Chapter 11 - Chapter 11: Chapter 11: Shatter the Darkness with Thunder! (2/2)
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Old Wang was taken aback for a moment, then chuckled, “That’s great, it seems that your ‘Life of a Thief’ is looking up!”
“‘Life of a Thief’ has been completed,” Lin Chuan smiled, “I’ve started a new book.”
Old Wang was somewhat surprised, “You’ve started a new book?”
“Mhm.”
Lin Chuan responded with a sound.
On the other end of the phone, Old Wang had already opened Lin Chuan’s author’s homepage and was even more surprised to see Lin Chuan’s new book, “Old Lin, you’re actually writing about swindlers?”
“Is there a problem?” Lin Chuan laughed.
Old Wang teased, “Be honest with me, are you from the Rong Sect or the Cheating Sect?”
In old times, those who made a living in the Martial World were differentiated into different industries, and over time, countless professions emerged.
The Rong Sect referred to those who lived by thievery.
Pickpockets were called ‘Xi’, and those who broke into homes to steal were called ‘Burglar’.
As for the Cheating Sect, they lived by “cheating.”
The Cheating Sect had Eight Generals, and the life Lin Chuan experienced belonged to one of the generals, the Righteous General, who made a living off Cheating Techniques.
Lin Chuan chuckled, “If you keep asking, people from the Six Fans Gate are going to come for me again.”
“Again?”
Old Wang was startled, “Have you been taken in for a ‘tea session’?”
Lin Chuan grinned, recounting the process of Shen Qianqian’s visit to summon him.
Old Wang laughed, entirely without sympathy, “Old Lin, you’re really courting disaster! You still dare to write about swindlers, aren’t you afraid of being locked up in a little dark room again and then subjected to a trial by fire?”
Lin Chuan was taken aback, “Really?”
“You, my friend, are brazenly testing the limits of the law!” Old Wang laughed.
Lin Chuan thought for a moment, “I don’t think so, they’ve even made movies about it, surely I won’t get arrested for writing a novel, right?”
“Well… I can’t say for sure,” Old Wang paused, “But I have to tell you some bad news.”
Lin Chuan was startled, “You’re going to put on airs again?”
Old Wang chuckled, “What kind of person do you take me for? This bad news is about you.”
“Go on,” Lin Chuan frowned.
“You’re doomed! Your new book is being released at the same time as two authors with subscriptions in the tens of thousands. You should know what kind of impact that will have.”
Old Wang turned serious for a rare moment, his voice heavy.
Lin Chuan’s brows furrowed, and he took a deep breath.
That’s the spirit!
Right on!
At Sailing Novel, authors with high subscriptions starting new books will get traffic support.
However, a website’s traffic is limited, and the traffic allocated to new books released in the same period is also relatively fixed.
This means that they could very well attract a large number of readers, leaving others in the dust.
If some people get the lion’s share, others will have to bite the dust.
It’s very possible that Lin Chuan would be the latter.
“The two tens-of-thousands subscription authors are Handon and Hongmei; they have a history and neither is willing to let the other overshadow them, hence they chose to release new books in the same period,”
Old Wang explained to Lin Chuan.
“When influent authors fight, the small fries suffer,” Lin Chuan smiled.
“Right, there’s even worse news that I think you wouldn’t want to hear,” Old Wang added.
“Here you go trying to show off again?” Lin Chuan asked.
“Look at you, always judging me like that. I was just sharing joy with you,” Old Wang chuckled, then suddenly changed the subject, “I just took a glance at Handon’s new book, guess what genre he’s writing?”
Lin Chuan’s brows knit slightly, “What genre is it?”
“His book is titled ‘King of Cheating’!” Old Wang dropped the bombshell.
“What?”
Lin Chuan’s eyes widened, and he drew in a sharp breath.
This is bad, it’s targeting me!
He’s also writing about swindlers!
“If you’re not confident, you can change the genre and start another book in a few days,” Old Wang consoled.
Lin Chuan looked out the window, where the sun was setting, and dusk was approaching. He smiled and said, “With a thunderbolt, shatter the darkness!”
Old Wang was taken aback, “Are you messing around?”
Lin Chuan laughed, “The female police officer who summoned me, she said my last book was good, and that I have the potential to become a great author. I think so, too.”