My game is depressing worldwide.

Donghai City.

Qihang Chinese Website Editorial Department.

"Strange, strange." Tian Shu looked backstage in confusion. "Why hasn't 'The Great Family of Dumplings' been signed yet?"

Normally, even the busiest author should have completed signing contracts by the end of the day.

Only by signing a contract can you receive monthly votes, recommendation votes, featured positions, royalties, and so on.

This is the most important part of the new book!

"Could it have been cut off?"

Tian Shu was startled; this was the most promising talent he had recently discovered that was worth nurturing.

If the author of the book were to disappear, it would be a huge loss.

I quickly opened the Kaihang APP and searched for this book.

"Oh? It has a cover?" Tian Shu looked at it carefully for two seconds. "Wow, it's pretty exquisite! What anime is this? I don't think I've ever seen it before."

The cover is a family portrait, with many beautiful girls of all kinds surrounding Okazaki Tomoya and Furukawa Nagisa in the middle.

Now let's look at the main text.

The latest chapter was published just a few minutes ago.

Tian Shu was completely confused; hadn't it been cut?

Why not go through the signing process?

Is it really possible to write for fun without expecting payment?

But there have to be at least a few readers, right? Right now, this book only has one bookmark and not a single comment.

It's really quite tragic.

Click to view the latest chapter.

Because it's an ensemble piece, the plot progresses slowly, and not all the characters have been introduced yet.

In the latest chapter, a new character has appeared.

Tomoyo Sakagami, the student council president of Hikari-zaka High School and the protagonist's junior with explosive (literal) fighting power.

He can consistently rank first in his grade in academics, and he can also physically defeat delinquents.

The character's appearance is understandable.

"But what's going on with this original artwork?!" Tian Shu stared blankly, his eyes wide open.

It's so exquisite.

It's not at all like the fan art on fanfiction websites.

It looks more like character design concept art released by an official game developer or animation production team.

"Could they have stolen character designs from some obscure anime?" Tian Shu felt a sense of absurdity and flipped through the pages. "Where are the other characters?"

However, that is indeed the case.

Yesterday it wasn't there, but today every character has been given incredibly detailed original artwork.

They even captured the scenes.

The novel's content, which I had previously filled in with my imagination, suddenly felt real.

I instantly felt that the quality and level of this novel had improved significantly.

It's like... a corner with no dialogue options.

But where did these original drawings come from?!

Tian Shu saved the image and searched for it.

Can't find it!

Okazaki Tomoya, Furukawa Nagisa, Sakagami Tomoyo, Fujibayashi sisters...

These characters are also unavailable.

This is not fan art, and it is not stolen image.

Purely original!

"The author didn't write this novel just to show off the original artwork, did they?" Tian Shu was completely dumbfounded. "Did they make a whole meal of dumplings just for this dish of vinegar?"

Is it really necessary to work that hard?

Tian Shu felt a sense of absurdity; in all his years in the industry, this was truly the first time he had ever encountered an author like this.

If you drew it yourself, and your skill level is this good, why are you even writing novels?

If I pay someone to write an article, will I be able to recoup my costs with that amount of money?

Such an unconventional style of doing things is truly unprecedented.

It seems like we've found a hidden gem of an artist. Just look at their dedication and this set of exquisite original artworks; they deserve this contract.

They made a fortune.

They shouldn't be overlooked! They need encouragement!

So he used his usual reading account to like all the original drawings, and even posted a drooling emoji under the original drawing of his favorite Tomoyo Sakagami.

After thinking for a few seconds, I decided to leave a post that could drive traffic to the book.

"The creator actually gave each character an original set of concept art! How about you make a theme song too? *doge emoji*"

Ok.

If any readers happen to click in and see this comment, they might be interested in adding it to their bookshelf.

It's already quite a lot of words.

The book was published in four days, with 2.5 words, averaging more than 6000 words per day.

I need to quickly talk to this new author about the basic rules after signing the contract.

Frequent updates are a good thing, but that's after the app is released.

The contract hasn't even been signed yet... This update is way too long.

You'll be at a disadvantage in terms of being featured.

only.

Why isn't this author going through the signing process?!

That's a bit too aloof!

If Tian Shu knew why Chen Xuan hadn't signed the contract, he'd probably be spitting out blood.

The reason is simple—I didn't see it.

Chen Xuan did not download the mobile app, so he could not see the in-app message prompting him to sign up.

As for the PC version, the notification for short messages is not very prominent, with only a small red dot appearing.

Chen Xuan doesn't have OCD; he's too lazy to click all the red dots when playing games.

Not to mention a word processing software.

...

...

Thursday morning.

The three-day event showcasing outstanding works concluded yesterday.

Inside an office in the entrepreneurship park on campus at Lincheng University.

Zhou Qian and Yu Xiaoming felt like they were seeing a ghost.

Even with his imagination running wild, he couldn't have imagined that the cold-faced killer Cui Manzhou could actually have a warm and welcoming side, with a smile on her face.

"The school has entrepreneurship support policies. You can use this office for now, it's free to use like public facilities. As for reviewing project proposals, just leave it to me."

"Regarding the program, I heard from Shen Qingtu that he has agreed to join your team, which surprised me a bit. I hope you two can work together to achieve something great."

"As for the startup support funds, it won't be approved so quickly, and the procedures are more complicated. I can't be of much help with that. Please contact me if you need anything."

"I reprimanded him about the art outsourcing issue last time." Cui Manzhou playfully punched Lu Kai, "I told him to take care of my students, and you still charged such a high price."

Lu Kai nodded repeatedly, looking every bit the henpecked husband trying to please his wife.

As soon as Cui Manzhou left the office, Lu Kai coughed lightly and came closer.

Chen Xuan understood immediately and asked in a low voice, "How effective is the medicine?"

"Very good. Do you have any more of that medicine?"

"Of course," Chen Xuan smiled slightly. "Mr. Lu, this is the discount..."

"Just call me Brother Lu, Mr. Lu is too formal," Lu Kai said in a low voice. "35,000, I'm already losing money on this deal with you."

"Too expensive, 1."

"Xiao Chen, that's not fair of me. I have operating costs to consider..."

[Defense Penetration Value Detected from Lu Kai +1]

"My friend also gave me a pill that has no side effects and is permanently effective," Chen Xuan said in a low voice.

"But then again," Lu Kai said seriously, "money isn't important. What matters is you as a person. 10,000 it is."

Although the price was almost drastically reduced, Lu Kai happily put away the Mighty Vajra Pill and left humming a song.

Zhou Qian stared in shock at the departing figure.

"Brother Xuan, I don't want to learn how to make games anymore. I want to learn hypnosis. How did you turn that cold-faced killer into a warm, friendly girl next door? How did you get a large outsourcing company to rip you off? Was it hypnosis? Was it?"

"Hypnosis my ass." Chen Xuan curled his lip. "This is called bird healing."