I'm a web novelist, and you want me to work in the entertainment industry?

This dashboard contains comprehensive statistics, including daily readership, new readers, new comments, and all sorts of data.

Moreover, all of these data points have one thing in common: they are all steadily increasing.

"Since you started serializing, all the data has been steadily increasing," Bai Ye said. "After you appeared on the show and your pseudonym was revealed, the growth rate accelerated significantly."

Cheng Che didn't speak. He figured that Bai Ye couldn't have told him these things just to praise him.

"But there's a problem." Sure enough, Bai Ye then changed the subject.

She moved the mouse, closed the data panel, and opened a new window containing a series of statistically analyzed comments.

Without exception, all the above comments were fan-circle-style remarks such as "Chebao is so great", "My husband writes so well", and "Chebao's stories are the best stories".

Cheng Che's lips twitched.

The fan culture in the ditch is still chasing me!

"As your fame in the entertainment industry grows, so do similar comments," Bai Ye said calmly.

"If it were just simple praise, that would be fine. The problem is that it's accompanied by a lot of comments that criticize one person while praising another, and some people are even going to the comment sections of other novels to spam them." Bai Ye said, pausing for a moment.

She found out about this a few days ago when a platinum author told her that Zero's fans had flooded his book review section.

Many comments were left behind, such as, "This book is really mediocre, not even as good as 'Dragon Raja'."

"While this brought many new users and sales to the website, I don't need to explain the negative impacts of fan culture to you, do I?"

Bai Ye didn't know whether she should be happy or troubled.

Having worked as an editor for so many years, she had imagined meeting authors who would write top-tier online novels, authors with great looks, and authors who were equally talented in other areas besides writing online novels.

But she never imagined that she would encounter an author who possessed all three of the above qualities and also had a huge following in the entertainment industry...

"Sigh." Life is tough, Xiao Cheng sighed. "I never expected to be so popular."

He didn't want to embrace fan culture, but fan culture would automatically come and stick to him.

"The impact is still within a controllable range at present," Bai Ye comforted her.

That's the truth.

No matter how much the fandom praises it, how mindless they are, or how much they stir up trouble in other authors' review sections, they still insist that "Dragon Raja" is the best online novel...

But you know what, you really have to admit, at least in terms of results alone, there's really no way to refute that statement.

Moreover, Zero is actually very popular. Although he is young, he has a good relationship with the top authors on the website, so there is no need to worry about him having any conflicts with other authors.

As for those mindless comments, the operations team can delete them.

"Anyway, I'm just informing you, the author, about this situation," Bai Ye said. "Remember to be a little more careful lately and don't be too conspicuous."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Che instinctively wanted to refute it.

Where did I show off? I was clearly very low-key, wasn't I?

But then he thought about what he had done at "Yuanchuang Voice" a few days ago, and he became dejected again.

Bai Ye received a phone call at this moment. After hanging up, she looked at Cheng Che:

"The reporters are already downstairs; I've asked my assistant to meet them."

"The next step will probably involve asking you a few questions, and you can just answer them as you see fit," she said.

"After the interview, the reporter will go to the street with our delivery team to shoot a few shots. It would be best if you came along too, just to make a show of it."

"No problem." Cheng Che gave an "OK" sign.

……

About five minutes later, there was a knock on the conference room door, and a young female reporter who looked to be in her twenties walked in.

Hmm... judging by appearances, she's probably a Gen Z.

She was dressed in a smart suit, holding a voice recorder and a notebook, with a young man carrying a video camera following behind her.

The reporter, surnamed Lin, greeted Bai Ye and Cheng Che warmly as soon as he entered.

Afterwards, reporter Lin briefly explained the precautions, recorded an opening, and the interview officially began.

Reporter Lin first looked at Bai Ye:

"First, I'd like to ask Editor-in-Chief Baiye, when did the Chinese website begin to systematically organize this public welfare activity? And what was the initial impetus?"

"About three months ago," Bai Ye replied in a very conventional way. "The opportunity was... at that time, a large number of Zero's readers wanted to send Zero mango products such as mango pomelo sago."

"But since we didn't know his address, they sent mango pomelo sago to our website company instead. We couldn't consume it all internally, so to avoid waste, we started distributing it to people in the surrounding area."

Reporter Lin quickly jotted down a few keywords in her notebook and pressed on, "So, what role did the Chinese website play in this process? And what does this activity mean to you?"

"Receiving and distributing," Bai Ye said succinctly. "In terms of significance, it's partly a way to give back to society, and partly it creates a more genuine connection between readers and authors."

Reporter Lin nodded, then turned her gaze to Cheng Che, a hint of excitement in her eyes.

There was no way she could resist the interest of a controversial figure like Cheng Che, as a journalist.

"Well then, I have a few questions for Professor Cheng Che... or should I call you Professor Zero?"

"Let's call him Zero," Cheng Che said. "After all, in this matter, my identity is that of an online novel author."

"Alright, Teacher Zero," Reporter Lin readily agreed. "Would you mind telling us why our readers suddenly started sending you items like 'Mango Pomelo Sago,' which seem to have a very specific target?"

Cheng Che's lips twitched, and he answered truthfully: "Three months ago, I wanted to take a break after working continuously for more than a year, so I issued a notice of suspension of updates."

Reporter Lin nodded, signaling him to continue.

"Because I've always had a harmonious relationship with my readers, I made a little joke back then."

"Oh?"

"I'm telling you all, I have a terminal illness and need to recuperate for a while. The name of that illness is 'mango allergy'," Cheng Che said without changing his expression.

"After the notice was sent out, readers spontaneously started sending me all kinds of mango products."

"laugh--"

A burst of laughter suddenly rang out in the conference room; it was unclear who had lost their composure.

But it's also possible that none of the three people besides Cheng Che could hold back.

How can someone say such rude things in such a serious tone?

"Ahem..." Reporter Lin cleared her throat. "So, what's your opinion on the readers' behavior?"

Cheng Che pondered for a moment, then looked up, his eyes full of sincerity: "I'm very happy, after all, the readers actually spent their own money to send out the mango pomelo sago!"

"I think this is their way of expressing their love to me, only maybe a little bit unique..."