Chapter 258 - Chapter 258: Chapter 187 Double Sanction? (Seeking Subscriptions)_2 (2/2)

Lin Chuan immediately took out his phone and sent a message to Youyou, “Youyou, I’ve got a theme, but I’m not sure if it’s feasible.”

“Are you starting a new book, what’s the theme?”

On the other end of the internet, Youyou replied in a second.

“The protagonist is an entrepreneur making ‘drugs,’ constantly growing and becoming stronger, defeating competitors, and exporting ‘drugs’ overseas. During this process, he reflects and contemplates the value of human nature; that’s roughly the story.”

Lin Chuan sent a series of messages, outlining the gist of “Black Ice.”

“Is your ‘drug making’ legal?” Youyou looked and hesitated for quite a while before asking.

“Eh, what do you think?” Lin Chuan countered.

In the Sailing Tower office in Modu, Youyou’s expression froze.

How could the ‘drug making’ that Lin Chuan was talking about be legitimate and legal?

With just a thought of her clean, fair toes, she should have guessed that it was the kind of ‘drug making’ that would definitely get shot at.

“Darling, this theme is under very strict control right now, there’s no way it can pass the safety check. Publishing this kind of content is not just a bad idea for you, but a harmful one,” Youyou replied after taking a deep breath, her tone somewhat solemn.

Lin Chuan’s anxious heart finally died.

What Youyou said was right, publishing it was not a good idea, but a harmful one.

Just the reports alone were enough to cause Lin Chuan a lot of trouble.

It’s even possible that he would be called in for several rounds of talks, and getting a package deal wasn’t out of the question either.

“Youyou, I got it,” Lin Chuan replied blankly.

In his heart, he was thinking of a solution.

“How about we change direction and make the protagonist a police officer who goes after these ‘drug makers’?” Youyou suggested.

Lin Chuan chuckled and replied, “I’ve got a bit too much stockpile, can’t change it now.”

The experiences of life had already automatically generated the novel, and it was almost ready to export.

The target was fifty thousand average subscriptions!

At most, he could edit to block out some details, but major changes, especially changes to the protagonist’s identity, were clearly impossible.

If he rewrote it, it wouldn’t match with the system-generated novel, and even if he met the Popularity Value requirements and passed the assessment, he wouldn’t be able to unlock the next career.

On the other end of the internet.

Unconsciously, Youyou began to worry. The regulations for web novel reviews were clear, and the type of novel that Lin Chuan wanted to publish was not allowed.

But if it couldn’t be published…

From what Youyou knew of Lin Chuan, when he said he had a stockpile, it was very likely he had a stockpile of millions of words, ready to finish upon publishing.

If he couldn’t publish, it would surely waste a great deal of Lin Chuan’s effort.

What to do?

Youyou’s heart tightened.

Suddenly,

An idea flashed through her mind, and she immediately sent Lin Chuan a message, “Darling, how about we just publish this book overseas?”

“Publish overseas?”

When Lin Chuan saw the message, his previously furrowed brows slowly relaxed, and his eyes brightened.

That’s it, directly publish overseas, not targeting domestic readers but instead focusing on an overseas readership, which was a good choice.

“Yes, but the reader base you’ve built up domestically won’t give you a boost for the novel published overseas. It’s like starting over,” Youyou explained the pros and cons to Lin Chuan.

Whew—

Lin Chuan took a deep breath, nodded, and replied, “No problem, as long as it can be published.”

If he couldn’t publish the novel, the reader base wouldn’t have any use anyway, so Lin Chuan had to make a choice.

— To publish “Black Ice” overseas.

“I’ll contact the chief editor and the overseas operations department right away,” Editor Youyou immediately started preparing the relevant matters for Lin Chuan.

“Thanks, Youyou.”

Lin Chuan replied, then muttered to himself, directly publishing the novel overseas should have a chance to reach fifty thousand average subscriptions, right?