I asked you to write a light novel, but you wrote about living?

Cloud Atlas Literature Headquarters.

The atmosphere in a closed meeting room on the top floor was so oppressive it was almost frightening.

On either side of the long table sat the heads of various core departments of Yuntu Literature.

Content moderation department.

Algorithm Operations Department.

Ministry of Justice.

Copyright Development Department.

Author's Ecological Division.

The top management of Cloud Atlas, whose decisions could normally affect hundreds of thousands of authors and hundreds of millions of readers, did not speak up at this moment.

A huge holographic light screen floats in mid-air directly in front of the conference table.

There was no complicated data on the light screen.

There are only two extremely simple growth curves.

One belongs to the cloud map.

A glimmer of light.

A few months ago, Weiguang Literature was just a small platform that had just received angel investment.

Nobody really took it seriously.

Even Weiguang itself doesn't know how much longer the platform can last.

Until "To Live" came along.

A novel that was initially deemed by the platform's AI to be too emotionally depressing and almost failed to pass the review process actually managed to open a crack for Weiguang.

Millions of readers flocked to the platform.

The book review section, live stream, and related discussions of "To Live" brought the name Weiguang to the forefront of the entire online literature industry for the first time.

Next came "The Old Man and the Sea".

This time, Yu Huashi brought more than just a local bestseller.

This book transcends language and geographical limitations, generating a huge response in the West Coast region that extends far beyond the online literature community.

Today, the saying "A man can be destroyed but not defeated" has appeared in factories, docks, and streets on the West Coast.

As the contracted platform for "The Old Man and the Sea", Weiguang also took advantage of this cross-regional traffic to truly extend its channels to markets outside the Eastern region for the first time.

In just a few months.

Weiguang Literature's overall performance has quadrupled.

The new round of financing, which was not initially favored by investors, has suddenly become highly sought after.

More and more investment institutions are proactively reaching out to us.

Even some large venture capital firms that once thought Microlight was too small and didn't even bother to reply to its emails are now beginning to reassess the company's value.

As for "The Little Prince".

It was not published on Weiguang.

This fairy tale was published directly in official media.

The Little Prince did not bring any direct subscription revenue to Weiguang.

Even the royalties for articles were settled separately by Midtown Observer.

But it filled the most important gap for Yu Huashi.

Public credibility.

If it were just "To Live," people might say he stumbled upon a stroke of luck that no one else could replicate.

But the same person who could write about Fugui also wrote about The Little Prince, The Rose, and The Fox.

The two works are completely different.

Yet they all possess things that have never appeared in this era.

From then on, it became much more difficult to simply portray Yu Huashi as a conman who happened to find a rare old book.

Although The Little Prince is not a work of Glory, it has made more people remember the name Yu Huashi.

And these people, following this name, will eventually find "To Live" and Weiguang Literature.

When "The Old Man and the Sea" becomes successful again.

Everyone realized one thing.

The story of "To Live" is not accidental.

Yu Huashi was not a lucky man who only had one book.

Zhao Hongbo sat at the head of the conference table, his face grim as he looked at the data before him.

As the COO of Cloud Atlas Literature, he was well aware that Microlight's current size was still far from comparable to Cloud Atlas.

The two sides are simply not on the same level in terms of user scale, computing power reserves, or channel resources.

The problem has never been how big the glimmer of light is now.

The problem is that it grew too fast.

more importantly.

The growth of Weiguang is not achieved through price reductions, subsidies, or free computing power.

Instead, it relied on two books.

The total word count of the two books combined is not even one percent of that of a typical AI-driven wish-fulfillment novel like Cloud Atlas.

Zhao Hongbo remained silent for a moment, just about to speak.

A faint blue light suddenly shone from the deepest part of the conference room.

A blurry holographic projection appeared silently at the end of the long table.

The projector did not grant facial recognition access.

Only a vague figure leaning against a seat could be seen.

Even the sound has been specially processed.

But the moment he appeared, all the executives in the conference room sat up straight without prior arrangement.

Zhao Hongbo's fingers, which had been resting on the table, tightened slightly.

"Are you done talking?"

The processed sound came from the far end of the conference room.

His tone was very flat.

You can't hear much emotion in his voice.

Zhao Hongbo paused for a moment.

"not yet."

"According to the operations department's assessment, Weiguang's current growth still relies heavily on a single author."

"If Yu Huashi makes a mistake in his next work, or is unable to produce new content for a long period of time, it will be difficult for Weiguang to maintain its current growth."

"We are ready..."

"Zhao Hongbo".

The voice interrupted him abruptly.

Zhao Hongbo's next words caught in his throat.

"When 'To Live' first came out, you said in your operational report that it was just a coincidence."

"The subject matter is unusual, the emotions are extreme, and the unexpected traffic brought by the live stream means that the popularity will only last for a few days at most."

The conference room was deathly silent.

Zhao Hongbo remained seated, without saying a word.

"But several months later, 'To Live' is still on the bestseller list of Weiguang."

"Instead of falling back down after the hype died down, Weiguang has gained a foothold with this book and acquired new users, channels and funding."

The blurry figure paused for a moment.

There was still little anger in his tone.

There was only obvious impatience.

"This wasn't really anything to begin with."

"It happens every year that a small platform happens to hit a bestseller, and an author becomes famous overnight with a book."

"There's no need for Cloud Atlas to waste its energy on such trivial matters."

"But then he immediately pulled out 'The Old Man and the Sea'."

The image on the holographic screen changes accordingly.

Search rankings, reading rankings, and social news rankings were simultaneously launched across major regions of the West Coast.

The entries related to "The Old Man and the Sea" still firmly occupy the most prominent position.

"After the book title was made public, you personally approved the keyword pollution plan and opened up the deep-dive recommendation slot, allowing major studios to generate tens of thousands of similar works in the shortest possible time."

"You tell the board that this content will prematurely exhaust readers' interest and cause the real 'The Old Man and the Sea' to lose its traffic source."

"And the result?"

The screen was covered with countless covers of books such as "The Old Man and the Sea," "The Old Man and the Ocean," and "The Old Man and the Sea."

And at the very top of them is still Yu Huashi's true "The Old Man and the Sea".

"You've invested in Cloud Atlas's algorithms, recommendation slots, and author resources."

"In the end, it served as a warm-up for him, covering the entire StarNet."

"Now, 'The Old Man and the Sea' is not only a hit in the Eastern region, but it has also brought Weiguang's channels to the West Coast market."

"Two novels, each over 100,000 words long."

"A small platform that was on the verge of bankruptcy just a few months ago."

"But this caused you to make several wrong judgments in a row, wasting a lot of cloud map traffic resources."

The processed voice finally turned somewhat cold.

"Zhao Hongbo".

"I don't care what methods you used, nor do I care how many accidents happened during the process."

I only care about the results.

"As a result, Microlight's performance quadrupled."

"And the resources that Cloud Atlas spends are generating traffic for its competitors."

The processed voice finally revealed a hint of impatience.

"Zhao Hongbo".

"When did CloudMap start investing in algorithms, recommendation slots, and author resources, only to end up promoting a small platform?"