomorrow is the start of a brand new January, and to show my sincerity, this book will be updated with a bang tomorrow! Four chapters in a row! I'll finish the climax in one go, so you can enjoy it to your heart's content!

I'll be relying on you all for the next two weeks or so!

(End of this chapter)