Chapter 168 (1/2)

Zhao Youyue knew that Chu Luoxun was only so popular now, all thanks to this novel.

”Beautiful April” had been able to attract a lot of student readers with its all-too-relatable portrayal of purity and the innocence of youth in the story. This was even before she had traveled into the story world using the Two Dimensional Gate.

The plotline was rather calm and straightforward, but it had failed to choose an appropriate timing to blow up. In the sixth issue, Chu Luoxun had appeared, cheerful, bright, and perfect, along with the beautiful description of her musical performance. This had triggered long-suppressed pa.s.sion and enthusiasm in the students. The readers were able to feel the power of youth coming from these students!

Sometimes, the best influence would be Amway, since the crowd tended to follow the majority. A lot of netizens would be curious when they see someone discussing somebody else, and they would try their best to investigate and understand that person.

Hence, the pirated version of ”Beautiful April” was spreading fast on the internet. The pirated websites in China would always provide everything for you, to celebrate the spirit of sharing on the internet.

Many netizens would simply search for the pirated version and read it, since it did not contain many words. Six issues would only have about 50,000 words, so pirates were able to keep up without trouble.

However, the reading experience on the pirated sites would not always be as satisfying. Sometimes, the text might get left out or missed. After all, it had been mostly hand-typed, and the paragraphs might get mixed up. Besides, there would be pop out windows which prevented the readers from getting fully immersed in the story. Consequently, there would be some bad comments.

Many pirated readers started to criticize ”Beautiful April.” They claimed that it was a story without any climax, and it left them yearning for something it could not deliver. They did not understand what was so good about the novel, to even be able to create a sensation on the internet. They soon denounced it as another business scam, and that its reputation was clearly undeserved.

These days, pirated readers have become good at waging online battles with fabricated, albeit convincing facts. They would easily outspeak the honest, supportive readers who had spent money to read the originals.

Most importantly, they would not feel ashamed after reading a pirated novel. To make it worse, they actually thought that they were giving face to the author, as they were willing to spend the time to read the pirated version of his novel. They would even start throwing suggestions on how the authors should write…

They felt like they were the center of the universe, as though the authors would be d.a.m.ned if they had not been there. They should be wors.h.i.+pped by the authors, being treated with equal respect as they would their parents.

In reality, when it comes to the book comment section of the original website, these people would not be allowed to even post, or comment. It did not matter if their suggestions were good or bad.

Pirated readers had no right to say anything.

At a discussion forum called ”Dragon's sky,” someone had recommended ”Beautiful April,” at the book recommending section. Surprisingly, it had received many good reviews. Many veteran readers who were picky even said that this was the real youth novel. It should be aptly named ”Innocent love,” which was the t.i.tle of an anime. Even though the anime was named ”Innocent Love,” the contents were not very innocent.

These veteran readers had some good qualities in them. Some of them had urged others to buy the real book when it is published. After all, it would feel better to read such a novel on real paper.

”Dragon's sky” was just a discussion forum on the internet; hence such movements had little momentum. However, the fact that ”Beautiful April” had appeared in this forum, goes to show how popular the novel was!