That night, for Su Yu, it was the most peaceful night he had slept since coming to Blue Star.
Having temporarily escaped the threat to his life, he finally relaxed.
That tranquility and peace seemed to build a warm harbor for him, allowing him to immerse himself in long-lost comfort.
It wasn't until noon the next day that Su Yu was awakened from his deep sleep by his phone's ringtone.
He rubbed his sleepy eyes and looked at the incoming number; it was a landline from Yanjing.
This filled him with doubt. At this time, who could be calling him?
"Is this Su Yu, Mr. Su? I am Chief Editor Hu Jian from Shengshi Fenghua's martial arts department! Our scriptwriting department is very optimistic about your martial arts work, "amorous swordsman ruthless sword." When would it be convenient for you to sign the contract? The signing editor added your green bubble before, but you haven't accepted it..."
Su Yu, who had been sleeping soundly, was a bit bewildered by Hu Jian's words.
Could it be that the novel he uploaded last night was immediately noticed and ready for signing this morning?
And even the Chief Editor of the martial arts department called him personally?
"I am Su Yu. I didn't check my phone just now. I'll go accept the signing editor's friend request right away."
Su Yu was wide awake in an instant. Goodness, did this mean his novel could be seen by more readers very soon?
"Alright! Mr. Su, our scriptwriting department values your novel greatly. We will arrange recommendations for you immediately after signing! We hope the quality of the novel doesn't decline, as it's truly difficult for a traditional martial arts novel to appear nowadays. I will do my best to secure recommendation resources for you!"
Hu Jian's words were filled with barely concealed excitement.
Well, early this morning, Hu Jian received new martial arts books pushed by his subordinate editors.
And at the top of the list was Gu Zhou Suo Li Weng's "amorous swordsman ruthless sword."
As the Chief Editor of the niche martial arts category, Hu Jian personally reviewed some new martial arts books every day.
At that time, among all the new martial arts books, only "amorous swordsman ruthless sword" had managed to make him, Hu Jian, read over thirty thousand words in one sitting for many years!
It wasn't that he could only read over thirty thousand words; it was that there was nothing after that!
The author had only written up to chapter six! It was stuck at the critical moment when Li Xunhuan was poisoned, and Mr. Mei was about to detoxify him!
This made him anxious and restless.
So, he directly approved the signing application for this book and notified the signing editor to contact the author for the contract.
Because he was already impatient to see the rest of the content.
If Chief Editor Hu Jian was like this, there's no need to mention the various editors of the martial arts category.
They had seen this martial arts novel that had brightened their eyes even earlier than Hu Jian.
The setting of "little li flying dagger, never misses" also reawakened their inner martial arts spirit.
However, the result was that the author named Gu Zhou Suo Li Weng's green bubble hadn't been added all morning!
As editors, they didn't have the authority to view the author's backend information, nor could they contact Su Yu.
Furthermore, they were more worried that Su Yu had submitted his work to multiple platforms and that this potentially popular martial arts novel might be signed by other platforms.
So, they found Hu Jian and, through his authority as Chief Editor, obtained Su Yu's phone number.
After some operations on his phone, Su Yu finally completed the novel's signing contract.
Although this contract was a bit overbearing, who could blame it? It was his first novel after all.
Su Yu believed that by the time of his next novel, he would be qualified to discuss new signing terms with Shengshi Fenghua.
And in the martial arts category, the editor assigned to Su Yu, the new author, turned out to be Hu Jian himself, a scene that made all the other editors drop their jaws.
However, if they were Hu Jian, they would probably do the same, right?
After all, this book could very likely bring new life to the stagnant martial arts category!
At this moment, Hu Jian was chatting with Su Yu on green bubble.
Chief Editor Hu Jian: "Su Yu, how many words do you plan to write for this novel? Do you have a complete outline?"
Su Yu: "It can be finished in less than five hundred thousand words, and I have a complete outline."
After seeing Su Yu's reply, Hu Jian was in the wind and disheveled.
He never expected that Su Yu's novel was planned to end at five hundred thousand words? That was too little, wasn't it?
However, since the novel hadn't started being recommended yet, he couldn't accurately predict its performance, so he didn't say much more.
If the novel became popular in the end, he would just ask Su Yu to write more.
Chief Editor Hu Jian: "I'll give you a recommendation this Saturday. I'll send you the specific recommendation rules later. Don't stop updating during the recommendation period, and it's best to maintain a stable update of ten thousand words daily. Can you do that?"
Su Yu: "OK!"
Hu Jian waited for a long time only to receive Su Yu's single "OK" reply, which left him a bit speechless.
However, he had said and done everything he needed to, and now he was just waiting for the results after the recommendation.
Meanwhile, Su Yu was busy writing today's task. With his current typing speed, thirty thousand words a day was stable.
But since the Chief Editor said only ten thousand words a day were needed, he just had to obey. This way, he could save a lot of drafts for future needs.
today is Friday, July 6th. Hu Jian said there would be a recommendation on Saturday, which was incredibly fast.
So, after completing today's writing task, Su Yu directly published chapters seven and eight, and the remaining four chapters were scheduled to be released automatically. It was truly delightful.
The moment Su Yu updated, everyone in the martial arts editorial department simultaneously received notification alerts. Their eyes instantly lit up, and without a word, they got to work!
However, after finishing the two chapters, everyone, including Hu Jian, was depressed.
These two chapters explained the past between Li Xunhuan and Lin Shiyin. Li Xunhuan's persistent loyalty to his brother truly made all the editors grit their teeth in anger!
But for someone as devoted to love and loyalty as Li Xunhuan, they couldn't bring themselves to hate him from the bottom of their hearts.
Was this a tragic novel disguised as a martial arts story? But the definition of martial arts here was so hardcore! It was truly baffling.
So, everyone could only sigh in silence, and at this point, they realized they were a bit too invested, actually starting to feel that the characters in the novel were not worth it.
They all understood what this meant for them as editors.
They had to review countless martial arts novels tomorrow. With so much reading, it naturally became difficult to be easily moved by characters or plots in a novel.
Yet, this "amorous swordsman ruthless sword," with less than sixty thousand words, had them deeply engrossed, which was simply incredible!
Such a book must be recommended, and with the greatest possible effort!
Just as Hu Jian went to find Shengshi Fenghua's Chief Editor to secure a better recommendation slot for this martial arts novel, Su Yu received a message from Han Jiangxue.