Chapter 14: There’s A Mole, Continue The Deal
You are a Failure author, and one day you suddenly receive a friend request from a Reader, so you decide?
A. Doxxing, right? Reported.
B. Accept the friend request, fantasize again, those stories between me and female readers that must be told.
C. Ignore it, first see what they want to do.
D. Reject.
Is there even any hesitation? Without a Doubt, reject… Yu Wei hesitated for a moment, thought about it, and still casually accepted.
Since starting to write this book “Star Rating”, he hadn’t had direct interaction with readers yet, so chatting via this Opportunity is good too.
To be fair, since he started writing books, he has been quite receptive to advice. Whenever readers raise issues, he explains or revises them, which counts as humbly accepting public opinions to some extent.
But there was also a ten-thousand-subscription Big Shot who told him that writing books emphasizes self-expression, and blindly catering to readers would instead make the story neither fish nor fowl.
Yu Wei has limited abilities, and as a Failure, he lacks the confidence to stick to his self, so he can only try to balance both as much as possible.
Perhaps it’s precisely because he wavers back and forth, wanting both this and that, that he has always been a Failure…
“Listened to the Song?”
Yu Wei greeted first. This sentence basically revealed his identity openly—he is the Author himself and also sings.
He didn’t plan to hide his identity either. Writing a Novel alone isn’t stealing, robbing, or illegal. Because it’s not well-written, Yu Wei won’t proactively promote it everywhere, but that doesn’t mean he won’t Admit it.
Anyway, being discovered is just a matter of Time, no need to cover anything up.
The current situation reminded him of the common trope in Entertainment Novels: vest flow, where the Protagonist releases Works under a fake identity, and finally the identity reveal shocks everyone…
The first time he read this Type he thought it was pretty good, but after reading too much, he got Aesthetic Fatigue.
For plots that are a bit watered down, it’s all back-and-forth between suspicion-denial-suspicion throughout, grinding away patience bit by bit, unable to feel the thrill.
For the more toxic ones, there’s even a self-proof segment pretending to be someone else, making the reader’s blood pressure rise…
Anyway, Yu Wei feels there’s nothing good to hide. Since he hasn’t done anything guilty, just admit it openly and straightforwardly, say whatever there is to say.
Qi Luo An had just reread the segment in the Novel where they sing “Heart Wall”. Not only the Song Title and Lyrics, but even the narrative part of the Song’s theme perfectly matches, so this can’t possibly be a coincidence.
This Song is supposedly Yu Wei’s Original, so this Rating Entertainment Novel definitely has something to do with Yu Wei too.
She has always been unable to stand Qi Yuan. From childhood to now, she rarely softened in front of her older brother or asked him for help.
This time counts as an exception…
“Listened, it’s very good.”
Qi Luo An didn’t expect Yu Wei to be so frank, jumping straight into talking about the Song and skipping the Novel topic from the friend request, equivalent to directly acknowledging it.
A Real Star coming to write Entertainment is what’s that about?
Would a rich second-generation write Godlike novels? Would a top chef write Gourmet Food novels? Would a scientist write academic tyrant novels?
Basically not, because at that level, they wouldn’t be interested in those Things anymore. Just open a self-media Account—isn’t that easier to go viral than writing books?
Especially for someone like her who often reads Entertainment Novels, she feels this deeply. Entertainment Novels are actually more like outsiders’ Brain Supplement about the Entertainment Industry, far from the real Entertainment Industry.
Qi Luo An is utterly baffled. A Real Star writing novels is one thing, but actually including his unreleased New Song…
This operation feels more absurd the more you think about it.
Even more absurd is that this is actually real.
“How did you get my contact info?”
This is what Yu Wei is most curious about. Although Internet doxxing does exist, this Reader doesn’t seem like that type.
“I have connections.”
The other party is obviously joking, but Yu Wei got it—his contact info seems to have been obtained through someone.
Not many people have Yu Wei’s contact info. Looks like there’s an insider among his own people…
Afterward, the two simply chatted about the book. It has to be said, “An Shi Le” is indeed a veteran Entertainment Reader, with many Ideas coinciding with his.
“So, will you come back to keep reading?”
This is crucial for Yu Wei. He chatted tediously for so long just to pull one Reader back into the pit—whoever can be persuaded counts.
Of course, Qi Luo An has already pinned this book. An Entertainment Novel written by the star himself—definitely need to taste the flavor.
She wants to see what else Yu Wei can come up with.
Actually, the two didn’t fully open up on many topics, and their discussions were only superficial. After all, it was their first day knowing each other, so they had a sense of proportion and knew what should and shouldn’t be said.
The simple Author exchange meeting ended just like that. Yu Wei slept until late morning, and upon waking, he discovered that the matter of his book had already spread in the Chat Group.
Last night only two Readers listened to the Song, but now it’s been discovered by the main force…
Finally.
Yu Wei was somewhat pleasantly surprised. He had always been looking forward to the day when “Novel reflects Reality”. Spread it—once it spreads, people will read his book.
He casually opened the forwarded Chat Record, which contained Screenshots and content of his book, and finally a Recorded Broadcast of the Concert.
“This book is Godly, it wrote about last night’s New Song six days ago.”
“Prophet appears?”
“Could also be written by an insider who heard this Song and directly put it in.”
“Hype dogs are infuriating, reeks of Entertainment Company script Hype at a glance.”
“Conspiracy Theory is infuriating. He’s been updating daily for so long. I checked this book—it’s just an ordinary Plagiarist Entertainment Novel. Who hypes like this?”
“You don’t get it.”
Yu Wei was too lazy to read the later part where the know-it-alls battled. Anyway, no one convinces anyone, and in the end, everything can be infuriating.
However, the one who discovered this big Gossip about the book wasn’t his Reader, but a Colleague from the Author Group who found it while Peeping…
Originally, he just wanted to see if the book begging for Follow-up Reads with Red Envelopes had flopped. But after glancing twice, he surprisingly discovered the Song “Heart Wall”.
Seeing the release date from last Sunday shocked him directly. After posting to the group and repeated forwards, it caused a small-scale stir.
There are no stories that explode across the entire Internet casually. The Gossip fresh news in the group is basically only discussed by a few circles that frequently Chat in the group.
Small-scale explosion is exactly the result Yu Wei wants most. Interested people will specifically go check it out, without attracting various outsiders…
Anyway, at least in the Web Novel Circle, his book is completely popular now. Many Readers come flocking by name, and even some Colleagues advertise in the Book Friend circle.
“Why Does the Star Care So Much About Star Rating?” also jumped to third on the Trending Works list, even briefly surpassing several Platinum Great Gods’ Masterpieces.
Of course, this isn’t very useful. The Trending Search List is just real-time Popularity. Once this Storm fades, his book is still roadside grass.
Authors generally think he’s an Entertainment Company insider who happened to know about this Song in advance and wrote it into the book.
This speculation is also the most reasonable and acceptable possibility at present.
“Strike while the iron is hot.”
Yu Wei was still thinking of hurrying to Writing to retain the Gossip Readers, but after glancing at his private messages, the temporary group Chat session had already exploded.
“Hehe, shamelessly begging for a chapter promo.”
“You really are from inside the Company, huh? Staff also writing novels, not easy. I’m Part-time too, help promo me…”
“Chapter promo.”
Quite a few Colleagues came asking for chapter promos after seeing his book heat up. Some chat a bit to build rapport before asking for help, some don’t even pretend and directly demand straightforwardly.
When Yu Wei was Failing before, he was very willing to help Colleagues with chapter promos. Small authors helping each other is normal, a quick py transaction to do a favor.
But this time, there are too many asking him for chapter promos—even if he wants to help, he can’t keep up…
And one Author was even more ruthless:
“Give a chapter promo, or I’ll report you to your Company for insider leak.”
There are insiders, continue py transactions.
He used his own Song—does that count as leaking secrets?
