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

Writing has become a regular part of Shen Can's life.

At 2 p.m., the sound of rapid keyboard typing echoed in the dormitory again.

To be honest, Shen Can's novel updates during this period seem to have been somewhat filler.

He knew that his readers were drawn to the songs in his novels, which were the core selling point of the novels, but he deliberately chose not to write them.

Instead, they focus on developing romantic storylines, expanding the world-building, and adding their own personal touches to create a sense of immersion.

Although the plot is written with exciting moments in almost every chapter, book fans are looking for the "main course," and they want to know what kind of new songs Shen Can will create next!

Therefore, in the novel's comment section, besides the usual requests for updates, the most frequent comments are urging Shen Can to write a song as soon as possible.

Even his top-ranked female supporter, [Snow After the Rain], couldn't help but post a book review:

"Junior, could you write a song? I want to see it. Don't force me to find you offline and then pressure you to write one."

After seeing her book review, Shen Can had only one thought—"If you're so capable, then come and do it."

Come and force me if you dare!

If [Snow Clears After a Storm] is indeed Zhao Ji, Shen Can isn't afraid of her causing trouble for him offline. Just by looking at her, you can tell she's very gentle, and she speaks in a soft, gentle voice...

How could a little rabbit possibly be a match for this big bad wolf?

But the storyline should indeed shift back to variety shows.

The pacing of a novel's plot should be just right, with a good balance of tension and relaxation.

Too much tension is not good; it will keep the reader's mind and emotions in a state of constant tension and fluctuation, and over time, the reader will get tired.

Too loose is also not good, as it will make people feel bland and tasteless, lacking stimulation.

Therefore, the plot that Shen Can wrote at this moment came about:

For the next period of time, Lin Yu lived her life comfortably.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it's already the seventh episode of "I Am a Singer".

Starting from this episode, the show enters its second competition format – team competition!

Each team competition has a different theme.

At the recording studio, Lin Yu and the other contestants who advanced sat on either side of the stage.

The beautiful host, holding the microphone, said:

"Four teams, totaling 24 people, will compete in a free-for-all battle based on the theme of the show. Afterwards, the production team will eliminate contestants based on the final ranking of the episode."

"It tests the mentor's training ability and song selection skills the most."

"This truly tests the contestants' real abilities!"

The alluring female host paused here, then raised her voice:

"Each episode will eliminate 4 contestants until only 8 of the strongest remain on stage. These 8 will then have the opportunity to showcase their talents on the performance stage and receive tickets to the grand finale!"

"Furthermore, on the grand finale, the production team will invite well-known entertainment companies to pave the way for the contestants' future stardom!!"

"Your destiny is in your hands!" The beautiful host looked at the contestants.

The contestants had a variety of expressions; some stared in disbelief, some swallowed hard, and some were beaming with excitement.

When the camera focused on Lin Yu, his reaction was the most indifferent; he seemed to be in a daze, wanting to go home.

He gives the impression that... he's a slacker.

In this segment, Shen Can quickly increased the difficulty of the program.

This is his writing experience—the greater the predicament the protagonist faces, the stronger the reader's sense of satisfaction after resolving the predicament through various means.

Just like Zhang Wuji in "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" who stepped forward and fought against the six major sects alone.

At the same time, he also planted clues for the subsequent plot in the novel, namely the performance stage, the night of the final competition, and the entertainment company.

These three hooks could be used to develop a lot of content in future storylines.

The rest of the writing was quite simple. Shen Can wrote about the audience's shock at the difficulty of the competition, the other contestants' fear of the protagonist, the mentors' trash talk to each other for entertainment, and the diva's ex-girlfriend's high regard for the protagonist, etc.

Shen Can tried to achieve one wave of pleasure after another, with climax after climax, and couldn't stop.

—The point of online novels is to be enjoyable.

The protagonist's reaction was indifferent, neither sad nor happy.

This is the legendary essence of online novels—subtle pretentiousness.

The most lethal kind of showing off is the subtle kind!

To be honest, "subtle pretentiousness" is much harder to write than straightforward, mindless enjoyment, but that's exactly what readers of Qidian.com like.

It wasn't until the very end of this chapter that Shen Can wrote that the theme of the song for this episode was "love".

After hearing the topic, a thought flashed through Lin Yu's mind: What does it matter if I give up the whole world for you?

In the blink of an eye, a suitable song was found.

That song is perfect.

After finishing a chapter, Shen Can immediately published it with the title "New Song!"

……

In dormitory 1301, senior student Zhao Ji was trying hard to restrain her overwhelming urge to unleash her inner rage.

Good news: Shen Can's novel has been updated, and the plot has returned to singing. In fact, the novel's chapter title is "New Song".

Bad news: Shen Can pulled a nasty trick with the title and content being somewhat related, but not closely!

"What song is it? Stop keeping me in suspense!"

Zhao Ji was anxious, extremely anxious.

Enraged, she stormed into the boys' dormitory, held a fruit knife to Shen Can's neck, and forced him to continue writing.

She felt that authors who misrepresent facts or engage in unauthorized writing should all be sent to write a hundred self-criticisms.

Is this something a human could do?

Is it fun to keep people hanging on like that every time?

"He's so mean."

Zhao Ji really wanted to scold Shen Can.

"But his writing is also very captivating..." Zhao Ji thought of the line in the text, "What does it matter if I give up the whole world for you?"

This is love that disregards everything.

In the book review section, readers who were following the story couldn't help but rush to leave comments after seeing Shen Can's latest chapter, even some readers who usually prefer to stay silent did so.

"Holy crap! Author, you're such a jerk! What happened to the new song you promised?! You just dropped a chapter without a sequel???"

"Shen Can, are you even human?"

"The plot was really enjoyable, but the ending abruptly made me want to bang my head against the wall!"

"Author, you're something else! You should know you're writing this under your real name! How dare you use clickbait titles and excerpts from other novels? You're not like other online authors! I'm in Shanghai, finding me at the Shanghai Theatre Academy shouldn't be difficult! Do you want to experience being lifted high by a 200-pound strongman?"

"Love song? What song is it? If you don't have any inspiration for a song, I suggest you write 'Jiangnan' in the list. 'Jiangnan' is a really good song."

"If all else fails, you can write a song called 'You're So Toxic,' I can accept that."

"..."

Just then, a comment appeared in the book review section, but unlike others, it came from the author.

"This is my first time writing a book, and the results are not good. I'm begging for data: please read it, please add it to your favorites, please give it a recommendation, please give it a monthly pass... I need everything, thank you so much."

Shen Can used his skills as a veteran online novelist.

He's an expert at getting data.

His move left the readers in his book review section speechless, and even wanting to laugh.

What is this?

Don't laugh challenge?

Okay, you've successfully made me laugh.

"How dare he! He actually dares to ask us for data?"

"Isn't the point that he shouldn't be writing properly, but instead he's posting comments?"

"Shameless."

"I'm truly impressed."

"Shen Can's mental state has always been beautiful."

After a while, Shen Can's comments were almost entirely "Go update now".

Shen Can glanced at the comments and took a sip of water.