176: If Mr. Chen keeps working hard, maybe he can win the Wenxing Cup in two years.

However, the Marketing Director’s joy didn't last long.

One hour later.

“What? The top spot on the All Things Readable website’s popularity chart changed? ghost blows out the light got pushed down? How is that possible? There must be a bug on the website, right?”

The Marketing Director frowned slightly, quickly opened his browser, and clicked on the All Things Readable website homepage from his favorites.

If the rating chart was pushed down, he could understand that.

But the All Things Readable website’s popularity chart is calculated based on data such as discussion volume, click-through volume, and external platform popularity.

Therefore, compared to quality, a novel’s ability to attract readers and break out of its niche is more important.

He hadn't heard of any breakout hit novels recently; even if a popular web novel popped up over the weekend, it wouldn't break out of its niche in two days.

Did someone manipulate the data?

The Marketing Director clicked on the popularity chart, and saw that the novel ranked first was named “leaping special”.

He was slightly stunned for a moment; this sounded a bit familiar.

He clicked on the title, and when he saw the words “Chen Fang” below the title, his pupils constricted slightly.

Chen Fang? That celebrity Chen Fang?

He immediately scrolled down his mouse to the comment section.

The vast majority of comments were curious about what it was about, surprised that Chen Fang actually wrote a novel. There were also some who said it was very shocking. Of course, doubts were also everywhere, probably from readers with different tastes, and fans of rival celebrities and antis who “deeply loved” Chen Fang.

But no matter what, with a traffic celebrity’s endorsement, the number one spot on the popularity chart would probably be temporarily taken for a day.

Although this would not affect the sales of ghost blows out the light, those who wanted to buy it would still buy it.

But he would be missing one impressive data point in his year-end summary report! In recent years, Wenyuan Bookstore’s influence had been weakening, and he was very much looking forward to being led to success by Dongfang, and writing a very impressive report.

Sigh… never mind, it’s just a small piece of data, it doesn’t affect the big picture.

After a brief sigh, he pulled his thoughts back to work.

From the feedback in the comment section, this short story was of good quality. Chen Fang had so many fans; no matter which short story collection leaping special was placed in, that short story collection would not have to worry about sales.

He looked up at his assistant, “You contact the editorial department and suggest they pay attention to this work. If it has potential, they can contact Chen Fang to discuss publication.”

“Okay.” The assistant agreed, “There’s a message from the Copyright and Legal Department.”

“Tell me.”

“Dongfang’s lawyer contacted us and said that he will reveal his identity this weekend.”

“What a coincidence?” The Marketing Director chuckled softly.

Hmm? He also cares about the popularity chart, is he getting impatient?

No, what was he thinking? He should be planning to take advantage of ghost blows out the light’s good popularity to make an appearance and perhaps start a live stream in the future, right?

“Alright, I understand. You go contact the editorial department.”

“Okay, I’ll go do that now.” The assistant turned and left the office.

… …

At the same time, the games at the amusement park were still ongoing.

And online, “leaping special” stirred up popularity in both the novel and entertainment circles, and many videos trying to capitalize on the trend also appeared.

In the evening, Chen Fang finished filming and returned to the villa. After washing up, he opened his email and saw six or seven cooperation invitations from publishing houses forwarded to him by Song Yu.

Chen Fang scanned them, the conditions didn't differ much, so he decided to still cooperate with Wenyuan Bookstore.

ghost blows out the light was privately arranged through a lawyer to contact the publisher, but these three short stories were directly published under his own name, so Chen Fang planned to let his company team handle the negotiations directly.

After Chen Fang decided to cooperate with Wenyuan Bookstore, he told Song Yu about his decision, and his team would handle the rest.

After sending the message, Chen Fang closed his laptop, and then heard Xie Yunxuan sigh, “I can’t do this anymore, this is even more tiring than the first season. Running around everywhere every day, and riding roller coasters at the drop of a hat.”

“There’s only one day left until the break.” Chen Fang got up, picked up his phone, and burrowed into his bed. He planned to go home for the Wednesday and Thursday break.

“The viewership data must have dropped today, right? We’ve been in the amusement park these past few days, and even though the themes are different, the audience must be getting tired of it, right?”

“No, we’re in different themed parks every day. Yesterday was suspense and mystery, today is ecological nature, and tomorrow we’re going to the “Magic Stone” themed park for filming. Some idle movie fans should probably watch it.”

“Oh right, tomorrow we’ll be dressed as wizards.”

Chen Fang nodded, “And aren’t we going to the Chinese Style Zone starting Sunday? That should be interesting, right?”

The integrated resort they were currently in had an amusement park, a villa area, and a traditional culture area, also known as the Chinese Style Zone.

Inside were miniature versions of places like Datang Everbright City and Hangzhou Songcheng.

According to the program team’s plan, the first week would be at the amusement park, and the second week would be in the traditional culture area.

“That’s true, I’m going to sleep first.” Xie Yunxuan yawned and turned off the light on his side.

Chen Fang also turned off his bedside lamp.

In the room, only the moonlight and the light emitted from two phone screens remained.

… …

Another day passed.

On Tuesday evening, the seven guests finished their daytime activities and returned to the villa.

Xie Yunxuan sat on the living room sofa, scrolling through his phone. As soon as he opened it, he heard marketing accounts blindly praising leaping special, and couldn’t help but frown slightly.

As he continued to scroll down, his brows furrowed even tighter.

On the screen in front of him was a slightly chubby man in his thirties, praising “leaping special”.

The key was that this person was not an ordinary media outlet, but a writer.

Xie Yunxuan had just bought his book a few months ago.

His name was Solitary Cloud, and his work “prisoner” had just won the Wenxing Cup Second Prize this year. In the video, a large poster of “prisoner” was still pasted on the bookshelf behind Solitary Cloud.

Clearly, Solitary Cloud was trying to capitalize on the traffic.

“prisoner” is also a science fiction novel. It tells the story of a future world where ordinary humans in one region become experimental subjects, and the beneficiaries of the experiments are the upper class. The protagonist leads several prisoners in a rebellion and escape, ultimately destroying this dirty hell.

His novel, like the current mainstream market, aims to help readers vent their emotions. The main content uses science fiction to mirror reality, allowing the oppressed to retaliate against their oppressors.

The story was well-written, but there were similar works on the market, and in terms of sales, it was far inferior to ghost blows out the light, which lacked similar works and had been promoted by two celebrities.

Now, he was clearly trying to capitalize on Chen Fang’s popularity to promote his novel.

Xie Yunxuan snorted disdainfully, truly an era where morality is declining and traffic reigns supreme.

Uh, no, he himself seemed to be a traffic celebrity.

In his headphones, Solitary Cloud praised “leaping special” effusively, saying it had great imagination and good writing. Then, standing from the perspective of an experienced author, he began to praise Chen Fang.

Solitary Cloud on the screen tilted his head slightly and chuckled, “Chen Fang is an author whose talent was delayed by the entertainment industry; he’s very gifted. I very much welcome Teacher Chen to communicate with me. As an author who has been writing for 12 years, I am also very willing to communicate with Teacher Chen. The younger generation is formidable! I think if Teacher Chen works harder, he might even win a Wenxing Cup award in two years.”

Xie Yunxuan snorted coldly.

You’re going to praise him to death just to capitalize on the traffic, huh?

Win the Wenxing Cup in two years, why don’t you say he can win the Nobel Prize in Literature?

Tsk, it’s just a short story, is it really worth praising like that?

It’s just a short story, he can write one too!