Chapter 25 Concept of the Second Book
When Shax in the Universal Editorial Department saw this, he was relieved.
Because the direction of public opinion has finally changed completely, even the accounts in the comment area that were obviously trying to provoke conflicts have not made any waves.
After all, several big guys have appeared one after another to help speak up, and the level and weight of their speeches almost beat the other party, and the focus has shifted directly.
But Shax is still a little worried that the book "Agreement Marriage" has become popular too quickly, and the style is so unique that it will definitely block the way for others. Don't let them continue to be targeted.
Not to mention that for a new author like Yu Mian, the most vulnerable thing is the mentality.
If his mentality collapses, it will be a complete failure.
I must take good care of this young author!
By the way, it is entirely possible to let Yu Mian interact with these big guys on Star Blog. It would be a waste not to take advantage of this free traffic.
In the interstellar era, music arts such as ancient musical instruments have indeed been lonely for a long time.
But also because of this, anyone who can afford to learn or study one of these unpopular ancient musical instruments for a long time almost all have a very complicated background.
Most of these big guys have long been financially independent, so they can stick to their hobbies that do not make money at all as a career.
So when Shax saw these professors who are quite aloof on weekdays, personally calling the author Yu Mian to customize a new book, he felt that it was indeed a rare opportunity and very suitable.
However, when Shax asked Yu Mian on Star Message if he had any related plans, he got a completely unexpected reply.
[Fish: No... Although I am indeed thinking about the second book, I don’t plan to continue writing the protagonist playing a musical instrument in the next book, and it won’t be the same theme.]
Shax: Huh! ? ?
Hearing Yu Mian’s answer, Shax almost shouted out loud in the office.
[Crispy Shark: You are not kidding! This book is so successful, why don’t we continue to write another one! ? ]
[Especially the idea of the protagonist playing the violin. The professor has personally invited us. It would be great if we could take this opportunity to write another one! The key is that many new books are following your trend. If we don’t write them quickly, they will be written over by other authors! 】
Shax wondered if the calm Yu Mian in front of him didn't understand how huge the traffic brought by "Agreement Marriage" was.
Many of the new novels published by Huanyu boldly imitated the style of "Agreement Marriage" and let the protagonists play various musical instruments.
And because the market for this type of subject matter has been opened, many readers have really flocked to read these new books while waiting for "Agreement Marriage" to be updated.
The key is that when Shax thought about the fact that Lei, the guy, deliberately instructed his authors to follow the trend after returning to the editorial department, he couldn't help but feel that it was necessary to urge Yu Mian to start the second new book.
That guy is really abominable. He said that this book would definitely fail, but now that it is a big hit, he started to follow the trend again.
We must not let the other party take advantage!
[Fish: Um... well, the main thing is that I don't plan to repeat the subject matter.]
Yu Mian shook his tail lightly at the editor Crunchy Shark's inertial thinking.
Because although Professor Peng Ge's invitation was well-intentioned and seemed very suitable, it was actually a trap.
After all, the theme of "Chasing Wife to the Crematorium" is very fixed and easy to analyze. It is not surprising that a book becomes popular and is imitated.
However, if you follow the old path and write a series of "Chasing Wife to the Crematorium" with the protagonist playing a different instrument, this kind of writing style of changing the soup but not the medicine is actually consuming the popularity accumulated by the first book.
Readers will undoubtedly feel bored after reading the same routine too many times.
Once readers feel like they are reading an assembly line, even the sense of surprise they felt when reading the first book may be worn away.
Moreover, now that he has time to think and deliberate, Yu Mian plans to write a more complete theme for the second book.
Of course, the level of refreshment will definitely be doubled!
However, for editor Shax, who has not experienced the explosion of novel themes in the 21st century, it will definitely be difficult for the other party to understand just by describing it with words, so it is easier to communicate after he has determined the theme and written the first draft.
After hearing Yu Mian's "willful" words, Shax almost couldn't type while sitting in front of the computer.
[Crispy Shark: Ah... I'm really going to be stupid, what about Professor Penge's invitation? This is also a super big shot. It is rare that he condescended to invite us. We can't just ignore it! QAQ】
Not knowing how to convince Yu Mian, Shakes could only bring up that big shot again.
Although this Professor Peng Ge is just a university professor of an unpopular major and seems to be noble and has no real influence, his son is quite powerful.
Neglecting such a big shot will lead to endless troubles, not to mention that he took the initiative to release goodwill.
[Yu: Hmm... Let me think about it, this actually gave me some inspiration.]
Yu Mian can understand the consideration of Shakes editor.
Although he doesn't want to really customize a book for this invitation, it would be a bit too much if he doesn't give him any face. After all, the professor is kind-hearted.
Moreover, after learning about the relevant situation, Yu Mian also knew that the cultural heritage of musical instrument art is indeed very difficult to continue in the interstellar era.
Faced with the mysterious and complex exploration of the star field and the frequent wars and resource competition, technological pragmatism and martial spirit almost dominated the mainstream thinking of the interstellar society.
Only such a small group of scholars are still trying hard to continue the cultural heritage of the ancient blue star. Sometimes they can't apply for funds at all, and they will pay for relevant courses out of their own pockets.
To be honest, Yu Mian admires this spirit very much.
If I can help a little, it will definitely be a good thing.
So a few minutes later, Yu Mian's author account, which had not posted any messages since registration, posted the first interstellar blog.
[Reply to Pengge V: Thank you very much for your invitation~ The violin is indeed a very elegant and noble instrument, so there will soon be a very elegant violinist in the story, so please look forward to it! Caesar might be nervous =w=]
Although it is not necessary to write a lot of new books with musical instruments as the protagonists, it is not out of place to properly arrange individual instruments for other popular characters in the book.
In a novel about a domineering boss, besides the two protagonists, who is the most popular group?
It must be the second, third, and Nth male characters who drive countless readers crazy!
Moreover, although Caesar has come to his senses now, Gu Bai has gradually calmed down and even started to prepare for the marriage agreement that will expire in a few months.
Gu Bai's upcoming graduation performance is the next climax of the book.
At this time, the male supporting actors appear to give Caesar some real pressure. It is no wonder that they will gain a lot of popularity among readers.
Yu Mian carefully read every @ message about himself, and forwarded the blogs of professors or related ancient musical instruments and music arts in turn, trying to expose all of these blogs.
After Yu Mian posted the first blog, the number of forwarding and likes related to the account soared rapidly as expected. While
various ancient musical instruments gained traffic exposure among the reader group, the news revealed in Yu Mian's blog made countless interstellar readers look forward to and worry about it. After all,
although everyone said that they wished that Caesar would be killed by the dark shark immediately, as the official main attack, Caesar's position in the minds of readers is still very special!
It can be said that it is more appropriate to describe it as love and hate.
If the new characters really make Caesar feel a sense of crisis, how exciting would the plot be?
However, just as Yu Mian continued to type quickly in the study, there was a sudden noise outside the study.
"Hiss, why did this guy come back suddenly today?"
In response, Yu Mian turned off the computer and jumped back to the fish tank almost as if he was familiar with it.
With a "plop", it perfectly sank into the water just before the door opened, and hid in the conch with its tail swaying.
When Huo Ting walked into the study, Huo Yan's little tail followed behind him as expected.
"Cousin, can't you give me the fish?"
Huo Yan had almost broken his lips during this period, but not only did he fail to get the fish back, but his study was even locked.
Huo Yan was almost worried to death because he hadn't seen Yu Mian for several days.
Even if Huo Ying and his wife bought a tank of goldfish, Huo Yan was not interested in them at all. It was as if he had set his sights on the one in his cousin's study!
"..."
Huo Yan's action made Huo Ting look sideways.
The next moment, his eyes fell on Yu Mian, who was put back into the fish tank behind Huo Yan.
If the only living thing around him that night was this fish, the closest one was it.
But it was indeed just a fish.
If it was some other creature pretending to be one, or if there was some chip implanted inside, Huo Ting was sure that even Hals would have discovered it long ago.
"Cousin?"
Huo Yan became nervous when he found that his cousin had set his eyes on Yu Mian in the jar again.
Ah... It's really painful. If I had taken Yu Mian away one day earlier, this wouldn't have happened.
"It depends on your performance."
Huo Ting responded to Huo Yan's plea while recalling the exchange with Professor Mori in the laboratory about the state of the spiritual sea.
"Performance? What do you mean by good performance?"
Huo Yan suddenly became serious.
"Top... ten in the opening exam?"
He originally wanted to say first, but Huo Ting realized almost instantly that Huo Yan had been at the bottom of the list for a long time, so he casually changed it to top ten.
"Ah... top ten!? Brother, if you don't want to give me the fish, you might as well say it directly!"
When Huo Yan heard this, he was furious.
"Young Master, please talk less. Don't forget that after the entrance exam, there is still a parents' meeting."
As soon as these words fell, Huo Yan was quickly grabbed by the helpless and amused nanny Qiao Ni outside the door and dragged out.
Basically, every year, he had to beg Master Huo Ting to help him attend the parents' meeting. How dare he offend Master Huo Ting here?
After all, who would have thought that Huo Yan, a couple with high IQs, gave birth to a poor student with only one subject.
It was a bit of black humor to let the two of them go to school to get their son's last-place report card.
Yu Mian in the fish tank watched Huo Yan being taken away with a tearful face.
"That guy won't find any problems, right? Otherwise, why didn't he let Huo Yan come to the study?"
"Don't worry, theoretically you are just an ordinary fish now, there is no problem!"
The small system also tried hard to analyze Yu Mian's nervousness.
And even if the task was issued last time, the rules of the world must have detected the abnormality of Huo Ting's chaotic spiritual sea, and provided the host with the possibility of completing the task before issuing the relevant task.
The spiritual sea is the core of a person. Let alone being attacked by severe pollution, a normal person will feel dizzy or even faint on the spot once he is hit by a relatively slight impact.
It was already exaggerated that this guy could persist until the study that night.
However, what Yiren Yitong did not expect was that the last 14-day deadline was about to expire...
[Ding——]
"Fuck!!"
"Hiss..."
Hearing this familiar reminder sound, Yiren Yitong almost instantly gasped.
[Daily Task Release]
[The host is required to prepare a meal for the task target and have it eaten by him/her to be considered successful. The effect of this task can be deducted from 30 days of rent and internet fees.]
[The task time limit is 15 days]
"………"
"Are you crazy about this task!?"
After being silent for several minutes, Yu Mian felt like he was going to explode.
I thought the last one was perverted enough, but I didn't expect it to be even more outrageous this time?
What's the difference between this and directly telling him that there is a person hiding in the room?
[Ah, I don't know either. In the past, the hosts' daily tasks were really simple. Basically, they just helped sweep the floor or tidy up the room.]
[Your task is really, very unexpected!]
The small system was also shocked that every time Yu Mian activated a daily task, he could be so Shura.
But the rules of the world must have their reasons.
And fortunately, the time this time is not so tight.
"I really want to move. Why can't I live back in my own house!"
Yu Mian wanted to move out immediately.
You know, due to the explosive performance of "Agreement Marriage", the royalties during this period can be said to be considerable.
"I don't know either. Can you try? But the current world rules seem to have identified that person as the target of the task."
"And it seems that the fastest way to conjure up two legs is also that guy's rare level of mental strength."
The system was a little bit unable to answer Yu Mian's bold idea.
"The key is that I haven't even transformed my legs yet, how can I complete this mission."
Yu Mian sighed, not knowing what to do.
"Or you can wait a little longer. This wave of popularity points is increasing very quickly, and it can be exchanged for spiritual power rewards. If you get another wave of rewards for this mission, you can transform into legs!"
After listening to the system's words, Yu Mian once again carefully checked his spiritual sea.
The few groups of spiritual power covered with light red light in the spiritual sea have been gradually purified by Yu Mian's own spiritual power in the past ten days.
In addition, the performance of "Contract Marriage" was unexpectedly outstanding, and the collected popularity points were successfully converted into pure golden spiritual power. So
much so that after these spiritual powers merged into one, even the light became a little more vigorous.
Could it be that he can really grow legs? !
"Pah--" But just as the two were communicating, Huo Ting, who was sitting at the desk, suddenly placed a thick sheet of materials in his hand on the table.
His expression seemed to reveal some indescribable subtle confusion.
?
What's wrong with this guy?
It's rare to see Huo Ting's expression of being unable to handle the situation.
Yu Mian couldn't help but want to observe it out of curiosity, so he swam to the middle of the fish tank with his tail wagging, and just by sticking to the glass wall, he could vaguely see the materials on the table...
[Fuck! ]
"Ah!?"
But the moment the two saw the content that was familiar to them, they were shocked almost at the same time.
Agreement, agreement on marriage!
"How did this guy get my novel?"
This is too social...
Yu Mian simply couldn't describe the feeling of the sudden encounter between the two-dimensional vest and the three-dimensional identity. What's the difference between this and a public execution?
The key is that Yu Mian didn't believe that Huo Ting would be the target audience of romantic love novels such as "Agreed Marriage".
This is simply horrifying.
[I don't believe it either, and it doesn't look like it. It can't be that your novel is too unorthodox and the federal government plans to destroy it on the spot after discovering it...]
The small system also felt that the database was in chaos.
"Help, what if the authorities really want to find out the author's IP address to arrest me, then the address they find must be Huo Ting's."
Yu Mian thought about that picture and felt it was too beautiful.
[……]
Although I know it is a bit impolite to laugh out loud at this time, the small system feels that if this kind of thing really happens, Huo Ting, who borrowed the optical computer to write novels, would probably want to call the police more than the host.
So what happened? How did Huo Ting know about this novel?
In the Universal Editorial Department, Shakes was also unexpectedly called to the office by the editor-in-chief, and all the editors looked over curiously.
Because the deputy editor has always been in charge of the specific affairs of the Universal Editorial Department, and the editor-in-chief handles the higher-level group affairs.
Therefore, it is difficult for most ordinary editors to meet the editor-in-chief.
At this time, the editor-in-chief, who has always been elusive, suddenly came to the editorial department in person, and looked for Shakes at this time. It must be related to the recently popular "Agreement Marriage".
I just don't know what it will be.
Even Shax himself was a little nervous, fearing that something unexpected would happen to "The Marriage Agreement" which was in the explosive growth period.
"Publish a book!? Is it going to be published now? A physical book?"
However, when Shax took the document in his hand and listened to the editor-in-chief's instructions, he was shocked.
"But "The Marriage Agreement" is not finished yet, can it be published now?"
"Why not? We can divide it into two volumes and publish the first volume first! Shax, why is your brain, the youngest newcomer in your unit, not working fast at all!"
The chubby deputy editor-in-chief who was accompanying him quickly took over the conversation and directly interrupted Shax's suspicion.
But this is too fast...
Shax scratched his head in confusion and joy. He never expected that the popularity of the book "Agreement Marriage" would bring such a smooth follow-up.
"Anyway, this is the intention of the higher-ups. They specifically asked us to get the physical book of "Agreement Marriage" as soon as possible. Everyone has to work hard for me! All matters such as cover commissions, etc., must be handled according to the highest standards!"
After arranging all the work, the mysterious editor-in-chief let out a few words before leaving, and encouraged everyone in the editorial department.
Huh?
And Shax almost instantly thought of the mysterious big-name reader who called the editorial department late at night some time ago.
Wow, could it be that the big guy really didn't give up the article, and even kept following it?
This is too exciting.
In fact, not long ago, a well-known strange anecdote was circulated within the Federation government.
The Bart tribe, which was invited to visit the Federation Central Star to discuss cooperation, is a very strange and mysterious tribe in the universe.
They live deep in the dark planet with perpetual night all year round, refusing to access the latest interstellar technology, and their social customs retain the ancient patterns of hundreds of centuries ago.
Their skin is pale and bloodless, and they have an incomparable evil interest in the smell of blood. Almost everyone in the interstellar world wants to avoid them.
The Bart tribe has extremely high military power, and the huge star field they occupy is located in a very critical position on the star map, involving the transportation of several interstellar routes.
Once you get stuck here and have to take a detour, the transportation cost will almost instantly increase by dozens of times.
Therefore, the federal government still hopes that by inviting them to visit the Central Star for exchanges, the Bart tribe, an extremely conservative and introverted interstellar race, can understand and integrate into the current interstellar system.
At least they should not resist the passing of starships by their planet.
Of course, it would be even better if they could agree to connect to the star network and even join the Star Alliance's channel development strategy for mutual benefit and win-win results.
At first, this cooperation was quite difficult to advance.
Just trying to communicate normally with the two representatives sent by the Bart tribe made the staff walk with difficulty.
Because they always had an icy face, as if they were not interested in anything.
But the strange thing is that since the Bart tribe was officially introduced to the inter-connected star network of the Federation galaxies a few days ago, and tried surfing the star network for the first time in their long and immortal lives, everything has suddenly changed.
"This book is updated slowly."
The Bart tribe descendant who looks like a little girl in front of him, although not half as tall as the Federation representative, but at this moment, when he looks up calmly, he inexplicably makes people feel that he seems to be much older than his appearance.
His brown wavy hair is extremely gorgeous, his skin is as white as porcelain, and his facial features are obviously beautiful like a classic doll, but that silent and cold temperament makes his facial features shrouded in a sense of mystery.
"Update? Miss Lilith, are you having any problems using the optical computer system?"
The federal staff member who was called by the daughter of the Bart representative for the first time looked at the optical computer in Lilith's hand with great surprise.
"Yes."
Facing the staff member's confirmation, Lilith nodded rarely.
Good guy, it turns out that this Bart can communicate with people normally.
So they ignored everything everyone said a few days ago, just because they were so arrogant that they didn't want to talk to anyone, right! ?
The staff member's heart was broken in an instant, and he immediately bent down with a bit of resignation and sadness, trying to see what problem this representative had encountered, so that he condescended to come to them for help.
"No, blond hair."
But just as the staff approached, Lilith frowned slightly and took a step back in disgust.
Blond-haired staff: ???
Why do you discriminate against blond hair?
"Then let me help you."
The black-haired receptionist on the other side didn't know what happened, but immediately stepped forward to help the little ancestor with a weird temper to debug.
Just took a look at it...
"Uh, did you click the wrong button? Isn't this a novel?"
The staff looked at the big world novel interface and the four big words "Agreement Marriage" on the computer, and his eyes widened in disbelief.
No, who taught the little daughter of the foreign guest to read novels just after learning to surf the Star Network?
This is not the right way to let them understand the customs and culture of the Interstellar Federation!
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