I will never give in to Miss Death

Not to mention those rigorous sciences, even theology is completely defeated in the face of "magic".

To put it simply, if I really have that idea now, like I said to Yin Xiamo before, I can become an idol and go the internet celebrity route. At that time, the appearance fee can be tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, and I don’t have to be a maid, a profession that is at the bottom of the contempt chain in the eyes of most people.

But if that happens... I always feel that it will have a huge impact on my worldview.

Just like what Yin Xiamo suddenly said at the beach, "I can make the whole world my enemy for you", in fact, with Xiaomo's strength, she can indeed "become the king" in this "backward" world of Earth, and there is no need for her to be a clerk in a convenience store for so many years.

However, because of the "kindness" bestowed by the brave man in her previous life, she has been living quietly on Earth as an ordinary person.

"..."

In the small room, I turned my head and glanced at the small bed behind me.

The beautiful air-conditioned quilt on the small bed has been neatly folded and placed at the end of the bed. The two little succubi on the sheets are hugging each other as usual, and the picture looks very warm.

Without the bulky and space-consuming mosquito net, the room looked a lot bigger. With the two-dimensional canvas of a few little succubi, it looked like "two girls' boudoir", very cozy. This bed was originally designed to be a single bed, which was relatively small. However, since I am very small and short, and Yin Xiamo is also a girl, we didn't feel crowded when we slept together.

Which one to wear?

After putting away my clothes, I looked at the wardrobe in front of me and fell into a brief moment of thought.

If it was half a month ago, when I had just become a girl, I would definitely choose a non-skirt style without hesitation, that is, the T-shirt and shorts set that I bought when I first went to the supermarket, but now...to be honest, I was really hesitant.

Anyway, I don’t know why, although with my current physical condition, I look pretty when I wear a cool-style T-shirt and short jeans with a small hat or just let my hair down like this when going out, but... I don’t know if it’s because I got used to skirts during the time I worked in the cafe, or if it’s because I’ve been wearing nightgowns to bed every night recently, but every time I see shorts in the closet, I always have a subconscious thought that "if it’s a skirt, it should be more comfortable than this."

It’s so hot today, so you’d better wear a skirt, right?

Skirts are cooler and less likely to make you sweat, and they’re cuter than shorts. They’re also more breathable when you walk underneath them… or something.

In the end, I chose the sky blue artist-themed sweatshirt and skirt and changed into a pair of women's socks.

It’s not that I like short skirts, it’s simply because the weather is too hot, yes, that’s it.

After changing my clothes, I walked around the hall and Yin Xiamo's room, sorted the garbage and put it into the garbage bag. Then I went to the door, put on my pair of round-toed casual shoes, and went out.

After going downstairs and throwing away the garbage, I went to the breakfast shop across the street and had a bowl of noodle soup with an egg and soy milk.

Today is Tuesday, and the world outside is not much different from last week's workday. People who need to go to work ride electric scooters or bicycles on the streets full of almond blossoms. Old men and women who don't have to go to work either move a small chair under the tree to enjoy the cool, or gather together to play poker, mahjong or chess. The huge street gives people a sense of comfort and ease.

After breakfast, I took a short walk around the neighborhood, then jogged a bit. Feeling that my body had relaxed enough, I returned home along the same route, got myself a glass of water in the kitchen, and sat down in front of the computer.

“I hope this new book approved by the rabbit will not flop.”

Putting my hands together in front of the computer screen, I pulled out the keyboard from under the table and placed it on the desktop.

After half a month of getting used to it, I can already use my current body and hands to catch up with my uncle self when typing.

When inspiration is extremely scarce, he can write about 1,500 words an hour. When ideas are flowing, he can write about 3,000 words an hour. On average, he can write 2,000 words an hour, which is a lower-middle level among authors.

To be honest, if I were to work full-time at this speed, I would definitely starve to death, no matter how well I write. The social trends today have changed tremendously from what they were more than a decade ago. Back then, people would take the initiative to look for novels, and there were only a few books online. If you were the kind of picky reader who would only read novels about harems or invincibility, or who would log on to a novel website and search for "transformation" to add to your collection, then there probably weren't many books to read in that era.

Therefore, authors of that era basically updated one to two thousand words a day, or one chapter every two or three days, and some even updated weekly or monthly, and they could all make a lot of money. Now, authors not only have to make the book actively attract readers instead of readers finding the book themselves, but also have to have novel subject matter and a climax at the beginning to draw readers in, otherwise it’s a dead end.

Sitting in front of the computer, I routinely open the Miguabao novel website and find the "Daily Update Ranking".

It is now past nine in the morning. The update ranking list of Miguabao is updated every half an hour. The person currently ranked first has written 2 words. It is estimated that he did not sleep all night last night.

I clicked on this person’s avatar, entered his personal space, and found a book he was currently updating. I read the beginning and the first few chapters.

It's a very ordinary orthodox novel of the genre of passionate revenge. At the beginning, his family is destroyed and the gods who killed his whole family failed to kill the protagonist. After the protagonist survived, he accidentally obtained a system, and his cultivation speed improved by leaps and bounds. He began to launch a crazy revenge on his enemies and his family.

This type of novel is generally aimed at readers who are younger or have less time in their daily lives and work and occasionally have nothing to do and want to read a novel to relax.

Readers like this generally don't demand excellent writing skills from the author, nor do they care about who wrote the book, and they don't care about the logic of the story and the rationality of the "system" - as long as it's easy to read, I still have to work and go to school after reading it.

For the author, this type of novel is the easiest to "mass produce" because with the existence of such a thing as a "system", the logic of the story can be ignored. Even when writing an outline or arranging the plot, there is no need to consider cause and effect. A sentence like "the system said so" can perfectly round it off.

You killed my whole family? I awakened the system, and the system gave me a task. When I cultivate to perfection, I will come to destroy your whole family.

Want the marrow cleansing cream? Go to the next village and take that beautiful girl in. Don't ask why, this is a system task.

Want good skills? Go to the academy and be a licker for the queen dean. This is a system task.

If you are invincible, why do you still pretend to be an ordinary person and play the role of a pig to eat the tiger? Asking is the system's task.

Moreover, because of the system, even if you kill your enemy and take revenge, you can still arrange a lot of follow-up tasks. The problem is that this enemy is just his clone, his real body is still alive, and the system detects that his real body is in the fairyland.

Then open the map of the fairyland, and you become an ordinary soldier in the fairyland again. The system continues to issue treasure hunt orders for fairyland magic weapons, and the protagonist still has to complete the task according to the route planned by the system or the author.

One advantage of this kind of traditional orthodox system-based novel for the author is that he can write it all at once. The plot and character settings are ready-made, so they can be mass-produced and the typing speed can be increased.

Others write 2000 words once a day, but I write 2000 words ten times a day, which will crush you.

In addition, many novels can form an industrial chain similar to a "studio" - I invest in a studio, become my own boss, and then hire a few writers with some ability to write the beginning. If the beginning of the novel is okay and is signed by the editor, then the writer will continue to write. When he feels it is almost done, the upper-level managers will start to arrange for "ghostwriting", either from their own studio or outsourced. Generally, it is outsourced. For example, if this novel can make 2000 yuan by updating a chapter of 40 words, then a reward will be posted outside: "Novel ghostwriting 2000 words 10 yuan, 5 yuan/thousand words", and the ghostwriter will be asked to write. The studio just needs to wait to collect the money every day.

Some people may easily tell that a novel like this is "ghostwritten", but that's okay as long as there are people willing to spend money. If no one subscribes and spends money, and the income is too low, then we can just cut it off and see you next book.

If a writer's novel does not get off to a good start, has low collections, and no one reads it, then the writer should simply abandon the entire author account, create a new author account, and write a new book, repeating this process until a new book is signed or the data is very good.

There are plenty of email addresses anyway, so it’s not difficult to register an author account.

This operation is somewhat similar to that of a game studio, where one author has dozens of author accounts, and all of them are ghostwritten.

When Yaedou was still there, Pipi Marisa and the others had been talking about this issue. They felt that as an ordinary author, fighting with these studios on the website every day was like facing an army of 100,000 alone. Only masters could fight their way out.

I feel almost the same way when I’m writing novels now. In order to write a good novel, I “scan the leaderboards” every day to see how the people on the leaderboard start, how they name their novels, how they write the introductions, and how the plots go. Then I look at the daily update volume of those tentacle monsters on the leaderboard. I always have a sense of frustration that “no matter how hard I try, it’s hard to catch up with them.”

The closure of Yaedo Novel Network and the migration of all the studios to larger websites may be a good thing for Yaedo.

Now that Miguabao and Yaedo have merged, some experienced editors from both websites have gathered together. I heard that they are already discussing how to crack down on studios and ghostwriters.

But now my main job is a coffee shop waiter after all, so there seems no need to "make a splash" when writing a novel. I can just write two to three thousand words in an hour every day. When I have free time, such as on weekends like today, I can write two or three more chapters as manuscripts, accumulate fame and writing skills first, and then slowly I will have loyal readers... probably.

[Uncle loves Lolita, are you free now? ]

I wrote in front of the computer for about 40 to 50 minutes. Just when I finished writing a relatively complete plot and was about to look out the window to soothe my eyes and relax, I just opened QQ and saw several messages from my editor Catmint.

[Have you heard about the author conference that Honey Melon Pack will hold on May 5? ]

The message was sent more than an hour ago. I should have just finished breakfast at that time. I didn’t open QQ because I was thinking that I would have to write soon and I couldn’t see weird things that would ruin my mood.

【Hear】

Realizing something, I replied to the new editor: [Rabbit told me that it was an offline exchange meeting for high-end authors initiated by the website? ]

I hesitated in front of the computer and added: [Is there any training or something? ]

[It can’t be called training, is it convenient for you? How about I chat with you via video?]

Eh?

Video?

I subconsciously glanced at my and Yin Xiamo's "boudoir" behind me: [I...I'm not very convenient with the computer.]

It can’t be said to be inconvenient, at least there is no camera.

My computer can be said to be very, very old. When I bought it, I was the kind of newbie who thought "the bigger the graphics card and video memory, the better" and "I want an I7 CPU, as I7 is definitely better than I5". I was ripped off badly by the computer mall. Now with the software updates becoming more and more bloated, this crappy computer can only support playing small games while opening QQ, but it is very laggy when playing large games.

But after all, no matter how old this computer is, it is enough for an "author" to meet daily work needs - you can't have a computer that can't even run typing software and input method, otherwise it will really be buried.

[It doesn’t matter, you can use your phone. It doesn’t matter if you turn on the camera or not. I just need to turn it on here.]

Mint quickly replied to me: [Rabbit asked me to take care of you. You are the only lucky author in our group. We have a meeting soon. It will take some time to explain this exchange, so I will just tell you directly.]

[Do you have a microphone over there? ]

Uh... Is this editor planning to have a video chat with me? This seems to be the first time in my career as an author.

Needless to say, Elodie gave me a completely free-range attitude. Editor Rabbit resigned after knowing me for only half a month, and then this editor Catnip came up and asked for a video...

[Or if you are really shy, I can type it for you, but it may be complicated to explain and take some time]

Maybe because I didn’t reply for a few seconds, the other party sent another message: [Rabbit and Elodie said that you are also an old author, so there is no need to be so formal, so I plan to talk to you directly via video. This is the situation]

Oh, I guess I understand.

No wonder, I thought that a novice author like me could have such great charm that a new editor was willing to start a video to "teach" me.

[Wait a minute, I'll change the place]

Standing up from my seat, I ran to the living room with my phone in hand, and then walked out to the balcony: [OK]

Elodie is sleeping, so I'd better try not to disturb her.

[Melon bag editor Catmint sent you a video application]

【accept】

I pulled out a small stool from the corner of the balcony, sat down under the grape vines raised by Yin Xiamo, accepted the video request sent by Catmint, and then turned off my camera.

"Ahem, can you hear me like this?"

Soon, a clear but not very gender-sensitive voice rang on my phone: "You are... your pen name is Uncle Loves Lolita, and your real name for the novel you signed is Yin Xiamo, right?"

Through the mobile phone screen, I saw that the "catnip" opposite me had slightly long hair and delicate features. She was sitting on a chair in a bright office and talking on the phone.

With just a glance, I saw through the camera the Crispy Shark Snickers and Planet Cups, as well as lots and lots of Cheetos in the snack shelf behind Catnip.

If nothing unexpected happens, the camera should be the editorial office of the merged "Yae Melon Bun".

"Ah...right."

After a brief moment of daze, I spoke into the microphone of my phone: "What's the matter, editor?"

The "catnip" on the other side of the phone was wearing a somewhat delicate hooded long-sleeved coat with no buttons on. Inside was a plaid striped vest. I didn't see any obvious bulge on the chest of the vest, but similarly, I didn't see any obvious Adam's apple on this editor's throat.

After staring at the screen for several seconds, I finally gave in.

No, I really can't tell whether it's a man or a woman.

Now I'm a girl, and I know that if a girl wears a very flat vest or T-shirt, even if she has no breasts, the curve below her neck is obviously different from that of men. A "flat-chested loli" like me can vaguely see the curvature of her chest even in pajamas. If Catnip were a girl, it would not be so flat.

But if she is a man, her Adam's apple is not obvious at all, her face is still the kind of very delicate type, and her hair can be said to be that of the Waver Velvet who summoned the King of Conquerors in "Fate Zore" or the protagonist in "Magic Eye Train", but there are also many girls who find it troublesome to have such a hairstyle...

What surprised me the most was the sound of catnip, my first impression was "Astolfo".

He is set to be a handsome man who is one of the twelve warriors of Charlemagne, but when he is summoned in the "Fate" series, he wears women's clothes without any sense of incongruity, and his voice can be either male or female.

No, no, I really can’t tell the gender. I give up.

"It's the thing about lucky authors."

As I watched, the editor on the other end of the phone got straight to the point: "We hope you can be the lucky author and participate in this event."

Lucky Author Conference? Get together with that group of high-end authors?

“Will you do some publicity then?”

Thinking about the incident at Xingguang Primary School, I decided to ask the question in advance: "Will there be photos or something posted on the website?"

"No, no, this is purely a technical exchange. There will be a literature and art exchange exhibition in Kamihama City on May 5th. Have you heard about it?"

"No."

I told the truth: "I've been too busy lately and haven't paid attention to these."

"It doesn't matter if you don't pay attention to it. To put it simply, it's a place where various websites and novel authors gather together. You can think of it as selling books. It's similar to comic conventions, but comic conventions are for exchanging two-dimensional things, while this is for exchanging books and paintings. Many people will come to sell books and painting pamphlets."

"We will have a booth at Miguabao and Yaedo at that time. When you are selected as authors, we will gather together, have a meal, and discuss the future plans of the website and novels. This will be considered an internal secret, so there is no need to worry about the content leaking out."

Internal secret?

"I still don't quite understand."

I asked tentatively, "What exactly is it like? Why did you choose me?"

"Specifically, our editors, website operators, and famous authors within the website or authors who hope to develop here in the future will have a meal together and discuss the future direction of the merger of Miguabao Yaedo."

Catmint said in a voice similar to Astolfo's: "You know, the two websites have just merged. Some editors resigned, some artists fled, and some operators returned to their hometowns to get married. The operating policies of the two websites, Miguabao and Yaedo, are not exactly the same. For example, the full attendance of Miguabao is 9 yuan for writing 500 words per month after the launch, and the full attendance of Yaedo is 4000 yuan for writing more than 600 words per day after signing the contract. However, authors can have many ways to take leave, and we can't calculate the full attendance and arrange editing for both sides separately."

"The update time of Honeydew Bag is reset to 0:6 a.m. every day, and that of Yaedo is : a.m. every day... Anyway, many of the rules are different."

"When the time comes, everyone will come together. Some authors are very capable and are on the best-selling list all year round. They must have unique insights into the composition of the website's reader group and attendance planning. Now that our two websites have merged, if we want to make it bigger, we need to unite all the forces we can. How many full attendance do authors have, what benefits do readers get when they subscribe, and how to make authors and readers happy when organizing activities, these are the core contents of our offline author conference discussion."

"As for why the lucky author here chose you, it's mainly because almost everyone in the editorial department is familiar with you, the little star. Elodie also told me before she left that you would always keep updating even if you were busy, right? That means you are interested in becoming a member of our big family, so we hope you can come to this meeting."

"If you are willing to attend this meeting, the editorial office will send out the invitation letter today. On May 20, which is Monday next week, you can come with the invitation letter."

At this point, the catnip on the other side of the phone suddenly smiled evilly——

"Oh, by the way, your novel has 4000 words, right? Try to work hard these few days and see if you can update twice a day. Write at least words a day. If your novel exceeds words in a week, I will arrange for you to be the first recommendation."

"This recommendation was left by Tuzi before she left. She said she would supervise your updates and completely prevent the bad behavior of not updating in the recommended position. So I won't give you a trial push. I will just give you a cover recommendation. You can do whatever you want!"

"..."

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