Prince charming, your persona has collapsed!-Chapter 562 - 262: The Novel is a Hit, Two Million in Hand_2

Zheng Yanyan was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, "What nonsense! Zhou Yuwen and I are very close!"

"Oh~ really?" Su Qing smiled mischievously.

Zheng Yanyan was so angry she wanted to punch Su Qing.

Zhou Yuwen was also lucky. He had been reborn at the key historical point of the web literature circle in 2013. Before 2012, although the number of people writing web novels had gradually increased, this group of people were not trying to make money from their writing; many did it out of passion, hence many good works were born. These authors truly had talent. They had literary flair and logic.

Having finished a novel, although it contained elements of wish fulfillment, it could genuinely teach the readers some life skills or historical knowledge.

After 2012, the web novel circle underwent a major overhaul, demanding a clean sweep, which meant no matter how well it was written, any content that violated the rules led only to one route: banning.

Not to mention those who wrote web novels; even those who penned literary novels spoke of Alexandre Dumas, père et fils. It goes without saying for domestic works, let alone those from the island nation, which all discussed human desires.

Yet, inexplicably, literary novels were acceptable, but web novels were not.

Any descriptions below the neck were forbidden.

During that time, everyone was on edge, even writing about the male and female lead holding hands was prohibited.

This overhaul inflicted a severe trauma on the web novel landscape. Zhou Yuwen remembered that before 2012, logging onto the novel site, flipping through any book, he could enjoy reading all day long. It was truly a blissful time to read novels as one great story followed another, and it was impossible to keep up.

But after 2012, it wasn't so blissful. Scrolling through the homepage, there was hardly anything that matched his taste; they were either juvenilized or abused the intelligence of the readers with poor logic.

And now, in 2013, it was a period when the web literature circle was lacking in both young and old talents.

When Zhou Yuwen had just been reborn, he only thought of making some small money, so he modified a particularly popular Asura genre novel from his later life called "I Don't Want to Be Reborn."

You should know, this novel was not just popular.

And it really only had a hint of mature content, so minor that it could be neglected.

In this utterly blank novel market, the appearance of "I Don't Want to Be Reborn" was not only a phenomenal work but also fit the mainstream development of the current novels perfectly.

So, just four months of writing, his monthly payment exceeded one million, his writing mature, the emotions spot-on, and the description of the two female leads was vivid, as if the author had experienced it himself.

Not only could the readers not stop reading, even some of the editors and leaders of the novel site felt it was enjoyable to read, thinking, such mature writing, the author must be at least forty years old!

This style of writing was clearly born of personal experience.

The author was estimated to be a successful individual.

There was much speculation for a time, until they finally checked the author's information.

What the fuck? What? The author is eighteen years old!?

Everyone, from the senior levels of the website to the front-line workers, was shocked.

A new urban fiction master, and he's an eighteen-year-old college student?

Are you kidding me?

A natural-born novel prodigy?

The leaders of the website held a meeting, considering the current novel environment, they saw this as an opportunity, to keep hyping Zhou Yuwen, letting everyone know that there is still hope for online novels, even without edgy content, there are still works available.

And an eighteen-year-old talented author was also a chance for everyone to understand web novels.

So, they contacted Zhou Yuwen, saying they wanted him to attend the author's annual meeting organized by the site, and they planned to sign a higher-level contract with him directly. Besides, they wanted to package Zhou Yuwen a bit, turning him into a star-like figure.

But Zhou Yuwen said, let's not, I don't like making appearances.

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"If you think this egg is delicious, you don't need to meet the hen that laid it. I'm just a novelist, not a celebrity.

True to being a novelist, though only eighteen years old, his words carried such depth.

This made the leaders even more eager to meet this young prodigious novelist.

So, they said to Zhou Yuwen, if you're willing to cooperate with our promotions.

We could offer you a promotion fee of one million.

Of course, this million isn't given out for nothing. Offering one million is the signing fee for Zhou Yuwen's long-term contract.

Beyond that, this one million will be used to tip two million directly to Zhou Yuwen's novel.

The reason's all set, claiming some listed company's boss loved Zhou Yuwen's novel so much, he threw in two million!

Isn't this headline explosive?

Not only do we spend money to keep Zhou Yuwen, but it would also become an iconic news piece, making more people aware that writing novels can be lucrative, thereby attracting more readers and authors to our website.

Zhou Yuwen initially did not want to make a public appearance.

But then the website suddenly offered one million.

That's a significant amount.

Zhou Yuwen, who had worked hard for a year, had a personal asset of just forty million at this point (Zhou Yuwen's assets were all in stocks, steadily rising).

After a bit of hesitation, Zhou Yuwen said, okay then.

I agreed.

So, strangely enough, Zhou Yuwen became the most popular author of the year 2013 and not only signed a more prestigious contract in Hucheng but also got several promotional photos taken.

But honestly, when they saw Zhou Yuwen in person, others were indeed stunned for a moment.

Most authors in the online fiction community were the type who wore glasses or were pot-bellied middle-aged men; it was really rare to see a graceful young man like Zhou Yuwen.

Even when Zhou Yuwen's editor came to the station to pick up people, and Zhou Yuwen greeted her, she hardly dared to recognize him; wasn't he too handsome?

Zhou Yuwen's editor in this life was actually the same person as in his previous life, only younger, and up to now, she had not gotten married yet. She was also at the age where romantic feelings start to blossom.

Watching Zhou Yuwen for quite a while, she thought: "This guy is really handsome..."

"Sister Ya, picking someone up?" Zhou Yuwen greeted her with a smile.

"Ah, are you, Zhou, Mr. Zhou?" At this moment, the editor, still unripe, even called herself Mr. Zhou.

Zhou Yuwen said with a smile, "Why so formal? Don't they call me Little Zhou online?"

"No, not really."

The editor was embarrassed by Zhou Yuwen, her face flushing red; there was no helping it, Zhou Yuwen was really handsome.

Unfortunately, he already had a girlfriend.

Indeed, when Zhou Yuwen went to Hucheng, he had brought Qu Jing along with him.

Otherwise, being alone would have been so boring.

Although Qu Jing looked utterly submissive in front of Zhou Yuwen, like a small female dog,

when taken out, her looks and demeanor were quite impressive.

This time, hearing that Zhou Yuwen was taking her out to have fun, she was so delighted that she hugged and kissed Zhou Yuwen last night, wagging her tail and repeatedly saying how good her brother was to her, and that Jingjing would be his alone in the future.

This girl, the more familiar she got with Zhou Yuwen, the more coquettish her voice became; she had no sense of being a mature girl.

Today, following Zhou Yuwen to Hucheng, she wore a white sweater, paired with white hip-hugging shorts, her shapely legs covered in flesh-colored stockings, matched with white, knee-high boots.

And she appeared in front of the editor, hand in hand with Zhou Yuwen.

Okay, Zhou Yuwen bringing his girlfriend along did disappoint the editor a bit.

But her professionalism was indeed commendable. She pushed up her glasses and said: "Hmm, I will take you guys back to the hotel first. Our company has booked a hotel for you for three days and two nights. There's nothing much today; you can go out and have fun, take a stroll, and then tomorrow morning at nine, I'll pick you up and take you to the company."