It was just a love letter; I'm really no great writer!

Lu Ran is absolutely in love with Zuo Hanzhi.

A tiny, timid yet adorable creature with a strong sense of self-respect, and incredibly soft and sweet. Most importantly...

She understands me.

In fact, that love letter was just a small collection of love poems from Lu Ran's dreams.

But after being caught by the homeroom teacher, he unexpectedly became famous, and he readily admitted it.

Zuo Hanzhi, however, could see it:

Your poem is good, but it's all technique and no emotion.

Lu Ran wanted to tell her that he actually had a lot of feelings, but he had never expressed them.

The three-line love letter is the gift I truly want to give her!

……

The next morning, a light rain was falling.

At the dining table, Tian Luojiao brought out breakfast.

Three bowls of steaming hot millet and shrimp porridge.

Fresh shrimp are sweet, tender, and delicious, warming the stomach and satisfying the palate.

Ever since Lu Ran got rich first and helped others get rich, Tian Luojiao felt that she was becoming more and more bourgeois – with an extra income of 20,000 yuan, she even used black tiger shrimp to make porridge.

"Cheers!" "Cheers~"

Lu Ran poured three glasses of apple juice, gently clinked glasses with Teacher Xiao Tian, ​​and then handed them to Zuo Hanzhi.

Zuo Hanzhi took a small sip.

Her stubble clung to her delicate cheeks, her eyebrows and eyes were clean, and her lips were thin. The pleated schoolgirl skirt she wore made her look like an innocent, naive girl experiencing first love.

It's so beautiful that you can never get tired of looking at it.

"Zuo Hanzhi, I spoke with your mother on the phone. She's going on a business trip out of town for a while."

Tian Luojiao got down to business, "She gave you two choices: one is to stay at your aunt's house, and the other... is to rent a place and live independently. Which one do you choose?"

"I'll rent it myself," Zuo Hanzhi said.

Tian Luojiao smiled and said, "Your mother guessed you would choose this one too."

"She understands the situation here and rented this second bedroom. You just need to move your luggage over."

"Huh?" Lu Ran was stunned.

This was truly unexpected...

Judging from Zuo Hanzhi's running away from home, her mother must be a very strong and controlling woman. How could she so easily agree to let her rent a place?

Looking at Zuo Hanzhi's expression, he also seemed somewhat bewildered.

After silently finishing her porridge, Zuo Hanzhi picked up her bowl and went to the kitchen.

"Just leave it to me." Tian Luojiao quickly got up and sent Zuo Hanzhi back to her room.

Having accepted Lu Ran's money, she was willing to serve as a nanny or a maid.

Lu Ran quietly slipped into the kitchen: "Sister Jiao, what's going on?"

Tian Luojiao said, "I don't know. Her mother was initially very firm, but she relented after I mentioned your name. Maybe... she was impressed by your talent?"

"How is that possible?" Lu Ran was speechless.

"So you changed your mind after hearing that you jumped into the lake to save Hanzhi," Tian Luojiao said.

It's estimated that her mother thought Zuo Hanzhi had really jumped into the lake, and had no choice but to compromise.

In the morning, Tian Luojiao helped Zuo Hanzhi get her luggage.

Lu Ran played games for a while and practiced the xiao (a type of Chinese flute) for a bit—he could already play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and he felt a great sense of accomplishment.

……

After taking a nap at noon.

Lu Ran opened the author backend of Yue0 Novels.

After reaching an average subscription of 300,000, the growth rate of "White Night" slowed down significantly.

Even with the overwhelming publicity surrounding Yue0, detective novels are still a relatively new genre, and it will take time to cultivate a core audience.

In order to save money to buy a house, Lu Ran decided to start a new book.

Before starting his new book, he glanced at the new book charts.

After the emergence of "White Night", many mystery novels followed suit.

But what surprised him even more was that there were significantly fewer mindless, simplistic novels.

Instead, a large number of profound popular online novels have emerged, characterized by better writing, grander plots, and more dramatic stories.

It looks even better now.

This also aligns with the trend of high-quality online novels—because formulaic, simplistic novels are all very similar, revolving around nothing more than leveling up and mindless bragging, giving readers plenty of alternatives to follow.

With a clear understanding of the situation, Lu Ran began writing.

Popular novels always try to grab the reader's attention right from the start.

The story begins with the Niujia Village massacre.

A night of wind and snow destroyed homes and killed people.

Guo Jing and Yang Kang each became disciples of the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan and Qiu Chuji, respectively. After losing their bet, they had a martial arts contest at the Misty Rain Pavilion a year later.

From then on, the two male protagonists were drawn into different fates.

Guo Jing grew up in Mongolia and, despite his dullness of talent, he had many extraordinary encounters.

They also encountered Huang Rong, disguised as a little beggar—who is probably one of the most famous female protagonists in the history of popular literature.

In one afternoon, Lu Ran wrote ten chapters and uploaded them on a set time.

He did not strictly follow the original work, but instead adopted a more popular and entertaining style to adapt to the current online literature market.

With the change of medium, adaptation is essential.

It is said that Jin Yong serialized his works in newspapers, paying royalties by word count, which led to his profound writing style characterized by detailed descriptions and lengthy expositions.

Gu Long paid his royalties by line, hence his habit of using paragraphs and white space.

What about modern online novels?

Once published, the game will be charged based on the number of words per chapter, so a high update frequency is required.

However, since most readers use mobile devices to read, paragraphs should not be too dense, otherwise it will strain the eyes.

I finished writing ten chapters in a long and splendid manner.

Upload at scheduled times.

New book release.

The book title has only two characters—

Shooting the Eagle

The book was just released.

The editor-in-chief's heart skipped a beat when he saw the gold, and he quickly made arrangements.

Let the operations team fully leverage the prestige of a top-tier author:

The app is now being pushed on the splash screen, the homepage, and even the text message notifications. The "read" symbol on the app icon has been changed to "shooting the eagle."

Lu Ran took a look after signing the contract.

Goodness, in just a few minutes, the number of favorites in the backend has already reached 500,000.

Tips were also displayed across the entire site.

This is truly the golden age of online novel writing; I've caught a lucky break—you can't even pick up money from a sack this fast!

His wealthy female friend, Qianqian, immediately rewarded "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" with 10 million Endpoint Coins, which is equivalent to 100,000 yuan, thus once again securing the title of Gold Alliance.

The comments section was bustling with activity, filled with people.

"Look what I found!"

"The new book is here!"

"Is this a history story? No more mystery plots?"

"Guo Jing and Yang Kang, their names are a direct result of the humiliation of the Jingkang Incident!"

"I've read three chapters. Ye Ju's writing skills are amazing. Is he a literature professor at some university?"

"Update quickly, I can't sleep tonight!"

"Disappointing! They're writing decent mystery novels and instead writing mindless fluff; I'm just waiting for it to flop!"

"This is still a low-level martial arts novel, looks like they've gotten too cocky."

"..."

Lu Ran smiled without saying a word.

People who say the Legend of the Condor Heroes isn't good now will most likely find it surprisingly good later.

Because the film and television rights to The Eagle Shooting Heroes have already been reserved by Yue0.

As long as the audience isn't stupid and honestly follows the plot and invests heavily in filming, it will inevitably become a hit drama.

And compare it to the success of "White Night".

The royalties and IP value of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" will be more than a hundred times greater... Let's set a small goal first?

Finished typing.

Lu Ran practiced the xiao (a type of Chinese flute) for a while longer when his phone vibrated.

This time it's news from Liangran Literature Club (4).

Xia Liang: "The new magazine has already started its distribution, being delivered to various newsstands, bookstores, and schools."

Summer Cool: [Image]

Xia Liang: "I've already bought one, and it feels really nice in the hand."

She posted a photo of the "Huaizhong Pictorial" magazine, whose cover features a hand-drawn illustration of a man and a woman holding hands in the sunlight, with a warm and bright color scheme.

Two lines of poetry were printed in the very center:

You've come to this world, you should see the sun.

Walk down the street with your sweetheart.

—Lu Ran

The bottom of the book cover reads: [Lu Ran, the Prince of Love Letters, has begun serializing his debut full-length novel, "Living"!]

What the heck is the Prince of Love Letters...?

However, judging from the exquisite cover, it is still quite attractive.

Lu Ran also saw on the right side of the cover that it said:

[Includes Lu Ran's poems, essays, and personal anecdotes—an absolute collector's item!!!]

"Isn't this entirely my personal collection of writings?" Lu Ran complained.

But you can still feel it...

Xia Liang had staked the fate of the Huaizhong Pictorial and the survival of the literary society entirely on himself.