导读:近日媒体发布的作家富豪榜使36岁的网络作家唐家三少成为舆论关注的焦点，其凭借1.22亿的版税收入领跑榜单，据说金庸老先生几年来的总收入还不及唐家三少一年收入。
online writer Tangjiasanshao, or Zhang Wei, took the crown again on the latest income ranking list of Chinese online writers.
根据最新发布的中国网络作家富豪榜，网络作家唐家三少（真名张威）再次拔得头筹。
Receiving 122 million yuan ($18 million) in royalties, the writer comes in at first place for the fourth time.
张威本次凭借1.22亿元（合1800万美元）的版税收入连续第四次登上“网络作家富豪榜”的榜首。
Born in 1981, Zhang once worked for a small IT company after graduating from Hebei University. He got fired by the slumping company in 2003.
张威出生于1981年，毕业于河北大学，曾经在一家小型IT公司工作。后来由于该公司经济不景气，张威在2003年被该公司解雇。
In 2004, Zhang started writing his first online novel, Guang Zhi Zi, or Son of Light. In 2012, the young writer was crowned on the royalties ranking list for the first time.
2004年，张威创作了自己的第一部网络小说《光之子》。2012年，这位年轻作家凭借丰厚的版税收入首次登上作家富豪榜的榜首。
Many web writers, such as Tiancantudou (Li Hu) and Wochixihongshi（Zhu Hongzhi）also rose to fame because of their work and enviable royalties.
许多诸如天蚕土豆（真名李虎）和我吃西红柿(真名朱洪志）等网络作家也凭借其作品和令人艳羡的版税收入一举成名。
A series of popular TV series, animations and games have been adapted from their writings, including Nirvana in Fire and The Journey of Flower.
许多人气颇旺的电视剧、动画以及游戏等也是改编自网络小说，例如：《琅琊榜》和《花千骨》等。
However, not every online writer is as lucky as them. Most online writers work 10 hours a day according to a report from Yangtze Evening. And they must always be working hard to create intriguing stories.
然而，并不是每个网络作家都拥有相同的际遇。据《扬子晚报》报道，大多数网络作家每天都要工作十个小时以上，并且为了能够写出扣人心弦的故事，他们必须非常努力地写作。
Angeloscar from Nanjing began to write for the web as a part-time job in 2006. And he resigned from his stable job to write full time from 2015.
来自南京的天使奥斯卡从2006年开始兼职网络作家，后来他辞去了自己稳定的工作，从2015年起开始担任全职网络作家。
"Many people believe online writers are messy and sloppy, and some even think we wear costumes when writing stories about ancient people. We are not. At least I am not," Angeloscar said.
天使奥斯卡表示：“许多人都觉得网络作家非常混乱和邋遢，有些人甚至认为当我们写古言小说的时候还会穿古代的服装。但事实上不是这样的，至少我自己没有这样。”
As a father, the writer has a regular life. And he also spends at least 10 hours on writing each day.
作为一个父亲，天使奥斯卡也有自己正常规律的生活，但是他还是会保证每天至少10小时花在写作上。
"It’s easy to become an online writer, but not that easy to become famous. I suggest people to start part-time writing first," he said.
天使奥斯卡建议道：“想成为网络作家挺容易，但是要想成名还是非常不容易的。我建议想做网络作家的还是先从兼职写手做起。”
And only especially skilled writers could write for large internet literature websites, such as Qidian.com.
只有一些文笔较好的作家才有资格为诸如起点中文网这种大型网络文学网站担任写手。
Yang Chen, chief editor of Qidian.com, said there are tens of thousands of writers creating web stories on Qidian.com.
起点网的总编辑杨晨表示成千上万的作者每天都在网站上创作新的小说。
"There are more female online writers now and some are even teenagers," Yang said.
“现在大多数作家都是女性作家，有些甚至是年龄较小的青少年作者。”杨晨说道。
Martial arts fantasy web fiction is the most popular literature genre online. And many foreigners are also faithful readers.
目前，武侠玄幻小说是最受欢迎的网络小说形式。许多外国人也是忠实读者。
Wuxiaworld.com, a website sharing English versions of Chinese kung fu and fantasy online novels, is pretty popular in the US.
“武侠世界”网站是一个专门分享中国武侠及玄幻小说英文翻译版的网站，在美国非常欢迎。
According to data from Alexa in December 2016, the website ranked 1,525 in the world and 986 in the US. It had more than three million daily page views and 241,211 daily unique visitors.
根据亚历克莎网站（ 一家专门发布网站世界排名的网站）于2016年12年发布的数据显示，上述网站凭借三百万以上的日浏览量和高达241211的日独立访客在世界排名1525，在美国的排名为986。
