Huayu: Were you ever a top star before writing nonsense?

After a hearty meal, I felt refreshed and full of energy.

After taking a nap and completing the procedures for changing his major, Shen Can sat down in front of the computer again amidst the cicadas chirping outside the window and the snoring inside the dormitory.

Online writers are like swordsmen; they need to be able to endure loneliness and have plenty of patience and perseverance to achieve something.

A book with over a million words is written through years of accumulated experience.

There are no shortcuts.

Shen Can was already used to being alone. He placed his fingers on the keyboard and continued typing.

He needs to write two more chapters before the class meeting at 7 p.m., as classes will officially start tomorrow. How much time he can squeeze out to write the book in the future is uncertain.

"Da da da..."

The sound of typing filled the air.

Chapter Five describes how the protagonist, after passing the audition and contacting friends to complete the song production, officially steps onto the stage of "I Am a Singer".

On stage, a very charming woman holds a microphone. She has a beautiful face, a perfect figure with a curvaceous body, and especially long legs.

Those long legs weren't just standing on the stage, they were stepping on everyone's hearts.

Lin Yu introduced herself, guided by the host's topic.

"Tell me your motto."

This was a segment added by the director on short notice for the sake of the show's effect, and Lin Yu was already prepared.

He picked up the microphone and quietly said, "No one can support my lofty ambitions."

"That's it? It sounds like there should be a second half to the sentence." The beautiful host blinked in surprise.

"Yes, but I want to wait until I win the championship before I talk about it."

"You're quite ambitious."

"Can you even call yourself a young person if you have no ambition?"

……

"What song will you be performing tonight?"

"The song I wrote myself is called 'Rice Fragrance'."

After Lin Yu finished speaking, he looked in the direction of the judges and saw her, his ex-girlfriend—Jiang Wanning.

The next step is simple—copying song lyrics.

Shen Can could sing the song "Rice Fragrance" without looking at the lyrics, and considering that the song had not yet been registered for copyright, there was no need to write out the full lyrics.

All you need to do is write down the meaning of the lyrics and the audience's reaction.

He knows it all.

As the song "Rice Fragrance" came to an end, some judges exclaimed "This is a masterpiece!" while others were dumbfounded. The protagonist's ex-girlfriend looked at him with a strange and wonderful gaze, and unintentionally squeezed her legs together.

—It itches.

……

At 5:30 pm,

In the editorial department of Diaoniang, Group 3, Qin Shu, the only female editor in the entire department and a rare beauty among Diaoniang editors, was reviewing the manuscript listlessly.

Her delicate face looked lifeless, like a wilted eggplant.

She has been working overtime for four consecutive days, each day until after 8 p.m.

Even the most youthful person would have their menstrual cycle disrupted by this level of overtime work.

My period is two weeks late.

Qin Shu naturally understood the pressure from the higher-ups.

Last year, in 2006, a large number of top authors and editors left for other websites after receiving exorbitant salaries. As a result, the site began to face the most severe challenge since its establishment in May 2003, a challenge that could determine its very survival.

Originally, Digimon had become the dominant force in the online novel website industry, but unexpectedly, a powerful challenger suddenly emerged.

With money to burn, they aggressively poach talent, and their dominant position is beginning to falter.

Fortunately, in March of this year, Shanda, the parent company, injected 3 million yuan into Diaoniang, which alleviated the financial pressure and stopped the trend of top authors leaving.

Fortunately, the remaining authors on the site were quite capable, and one after another, hit works appeared, such as "Shen Mu", "Dao Mu Bi Ji", "Sheng Zou Shou Hu Shen", "Cun Mang", "Infinite Terror", "Ji Pin Jia Ding", "Qing Yu Nian", "Fake Hero", "Xing Chen Bian", etc., which to some extent stabilized and even developed the Qidian readership.

However, the intense pressure from external platforms remains, and we cannot afford to be complacent.

"I'd love to sign more books too, but good heavens, look at what this is all about! The story of the old doorman and the school beauty? Is this even worthy of being written? Even without explicit content, readers don't have such heavy tastes. How can they relate to it?"

Qin Shu was speechless. What was all this nonsense?

In her distress, she opened a book she had saved, one that she had found in the beginner pool that day.

—The All-Round Artist.

Qin Shu prefers to sign books with urban themes, as these themes naturally resonate with readers and are more likely to be successful.

When the author achieves good results, her commission will increase.

"Two more chapters have been updated. This author named 'Lin Yuan' has already updated four chapters today, totaling over nine thousand words. The update speed is not bad, it has the style of Tang San, awesome!" Qin Shu muttered to herself.

"only……"

Qin Shu opened the new chapter and started reading.

Five minutes later, she scratched her head in frustration, her face contorted in pain, as if she couldn't defecate.

"Another song that doesn't even exist in reality! Is the author so immersed in their own art that they can't get out? Ugh... so annoying!"

The magnanimous Qin Shu bit her red lips, furious.

"The subject matter is novel, the writing is fluent, there are plenty of exciting moments, and the anticipation is high... It's a rare good book, but why did he insist on composing and writing the songs himself? It really disrupts the reader's immersion."

"Who sent him? Who instructed him to write online novels? What is his purpose in coming to the online literature circle?!"

"Was he deliberately trying to annoy our editors?"

Qin Shu could tell that the author of the book had a great talent for online novels. His writing skills were not like those of a newcomer, but rather those of a veteran who had been immersed in online novels for many years. His writing style was definitely at the level of a master author.

Even some top-tier authors write worse than him.

If the songs he uses in his book are real, such as "Sunny Day," "Wait a Minute," "Nocturne," and "Fairy Tale," or even just those catchy pop songs like "Two Butterflies," "Poisonous Perfume," and "Mice Love Rice."

She can sign books immediately.

Before 07, there were actually quite a lot of songs that could be written, but the songwriters just didn't want to take the usual path and insisted on taking the narrow and cramped road.

"What a pity," Qin Shu sighed.

What a promising talent! Why did he have to be so stubborn?

"No, I can't let him continue to be confused and go further down the wrong path."

Qin Shu felt she should take action.

Her idea is simple.

"I, Qin Shu, have something important to do today."

The beautiful editor planned to talk to "Lin Yuan" privately and give him some pointers. On the one hand, she wanted to test his abilities, and on the other hand, she wanted to save the children who had gone astray and bring them back to the right path.

Why take a narrow, winding path when there's a wide, smooth road to take?

Don't you think money is too hot to handle?

She planned to act stealthily, secretly, and then scare everyone to death.

If things go smoothly, she'll be a top-notch editor with amazing authors working under her in the future.

"19 years old, Shanghai Theatre Academy..." Qin Shu pulled up the author's registration information, paused for a moment, and then blinked innocently:

"Hey, he's still a student."

Students are great, students are easy to fool.