Chapter 7

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“Battle Through the Heavens” was released successfully, but Xu Yuan was not complacent. On the contrary, he knew very well that he should try some other things.

He was very confident about the results of “Battle Through the Heavens” because the process of “Battle Through the Heavens” was fast, and the reading threshold was low. It was a simple and easy-to-understand novel. The readers would feel pleased after they finished reading it. And also they would feel excited through the whole process.

However, there are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people’s eyes. This was a parallel world, so Xu Yuan could not guarantee that the popularity of the novel would be the same as that of the original world.

If the work was not satisfactory because of the environment, then it was not “Battle Through the Heavens” that was wrong, but the world.

The first goal of Xu Yuan was to make money quickly, so he could not just wait for the results of “Battle Through the Heavens”.

In order to reduce the risk, Xu Yuan also had to find a new path for himself.

When he was writing “Battle Through the Heavens” just now, he found that his writing was very good, and his thinking was agile. He didn’t stop even after writing 10,000 words. He was as smooth as silk.

This made him think back to when he was moonlighting as an online writer in the original world. He had to think really hard for just one plot. It was really tiring.

Now that he had such good writing skills, it would be a pity if he didn’t settle down and make a difference.

Xu Yuan once again thought of a good book in the original world, “Lord of the Mysteries”.

In the original world, Lord of the Mysteries, which was also a Fantasy had received a lot of praise with its grand worldview, rigorous logic, and meticulous foreshadowing. It had raised the threshold of online novels by itself.

Xu Yuan still remembered that when he read the first hundred chapters in the past, he read them intermittently and wanted to quit.

Compared to other online novels, “Lord of the Mysteries” was too slow to catch on. Even readers who liked it would calmly say that it would make new readers quit easily.

But when it gradually entered a good state, he finished the first hundred chapters and reached the climax of the last chapter. All the foreshadowing in front of it was stopped. Thinking back to the shock at that time, Xu Yuan felt still excited.

If he wanted to make the picky bookworms his audience, “Lord of the Mysteries” was the best choice.

Xu Yuan looked out of the window at the gradually dispelled darkness, and the sun slowly rose from the horizon.

He clenched his fists and said, “If I want to make money, I have to make a lot of it! I want to shock all the audience of the Fantasy market!”

On the other side.

In the editorial department of Netland of Yanlos.

Cai Pingtong yawned as he walked to the office and leisurely sat down. At the same time, he pressed the start button of his computer and took out the small steamed buns in his briefcase.

The small steamed buns were no longer fluffy and round after Cai Pingtong took them to work by subway. They became meat pies, leaking oil all over his bag.

However, Cai Pingtong was already used to it. He bit off half of one bun with one bite, picked up the cup on the table, drank last night’s water and swallowed the bun.

He was the least eye-catching editor of Netland, and he was in charge of Fantasy.

In the past two years, the stories related to fantasy were very similar. Not only were there no new ideas, but they were also nicknamed by the authors as “trash stations”.

The results of the first work were great and all the people looked up to it. The authors at the waist knew that he was not capable enough, so they would deliberately avoid the subject and write about other subjects. Only new authors would not care about the market and rush forward with their heads down.

Moreover, the threshold for fantasy subjects was low. Most new authors would first choose to practice with fantasy. As a result, the editors in charge of fantasy were as busy as bees every day, but they still could not find out a good piece.

Cai Pingtong had long been numb. He had given up struggling and went to work every day like he was entering a factory to deal with screws. There was always a new article, and the new article was always like the last one.

It would not be unusual for this position to be replaced by a robot one day.

He sighed helplessly, swallowed the last mouthful of steamed bun, and began his boring work today.

“Hey! Look at me. There are 300,000 words today, and it is already on the list! It’s not a waste of my time urging him every day!” the city-life editors outside the office desk said excitedly.

“Wow! Another potential guy! Congratulations! Keep urging him!”

“Hey, come and look at this. It’s not very well written, but it’s very innovative. He must be promising!”

“Oh, I’m so envious of you guys. You’ve found new people again. I haven’t found only one this week.”

“Just cut it, you had signed quite a few writers last week. I’m so envious.”

The editors in charge of different subjects were exchanging experiences. Only editors of Fantasy were so quiet that it seemed like they were not there.

The new intern editor next to them was so jealous. It was as if there was a cat scratching him. His eyes were so red that he was going crazy.

Cai Pingtong looked at him casually and smiled. He said to the intern editor, “Young man, calm down. You’ll get used to it after staying for two more days.”

The intern editor said unhappily, “Brother Cai, look at the editors of other subjects. They’re all signing contracts and their performance bonuses are rising. We can only get base pay. Aren’t you worried?”

“Well, young man, you have little experience indeed.” Cai Pingtong put on the airs of a veteran. He seemed not to care about this at all. He just looked at the intern with his expressionless face.

Seeing that he could not explain it to him clearly, the intern rolled his eyes and buried his head in searching for potential writers.

Cai Pingtong smiled and shook his head as if he could see himself in this intern. When he came here for the first time, he also wanted to find some good writers and make a lot of money, but after reading too many boring novels, he had already accepted reality.

Fantasy was these authors’ trash station, and the editors’ retirement house. The old themes would not disappear, but they would not thrive again.

Cai Pingtong sighed again, calming himself down to accept the torture of the new day.

At this moment, in the blink of an eye, Cai Pingtong saw a different article. It was different from those failed articles and the beginning was very attractive.

He looked at it a few more times, and his eyes gradually lit up.

“Mr. Shu, Battle Through the Heavens?” Cai Pingtong muttered the name of the article.

It was a pen name that had been registered last night. It had only been published with three chapters this morning, and it was a completely new one!

Logically speaking, Cai Pingtong would just skim those novels quickly. But his heart now was beating particularly fast. He took a deep breath and quickly reread the three chapters.

“Holy sh*t!”

Cai Pingtong’s eyes lit up completely. He excitedly pulled the intern editor beside him.

“Xiao Li, come and take a look at this article! Be quick!”

The intern editor called Xiao Li looked at him in confusion and moved closer to his computer.

Gradually, Xiao Li stopped frowning. He smiled and said, “Brother Cai, no wonder you’re not in a hurry. It turns out that you’re hiding something! Where’s the rest of the novel? Why are there only three chapters?”

Xiao Li stared at the screen in surprise. He found that there were only three chapters of “Battle Through the Heavens”, but there were already readers urging for updates!

The privilege of having readers urging for updates as soon as an article was published was usually enjoyed only by great authors who had accumulated fans. Some online novel readers might not be able to find this novel when there were only three chapters!

“This Mr. Shu is just a genius, Brother Cai. Why are you still not moving? Be quick, get in touch with him!”

Xiao Li’s voice attracted the attention of the other editors in the office. They thought to themselves that it was impossible that even fantasy could be popular. They came over and wanted to watch the excitement.

The moment they saw the article clearly, they said at the same time, “Awesome!”