Chapter 328 Origin Annual Meeting
This is Li Yan’s first trip to Shanghai.

So is Huang Zhan.

At first Huang Zhan was going to buy a ticket for Li Yan, but Li Yan said that he had to attend the Origin Annual Meeting and it was purely a personal matter, so he wanted to buy a ticket for Huang Zhan instead. Huang Zhan said, "How can it be reasonable for me, a big boss, to let a junior high school student buy a ticket for me?"

The two were deadlocked for a while and decided to merge their funds and directly upgrade to first class.

Don't invite anyone else, just enjoy yourself.

Maybe it was because they had such a great time talking before, or maybe it was because they wanted to conserve their energy for the long talk later, but Huang Zhan and Li Yan were not very enthusiastic about chatting along the way.

We chatted casually, then read some magazines or took a rest.

"Do they know you are a junior high school student?" Huang Zhan had no interest in online literature, so his entry point had almost nothing to do with online literature itself.

"do not know."

"You didn't tell me?" Huang Zhan showed a playful smile, "Then they must be very surprised when we go there this time."

"I told you." Li Yan spread his hands. "I told you all the truth, but they didn't believe me."

"Don't you have your ID information?"

"Minors can't sign contracts, so use my dad's."

"Then aren't you a ghostwriter?" Huang Zhan teased.

“Well, I’m not looking for someone to ghostwrite for me. I’m ghostwriting for others,” Li Yan replied.

Huang Zhan nodded, "Shadow writer, hahahaha."

"I even told them this, but they still didn't believe it. The invitation letter still had my dad's name on it."

"Then you will have a very different experience today."

"It shouldn't be that different." Li Yan put down the publication in his hand and prepared to close his eyes to rest. "I'm a little tired of people being shocked by my identity."

"Ok?"

"Maybe I'm too sensitive. When others lament that I'm only a junior high school student, I always interpret it as meaning 'this result is not good enough for a junior high school student, nor is it that great.'"

Huang Zhan smiled.

"I know that everyone probably doesn't mean that," Li Yan closed her eyes, "but the change in their attitude after they knew my identity always made me feel that my identity was too obvious."

Huang Zhan just raised his eyebrows and said nothing.

"A genius is a genius. I hope that my achievements are amazing among all age groups and in the entire field, and I don't need to add extra points by being a 'teen'."

"For example, this novel?"

"Yes, I don't want its biggest label to be 'a masterpiece by a genius junior high school student', but rather the number one in the history of online literature."

“There is no best in literature.”

"At least I should be brought up for discussion when the topic of first place comes up." Li Yan smiled, "Today I will publish 20,000 words in one go and finish the whole book."

"You planned on attending the annual meeting and finishing your novel on the same day?"

“That’s good.”

"What are you planning?"

Li Yan actually pondered for a long time, "It's a sense of ritual."

The Origin Annual Meeting, which opened on March 3, lasted for two days. Since it was not an award ceremony, there was no requirement for the attendance time.

You are completely free to come or not.

It is essentially a large-scale online friend meeting, with no serious procedures, just pure fun.

Qiyuan Chinese website has reserved the entire 17th floor of the Leiden Hotel, providing a variety of food, drink, and entertainment activities, with the main feature being a hodgepodge for everyone to have fun.

Kaiyuan, wearing a casual suit, followed the editor-in-chief around and chatted and laughed with the famous authors whose online names were well-known.

At the annual meeting two years ago, he was just a "staff member" taking pictures on the side. After taking the photos, he ate a buffet with other newlyweds, and that was the end of his annual meeting experience.

This year is really a proud year.

It's really embarrassing that everyone has to ask "Where is your author?"

He has sent many messages to Li Yan on QQ.

Today’s show-off would not be complete without Shen Feijun!

"Editor Kaiyuan!" A young man with a crew cut not far away greeted Kaiyuan with a drink in his hand.

Kaiyuan knows who he is. He is the most popular new star in Qiyuan Chinese website in the past two years. He has opened up a new track with a fantasy novel. The word "cool" runs through the whole book, and the number of readers has repeatedly broken records.

The key point is that this guy is only in his early twenties.

"Hello, hello." Kaiyuan acted calmly, which was the confidence given to him by "Nangong Boy".

“Is God coming?”

Tang Shi Shen Fei is the pen name used by Li Yan when writing the book Nangong.

"Not yet. He told me he was in the car ten minutes ago. He should be here soon." Kaiyuan didn't want to say more because he himself didn't know Li Yan's itinerary.

"I heard he's a man who's almost forty years old?"

"The ID card is."

"His writing skills are so profound. Brother Kaiyuan, please help introduce him to me. I want to get to know him." "Hey, he added some authors before, but didn't he add you?"

"Add? You mean QQ? I don't use it very often, so..."

"Okay, since the two top authors of Origin are meeting to exchange ideas, I'm afraid everyone will have to take notes."

"No, no, I have to learn from Brother Shenfei."

Kaiyuan was a little surprised. I heard that this rookie king was quite arrogant. Who wouldn't be arrogant if he had such achievements at this age? If it were Kaiyuan, he would probably look down on others every day.

But at the moment, it seems quite humble.

It may also be that the book "Nangong Youth" is too cruel. The recent continuous climax plots have completely formed a cultural phenomenon in the online literature circle. Readers are frantically discussing the plot and guessing the ending, while desperately looking back for foreshadowing and writing analysis articles.

In various online literature-related forums, the comparison between Xinren Wang's fantasy novel and "Nangong Boy" has also become a hot topic.

Just like comparing the historical status of sports forums, the "first person" is similar. The outcome is not important, what is important is the process of the debate.

The husband has his own reasons and the wife has her own reasons, and the basic arguments go back and forth like that.

The fantasy novel written by the Newcomer King is a bit novice but quite enjoyable. It is extremely enjoyable and is unrivaled in terms of subscription performance.

"Young Nangong" has an ingenious structure and profound ideas, and is fully qualified to be a classic novel, but the high reading threshold means that its subscription performance is not outstanding.

The discussion went off track. “If you want to read classics, read the Four Great Classics. Who the hell reads online novels?”, “Only idiots read novels written by novices?”, “You feel superior after reading a few online novels?”, “Subscriptions explain everything. Results are the hard truth.”

Amid the discussions, "Nangong Boys" gradually came to its finale, and its popularity and influence surpassed all other works to top the list.

“Brother Kaiyuan, is Nangong going to end?”

"Yes, today."

"This brother is quite interesting..." The Newcomer King smiled, greeted a few old friends, and then said goodbye and walked away.

Kaiyuan raised his glass to gesture, shook his head with emotion, and started chatting with several other unfamiliar authors.

There were many drinks, desserts, and fruits in the reception room. Authors and editors gathered in groups of three or five, sitting or standing, chatting, drinking a sip of juice and eating a few pieces of melon. The atmosphere was quite free.

"Kaiyuan, Shenfei hasn't arrived yet?" asked an editor.

"Let me see," Kaiyuan took out his cell phone, his eyes lit up, "Hey, he said he's here, I'll go pick him up."

Excitement, it's such a strong feeling of excitement.

Good man, I want to see your true face, whether it is "Li Chun" who suddenly appeared, or some great god playing a role-playing game with him.

What does it mean that he is a junior high school student or not? His first book is of such quality, highly recommended, and it is scheduled to be completed on the day of the annual meeting...

You are so good at playing, I don’t believe you at all!

However, there are indeed many young faces this year, which makes Kaiyuan somewhat envious. For example, this tall and handsome young man in front of him drinks juice as if it were free.

Kaiyuan smiled, and when he passed by him, he kindly reminded him: "Brother, there are a lot of delicious dishes at the lunch, don't drink too much."

"Thanks for the reminder, I'm just a little thirsty." Li Yan smiled and waved.

Then he watched Kaiyuan run out of the hall in a hurry.

"I didn't expect the atmosphere to be so free..." Li Yan took another glass of grape juice, "Juice is delicious."

He walked slowly among the crowd with a bottle of juice in his hand and observed that there were quite a few young people present. It seems that online literature is, after all, a new product.

It made him not stand out so much.

After all, with her figure, it's hard to associate her with a junior high school student.

As for college students, there are more than one or two here.

Li Yan was a little happy about this. The scene of "You are actually a junior high school student" was enough once.

He was already very happy when he went to Beijing to receive the mystery literature award. Don’t let him hear the phrase “Heroes have always emerged from young people” again.

The method of entering the annual meeting is very simple. Just show the invitation letter to the two waiters guarding the door before entering.

They didn't even read the text of the invitation, they just let it in as soon as they saw the cover was correct.

There is a big loophole to exploit. Li Yan only needs to forge a few copies according to the invitation letter...

"Hello, you look very young, are you the author?"

A round-faced middle-aged man interrupted Li Yan's thoughts.

"Oh yes, I am."

"I'm Tiefeng, the editor of the fantasy group," Tiefeng said, extending his hand. "What kind of subject do you write about?"

"Martial arts." Li Yan shook hands.

"Martial arts? Martial arts novels that can attend the annual meeting..." Tiefeng frowned. He was not very familiar with other categories of books.

In fact, it is mainly because "Nangong Youth" is a martial arts novel with some fantasy elements, and it can be classified anywhere but it is not very appropriate.

Li Yan's phone also vibrated. It was a QQ message from Kaiyuan:

Where are you? Why didn't I see you at the hotel entrance?

He quickly replied, "I've already entered the living room," and answered Tiefeng's doubts with a smile:
"Nangong Youth."

(End of this chapter)