Chapter 329 Why are you so calm?
"Ouch?" Tie Feng suddenly shouted, attracting the attention of people around him.

Is it true? Is it such a young man?

All the editors had previously thought that Kaiyuan was joking when he said that the author called himself a student - but later Kaiyuan himself also thought that he was joking.

"This is the author of 'Nangong Youth', Shen Fei."

The people around were in an uproar.

Li Yan covered her face. Damn it, she really couldn't avoid this kind of shock. She was afraid that she would hear that old saying again.

"So handsome?" Tiefeng said.

Eh? This is what you guys are focusing on?

“I feel like I can compete for the most handsome author.”

"Sweet potato is handsome enough, but I didn't expect there would be one that is tall and handsome."

"It turns out that truly successful people have no shortcomings."

...Li Yan didn't know what expression to make for a moment.

"It's almost time for lunch, so we're just getting together to chat. We're not all here yet, and the editor-in-chief has left." Tiefeng was a down-to-earth man, and he explained the general situation to Li Yan, "We'll have a good discussion at lunch later, and after lunch we'll just have fun here. Hey, where's Kaiyuan? He's not with you?"

"I'll wait for him at the door. Thanks, Brother Feng." Li Yan waved with a smile, walked to the hotel entrance, and sent a message to Kaiyuan.

It seems that this circle is not surprised by "young authors" who have achieved success. After all, the Rookie King wrote his first book when he was only 18 years old.

Many of these people may not have read "Nangong Youth". They are either editors or authors. As the saying goes, there is no best in writing, and they are a bit proud of their own writing and aesthetics.

It won’t make you feel like “Your writing is just awesome and I can’t compare to it.”

Those who have not achieved any results will admire the achievements of the big guys, but since everyone has achieved the same results, there are many reasons to say.

For example, when Li Yan just came in, he heard a small group of three people discussing the Newcomer King. They thought that the Newcomer King's writing style was not as good as theirs, and the setting was not as good as theirs, and the plot arrangement would step on other people's pleasure points.

"If I wanted to write like that, I could do it."

"You can't say that. That also requires Qiyuan to be willing to support you and give you enough traffic."

"So, I'm not a novice at writing. Even if Qiyuan doesn't want to support me, I can still achieve today's results. What if it is willing?"

"Whoever stands at the forefront of the trend will be..."

"That's not right. The Rookie King is considered to have created a new school after all. We have ideas but we haven't realized them, have we?"

"Can this be considered as creating a new school? Then I can do that too."

Even the newcomer who topped the charts was discussed in this environment, not to mention Li Yan's works.

Because in terms of current total sales, "Nangong Boy" has not even made it into the top ten in the history of Origin.

There are many people here who make more money than Li Yan’s book - after all, his book is only 2.7 million words, the content is niche and the reading threshold is high, it cannot compare with the popular and breakthrough works.

Li Yan's climax plot lasted for a month, and it only topped the charts on the final day, mainly relying on some readers who recommended the book to them.

Everyone comes here to make a pilgrimage with the intention of "seeing how awesome this magical book is", but if they only read the ending, they naturally won't understand anything, and naturally, few of these pilgrim readers will actually read the book.

Moreover, for Li Yan's book with a long and complicated plot, if you read the ending first, the reading experience will be greatly reduced.

Pilgrim readers were not originally the target audience of this book.

Therefore, Li Yan’s book will not stay at the top of the list for a few days, and will give up its position to those popular books with large audiences and real money-making properties.

From this point of view, the authors at the annual meeting would not be too interested in Li Yan's book.

No wonder the focus is on his appearance.

After completing the analysis, Li Yan saw a young and handsome guy walking towards him hesitantly.

He was wearing a casual suit, sneakers, square rimless glasses, and had a slicked-back hair. He had regular facial features and although he was not tall, he looked like he had a habit of exercising.

This was Li Yan’s first impression of Kaiyuan.

"Hello, are you the author?"

The person who can walk back to the door to look for someone at this moment is most likely Kaiyuan.

"Yuanda?"

"Ah... yes, I'm Kaiyuan, what the hell?"

Kaiyuan was more shocked than anyone else, because he actually didn't believe from the bottom of his heart that "Tang Shi Shenfei" could be a young man.

Over the past year, he has accepted that the person on the other side of the screen is a brother who is at least ten years older than him. His next book is going to be about urban rebirth, so he is acting and playing with memes every day.

The result is so fucking true?
Fortunately, he looks like a college student. Apart from his thin voice, there is nothing that can be found that connects him with a junior high school student.

"We finally meet!" Kaiyuan was a little excited, but he didn't know what to say for a moment.

In his fantasy, even if this author is "Li Chun" who has never been in the online literature circle, he is probably a big name in physical literature, and he wants to communicate with him as a junior.

There were handshakes and expressions of gratitude.

If "Li Chun" is also a fake identity and is actually a well-known online writer, then several editors will laugh and scold him together, saying "You have deceived us so badly" and so on.

However, now it’s a young person whom I have never seen before…how do I play this game?
Li Yan took the initiative to extend his hand, "Let me clarify, to avoid embarrassment, I am Tang Shi Shenfei, the author of "Nangong Youth", my real name is Li Yan. Thank you Yuan Da for pulling me out of the sea of ​​books."

"I'm Kaiyuan. Hahahaha, it's really a large-scale meeting with netizens." Kaiyuan shook his head with a smile on his face.

In fact, Kaiyuan’s reaction also confused Li Yan. How could the shock just slip away like that?

I said I don’t like to shock others, and I don’t like to hear that heroes emerge from youth. I didn’t expect that there really are no heroes anymore, and I feel a little disappointed…

Damn, damn humans.

Those who pretend to be cool should face up to their own pretentious souls, otherwise they will be bitten back by reality.

"The luncheon is about to start. Let's go over there and sit at the same table with me."

"it is good."

Li Yan agreed readily and prepared to get a glass of juice.

"I just told you, the good stuff is at the lunch, don't drink too much." Kaiyuan laughed. "I like juice very much, is there any at the lunch?"

"Uh……"

"It's okay, take it."

Li Yan walked into the banquet hall carrying the peach and strawberry juice.

In fact, everyone was dressed quite casually today, with the most formal being casual suits of various colors, which made Li Yan very happy.

Because he was wearing a sports jacket, I thought it would be too conspicuous.

But suits are really uncomfortable, even if they are custom-made.

It's boring to come here to play today and wear such tight clothes.

It seems that everyone has the same idea. Look at Kaiyuan's combination of suit and sneakers.

"We're sitting at the first table on the left." Kaiyuan looked very proud, "The most awesome authors and editors sit here."

"What about the one in the middle?"

"Of course it's where the bosses sit." - that is, the management and the editor-in-chief.

Li Yan took a look and found an acquaintance inside.

Then nodded.

Kaiyuan was a little anxious. He felt that Li Yan didn't understand the key point of his words. It felt like he was trying to pretend but failed.

This is the table second only to the management level! The most powerful editors and authors sit here. Do you know what that means?

You, the best author; I, the best editor!

one!

Of course, this is actually giving face to the two "Rookie Kings" of last year. In terms of status alone, Kaiyuan should sit at the table on the right.

Li Yan can sit at this table because of the high "literary significance" of this book.

"Is this the author of 'Nangong Youth'? He's quite a young man." Moonlight, the editor-in-chief of the fantasy group, stood up and greeted him without any airs.

Next to him sat the most popular author on Qiyuan Chinese website, the rookie king two years ago and the current sales king - Sweet Potato Brother.

He is actually quite handsome, but not as good as Li Yan - no, he is far inferior to her.

He stood up - his height was not quite right, and shook hands with Li Yan. "I've always wanted to communicate with you, but I didn't expect you to look younger than me."

Li Yan responded with a smile and found a seat to sit down.

What was more surprising was that this table was occupied by the authors who currently made the most money and their corresponding editors, and was considered the table with the highest professional level, but they were very interested in Li Yan.

He praised me and wanted to learn from me, and was very humble.

Logically speaking, they should be the most arrogant ones, right?
Soon Li Yan found the reason from their words.

Anyone who can write a novel to this level cannot be simply writing a routine or solving a problem according to a formula.

More or less, there is always some literary pursuit.

It has been said a thousand times that there is no best in literature, but it is better to write a work that will go down in history than to just make a bunch of money and leave, right?
Texts that can be repeatedly studied and chewed over by readers will definitely make the author feel more satisfied than those that are just read quickly, right?

There is an inherent contradiction between "classics" with high reading thresholds and "exciting articles" that are suitable for most people.

You can't have your cake and eat it too. Some money can't be earned without doing anything.

But there are two people at this table who are making money while standing.

Fanshu directly took the writing of "satisfaction" to the extreme, becoming the founder of a school of thought and making Xiaobai's "satisfaction" writing famous in history.

Li Yan wrote a martial arts novel that has a high reading threshold and strong literary quality, but he made it both critically and commercially successful through his ingenious layout.

In the eyes of most of the top authors attending the annual meeting today, these two are the current kings of Origin, one earns the most, and the other writes the best.

Those who write better than Fanshu can’t earn one-tenth of what he does, and those who get more discussion than Li Yan can’t earn one-tenth of what he does.

They are the only two worthy of comparison.

But they are both very young...

Li Yan could sense everyone’s subtle emotions towards him and Comrade Fanshu—an emotion of awe, envy, and a desire to replace them.

Very good, an author who wants to write something successful must have this kind of ambition.

"Why did you sign the contract under the name 'Li Chun'?" asked another editor present.

Kaiyuan was also very curious and he wanted to hear the real reason.

"Li Chun is my father. I cannot sign because I am a minor." Li Yan answered immediately.

"Hey, you're still here..." Kaiyuan suddenly paused, "Really?!"

"Everything I told you is true, Brother Yuan." Li Yan smiled and took out his ID card, on which was clearly written "19951024".

Explanations are not as intuitive as providing evidence.

"I'm really underage, I just grew up too fast." Li Yan even made a joke.

Actually, it should be 1215, and the registration staff recorded it according to the lunar birthday.

"Fifteen years old? Not even fifteen!" Sweet Potato shouted directly.

He has been enjoying everyone's praise for his "young fame" for two years and thought it would be a difficult record to break.

Then a minor shows up?

It eventually caused a commotion. Everyone at the table had different attitudes, but they were all trying their best to express their disbelief.

"Wait wait wait..." Kaiyuan's eyes widened, "Are you telling the truth? What do you mean you don't need to study?"

"of course."

Oh my god, you guys are so calm because you all think I’m a college student?
Am I that mature?
Haven’t you seen a handsome junior high school student who is 1.83 meters tall, with broad shoulders and a strong body?
(End of this chapter)