Rekindling the Youthful Era

Chapter 852 So fast?!

When New Year's Day arrived, the online literature community experienced a significant upheaval.

It's not a big deal, but Li Yang, the protagonist of "I'm Really Not a Star," has finally broken his golden status.

From the moment the chapter "No Words Speak" was updated last night until the early hours of the morning, countless QQ groups related to online novels were spreading the content of this chapter.

As the undisputed top entertainment article on Qidian.com, and a long-running hit with 60,000 average subscriptions, "I'm Really Not a Star" has seen its influence steadily rise over the past three or four years.

Readers who want to read entertainment novels will almost always be recommended this book by fellow enthusiasts.

Later, it evolved to the point where "if you haven't read this book, then you've wasted your time reading entertainment articles."

After all, in an era when most entertainment novels only had a maximum of 10,000 to 20,000 average subscriptions, "I'm Really Not a Star" emerged three and a half years ago and dominated an entire genre for several years without ever falling out of favor.

Other entertainment writers from his generation have long since disappeared from the public eye.

And most of the later works have the shadow of "I'm Really Not a Star".

Both the way the plot is arranged and the pace of the content are greatly influenced by "I'm Really Not a Star".

Although Li Luo did not create the entertainment fiction genre, he is considered the master of it, a title that is widely acknowledged by many other authors, even if Li Luo himself does not admit it.

Even if later generations manage to imitate the rhythm and plot of "I'm Really Not a Star," they will find it difficult to catch up.

This is not only because Li Luo, with the help of the memory palace, has been creating online novels for three or four years and his skills are already very impressive.

More importantly, he has an advantage that is completely unmatched compared to other entertainment writers.

This advantage was further confirmed after the upload of "The Nameless".

The New Year's Eve party at Qianjiang University itself didn't generate much buzz on major platforms.

After all, all the major TV stations will launch their own New Year's Eve galas, and they will all be showing off their skills late at night. Why would they give a college's New Year's Eve gala a chance to stand out?

But even under these circumstances, the stage video of "Nameless Hero" that Yan Zhusheng uploaded last night, coupled with the video matrix secretly promoted by Ying Chanxi behind the scenes, successfully brought the song into the view of countless people.

The next day, Yuan Wanqing posted a cover song video in an a cappella version, which greatly boosted its popularity.

With Douyin's preferential traffic support, these videos were immediately pushed to the top of the trending searches. As a result, many more clips casually posted by students at the scene last night were seen by more people.

The synergy between "The Unknown" and "I'm Really Not a Star" is evident once again, and the combination with the protagonist's first loss of virginity has even created a wonderful chemical reaction.

This led to "I'm Really Not a Star" achieving a small breakthrough in its target audience.

This was somewhat unexpected for Li Luo. After more than a week of fermentation, it actually brought a lot of new readers to "I'm Really Not a Star".

Although the average daily subscriptions were slowly increasing, it was basically crawling along, and after so long it had only climbed to around 65,000.

As a result, in less than a week, its average daily subscriptions increased by more than 2,000, which is equivalent to the growth of the entire previous year.

Judging from this, although reaching 100,000 average daily subscriptions may be hopeless, by the time this book is finished, it might actually break through the 70,000 average daily subscription mark.

The key point is that "I'm Really Not a Star" has already exceeded eight million words, and if it's really finished, it will be heading towards ten million words.

There might be more.

With over ten million words and an average subscription of 70,000, that's quite an impressive number.

However, Li Luo only briefly learned about these things and then stopped paying attention to them.

He's much more at peace with himself now, and he cares more about his daily interactions with the three girls, as well as the thing he's determined to do during the Lunar New Year.

Nothing else matters.

As Friday morning arrived, when Xu Youyu finally finished his last morning run and lay panting and laughing happily on Li Luo's lap, Li Luo congratulated him:
"Finally finished the race, it was really tough."

“Yeah…” Xu Youyu replied weakly, “I thought I was doomed after they added facial recognition this semester.”

"That's an exaggeration," Li Luo chuckled. "If you keep at it and continue running with us in the mornings, your stamina will improve very quickly."

"No way!" Xu Youyu grumbled. "After today's run, I'm going to stay home and not go anywhere except for exams!"

“Uncle Xu and Aunt Cui are both quite diligent, so why are you, their daughter, so lazy?” Li Luo said helplessly.

"Laziness is the primary productive force in modern society, okay?" Xu Youyu rolled her eyes at him. "Think about it, if there weren't the needs of lazy people, how could modern technology have developed?"

Li Luo chuckled, too lazy to argue with her. After his morning run, he and Xu Youyu went home.

Ying Chanxi went to the company, while Yan Zhusheng went to class at the campus across the street.

After returning home, Xu Youyu immediately went upstairs for a nap, while Li Luo went to the study, typed for a while, and wrote out the outline for the new book.

When Xu Youyu woke up at noon, he had lunch with Li Luo, and then the two went to the study.

At this moment, the four kittens were already jumping around in the study. Now four or five months old, they are no longer as small as they used to be. They are gradually growing and it takes two hands to hold them completely.

Little Orange lazily lay on the windowsill basking in the sun, the laziest of the four cats.

Ahri, on the other hand, is full of curiosity about the world and has boundless energy; you can always see him running around at any time.

Cotton Candy and Whitey sometimes chase and play, and sometimes hug each other.

Among them, the thing that Marshmallow likes to do most is to lick White's fur.

When Xu Youyu was bored while writing, he liked to watch the four kittens running around, which instantly soothed his heart.

The two were sitting at the same desk, their computer screens side by side.

When Xu Youyu got tired of writing, he turned his chair sideways, put his legs on Li Luo's thighs, and sighed, "When will this ever end? I'm exhausted."

"You'd better keep it up!" Li Luo chuckled. "If I write for another half month or so, I should be able to finish the ending of 'The Great Qian Night Patrol Division' before the end of this semester."

"Huh? So fast!?" Xu Youyu's eyes widened upon hearing this, and she couldn't help but nudge Li Luo's stomach a few times with her feet. "Are you even human?"

"Whether it's fast or not, don't you know best?"

"Hmph~" Xu Youyu rolled her eyes at him, then asked, "What about your new book? I remember you said before that you planned to release it before 'The Great Qian Night Patrol Division' was finished?"

“Hmm.” Li Luo nodded gently. “After finishing writing the content of ‘The Great Qian Night Patrol Division,’ I will probably have a draft of about 500,000 to 600,000 words.”

"I'll release two chapters a day from this stockpile, updating six or seven thousand words daily." "It should be finished around March or April."

"I plan to release the new book after New Year's Eve, and then the new book will be available on the shelves on the day that 'The Great Qian Night Patrol Division' is completed."

"It can be seamlessly connected."

After listening to his plan, Xu Youyu was speechless: "You really are a model worker at Qidian. If I had to write like you, I would go crazy."

"So what are you planning to do?" Li Luo asked with a chuckle. "I remember you said you were also going to finish writing it in April? What about the new book?"

"The timing should be about right," Xu Youyu said, stroking his chin thoughtfully. "As for the new book, at least let me rest for two or three months. I'm not like you, so demanding."

"But I see you still have quite a bit to write," Li Luo reminded her. "Is there enough time?"

"Well, the later upgrades are all pretty quick. The main thing is to fill in the gaps, wrap things up, and bring together all the side quests from the early stages with the main storyline." Xu Youyu waved his hand and said, "The troublesome part is the approach to wrapping things up, not the number of words."

"Then keep it up," Li Luo said with a smile. "Stop dawdling and get to writing."

"I can't type anymore~" Xu Youyu sighed again, "I need to clear my head before I start writing again."

"How about we take a look at the beginning of my new book?" Li Luo asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Hmm?" Xu Youyu's eyes lit up, and she immediately became interested. "You've already written it? Let me see!"

"Here." Li Luo forwarded a document to Xu Youyu. "I haven't written much yet, take a look."

Xu Youyu opened the document with great interest and immediately began reading it with great interest, quickly becoming engrossed in it.

Xu Youyu only came to his senses, still wanting more, when the protagonist returned to reality from above the gray fog, and the story abruptly ended.

"It really is a Western fantasy..." Xu Youyu couldn't help but mutter to himself, somewhat amazed, "But your cheat ability... I feel like..."

“Yes.” Li Luo nodded. “Essentially, it’s just a chat group, only with a different shell.”

"This is interesting." Xu Youyu's eyes lit up. "Is the protagonist like a group owner with special privileges? He has a huge information gap with other group members, and I even feel that there's a bit of Dihua's thinking in it?"

“Yes.” Li Luo smiled and looked at Xu Youyu.

Although Xu Youyu in this life is not as accomplished as Li Luo in online novel writing, he is very talented and has great potential.

Especially under Li Luo's guidance, he grew even faster than in his previous life, becoming a top expert several years earlier.

At this point, after only a brief glance at the beginning of Li Luo's book, I was able to very keenly analyze the situation, see the essence from the phenomena, and immediately grasp the core of this new book.

This is also what Li Luo thinks is amazing about squid.

The author of "Lord of Mysteries," who created "Lord of Mysteries" in his previous life, was very good at using an exquisite shell to package some of the cheat-like elements that were very popular on the market at the time, and combined them with a contemporary worldview to completely integrate the cheat-like elements, worldview, and plot.

This was evident in several of his earlier works, but it reached its peak with Lord of Mysteries.

From Tarot Clubs to chat groups, to Pretending to be the Fool in Dihua Stream, and the setting of a time-traveling predecessor like Russell's Diary, these are all elements that were popular in online novels back then.

Even the so-called sequential advancement system is actually the same design as the unique Dao Fruit or the unique Dao in Xianxia (Chinese fantasy) stories, albeit with different paths.

That is, the end of a certain road can only be occupied by one person.

Therefore, in order to compete for this unique position, natural conflicts will inevitably arise between the characters.

Even after absorbing these advantages, Li Luo still found it quite difficult and challenging, even with the memory palace.

"You should hurry up and start writing too." After reading it, Xu Youyu chatted with Li Luo for a while, then couldn't help but poke his waist with her foot. "How can you give me so little? I should have known better than to read it."

“You were the one who said you wanted to see it,” Li Luo said with a laugh. “I still need to send this beginning to the editor-in-chief for review, and it will probably need to be adjusted later.”

"Is this the treatment of a platinum-level boss?" Xu Youyu joked with a grin. "Only the Qianzhou Society would come to me to start a conversation."

"Don't worry," Li Luo chuckled. "Once you become a top author, you'll definitely have to show the editor-in-chief the beginning of your new book."

"And what about the editor-in-chief?"

"You'll see when your next book becomes platinum."

"Hmph~ You seem to think highly of me, huh?"

"After all, it was my idea for you." Li Luo reached out and pinched Xu Youyu's cheek. "If your new book doesn't reach 50,000 average daily subscriptions, then you're just bad at it."

"It's easy for you to talk when you're not the one suffering!" Xu Youyu's eyes widened upon hearing this. "Qidian only has a total of 50,000 average subscriptions right now? You just spout that off?"

“But my novel, ‘The Great Qian Night Patrol,’ has already reached nearly 100,000 average subscriptions, and I didn’t find it difficult at all.” Li Luo blinked, unusually not being modest for once.

Xu Youyu rolled her eyes at him and snorted, "You think you're so great? All you do is bully me all day long."

“I’m serious,” Li Luo said with a smile. “Write your new book well, and you’ll definitely have a place in the platinum book market.”

"Then I'll take your kind words!"

……

Final exams are approaching at Qianjiang University.

Ruan Lin has also finished most of her scenes in "The Beginning".

The remaining content that requires further adjustments and reshoots will have to wait until after her final exams.

As time passed quickly, the students of Qianjiang University also ushered in this year's winter vacation.

On the morning of January 26th, after a quick morning run, Li Luo and his two companions returned to the villa. After waking Xu Youyu up, they got ready to go.

Lin Xiuhong and Li Guohong, Cui Suling and Xu Rongsheng all drove to the villa to meet.

After a quick tidying up, the group of eight boarded the bus that Butler Liu had chartered in advance and headed to the airport to board their plane, preparing to travel to Wuchang City to attend this year's Wenyue Group annual meeting.

At 10 a.m. on the same day, as soon as Li Luo got off the plane and turned on his phone, he received a message from his editor, Qian Zhou.

[Qianzhou]: It's amazing! We've reached 100,000 average daily subscriptions!

(End of this chapter)