My art is too advanced.

Chapter 101: Still no match for the gifted monster! (Four in one, 8k words!!!)

Late December.

The year is coming to an end.

Zhou Yue gave each of the three people 2,000 yuan as payment for their papers, and also gave them a few days off.

Let them go out and play.

After all, New Year's Day is approaching, and the project can be put on hold for now. It doesn't matter at all and it won't delay any progress.

As for Zhou Yue.

I just received an invitation from Pingzhou University.

He still has to go to Pingzhou again.

He asked for leave from Teacher Guo, saying it was a personal matter. Teacher Guo was abroad and arranged for the teaching secretary to reschedule classes for Zhou Yue directly.

It was a private matter. Although Zhou Yue didn't say anything, Teacher Guo could guess something.

There are only two things in Zhou Yue's career, one is academics, the other is drawing, and now he has to add the recently discovered novel writing.

Going to Pingzhou was for academic exchange, or something related to his novel.

Teacher Guo naturally didn't say much.

In addition, it is normal for teachers in the School of Architecture to travel every day.

After the classes are scheduled, I often go to different classes at random. In fact, I may just go to whichever teacher is available.

Just like Mr. Guo, these two days, at the invitation of the International Academy of Architecture, he went to a small country as a young expert to give academic lectures and exchanges.

Yes, in the academic world, Mr. Guo, who is in his fifties, is considered a young scholar!
After the communication.

Zhou Yue flew directly to Pingzhou.

However, this time it was not the Department of Architecture of Pingda who invited him, but President Fang who called him directly.

He said he would give a lecture at the newly established online literature base.

Zhou Yue thought more than once: How can a contemporary college student, especially one from a top university like Pingzhou University, make a living from online literature?
But, think about it, many college students are not that wealthy.

"It seems normal to be able to use my free time after class to write a novel."

Moreover, you can also get some royalties.

At least, Yuedong’s full attendance reward is still acceptable.

Regardless of the subscription performance, as long as the book is charged and 4,000 words are updated every day, you can get a reward of 800 yuan.

Eight hundred dollars, although it doesn’t seem like much.

But for some college students, it is completely sufficient.

Besides, what if I write it?

Many times, becoming popular is just a sudden epiphany.

As for the love of words?
That’s not recommended for writing novels, because novels are not words, but stories.

Zhou Yue thought a lot on the plane and felt that this matter was very meaningful.

So here he is.

Although he doesn't know much about writing online novels, after all, he has only been in the industry for a short time, but a few days ago, he took a course in literary theory.

All literature is interconnected.

There is no problem of acclimatization.

at the same time.

Chengfeng has already arrived in Pingzhou. This time, Pingzhou University, as the organizer, directly invited all the top online writers to come.

It's not just Yuedong's Chengfeng and Tianyue, there's also Fanshu's Wangchuan and Heishi's Laogui.

They are among the best in the online literature circle.

However, Chengfeng did not take the other two seriously.

The size of Fanshu is much smaller than that of Yuedong. Blackstone uses new media channels, which are things like mini programs and are not comparable to it.

It is recognized by the entire network as the only online novel that has become a huge hit on the entire network.

It’s called The Mortal’s Journey to Immortality!

Just after arriving at the hotel.

Chengfeng directly opened a table and recorded the data increase of "Daogui" every day.

And the comparison with the monthly tickets of mortal cultivators.

He could ignore the other two people, but this book "Daogui" was like his inner demon, which seemed to constantly tell him that he was gradually out of touch with the times.

Lack of dominance.

Although the book "Daogui" is invincible on the main website of Yuedong and has no substantial conflict with his popularity on the entire Internet, it still makes him doubt the current online literature.

It seems that an era of flourishing flowers is coming.

And he may be just one of the hundreds of flowers.

Now, his face looked extremely ugly.

“There are still three days left until the end of the month, but the monthly pass is almost here!”

Over this period of time, "Daogui" has continued to break monthly ticket records.

Now, "Daogui" has reached a terrifying 410,000 votes!

There are only about 100,000 votes left for the mortal to cultivate to immortality in one year!

For a book of the size of "Daogui", this gap of 100,000 votes may be overcome within three days!
Chengfeng felt a little crazy.

He has now only reached 220,000.

Under normal circumstances, this would be the ceiling!
But now, it’s not enough!
However, this is already the result of daily updates.

In order to compete for this year's award, he hasn't slept well for almost half a month.

The eye circles are dark.

Although his face hidden behind the glasses is still elegant.

But there is an exhaustion that cannot be concealed.

"There are still three days left. You are rising, and I am rising too. I just don't believe that you can really go against the will of heaven!"

He took a look at the forum and saw that many people were voting with forum coins.

At the beginning, most people bet on "Daogui", but in the last three days, it was still 100,000 votes short, and now many people have voted for Chengfeng.

After all, from the surface, Chengfeng has a greater chance of winning.

Even for "Daogui", they were unwilling to believe that it could achieve 100,000 votes in just three days, not to mention that both were increasing.

Now the support rates of the two are surprisingly equal.

The percentage fluctuations do not exceed three.

"This time, I really want to see how sticky the readers of Daogui are!"

Chengfeng was looking at the data, and Zhou Yue was also watching.

But he is still relatively optimistic.

It may not be impossible to surpass it in three days. Of course, if it is really impossible, then so be it.

Yang Yun sent him a message a few days ago, saying that something would be organized by the end of the month.

However, Zhou Yue didn't know what they were organizing, but it was nothing more than using rewards to attack them.

Because the way to get monthly tickets is to subscribe or give rewards.

However, a subscription is the easiest way to get a monthly pass.

The reward is too expensive.

A silver alliance, with ten thousand dollars, only gets five hundred votes.

Ten thousand votes would cost two hundred thousand dollars!

Even Zhou Yue today would be shocked.

As for spending money to buy tickets, Zhou Yue had never thought about it, and there was no need to think about it at all.

"Forget it, Brother Chengfeng is probably feeling upset right now." Zhou Yue said with a gentle smile. "I heard that he has locked himself in a small dark room recently to write a book."

"Let's see how far this book can go. Anyway, I have done my best."

He has at least five chapters updated every day recently.

As for Chengfeng, there are also at least four updates.

The two books are completely at odds with each other.

In fact, the two of them are now only separated by a wall, but they don't know each other.

However, not long after, Chengfeng sent a message, "Are you almost there? Let's have dinner together later?"

Zhou Yue touched his chin gently.

Brother Chengfeng, he’s actually a pretty nice person.

"God Yue, you really won't leave me any chance to survive!"

At the dinner table, Chengfeng began to complain, "I've been locking myself up every day lately to update the chapters, but I'm still no match for a talent like you. You've taken all of Yuedong's money."

Zhou Yue also smiled and said, "No, I haven't done anything except adding more chapters."

"What else do you want to do?"

"Let's not talk about this anymore, let's drink."

Chengfeng obviously didn't want to continue dwelling on this sad topic.

His teeth were almost broken.

This kind of talent is really enviable.

Even if you memorize jokes every day, you can’t beat these people who are born to be abstract!

Talent is truly a major focus of online literature!

And the updates are so fierce!

It made him doubt his life more than once!
The two chatted a lot and got along well.

Day two.

Zhou Yue and Cheng Feng and others walked towards Pingda together.

Their hotel is not far from Pingda University.

Lao Gui was a middle-aged man with a heavy beard and a dark face.

It is said that before he wrote books, he was a forensic doctor.

Wangchuan is also a young man who returned from studying abroad. He has a very high level of literary ability and his writing is very contagious.

On the road.

Wang Chuan pulled Zhou Yue's arm and said, "God Yue, I have liked your book of Taoism for a long time. This opening is so amazing that I have planned to write a book following your style more than once."

"Okay." Zhou Yue nodded and smiled, "If Follow the Trend performs better than me, then this topic will be stable."

Wangchuan made a bitter face, "How is it possible? Yueshen and Brother Chengfeng are two extremes. Even if we try our best, we can only expand our influence to the point where the website becomes popular."

"But, this Dao Gui has obviously concentrated the traffic of the website together and is about to drain it all!"

"Brother Chengfeng is a huge hit across all channels, and even a hot topic on the entire Internet. Just thinking about it makes my scalp tingle. How much money does he have to make?"

"My level is limited, and I may be far from reaching this level."

Lao Gui laughed at the side and said, "A book of this level cannot be written by just following the trend. It requires talent. I am looking forward to how Brother Tianyue will share his writing experience later."

"I'm looking forward to it, too. I'm even super excited!" Wang Chuan was a little excited, "I really want to follow suit!"

"What do you mean by following the trend? Is it the madness of a madman?" Chengfeng laughed. "If you only look at the form of this kind of book, then even if the framework is similar and the characters are the same, no one will read it. "

“Some things, when written by others, are just different from what we write.”

"Adhere to your own style, promote your own style, play to your strengths and avoid your weaknesses, and your achievements will get higher and higher." Chengfeng unconsciously put himself in the position of a senior.

But he is really qualified!
Wang Chuan was somewhat dejected, "But, I can't write this kind of core either!"

"I still want to listen to Yue Shen's lecture."

"If you can teach me even a little bit of your skills, it will be more than enough!"

Chengfeng shook his head gently without thinking much about it.

He didn't have much expectations for Zhou Yue's lecture.

This is a person with strange talent. The ideas in his mind are different from others, but can this kind of thinking be explained to others?

To take a step back, even if he can really explain it clearly, can others achieve results by following his ideas?
It's very difficult.

But some experiences are still worth learning from. After all, to become popular, one must have something outstanding.

Having communicated with Zhou Yue so many times, Chengfeng did not think that what Zhou Yue shared could help others improve their performance.

It's hard to explain something like talent.

The old ghost also seemed to be thinking about something.

If there was anyone among them who wanted to know more about this book most urgently, it would undoubtedly be Lao Gui.

He is a master in writing supernatural and suspense novels, and the entire Blackstone website is filled with such writings.

In fact, Lao Gui has thought more than once that if the book "Daogui" was placed in Black Stone, then the one facing the huge pressure now would not be Chengfeng, but him, Lao Gui!

This book is the most suitable for the Blackstone website.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is the epitome of suspense writing!
From every perspective, whether it is business or plot, this book is impeccable.

So when we invited him just now and he knew Zhou Yue would also come, he immediately put aside some things and came over to communicate.

Authors also need to communicate and exchange writing experiences, and the classes taught by the big guys are really helpful for their improvement.

Especially, for someone of Yue Shen's level, even if he only revealed a little bit of his knowledge, it would be enough to benefit him greatly.

This time they were invited to share their writing experiences, and the giants from various websites were all there, all of them were the top ones. He was looking forward to Zhou Yue, and the others should also be able to help him.

Although the old ghost remained silent, he was thinking a lot in his mind.

Wangchuan chattered non-stop along the way, but he wasn't annoying because most of what he said was praise for others.

Who would have thought that such a person is also one of the giants with an annual income of tens of millions.

Online writers have not experienced much social baptism, so they still retain the innocence of college students.

It's very rare.

Zhou Yue even felt that he was about to be assimilated into society, and his perspective on issues had changed.

So I have an inexplicable liking for Wangchuan.

Chengfeng and Laogui would chat with each other from time to time.

The four of them had no conflicts of interest, so they got along very well.

However, the other two people also tacitly did not talk about the competition between Zhou Yue and Chengfeng for the ranking.

They don't know if the two of them have any taboos.

So I just don’t talk about it, not even as a joke.

The other two are both top giants on the website, but the gap between them and the second and third place is not that big.

They naturally know what the rise of a newcomer, or even what stealing the limelight, means to them.

The scenery is gone.

And once lost, it is difficult to pick up.

However, Chengfeng is still the top leader in all channels, without a doubt.

Coming to Pingzhou University campus. This is not Zhou Yue's first time here.

Outside the door, several professors and Principal Fang came out to greet us.

This bureau was personally organized by Principal Fang.

It makes people feel that Principal Fang respects the online literature base and these people. Principal Fang is not arrogant and talks to them one by one.

After shaking hands with each other.

"Welcome, everyone. Some students are already in the multimedia classroom ready to welcome you."

"The process has been arranged, let's go now."

Fang Min is very enthusiastic.

Everyone was welcomed to the multimedia classroom.

All four of them nodded.

Follow the process.

In the morning, four people exchanged some writing experiences. In the afternoon, students asked questions and they answered them, which could be considered a roundtable meeting.

Then we visited the school’s newly established writing training base, and today’s tasks were completed.

it's actually really easy.

Even none of them received any appearance fees.

Maybe there will be a symbolic honor at that time.

But, anyway.

They came here to exchange writing experiences and also for the reputation of Pingzhou University.

It is not easy for online literature writers to enter the campus of such a first-class university. It represents that the society is gradually accepting online literature and recognizing its literary status.

It is just like the royal officials collected poems from the folks, compiled them in the palace, and passed down as the "Book of Songs".

The same was true of popular novels before this.

Even poetry goes through a process of changing from vulgar to elegant.

The promotion and influence between the elegant and the vulgar cannot be changed by the will of a single individual.

It is no exaggeration to say that after receiving this invitation, their position in the online literature circle will be further consolidated. After all, they are the ones who are driving the online literature circle forward.

Both are mutually beneficial, so why not do it?

Along the way, Professor Feng, the vice dean of the School of Literature, who studies modern and contemporary literature, introduced the online literature practice base and their explorations and efforts in online literature.

Zhou Yue also listened carefully.

Their practice base already has dedicated people studying online literature.

This made Zhou Yue feel that he could do this thing!

How cool is that!

Just sit there and read novels every day?

It is somewhat of a waste of talent to let a humanities researcher do this kind of thing.

However, after the great trials and tribulations of online literature, those that remain are all high-quality works.

The fact that it can even suppress the publishing industry shows that the commercial impact of online literature is indeed immeasurable.

However, there is a difference between reading novels and studying novels. Studying novels every day may not necessarily bring any sense of satisfaction.

Walked into the multimedia classroom.

They received warm applause.

Many of them have read the novels and are their fans. As for those who have not read them, that is human nature. Perhaps after coming to listen to the class, their stereotypes will not change too much.

After all, even though online literature has created such huge commercial value, it still lives at the bottom of secular judgment, and it will take a long time to gradually change the perception.

But this can't be rushed.

"Teacher Zhou always surprises me every time we meet." Fang Min said with a smile, "Even several deans of our School of Architecture are full of praise for you and want to recruit you."

"I'm here now." Zhou Yue smiled.

Fang Min raised her brows slightly when she heard this. This was a very clever statement!
"Okay, okay, it's good that you're here. We should communicate more in the future."

Fang Min also sighed. They met three times in total.

When we first met, it was already a remarkable thing that Zhou Yue was able to give a report on behalf of Ning Da as an undergraduate student.

The second time they met was at the annual conference of online literature, where Zhou Yue won eight major awards and was the talk of the town.

Meeting now, it’s almost the same.

Before, when she was attending a meeting at the School of Architecture, several deans of their school of architecture were full of praise for Zhou Yue. It was hard to imagine that those old professors could praise a person so much.

Those people said that Zhou Yue was working hard to contribute to this discipline with his talent and hard work.

The only way to describe this man is as great as he is.

When exchanging writing experiences now, she put Zhou Yue at the end. This was a bit selfish on her part, but Zhou Yue's status was indeed worthy of it.

The other three are in the morning.

Only Zhou Yue was there in the afternoon.

After a series of welcoming ceremonies.

Fang Min took out everyone's physical books. This was also part of the process. These books would be signed by the authors and given as gifts to the students on site.

Zhou Yue, "..."

His book hasn't been published yet?

However, soon after, he saw a classmate bring over a stack of works with black and white art covers.

Zhou Yue, "..."

Well, there is a physical body.

Everyone is already used to it. As long as you pay a little attention to online forums, you will know that Zhou Yue is an architecture teacher at Ningbo University.

A professor at the side said with a smile, "These are some students from the School of Architecture who heard about this and asked us to come over to get Professor Zhou's autograph."

It’s hard to imagine that while others were signing online novels, he was signing more than 20 monographs one by one.

"Is this the Heavenly Book? Let me see." Wang Chuan came over, flipped through it, and exclaimed sincerely, "It is indeed a Heavenly Book. I really remember the feeling of taking math class. Just seeing these letters makes me sleepy."

This is just a small episode.

Although he had the intention of teasing Zhou Yue, he had always been a big-hearted person and didn't think too much about it.

morning.

All three gave reports.

Actually, it’s just a lecture.

They talk about how their works were written. However, after all, it is a composition assignment, and they are asked to share their writing experiences. Since it is to help them get started, it is more simple. But for those newcomers who have not yet entered or have just entered the online literature circle, it is full of useful information.

Everyone felt that they benefited a lot.

The simple exchange of writing experience was about how they wrote a book, how to build a framework from scratch, etc. Zhou Yue was not very interested in this, so he almost fell asleep while listening. However, after this incident, he admired those students who could not understand his lectures but were still able to sit through the class.

"Teacher Zhou."

"Teacher Zhou……"

"Hmm?" Zhou Yue yawned and gradually woke up, "Is it time for lunch?"

"Yes." A professor beside him smiled when he saw his perfunctory response and asked, "What do you think of their experience sharing, Professor Zhou?"

"Ah?" Zhou Yue hesitated for a moment, "I fell asleep and didn't see it."

He was being honest, but he was really sleepy!

Let's give him some math problems to do. He has no interest in these liberal arts subjects for the time being.

At this moment, the other three people looked expectant, "..."

afternoon.
Everyone gathered together.

Even the number of people has increased.

Although it is a public welfare lecture, it doesn’t seem that there would be such a big difference in the number of participants in the morning and afternoon, right?
There might be only a hundred people in the morning.
in the afternoon.

About two hundred people?
There were even a few old professors who slowly walked in from outside, found a seat and sat down.

"Um, Professor Pang, isn't this a report on architecture?" Principal Fang felt that the situation was a little crazy, and quickly grabbed an old professor who had just tried to come in.

"I know, but I came here just for this young man, so it won't hurt to listen more."

The old man ignored him, took out his reading glasses and looked at Zhou Yue above.

Zhou Yue also looked over, and the old man smiled and nodded.

Then he turned around and said with a smile gone, "You don't know how much this young man has contributed to the development of academia."

"I have a few more questions I'd like to ask you."

"Then why didn't Professor Pang send an email?" Principal Fang paused. This wasn't an academic exchange on architecture. "Anyway, Professor Zhou was invited by the School of Arts today. You can't mess with him."

"Well, fire me then!"

Professor Pang has a stubborn temper. He threw up his sleeves and sat down at the side of the first row without caring about anything.

This was Zhou Yue’s position before.

"Eh? This old guy!" Fang Min had a headache.

He is an academician, how can he be expelled?
Moreover, they are not from their own school. They are external academicians who were hired after retirement from other universities. The right to expel them is not in her hands, right?

Zhou Yue was a little confused as he saw more and more people coming.

He prepared a PPT, of course, it only had a base picture of the cover of Daogui that he had drawn himself.

He always feels that there must be something in front to make himself look more professional?
He blew on the microphone and said, "Are you ready?"

Then Zhou Yue stood up.

He is still used to giving lectures while standing.

"This lecture is to discuss the issue of novel writing."

He raised his head slightly.

"Before I start, I would like to ask, what are the three elements of a novel?"

"Characters, plot, and setting." Many students said almost in unison.

This is the most common topic.

And it is definitely because when I was learning Chinese, the things the teacher talked about the most were engraved in my blood, so the voices are so uniform.

Zhou Yue smiled and nodded, "Okay, then when we judge a work, which one is the most important?"

Some say it's the characters, some say it's the plot.

Zhou Yue nodded, "Both are correct. However, for an attractive novel, the plot is usually more important. When people read online novels, few people go for the characters. The plot obviously occupies a huge proportion."

"Then the question is, what kind of plot is a good plot?"

Zhou Yue began to look at everyone.

Although his voice was calm and his face was even angular, there was a certain elegance in it.

However, many students lowered their heads unconsciously, and even many senior professors were writing something, pretending to be busy.

The fear of teachers asking questions is clearly ingrained in every Chinese person's DNA.

"I always feel that Teacher Zhou is so oppressive?" Wangchuan said in a low voice.

"As expected of a teacher from Ning University." Old Ghost also said, "I believe it now."

At this moment, the entire multimedia classroom seemed to be silent.

Zhou Yue just smiled, ignored him, and continued talking.

"There are ups and downs, right? There are plot twists?"

The people below nodded unconsciously.

"So what kind of plot has ups and downs and is attractive?"

“It’s a dilemma.”

"You have to create this kind of dilemma in a novel."

Everyone listened attentively.

Even several professors of architecture were led into this kind of thinking.

But they just listened.

I just think it's interesting.

Chengfeng looked a little surprised. A dilemma in the plot?
When Zhou Yue discussed his writing experience with him, it seemed that he did not mention these things?

Boy, he's keeping it a secret!

As for Wangchuan standing aside, his eyes were shining. He felt that he would gain a lot from this.

The old ghost also became serious, his eyes deep.

Chengfeng may feel that the improvement is not significant.

However, Wangchuan and Laogui came here just for this.

For someone of Zhou Yue's level who was able to create "Daogui", it can be said that every word of this experience-based talk has a great effect and influence on them.

“What kind of dilemma is a good one?”

Zhou Yue raised another question.

However, he did not continue to embarrass the people below, but instead told a story.

"I will tell you a short story so that we can experience this writing technique together."

"In a country, people who break the rules will be put in an arena. Behind the arena, there are two doors. Behind one door is a tiger, and behind the other door is a beautiful woman."

"The person who breaks the rules will have to choose between two doors. He doesn't know which one is behind the two doors. If he chooses the door with the tiger behind it, he will be eaten. If he chooses the other door, it means he is not destined to die, and the beautiful woman will become his wife."

"This is the author's dilemma design. Now let's look at the specific application of this dilemma in the novel."

"The king's daughter fell in love with an ordinary handsome boy, but in this country, nobles are not allowed to fall in love with commoners, so he broke the rules."

"The ministers asked me to be selected in the arena. This rule cannot be broken even by the king."

"If you choose a tiger, you will be eaten. If you choose another beauty, you will betray love."

"If it were you, would you choose to be eaten by a tiger or choose a wife you don't love?"

“That’s the dilemma we’re facing right now.”

"Does it seem like the plot has gotten a bit more exciting? But it's not exciting enough."

"The author threw this dilemma to the boy, and he had to make a choice, but he didn't know which one was the beauty and which was the tiger behind the two doors."

"So next, the author wrote that the boy looked towards the audience seats in the arena, because he knew that the king's daughter would definitely be sitting in the audience seats and might know what was behind the two doors and could give him some clues."

"This is the author's next dilemma thrown back to the king's daughter."

"At this moment, the king's daughter faced two choices. If she chose the tiger, her beloved would be eaten. If she chose the other door, she would push her beloved to another beauty with her own hands."

"No matter which one she chooses, it seems that the result is not very good for her? But now a decision must be made."

"Then, the author wrote, the king's daughter pointed to a door on the right for the boy."

"The story ends with the boy walking towards the two doors, and the king's daughter slowly leaving the audience."

This is Zhou Yue's narrative style, telling the story in a light-hearted tone.

It seems to make people really immersed in the story, as if they are neighbors introducing things that just happened or happened not far away from them.

(End of this chapter)