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By the middle of the month, "Release the Witch" had been updated with more than 300,000 words.

Yunfeng has been observing the changes in the comment section.

[Zhu Xian Die-hard Fan 9527]: On the day the book was published, who was it that said that writing "Western fantasy" was a dead end? Come out and get punished!

[Jones]: I came here after seeing a recommended post in the online literature circle. It’s really well written.

[Williams]: After reading the latest chapters, in my heart, it is second only to J.K.'s "The Wizarding World".

Brown: It’s quite interesting.

[Bard]: The introduction says “farming literature”, and I thought it was about farming.

……

It's still acceptable.

Moreover, many foreign readers came.

Yunfeng then opened the Writer's Assistant and took a look at the current data of "Release the Witch".

Word count: 308301.

Number of readers: 1400858.

Added to bookshelf 500257.

3480841 recommendation votes.

Reward 1465.

Comments 11361.

However, these data are indeed a bit disappointing.

When "Ghost Blows Out the Light" had this number of words, the number of collections had exceeded one million.

"Let's wait and see whether word of mouth can ferment in overseas markets."

This book has only about 3.3 million words, and now I have written more than 1.5 million words. If the results are really too bad, I will update as much as possible, try to finish it in two months, and then start a new book.

Yunfeng believes there is still hope.

at the same time.

The submission channel for the National Short Story Competition has officially closed, and the first round of screening has begun. The judging panel will select the best 100 stories and publish them on the official WeChat circle, allowing readers to vote and compete for the top 20.

This year, we received more than 3,000 short stories.

Heavy workload.

The jury, composed of ten famous short story writers, basically sat in front of the computer reading manuscripts from eight in the morning to six in the afternoon, except for eating, drinking, defecating and urinating.

Yan Jin is a very famous mystery novelist in China. His three short stories, "The Ninth Finger", "The Sting of the Sting" and "Death Phone", have all been adapted into web dramas and movies.

"The Bandage Monster Villa Murder Case?"

Another mystery novel...

I hope it won’t be like the previous ones, with confusing logic and nothing to watch.

Among the manuscripts that Yan Jin reviewed yesterday, half were mystery novels, but they were not well written.

As a mystery novelist, he naturally hopes that one of his mystery novels will be selected.

Of course, he reviews manuscripts in a fair and impartial manner and will not give any backdoors to detective novels.

Among the seven short stories I selected from him yesterday, not a single one was a mystery.

soon.

Yan Jing finished reading the article "The Bandage Monster Villa Murder Case".

“This novel is well written.”

The reasoning process is very attractive and the method of committing the crime is very sophisticated.

He is very good at using words to create atmosphere, and the sense of immersion is very strong.

Yan Jing immediately submitted the short story.

Not to mention first place, the top three are inevitable.

Three days later, the judging panel shortlisted 180 short stories.

After another morning of discussion, we finally decided which 100 short stories would enter the final competition.

The organizers of the event immediately uploaded the 100 short stories to the official WeChat circle.

On Blue Star, there are many people who like short stories and are paying attention to the National Short Story Competition.

"There are actually 100 short stories this year, twice as many as the previous year."

"Some of them have seen it."

"It's not bad. Each article is usually several thousand words long. One hundred articles is equivalent to one hundred chapters in a novel. I finished it in no time."

“The rules have also changed. In the past, one person could vote for three short stories, but now one person can vote for five.”

"I think five short stories is too few to vote for. Last time, I had several stories I liked but didn't vote for them."

……

There was some discussion in the comment section of this micro-circle, and everyone started reading the article.

One hundred short stories, some people finished reading them very quickly.

Everyone has different preferences. For some texts, you only need to read a few thousand words to decide whether you want to continue reading. It’s the same as listening to songs. For some songs, you can tell whether it’s your favorite just by listening to the prelude or one or two sentences.

But there are also those who read all of them word for word. They feel that the votes in their hands determine the fate of these 100 short stories, so they must be rigorous and not let any good work be buried.

Some people have already started posting their reviews.

“I highly recommend “Sleepless on a Rainy Night”, it’s very touching and my eyes were wet after reading it.”

"I was almost confused by the end. I think "Angel's Broken Wings" is very philosophical and worth a vote."

"The most imaginative one is the Bandage Monster Villa Murder Case. It's a bit perverted that they can come up with such a case."

"Why can't I vote for one book out of five? I really like 'Three Monks Fetching Water to Drink New Stories'."

"'Funny Family' is so funny that my stomach hurts from laughing so hard."

……

Soon, the rankings came out.

The first place is "The Bandage Monster Villa Murder Case", the second place is "Sleepless on a Rainy Night", and the third place is "Funny Family". The votes for the top three are not much different.

This ranking is also the best ranking in Yan Jing's mind. However, the voting will continue until the end of the month. It is just the beginning and we cannot draw a conclusion too early.

And he became more and more curious.

Who wrote this article "The Bandage Monster Villa Murder Case"?
Could he be one of the few writers in China who are good at writing mystery novels?

However, judging from the writing style, it doesn’t seem like it.

Also for the sake of fairness and justice, the names of the authors of these short stories were not made public until the final results were announced, and even the judging panel did not know them.

The short story circle is also discussing this.

"Do you think the first place, "The Bandage Monster Villa Murder Case", could have been written by a mystery novelist who has already achieved some success?"

"Yan Jin? Li Si? Mo Wu?"

"It's definitely not rigorous. He is a member of the judging panel."

"From the writing style, it looks like it was written by Li Si. In short, it must have been written by an old person, not a newcomer."

"Come to think of it, it's only the first day, and you've already decided that the first place will be "The Bandage Monster Villa Murder Case"?"

……

The discussion was very heated. Normally the popularity in the short story circle was not even 50, but now it has soared to 12106.

At this moment.

Yunfeng was looking at the system interface with a bright smile on his face.

Since the voting channel for this national short story competition was opened, the growth rate of the main job [writer] achievements has increased at a speed visible to the naked eye.

but……

This is not the focus of today's attention.

Yunfeng turned off the system, changed his clothes, and left the dormitory.

In the bustling Magic City, as soon as the weekend arrives, the streets are crowded with people and cars, and bursts of noise are heard in the air.

"Boss, do you have any 'Fairy Comics'?"

"There are fairy comics? I haven't heard of them. There are only comic dream factories."

"What about the Fengyun comics?"

"I haven't heard of it either."

……

Tang Yu listened to Yun Feng's conversation with the newsstand owner and said, "Maybe the goods were not distributed to the newsstand. Let's go to the bookstore to check."

"Fairy-like Comics" is the name that Zheng Rong gave to the comics studio. At first, they planned to call it a monthly comics magazine, but they thought it was too ordinary, so they solicited names from within the magazine. The more they called it "Fairy-like", the more they liked it, so in the end they changed the monthly novel magazine to "Fairy-like Novels".

Yunfeng and Tang Yu came out together and asked three newsstands. They had fairy novels but no fairy comics.

The two came to the nearest bookstore.

Finally, there is a comic book with fairy spirit.

Buy two copies quickly.

Yunfeng asked the clerk again: "How are the sales of this fairy-like comic?"

The clerk pointed at the comic books in their hands and said, "Our bookstore was opened by you guys."

really……

Yunfeng had expected this as soon as he entered the bookstore.

Without even a promotional poster, who would know that this comic book was on sale?

But, it shouldn’t be.

The last time the novel was released, posters almost covered the entire bookstore’s bulletin board.

There was no way Zheng Rong would make such a low-level mistake.

Yunfeng planned to go to the next bookstore to see if it was the same situation, and then call Zheng Rong to ask, so he said to Tang Yu: "Let's go, accompany me to find another bookstore to check."

"Ah?" Tang Yu was so engrossed in watching that he didn't hear what he said.

Yunfeng smiled and asked, "How is it? Is the painting okay?"

Tang Yu nodded and replied, "It's much, much better than my comic book 'The Great Scholar'."

(End of this chapter)