At the same time, Ma Yiqun was also paying attention to Cui Geng's new book.
Although Ma Yiqun was now the CEO of Zhongdian Chinese Network, and paying attention to new books should be the responsibility of the editors and chief editors, he had nothing better to do at home.
Ma Yiqun had long heard of Cui Geng as an author. He knew about his' bad record '.
However, no matter what, Cui Geng was talented.
A talented author who was not hardworking would always be better than an untalented author who was blindly hardworking.
After all, online literature was a creative industry. Most of the time, it was not about how fast you wrote, but how well you wrote.
If the content was not good, writing fast would only speed up the production of rubbish.
The Butterfly Game had just been released not long ago. The comments section was obviously not in a good state.
Ma Yiqun did not care about all this. Instead, he started reading.
The pace at the beginning was very fast. After a brief introduction of the protagonist's identity, he immediately obtained a cheat. After a brief introduction of how to use the cheat, he officially entered the plot.
On New Year's Eve, Cui Geng directly posted five chapters. These five chapters had already completed a small plot.
It started from the protagonist obtaining the rights of the 'Butterfly Game' to helping the first supporting character, an independent game designer, to fulfill his dream.
The content of the first small plot was very simple. It was equivalent to a preview of the core plot.
An independent game designer who was poor but never gave up on his dream created a game with simple materials but very interesting gameplay. However, no one cared about it because he had no money to advertise it.
The protagonist discovered him while observing the parallel world. Thus, he used his own rights to find a UP Master in the gaming area. Then, using his own cheat, he 'coincidentally' downloaded the game and started playing it.
Thus, under the publicity of this UP Master, the game suddenly became popular. From then on, it could not be stopped. This independent game designer was thus able to continue his dream.
After reading this small plot, Cui Geng immediately posted a single chapter.
The content of the chapter was very simple. On one hand, it was to apologize to all the readers for the old book. On the other hand, it was to emphasize that he had thought about this new book carefully. The content was definitely exciting. He asked everyone to be patient. He decided not to go out during the New Year. He would update every day.
After reading this content, Ma Yiqun fell into deep thought.
He had been writing about the internet for a long time. Recently, he had been paying attention to the movements of the internet. Naturally, he could see some clues.
Was there a problem? Definitely.
However, there were also advantages!
In the current market, the hot-blooded plot of "don't bully the young for being poor" was still the main method of stirring up readers' emotions, mainly through suppression, inciting hatred, revenge, and other relatively simple and crude methods.
The development of the city was also quite good, but overall, it did not jump out of the general framework. There were many soldier kings, school beauties, and rebirth themes. The cool thing was basically the more traditional way of showing off and slapping faces.
As for The Butterfly Game, one could tell from its underlying structure that it was very different from the current popular games.
First of all, under the premise of maintaining a fast pace, it replanned the early stages of the game.
Nowadays, the so-called "Three Golden Chapters" were still popular, which was a fixed cycle of "repressing, obtaining a golden finger, and slapping faces."
It wasn't that this trick wasn't good, but it had a tendency to be overused. Many readers instinctively felt like vomiting after reading it.
The Butterfly Game, on the other hand, had completely abandoned this approach. There was no pressure at the beginning, and the protagonist was immediately given a cheat. Furthermore, there was no 'face-slapping' plot. Instead, the protagonist went straight to his own unique thrill.
Secondly, this movie's "enjoyment" was expressed in a way that was completely different from others.
At the moment, the internet was "simple and crude enjoyment", which was also commonly known as "showing off and slapping faces."
However, the thrill of The Butterfly Game was a kind of sneaky enjoyment. Through the light ball in the protagonist's hand, he created a butterfly effect in the parallel world with some very small changes, thereby achieving some very interesting results.
The thrill that the protagonist obtained was not as obvious as the traditional face-slapping. It was more subtle, but it could also bring spiritual joy to the readers.
Moreover, putting aside the sense of accomplishment that the protagonist obtained, if one were to put oneself in the shoes of the character in the book, such as the unsuccessful game designer, one would also obtain a kind of happiness.
This kind of happiness was a bit like an adult's fairy tale. Everyone knew that most independent game designers had a slim chance of making a game because of the lack of publicity.
In reality, many independent game designers could only reluctantly give up their game dreams. However, in the novel, their dreams were realized because of the "butterfly effect" created by the protagonist. To the readers, this was also a kind of pleasure.
If the current popular method was red braised pork, then this was like a simple dish of tomatoes mixed with sugar.
Red braised pork was indeed delicious, but when there were all kinds of red braised pork on the dining table, a dish of tomatoes mixed with sugar would definitely be snatched up very quickly.
Not only that, but Ma Yiqun seemed to see some of Tengda's shadow in this book.
He felt that this story was based on Boss Pei. After all, when Boss Pei created The Lonely Desert Road, it was because of one of Teacher Qiao's videos that it suddenly became popular.
With the profits from this game, Boss Pei had the money to create Ghost General and earn the first bucket of gold for Tengda Corporation.
Thus, this story was especially close to Ma Yiqun.
From these considerations, Ma Yiqun had a feeling that if this book was written well, it would definitely be a big hit on Zhongdian Chinese Network!
However, was the writing of this book perfect enough?
Ma Yiqun felt that it was not entirely so.
There were still some places that could be changed. After that, the book could be improved by another level!
It was just as well that Cui Geng had not written much yet. The boat was small, and it was easy to turn around. He could make use of the time to edit it!
At that thought, Ma Yiqun gave Cui Geng a call.
"Boss Ma, I'm writing right now! Don't worry, I'll definitely write this book well and not leave a bad ending! I'll write at least two million words! "
Before Ma Yiqun could say anything, Cui Geng had already started to show his determination.
"Hehe, guess how many times you've said this?"
Ma Yiqun's words made Cui Geng speechless.
"Alright, I didn't call you to talk about this." Ma Yiqun smiled and went straight to the point. "I really wanted to talk to you about the new book. However, apart from reminding you to write it well and not to leave a bad ending, there are other things I want to talk to you about."
Cui Geng was stunned. "Boss Ma, please go ahead."
Ma Yiqun said, "I have some personal suggestions. I'll tell you briefly. If you think it's suitable, you can make some changes. If not, forget it. Take it as a group effort to write this book well.
"I have high hopes for this book of yours. That's why I want to help you polish the content of this book."
Cui Geng felt flattered. "Please go ahead."
Ma Yiqun sorted out his thoughts and explained his thoughts in detail.
"I can tell that the theme of the first small plot seems to be based on Boss Pei. Tengda does have many interesting stories. It's not a bad idea to use them as inspiration. However, I think that your artistic processing is not enough.
"I have two main opinions:"
"First, I think that the protagonist is a pure bystander. He does not participate enough in the plot.
"It's not a big problem to treat the protagonist as a pure tool. Some books do that, but it would be more interesting if it could be related to the plot.
"This is what I'm thinking: The light ball that the protagonist gets is not a parallel world but the real world that he is in.
"And every action that the protagonist makes is actually changing the world, making the world he lives in better."
"At the same time, the protagonist can also benefit from his own actions. For example, he can help an entrepreneur build a business empire worth hundreds of billions. Before this empire is formed, the protagonist can use his own money to buy the shares of this company. Thus, he can also reap rich benefits and change his life.
"What's more, the protagonist can participate in these interactions as a person in the dark. He can meet the supporting characters in real life. That would also produce many interesting plots.
"Second, I think the tone of this book can be changed.
"The current writing style is mainly a positive narrative. The cool points are more direct.
"The so-called direct cool points are: I do what I want to do, I do it, and I succeed.
"This writing style is safe, but it might not be very attractive to readers.
"I think that we can use an anti-conventional narrative style to further strengthen the feeling of a freak combination of circumstances in the 'Butterfly Game'. That would make the cool points more complicated and make the plot more humorous.
"To put it simply: I don't want to do anything, an accident happens, things don't go my way, but I succeed.
"In terms of the first plot that you wrote, the current cool points are: The independent game author wants to succeed, the protagonist uses the 'Butterfly Game' to help him, and the independent game author succeeds.
"After editing, the cool points can be like this: The independent game author doesn't want to succeed. He just wants to make a game to take revenge on society. The protagonist finds this game very interesting and uses the 'Butterfly Game' to help him, and the independent game author succeeds.
"In the process of writing, pay attention to using more humorous writing styles. This kind of plot should be able to stand out among the traditional plots at the moment.
"Do you understand?"
On the other end of the line, Cui Geng was silent. He seemed to be trying hard to digest what Ma Yiqun had just said.
After a long time, he finally nodded meaningfully. "Boss Ma, what you said makes sense!
"Indeed, when I was writing this opening, I felt like something was missing.
"It's like a dish. All the ingredients are present, and the heat is about the same, but it's lacking that bit of flavor!
"If we can fill in those two missing points, this book would definitely be more interesting!
"However … Boss Ma, I have a doubt."
Ma Yiqun, "Eh? What doubt? "
Cui Geng hesitated for a moment and then said, "To be honest, this game designer's plot is indeed based on Boss Pei.
"However, wouldn't the current writing style be a form of vilification for Boss Pei's image?
"Boss Pei wouldn't hold a grudge, would he?
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