shady writers

Xi Ye got up fairly early, at eight o'clock, and then went to the bun shop downstairs to buy buns to eat.

The owner of the steamed stuffed bun shop downstairs is a middle-aged man in his 40s. Xi Ye asked for sauced meat buns. Generally speaking, sauced meat sells better than fresh meat. When he came, it happened to be out of stock, so he had to wait for about 3 minutes.

Xi Ye was very insistent, he had to eat sauced meat instead of fresh meat, so he just sat in the shop and waited.

The uncle boss looked at the stopwatch, and from time to time helped the guests pack buns, steamed buns, soy milk, etc., and chatted with Xi Ye when he was free.

"Why didn't you come to my place to buy buns a few days ago, were you on a business trip?" the boss uncle asked casually.

"Ah, I went on a trip to the mirror world and just came back." Qi Ye casually made an excuse.

At the beginning, I really wanted to travel, although I went to work part-time for various reasons on the way.

"You went to Mirror World! Did you go to Peiyang Middle School then? In the novel my son often reads recently, there is a supporting role with the same name as yours!" The boss uncle said in surprise.

"It's a coincidence." Xi Ye could only smirk.

Ever since he transmigrated into the body of this Xi Ye, he has been buying steamed buns in this store, and he is a little familiar with the boss. The boss knows that he is doing freelance work at home, but he is not very clear about what he does.

"By the way, if you go on a trip, you must have made a lot of money recently." The boss uncle asked again.

"It's okay." Xi Ye replied, "After all, it's not the same as before."

"It's not good for you to be like this. It's better to find a serious job. There are five social insurances and one housing fund. You stay at home every day, you are isolated from society, your ability to communicate with others will also decline, and your income is not stable. Like me Son, he joined a big company after graduating from university, and now his monthly salary starts at [-]." The uncle is inevitably a little proud.

Xi Ye is used to the uncle bragging about his son.

After all, he and his wife are not well-educated. They set up a bun shop, worked hard to earn money for their son to go to college, and finally found a good job when they came out. Naturally, they are a little proud of their son.

Although what he said was a bit offensive and unreasonable, there was no malice in essence, and there was indeed some truth in what he said, but it was more realistic.

He also didn't know what kind of occupation Xi Ye was doing. He had heard about the death of Xi Ye's parents at the construction site. He also heard about it, but later, Xi Ye came to him to buy a lot of buns. When chatting, he asked Xi Ye's occupation, and Xi Ye told him that there was only occupation, and he believed in writing articles on the Internet.

He always felt that this child wasn't too bad, it might just be because of the sudden death of his parents, he was a little bit evasive.

So it is inevitable to want the other party to come out and work hard.

The literary industry in this world is certainly developed. Writers usually mean the rich, and literary giants have social status and money in both hands. However, in many cases, because the literary industry is too developed, many young people flock to this industry. Those who can succeed It is only a few.

There are too many people who write millions of words and can't make two dollars.

For their own literary dreams, many young people work hard while writing essays, many of them are poor.

Qi Ye understands the kindness of the store manager. Although he doesn't speak well, he really cares about him.

"Well, let's see." Although his words were perfunctory, his expression was very serious, as if he was really thinking about it.

The store manager didn't say much.

The steamed stuffed bun was ready, the store manager packed it for Xi Ye and handed it to him.

Xi Ye took the buns and walked back. Although his house is old and small, there is still an elevator.

It's just that the elevator is a bit dirty, and there are many small advertisements posted around it.

When the elevator arrived, Xi Ye took the key to open the door and went home, put the steamed stuffed bun on the table, while eating, he wondered if he should also find a job.

But what he can do is too limited, or develop another side job?

Qiye thought about it.

After eating the steamed stuffed buns, and Xi Ye packed up his things, he didn't think of a reason, so he temporarily put this idea on hold, but it's not that he forgot, it's just that there are more important things to do next, the idea of ​​this side job, let's think about it later .

At nine o'clock, editor Kida also went to work.

He immediately sent a message to Qi Ye to communicate about the upcoming interview.

"Ladder, today's interview starts at ten o'clock in the morning. It is estimated that it will be a bit long. It is conservatively estimated that it will take more than an hour, up to twelve o'clock. Can you check the time?"

"Okay." Qi Ye replied briefly.

"One more thing, because the first order of your work has exceeded one million, and the influence is relatively large, so this online interview will be in the form of a live broadcast. Can you show your face?"

Qi Ye:?

Never told him this before!

How could it be possible to show your face?

"No." Qi Ye replied briefly again.

"Then how about this, you wear a mask or something, or use special effects to cover your face, and you can also use a voice changer, so you can see if it works." Kida continued.

He couldn't help it, the task was suddenly given by his superiors.

Generally speaking, popular authors do need to show their faces and broadcast live to facilitate marketing and expand their influence. Moreover, there are many readers of this type of authors. Many readers will be interested in things other than books, including authors who have written books.

But this kind of face-to-face live broadcast will not be during the first interview. The first interview, especially because the first-order interviews all use direct text interviews.

After the interview is completed, organize the draft and send it out directly.

In Kida's view, it was a testament to the argument that the ladder is not easy. He felt that there must be someone on the ladder, and he had to work hard to praise him, so he let him show his face in the live broadcast.

But can't you come to an agreement?Now the ladder directly rejected it!

Qi Ye was a little embarrassed. In fact, covering his face and adding a voice changer would work. After all, it was a live broadcast, so it would look really strange to just show a chat dialog box.

Kida proposed to let him show his face live, Xi Ye would definitely not agree, but the other party retreated, and asked him to cover his face and add a voice changer, which seemed acceptable.

But there is still a problem here.

In the eyes of Guai Chubu and others, there is a pen behind the Tianti account, but if Qi Ye accidentally reveals some characteristics, and a pen comes out later, if the two do not match, it will be a real headache.

That's why he hesitated a little.

However, Xi Ye thought about it for a while, and thought that perhaps it would be better to come up with a character design of a pen at this time, and use a vest of a pen to accept interviews directly.

So he finally agreed: "Okay."

After communicating with the editor, there are still more than 50 minutes before the interview.

Xi Ye opened the Six Realms Original Literature Network, and typed the words "a pen" in the sketch box of the character design.

He was thinking about what kind of person this pen should be.

Judging from his name, he also seemed to be a literati. The organization he managed was established by the gods, and it would be handed over to him, which must mean that his ability and status are not low.

But judging from the previous stories, he seems to be a young man again, at least he seems to be a young man.

Xi Ye got some clues and started to write.

His name is Yibi, his height is 189, his gender is male, he is a strategist with high IQ, he is good at managing things, and his identity is the leader of the ladder. He wears a long robe and mandarin jacket all the year round, wears European-style classical gold-rimmed glasses, and holds a writing brush in his hand.

The weapon is the magic pen.

Everything drawn by the magic pen will become a real thing.

The ability is the spirit of speech, which can control others by speaking.

After finishing writing, Xi Ye felt a little too strong.

If this is a game, that pen will definitely destroy the balance of the game.

But obviously, the character design written by Qi Ye has come true, and there is an extra button to use next to the name of a pen.

Regardless, it's fine as it is.

After speaking, Xi Ye clicked "Use", feeling the familiar feeling of losing consciousness.

……

Yibi’s attire resembles that of a literati during the Republic of China, and his glasses can also be said to have been passed down from the West during the period when Eastern and Western cultures blended together.

Xi Ye looked at herself in the mirror, or at a pen in the mirror.

Like Meng Yun, after Xi Ye used a pen, he was in a black room. In order to see his current appearance clearly, he just drew a mirror for himself with a magic pen, and then saw a The appearance of the pen.

Like Mengyun, Mengyun has a computer desk in the black room of the draft box, with computers placed on it, and scattered mechanical parts in the corner.

A Pen's Manuscript Box In the room, there is a large desk, and behind it are rows of bookcases filled with all kinds of books.

On the wall, there are a total of five doors.

Xi Ye walked to the door and twisted the handle. He felt a little nervous, but the door didn't open after twisting.

Xi Ye returned to the desk, drew a clock on the wall, and drew a computer on the desk.

After turning on the computer, it cannot connect to the Internet.

This is really strange, Mengyun was clearly connected to the Internet before.

If there is no way to connect to the Internet, he cannot be interviewed directly here.

Xi Ye looked around and tried to open the door again, only to find that the door he was going to open earlier was different from the other four doors.

That door is black while the others are white?

Xi Ye tried to open a white door, and then saw a familiar room.

Some mechanical parts are stacked in the corner, and a computer desk sits at the front of the house.

This is Mengyun's manuscript deposit box room!

Could it be that the doors connecting the room of a pen are the rooms of other vests?What is that black door?Xi Ye thought of the character designs he had written so far, and found that the four white doors happened to correspond to the four character designs except for one pen.

Could it be that the black door is a character design that hasn't appeared yet!He hasn't written it yet!

Xi Ye was a little surprised, he didn't expect to get such a clue, that door seemed to mean that he still had a character design that he didn't write.

Xi Ye looked around and found a shadow leaking out from behind the door.

He was startled, walked over slowly, opened the door, saw Meng Yun behind the door, he was motionless, his eyes dull.

Xi Ye tried to call him: "Meng Yun?"

But Mengyun didn't respond.

Xi Ye thought for a while, and used the ability of a pen to speak spirit.

"Meng Yun, sit in front of the computer desktop." After he finished speaking, Meng Yun started to move, and sat down in front of the computer desktop following his words.

Qi Ye suddenly felt very frightened.

At this moment, he is like a puppet manipulator, and the character designs written by him are the marionettes in his hands.

Although the characters in the author's writing are indeed like marionettes in his hands, moving with his words, but at this moment, when he really sees the characters appearing because of a short paragraph of his words, and acting because of what he said, that kind of The feeling of truly manipulating others is extremely familiar, and that kind of indifferent feeling makes Qi Ye terrified.

That lofty and indifferent mood is not at all like himself.

Xi Ye knows himself. Although he can't be called a holy father, he is definitely not an indifferent existence who doesn't treat others as human beings.

But before he could think about it, the bell of ten o'clock sounded from the room of a pen, and it was time for the interview.

Qi Ye continued to use the ability of Ling Ling, "Connect the computer in the room with a pen."

Mengyun stood up, got a network cable, connected it to the router in his room, and then led the other end of the network cable to the computer with a stroke.

"Make a special effect that can block the face, and then make a voice changer." Qi Ye continued.

Mengyun sat down and finished everything in less than 5 minutes.

"Go back and close the door." Xi Ye finally said.

He didn't notice that the tone of his command was so sparse and ordinary.

With Mengyun around, Xiye doesn't have to worry about being cracked by someone else's face-blocking special effects and voice changer.

Qi Ye clicked on the contact software, Kida has been asking for a while, and he is now 7 minutes late.

"Here we come." Xi Ye replied to him.

Immediately after that, the application for the video call arrived.

Qi Ye clicked OK.

……

In the live broadcast room of Six Realms Original Literature Network, there were already many people waiting. Before the live broadcast started, there were already more than 20 people waiting in the live broadcast room. When ten o'clock arrived, the number of people in the live broadcast room skyrocketed. It broke through 50 in an instant and is heading towards 60.

But the trouble is, Kida can't get in touch with the ladder.

"What's going on?" The editor-in-chief came over and asked.

Kida was also very helpless, "I already contacted Tianti at nine o'clock, and he said yes."

"What are you doing, you need to contact the author in advance for this kind of thing. You should have negotiated with Tianti yesterday, and then contact him around [-]:[-] or [-], and start a video call, so as to ensure nothing goes wrong." Editor-in-Chief Said Kida a few words.

Kida is a new editor, so he lacks experience.

It's useless to talk about him now, we still have to find a way to contact Tianti.

The live broadcast room has already exploded, and everyone is asking why it hasn't started yet.

The station master also came and asked what was going on.

Kida felt that his head was getting bigger, and he realized at this moment what kind of status the new author he had signed not long ago had reached in a short period of time.

Mu Tian was still in contact with the ladder, and at [-]:[-], he finally returned to himself.

Kida immediately sent a video call request.

The other party clicked to confirm.

Finally, a man wearing a long robe and mandarin jacket appeared in front of everyone. He should be sitting in front of the computer desktop, and only his upper body can be seen. There is a special effect of a box on the head that just blocks his face.

The background is a row of bookshelves, which are filled with various books. This is normal. Many authors like to collect physical books. Only after reading a lot of books can they write wonderful articles.

Overall, it looks normal, like an ordinary book writer.

The strange department originally asked for a live broadcast specifically to spy on something from the live broadcast, but the other party was really vigilant and didn't see anything.

I only know that the other party is wearing a robe and mandarin jacket, but this should not be regarded as an iconic thing.

The interview begins.

Kida started the interview: "Hello everyone, the subject of this interview is Tianti, a new author of our Six Realms Original Literature Network. His works are currently being serialized, and the first book has exceeded one million achievements. I hope everyone can continue to support. Tianti , Say hello to everyone."

"Hi everyone, I'm the author Tianla." The voice was obviously changed through a voice changer, it was a bit high-pitched, and it was obviously not like a real person's voice.

"We have some readers' questions about the ladder, and we hope that the ladder can answer it."

"it is good."

"The first question, Tianti's first novel is called, does this mean that you want to write a series of novels?"

"Yes, everyone should know after reading the book that the ladder in the title refers to an organization in the novel, and in this organization there are..." Qi Ye paused. He thought of the five doors. As he thought, then there are only six people in the Ladder Organization, and there should only be six books in the series, "Six people, each of whom is the protagonist of a book, so I plan to write six books, the Ladder series. "

"Then the name of the author of the ladder is also taken from the organization of the ladder. It seems that the author is very fond of the organization of the ladder."

"Forget it."

"The next question is, in the story that the protagonist Fengtian has seen, a person named Fengyan joined a mysterious organization. Readers guess that this organization is the ladder, and want the author to give an affirmative answer."

"That's right, the organization mentioned in the story is indeed the ladder." Qi Ye affirmed.

"That pen is the leader of Tianti, and the owner behind the account of Tianti in Wenzhongli!"

"Yes."

As soon as this remark came out, the members of the strange department around the computer desktop tightened their hearts. Although it is something to be happy that they guessed right, it also means that after seeing the analysis of the analysis emperor, a pen is likely to be I found Fengtian's thoughts.

"The next question is whether Fengyan is really Fengtian's elder brother, whether he was really turned into a monster by the main god and sealed in the painting."

"Yes, I have to mention that my readers are very smart and will analyze the details in the novel. I have also read their analysis, and many of them are very reliable, almost completely guessing right."

As soon as this sentence came out, the members of the strange department were no longer lucky.

"It seems that a pen really knows Fengtian's plan." Li Tianming frowned, a little worried.

The interview continues.

"By the way, this question is very interesting. The person who asked the question obviously focused on a very strange point. The question is, Gan Lin and Yan Jing from Peiyang Middle School have no amnesia, do they have any special plans? It seems that they are The indispensable ordinary people who will appear in the subsequent episodes."

Qi Ye was taken aback, and asked Gan Lin and Yan Jing what they were doing?He didn't really pay much attention to them.

When they were suddenly mentioned in this interview, Xi Ye began to remember that Gan Lin and Feng Tian in the story seemed to have a lot of contact.

At the very beginning, the SS-level weird ant appeared, Fengtian rescued Gan Lin, and later Gan Lin appeared in the novel again, relying on clues to guess whether the story was real, and later he was rescued from the SS-level weird maze, and he deliberately escaped Amnesia spray, Yan Jing also escaped the amnesia spray because of him.

Later he found out that the injured Fengtian had arrived at Peiyang Middle School. Yan Jing went to find Fengtian in order to know how to save Teacher Song. After Gan Lin chased after him, he got the Willow Sword from Fengtian, and later gave it to Li Tianming.

Before the incident at Peiyang Middle School ended, Yan Jing specifically asked Feng Tian how to save Teacher Song, and got the news that a store manager was not in this world.

According to the development of the novel, although these two people don't have many roles, they are always connected with Fengtian and Tianti.

Especially after the incident at Peiyang Middle School, when Yan Jing asked Feng Tian what to say, it seemed that the next incident would be triggered.

Xi Ye analyzed it and expressed his thoughts.

"Currently, there are three types of people in my novels. One is people with special abilities who know everything, such as monsters and players, and the other is humans who know everything, that is, Gan Lin and Yan Jing. Lei Tianti and others, you can regard them as three-party forces, so the three-party forces are indispensable, and Gan Lin and Yan Jing are indispensable in the follow-up plot."

Although it seems that everything that happened in Tiantiyi is actually written in the book, but it still has some logic in writing a book. Qi Ye feels that he can even vaguely infer what may happen in the future from the plot in the novel.

His answer made the people in the strange department frown.

Li Tianming suddenly realized something. They used Gan Lin to infer the existence of the SS-level weird labyrinth, and relied on Qi Ye who appeared suddenly to infer that the Peiyang Middle School incident was still not over.

Then the article gave two clues about the development of the next thing, one is Yan Jing, and the other is Mundra and Tali.

There is no way to get in touch with Mundra and the Tarim Monster Department. Their affairs are obviously related to Fengtian, but Yan Jing is different. He is a student of Peiyang Middle School and has contact with the Monster Department. In this way, the possibility that he is obviously related to the following weird events is extremely high.

"Minister, Yan Jing may be the next weird clue."

"Tianming, but he has already left the Mirror Realm." Song Yan said suddenly.

Yes, weirdness only exists in the first world of mirrors, and Yan Jing went to the second world of mirrors, how could there be any connection with weirdness.

Also associated with the weirdness are the main gods and the...

Li Tianming realized something.

"Player!" He blurted out, "Yan Jing may be related to the player!"

Song Yan was also surprised, but then realized that what Li Tianming said was not unreasonable.

"The player is in the Second Mirror Realm!" Song Yan said.

"Ah Qin, contact this world, we have to go on a business trip to the Second Mirror Realm!"

The questions given by the strange department here have basically been interviewed, and the next step is for the real readers to leave a message.

This time, the connection method was used, so it was not Kida who asked Qi Ye directly.

After the voice was connected, a cute girl's voice came from over there.

"The sky ladder is big. We like your Tian Lai Yi novel very much, so my colleagues plan to hold a book fair, which is at the Tianhui Sports venue near the Mengcheng Cross-border Airport. Can I ask you for authorization? Of course, we will follow the business plan. The standard of cooperation will be docked with you, and the corresponding fee will be paid to you."

"Of course." Qi Ye replied.

To be honest, this is also the first time for him to have such an opportunity. Before he crossed over, most of his works consisted of someone cutting a video or creating a few fanart. No one has ever held a special book fair.

However, he did not forget that he signed a contract with the Six Realms Original Literature Network, so he added, "For the follow-up matters, you can communicate with my editor Kida. My copyright is currently delegated to the Six Realms Original Literature Network. Everything goes through the website."

The station master was also watching. Hearing this, he swallowed.

I really don't know whether to be happy or scared.

The next step is to connect with readers, usually for compliments from readers, to express their love for this book to the ladder.

However, one person asked, "Will the books on Tianladder be sold for copyright, filmed in TV series, and made into games?"

"I don't know about this. It depends on whether anyone has bought it. I think those who are interested can buy it first. If the grades of the book get better and better, it will be very expensive."

Xi Ye only said this jokingly, after all, selling copyrights was very far away for him.

But obviously many people really listened to it.

Not long after the interview was over, film and television companies began to contact Six Realms Original Literature Network to inquire about copyright fees.

Xi Ye didn't think much about it, he got rid of the vest of a pen and went back to his dilapidated little room.

After reading the book, he was a little worried that this interview would be written into the book, which is really unclear, but the book has not been updated yet.

Only then did Xi Ye notice that his author name had been changed, from "Ladder" to "A Pen".

Qi Ye:! ! !Could it be that he just admitted in the interview that there is a pen behind the ladder account!

Now there are comments talking about this.

"A pen? How funny! Before the book was blocked, the author contacted the website to seal the book. It seems that this time is the same."

"Then will the name be changed back to Ladder?"

"I don't think so. After all, this author pays special attention to the correspondence between text and reality."

It seemed that everyone had no doubts, and Qi Ye heaved a sigh of relief.

He saw someone leave a message for him.

"Great, we have already negotiated with the editor. The book fair will be held in three days. If you are interested, you can come! At that time, there will be cosplayers, fanbooks and some self-made peripherals. I hope you can come and see it."

Xi Ye didn't answer.

He wanted to go, but he couldn't say it directly, otherwise it would be troublesome if he was discovered, and maybe a group of people would go there.

So in the end he replied: "Sorry, I'm too busy to go, you can post more pictures to me."

Forget it, let's not go.

He could try to start a side business.