Chapter 119: Luo Zhe: Tang Guo Is Worthless

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[Luo Zhe: Who? Su Chen is involved too?]
[Jiang Jing: Su Chen is an investor?]
Jiang Yan’s words left both Luo Zhe and Jiang Jing utterly perplexed.
[Jiang Yan: Not only an investor but also the chief planner!]
[Jiang Yan: This entire show is organized single-handedly by him.]
[Jiang Yan: So, you can’t go wrong by reaching out to him! Gotta run!]
Su Chen initially wanted to say something in his defense but Jiang Yan didn’t give him a chance at all.
[Jiang Jing: @Su Chen, what a mystery you are!]
Jiang Jing was truly shocked by Jiang Yan’s revelation!
She had always known Su Chen just as a graduate from the art academy, a composition intern.
Though Su Chen later grew closer to them and even wrote a couple of hit songs for Jiang Yan, that was just composing—sometimes talent strikes by chance. Connecting a large-scale provincial TV variety show with Su Chen seemed rather unbelievable!
Jiang Jing was extremely curious about Su Chen but didn’t want to pry too much in the chat group.
But Luo Zhe was different.
[Luo Zhe: Ahhh, Brother Chen is a big boss? Lead me to success, Brother Chen!]
[Luo Zhe: Brother Chen, I’m hurt!]
Su Chen smiled wryly; Jiang Yan had just tossed this big problem onto him—how unfair!
Honestly, Luo Zhe was quite amusing.
If given the chance, Su Chen wouldn’t mind mentoring him.
But in reality, they had no opportunity to meet, and the mentorship was being handled by Lv Yuanqing.
So, Su Chen didn’t get involved much but would consider it if the chance arose.
[Luo Zhe: Brother Chen, Su Shen, I forgive you for not bringing me along this time! But you owe me some compensation, okay? *dog head emoji*]
Su Chen didn’t intend to reply at first, but Luo Zhe kept tagging him nonstop in the group, and he finally gave in.
[Su Chen: What kind of compensation do you want?]
[Luo Zhe: Wow, you finally showed up!]
Seeing Su Chen appear gave Luo Zhe newfound energy.
[Luo Zhe: Hehe, how about three to five songs? Maybe that’d make me feel better!]
[Su Chen: What nonsense are you thinking about?]
[Jiang Jing: What nonsense are you thinking about?]
[Luo Zhe: ...]
Ever since Su Chen wrote two songs for Jiang Yan, Luo Zhe had been pestering him constantly, bringing it up every few days.
Whether joking or serious, he mentioned it quite frequently.
[Luo Zhe: How about one song? Yes, just one! Maybe then I won’t feel so sad!]
Seeing him like this, Su Chen half-jokingly played along.
[Su Chen: That depends on your performance!]
As expected, after sending the message, a flurry of flattering praise flooded in!
[Luo Zhe: Brother Chen, my admiration for you is like the endless torrents of the river, ceaseless and overwhelming like the floodwaters of the Yellow River...]

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[Luo Zhe: Look at you, writing songs and planning shows—truly a versatile talent!]
[Luo Zhe: In the planning world, you’re the top dog; in composition, you’re number one!]
[Luo Zhe: You are my god!]
[Luo Zhe: Compared to you, Tang Guo is nothing but a fart!]
Hmm?
The praise was growing more and more ridiculous!
Jiang Yan, sitting at the dining table drinking water, almost choked as she sprayed it out!
[Jiang Yan: ...]
Luo Zhe, oh Luo Zhe, do you realize you’re flattering the wrong person?
Lv Yuanqing was also caught between laughter and tears and sent a speechless ellipsis along with Jiang Yan’s message.
[Lv Yuanqing: ...]
What was this? Innocent bystander hit?
[Su Chen: ...]
[Luo Zhe: ???]
Luo Zhe was utterly baffled.
Ignoring the messages in the group, Su Chen opened the Qidian Chinese website.
Besides being busy with the show’s recording, he had been updating his novel whenever he found a spare moment.
Updates were casual and irregular—whenever inspiration struck or when he wasn’t too tired.
Despite that, the novel "Zhu Xian" had accumulated over 700,000 words.
If he pushed himself hard for a few more days, he might even be able to finish it!
After uploading the latest four chapters, he idly browsed the review section.
“No need to wait anymore, the author just called me—he’s gone to Thailand! Next time he comes back, we’ll all be sisters!”
“Skipping one chapter a day, author, how much longer do you think you can keep this up?”
“God spoke to me: child, I’ll grant you one wish. I said, can you destroy Blue Star? God said: no! Then I said, can you make the author update faster? God said: maybe we should reconsider destroying Blue Star!”
“Did the production team say they’re on holiday?”
“...”
Most comments discussed the plot, but even more were urging updates.
The ways fans urged for updates were creative and humorous, each a little comedian!
“Dear author! You’re finally online again!”
While browsing the posts, editor Wu Qian sent a message.
Since the last contact with Su Chen, her supervisor had assigned her a task:
Keep a close eye on Su Chen’s activities at all times!
As soon as there was an update or any movement, immediately go maintain the relationship!
“Okay!”
Su Chen replied briefly and continued reading the readers’ responses.
“I noticed you just updated four chapters.”
“Oh, yes!”

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“Here’s the thing: our department recently secured some resources and got a prime homepage slot, planning to heavily promote your work!”
“That sounds good, do as you see fit!”
Uh...
Wu Qian felt a bit overwhelmed; were all these great authors so aloof?
“But there’s one problem—do you have any stockpiled chapters? Because if after the big push a flood of traffic comes in and there aren’t steady updates, it might have a negative impact; readers might...”
“And it could also affect your work’s stats!”
Only then did Su Chen pause his scrolling, consider it, and reply.
“I really can’t guarantee that since I have my own job. I can only write when I have free time.”
Uh...
This was Wu Qian’s second time speechless.
Or rather, ever since she added Su Chen, almost every conversation left her quite dumbfounded.
How to put it?
"Zhu Xian" was absolutely a phenomenon-level work.
It was exactly the kind of novel their web literature innovation department desperately needed.
Immortal fantasy!
What an innovative genre!
If operated well, the web novel scene would undergo a revolutionary transformation.
Su Chen could even be said to be the pioneer of this new trend.
Based on this immortal fantasy system, a flourishing diversity of works was not impossible.
But this author seemed somewhat... indifferent!
She didn’t understand!
Work?
If she remembered correctly, this book had already surpassed ten thousand subscriptions!
The income must have broken a million yuan!
What job can earn a million yuan in less than a year?
Moreover, a large part of that income came from reader tips.
It showed how much readers loved the book!
Under such circumstances, only Su Chen could pull such a stunt of irregular and sparse updates.
According to their original plan, with the department’s promotional resources, this book should have already become wildly popular!
But Su Chen’s update pace made their leader hesitate to place a big bet.
What if they committed all resources to this book, a massive influx of traffic came, and then the author stopped updating or abandoned it?
That would be a huge loss!
Their department might even be targeted by rival departments and face demotion.
Truly a difficult situation!