After the college entrance exam, he began to become a male god of extraction.

Xu Qin was quite surprised to see the signing news.

He did not get a contract for his previous book.

Signing a contract with Chiyu Forum is different from signing a contract for online novels. Online novels can basically be signed as long as the sentences are fluent. As for whether the story can be told clearly, that is not a big problem, because online novels have low barriers to entry and are essentially fast food.

However, the literature section of Chiyu Forum has an exceptionally high threshold. Although anyone can publish articles and even books on it, to get a contract, the author's skill and the quality of their work must be exceptionally high.

So selling the copyright is out of the question; that would be extremely difficult.

After all, who are the prominent writers active here?

Some are purely writers in real life, with no other profession; their main job is writing.

Some are university professors, such as professors of Chinese literature or Chinese language and literature, or professors of science and engineering. For example, the science fiction channel has many big names with science and engineering backgrounds.

At an even higher level, in reality, they are either bigwigs who have weathered many storms in the business world, or high-ranking officials whose words can dictate policy.

This is what makes Chiyu Forum so special; it gathers a large number of mid-level and even top-level elites from all walks of life, and those with a desire to express themselves congregate in the various channels of the literature section.

If your skills aren't up to par, you really won't survive here.

The fact that Xu Qin's book has been signed is enough to prove that its quality is acceptable.

Xu Qin looked at the contract information, considered it for a while, and decided not to sign.

After signing the contract, it becomes a paid reading platform, and you'll receive official royalties from the Chiyu Forum.

Although Xu Qin wrote the book with the intention of making money and becoming financially independent, he is not short of money at the moment. He might as well write it out of love, expand his readership, and increase his fame.

We'll see how things go with the third and fourth books.

Moreover, Xu Qin's works are not long, only a few hundred thousand words per book.

If he works hard, he might be able to produce three or four books in one summer vacation.

Xu Qin's goal for the summer vacation is to write a well-received work.

We'll see how this one turns out.

For the next four days, Xu Qin followed his routine: exercising, reading, and writing 15,000 words a day. He typed quickly and his thoughts flowed smoothly, so he could type 15,000 words in two hours, which didn't take him much time.

It's worth mentioning that in terms of reading, Xu Qin has been reading more than just science fiction books these past few days.

For example, if he wants to improve his writing skills, he will specifically look for published books that are recognized for their excellent writing.

As for what story it tells, Xu Qin doesn't care, because he only cares about the author's writing skills, which will help him improve his own writing skills.

There is a large bookstore not far from Xu Qin's residential area. He went there a few days ago and bought twenty books to read.

The characteristic of "textual affinity" helps improve his reading efficiency, so twenty books are actually not a big deal.

After four days, Xu Qin's writing skills, while not exactly skyrocketing, had clearly improved significantly.

Even so, he felt that his writing skills had not yet reached their peak.

Since "literary affinity" can at most make one an excellent writer, what kind of writing skills do excellent writers possess?

Xu Qin didn't know; he could only find out for himself.

After four days, including the previous word count, "The First Year of Xincheng" has reached more than 80,000 words, which is an exceptionally good result.

Collections: 74675.

Comments: 4695.

The increase is considerable, with over 70,000 people adding it to their collections.

There are also additional tips available.

The back-end account shows: 23654.5 yuan.

It's only the 9th now, but by the end of the month, it'll probably be tens of thousands.

This is undoubtedly a huge sum of money for a poor, soon-to-be college student.

In addition, as "New City Year One" gradually gained popularity, Xu Qin's previous book also received some rewards, but they were negligible.

In terms of plot, Xu Qin has already introduced the subterranean civilization, and there will be extraterrestrial civilizations and ancient civilizations to come.

These are all science fiction and do not involve any gods or immortals.

In Xu Qin's view, if there are ghosts, they are a kind of magnetic field; if there are gods, they are some kind of higher-dimensional life form.

Xu Qin set his worldview as very grand, which, in addition to those civilizations, also involves many ancient people of China, as well as ancient ruins that baffle the archaeological community, such as Sanxingdui.

These can all be used as material for science fiction.

However, Xu Qin hasn't written these yet, and he still needs to collect information.

Finally, he uses his "indescribable scientific imagination" to integrate these elements and present them, ultimately constructing a grand world system.

Of course, it's only over 80,000 words so far, and Xu Qin's envisioned world system hasn't been presented yet.

In addition, as Xu Qin wrote, he realized that the original target of 200,000 words was not enough, and he might have to increase his output.

The time has come to the 10th.

In the morning, Xu Qin, who was searching for information in his room, heard his mother's voice.

"Xu Qin, someone's knocking on the door. Go open it."

"They're here."

My mom is putting on a face mask in the living room.

After Xu Qin opened the door, he saw the deliveryman.

"Are you Xu Qin?"

"I am Xu Qin."

"Xu Qin, this is your admission letter. Take it!"

"Thanks, Uncle."

Xu Qin took the box and then remembered that the admission notice had been sent out the day before yesterday and had just arrived today.

The deliveryman gave a thumbs-up and smiled, saying, "Chi Yu University, well done, student!"

"Yes, Chi Da!"

Unlike other universities where the admission notice is just a document bag, this one is different.

Chi University gives you an exquisite packaging box, the same size as a shoebox. The outer packaging is Chi University's special packaging, so if you walk around with this box, people will know that you are applying to Chi University.

Xu Qin closed the door and returned to the living room.

Mom had already heard Xu Qin talking to the delivery man, so she stopped applying her face mask and threw it aside.

"Let me see the acceptance letter!"

My mom is a bit impatient.

Xu Qin opened the box, and his mother took out the admission notice.

The contents of this admission letter are not much different from those of other prestigious universities. Of course, the overall design of the admission letter is more exquisite, even luxurious, and looks very wealthy.

Ichi University is the richest school.

"This acceptance letter is so beautiful!"

Mom couldn't help but sigh, and at the same time took out her phone, took a few photos, sent them to Xu Qin's father, and then posted them to her friends' space on Feiliao (similar to WeChat), so that all her friends on the list could see them.

Although my mother said she should keep a low profile, at this time, her son had been admitted to a good university, and she couldn't help but show it off, after all, it only happens once in a lifetime.

Xu Qin took out a miniature version of the Chida campus building blocks from the box. It was 20 centimeters long, 16 centimeters wide, and 12 centimeters high, and it was quite heavy.

These building blocks are exquisite, like a work of art, and they certainly don't look cheap.

Xu Qin had seen online that some people were selling secondhand items, and they cost over a thousand yuan each on secondhand platforms.

So this thing is a collectible.

"Xu Qin, let Mom take a look." Mom said enthusiastically.

"Hey." Xu Qin handed the building blocks to the other person.

Actually, there were other small gifts inside the box. I have to say, Chi Da gave a lot of things.

Xu Qin took out the "Admission Instructions," which contained the same old content.

Of course, there's also the group number for the new students' group.

Xu Qin immediately joined the freshman group.

It's time to find an organization.