The Shocking Eunuch, Reborn as a Literary Girl

Chapter 29: The Past of the Eight Provinces (Please read on, please vote!!)

Looking back, she and Renci first met on a forum for online novels.
At the time, neither of them were very famous authors; they had both just started out.

At that time, they didn't care much about money or profit, nor did they understand what the success of a novel meant.

At that time, they simply loved writing.

At the time, there was a post that "invited everyone to write together," which was published on a forum related to online literature where both of them were very active.

This was originally just a small-scale chain-writing game, where everyone followed certain unique settings and continued writing the story.

Perhaps because this form of creative game is indeed quite interesting, more and more creators have gradually joined in.

"Kindness" and "Ancient Exploration" were among the many participants.

A group of talented, expressive, and eloquent writers came together and took turns creating interesting stories.

This unexpected chemical reaction surprised and delighted the authors involved at the time.

So, after discussion, the core members who participated in the word chain game decided to share this worldview, create a brand new fantasy world IP, and make this IP the Chinese version of "Dungeons & Dragons".

And this is the origin of "Kindness's" famous work, "Eight Provinces".

Yes, Hachishu is not his work alone.

It is a collective creation of a group of people.

It is a large-scale fantasy world built by a group of authors, including Renci and Xun Gu.

At the time, thanks to the combined efforts of a large group of talented authors, the Eight States IP seemed to have great vitality for a while.

It has a large readership and fan base.

Several major creators have also gained considerable popularity in this field.

During this period, "Xun Gu" and "Ren Ci" had a very close relationship, eating and living together, and outsiders even mistakenly thought that the two were a couple.

However, this good fortune did not last long.
Soon, due to some issues and disputes over interests, they completely broke off relations.

To put it simply, the cause of the incident was...
The IP "Eight States" was initially said to be a collective creation, and there were plans to start a magazine together to make the IP bigger and stronger.

However, Renci later took it upon himself to upload his work "Eight States, Part One" to "Zhidian Chinese Website" and signed a contract with the website.

This turned what was originally a collaboratively created IP into Renci's work all by himself.

All the worldviews that everyone had designed together, and all the effort that everyone had put into this world, were all monopolized by Mercy.

Anyone else who wants to continue creating content related to the Eight States must obtain Mercy's authorization and share the profits with Mercy.

This is undoubtedly a shocking betrayal.

This incident enraged all the authors involved in the creation of the Eight States.

The two, Xun Gu and Ren Ci, who were originally very close, broke up completely.

Led by Xun Gu, people began to condemn benevolence online.

Thus began a century-long war of words.
The two initially clashed online over financial gains, but later began to belittle each other's writing abilities.
I remember when the arguments were at their fiercest, Renci proposed a three-year writing contest with Xun Gu Lai.

However, Xun Gu directly refused, saying, "I live an honest life, why should I compete in writing with a scoundrel like you? Do you even deserve to compare with me? Your writing is utter nonsense!" From then on, for the next ten years, the two argued on and off the internet, exchanging many classic quotes.

Although the criticism was fierce, netizens generally enjoy joining in the fun and having a good time.

These two are constantly arguing so fiercely, yet everyone has paired them up as a completely unrealistic "CP" (couple).

The public opinion surrounding these two individuals has been constantly changing with public opinion.
When Renci had just created "Phoenix Clan," and his popularity and number of fans were at their peak, his fans temporarily controlled the online public opinion. They repeatedly attacked Xun Gu's past statement, "What you write is utter nonsense," and declared that "Xun Gu is a clown."

While Renci's reputation has plummeted in recent years and his fans have turned from love to hate, people have once again brought up Xun Gu's comment, "What you write is utter nonsense," to show that "Xun Gu was right."

Even when the news of Renci's death had just broken, someone made a video online using AI, showing Xun Gu dancing happily after learning of Renci's death.

Then the comments section below was full of "It's not that sad".

But in fact
Privately, their relationship was no longer as strained as it had been when the incident first broke out.

A few years ago, Renci took the initiative to send out reconciliation signals, expressing its willingness to share the copyright of "Eight States" with Xun Gu for free and split the revenue equally in order to reconcile.

Xun Gu chose to decline, though he had some considerations.

However, their relationship has improved since then.

Although we can't go back to the very beginning, when we were closest.
But they're at the level of ordinary strangers, not enemies.

As for why a complete reconciliation has not been reached...
That was simply because Xun Gu still harbored a slight resentment towards Ren Ci.

After the two broke up, Kindness's influence was undoubtedly greater than his own.

My bad reputation stemmed from my kindness; my good reputation came from kindness.

His good reputation stemmed from his bad reputation at the time of his kindness.

In this dynamic process of changing public opinion, the variable that plays the role is not oneself, but kindness.

Whether infamous or renowned, Kindness is the more influential and successful author.

At that moment, she accepted reconciliation as if she were accepting a merciful mercy.

I feel like the one being pitied.
Therefore, she was unwilling to fully reconcile with the other party until she actually wrote a book that had a greater impact than "The Phoenix Clan".

The two maintained a very subtle and awkward relationship.
Until now.

"Why did you die so simply, like trash, before I could truly surpass you?"

"Even if I were to die, this wouldn't be the time."

"at least."

"At least wait for me. Wait until the day I truly surpass you."

Just as she was sighing like this, she suddenly noticed something.
A message suddenly popped up on the computer that had been on since Renci's death.

"Your Steam account: Access from a new PC".

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