ryethenovel Chapter 6 A Masterpiece
Chapter 6 A Masterpiece
Guan Hai is a newly hired editor at Zhidian Novel Network.
His reason for joining the online novel platform, Zhidian.com, was simple: he liked reading novels, and he had also written some when he was in college, earning a little money.
After graduation, I saw that the website "Zhidian Novel Network" was recruiting editors, so I immediately joined the company.
When he was writing his novel, he joined many author groups.
After joining the company, he started recruiting people in the group.
Established authors with proven track records generally don't easily change editors.
Those who hadn't yet produced any results were incredibly enthusiastic, calling him "Big Brother" repeatedly and sending him their manuscripts to read.
But after looking around, it was really an eyesore.
Not only are there some outdated plots, but there are also many bizarre storylines that make you feel like you're eating shit.
In particular, one author wrote a phenomenal book called "The Editor Falls in Love with Me, the Failure".
To help me, who was struggling, the editor not only signed the book but also used his power to keep recommending it, eventually turning me from a struggling writer into a top author.
Guan Hai was speechless.
If only he had that much power, he really thinks editors are capitalists.
Besides, if it's not well-written, no matter how much you try to promote it, readers won't buy it.
Guan Hai simply couldn't stand "eating shit" every day. After reading the manuscripts in his email, he would go and read the new book that was posted directly on the website.
This is the predicament of a new editor: having no authors under their supervision.
While browsing through the new books that had not yet been signed, Guan Hai's gaze was suddenly drawn to a new book with an initial release of 20,000 words.
"Covering the Sky, that's a pretty imposing name."
He clicked on it and, as usual, glanced at the introduction first.
"Dragon corpses and space again? What kind of nonsense is this? It's neither Western fantasy nor science fiction..."
"Hiss... The road to heaven, singing as you go, the ability to blot out the sky with a flick of the finger, that line is kind of right."
Out of professional ethics, I have to taste the saltiness, no matter if it's poop or not.
Guan Hai opened the first chapter.
Chapter 1: Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin
"Wow, this chapter title sounds pretty badass. I hope the actual content won't disappoint me. Please don't give me anything terrible to eat, I've really had enough."
As he murmured to himself, Guan Hai's gaze followed the turning of the pulley, and he began to read the main text...
When the sky shattered and nine corpse dragons dragged a huge coffin, Guan Hai's heart trembled. Immediately afterward, the protagonist and his group were sucked into the coffin by a force.
While in the coffin, time spiraled out of control; some turned into skeletons, while others went insane...
Then, the nine dragons pulled the coffin to Yinghuoxing, which is Mars, and discovered a dilapidated Buddhist temple.
—Da Leiyin Temple.
Then they encountered the ancient demon saint—the Crocodile Ancestor.
After a series of thrilling events, the protagonists and their companions quickly escaped and returned to the coffin...
When the words "To be continued" appeared at the bottom of the chapter, Guan Hai was still not satisfied and his expression became excited.
"This is so well written!"
"If this book had continued to be written at this level throughout, it would have been an absolute masterpiece!"
"We must sign him!" Guan Hai hurriedly checked the book's status in the editorial backend.
Upon discovering that no other editors had submitted a proposal for the book, he immediately sent a message to them expressing his excitement.
Although the first chapter only has 30,000 words, he is certain that this book will be a hit!
If the rest of the series maintains this level of quality, it will definitely be a hit!
"This seasoned writing style and novel worldview shouldn't belong to an ordinary author," Guan Hai wondered. He clicked on the author's homepage and discovered that he had written a book a few years ago.
Driven by curiosity, he clicked on it...
Guan Hai died of poisoning less than ten minutes later and immediately closed the page.
Looking at the two completely different styles, he exclaimed, "I wonder what this author does in real life. He has improved so much in just a few years."
After his reflections, he began to look forward to tomorrow and the continuation of the story in "Covering the Sky".
......
Fan Xiaochen, a senior in college, is a typical homebody whose favorite thing to do is read novels.
He dares to say that he has read at least three thousand, if not five thousand, novels.
He is a seasoned bookworm and a high-level VIP member of the Zhidian Novel Network.
"Ugh, those old geezers, Snail Thief, update way too slowly. Four thousand words a day? Who's going to read that? I really want to lock those old bastards in a dark room and not let them out until they've written a hundred thousand words a day."
The frustration of not being able to find books to read is a pain that outsiders cannot understand.
In addition, seasoned bookworms are battle-hardened and can't get through many books at all; they can only read books by a few fixed authors.
"Sigh, let's go check on the seedlings. Hopefully, we can find a couple of interesting books." Fan Xiaochen lay on his side on his bed in the dormitory and opened the new book list.
All newly published books that haven't been signed can be found on this list, which is updated randomly.
After clicking in, Fan Xiaochen casually swiped the phone screen.
As a seasoned bookworm, he is very picky; if a book's title doesn't attract him, he simply won't click on it.
Once someone is drawn in by the book's title, they won't read the main text if the synopsis isn't interesting.
Suddenly, his gaze was drawn to the two-word title.
"Covering the Sky, that's a pretty imposing name. Covering the sky with one hand?" Fan Xiaochen became interested and clicked on the book's details.
"What kind of synopsis is this? It's about dragon corpses and space, it's neither Western fantasy nor science fiction, it's just a hodgepodge."
Fan Xiaochen frowned and muttered to himself.
He was certain that this was a new author; who uploads 30,000 words on the very first day of publishing a book?
But the last sentence of the introduction caught his attention, and with a curious mind to try it out, he clicked into the main text.
Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin, The Road to the Stars, The Dilapidated Great Thunder Temple on Mars, The Ancient Demon Saint Crocodile Ancestor...
"To be continued..."
When those four words appeared at the end of the chapter, Fan Xiaochen reluctantly detached himself from the story.
His eyes gleamed with excitement. "Awesome! That's incredibly well-written!"
"A divine book!"
The bookworm's intuition told him that this book was bound to be a huge hit!
He couldn't help but click on the comments section, thinking he was the first to discover this masterpiece, only to find that there were already dozens of comments, all praising it.
He couldn't wait to write down his "reflections" after watching the film.
"A masterpiece! This is absolutely going to be a masterpiece! As a bookworm who's been reading novels for ten years, I can swear on my life, this is an absolute gem! I even have a feeling this book will be the biggest dark horse of the year! Let's wait and see!"
After posting the comment, Fan Xiaochen was still a little unsatisfied and couldn't help but give away all the remaining thousand-plus book coins in his account as a reward.
He added a sentence, "Keep writing, author! I've donated all my book coins to you, looking forward to the next chapter!"
I glanced at the time; it was already past 2 a.m.
He reluctantly put down his phone, still savoring the novel's plot even with his eyes closed.
"Wonderful, absolutely wonderfully written!"
"This imagination, this plot, this smooth writing style—it's like Bulbasaur knocking on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse! Absolutely brilliant!"