Asked you to write a book, not to confess your criminal record!

Chapter 27: Lin Chuan, You’re Too Awesome!

The next day, in the real world.

The noonday sun of early spring was warm and bright, spreading across Modu’s skyline, reflecting off the glass of Sailing Novel’s office building, casting flickering silver lights, sparkling like crystals.

Inside the office building.

Editor Youyou propped her cheek with one hand, her head slightly tilted, her eyes showing a hint of fatigue, but she was still reviewing the dense text on the screen.

She sipped her coffee with a trace of bitterness at the corners of her mouth.

Then.

“Ah, I’m going crazy!”

“How can I nurture an Influent Author!?”

Editor Youyou rested her hands on her head, tousling her shoulder-length hair, filled with annoyance and almost at her breaking point!

“Still toiling away?”

At this moment, Youyou’s colleague Li Xue came over with a cheerful smile.

“Toiling?”

Youyou’s face showed a touch of bitterness, as she forced a smile, “It’s more like struggling.”

Li Xue, also an editor at Sailing Novel, had a good relationship with Youyou. She laughed and said, “You’re always so anxious. It’s only March, and it’s not until the end of the year that the performance levels of the editors are assessed.”

Youyou pursed her lips, “The Influent Author I managed to bring up in the past two years has retired from writing, and now the authors under me can hardly even reach ten thousand subscriptions. I guess it’s going to be tough this year.”

Li Xue smiled, raised her eyebrows, and suggested, “How about I give you some advice?”

“What advice?”

Youyou blinked, her eyes brightening with anticipation as she looked at Li Xue.

“Use your beauty as a strategy!”

Li Xue held up a mirror in front of Youyou.

In the mirror was a face as beautiful as peach blossoms, delicate and exquisite, serene and animated, bright eyes, white teeth, and a mole under the eye like a tear, gently enhancing her charm. Her long lashes, with just a slight flutter, carried a pitiful allure, drawing sympathy and affection.

With such attributes, she could easily rely on her looks, but instead insisted on hard work.

“There are plenty of people prettier than me, and besides, writing isn’t about seduction, it doesn’t require such tactics.” Youyou laughed softly and covered the mirror on the desk.

“Youyou, you’re so naive!”

Li Xue poked Youyou’s cheek playfully and dismissed the idea, “These days, you’ve got to play some tricks, or it just won’t do. I saw a short video this morning—the Gambling King has landed ashore to become a writer!”

“The Gambling King?”

Youyou was taken aback, a frown creasing her forehead.

Li Xue nodded and chuckled, “Yes, I still remember the title, ‘Who would have thought, the former Gambling King, now falls to write novels for a living!’ Although I didn’t pay attention to the follow-up, the boss was making rounds, couldn’t risk slacking off.”

Youyou let out a chuckle.

However, she suddenly remembered that Lin Chuan also wrote a book called “Swindler,” so she asked, “How’s the theme of swindlers?”

Li Xue nodded seriously, “The theme of swindlers is pretty good. Look at Handon, his ‘King of Cheating’ has a Popularity Value of 66,000, currently claiming the number one spot on ‘Heroes Compete’.”

Youyou glanced at the time.

11:56 AM.

“Your author with the ten thousand subscriptions, Hongmei, isn’t bad either. At 12 PM sharp, ‘Heroes List’ will refresh, and who knows, Hongmei might just catch up.” Youyou said with a smile.

The One of The Two Heroes, Hongmei, was one of Li Xue’s authors.

Currently, “Number One Sword Immortal” had a Popularity Value of 62,000, closely following Handon’s “King of Cheating.”

Li Xue’s face showed a hint of pride as she smiled, “Handon and Hongmei are both very capable. This event will show which of them can take first place.”

Youyou pursed her lips, her eyes betraying a hint of envy.

This event offered a prize of 50,000 yuan in cash, exclusive website promotion, IP rights development, video platform promotion to attract traffic …

For ‘The Two Heroes,’ any one of them could use this to break into the ranks of an Influent Author!

In other words, if Hongmei could surpass Handon and dominate the first place, then Li Xue would have nurtured another Influent Author.

How could Youyou not be envious?

If only I could nurture an Influent Author, my performance for the year would be set.

Noon, 12:00 PM.

With curiosity from Youyou and anticipation from Li Xue, they opened the editor’s backend to check the ‘Heroes Compete’ event’s ‘Heroes List.’

Li Xue immediately focused on the Popularity Values of Hongmei and Handon.

[Number One Sword Immortal (Hongmei), Popularity Value: 83,000.]

[King of Cheating (Handon), Popularity Value: 73,000.]

Li Xue’s heart skipped a beat, her lips turned upward uncontrollably, emotions somewhat exhilarated, “Hongmei surpassed Handon!”

However, Youyou didn’t respond to her.

Youyou’s bright eyes were tightly fixed on the ‘Heroes List’.

“Youyou, why are you…”

Li Xue was about to ask ‘why aren’t you speaking’, but a glance at the list suddenly revealed an additional work.

Her gaze shifted to the right, and upon seeing the popularity value of that work, her pupils shrank, and she was greatly shocked:

“Holy shit!”

[Swindler (Mr. Lin), Popularity Value: 316,000.]

The Swindler soared to the top of the list!

No.1!

Youyou found it incredible, swallowing hard, she murmured, “How… how did he surge to first place?”

Worried about a system display error, she refreshed the page several times.

But the list remained unchanged.

No.1: Swindler (Mr. Lin)

No.2: Number One Sword Immortal (Hongmei)

No.3: King of Cheating (Handon)

For a moment, Li Xue was still struggling to snap back to reality: “Mr. Lin… who is he?”

Youyou didn’t answer but instead opened Lin Chuan’s work information for the Swindler.

[Work: The Swindler.]

[Status: Released.]

[Word Count: 1.026 million.]

[Number of Chapters: 500.]

[Paid Chapters: 400.]

[Total Favorites: 103,200.]

[Total Subscriptions for Paid Chapters: 1,215,260.]

[Average Subscription for Paid Chapters: 3,038.15.]

3,018.15 Average Subscription!

Premium!

Youyou took a deep breath, the fatigue vanished from her face, revealing a radiant smile blooming like peach blossoms, and she immediately sent a message to Lin Chuan.

Li Xue, who was beside Youyou, saw that she was sending a message to Lin Chuan, and her eyebrows furrowed slightly: “Youyou, is Lin Chuan your guy?”

Youyou nodded, her smile beaming and bright as the spring sun.

At this moment, Lin Chuan was still lying in bed, sound asleep.

He was sprawled on a simple wooden bed with a thin layer of black stubble on his face, showing utter exhaustion.

Last night,

Living the life of an ‘Assassin’ had drained too much of his energy.

It was like going through the motions thirteen times in one night, legs trembling, leaving leaning on the wall, a feeling of being utterly hollowed out.

Not a single drop left!

Around 2 p.m., Lin Chuan finally woke up from his slumber, somewhat recovered.

Lin Chuan reached for his phone from the bedside, and holy cow, he was bombarded with messages!

One was an income of 3,000 yuan, with the remark ‘Anti-gambling promotional labor fee’, another was a ‘Home Cooking Service’ message: Brother, are you hungry? Your sister can come over and cook for you~.

Lin Chuan spat out, “Big data, you’re really accurate, just when I have a bit of money, you’re trying to milk me dry again!”

Lin Chuan continued to look through the messages.

The next one was from editor Youyou, containing fierce words: “Lin Chuan, you’re too fierce!”

Lin Chuan: