Zhao Youyue had always been unsure about popularity, especially the so-called "high popularity". How to determine whether a work is a highly popular work, and whether a certain character in it is a highly popular character?
After what Zhao Hao had done, Zhao Youyue seemed to have understood a little. Perhaps popularity could be measured by money. The more people who were willing to spend money on this work and this character, the more popular it would be. Of course, this was all based on the quality of this work!
Take live streamers as an example. Some live streamers were supported by tycoons, and their popularity was stabilized. Even if the tycoons no longer existed, they would still become a famous live streamer with loyal fans. On the other hand, no matter how much the tycoons supported them, they would not be able to stabilize their popularity. When the tycoons lose interest in them, they would completely decline, and become a flash in the pan.
Now, it was the same for other works. The quality of "The Strongest King" was very high, and the recent climax of the plot had already caused its popularity to explode. Now, with the appearance of Silver Sect Master and Golden Sect Master, "The Strongest King" was like a magical elixir in a cultivation novel, which allowed "The Strongest King" to go through a calamity!
From now on, "The Strongest King" would become a very popular work!
It could compete for the first place in the monthly votes every month!
In that case, should Zhao Youyue choose to leave early?
Now, Zhao Youyue had concluded that there were three types of special effects for the characters she created. The lowest was the "popular character". In fact, Zhao Youyue's "Yu Shengfan" had already reached this state a few days ago. This state allowed Zhao Youyue to leave early, without causing any negative effects. Naturally, she would not obtain the character card and inherit its abilities.
The second state was like the current state, where Yu Shengfan became a "popular character". If she left early, she would obtain a character card with a time limit. Within the time limit, she would inherit the character's abilities. However, it should be pointed out that in the future works of the creator, the popularity of this popular character might decrease, resulting in a shorter usage time. It was also possible that the popularity of this popular character would increase, resulting in a longer usage time.
The most frightening thing was that the character would completely collapse. For example, a female top student character would suddenly become a cultivator, and become a fantasy character. Would this still be the original Zhao Youyue? As a result, the "High Popularity Character Card" was instantly shattered, and Zhao Youyue could no longer use the character's abilities.
Also, the ideal situation would be for the author to write better and better, turning the character into an iconic character!
Therefore, if Zhao Youyue exited the novel prematurely, she would have to bet on the author's character. You should never bet on a newbie author with an unstable mentality. Who knows, the moment Zhao Youyue exited the novel, he might be influenced by some readers and start messing around, causing the entire novel to collapse. Zhao Youyue's previous efforts would go to waste.
If this work was suitable for doujinshi, then it would be even more stable. The more doujinshi there were, the more popular the original work would be.
Obviously, "The Strongest King" fulfilled all these conditions perfectly. The author, Rosemary, was a very principled author. Every step he took was steady, and he did not have any bad records. Moreover, he was very serious about his works, and he knew that "The Strongest King" would become his work of Godhood. Why would he mess around with this work?
Zhao Youyue did not have the heart to create more trouble in "The Strongest King". In order to turn a "highly popular character" into an "iconic character", she might have to kill "Yu Shengfan". This would definitely cause Rosemary to be scolded to death by the indignant readers. Zhao Youyue did not want to mess with such a low-profile, principled author who still promised to update.
Moreover, who could guarantee that "Yu Shengfan" would become an iconic character after her death? If she did not try, there was no way to know. Huang Shaotian and Sanzu Nunnery could not be used as a reference, as they did not die in their respective works.
If she encountered an author who did not have any moral principles, who specialized in tricking readers, leaving it unfinished, or having countless bad records, then she would be bold enough to try. No matter how popular a popular female character was, she would dare to let this female character die, and see if she could become an iconic character
The first two types of character states should be quite clear. The third type would be an iconic character, also known as a "super popular character." No matter how much time passed, such a character would never be forgotten. As a character summon card, it would always be "charged." It could be called a "perpetual motion machine." However, iconic characters were something that could only be encountered by chance, not sought out. They were one of a kind.
Creating a unique character in a unique work, a character that would never be forgotten by people. That would be an iconic character. (Usually, a dead character would become an iconic character more easily, because her death would cause a great shock or psychological trauma to many readers, and they would never be able to forget it.)
What kind of work would be unique? Of course, it would be a work with a godly ending, or a work that created a genre, or a national novel or manga. Anyway, this work must have a highlight that other works did not have (the terrifying popularity of a national novel was also a huge highlight), so that other works that followed the trend could only imitate it, but could never surpass it.
After Zhao Youyue discovered these three states, she was thinking about a "price-performance ratio" problem. She felt that it was not necessary to forcefully pursue the most perfect "iconic character card" in every work, unless it was a particularly useful ability. For example, "Xu Jing's card" was simply a jack of all trades, and it was suitable for every aspect. Therefore, no matter what, she would try her best to mold "Xu Jing" into an iconic character, no matter what.
Now, what kind of ability could this "Yu Shengfan" character card inherit? Actually, there were only two abilities, one was "Top gamer with max gaming talent", and the other was "Language Master with multiple languages".
These two abilities were not that important to her, so there was no need to turn "Yu Shengfan's card" into a character card with no time limit. This character card had a time limit of three years, which was more than enough for her to use, not to mention that the time limit of "The Strongest King" was just starting to slay the gods!
In a short period of time, Zhao Youyue decisively chose to leave after weighing the pros and cons!
She saw another character card appearing on the mysterious "Two Dimensional Gate" in her mind. She was a blonde twintail Lolita, sitting in front of the computer with headphones on. Her mouth was open, and she seemed to be chattering away, revealing her cute canine teeth.
There was a countdown timer on this character card, which represented its usage time. However, it would suddenly increase as it went down, which was very interesting.
At this moment, as long as Zhao Youyue activated "Yu Shengfan" state, she would obtain the talent ability of "Yu Shengfan"!
The first chapter of the explosion!!!
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