BXBX NOVEL Chapter 195 - 183: You Think I Dare Not Spend i
The preparation period for a film is usually not quick, so after the crew has assembled the personnel framework, all kinds of preparations require some time to implement.
These issues don’t concern Lin Yuan, the screenwriter; they are shouldered by the producer and director—
This is probably the advantage of being a screenwriter.
Now it is February, and the annual Chinese New Year has begun.
This is the first Spring Festival after the merger of Qin and Qi provinces, and the atmosphere seems to be even more lively than in previous years. Lin Yuan’s mother has finally been brought to Su City to celebrate the Chinese New Year with her children.
During the New Year’s Eve dinner.
Lin Xuan kept persuading her mother to stay in Su City for retirement and not to return to work. Given the current situation of the Lin family, there was no need for her mother to continue to work hard for money.
After hesitating for a while, her mother finally agreed.
Everyone in the family is in Su City, her nostalgia for her hometown could not resist the temptation of a family reunion.
The consent of Lin Yuan’s mother made the younger generation in the family happy.
On this Spring Festival!
The novel “Zhu Xian” written by Lin Yuan under the pseudonym Chu Kuang finally reached its grand conclusion.
However, even the festive atmosphere of the New Year can’t diminish the resentment of the readers.
Because even by the grand conclusion of “Zhu Xian”, readers weren’t able to see the scene they had been looking forward to all along: “Biyao’,s resurrection.”
“Damn Chu Kuang, that old rascal!”
“Even on New Year’s Day, you upset me!”
“Where’s the promised resurrection of Biyao? If I had known, I would have dropped the book when Biyao died, at least I could have kept some hope.”
“At least Zhang Xiaofan reunited with Xue Qi at the end…”
“He has made me hesitate to read any more of Chu Kuang’s novels.”
“Next time Chu Kuang writes a book, make sure an editor holds this old rascal
Of course, despite their complaints, in their hearts the readers still approved of “Zhu Xian.”
Since they had already been hurt by Biyao’s death before, the fact that there was no resurrection at the end of “Zhu Xian” merely added a bit of regret to the readers’ hearts.
On the official website of the Silver Blue Books.
In the comments section of “Zhu Xian”, one reader made a very logical statement:
“If Biyao really revived, would our feelings as readers who have been tortured recover?
The answer is no.
At that time, we would probably go back to the initial vicious circle, and the factional disputes would certainly reignite:
Should Zhang Xiaofan choose Biyao or Xue Qi?”
Although there is the possibility of a harem, “Zhu Xian” has described both girls too well.
Because they are so well portrayed, the story can’t end with a harem.
Whether it is Biyao or Xue Qi, neither of them would share Zhang Xiaofan. If the two of them are truly willing to be with Zhang Xiaofan together, it would be a desecration to the characters.
At least I would feel…the character setting has collapsed.”
So this is an unsolvable proposition, this is probably why Chu Kuang did not choose to resurrect Biyao in the end.
Eventually, one girl has to bear it all.
Biyao died under Chu Kuang’s pen, but she lives in the hearts of us readers, which may not necessarily be a bad ending.”
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At this point, because of the merger of Qin and Qi provinces, many readers from Qi province also read “Zhu Xian.”
So they experienced the feelings of the original readers from Qin province: cursing on one hand and accepting on the other.
However, this novel also introduced the fantasy writer Chu Kuang from Qin province to the readers in Qi province. After the merger of the two places, Chu Kuang was one of the first writers remembered by the readers from Qi province!
With the completion of “Zhu Xian”, Silver Blue Books were not overly pessimistic.
Although the nature of this novel is still short, at least it is longer than “King of the Net.”
After experiencing something once, it is not so hard to accept again.
After all, YangFeng quickly accepted the fact that “Zhu Xian” ended sooner than expected, even though YangFeng still believed that the novel could make much more money if it continued—
Who cares if Chu Kuang doesn’t care about these things?
Rather than regretting the completion of “Zhu Xian”, YangFeng looked forward to Chu Kuang’s next work.
After receiving the message, Lin Yuan hesitated for a moment before replying: “I’ll start the new book after a while.”
“Okay.”
Yang Feng didn’t say much.
Although he wished Chu Kuang’s new book was already prepared, creation was never a very speedy process. It was customary to rest for a while after completing an old book. After all, every writer needs to recharge.
What he cared more about was: “What type of work is Chu Kuang’s next piece?”
“I don’t know.”
Lin Yuan responded honestly.
YangFeng fell into thought upon seeing Lin Yuan’s reply.
After a long while, he asked, “Not continuing to write fantasy novels?”
“I don’t know.”
Lin Yuan still responded with these three words, he really didn’t know. It depended on which bookwould come out of the System’s so-called custom randomization.
“Alright.”
YangFeng was powerless.
With the popularity of “Zhu Xian”, a wave of fantasy novels had hit the market. Many veteran writers even chose to follow Chu Kuang’s trend, and indeed a good number of new fantasy pieces with excellent results emerged!
The market for the theme created by Chu Kuang this time was even more vast than the sports competition!
This made the title of “pioneer” associated with Chu Kuang even more popular.
Even some insiders joked:
The two themes created by Chu Kuang have kept countless writers afloat.
Think about the highly successful writer He Mingxuan, thanks to his basketball theme…
Didn’t he start his career by following the trend set by Chu Kuang?
Before that, his novels were so unpopular that no one wanted to publish them.
There are many authors like He Mingxuan, so these authors should probably feel more grateful to Chu Kuang than anyone else.
But as much as Chu Kuang has helped, his reign was all too brief…
Though he did write two successive best-selling novels, he recklessly decided to end them prematurely. Authors who make such decisions are bittersweet for publishers.
The reason why Lin Yuan doesn’t plan to start a new book right away is actually related to his filmmaking plans.
Lin Yuan was uncertain about how much time he would need to spare once the shooting of “Flirting Scholar” begins.
Even though he writes quickly, churning out 200,000 words in a month, he still needed some time to manage everything.
“You should start a new book as soon as possible.”
In the end, YangFeng reminded him: “Because the market competition is fierce, and the reader’s market in Qin Province and Qi Province has unified, many authors want to seize this opportunity to make themselves known to these readers.”
“Hmm.”
Lin Yuan replied, but he didn’t take it seriously.
Because it’s not just the book market, it’s the same in every industry.
Using the phrase “great time of revival” to describe every industry may not be very accurate, but it’s true that everyone is playing a game of capturing territory. After the market expands, everyone wants to seize this rare opportunity to be the first to benefit.
Even though Lin Yuan didn’t rush to start a new book, he was far from idle during the Spring Festival.
Recently, he found a treasure in the specialty items section of the System.
Lin Yuan originally thought the System only had film-related items. On a closer look, he found that it truly had everything!
Pretty flashy.
For instance, an item called a Memory Pill.
If you took a Memory Pill, your memory would be infinitely amplified for the next hour.
In other words, if you took this thing, you would achieve photographic memory while reading a book!
Another item it had was an Energy Potion.
If you drank it, you would feel energetic for an hour. No matter what you did, you would feel full of life and won’t feel tired at all.
Then there was stuff like a Tear Potion. Once ingested, the user could shed a torrent of tears on demand.
Buddy…
What was the point of this?
By a far stretch, it could be related to film making?
Like if an actor can’t cry on set, you could give them one?
The problem was, a professional actor shouldn’t have any trouble crying. If they can’t even cry, wouldn’t that mean they were too amateur, unprofessional? Even a person without any acting skills could cry if forced to. Isn’t that right?
On top of that.
Can’t you use onions?
Aren’t eye drops better?
Alright, onion and eye drops aren’t as efficient as this, but everything in this system cost a serial killer fare. There’s nothing cheap, the starting price was all 10,000!
For example, a Tear Potion…
Can you believe this thing cost a hundred thousand per bubble, not sickness?
A volume that couldn’t even quench thirst!
Anyway, Lin Yuan wouldn’t spend this wasteful money; let it stay unsold in the System.
The only exception was the Memory Pill, which Lin Yuan was genuinely interested in.
No wonder, he had a film to shoot and he was a novice who barely understood the basics of filmmaking. If he wanted the crew to move in the direction he wanted, he had to learn some stuff.
Which was why he had been reading film-related books recently.
But only reading books had a lousy rate of learning things, and without someone to explain, although Lin Yuan felt like he had learned a lot, whenever he reflected on it, he didn’t understand any of it.
What to do then?
Take the Memory Pill!
The prices of these specialty items varied, a Memory Pill was priced at two hundred thousand, a price Lin Yuan would never have considered before.
But even the stingiest of persons might become extravagant once they have earned some money.
Lin Yuan felt like he was just that person who became extravagant after earning money.
He went ahead and bought the Memory Pill from the System!
While buying from the system, Lin Yuan kept giving himself pep talks:
“Taking a loss is a blessing.”
“You need to give up something to gain something.”
“Money is something material.”
“Smart girls…men are willing to invest in themselves.”
“There are beauty in books, there are beauty in books.”
Lin felt like she was Madam Hua arguing with Tang Bohu in “Flirting Scholar”:
“You spend!”
“You think I dare not?”
“If you dare, spend for this!”
“Spend! I will!”
“Spend now, for me to see?”
“I will spend now, for you to see…You think I’m stupid? Spend more? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!”
Gulp.
The System, like Tang Bohu, stuffed the Memory Pill down Lin Yuan’s throat. Lin Yuan had finally spent his money.
He had no choice.
What was bound to come would eventually come.
Worst case scenario, he’d make back the cost of one by learning from many!
Lin Yuan was serious, he started reading his first book at a crazy speed, even more serious than when he attended Yang Zhongming’s teaching class…