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However, the organizers were all smiles. There aren't many people who read short stories normally, but this time, because of "Wolf," they gained a lot of new users. Although most people will leave after reading the novel, some will stay, and even the number of people who stay is a huge number!

They regularly hold short story competitions, partly to provide a platform for short story competitions, but also partly to attract traffic and generate buzz.

The current situation has perfectly achieved the expected results, and even far exceeded the expected goals!

Of course, the biggest beneficiary was Qian Jian, the author of "Wolf," as many people first became acquainted with Qian Jian because of this short story.

This also gave Qianjian his first reputation in the short story circle, and he was no longer an unknown.

When Qian Jian wrote "The King's Avatar" before, although it became a huge hit, people didn't pay much attention to him. After all, there are too many authors who become famous with one book these days. They often become famous with one book and then quickly fade into obscurity. It is difficult for their subsequent works to surpass that famous book.

But Qianjian actually wrote another short story, and it became a huge hit.

What does this mean? It means that Qian Jian is not the kind of author who becomes famous through a flash of inspiration; he has genuine talent. After all, writing a wildly popular long novel may not require a great deal of literary skill, but writing a wildly popular short story requires a high level of literary literacy.

Even so, people's attention to Qianjian was limited, at most just marveling at the emergence of a promising newcomer in the author circle.

After all, Qianjian's fame had only lasted for two short months, and he only had two works under his belt, one of which was still being serialized and not yet finished.

Literature is different from songs. Literary works need more time to mature, just like fine aged wine. Some books, when read again after a long time, will have a different flavor.

These things cannot be rushed.

The movie "Wolf" became a hit.

When Bai Qianqu learned of this, he went to the novel's comment section and was stunned when he saw Zhenyu's interpretation.

"Huh? So 'The Wolf' has this other meaning? How come I didn't know that? Was everything I learned before just a lie?"

"They say there are a thousand Hamlets for a thousand readers, which actually makes a lot of sense, doesn't it?"

"Upon closer inspection, these interpretations do have some merit."

In the comments section and on Weibo, many people specifically tagged Qianjian, wanting the author to come out and give an official interpretation.

However, Bai Qianqu did not answer these people. In his opinion, the greatest charm of short stories lies in the reader's own interpretation. If the author really has to give a square interpretation, then the fun of short stories will be greatly reduced.

Of course, the most crucial point is that he himself doesn't know how to explain it.

While Bai Qianqu was reading the comments section, "Wolf" had already reached fifth place in the rankings. The other four works in the top five were all created by big names in the short story world, and he was the only newcomer, making him particularly eye-catching.

To his delight, however, the readership of "Wolf" had clearly exceeded ten million, meaning his mission was finally accomplished.

Soon the system's voice came through.

[Mission complete! You have received a Golden Artwork Selection Box! The prize has been sent to your account, please check!]

Bai Qianqu breathed a sigh of relief, finally having completed a highly difficult task.

It has to be said that compared to these two tasks, the previous tasks were really a freebie from the system.

It seems I shouldn't provoke the system so easily in the future. Otherwise, if a task comes up that makes him become the God of Music or marry both Bronya and Ellie at the same time, wouldn't I be doomed on the spot?

Looking at the golden treasure chest in her warehouse, Bai Qianqu did not open it directly. After all, she had been very busy lately and did not have much extra time to do anything else.

It's better to just store it in the warehouse and take it out when needed in the future, just in case.

Chapter 185 Prometheus's Desperate Retirement

The World Snake Library erupted in jubilation, with everyone's face beaming with joy.

Qianjian's "Wolf" achieved a top-five ranking, and as the publisher that recommended the novel, they naturally benefited a lot from it. Even now, the cover of the World Snake APP features the promotional slogan for "Wolf," as if afraid that others wouldn't know that it was written by Qianjian.

As Qianjian's editor, Raven's status rose accordingly, and she practically swaggered around the entire company.

Along with the soup, the entire gaming department also benefited, as everyone in the department finally met the performance targets, and many employees even received full performance-based pay for the first time in many years of employment.

So during this period, everyone in the gaming department was celebrating like it was Chinese New Year. Many people even changed their computer desktops and phone wallpapers to Qianjian's name and worshipped him every day before going to work.

This is a typical example of a top performer leading the entire department.

This made Prometheus in the comics department extremely envious. Back in the entire World Snake, the gaming and comics departments were always neck and neck, either one coming in last place or the other in last. Now, his former brother had transformed into the top team, and Prometheus felt a great sense of loss! He was sour!

However, there were simply too few illustrators in the comics department. The big magazines were tightly holding onto the popular comics, and readers were unwilling to come to her. She didn't have any good solutions.

Unless a genius like Senken appears out of nowhere and saves the entire comics department just like he saved the gaming department.

However, that possibility is almost zero. After all, illustrators and novelists are different. To create a good comic, it's not enough to just have a plot; one also needs a certain level of drawing skills.

Where could she possibly find such a great deity?

During the meeting today, Gray Serpent first praised Raven highly, and then his gaze fell on Prometheus.

The gray snake coughed heavily!

"Ahem! Number 17! Your comics department needs to work harder too. Your department's performance has dropped significantly this quarter, and the reader retention rate is very poor! This can't go on! Although your comics department is relatively new and short-staffed, that's not an excuse for not meeting your KPIs. You need to go out and recruit artists. If that doesn't work, try to poach some artists from other departments! I'll give you another quarter. If that still doesn't work, I'll have to talk to Boss Kevin!"

Prometheus nodded expressionlessly, then mentally he was ranting and raving.

"Effort? How can I make an effort? The most crucial thing is that I don't have any comic artists! I can't just conjure them up out of thin air!"

"They even want me to recruit artists? Haven't I tried poaching them already? I've tried poaching almost every comic magazine publisher! But they just don't want to come! We have no readers, no fame, and even the wages are at the lowest level. Who would want to come here?"

"I even had Mistelin pretend to be a tea girl to seduce people, but it was all for naught; she saw through it immediately!"

"This is so annoying! I might as well quit! I'd rather go back to my hometown; I heard you can make money setting up a stall there. Maybe I could sell roast duck legs."

After the meeting ended, Prometheus returned to the comics department dejectedly, only to find Mistelin happily eating potato chips and reading comics. She was so angry that she didn't even bother to say anything and just plopped down in her seat.

Seeing Prometheus's expression, Mistelin knew she must have had another bad day in a meeting, so she put down her novel and asked tentatively, "What's wrong, Prometheus? Did the Gray Serpent lecture you again?"

“Yes,” Prometheus said emotionlessly, “This quarter, without a doubt, we’re at the bottom again! If this continues, we can expect layoffs! This department probably won’t survive!”

"Huh?!" Mistelin exclaimed in surprise. "If the comics club is gone, where am I going to find a place where I can slack off and sleep whenever I want?"

Prometheus leaned back in his chair and couldn't help but roll his eyes.

As expected! This feathered rabbit is completely unreliable!

It's better to hope for a miracle than to rely on her!

At this moment, Jackal returned to the office in a menacing manner, and her subordinates immediately fell silent, not daring to utter a sound.

Jackal sat in the chair with a dark expression, talking to himself.

"Hmph! Raven, isn't this your only backer? Who else do you have besides Qian Jian? Once 'The King's Avatar' is over, what will you have left? I don't believe Qian Jian can immediately produce another novel that's no weaker than 'The King's Avatar'! After all, no matter how strong he is, he's still just one person! And one person can only write one book at most!"

"Once 'The King's Avatar' is over, the World Snake Library will ultimately need my fantasy department to support it! Then everyone will know who the real pillar is!"

"Therefore! The advantage lies with me!"

After a moment of self-comfort, Jackal felt much better. Her face regained its former confidence, and she even hummed a little tune, Qu Yin's "Against the War".

"On this turbulent battlefield, the Storm Girl makes her debut."

Raven was in a great mood. Just now at the meeting, Gray Serpent directly stated that he would give the entire gaming department double the quarterly bonus.

As soon as Raven returned, he immediately announced the good news, and everyone in the department cheered.

"The Raven editor-in-chief is awesome!"

Raven waved his hand and corrected, "It's not that I'm awesome, it's that Teacher Qianjian is awesome."

Everyone quickly changed their tune: "Teacher Qianjian is awesome!"

Raven nodded and added, "From now on, Teacher Qianjian will be the only true god in our department! From now on, his words will be divine pronouncements, understand?"

"Yes, sir!" the crowd answered loudly.

Raven was satisfied with everyone's attitude and sat down with a smile. Just now, she took the opportunity to bring up the matter of increasing Qianjian's contract during the meeting, and Gray Serpent agreed. So now she wanted to tell Qianjian this good news, and she believed that Qianjian would be very happy to hear about it.

As Raven turned on her computer, she was surprised to find that Qianjian had sent her a message.

It's important to know that Qianjian rarely takes the initiative to contact her; she usually sends him messages first, and he only replies with a few words. In Raven's mind, Qianjian is a very aloof person.

If the other party suddenly contacts me now, could it be that they have something important to tell me?

Raven's mind started racing again, and she hesitated to open the message.

Qian Jian is no longer the unknown author he once was. His novel "The King's Avatar" has become a worldwide sensation, attracting a large following of readers.

Chapter 186 Overnight Review

As Qianjian gained fame, many publishing houses also set their sights on him.

Some publishers have even openly or covertly expressed their hope that Qianjian would switch to their side, offering very generous terms.

Those conditions were extremely tempting, and she believed that Qianjian would definitely be tempted as well. Anyone who said they weren't tempted would be lying, since even Raven herself was envious.

After much deliberation, the raven finally sighed.

If Qianjian is determined to switch jobs, what can she do?

Raven finally opened the message sent by Qianjian with trembling hands.

When she saw the message, she breathed a long sigh of relief. Qian Jian had no intention of changing jobs. Instead, he sent her a document along with a sentence.

[Qian Jian: All the remaining chapters of "The King's Avatar" are here. I've taken a quick look and there shouldn't be any problems. I'll send them to you for further review.]

The raven had just breathed a sigh of relief, but then it gasped and jumped to its feet!

"It's actually finished?!"

This move drew surprised glances from everyone in the office.

"What happened to Editor-in-Chief Raven?" a subordinate asked cautiously.

Raven steadied himself, but his eyes still held an expression of disbelief: "Teacher Qianjian... he sent me all the remaining chapters of 'The King's Avatar'! He said he's finished writing it all!"

"What?! How is this possible?" The subordinate's reaction was no less than Raven's. She exclaimed, "How long has it been?! Wasn't this book supposed to be over 500 million words? It can be finished in less than three months?"

The others in the office also heard the shocking news and began whispering among themselves.

"Teacher Qianjian has finished writing 'The King's Avatar'?!"

"Impossible, more than two months?"

"Could it be that he didn't want to write it, so he just wrote a hasty ending?"

"Isn't it?"

Raven waved his hand to quiet everyone down.

"Quiet down! Let me take a look at the document that Teacher Qianjian sent me!"

She suppressed her unease and opened the document, her eyes quickly scanning the word count below.

However, the document loaded at an unusually slow speed, taking a full three seconds to appear. When everyone saw the word count, they all gasped in surprise!