Reborn, I achieved legendary status with a single book.

"Thank you, Teacher Chen Yang. The 1000 million is just a small token of my appreciation."

Ok.

Originally furious, Little Ma, after receiving advice from Chen Yang, also donated another 1000 million.

then.

Whether it's Little Ma or Big Ma.

Both sides left in high spirits.

This left the onlookers completely bewildered.

"Um, it seems to me that Teacher Chen Yang is the one trying to sow discord."

"Pfft... Don't say that. Teacher Chen Yang was clearly giving advice to the two Mas."

"Exactly, didn't you see that both Mr. Ma gave Mr. Chen Yang another 1000 million yuan as a reward when they left?"

"Teacher Chen Yang... is awesome."

this moment.

Chen Yang's reputation as an internet strategist was fully realized at this moment.

of course.

As for the claim of sowing discord, that's completely unfounded.

Even if it exists.

Neither of the two Mas would care.

Alibaba's biggest weakness is that they lack a traffic entry point.

If they can create an instant messaging service, then Alibaba will be invincible.

So no matter what, Alibaba wants to enter the instant messaging market.

Alibaba had made countless efforts in the past.

They even launched an instant messaging app before, but unfortunately, it didn't get much attention.

Within Alibaba.

They held countless meetings and conducted numerous studies.

However, they just can't get into the instant messaging market.

Until Chen Yang said something.

But that completely enlightened Jack Ma.

As long as there is an opportunity.

Let alone 10 million, they would throw money at 100 million, 1 billion, 1000 billion...

the other side.

The same applies to Little Ma.

Although Pony Ma's penguin has a huge traffic portal, they do not have their own payment tool.

Or rather, yes.

For example, they previously launched WealthPass.

However, this tool is nowhere near as good as Alipay.

Like Alibaba, they have conducted countless studies in their quest to enter the payment market.

But there has been no solution all along.

But now.

Chen Yang's words also pointed out the way for Little Ma.

WeChat is not only an instant messaging app, but it can also be used as a payment app.

then.

Regardless of whether Chen Yang was trying to sow discord between the two sides, the 2000 million consulting fee was paid with remarkable decisiveness.

Even for them.

The consulting fees of 2000 million were absolutely worth it.

……

[The novel "Rebirth: I Am the King of the Internet" has reached a new record, surpassing 50 billion views across the internet.]

[The online novel "Rebirth: I Am the King of the Internet" has surpassed 1 million yuan in revenue from player purchases.]

[Rebirth: I Am the King of the Internet...]

Ok.

In here.

Besides Chen Yang himself, the biggest beneficiary was the short drama "Rebirth: I Am the King of the Internet".

The short drama "Rebirth: I Am the King of the Internet" was already incredibly popular.

At this moment, Chen Yang's actions stirred things up again, and a group of top figures appeared.

This short drama became incredibly popular.

At the same time.

Chen Yang's second short drama, "I Am an All-Round Superstar," was released immediately following this wave of popularity.

Needless to say.

Let's not even talk about how the first short drama became a hit.

The show "I Am an All-Round Superstar" is very interesting in itself.

This could be filmed as a short drama.

It features a series of entertaining storylines and some classic original songs.

His single move completely baffled a host of singers in the entertainment industry once again.

The most exciting part is when the protagonist, Mo Bai, leads the Chinese national football team into the World Cup.

This kind of plot is incredibly satisfying.

At the same time, there is also the reason for the comparison.

For example, the Chinese national football team.

It is precisely because of the Chinese national football team that this short drama has become so incredibly popular.

To know.

At this point, the Chinese national football team has once again... failed to qualify for the World Cup.

of course.

You say we'll lose, so we'll lose.

It's not like we can't afford to lose.

It's okay if you're not skilled enough. If you work hard and give it your all, no one will criticize you. They might even cheer you on.

But not only are those players bad at the game, they're also just playing haphazardly and tanking.

What kind of goalkeeper kicks a bottle of mineral water and gets scored on?

He tripped and fell while dribbling past the ball.

When chasing a ball and realizing it's out of reach, some people simply throw up their hands and give up.

They could even lose to the Thai team.

Until this time, they couldn't even beat the second-string players from South Korea, and were thrashed 3 goals.

"I Am an All-Round Superstar" reached its climax, with viewership even surpassing the record set by the first short drama.

Together.

The short drama copyrights that Chen Yang and other authors in the industry had previously mentioned are now experiencing a surge in demand.

Other investors, seeing how profitable short dramas are, have also entered the market.

then.

A number of novels by online authors have also been adapted into short dramas.

"Brothers, my novel has been adapted into a short film."

"Holy crap, congratulations! How much was it?"

"Not much, only 3."

"3 is pretty good, and it seems there's a profit-sharing arrangement too."

"Yes, but only after making money. But regardless of whether there's a share of the profits, my book is only 20 words long, and I've already made a short drama. Getting 3 yuan is pretty good."

"Yes, yes, I've written 200 million words and haven't sold a single copyright."

"Haha, I sold mine too, for a little over 3, 4."

"Envy, envy."

"Don't be envious. Who knows, your copyright might be the next one to be sold."

Don't say it yet.

It only takes a short period of time.

On Qidian alone, more than 200 short drama copyrights were sold.

While it's not to say that every author has been taken care of, at least many ordinary authors have enjoyed the benefits of short drama copyrights.

However, short dramas are not necessarily perfect.

Then came the explosion of short dramas.

More and more people are envious of the development of short dramas.

So some of my author friends, instead of writing proper novels, have started making short dramas.

In the end, the losses were devastating.

Then he went back to writing novels.

This is of course a later story.

Where is Chen Yang?

Although it's about making short dramas.

But given his past experiences and lessons, he won't fully commit to this area.

He always remembered that his profession was writing novels.

At most, I'll dabble in other things occasionally.

Even for short dramas that are closely related to online novels, Chen Yang wouldn't focus all his attention on them.

However, seeing that Li Hanxiao was interested in short dramas, Chen Yang also asked Li Hanxiao to replicate this model abroad.

Correct.

Short dramas can be produced domestically, and they can be produced internationally as well.

This is similar to how a large number of people in China enjoy reading online novels, and a large number of people abroad also enjoy reading online novels.

Even more.

Filming conditions are more relaxed overseas, and there are more opportunities to shoot.

Books like "Reborn Trump Falls in Love with Me", "The President Falls in Love with the Cleaner", "After Divorcing Bill, I Took Half of His Fortune", and "I'm Actually a Super Genius" were all incredibly popular.

……

The Writers Association held a meeting.

Chen Yang was invited to the meeting.

It wasn't just Chen Yang who was invited.

This meeting was even closely related to Chen Yang.

Although this meeting is an annual conference held once a year.

In the past, Chen Yang would just treat attending the annual meeting as if it were a regular event.

But this time.

Chen Yang is not only attending the annual meeting, but this year's meeting will also elect new committee members.

Yes.

Chen Yang is also on the latest list of committee members.

If Chen Yang is elected.

Then.

Chen Yang will be the only online writer among them.

He is also the youngest writer.

"Brothers, it seems like Bu Yangshen has gone to a meeting."

"He's not going to a meeting now, but he might be going to a meeting in the future."

"Holy crap, that's awesome?"

That's how awesome it is.

The authors in the circle were already incredibly excited at this moment.

Who is Chen Yang?

Those are family members.

Even if other online novelists didn't want their fellow authors to do well, what they wanted most was for Chen Yang to do well. When Chen Yang did, he truly treated everyone like brothers, bringing them benefits time and time again.

Therefore, any step Chen Yang takes forward affects the hearts of many online novel authors.

"It is said that Bu Yang Shen is going to be elected as a committee member."

"Is Professor Yu Hua also a committee member? Are we at the same level as Professor Yu Hua?"

"Ah."

"Wow... that's strong."

“It’s just that strong.”

"Isn't he too young?"

"Young is young, but not in terms of age."

"That's true. But I wonder if others will accept it?"

"Who disagrees? Shall we compare grades or something else?"

If we were to say this before, people might be a little modest.

But the achievements made in the online literature sector now.

Especially noteworthy are the achievements of Chen Yang.

Even if someone is very dissatisfied, he has to submit.

Not to mention other achievements.

Just like the previous overseas expansion of online literature and cultural exports... in this matter.

This one thing alone puts me to shame.

Even if he was previously dissatisfied, he didn't dare to say a word against it.

"Teacher Chen Yang, it's nice to see you again."

"Professor Chen Yang, may I take a photo with you?"

"Teacher Chen Yang..."

No accidents.

Chen Yang was unanimously elected as a member of the new committee.

The authors who attended the meeting also took photos with Chen Yang.

"Committee Member Chen, how are you feeling?"

After taking a group photo with everyone, Yu Hua walked over with a smile.

Chen Yang said helplessly, "Teacher Yu Hua, the pressure is immense. If I had known the pressure would be this great, I wouldn't have done it."

"You can't just quit whenever you want. Everyone voted for you to be a committee member. You can't just do whatever you want."

"Alright alright."

Having come this far, Chen Yang had no choice but to accept it.

"Alright, alright, everyone else is so excited about being elected. But don't tell me you don't feel anything at all."

Yu Hua patted Chen Yang on the shoulder and said.

Chen Yang spoke frankly: "To say I felt nothing at all would be a bit of an exaggeration, but it was still a bit enjoyable. However, while it was enjoyable, the pressure was also immense. After all, I'm this age. If I were older, I could just coast along with this title. But at such a young age, if I don't achieve anything later, I'm sure there will be a lot of criticism."

"Haha, you mean I'm just trying to get titles, right?"

"How dare you."

"Tch, so be it. It's nothing really. We're all getting old, and you'll really have to shoulder the responsibility in writing in the future. Come on, come on... After lunch, you have to give a speech this afternoon."

"Ah."

Chen Yang rested for an hour at noon.

in the afternoon.

Chen Yang spoke as a representative.

Speaking out is a minor matter.

the next day.

The meeting continues.

However, this meeting was no longer the formal meeting it had been before, but a writing workshop.

The main focus was on everyone exchanging ideas and speaking together.

Chen Yang became one of the speakers at this exchange seminar.

Chen Yang had made preparations beforehand.

In this speech, Chen Yang focused on the topic of breaking through traditional literature.

Yes.

Although Chen Yang is an online novelist.

But by now, online literature has already developed quite well.

On the contrary, traditional literature has been relatively stagnant.

As one of the committee members.

Chen Yang is now not only a representative of online novelists, but should also consider the welfare of all writers.

Although Chen Yang did not write much traditional literature.

However, having seen much in my past life, I have quite a bit of experience.

to this end.

The title of Chen Yang's talk today is "Down-to-earth".

Yes.

Chen Yang believes that the reason why online literature has developed so well, besides its innovation, is because it is down-to-earth.

It comes from ordinary people, writes about ordinary people, and has ordinary ideas.

That's why he was able to achieve rapid development with works like these.

But in the realm of traditional literature, to be honest, it's not that there's no innovation.

Some of the innovations are actually quite good.

However, these innovations are not practical and grounded in reality.

Take writing about people, for example.

Many traditional writers create characters with rich personalities and great artistic merit.

But often, these kinds of people don't seem like a real person.

He doesn't think like the average person.

He also did not exhibit the behavior or actions of ordinary people.

finally.

Such works become increasingly sophisticated and detached from reality the more they are written, and the fewer readers they attract.

Continue.

Chen Yang focused on being down-to-earth and spoke at length for more than two hours.

The Q&A session followed.

One of the writers asked, "Professor Chen Yang, I think your point about being down-to-earth is excellent. However, I have a question. I wrote a novel before where the protagonist is a high-ranking official. Many readers have also commented on the issue of being down-to-earth, saying that this official is not relatable. I'm wondering if the protagonist's official position is too high and makes him seem unrealistic, and if he should be made a bit smaller?"

Chen Yang replied, "I don't think being down-to-earth is a matter of identity. It's not that writing about an ordinary person makes someone more down-to-earth. If an ordinary person is written without humanity, then he won't be down-to-earth."

As I said before, whether someone is "down-to-earth" or not depends on their thoughts and actions. For example, does this high-ranking official have any flaws? Does he like women? Does he feel he has a lot of power? Is he humane? Does he smoke? Does he have a temper? Has he ever done anything outrageous? If he doesn't have any of these, then this person isn't from this planet.

Then other people asked questions, and Chen Yang answered them one by one.

of course.

All of the above may not be suitable for everyone.

Many traditional writers are not ignorant of this either.

But for various reasons, they dared not write.

At last.

Chen Yang had a suggestion: "Due to time constraints, we'll stop here for today. However, I have an idea. If you don't have many ideas about being down-to-earth, why not try writing a period novel?"

"Professor Chen Yang, what is a period novel?"

"It's about novels set in different eras, like those set in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Because we all live in this era, we understand these times better. We can write about characters living in this era according to our own thoughts. They have emotions and desires, they also have various troubles, and they also have dreams..."

In the context of online novels, that would be a rebirth novel, or a historical fiction.

In the realm of television dramas, that would be called a period drama.

Writing about historical events allows you to lower your expectations and make your thoughts more relatable.

Because if you don't do it this way, everyone will criticize you to death, saying that what you write is fake and not real at all.

The seminar has concluded.

Yu Hua brought a writer friend to find Chen Yang.

"Chen Yang, Teacher Liang said she wanted to find you, but said she didn't know you, so I said just go find her directly, and then I brought Teacher Liang here."

Chen Yang smiled and said, "Teacher Liang, look at what you're saying. I'm the youngest here, and I was very nervous standing on the stage just now. I hope you will criticize me if I didn't speak well."

"Professor Chen Yang, you flatter me. What you said is so down-to-earth. We writers who work with tradition write too much about grand principles, and as you said, we write about people, but they don't seem like people at all."

side said.

Teacher Liang took out a notebook and said, "I'm also working on the period novel you mentioned earlier, but I don't know if it will turn out well. Here's an outline; could you take a look?"

"Ok."

Chen Yang took the notebook from Teacher Liang.

Chen Yang was taken aback when he saw it.

Zhou Bingkun?
Chen Yang is very familiar with this character.

Teacher Liang explained, "The character Zhou Bingkun is actually my fourth brother, Liang Xiaowen."

"The human world".

"Well written, well written."

Although it is an outline.

But the outline was written in dense detail.

Moreover, this notebook looks quite old, with some patina in certain areas, suggesting that the outline must have taken a long time to develop.

In this respect, Chen Yang knew that even online novelists like himself couldn't compare.

"Teacher Chen Yang, what did you just say?"

"I said it was very well written, with a strong sense of the era, and the main characters each had their own different lives, which made it very memorable."

"No, no, no, I meant the previous sentence."

"The previous sentence?"

Chen Yang was a little confused, wondering what Teacher Liang was asking.

Yu Hua also said, "In the previous sentence, Chen Yang seemed to have mentioned the human world... or something."

"The human world?"

Chen Yang blinked.

"Yes, it is the human world."

Teacher Liang was a little excited: "Teacher Chen Yang, can the three words 'human world' be used as the title of my book?"

"Ah... this book doesn't have a title yet?"

"not yet."

Teacher Liang also said, "As soon as I heard you mention the words 'human world', Teacher Chen Yang, I immediately felt that this name was perfect for my book title."

"That's wonderful. I only mentioned it because I saw your notes."

Chen Yang felt a little embarrassed.

The title of this work in my previous life was "The Human World".

"Teacher Chen Yang, could you please write a few words for me, just the three characters '人人间' (human world)?"

Teacher Liang took out the fountain pen that she always carried with her.

Chen Yang quickly declined.

He was really embarrassed.

The three words "human world" really have nothing to do with him.

He said this after watching a TV series about his past life.

Looking at the serious-minded Teacher Liang, Yu Hua said, "You rascal, you have no sense of romance. Hurry up..."

"That……"

Looking at the pen in my hand.

Chen Yang was also incredibly excited at this moment.

Forget everything else, I'll just write it down first.

I didn't think about anything else.

Chen Yang picked up his pen and wrote three words in Teacher Liang's notebook: "The World." (End of Chapter)