The battle between Feng Yun website and Zhong Dian website had attracted the attention of the entire online novel industry.
Previously, the meteor-like rise of Zhong Dian website had already been seen as a miracle by everyone. Now that Feng Yun website was growing much stronger, these few days, everyone, including novel writers, was paying attention to which party would win and which would lose.
In Zhong Dian website's Great Gods group chat.
Dark Dragon of the Universe: "I really don't know what the results of this battle would be. This set of consecutive attacks from Feng Yun side is too strong, I really don't have any ideas on how to handle it. If worst comes to worst, why don't we activate our readers and get them to just write some random stories to increase the volume?" 
Treasure Slayer: "What the heck, Young Master is such a good person, he's thrown in one million just in exchange for one contact detail. If he really loses, I won't be able to bear with this injustice. Why don't we specially write a chapter to scold them?"
Dark Dragon of the Universe: "Young Master doesn't want us to do that, in case people say we're creating hype over it. Sigh, why don't we wait for a while more? Young Master is always able to create miracles. Anyway, it's just these few days, we'll just have to wait…"
Treasure Slayer: "Alright, we can only do that. I'll wait for two more days, at most. And if things still don't get better, I'll activate all my fellow readers to write some random novels. At the very least, I have to do my best."
Dark Dragon of the Universe: "Mm, OK. By then, I'll activate some of them as well."
…
"Manager Zhang, currently Feng Yun website already has 1,000 more novels than us that are updated within three days." The secretary stared at the documents in his hands with his forehead brimming with sweat, as he anxiously said, "If we still don't think of a way, Young Master will lose the bet this time!"
"Sigh, the other party obviously has an expert with him, I don't have any good ideas now." Manager Zhang Wenyang rubbed his temples as he helplessly said, "They have practically blocked all our routes. We can't possibly learn from them and hold that so-called writing contest, right?"
"Yes, sigh, Luo Xue's incident is such a pity. Had we properly created hype using it, the effect would probably be much better than now…" Once he thought about how they might lose in the bet this time, the secretary's face was full of regret.
After all, Hong Dali was quite caring to the people around him.
Other than usually giving tips whenever he liked to, most importantly, Hong Dali's personality was also good. If he lost, who would be able to bear with it?
"Sigh, I'm not sure how Young Master thinks about this." Zhang Wenyang sighed. "Forget it, it's exactly because of this personality of his that makes us willing to work so hard for him. I'll go and ask Young Master's side again about what they're planning to do about this. If worse comes to worst, we'll do our best to develop the smartphone reading app. After all, that would mean that we've tried our very best."
"Yes." Speaking up to this point, someone suddenly frantically ran inside, and once he entered the room, he exclaimed, "Manager Zhang, good news, good news! Young Master's side has finally done something!"
"Really?!" Zhang Wenyang stood up at once and anxiously said, "What exactly is Young Master planning to do, quickly say it! So that we can do our best to cooperate over here as well!"
"Good news, very good news! This idea is just too great!" That person happily said, "The idea that came from Sister Xiaoyi's side is to sue Feng Yun website for making a pirated smartphone Feng Yun app! Pirated!"
"What the heck! This is good!" Zhang Wenyang ferociously clapped his hands. "Pirated, haha! Pirated! As long as there's concrete evidence, we'll be able to get rid of them with just one slap! Moreover, they'd still need to monetarily compensate us!"
Speaking up to this point, Zhang Wenyang violently slammed the table and said to the secretary in a stern voice, "Listen carefully! You know very well about how strict our nation is towards piracy, right? This time, it's a great opportunity for us to launch our ultimate counterattack! Throw in money, throw in lots of money into this! Go to the finance department at once to take 10 million, and find me the best team of lawyers! The best one! The greatest one! There mustn't be any mistakes!"
"OK! I'll go right away!" Upon hearing this, the secretary was greatly delighted. He was about to leave when he was stopped by Zhang Wenyang again. "Also, announce this piece of news! The wider the scope, the better! The more people who know about this, the better!"
"OK, I'll do it right away!"
…
Just when the various author group chats were paying attention to the battle this time, there was another huge and drastic twist that turned the tables around.
Zhong Dian website filed a complaint and sued Feng Yun website for making a pirated smartphone reading app. 
Once this piece of news was released, the entire online novel industry was shocked!
After all, in this world, Heavenly State placed extreme emphasis over copyright issues. After all, only by protecting the copyrights well could creativity be encouraged. If someone had a good idea and then a big company was to directly copy it and get rid of the original version, who would still go and start up a new project? Everyone could just wait to copy it from others.
On the online novel forum—
Author One: "Feng Yun website, don't you find yourselves too shameless? The other party thought of all ways and means before they managed to develop a smartphone reading app, and you can just copy it from them so casually. Ah, alright, don't you think you need to compensate for the money and time taken to develop it?"
Author Two: "Fight fight fight! Fight against Feng Yun website! It previously had the cheek to say that Zhong Dian website was using Luo Xue's incident to create hype. I think you are the fellows who don't have any bottom lines of morality. You actually pirated your reading app! Nice game you played there, taking things from others and making them your own because you can't make them yourself!"
Author Three: "Proud of joining Zhong Dian website, ashamed to associate myself with Feng Yun website!"
Author Four: "Aiya, if piracy is acceptable, then is it legal for me to plagiarize from other novels? What fundamental differences are there between piracy and copying? At least I don't discover any differences in them. They're all taking other people's things to use it as their own. Everyone, am I right?"
Now, the public opinion had all been diverted towards Zhong Dian website. If previously there were still people who doubted Hong Dali's motive regarding Luo Xue's incident, then once news of piracy appeared, all the authors became supportive of Hong Dali.
Knockoffs, pirated version, plagiarism—these were the most taboo topics in the online novel industry!
If a hard to come by book written had become popular, and then it was copied and plagiarized, nobody would feel good about it.
Thus, in the online novel industry, you could be immoral and resort to all tricks and means, but you definitely couldn't plagiarize or commit acts of piracy, or else you'd definitely be criticized by everyone! And it would definitely be impossible for you to survive in the online novel industry in the future.
Of course, when there was support, there would be objections as well.
At times, there would still be people speaking up for Feng Yun website. But once the topic was posted, it would be drowned amidst the strong waves of discussions.
…
In the various authors' group chats.
Everyone was paying attention to the results of the complaint this time. Countless authors commented countless times in their authors' group chats, and all the topics were revolving around the big case of the infringement of copyright by Feng Yun website this time.
Everyone was waiting, waiting for the final results. Hong Dali's supporters were anticipating that Hong Dali would win the final victory. And the authors at Feng Yun website were also looking forward to being able to get to know the final truth.
Knockoffs, piracy, plagiarism, these were all absolutely intolerable by online novel authors.
It was because, in this day and age, creativity was the king!
If a nation wanted to develop and progress, creativity was the most important.
If problems of piracy and plagiarism were not controlled, it would greatly affect the motivation of creative minds. Something that one had painstakingly created being copied by big companies just like that, and then they crushed and attacked the original version instead. Such a thing was scary just thinking about it.
…
In Zhong Dian website's Great Gods group chat.
Dark Dragon of the Universe: "What the heck, such a thing actually happened. I'd previously really never paid much attention to it. I didn't think about this, how could I neglect something so important?"
Treasure Slayer: "Hahaha, that group of idiots was so arrogant. This time, they've gotten into trouble, right? Damn it, this is called justice has long arms. Serves them right!"
Dark Dragon of the Universe: "Accordingly, the place where the court hearing will be conducted will be at our Tianjing Supreme People's Court. Are you going?"
Treasure Slayer: "Yes, of course I have to go! But should I activate the readers to come along as well?"
Dark Dragon of the Universe: "This… I suggest you don't. There's quite a lot of volatility regarding legal procedures. What if, I'm saying what if, Young Master loses the case?"
Treasure Slayer: "Mm, that's true. There were some changes in public opinion online again, and many people are saying that it's groundless accusations. But I think that since Young Master dares to file a complaint, he definitely has vital evidence. Or else he'd definitely not sue them just like that. How about this, let's go and find some good friends to go and take a look? The minimum level of similarity to be counted as piracy is 60%. I think that even if it doesn't reach this number, at least it won't deviate too much from it. This time, it will definitely impact Feng Yun website greatly!" 
Dark Dragon of the Universe: "Mm, makes sense! Then we'll go and activate our friends now. Those staying in Tianjing will all come over! Oh right, also, ask the authors at Feng Yun website that you know to contact the readers to come over as well!"
Treasure Slayer: "OK! I can do this!"
…
Feng Yun website headquarters building.
"Young Master," GM Liu's forehead brimmed with sweat as he said, "Our Feng Yun app has been sued by Zhong Dian website! They're suing us for piracy! Now, many books have stopped updating, and the authors clearly expressed that they would only update and continue writing their books after the results are out! If we lose in this case…"
"Idiot, what are you so scared for!" Ko Gohon ferociously said, "Back when we developed it, we only reproduced at most 51 to 52% of the source code. It has a very big difference from 60%. Damn it, do you think I wouldn't be aware of the copyright protection act? Look at how anxious you are, you can't even stay composed, how can you do big things?!"
"This… This… OK, I got it. Then Young Master, how should I make the arrangements?" GM Liu cautiously asked.
"Hire a team of lawyers, hire the best team of lawyers!" Ko Gohon stubbed out his cigarette. "How can we miss such a good opportunity?! We can take this opportunity to hit back and sue them for defamation!"
"OK, Young Master, I got it. I'll go right away!" GM Liu, soaked in sweat, went to make the arrangements.
"Uncle Kazuma, I've done alright with the arrangements this time, right?" After GM Liu had left, Ko Gohon cautiously observed Shiroishi Kazuma's expression and asked, "Do we need to do anything else?" 
"At the moment, it's fine. We don't need to do anything else." Shiroishi Kazuma closed his eyes and insipidly said, "Invite the best lawyer in our Jaban Empire over here. This time, we'll completely get rid of Hong Dali!"
"OK!"
…
Thus, after a night full of scheming, the next day, at 9:00 AM, the biggest copyright infringement case trial in the decade in Heavenly State started…


"I have to squander; otherwise, won't it be a waste of my parent's talent at earning money?" Hong Dali answers a reporter's question matter-of-factly. 

Just after the interview ends, Hong Dali opens the Great Prodigal System's interface and looks at the various good stuff displayed in it. Stroking his chin, he mumbles to himself, "I just need to squander 200 billion yuan more to exchange for the blueprint of the core technology, Engine Destruction, found in the strongest humanoid mecha weapon, Neo Granzon. Looks like I'll have to work harder!"

"I want to splurge! I want to squander!"


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A Guide to Webnovels
 
Some of you may have heard of webnovels / webfiction by now. Huge successes like Worm or The Wandering Inn have certainly not gone unnoticed by speculative fiction fans and most of us have heard whispers about that legendary site: Wattpad. Still, webnovels remain a niche product, with its audience being mostly teenagers. People might avoid them because the quality of the novels wildly vary and it takes too long to sift through so many options until you find something decent. But how is that different from looking through self-published books? Another reason is that people might simply not know where to look. Especially with webfiction guide not accepting new users, there's no other sites that list webnovels from various sources for you to look through. Or are there?
Well, buckle up, fellow speculative-ists, I'm about to help you out with finding new, free fiction that releases at a faster rate than that one book if you've waiting for for 5 years!
(Full disclosure: I am a webnovel author. You may find my name / novel pretty quickly on one of the sites I will mention in this guide because I'm on trending and high up on the dark fantasy tag there. I'm not writing all of this for self-promotion purposes, however. It honestly makes me sad to see amazing webnovels doing poorly while average ones do amazingly simply because the audience is severely skewed. This is my attempt to broaden the audience a little bit, while giving other speculative fiction fans the chance to find amazing stories and fellow authors another outlet for their creations.)
Let's get into it:
The cons of webnovels
Quality does vary greatly and you'll have to sift through tags and read synopsis, reviews and first chapters looking for something you like and that is a bit timeconsuming. I still think it's not much different from looking for books you might enjoy, if you search efficiently.
Novels tend to be dropped. A lot. The golden rule that everyone tends to follow is: if it's less than 20~30 chapters or 200 pages, don't touch it. Filter out everything that is on hiatus. Big yes to novels that have at least one arc / volume / book finished.
The pros of webnovels
They're almost all completely free. Authors will have patreons, paypal and ko-fi if you want to tip them or get extra rewards, but that's it. If you don't like something, you've wasted nothing but a bit of time.
Fast releases. To make their novels competitive, authors tend to release new chapters at the very least weekly, with the most common release schedule being 2~3 times a week. Some even release daily. Some, still, release several chapters a day. You can follow the novel, forget about it during the week or for a month and end up with quite a stash of chapters to binge.
Being part of something that is being created "in real time". Webnovel authors will often ask for input from their readers, have fun polls where they ask them to vote on certain things, active discord servers, etc. You can also come up with and discuss theories and character growth as the story advances. It's a livelier community than getting a book that's finished and then you just talk about a full, finished project.
Where to look for webnovels?
With webfiction guide not accepting new members, it becomes a bit harder to find an impartial list of quality webnovels. You can still look at their top webfiction guide, but you're likely to have heard about some, if not all of the authors there. So, what to do when you've read through this list already (or browsed through it and nothing caught your attention)?
Muse's Success - This is a "sister site" to webfiction guide that serves as a directory. Webnovels have to be added manually either by fans or the authors and there is a rating system, but I can't vouch for how reliable it is.
If you want to forego directories and go right to the source, however, I'd say RoyalRoad is the biggest site for speculative webfiction. Yes, Wattpad exists, but it's largely for romance (some with speculative elements, of course), but it's also a bit of a mess to navigate and it's very unkind to new authors and works more like a SNS than an actual writing site. RoyalRoad offers better options in terms of following webnovels, looking through and filtering tags, getting rid of fictions you don't want to see, etc. It's a very good platform, overall, the best of its kind, I would say. It does lack a mobile app, but that's being worked on at the moment.
The Tops and Lists
Of course, the first place most people will look at is the tops and most viewed lists on any site. Don't be surprised if you find yourself disappointed with some of these. It happens. Make sure you don't stick to the first page only.
Best Rated - As the name indicates, this is a list of the best rated novels in the entire website. Some of them are already finished and have been so for years, some are still ongoing and have been so for years. You can select the complete only and active only best rated depending on whether you're looking for completed or on-going novels, too.
Trending - This is a list of 50 fictions that are doing the best at the moment, on the site. They call them the "rising stars" because they tend to be newer fictions, but you might find some older ones there as well.
Popular This Week - Again, as the name suggests, the novels that have been most viewed and rated the past week.
These lists tend to be somewhat repetitive. If you're on the top 7 on trending, you get a lot of exposure and that makes you rise on Popular This Week and Best Rated. It's kind of a cycle. So, what to do if you're done reading everything that interested you on these?
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Sometime later, He Desheng heard Boss Pei heave a long sigh through the phone. He began to have mixed feelings. 
First, he could not help but feel disturbed. 
What's the matter with Boss Pei? 
Oh, I know. Boss Pei has just found out that the shared phone booths have moved out of Jingzhou towards the rest of the country. He must be feeling comforted like a mother eagle would after watching her babies fly out of the nest! 
Yes, that must be the case! 
Yet, at the other end of the line, Pei Qian was feeling sorrowful! He had only had ten million yuan to worry about at first, but now it was twenty million yuan. 
The pressure was on! 
"Let me think about it and get back to you." 
After hanging up, Pei Qian flipped through his little notebook, trying to see where he could spend all that money. 
Time was tight. It was too late to find another city and open a few more Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branches. However, he could still keep opening Upwind courier stations. That would be much faster, and he would be able to keep adding more stations until the week before settlement. 
At the same time, he could manufacture more stocks for Otto E1. That would burn money quicker. 
Piling up five thousand cell phones in Otto Technologies' warehouse would cost Pei Qian twenty million yuan. 
Of course, if he managed to sell them all… he would be in a worse state than he was now. 
Apart from all of these, Pei Qian still had an ultimate killer move—the Thriller Hostel project! 
Thriller Hostel could be delayed until the next cycle. A place like that was considered a bottomless pit for money. It would probably have no problem eating up all twenty million yuan. 
Still, unless he absolutely had to, Pei Qian did not want to throw more money into Thriller Hostel. 
If he invested more money, the place would become scarier, the experience would become more exciting, and the surrounding facilities would be perfected sooner. At the end of the day, the project might not be able to incur losses. 
Thus, giving Lu Mingliang more money to open Upwind Courier stations and expand Fish-Catching Complex's reach throughout Lincheng would be his best option. 
Then, he would channel the remaining funds to Otto Technologies and ask Chang You to store more stocks in the warehouse… 
Just as Pei Qian was deep in thought, his cell phone rang again. This time, it was Ma Yiqun. Pei Qian frowned and accepted the call at once. 
"Boss Pei, there's an additional five million yuan in Zhongdian Chinese Network's company account. I've already transferred it over to you!" Ma Yiqun's voice had a hint of pride. 
Pei Qian's mind was filled with question marks. 
After two seconds, he asked, "When did this happen?" 
Ma Yiqun answered, "Just two days ago. 
"We've been settling the previous month's royalties, right? After receiving February's income and after dealing with the company's matters, I asked the finance department to transfer the money to you!" 
Pei Qian's expression darkened, and he frowned. "Didn't I tell you to spend all that money on your own? The authors' class requires funding now. Why are you transferring the money back to me?" 
Ma Yiqun was stunned. "The authors' class has enough funding. 
"Don't worry, Boss Pei. The five million yuan is not all of last month's profit. I've already deducted the website's daily operating expenses, transaction fees, funds for supplementing authors' income, and expenses for the authors' class. I've even set aside a sum of money for other uses. This is what's left. 
"We've also maximized benefits for those attending the authors' class. I don't know where else to spend this money, and so I'm handing it up to you. 
"I heard that Otto E1 is lacking funds now. If we hand this sum of money to them, they should be able to put it to good use!" 
Pei Qian was speechless. 
I don't know where to spend all this money either! How can you transfer the money to me just because you don't know how to spend it? That's so irresponsible! 
You threw five million yuan at me without any warning. I wasn't even mentally prepared. You're making my life very difficult! 
Wait a minute, did Ma Yiqun just say that he had already deducted expenses for the authors' class from this sum? 
Doesn't that mean… 
The website is earning even more now?! 
The website had already started generating profits before. Ma Yiqun tried to transfer the profits to Tengda once, but Pei Qian decisively rejected him and asked him to start the online authors' class. 
The authors' class was to be run continuously. There was one every month. The participants' food and lodging would be provided, and they would be paid a salary and given insurance as well. Logically, all the money should have been gone by now. 
Why was there an additional five million yuan from the previous month's revenue?! 
The sensitive Pei Qian realized that something was amiss. He quickly asked, "Did Zhongdian Chinese Network's profits increase again in February?"
The moment he finished speaking, Pei Qian felt strange. Why did I say 'again'? 
Ma Yiqun smiled. "Of course, Boss Pei. That's all thanks to your great planning! 
"The facts have shown that your decision to invest all the website's profits into the online authors' class had been a wise and forward-thinking one! 
"In the short term, we generated fewer profits. However, the benefits of the authors' class are infinite! 
"Firstly, we gave unregulated, ill-disciplined authors a fixed working schedule and more security in life. Thus, they could focus on writing and improving their novels. 
"Secondly, authors have a platform to communicate, learn, and improve their own skills. That means Zhongdian Chinese Network's mid-tier writers are growing at a rapid pace! 
"Lastly, the Tengda spirit classes you've been organizing for the authors have been termed 'inspiring'. Instead of only wanting to write more, they're now focusing on maintaining both quality and quantity. Overall, the novels on our website are moving towards excellence. That'll be very helpful to retain readers! 
"Most importantly, Cui Geng's The Butterfly Game has pleasantly surprised us. It has broken the record for subscriptions, and news has spread throughout the online literature industry. Many authors have noticed the high upper limit for Zhongdian Chinese Network's online novels and have come over to start writing as well. 
"As more and more novels appear on the website, there's also more and more quality content. Readers are also becoming more loyal and hardworking in keeping up with the novels! 
"All in all, Zhongdian Chinese Network is a whole new website now!" 
Pei Qian almost had a panic attack halfway through. 
The Tengda spirit classes have been termed 'inspiring'? Instead of only wanting to write more, they're now focusing on maintaining both quality and quantity? 
That's not right. I thought they were supposed to become slackers! 
Although Pei Qian was confused and he did not know how the lessons on the Tengda spirit had become so problematic, he was still in touch with reality. 
"Immediately stop holding the lessons on the Tengda spirit!" Pei Qian immediately said.
"Ah, alright, Boss Pei. That's what I was thinking, too." Ma Yiqun was in complete agreement. 
Pei Qian, "?"
Ma Yiqun continued speaking, "Actually, we're going with a mentoring model for the second authors' class. An experienced author would be paired with a new one. Almost all the experienced authors have already received lessons on the Tengda spirit at Tengda's headquarters before. 
"Now, we're counting on the lessons being passed down through the various generations of authors. That would spread the Tengda spirit, and the HR department would not have to bear this burden any longer. 
"That's why I was thinking of doing away with this step." 
Pei Qian, "…" 
Oh no, it's too late! 
The Tengda spirit had spread to the entire authors' class, just as Pei Qian had hoped. However, the effects were drastically different from what he had imagined! 
Could it be… that the enemy was in the HR department and right beside him?!
However, on further thought, Pei Qian became more confused. 
No one in the department worked overtime! 
They had held the second selection for the winner of the Zero Overtime Competition at the end of the previous month. This time, more than half of the departments won, except Fei Huang Workspace. That was because it had had a particularly busy month, and the staff had ended up working overtime a few days. 
Even Tengda Games, the stubborn department, had shown marked improvement. It had not applied for permission to work overtime last month. 
Based on Tang Yishu's regular reports, nobody was secretly working overtime, too…
All the departments in Tengda's headquarters seemed to be living out the Tengda spirit very well. 
Where was the problem, then? 
Had it been there from the beginning, or had it only appeared when authors started attending lessons on the Tengda spirit? Was that how it affected the other authors? 
If it was the latter, Pei Qian would just have to 'isolate' the authors. Yet, if it was the former…
Pei Qian felt a sharp pain in his head.
He was very confused. On one hand, his already fragile mental state was on the brink of collapse now that he had an additional 25 million yuan to get rid of for no reason. On the other hand, he could not figure out why the various businesses seemed to be improving despite his efforts to encourage his employees to slack more. 
"Boss Pei, if there's nothing else, I'm going to hang up now. I don't want to hold you up," said Ma Yiqun. 
Pei Qian quickly stopped him, breaking his train of thought. "Wait!"
"Er… what else do you need, Boss Pei?" Ma Yiqun asked. 
After pondering for a long time, Pei Qian said through gritted teeth, "Change the way Zhongdian Chinese Network splits revenue. Make it 70-30, where all authors get seventy percent of revenue effective from this month!" 
Pei Qian was going all out now. 
In the long term, this move would probably increase traffic on the website. However, Pei Qian could not bother too much about it now. 
He had to think about this cycle's settlement! 
March's income would increase for sure. The incoming funds would be enough to make Pei Qian want to cough up blood by the end of the month.
Thus, he had to get rid of as much of Zhongdian Chinese Network's income as possible! 
That way, the website's income would immediately fall by forty percent. At the very least, Pei Qian would have millions of yuan less to worry about. 
The best that the System would allow was a 20-80 split, but Pei Qian was afraid that only taking twenty percent of the revenue would invite too many authors. Then, the consequences would be dire. Thus, he stuck with 30-70. 
Although Infinite Chinese Network's split was 50-50, other websites on the market also split revenue 30-70. By following suit, not only would Pei Qian be able to reduce Zhongdian Chinese Network's income, but he would also not raise suspicions. 
Ma Yiqun hesitated, and then said, "Alright, Boss Pei. I understand." 
Obviously, he thought that Boss Pei was continuing to burn money to attract more readers. 
Pei Qian could not be bothered to explain himself. Instead, he allowed Ma Yiqun to conjure up his own explanation. 
After hanging up, Pei Qian felt even more sorrowful. 
Misfortune really never came singly! 
Two days ago, he had been worried about spending ten million yuan. Now, that sum had turned into 25 million yuan! 
Setting up more Upwind Courier stations alone would get rid of five million yuan at most; they took time to set up. Pei Qian had to finish all projects a week before settlement, and trying to set up too many at ones could easily cause problems. 
As for the remaining twenty million yuan… 
Through gritted teeth, Pei Qian decided to invest them all into manufacturing phones for Otto Technologies!


I really just want to lose money! T_T
Best boss ever, prodigy of the business world, genius creator, visionary of the century.
These are the descriptions used for Pei Qian, President of Tengda Corporation.
Ever since his rebirth, Pei Qian finds himself in possession of a system that rewards him if he manages to lose money.
Instantly, a brilliant idea comes to mind — making crappy games!
"If the game flops, all my investment cost will be lost!"
"How difficult can it be to lose money?"
Indeed... how difficult can it be?
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Translated by: ShawnSuh
Edited by: SootyOwl


"All right! That settles it then. We're doing this!"

"Woo-hoo!" Mideum exclaimed cheerfully at Dae Soo's decision, raising her glass. 

Then, Seo Joong chimed in, "Now, let's set the tone, shall we? Will there be given topics for us to write about, or is it gonna be free-topic?" 

"Yeah! The whole reason behind starting this was to replicate what it was like to be part of a Literature Club, wasn't it?" I think it would be fun if we all write about one shared topic. What do you think, Dae Soo?"

At that, Dae Soo contemplated for a little while, but it wasn't long before she had made up her mind.

"OK. We can only write about one topic at any given time. Let's keep it special. Instead, why don't we each decide on what genre we want to write in? Essays, novels, poems, reviews, translation, anything."

"Sounds great!"

"OK, then. Now, the question is: 'What are we all gonna write about?' Any suggestions? Anything you've been wanting to write about?"

A shared topic. Everyone in the room was immersed in their thoughts, trying to figure out what would be the most appropriate topic for the club. At that moment, Geun Woo, who had eventually joined in on the fun, raised his hand. 

"What about a certain object? Like a violin, for example. We practice writing about objects with Mrs. Baek from time to time."

"That doesn't sound half bad," Dae Soo nodded with a lukewarm expression. Although it wasn't a bad idea, it wasn't very captivating. Then, Joon Soo chimed in, "What about a certain time period?"

"That's not bad, either," she said with a similar expression on her face, and without saying anything, San Jung sipped her wine quietly. 

Then, Sang Choi said, "I guess we have nothing else to write about except love." 

"That gives you way too much advantage! C'mon, now, you hopeless romantic. Get with the program." 

"Yeah! If that were the case, I'd suggest we all write about an unsolved, mysterious case." 

Sang furrowed his forehead at Mideum's adamant opposition. 

"But love is universal and an essential component of art."

"You do have a point there, but as long as you're part of the club, it wouldn't be fair to everyone else to have to write about that topic."

"Yeah! You took the the words right out of my mouth, Dong Gil."

Although Sang still looked displeased, he retracted his suggestion. From then on, a number of other opinions came up, but none of them were convincing enough to move the authors. As everyone listened to each other's opinions while immersed in thought, Dae Soo opened her mouth and said, "Death."

Then, the authors responded keenly to the provocative word. 

"Death."

"Death, huh."

"Also another essential component in art," Sang said, murmuring, "along with love." 

"It won't give anybody an advantage."

"And you can think of all sorts of stories related to it."

"Captivating."

"I think that's the most charming one, so far." 

Everyone nodded. 

"Sounds good," San Jung said her first affirmative answer. Death was, inarguably, one of the most common themes in art, and countless authors had written about it. On top of that, none of the authors in the room were experts on the subject of death, making it the fairest suggestion so far. However...

"Death, huh."

… with the exception of Juho, it was highly unlikely that any of the authors had experienced death themselves. And it wasn't something that he can share openly about, either. 

"I'm on board," he said.

And Dae Soo said, wearing an excited look on her face as if quite satisfied with how things were turning out, "I sense something really special is about to happen." 

"This almost makes me wish that the club was bigger. We're not gonna publish them, are we?"

"Let's play it safe, for now. Once we try to make a profit out of it, that's when we lose our creative control." 

With that, Dae Soo and Dong Gil began to discuss matters that were more realistic, and Juho took a sip of his Coke. Some authors were already starting to think about how to go about writing their segment in the magazine, and just as Juho was about to join them, he locked eyes with San Jung.

"Novel?" 

Juho shrugged. 

"Not sure yet."

"San Jung, remember that he even has translation at his disposal," Seo Joong interjected, holding a beer mug in his hand. 

"He can probably write things like reviews or essays just as well," Dong Gil added, and Juho didn't try to deny it. After all, they were both accurate. Authors tended to be sharp and perceptive. Juho had a number of creative tools at his disposal, from translation to essays and reviews, and he was more than capable of utilizing those tools to his advantage because of his experience at the Literature Club up to that point. 

"And I'm guessing that you're sticking with novels, San Jung?"

"Yep. I like novels the best."

She was someone who went as far as relocating to the mountains for the sake of writing her novel, so her affection and obsession toward novels was only natural.

"I think I'm drawn to novels as well."

From the moment 'death' had been decided as the shared topic, Juho had felt strongly inclined to write a novel. Writing for a magazine with such established authors was a once in a lifetime opportunity, and just like San Jung, Juho was also drawn to writing novels. 

Then, Seo Joong murmured, "Maybe I should go with a novel, too."

"I've been think about the same thing for a while now."

"Me, too."

Juho smiled and chuckled at the competitive remarks from the authors, and of course, he, himself, didn't intend on backing out, either. Then, Joon Soo asked after having been thinking for some time, "Are we limited to writing one piece each?"

"No, not at all."

"Then, I'll write a novel AND a poem." 

"I'm perfectly happy with writing just one novel."

Joon Soo and Geun Woo seemed like they had made up their minds for the most part, and Mideum, too, raised her hand to say, "I'm going with a novel!" 

"I think I'm leaning toward a novel, too."

With that, Juho counted how many authors had chosen novels as their genre. There would be nine novels and a poem, which unintentionally shifted the focus of the magazine to original novels. 

"So, are we all writing novels then?"

"That's not a bad thing though, don't you think?" Dae Soo said, and Juho nodded affirmingly. There was nothing bad about it. Besides, all of the pieces would be on the subject of death, so every single piece would be worth collecting. 

"You seem confident," Joon Soo asked quietly, and just like before, Juho didn't deny it. 

"Yes. You see, I happen to be acquainted with death, myself." 

"What?"

"Aren't you the youngest one here?"

"Choi, there is no particular order in which people go."

"What are you saying? You sounded a little edgy there."

"You're gravely mistaken."

Ignoring the light-hearted bickering between Dong Gil and Sang, Dae Soo looked at Juho. 

"Now that I think about it, you were pretty explicit about the mother's death in 'Sound of Wailing,' right? It was brief, but it had weight."

"Thank you."

"Wait, does that mean this topic gives Yun Woo the upper hand?" Dae Soo asked, narrowing her eyes, and Mideum waved her hand in denial. 

"Nah, that can't be right. You and I have both written a slew of death scenes up to this point, and so has everyone else here."

"I know that. It's just that I don't see Yun Woo as the type to be confident for no apparent reason." 

That was her perception of Yun Woo. As Dae Soo expressed her light-hearted concern, Juho waved his hand in denial, saying, "I'm just showing off, so, please, you don't have to have your guard up."

"OK, then. But keep in mind that I got my eyes on you," she said emphatically. To which, Dong Gil added with a chuckle, "Nobody's stupid enough around here to let their guard down when they're competing against Yun Woo. Except, maybe Choi." 

"I never let my guard down. I'm just confident."

"See?" 

Then, taking a swig off her beer, Mideum said, "Speaking of which, Yun Woo should be on his toes, too. We have San Jung, and then there's me… anyway, there are so many authors here!" 

"That's true. Mr. Bong here is a magician when it comes to figures of speech," Seo Joong took the opportunity to chime in, and Joon Soo returned the compliment, "I'm nowhere near your level, Seo Joong."

"Unlike Joon Soo, my buddy here specializes in writing rigid sentences." 

"You mean clean-cut and calculated?"

"Geun Woo writes stories that are just as depressing as he looks."

"Please don't say that out loud," Geun Woo complained, but it was swiftly ignored. 

"And then there's Choi. Yes, he's not all that pleasant of a person, but his writing is anything but. Gentle, and lovely. And don't even get me started with Dae Soo and her frightening stories. Mideum might not be the best with reasoning, but you are good at keeping your readers on their toes. San Jung. Well, what more can I say? She's the backbone of this country's literature." 

"Yep."

Unlike all the other authors who had looked perplexed by what had sounded like either a compliment or an insult, San Jung acknowledged her place with confidence. When it came to writing, she was a person who was neither yielding, nor modest. Then, lastly, Seo Joong moved on to Yun Woo.

"Last, but not least, our young, genius novelist, himself, who's more than adequate, to say the least." 

Juho felt that the word 'adequate' was far from describing him accurately, thinking that he still had a ways to go as an author. With that, he raised both of his hands and said, "Go easy on me now."

Then, Mideum slammed her beer mug on the table, shouting, "You know, my heart starts beating like crazy when I think about how these authors will portray death." 

"I've been meaning to ask, but is she drunk?"

"No way. A few beers isn't enough to get her drunk." 

"I'm telling you, I can never tell."

Sang and Seo Joon said in turn, and finishing her last bit of beer, Mideum ordered herself another glass. She was quite the drinker and seemed like she was capable of drinking three times as much as everyone else in the room. 

As Juho stared at her intently, Mideum asked as if misinterpreting his gaze, "Would you like some?"

"No, thank you."

"C'mon, now. Teenagers tend to want to try everything at least once out of curiosity, you know?"

At that, he realized that there was no way to talk himself out of the situation.

"So, would you like some?" Mideum said, shaking the new cup that had just arrived at the table with the beer. 

At that moment, Dae Soo gave her a slap on the back, "What do you think you're doing!?"

At the same time, Juho saw Sang lowering his hand, as if he had been just about to offer Juho some alcohol. 

"Yun Woo. You make sure to learn your drinking etiquette from no one other than your parents."

"Of course. I didn't even feel like drinking, anyway."

"Atta boy!" 

With that, Juho took a drink off his Coke as if to prove himself to Dae Soo, and Dong Gil and Joon Soo smiled with satisfaction. The club seemed to be made up of a healthy balance of adults who were both good and bad influences. 

"How should we go about writing our epilogues? Should we write something about the first issue?" 

"We can also publish one piece at a time."

"Hm. What should we do?"

Although the plans of publishing their own magazine were still in their early stages, the faces of the authors discussing them couldn't be happier. Planning for an anticipated future always brought about joy. 

"Oh! We're gonna need a name. What should we name our magazine? Death? Like our topic?"

"That would be the simplest and the most straightforward."

"But isn't that kind of… ominous for the name of our first issue?" 

"Yeah. Something tells me that our first issue will be our last." 

"There have been plenty of famous literary magazines like that, though."

"Well, we're just starting off. We shouldn't be thinking about the end already." 

As Juho listened quietly, he brought up a thought that rushed past his mind, "'The Beginning and the End.'"

"What?"

"'The Beginning and the End.' How's that for a title? After all, there's nothing in this world that says death marks the end of our lives." 

"Not bad…! Not bad at all!" Mideum agreed enthusiastically, and Sang Jung nodded quietly as well, looking like she had lost interest in the matter. 

After contemplating for some time, Dae Soo said, "OK. We'll decide on 'The Beginning and the End' as our working title for now. Once we come up with a better title, we'll change it then."

At that moment, the door opened, and everyone looked toward it. It was Madame Song, who had come by to greet her regulars while things were slowing down in the restaurant. And everyone greeted her welcomingly. 

"Madame Song! The food is amazing as usual!" 

Needless to say, the person who was the most excited to see her was Mideum, and Madame Song expressed her gratitude by smiling like a bear cub.

"You guys are running low on drinks, right? I'll go bring some more."

"You're seriously the best, Madame Song."

She greeted the authors one by one, and when she saw San Jung, a cheerful expression appeared on her face. 

"Oh, my! It's been ages! How's life in the mountains?"

"Good. I love your cooking still."

"While you're all here, eat up. You guys are writers, so you need all the energy you can get."

"Thank you!" 

Then, as San Jung dropped her head slightly, Madame Song turned her attention to Juho. 

"Juho! It's been a while since I've seen you too! I love that you're getting along with all these authors. How are they treating you? If any one of these people pick on you, you let me know."

"C'mon, Madame Song. You don't really think we'll do something like that, do you?" Mideum asked proudly, as if completely forgetting she had been about to offer Juho a drink.

Yum Woo is the youngest author in history to enter the literature world. His debut work was a massive hit but this success was short lived for the unprepared.

A miraculous second chance comes his way one day.

This is the beginning of that journey.

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If you're confused about how to write a popular webnovel, perhaps this book will be able to help you out.

This book contains articles written by the best editors in the Chinese webnovel industry. There are introductory guides, intermediate guides, and assorted topics, with different numbers of guides in each type. Each week, we'll be publishing three guides. If you believe that these guides are useful, please let us know by leaving your reviews. We can adjust the update rate based on your feedback.

Author introduction:

314 (Yang Chen): He is China Literature's general manager, Xiaoxiang Academy's general manager, Qidian's head editor, China Webnovel Literature Committee member, Jiangsu Province Webnovel Author Committee vice-chairman, and a qualified expert on all internet literature. He has discovered many popular topics and greatly helped the industry to expand, along with having personally advised many top-tier authors. He is from the first generation of webnovel researchers. Yang Chen started working in the webnovel editing industry in 2005, and is highly skilled at summarizing and analyzing the business theories behind webnovel literature and is famed for his outstanding creativity in the industry.

Small Team Leader（Zhou Binglin）:Small Team Leader is a high-ranked general manager for China Literature, as well as the head editor for chuangshi.qq.com. He is originally from Guilin, Guangxi.

Small Team Leader is a top-ranked editor for original novels as well as a veteran web novel expert. He has helped to discover countless popular topics as well as frameworks and has advised numerous platinum-ranked authors. He's also one of the first generation of web novel reviewers as well as authors.

Chapter 1
Becoming a Starter Level Author
by : 314 (Yang Chen)

Previously, in the general article on "Webnovel author levels' standards", I separated webnovel authors into five different levels. But actually, there's a hidden sixth level – total beginners that aren't even at starter level. This refers to complete newcomer authors that have zero experience and have never written a single word for a webnovel.

Still, not everyone needs beginner level guides, even if they're a pure newcomer. Of course, if you're an established author who has experience writing long novels, feel free to ignore this article and move on to the next one, regardless of whether or not your story was successful. Or, perhaps you've never written long novels, but have the natural talent to write as easily as you drink water. In that case, there's no need for you to read this beginner level article anymore.

In fact, there's even plenty of newcomer authors that feel like it's incredibly difficult for them to write a short, several hundred word long essay, or to write an end-of-year reflection. But, when such newcomer authors try writing webnovels for the first time, they find their minds clearing up, with the ability to write like they are possessed, with storyline flowing out from under their proverbial pens just like a stream of water. Newcomers like these naturally don't need to read a beginner level guide like this one, either.

Those who truly need to read this article are those who put their hands at writing webnovels, but find that their minds are empty or filled with mud the moment they open up their computer documents. Perhaps you're a newcomer author who tried thinking for an entire day but only managed to write a few hundred words that even you think is garbage.

In such a case, for newcomers like you, how should you improve your writing, and write your first thousand, ten thousand, or hundred thousand words? How do you take the first step in becoming a god of writing?

I personally believe that you can try the several following tips.

1: Adjust your mentality and create a precise writing goal for yourself.

Unlike most other jobs, success as a webnovel author doesn't always come step by step. Some sufficiently talented newcomer authors are completely capable of earning hundreds of thousands, or even millions, on their very first novel. A single novel can make an author into a master, or even a grandmaster. There are also veteran authors who have been stuck at a certain level for a long time who might one day have an epiphany and find a new writing style more suitable for him or herself, turning them into a master overnight.

However, the cruel reality is, no matter if it's a newcomer becoming a master overnight, or a veteran suddenly improving, there's one condition that's an absolutely necessary prerequisite—

The author needs to already have strong writing skills. This means that such a wonderful thing is unlikely to have anything to do with you who's reading this article, as you're not even at the beginner level.

For authors who aren't even at the starter level, there's only one goal that you should be setting for yourselves. That goal is to be able to naturally write a long novel. To be more specific, there's two major goals within this goal.

The first goal is to be able to imagine and finish a story that's approximately 500,000 words. Simply speaking, you have to be able to write long novels.

This is because the natural way how webnovels work makes it so that only a longer novel can bring greater benefits for the author. The novel's ranking, influence, and author's fame are all affected by the novel's length. To achieve a respectable degree in these areas, the novel will typically need to be at least 1.5 million words or longer.

Of course, from a professional standpoint, a story written for the sake of practice doesn't really need to have that many words in it. That's because in theory, an author who's capable of finishing a 500,000-word long novel has already learned the foundational writing skills necessary. As long as such an author has a complete outline for their story, writing two or three million words will no longer be so difficult.

The second goal is to be able to write approximately five thousand words every day. Simply speaking, you must be able to write quickly.

This is because there's a huge number of webnovels out there, giving you immense competition. Based on webnovel readers' typical reading habits, only stories that have consistent updates will be able to obtain and maintain popularity. For a super consistent release, the lowest requirement is to update at least two chapters per day.

One chapter might have an average of around 2500 words. At the very minimum, they should at least be longer than 1500 words. This is why, for a webnovel author to become successful, their writing speed must be at minimum three to five thousand words per day. When calculating this by months, this means that you need to write at least 45,000 to 75,000 words per month. This is the most basic requirement.

Those are all the prerequisite conditions for newcomer authors to develop into starter level webnovel authors. At this level, the quality of your writing isn't that important. Nor is the popularity of your novel important, either. Being able to write a long novel and write quickly are the two main goals that you as a newcomer author should strive for.

Something that should be noted is that at this level, you should pay more attention to improving your own ability, rather than worrying about your story. There are no tests for you, nor are there any grades. By the time you're in the middle of the story, if you notice that you're having an easy time writing and can easily write five thousand words per day, in addition to having a clear outline for your entire novel, then congratulations. This means that you're now a starter level webnovel author.

2: Choose an appropriate genre and topic.

With the development of webnovels, there's so many genres out there already – eastern fantasy, high fantasy, martial arts, xianxia, modern, mystical, historical, military, gaming, competitions, science fiction, fan fiction…

All these genres have their own specialties, and have different popularity factors and important things to keep in mind when writing. Also, they all have different degrees of difficulty when writing them. Still, what needs to be noted is that these different genres will have varying degrees of difficulty for different authors.

Perhaps one author will find it incredibly painful to write historical fiction, while writing a mystical story is fun and relaxing for him. Meanwhile, another author might find it incredibly easy to write historical fiction, while writing a modern day novel feels all sorts of awkward for her.

Obviously, for authors that are total beginners, you should choose the easiest type of story to write for you. But, what if you don't even know what genre you should be starting out in?

Allow me to recommend a few easy genres for newcomer authors.

1: Fan fiction

Fan fiction refers to using an already existing story's characters and setting as the basis to create new stories. This is a type of story modification.

For example, you could write a story and call it "Harry Potter and His Adventures". This story could be about how Harry Potter ended up with Hermione, or how he has multiple girlfriends. This is an example of a fan fiction about Harry Potter.

What needs to be noted is that in the large majority of situations, fan fiction authors don't actually have the copyright to their own stories. Even if you wrote every single word of your fan fiction novel by yourself, you still have zero right to use your novel for any commercial purposes.

But, even so, fan fiction is still one of the best choices for total beginner authors. The reason is that they are quite simple to write.

When writing fan fiction, you don't need to think about a complicated world background or any detailed settings. Nor do you need to create a large amount of characters. Even the fan fiction's story can be inspired from the original novel. All these things, especially creating the setting and characters, are what newcomers typically have the most trouble with.

Basically, writing fan fiction will greatly simplify the writing process, directly avoiding the most difficult part of all. Without a doubt, this is the easiest way for newcomer authors to get started.

As for what story to base your fan fiction on, it first needs to be a story that you as an author have already read and are familiar with. Also, it's best if it's a story you truly love, perhaps even reading it several times over. This is the basic requirement for writing fan fiction.

On top of all that, I would recommend choosing to write fan fiction about a story whose copyright has already expired, such as "Romeo and Juliet" or "Don Quixote" and so on. Or, it would be best if you could somehow obtain permission directly from the author of the work that you intend to write fan fiction about.

Of course, even if you have no way to contact the author or obtain their permission, it's still fine to write fan fiction. This just means that you can only write for free, without earning any profits, and also respect the original author of the work. After all, for newcomer level authors like you, learning and improving your writing is the most important part. Since your novels are unlikely to be commercially viable at this stage, it's not all that important even if you write a fan fiction novel that you're not allowed to profit from.

2. Modern novels

This genre refers to novels that take place in a modern day urban setting. The city background is typically where the author has lived and is familiar with.

Compared with fan fiction, modern novels have the added difficulty of having to create your own characters. Still, it does decrease the amount of trouble you have to go to in creating a setting. Not only that, when writing character introductions, you can save a lot of effort in having to explain a lot of common knowledge, such as what a character's job entails, or their social status. Saving all this effort is quite precious for newcomers.

And compared to fan fiction, modern novels have their own advantages as well. That is to say, the author can more easily write themselves into the main character, making the storyline easier to think about. Normally speaking, all you need to do is to give the main character a special cheat, or a unique advantage, and the rest will flow as naturally as water.

For example, there's a very popular modern novel with a reincarnated main character. The protagonist has only a very simple cheat—being reincarnated to several years in the past. This is quite an easy scenario for newcomer authors to insert themselves into. Just think about it, if you can reincarnate back to the past with all your memories intact, what will you do?

Most authors can probably imagine it. If you return to several years in the past with knowledge of the future, there's just far too many ways of earning money. Even if you have zero business skills, can't remember a single stock market pick, and don't remember who won the World Cup of Soccer, at the very absolute minimum, shouldn't you know something like what company you should invest in?

Apart from earning money, don't you, the author, have any other regrets as well? For example, do you regret not treating your parents better while they were still alive? Do you regret choosing the wrong major in college? Are you embarrassed at your awkward attempts to get a boyfriend/girlfriend?

And so on, and so forth. Why are you afraid of not being able to think of plots for your storyline and making it longer?

As for the specific details, those are quite easy as well. For example, if you intended to sell off everything you owned back in the day and take out a huge loan to invest in one specific company, what would your parents say, and how would they react? How would all your other friends and relatives react as well? Who would you try to borrow money from, and how would they respond? What's the specific process of investing in a company, and what procedures are necessary? What if the company you invest in temporarily loses value after you invest in it? Would your parents complain at you and tell you to retract your investment? And how will people react after the company you invested in suddenly does super well and you make a huge profit? And, what will you do with the money…

Just this one storyline arc about investing in a company has plenty of content to write about even simply by following the natural process of how people would act. And if you use that as the foundation and intentionally write some conflicts, such as how the protagonist discovered that his friend who he wanted to borrow money from is actually investing in a different company, how he pretended to have a casual attitude when opening up an investment account made the investment company female employee misunderstand him to be someone really rich, or how people scoffed at him after investing in a company and he made a bet…

Wouldn't you agree that all these related events can add plenty of content to your story? Not only that, it shouldn't be all that difficult even for a newcomer author to write such a story arc.

Even if you're one of the few who feel like you lack imaginative prowess, and you don't have the confidence to create interesting scenarios and conflicts, well, there's still one more advantage of writing a modern story—you can borrow ideas from plenty of sources.

The most direct sources of all would be television dramas, especially those set in the current day. This should be easy to understand.

Apart from television shows and movies, there's also hot topics in society, the news, or local gossip and family conflicts… These are sources that are easy to overlook or maybe often considered boring. But actually, it's quite common to make some modifications and write them into your own novel and borrow from such sources.

This is why, from a certain standpoint, modern novels are the easiest novels for newcomers to begin with and to write a long story about.

3. Imitations

Imitation type novels aren't a particular genre, but they can belong to any genre. While this may seem rather contradictory, it actually means that a newcomer author could try selecting one of his or her own favorite and most familiar novels and imitate it. This isn't limited by genre.

Imitation could be shallow, or it could be a close imitation as well.

To give a theoretical example, perhaps the original story has a main character named Zhang San, who's the son of the sect leader of Green Castle. Your imitation novel could try having a main character named Li Si, who's the son of the sect leader of the Wudang Sect. The original story had Zhang San falling off a cliff and miraculously surviving while also obtaining a book containing a miraculous cultivation technique. After he successfully powered up, Zhang San was sent by his father to go undercover in the Demon Sect, where he fell in love with the Demon Sect leader's daughter. Your story could try having Li Si being ambushed while cultivating and becoming seriously injured, but miraculously having a great breakthrough in cultivation due to overlapping coincidences. Afterwards, Li Si went undercover in the Demon Sect in an effort to investigate who ambushed him, and fell in love with the Demon Sect leader's granddaughter…

This type of imitation requires even less creative effort from the author compared to fan fiction. From a certain standpoint, this is really cutting it close to becoming plagiarism. Yet, it's still undeniable that this is a usable method for newcomer authors to improve their own skills.

But, please note that this type of writing style is only suitable for practicing your writing. If your story is too much of an imitation, it'll be impossible to even make it public. That's because unlike fan fiction, even if you don't use it for commercial purposes, you've still plagiarized and violated the original author's copyright. It might even spoil certain plots from the original story and affect its sales and popularity.

That's why this type of learning via imitation, in principle, isn't really one of the better ways to learn. More accurately speaking, this is the final way to learn available to total beginner authors that have failed at attempting all other self-training methods.

In normal circumstances, after half a month to a month of imitation practice, the author should have some more insight into writing. The author can learn how to design storylines and write descriptions. At such a time, the author can stop trying to imitate and begin developing a completely original novel on their own.

!! Thankyou !!

Her voice wasn't loud, but it just so happened to be that the others had a lull in their conversation. Not to mention, a word like "cheated" would always be a sensitive one, which was why everyone heard what Miyabi said.
"My story didn't cheat," Seiji said helplessly. "There's already an announcement on the internet from Thunderbolt Literature about it."
He had already mentally prepared himself to receive some criticism.
Miyabi wanted to say something, but stopped herself.
"To be mentioning a word like cheated, could you be talking about 'Brother Monogatari?'" an inquisitive voice asked them.
The person who spoke was the young man who appeared like a college student… his name tag said Koushi Nomura.
Seiji nodded at him.
"I know a bit about what happened with the judging process. That novel didn't cheat at all. Just as the announcement on the internet said, it received an award based on its own merits. It's actually quite amazing," Nomura stated. "If it had been written in time to be formally submitted for the award contest, it definitely would have received the Gold Award rather than just a special award."
"Thank you." Seiji was rather surprised to hear someone defending him. "I'm quite happy to hear you saying so, Nomura-san… But saying that it could have received a Gold Award is an exaggeration."
"It's not too much at all, it's the truth," Nomura insisted. "'Brother Monogatari' is of even higher quality than the story that won the Gold Award."
"Tsk!" A displeased sound came from behind them.
The sound came from the middle school boy… the name on his nametag said Shoutarou Rinura.
He was glaring at Nomura disgustedly with an expression that said, "Just who do you think you are, saying such a thing?"
"That's the unanimous review by all the judges," Nomura said as he looked in Rinura's direction. "All the judges, without exception, stated that they believed 'Brother Monogatari' to be the best novel of the year's batch, exceeding all other light novels submitted as candidates."
When Nomura said this, not only did Rinura's expression freeze over, everyone else was shocked as well.
The one-piece dress woman couldn't help but ask, "All the judges, unanimously… is that really true?" 
"That's what I've heard. If it wasn't for the fact that 'Brother Monogatari' was too late for the submissions, it would have definitely received a Gold Award rather than just a special award. A pity that it was written too late for the contest," Nomura told her. "This story is truly amazing. It's worthy of far more than simply a special award."
The entire room fell silent for a moment upon hearing this.
"Nomura-san, how did you learn about all this?" Seiji asked him.
"I have a relative who works as an editor for Thunderbolt Literature. He was the one who told me," Nomura replied.
'Ah, so he knew someone on the inside.'
"Hmph… who knows if you're lying or not," Rinura growled in a low voice.
"It's the truth, but it's up to you whether to believe it or not, Gold Award winner Rinura-san." Nomura identified Shoutarou Rinura as the Gold Award winner. "Your 'The Undying Indestructible Avenger' is pretty good as well, but it can't compare to 'Brother Monogatari.' Especially the vocabulary aspect of your story is still quite immature. It's easy to tell that the story was written by a middle schooler."
The middle school boy's face reddened slightly upon hearing this.
"So… so what!? Vocabulary isn't really that important for light novels!"
"Yes, you could say that. That's why your story was able to win the Gold Award."
"Winning the Gold Award is the top prize! That means my story is the best! Not some 'Brother Monogatari' or whatever!!" Rinura raised his voice. "That story sounds like garbage simply from the title! It shouldn't have even been made a candidate!"
"Hey," Seiji spoke with an icy tone.
He didn't use a loud voice or a particularly fierce tone. However, everyone could still feel his imposing manner simply with his "Hey."
It was as if a sleeping lion had been awakened.
"If you have objections to my story, that's your right to think that to yourself. However, don't go around insulting my story in front of me," Seiji said in a low voice. "Otherwise, I might just beat someone up."
Shoutarou Rinura froze over completely.
Everyone else felt an almost tangible sense of pressure as well.
This was especially all the more so for Miyabi Ishihara. She recalled the rumors about Harano-san at Genhana High School along with his nicknames, which caused her heartbeat to quicken in a different way from before.
"Nomura-san, thank you for your recognition of my story. However, please don't go around saying private things like that in public," Seiji asked Nomura after giving a warning to Rinura.
Koushi Nomura nodded in understanding.
"I apologize… I said too much." He apparently self-reflected on his words.
After that, silence fell in the room.
Seiji realized that he had made the atmosphere awkward after he calmed down, so he spoke up to break the ice again.
"I'm quite happy to be able to meet other authors here. There's many things I'd like to discuss with you all… as long as it isn't anything negative, any topic is fine," he told them sincerely. "Since the host, Thunderbolt Literature, is having us award winners arrive early and wait here together, they probably intended to give us a chance to meet and talk with each other in the first place. Perhaps we might not all become friends, but chatting for a while should be fine, what do you all think?"
Several seconds of silence permeated the room.
"I'd love to chat with you, would that be alright? Harano-san." Nomura was the first to respond.
"I… would like to talk about various things as well." The one-piece dress woman, who was an author named Yuuko Hashimoto, was the next to speak.
"After hearing what Nomura-san said just now, I've become quite curious as to what this 'Brother Monogatari' story is about," the office worker author, whose nametag said Shousei Maishi, spoke up as well.
Seiji smiled in response to the authors that showed friendliness towards him.
And so, he successfully managed to thaw the atmosphere.
When Saki Yoshizawa arrived to notify the award winners that it was time to join the award ceremony, she saw that everyone in the waiting room was chatting amicably, with Seiji at the obvious center.
The Gold Award winner, Shoutarou Rinura, seemed to be the only one left alone, isolated. He was simply busy looking at his cell phone.
The female editor wasn't surprised by such a scene at all.
Thunderbolt Literature had always arranged for the award-winning authors to wait together before the award ceremony. The objective was to have the newcomer authors meet with and exchange ideas with each other.
While there were a few who wanted to do away with this arrangement entirely, and there were others that wanted to increase or shorten the time, or even add one or two editors to oversee the situation with the authors, this was currently how it was.
This method indeed helped to improve friendship amongst the newcomer authors, while it also occasionally generated enmities. Of course, there were also completely ordinary instances where nothing happened at all. At any rate, each batch of newcomers had completely different personalities, so the result would always be different.
Since Seiji's novel was under some controversy, normally speaking, he would be the one singled out and isolated by the others. However, Saki wasn't worried about him at all. The result was just as she expected: not only was he not isolated, he even became the center of the conversation.
As for the Gold Award winner, Shoutarou Rinura being all by himself… she didn't find that strange, either. Although Rinura's novel won the Gold Award, he was a middle school student who preferred being by himself to begin with. It was normal that he wouldn't be able to get along well with a crowd of older authors.
"Apologies for the wait. Everyone, please follow me."
Saki led everyone to the banquet hall and explained the upcoming process to them as they waited outside.
At this moment, they could hear many people talking in the banquet hall before someone spoke into a microphone and asked for silence.
"Thunderbolt Literature's Eighteenth Annual Newcomer Authors' Award Ceremony shall now commence!" the male announcer for the ceremony spoke in a loud and clear voice.
"First, please welcome our seven award-winning authors!" a clear and pleasant voice of the female announcer spoke next.
Saki indicated to Seiji and the others that they should enter now.
Many people were currently standing inside. When the award-winning authors entered and walked up to the stage, everyone began clapping for them!


Translator note: Apologies to the readers. This series is currently on hiatus. We ask for your understanding!
A 30-year-old Chinese NEET is reincarnated into the body of an otaku that choked to death on instant noodles. As he comes to grips with his new life, he realizes that this world is subtly different from Earth. The denizens of this world are far better looking, and this new world also possesses futuristic technology as well as mysterious Yin Yang masters! 
After reincarnating, he realized that he was endowed with a miraculous game-like system, which enables him to increase his own stats and transcend the limits of the human body. This system even has a game-breaking ability to save and load in real life!
In this new world that’s akin to a 2-D game, he just wants to enjoy life and head for a glorious future... However, he is quickly embroiled in a complex plot. Can he unlock his true potential and utilize his system to break the shackles that confine him and discover the truth about his previous body’s circumstances? 

When Celestial Bane reached 100,000 words, there were already as high as 150,000 bookmarks. At the same time, it ranked tenth in recommendation votes and was already competing with many other great authors on the list. The battle was a fierce one.
Things did not stop there when Celestial Bane reached 150,000 words and there was not the slightest hint of decline in support. On the contrary, it continued making headway. Bookmarks reached 250,000 in one fell swoop, climbing up the recommendation votes list and achieving third place!
To reach the third place on the recommendation votes list was a truly formidable result. Recommendation votes represented a work's popularity before the work was published!
Those votes could be regarded as directly correlated to the final score of one's book. At that moment, Celestial Bane has already caught the attention of Genesis Chinese Literature's big shot authors. It was a masterpiece that was expected to reach the same levels.
At 200,000 words, Celestial Bane's bookmarks had exceeded the 400,000 mark. It overwhelmed the recommendation votes and made it to the first in the recommendation list!
During the past few days, Celestial Bane received an influential banner recommendation from Genesis Chinese Literature. It was then that everyone realized how explosive it was!
The bookmarks skyrocketed to 800,000!
Even those renowned authors on the net could only watch and dream of such a result.
Ye Lingchen's editor Yogurt was stunned too. Although he knew that Celestial Bane would blow up, he never expected it to be so hot. It went against all odds, and if the result were to continue, it would surely suppress Genesis and set a new precedent of its own!
Celestial Bane's arrival kicked up a bloody storm within the web literature community.
Readers engaged in heated debates!
Every other web novel site besides Genesis engaged in heated debates!
Major editors within the web literature community engaged in heated debates!
Various renowned writers engaged in heated debates!
In short, Celestial Bane seemed to have ushered in a new era within the current web literature community!
It reached a point where many external editors tried their best to contact Ye Lingchen in an attempt to dig him out. Many more people were searching for Ye Lingchen's true identity as they hardly believed that such a work was written by a new author!
This situation developed into a horrifying state of affairs.
In the book review area of ​​Celestial Bane, comments numbering in the hundreds of thousands appeared every day. They were all compliments, leaving behind links in the hopes that Ye Lingchen could go to their respective websites. The attitude shown by those comments was that of absolute humility and respect!
Some were simple and direct—they offered him their highest offer and the best treatment on their website.
The sheer scope of comments made it impossible for Yogurt to do anything. It was a herculean task for one person to delete everything alone.
As a last resort, the situation could only be relayed to the higher-ups.
That short period of time was enough to shake up Genesis' top brass!
Goodness!
Celestial Bane was a masterpiece, a flagship of their website in the future. Did anyone think that they could dig out the author's identity?!
The website added an editor to the xianxia genre almost immediately, without much ado. The first task was to help clean up that portion of the comments from Celestial Bane.
In addition to discussing the title of the book, Ye Lingchen's pen name was also the subject of discussion.
Beep, beep, beep!
Yogurt the editor sent a congratulatory message to Ye Lingchen. "I am Y, congratulations, your results will make you a famous author. Within a month, your popularity can already surpass the highest record for new books on our website."
"Thank you," Ye Lingchen replied.
"It will be National Day in a few days and we recommend Celestial Bane to be published then since it's a holiday and that's when the traffic is the highest. With your results, it will be a hit when it's published!"
"Mm. Let's publish it on National Day then." Ye Lingchen suddenly realized that he had quite a lot of things going on during National Day. Huo Yuanjia was about to be released, Celestial Bane was about to be published, and the trip to Las Vegas with Lu Hao all coincided with National Day.
"Alright! It's set." The Yogurt replied. "There must be an explosive chapter when we are published, usually. Save up a few drafts, so when the time comes, you'll get famous in one fell swoop!"
Regardless of the outcomes or popularity for any novel, the simplest and most effective basis for measuring all of that was the subscription after publication!
Subscription did not simply enable authors to make money and feed their families. More importantly, subscription represented the number of people willing to spend money for one's work, because readers would only spend money if the creation attracted them!
In general, the standard by which an author is measured on a website was also based on subscriptions. When the subscription met certain conditions, the authors could then be inducted as big shots.
...
Dragon's Sky!
It was a dedicated online forum for the web literature community.
Throughout the month, the topic revolved around Celestial Bane and had yet to stop. A search of the phrase 'Celestial Bane' would reveal a shocking discovery—there were hundreds and hundreds of topics about Celestial Bane!
At that point in time, the post "Guess whether Celestial Bane can kill off big shot authors?" became the hottest topic of discussion.
[Replying OP, it's certain that Celestial Bane can kill off big shot authors! It just depends on how it wants to do it!]
[Let's all witness it when the big shot authors are killed off. Definitely going to be a beautiful sight.]
[Swear on my heart, Celestial Bane is an amazing read. I can't stop.]
[Every month there will always be one or two big-shot authors, but Celestial Bane should get first-place!]
[Have any of you seen Celestial Bane's data, it's just scary! The bookmarks have reached 800,000!]
...
Amidst those words of praise however, it was inevitable that there were some mixed reactions.
[Hehe, after reading so many comments, the only thing I want to say is, there are too many stupid c*nts!]
[Celestial Bane's data is obviously brushed[1]! How can a newcomer get such results? He's a brusher, shameless. Don't show your stupid face, get lost!]
[I can't even continue reading the first chapter of Celestial Bane anymore. What the hell are you writing? I can write better, you garbage!]
[What use does it do if it has plenty of bookmarks? We still have to look at it when it's published! News about Y has been really hot recently, and the author of Celestial Bane is 'I am Y'. It's obvious that he's trying to take advantage of the hype!]
[Agree with the commenter above. Many people are probably bookmarking it thinking that its Y, but few only genuinely bookmarked it.]
[Y'all upstairs are just jealous dogs. People are earning a living with their abilities, so you have what it takes to write your own, do it then, you stupid c*nt!]
Soon, two sides of the divide quarreled with each other and fast became the hottest topic in Dragon's Sky.
Everyone initially thought that the topic would end there, and the subsequent arguments were predicted to be simple little disagreements. However, a netizen named 3Logs commented below and upped the topic's intensity yet again.
[Before publishing, all the data is on paper, not on the table. I haven't read Celestial Bane, but the author called himself I am Y. Hehe, what does that mean? Now, assuming that Y represents the pinnacle of the industry and your name is Y? On what grounds?! Are you ignorant or arrogant, do you think you are number one on the web?!] 
Once that post appeared, the situation exploded in an instant!
[Oh f*ck! Oh f*ck! Oh f*ck! It's 3Logs, the big shot!]
[When a big shot appears, the idlers will make way. All hail the big shot!]
[The big shot is finally unable to take it anymore. HAHAHA. I knew that the name I am Y will sow hatred.]
[Are you going to fight Celestial Bane? Wow, wow, wow! The battle of the big shots is about to start, so exciting! So exciting!]
...
[1] 刷 – this is translated as brushing, a deceitful technique used primarily in e-commerce to boost a seller's rating through fake orders. In this context, it is likely referring to Celestial Bane's rating being boosted through the creation of fake accounts that leave fake reviews.


Ye Lingchen was a regular high schooler who struggled with exams and expectations from his parents.
All that changed after he woke up from a strange dream and discovered that he had been granted the 'Prodigy System'. His life changed from this point on. Reading a book allowed him to learn its content immediately. Listening to lectures granted instant understanding of the lesson. Observation of a technique imprinted knowledge of the technique used.
Learning had never been so easy, and as the saying goes, knowledge is power. In this case, he now had access to a ton of unbridled power. 
What does it feel like to become a 'prodigy' overnight? Follow Ye Lingchen on this journey to discover the limitless possibilities...

Good day to all who have given a chance to this work!

This Chapter 0 is basically serving as a Cover Letter for this whole novel, not functioning as a Prologue. You might find it a bit strange but I thought it was best to approach it in this manner.

For the background, the setting will be inside Inkstone Tower or Inkstone Hotel, which shall be called Inkstone in the novel. It will be an equivalent to how the Continental was in the John Wick Movies. There, it served normal guests as well as assassins. Inkstone would be serving readers as well as Original Authors to match that premise.

The currency to use by Authors inside Inkstone will be Gold Stars, instead of Gold Coins (due to the existence of the Star Rating System).

Right now, I am imagining the Webnovel Staff/Office as the government or police authority in this imaginary world. Where would the translators and its readers be residing then? Why in Webnovel Tower/Hotel of course! But since I am an Original Author only, I can't tell stories of what happens inside that "hotel". I may be able to write some stories I've heard, similar to how news spreads, but that's about it.

I'll be making a few characters to note Right now as I have planned them.

INKSTONE STAFF:
CloudXXXL (Product Manager of Inkstone) - introduced as 'The Cloud'. The Central Library of all Accounts handling Inkstone Tower. Holds records of all assassins of Inkstone and relays job orders.
Amro4games – will be named as Amro Stark in the book. He will be playing the role of Hotel Manager of Inkstone. (Introduced in Chapter 1)
17Sphynx17 –named Jarvis. He operates the front desk of Inkstone and is the Concierge. (Introduced in Chapter 1)
Millman97 – Inkstone's head of Hotel Security known as Mr Miller. (Introduced in Chapter 1)
ReapersLab - Inkstone's Sommelier (Weapon's Expert) known as Felix (Codename UWG) (Introduced in Chapter 2)

INKSTONE MEMBERS:
Cobyboy – Ms Coby. An assassin member of Inkstone (Introduced in Chapter 1)
FixIce - Ms Eliza (Lady Ice). An assassin member of Inkstone who works at Inkstone's Discord Bar (Introduced in Chapter 2)
TheLonerLion - Ms Aurina Leonore (The Lone Lion). An assassin member of Inkstone who works at Inkstone's Discord Bar Part-Time (Introduced in Chapter 2)

Other authors will be added in due course once stories are developed for them and permission is granted to use their names in the stories. I will try my best to provide a link to their novels in each chapter that they have been written into, should the permission be given.

Thank you for taking time to read this backgrounded and I hope you can enjoy reading this book of mine. =)

NO REGULAR UPDATE SCHEDULE FOR THIS STORY!

INDEFINITELY PUT ON HOLD. Busy with work. Really sorry but I can't juggle this, work and my main novel at this time. I am not dropping this, but I need to focus on what can pay this bills first. Hope you guys understand. Thank you.
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This book was created from interactions with fellow Original Authors. Thus, with a bit of imagination, I thought it would be a fun idea to work with and do an Inkstone Tower Story Book, as a parody of the Continental in John Wick Movies.
The focus being the "hotel" run by a boss and how it operates. 
I hope the readers might find the appeal in this novel.
There won't be any regular updates for this as the stories that will be written need to be based off actual interactions with authors, but given a twist to change it up.
I will give best effort to obtain all parties used in the story to prevent any misunderstanding as this work done for the fun creative idea that was nurtured in Inkstone Discord.

The next day, Eric went back to his office after having weird nightmares, his eyes literally almost popped out. What was this? Was Eric dreaming again? This old editor couldn't take such jokes anymore. Although Eric was only 25.
Eric knew he wasn't well-liked by his authors but this just seemed to top it all. Yesterday evening's theatre with the wannabe author resurfaced. Eric was well into a good story but the wannabe author claiming to be the son of the Demon Lord was just absurd.
Bad story. Next! What a chunni guy. Eric wanted to have nothing to do with him. Although Eric was cursed, he felt better after watching how two bodyguards had to literally drag out that trash author.
Ah yes, seeing how the authors suffered was the best. If he was a character in a novel, that would be his character setting. Well, it probably wouldn't do well, seeing what a scum he was.
"What the hell is this?" Eric grabbed his assistant who came here to greet him.
"Well that boss, sorry you have to see this. We'll instantly get rid of them!" the assistant hurried away and pulled out her phone.
Countless voodoo dolls were pinned everywhere and they all had his name on them.
"I mean I'm long used to it but this is on another level," Eric applauded the authors who scurried around the office and sent him glares. The few authors Eric acknowledged all lived in the building and had to come to the office to work like a normal office worker.
Eric was impressed. Usually, he saw 3 or 4 voodoo dolls every day but right now there were at least 100 of them. Eric shrugged it off and walked to his office.
As long as his office was unharmed it was fine
"But man these authors are going wild, just because I abused and milked them a bit too much, they're trying to curse me," Eric sighed as the door opened.
"Boss you have a photoshoot scheduled for this afternoon," his assistant appeared again.
"Ah, that's right I'm too popular," Eric ran his hand through his shiny black hair. 
This narcissistic ass! His assistant secretly rolled her eyes.
"Cancel it."
"What?" his assistant's eyes rolled out.
"You heard me. Cancel it. Can't be bothered,'' Eric waved his hot assistant away who was more than confused.
This narcissistic piece of shit! The assistant cursed and left. Eric was so handsome, all the companies wanted him as their face. One photoshoot after another was thrown at him, acting jobs, CFs and many more.
If Eric felt like it he accepted them. If not, he just used an excuse with his multi-million face and said something along the lines of 'Being an editor is hard. I have to take care of my precious, hard-working authors!'
Every time said authors heard him bullshit, they spit out the fingernails they chewed on and swallowed, wanting to rip his skin open and tear out that scummy two-faced's blood running through his veins.
But they couldn't. They were legally bound to him because of a few papers. Damn devil contract! Go and make out with the devil you bloodied piece of asswipe!
The computer showed 40 new messages which meant 40 new drafts for Eric to go through. Did this mean Eric had 40 authors under his belt? No.
Did this mean there weren't other editors? No. Eric's company had many editors on the other floors.
So where did these 40 drafts come from? Simple.
Eric opened them and saw the all-familiar 30 drafts titled 'Death of Editor Eric- Revised version 98'
'Cursing a certain editor named Eric- Revised version 666'
'Scum Eric- Draft 1'
'Scum Eric- Draft 2'
'Die Eric- Resubmitted draft because last one got rejected.'
Eric wasn't in the least bit angry about these. On the contrary, he was more than thrilled to receive them. Why?
Because Eric was the lowest of the lowest scum in hell. Reading these drafts, Eric bathed in all the suffering of his authors put into words.
It was the best feeling for Eric, something that even excelled skin to skin contact. Eric was an S, or was he an M? He enjoyed his authors hating him and enjoyed making them hate him.
When Eric was born, he must have been dropped a bit too many times on the head, more like 10001 times yet Eric still genuinely read those drafts and even sent back feedback and notes on how to improve.
Eric was hardcore. Not even the most hard-boiled and manly men could be this hard-boiled. Not even those that have been shot 47 times, while protecting a harem of females and magically survived, could be this hardcore. All the other men should feel emasculated by Eric.
This was right. Eric was the true apex predator in the food chain. Screw those alpha males who single-handedly overturned worlds. This wasn't their story.
When Eric looked up from his computer, it was already night again.
"Are you there?" Eric spoke into his phone but his assistant had long gone home. He stood up to pee. The moment he walked out of his office, the eye-blinding sight of the voodoo dolls hit him hard.
"They still didn't take these down?" Eric scoffed. A while later, he came back from the toilet and somehow had to rub his eyes.
The empty office in front of him was filled with these ominous dolls but Eric swore they suddenly doubled in size!
Throwing off the weird feeling these creepy eyes gave him, Eric walked into this office. Only one glance and the top apex predator Eric was, was immediately emasculated.
The unbelievably godly charming male sitting on Eric's chair was literally carved out of gold and diamonds. His body was the perfect golden ratio.
Eric was straight but his eyes feasted on the enticing male in front of him a bit before BANG. Eric closed the door.

As the most successful editor, beloved by the whole world, touted as the holy angel, Eric dared to offend everyone under heavens and hell!
Nothing new. Only problem is, well... this time... the person he offended is... this handsome, self-proclaimed Demon Lord in his office!

Demon Lord: My son cursed you, so I came to take you away.
Eric: Yeah, no thank you.
Yet the demon lord doesn't take a no.
Eric: Then why did you ask in the first place?
Demon Lord: Because I wanted to charm you.
Eric: You have no charm. Grow a pair of boobs, then come ba-

Next second, Eric finds himself in the Demon World. His punshiment? To make the aspiring demons proper authors. Only then can Eric escape. But the thing is, Eric has to teleport into each story to edit it!

The even bigger problem, the Demon Lord seems to follow him!

"Excuse me, good sir, why the hell are you the final boss in every story that I've to seduce? Please get out of here and do your duty as the Demon Lord! Stop making all the students write about you!"

Yet the biggest problem the whole universe ever had to face, all the demons... seem to want him!

"This is not a breeding ground. Thank you. Please kindly fuck off. My body is not for your lusting entertainment!!!"


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Disclaimer: This has steamy scenes and loads of profanities. Read at your own risk and be ready to have your sanity and integrity questioned.

The second book in the 'Scum Series'. You don't need to have read the first book to read this but it's a damn, funny, bs book, so read it as well- 'Shameless transmigration' it's called.

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