Chapter 414 - Resume Work Earlier? No Way! (1/2)

Ma Yiqun laughed as if he had just heard the biggest joke in the world. “What do you take Boss Pei for?

“Boss Pei is so magnanimous and far-sighted. Until now, Upwind Logistics is still incurring losses, and yet has Boss Pei said a word about it? No! He still trusts Upwind Logistics’ leader so much.

“You think Boss Pei would be so calculating over something as small as this? You’re belittling him.”

After some thought, Cui Geng realized that this was true.

Boss Pei was so magnanimous. How could he stack the deck against Cui Geng over a single novel? That sounded impossible.

“Alright, Boss Ma! I’ll change it at once!

“It’s a good thing that I hadn’t written that much yet, and I won’t have to change the plot too drastically. I think I can include the modifications very quickly,” said Cui Geng with determination.

Ma Yiqun was very satisfied with Cui Geng’s attitude. It looked like the latter was serious about writing this time.

“This is what I’m thinking: if you can consistently upload five chapters a day throughout the Chinese New Year holiday, I’ll tell Zhu Xingan to give your novel a recommendation spot in advance!

“The faster you write, the better a spot you’ll get. Try to make the novel the most popular one in the urban genre!”

Once again, Cui Geng felt overwhelmed by Boss Ma’s favor. “Alright, no problem! I’m not going anywhere over the holiday. I’m staying at home to write!”

…

After getting Ma Yiqun’s advice, Cui Geng felt more motivated.

If even the higher management of the website was recommending his novel, would he still have to worry about not getting enough recommendations?

All Cui Geng wanted to do now was to write as quickly as he could while maintaining the novel’s quality. He would write ten thousand words per day and hope that those readers, who had a habit of only chasing books on the recommendation lists, would get hooked on his novel as soon as possible.

It was just as well that Cui Geng’s creative juices were flowing at their peak. Before the Chinese New Year, he had gathered a lot of material from Tengda Games. He only had to process the material slightly before including them in his novel.

All he had to think about was how to write those stories more dramatically to create conflict.

Cui Geng began tapping away rapidly at his keyboard.

“Even if my family goes through ten more demolitions, it wouldn’t stop me from writing this novel well and completing it!”

On the first day of the Chinese New Year, Cui Geng edited the five chapters that he had already uploaded, as well as the chapters that he had already written. After confirming that the story flowed, he continued writing subsequent chapters. To his surprise, Cui Geng found that adopting Ma Yiqun’s suggestions had been extremely effective!

When he wrote before, he had felt that something was missing. It caused him to feel more sullen as he wrote. Even after finishing the first five chapters, he had found the story imperfect and had felt that something needed to be changed.

Yet, he had no idea what exactly needed to be changed.

Thus, although Cui Geng had been writing quite quickly, he had also felt unsure.

Now, things were different. After adopting Ma Yiqun’s suggestions, Cui Geng realized that he could interweave interesting, transiting storylines that concerned the protagonist into the original plot. His story seemed to flow much better.

He read the chapters after writing and also felt more satisfied. The nagging feeling that something needed to be changed had disappeared completely!

The words flowed naturally to Cui Geng. As he held onto his own laptop and typed, everything else around him seemed to disappear.

As Cui Geng uploaded more and more chapters, the comments under the book changed as well.

“Huh? Did he change the first few chapters?”

“The opening was not bad before, but this opening is much more interesting!”

“I wanted to stop reading the no-show’s books altogether, but I subconsciously read his newest uploads. D*mn it!”

“Ai, you can curse him all you want, but you have to admit that the no-show’s books are really nice to read! This opening is really attractive; I might fall for it again!”

“I’m going to ask you if you can really write two million words this time! Forget it, I’m not going to hold too much hope. Just write as much as you can…”

“Suddenly, novels set in the city look so interesting to me!”

“That’s strange. I thought most writers would lose a bunch of readers after switching to city novels from Xuanhuan novels, but many of these IDs look familiar. Are you still around? All of you keep saying that you won’t read another one of this no-show’s books, but you’re still eating your own words…”

“This book is really interesting. It’s humorous and full of tricks. Changing the world one accident at a time… that gives me a subtle, warm feeling in my heart. It’s really

good!”

“I’m tired of reading Xuanhuan and Xianxia books that revolve around killing entire families. It doesn’t sound like a bad idea to try something new every once in a while. You have my vote. If you dare to leave this book incomplete, I’ll turn up at your doorstep and slaughter you!”

“You’re uploading five chapters a day for a new novel? Aren’t you afraid it won’t get a recommendation spot?”

“Why should he worry about that? This new novel already has a really good recommendation spot. It looks like the website is intentionally supporting this novel!”

“It’s really interesting indeed. I’m going to share it with my friends!”

February 4th, the second day of the Chinese New Year…

In the afternoon…

The cool breeze blew past. Standing at the entrance of the internet cafe not far from his home, Pei Qian held his arms open, wanting the breeze to cleanse his body of the stench of cigarettes.

“Ai, I should have opened a Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branch near my house earlier…”

Pei Qian shivered in the breeze, a sorrowful thought surfacing in his mind.

There really wasn’t anything fun to do during the Chinese New Year period.