The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 43 True Ring Transmission

As mentioned before, Xu Jiuyang had a sample book of "Beauty at War" and read it carefully. His evaluation was that although the writing style was above average, the plot setting was already at the level of top online literature.

In short, it is a book that makes people unable to stop reading it.

Don't underestimate the quality of top online literature. Those online literature that can leave their names in time, after high-quality condensation, will not be much worse than Liang Gu Jin Wen Huang in the popular field.

Therefore, the huge success of "Beauty at War" is basically destined, but I don't know why it became a big hit so quickly. As I said before, in the current social environment, it will take at least half a year to ferment.

Well, we can ignore this for now. Xu Jiuyang sincerely thinks the novel is good, but at the same time he is still very confused.

If it was written by Yuan Fang, the young literary woman who had corresponded with him for over three years, then there would be no problem. But if you say it was written by Gao Yuanyuan, the famous star in his previous life...

When it comes to Gao Yuanyuan, most people probably label her as a mistress, while those who know a little bit about her would think she is in love. The most widely circulated image of her is the young mature woman in "Search" and "Let's Get Married", which makes many people think that she is a good marriage partner, so much so that the voice of "Kill Zhao Gou" is heard from time to time on the Internet.

But no matter what, she has nothing to do with literary creation - liking talented people does not mean that she herself is talented, or it is precisely because she has nothing in her mind that she is attracted to people with a little talent.

Now, you tell someone that this idiot, no, this female intellectual wrote a best-selling novel by herself, and even wrote science fiction before. Even with his instructions and guidance, she is still a very explosive existence, okay?

Ding-dang-dang, the bell at the door rang. Xu Jiuyang subconsciously looked over and saw a beautiful person walking in.

She looks to be in her early 20s, with medium-short hair. She wears a light pink round-necked sweater with a white long-sleeved jacket and loose black trousers. She looks quiet and elegant, and with the pair of rimless glasses on her nose, her literary and artistic temperament is particularly obvious.

"Yuanyuan, over here." Li Xiaoran raised her hand and called out first.

Xu Jiuyang sighed, then stood up. The shoe finally dropped. So, I was reborn into another timeline, right?

"Ranran," Gao Yuanyuan in this life nodded to Li Xiaoran first, then looked at Xu Jiuyang, "Hello, classmate Li Lei, or... should I call you classmate Xu Jiuyang?"

"Just call me Xiaoyang, Sister Yuanyuan." Xu Jiuyang remained calm.

"Ranran?" Gao Yuanyuan immediately turned to Li Xiaoran.

"I just called him Yuanyuan, but I didn't expect him to notice." Li Xiaoran raised a hand in an innocent gesture, then added, "As expected of someone who works in writing."

Gao Yuanyuan rolled her eyes at her in reproach, then pulled over another girl beside her and introduced her to Xu Jiuyang: "Ranran, you've met her. This is my other friend, Zhang Yin."

Only then did Xu Jiuyang notice the girl who followed her in. He didn't think much of anything when he heard her name, but after seeing her face clearly, he couldn't help but twitched his lips: "Hello, I'm Xu Jiuyang, Zhang..."

"Call me sister, call me sister!" Li Xiaoran shouted as if she was afraid that the world would be in chaos.

"Just call me sister." Gao Yuanyuan also said with a smile.

"Hello, Sister Yinyin." Xu Jiuyang readily followed suit.

"Hello, Yang...Brother Yang..." Zhang Yin was a little shy, and hidden in her shyness was her inferiority.

She was very tall, almost as tall as Xu Jiuyang, but she was also very thin, like a bamboo pole, and her skin was a little dark - especially compared to Li Xiaoran - she did not have the style to become Miss World in a few years.

That's right, this little girl named Zhang Yin should be the Zhang Zilin. Xu Jiuyang felt a headache. I was reborn to lie down, so how did I get involved with you?
Of course, despite all the complaints, he still calmly explained his situation after sitting down.

"It's not a bad idea to come to Beijing to work hard. There are many opportunities here." Gao Yuanyuan said.

"I think so too." Xu Jiuyang lowered his head and drank his coffee.

I don't know why, but I always feel that the other person's gaze is a little strange, a little excited, but not too excited, and then a little scrutinizing, a little... not like a meeting between pen pals who have been in contact for a long time.

"Come to think of it, in the letter you didn't receive, I raised a few points..." She then changed the subject to writing.

"Wow, that's not the case. Yinyin and I are still here!" Li Xiaoran exclaimed exaggeratedly.

However, Gao Yuanyuan turned a deaf ear to her and took out a small notebook to draw a relationship diagram of the characters. Xu Jiuyang gave Li Xiaoran a helpless look and started discussing with Gao Yuanyuan.

He was indeed curious. Although she had not given a detailed explanation of the new idea in the previous letter, he could still vaguely tell from the words that it had a bit of the feel of "The Concubine's Scheme".

Well, Xu Jiuyang admitted that he had some intention of drawing the target first, but the focus was on the sisters who entered the palace together and finally turned against each other, which was indeed very similar to "The Palace".

Especially now after exchanging opinions face to face.

"So, Sister Yuanyuan, are you planning to stop criticizing feudal ethics?" Xu Jiuyang asked directly.

Gao Yuanyuan sighed, "My editor suggested that if I were to continue writing about the same subject matter, I couldn't have a villainous character like in 'Beauty at War'. I needed to be a bit more original."

"New idea?" Xu Jiuyang scratched his head, suddenly feeling a surge of mischievous interest. "Come to think of it, if I were to come up with something new, I suddenly have one. Sister Yuanyuan, do you want to hear it?"

"Of course, your new ideas are always interesting." Gao Yuanyuan nodded, and a little excitement finally appeared on her calm face.

"Okay, so first of all, the heroine was naive at first and fell in love with a prince. However, despite their mutual affection, she was noticed by the old emperor and had no choice but to enter the palace.

However, the situation in the palace is extremely dangerous. There are the favored queen, the powerful imperial concubines, and the weak palace maids, who cling to each other and hurt each other. The heroine gathers a few girls who share the same suffering to keep each other warm. However, in such a dangerous environment, they eventually part ways under the temptation of various interests.

Unable to protect her friends or her lover outside the palace, the heroine, after experiencing countless setbacks, realizes that she has to rely on herself for everything. So, she pretends to please the emperor, eliminates his former enemies one by one, and secretly connects people inside and outside the palace to help the crown prince, who is often suspected by the old emperor.

Finally, one day, the military governor of the outer city became ambitious and rebelled, marching all the way to the capital. The old emperor was terrified and fled with his imperial guards. However, under the secret instigation of the heroine, the imperial guards suddenly mutinied halfway through the journey.

In the end, the prince, who was protected by the heroine, parted ways with the old emperor and went to the northwest to ascend the throne. He also called on the people to support the emperor. The old emperor also lost power and became the emperor emeritus. The heroine faked her own death to escape and lived in anonymity with her lover.

Xu Jiuyang gave a brief account of the story.

"Wait a minute," Li Xiaoran raised her hand. "Isn't this... the story behind this Yang Guifei?!"

"Yes, it's adapted from the story of Li Longji and Yang Guifei," Xu Jiuyang nodded with a smile, "So the story's name is taken from Yang Taizhen's "Zhen" and Yang Yuhuan's "Huan", so it's called: The Legend of the True Rings!"

(End of this chapter)