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

Pei Zhixing opened several author communication groups and extracted the parts of the new plan that involved recommendation weights.

[The pilot program just launched by General Manager Shen is related to subsequent resource recommendations, so everyone should take a look at it in advance.]

Shortly after the message was sent, people in the group started replying one after another.

[How can a second round of recommendations be obtained if the first round of data is poor? Where do the resources come from?]

How long should we observe the results of a long-term search? Three months or six months?

We've invested so much in models and computing power under the old rules, and now that the standards are suddenly changing, who will bear the losses?

These concerns were not entirely instigated by Pei Zhixing.

Once the new evaluation method touches on the recommendation slots, authors and studios that rely on the old rules for survival will naturally worry about their interests being harmed.

He shared the group discussion with Zhao Hongbo.

"Is this enough to be included in the stage review?"

"Not enough."

Zhao Hongbo scanned the comments and said, "Right now, only a minority of people are complaining. Shen Chengzhang could easily argue that reforms touch upon old interests, and it's normal for there to be opposition."

"Then let more authors participate."

This was precisely their original purpose in gathering the authors.

They couldn't afford to push people to attack Yu Wen now that the public opinion sparked by the open letter had just failed.

Now we'll discuss how the new rules will affect CloudAtlas authors.

"The author exchange event that we discussed before will continue."

Zhao Hongbo said, "I will adjust the free computing power and support quotas from the existing plan, but the operations department will not step in. It will still be Xinghui and those platinum authors who will take the lead."

Pei Zhixing nodded.

As long as the experimental zone's performance is not enough to suppress the doubts, it will be difficult for Shen Chengzhang to continue to take away more recommendation resources;

He can also use this event to further bring the previously loose group of authors to his side.

After discussing this matter, Zhao Hongbo did not end the call.

He pulled up another set of data from the site.

Yu Huashi remains the number one search term on Yuntu for the past seven days.

"Running for Governor" was not published on Cloud Atlas, and Yu Wen is not even a contracted author with Cloud Atlas.

No one's name can surpass his, even though the platform has invested a lot of resources in promoting him as a platinum author.

Zhao Hongbo stared at the top of the list for a long time.

"We have so many platinum-level books, why are readers still chasing after him?"

Pei Zhixing also saw the ranking and did not answer for a moment.

Starshine can consistently create bestsellers, and Cloud Atlas can use its recommendation slots to push any book to the top of the charts.

After the recommendation ends, readers often only remember the book title and a few exciting moments, and rarely take the initiative to look for what the author will write next.

Cloud Atlas's algorithm excels at generating clicks, but it has never seriously considered how to make readers remember a person.

After a moment of silence, Pei Zhixing said:

"YunTu used to only think about pushing the books up the list..."

Zhao Hongbo raised his head.

Neither of them continued the conversation.

……

Eden's floating islands.

Night had fallen.

The flowers and trees in the courtyard swayed gently in the night breeze, while the constant temperature dome blocked out the real chill above the clouds.

Through the huge monocrystalline silicon floor-to-ceiling windows, only the scattered lights of a few floating buildings in the distance can be seen.

Lu Chenyuan sat in his study, with the Lu Group's project report for the next quarter floating in front of him.

The bionic butler walked in from outside the door.

"Young Master, the Emotional Model Project Team has submitted a new progress report."

Lu Chenyuan was still flipping through the documents in front of him when he casually asked:

"A muse?"

"no."

The butler stopped in front of the desk.

"He is a fool."

Lu Chenyuan's fingers, which were flipping through the documents, paused slightly before he finally looked up.

Not long ago, he focused most of the project's resources on the muse.

Compared to the Muses, who have already found their direction, the Fools have made slow progress in their research on humor.

"In what area has progressed?"

"It is related to Yu Huashi's recently published 'Running for Governor's Title'."

The butler projected the project team's report in front of Lu Chenyuan.

"The research team inputted this novel, along with the public opinion events that occurred after its publication, into the Fool's Training System."

"Just one novel?" Lu Chenyuan asked.

"To be precise, it is a sample formed by the combination of novels and real events."

The butler replied:

"Fools used to be able to recognize exaggeration, reversal, and linguistic conflict, but they had difficulty understanding situational irony."

"This time, it began to realize that readers were laughing not just because the crimes in the novel were absurd."

"It's also because after the novel was published, some people in real life repeated the satirical behaviors of the novel in almost the same way."

Lu Chenyuan looked at the slowly rising training curve in the report, a hint of surprise in his eyes.

He wasn't surprised that the muse was progressing.

Yu Huashi has proven too many times that his understanding of suffering, sorrow, and humanity far surpasses that of ordinary authors.

It was only after constantly absorbing Yu Huashi's works that the muse gradually learned to distinguish between the grief of losing loved ones, the desolation of facing fate, the longing in loneliness, and the passion that arises when a person refuses to bow their head even in dire straits.

It was expected that Yu Huashi's works would continue to inspire the Muses.

But fools are different.

Until recently, it could only imitate those superficial jokes.

Lu Chenyuan had even given up hope that it could truly understand humor in a short period of time.

It was Yu Huashi who ultimately led it to take this step forward.

The author who has always been most adept at making people silent, sad, and even cry has turned around and written another article, "Running for Governor".

In stark contrast to the heaviness and tenderness of his previous works, his work is now filled with a serious absurdity and a biting satire hidden beneath.

It is already very difficult for an author to write something truly well.

Some people can only write about love in their entire lives.

Some people excel at war, some at suffering, and some can only repeatedly write about similar characters and fates on the land they know best.

This is not shameful.

Being able to write about something thoroughly is itself an achievement.

The remainder can be transformed into ten different things.

There are almost no similarities between "To Live" and "Running for Governor".

The former is heavy and restrained, vividly depicting how fate repeatedly takes away everything a person possesses.

The latter is sharp and absurd, drawing those who wear a respectable facade to the stage, where they become the most ridiculous clowns in their earnestness.

The former allowed the Muses to continuously refine their understanding of grief.

The latter even led the fool, who had been struggling to find his way, to take a step forward.

This is no longer about going further in the same style.

Instead, Yu Huashi seemed to have acquired a completely different pair of eyes, and was looking at the world in a new way.

"Is it starting to understand this kind of humor?"

Lu Chenyuan asked.

"It can only be considered that we have found the direction."

The butler replied:

"In the past, it only attributed laughter to exaggeration, plot twists, and linguistic conflicts. This time, it begins to connect the novel, real-life responses, and the reactions of bystanders."

"However, it is currently uncertain whether this judgment can be applied to other events."

Lu Chenyuan was not disappointed by this.

Being able to understand something and being able to apply it are two completely different things.

If a machine can easily grasp everything about a novel after reading it, then truly great works will not be read repeatedly for hundreds of years.

The butler did not finish his report.

"In addition, the spread of 'Running for Governor' on the West Coast has produced an outcome that the project team did not anticipate."

"What was the result?"

"This novel has indirectly influenced the gubernatorial election in Redwood State."

Lu Chenyuan, who had been leaning back in his chair, straightened up slightly.

At that moment, his gaze toward the butler became truly serious.