Chapter 115 - Chapter 115: Chapter 113 Mr. Lin, You’re Really Going to Jail Now, Huh? (1/2)
Chapter 115: Chapter 113 Mr. Lin, You’re Really Going to Jail Now, Huh?
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The moonlight was deep, and the city in the night gradually sank into silence.
The twinkling lights in the distance flickered like stars in the night sky, peeking at this tranquil moment. A gentle breeze blew, rustling the leaves in the urban area, and the neon lights on both sides of the streets gradually went out, leaving only one or two street lamps standing firm in the darkness.
The takedown of “All-In” and “The Years I Was Tricked into the Factory Area” continued to ferment in the thrust of the night.
The next day, May 19th.
Modu, Sailing Building.
Wearing a moon-white dress, Youyou sat at her desk, one hand propping her cheek, the other scrolling the mouse wheel, searching for how to get Lin Chuan’s new book unblocked.
Though Lin Chuan had sent her a message last night, telling her not to worry,
Lin Chuan was the hidden gem under her management, and the powerful momentum of “All-In” being sealed meant she couldn’t even sleep peacefully.
This was more than just about performance!
It was also a crucial work on Lin Chuan’s path to becoming an influent author.
If “All-In” could achieve great success in the anti-fraud competition, then, with such achievements plus the international success of “Hacker Kingdom,” Lin Chuan might even have the chance to contend with some veteran authors for a spot among the Heavenly Kings.
The Heavenly King, a title selected once a year by Sailing Novel Website, totaling twelve individuals, aiming to discover and support authors with potential who are not yet influent authors.
These twelve are also the unquestionably strongest authors of the year in their respective channels.
It can be said that the title of Heavenly King is the reserve force for becoming an influent author.
In the path to influent author status that Youyou planned for Lin Chuan, the title of ‘Heavenly King’ this year was the most critical link.
In recent years, the rigorously hierarchal Sailing Novel also added an unwritten rule: No Heavenly King, No Influent Author.
That is to say, without the title of ‘Heavenly King,’ there’s no qualification to be promoted to influent status.
In Youyou’s ideal scenario: Lin Chuan becomes one of the Twelve Heavenly Kings this year, promotion to influent author next year, and ascension to platinum status the year after!
Therefore, she highly valued the performance of “All-In.”
“Sigh… maybe Lin Chuan’s success has been too smooth lately, which is why he has come across this setback,” Youyou muttered as she switched the hand propping her cheek.
Suddenly!
A pop-up appeared in the bottom right corner of her computer screen.
Youyou glanced at it, thinking it was an advertisement, about to close it, but then she took a closer look, her eyes widened, and her curly eyelashes couldn’t help trembling twice.
The popup was a piece of news.
[Web novel author ‘Ming’ of “The Years I Was Tricked into the Factory Area” was previously involved in telecom fraud in the Myanmar area and has now been arrested by the police!]
[Publisher: Urban News]
“Ming has been caught?”
Youyou’s delicate arched eyebrows instantly furrowed, and her face showed a look of surprise and confusion. Her fingers did not delay for a second as she immediately clicked on it.
The page shifted to a fast-shaking video.
A video sprang up before her, its cover featuring two police officers standing next to a young man.
The young man was thin, his hands adorned with shimmering silver handcuffs, and his face was pixelated.
The caption read:
‘After fleeing the factory area, the man turned his harrowing experience into a web novel and was identified by the police!’
‘Apparently, after several assessments, the XX police had grasped the real identity of ‘Ming,’ the author of “The Years I Was Tricked into the Factory Area,” who had dreamt of high income and engaged in telecommunications network fraud after sneaking into the Myanmar area and escaped back to the country to turn himself in for illegal exit but concealed his criminal acts of fraud.’
‘…’
Hiss!
Youyou inhaled sharply.
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But she didn’t stop; as the video played, she also scrolled through the comments below.
[This isn’t writing a novel, it’s like a work report!]
[I read this book when it first came out, and it felt very realistic, but I never imagined it was a firsthand experience.]
[The next book will be, “The Years I Was a Boss in Prison!”]
[Web novel writers are really a hidden pool of talent!]
[Hey, Ming has been locked up, but what about the other author?]
[What other author?]
[The other author Mr. Lin, who had his work ‘All-In’ taken down at the same time, must be under investigation now, right?]
[Your word and mine, and Mr. Lin might also be heading to prison!]
[Hiss! Are all novels these days based on true stories?]
[I heard that he, too, escaped from a factory area!]
[Don’t talk nonsense, didn’t he take down a fraud ring last time?]
[Exactly because he understands fraud rings so well, that’s how he, a web novel writer, was able to bust them all at once!]
[…]
Youyou stared at the computer screen, her brows furrowing deeper as she read through the many trending comments, her clear and bright eyes filling with worry.
Yeah.
Ming is locked up now, but what about Lin Chuan?
If Lin Chuan’s writing is even more realistic than Ming’s, could something have been discovered about him too?
Meanwhile.
The news of the arrest of ‘Ming,’ the author of “The Years I Was Tricked into the Factory Area,” had topped headlines and climbed the hot search lists on every major platform.
> Renowned web novel writer Ming turns factory scam experience into autobiographical novel
> The Years I Was Tricked into the Factory Area, by Ming
> True story, The author puts himself into the novel!
> Ming + Mr. Lin, the anti-scam dream team?
> Ming’s already inside, how far can Mr. Lin be from jail?
> The web novel writers’ threshold!
An unspecified number of web novel creators had come across these similar headlines and quickly spread the news through various web novel community groups.
At this moment.
In front of a computer screen, a young man’s gaze was tightly fixed on this piece of news, and then his eyes gleamed!
After a long while.
“Ah…”
The young man let out a heavy sigh, but then he changed his tone, “Ming, Mr. Lin, there’s no time to say goodbye. I, Handon, have already climbed to the top of the anti-scam novel rankings!”
“The blue sky is dead; the yellow sky shall rise!”
“I, Handon, vow to compete for the title of king of anti-scam novels!”
This person was none other than Handon.