Chapter 417: The Center of the Vortex
After finishing work, An Xiayue went shopping with Tang Yumeng. As people of the same age, and also the earliest Chinese friend she had known, she had a lot of topics to talk about with Tang Yumeng. Plus, since both of their professions were actors, especially Tang Yumeng, who had experienced the difficulties of being a newcomer and had also experienced all sorts of obstacles, her career was now on the rise. Although she had not yet taken on a leading role in a movie, her popularity was not bad at this time. And she was also good friends with the current big star, An Xiayue. Many people in the industry also wanted to find her to cooperate.
“Speaking of China, putting other things aside, the food is definitely the best in the world.”
An Xiayue was biting a roasted sausage, her face full of happiness. Tang Yumeng watched this person eat so happily, while she herself pinched her own belly. Mmm, as expected, no. I refuse delicious food. Originally, Tang Yumeng had been eating and drinking well during this period and had put on weight. If she ate any more, she would definitely have to go on a diet. She absolutely did not want to experience this period, especially now that it was almost the New Year.
What on earth was An Xiayue’s stomach made of? She had never seen her get fat, and her figure was still so good. Although she herself said that she had gone to the gym, Tang Yumeng actually felt that a large part of the reason was because of her physique. Speaking of which, Tang Yumeng also knew a girl who loved to eat but never got fat. Coincidentally, both of them were mixed-race. And the two of them actually knew each other.
She seemed to have never gone out to play with Yu Linna and An Xiayue before. How about asking them out next time?
“Yumeng, do you think this dress is beautiful?”
At this time, An Xiayue was engrossed in shopping at the mall, taking clothes off the rack one by one to try on, constantly asking her good friend if it was suitable to wear them like this. It could be seen that she really liked these clothes. Tang Yumeng recognized the brands of these clothes. They were quite expensive. It would be impossible to buy them without twenty or thirty thousand yuan. But for An Xiayue, this was not a problem. She was not short of that little bit of money.
“It’s beautiful, but aren’t you buying too much? Can you finish wearing so many if you buy them?”
“You don’t understand, Yumeng. Of course, the more clothes a girl has, the better. If this one can’t be worn, you have to change to the next one.”
“What else can I say besides being envious?”
Although Tang Yumeng could also be considered to be from a rich family, in her years as an actress, she had always been frugal, trying not to spend money recklessly. Therefore, she had never enjoyed the feeling of being a big spender. For An Xiayue’s behavior, she could only say that this was the life of a rich person, and it was a rich person’s life that she had not experienced for a long time.
When An Xiayue paid the bill, she had spent at least 40,000. She didn’t even bat an eye at this amount of money and was quite calm. With her income and status, this little bit of money was nothing.
“This young lady, do you have a membership card?”
“I do. I am a global member.”
When she was paying the bill, the waitress had even asked her if she was a member, and then An Xiayue had taken out a membership card. This membership card was platinum, and the words on it were all in English, with the global logo of this clothing store, showing the owner of this card’s status as a global member. Tang Yumeng couldn’t help but sigh with emotion. This was a real young miss.
“Alright, it’s registered. Miss Yu Xiayue, welcome back next time.”
“Thank you.”
After taking back her membership card, An Xiayue happily took the bags of clothes she had bought and walked out with Tang Yumeng. Tang Yumeng had her eye on a few pieces, but she didn’t buy them. She thought that the price of these clothes was a little too high, so she gave up. She had just managed to earn some money now, and she wanted to save it up.
“Yu Xia, what are your plans after this film is finished? It seems it’s about to be the New Year.”
“I plan to go home for a trip, and then go back to my grandparents’ house for the New Year.”
“Then it seems we won’t be seeing each other for a while.”
“Don’t worry. We can still see each other often during this period.”
An Xiayue said with a smile.
It had been a while since she had come to China. She didn’t know how the few friends she had in the United States were doing now. They had also each entered the rising period of their careers. Only she had returned to China to find a new path.
She didn’t know what the future would be like either. Anyway, for now, it felt not bad.
“Yu Xia, do you want to have a late-night snack?”
“Yes. What shall we eat?”
If only I could be like An Xiayue, not having to think about anything, and just relax so easily. Tang Yumeng smiled wryly.
But this wasn’t so bad either.
…
Qidian was currently the number one novel publishing house in the country. In its early years, it was an online novel website. Later, it grew bigger and bigger and became the number one novel publishing house in the country, becoming the number one ruler of the novel world. And Wenqing, which had come from behind, could not be compared with Qidian in terms of the number and quality of the novels it published. Qidian occupied all the resources of the novel circle. But it did indeed have its strength.
Among Qidian’s supreme god authors, Lan Shao, Huang Dou, Jutou Si Mingyue, and Lan Meigui were all pillar authors of Qidian and all had their own representative works. They controlled the reader traffic of Qidian and even more so, they dominated Qidian. And among them, the one with the highest popularity and the most heat was Lan Shao. He was the first author among all the supreme god authors to have an annual income of over one hundred million. He had many representative works, among which the series of novels he created had set a new high in his career and had become a glory that he could never replicate in his lifetime. He was a bona fide supreme god.
Among so many novel publishing companies, the only one that could compete with Qidian was Wenqing. But Wenqing did not have any strong authors to compete, and they had no supreme god authors. But this situation might be broken this year. Because Wenqing’s author, Shion-sensei, was highly anticipated and might become the first supreme god author of Wenqing. This possibility was quite high.
When Luo Nan walked into the Qidian headquarters, the boss of Qidian, CEO Lin Cong, personally found her and told her some things about work.
“Canwu-sensei, you are a very talented author. I believe you will be successful. Now our Qidian is in need of people. We hope you can produce better works. Now is the era of IP culture. If your IP is taken a fancy to, then it will be a lifetime of honor.”
Boss Lin Cong said so.
Actually, Luo Nan was very clear about the purpose of his saying these words. They wanted to cultivate Luo Nan to become the next pillar of Qidian, the next supreme god. Although Luo Nan had joined Qidian as a female author, as a female author, she had written many themes that male authors did not dare to write, and that was the science fiction theme. She had made a name for herself at Qidian with her own hard strength. After that, no one dared to look down on her again.
Luo Nan nodded, indicating that she understood.
Luo Nan walked in the Qidian headquarters and opened the meeting room. As soon as she entered, the round table in the meeting room was already seated with all of Qidian’s supreme god authors. They also quietly waited for the people here to be seated.
Sitting in the very center was a man in his thirties with a small braid and glasses. He was Qidian’s popular author, Lan Shao, whose real name was Dai Ping.
And sitting next to him was a delicate and pretty man with glasses. He was one of Qidian’s supreme god authors, Lan Meigui, whose real name was Tang Dong.
Sitting on the left was a slightly chubby man. He was Qidian’s supreme god author, Jutou Si Mingyue, whose real name was Jiang Chuyang, and was also Qidian’s famous eunuch who was known for digging pits and not filling them.
The last one was the thin and weak man sitting on the far right. He was also the youngest among so many supreme god authors, only 30 years old, Huang Dou. He was also the only author at present who could compete with Lan Shao in terms of annual income. His real name was Zhu Ming.
These four, no matter which one, were all super authors of Qidian, the undisputed pillars. Today, they were all gathered here, sitting together in the meeting room, happily discussing their works. When Luo Nan burst into this place, she felt that she was out of place.
Fortunately, these four supreme god authors all showed a kind smile when they saw Luo Nan arrive.
“Hello, Canwu-sensei. Come and sit.”
Lan Shao was the first to speak. This supreme god author, who was already in his thirties and was about to turn forty, was currently the undisputed popularity king of Qidian, and also the creator of an era. In his era, the novel world had not yet been cultivated. Under his leadership, the domestic novels had entered a stage of crazy development. He could be said to be the number one meritorious official of the pioneering era.
Luo Nan also knew that such an important meeting, with so many supreme god authors, and she, a female author, and not a supreme god, was really a bit too much to ask her to attend. Fortunately, the boss of Qidian had also arranged for other great god authors to come and attend the meeting, but they should be very flustered. To sit with the supreme god authors, the pressure was inevitably great.
“Hello, seniors.”
Luo Nan still greeted them very politely.
After that, the boss of Qidian, Lin Cong, arrived, counted the number of people. So many people were present. Besides Luo Nan, no other great god author had arrived. It was estimated that they were all stage-frightened. There was no choice. They had to continue the meeting.
“Today, I have called everyone here for a meeting. The first is of course to ensure the development of Qidian. The second is about the new system for all the authors. And the third, our rival Wenqing has a very eye-catching author that we need to pay attention to.”
Today, Qidian was destined not to be a peaceful day.
Wenqing’s momentum had been very good recently. This was of course the credit of Shion-sensei. As her popularity continued to rise and her sales reached a new high, she was just one step away from the position of a supreme god. She just needed to successfully prove herself, and then she would truly step into the position of a supreme god.
Yu Linna was highly anticipated by the people at Wenqing. But for her, she just wanted to do her job well, to write novels and at the same time to write scripts, to open up a path completely different from others. Yu Linna had always been working very hard.
…
The new editor, Qian Jiaxuan, to fulfill her responsibility, had specially run to Yu Linna’s house to help her with the housework, saying that she wanted to inherit the work style of her senior, Sister Chen. Coincidentally, at this time, Yu Linna was on winter vacation. She was at home writing her manuscript and script every day.
Yu Linna was shocked at that time and quickly said, “No need, no need.”
“Sister Qian, you’re being too polite. You can just sit and rest. I’ll show you my character design manuscript in a bit.”
“No, no, no, you put down the mop. Don’t… ah, it’s too late.”
“Ah!”
Qian Jiaxuan had originally wanted to help Shion-sensei mop the floor, but as a result, she hadn’t managed to mop the floor. The dirty water in the bucket had been overturned, and the floor was all wet. Qian Jiaxuan’s formal attire was also all wet, from head to toe, thoroughly chilled. It couldn’t be more wretched. Yu Linna looked on and wanted to cover her face.
