At the same time, in Zhongdian Chinese Network's inspiration class.
Cui Geng looked at the time. There were still two hours before he got off work.
A week passed in the blink of an eye. It would be the weekend again tomorrow.
He left the movie and music area of the inspiration class and went to the work area to find an empty computer. He began to write the plot of "Successor".
He worked eight hours a day. Six hours were spent watching various movies, dramas, novels, and comics to collect materials. Only two hours could be used for writing. That was the rigid rule of the "inspiration class".
In the beginning, Cui Geng felt that two hours was too short. He was not used to it.
After all, when he was writing online novels, the time was the opposite. At most, he would have two hours to collect materials, and the rest of the time would be used to write.
After only two hours of writing, Cui Geng felt that it would end before he started writing. He was not used to it.
In the first half of the week, Cui Geng felt that his creative rhythm was a little wrong. Often, time would be up just as he was getting into the groove of writing for two hours.
The computer in the office would record the writing time of each author. They could not write after two hours.
Of course, it would not matter if the author wrote on his laptop after work or on the weekends, or if he went to the internet cafe to write. However, there was no requirement for the number of updates and the number of words in the novel under this buyout system. Which author who chose to participate in the "inspiration class" would use their rest time to write?
That was why Cui Geng found it difficult to adapt at the beginning. He wrote slowly, and the readers could not wait. He was scolded a lot.
However, he gradually adjusted his creative mode.
Now, he used six hours a day to collect materials and finalize the details of the story. He could focus on writing for the remaining two hours. All the content had been carefully considered. There would basically be no problems with writing.
What's more, the story seemed to be more compact because he had to compress all the content he wanted to write today into two hours.
Cui Geng felt that it was not bad after gradually adapting to this creative rhythm.
Cui Geng arrived at the work area and quickly got into the groove after turning on the computer. He quickly tapped on the keyboard with both hands, and the plot of the story quickly turned from the idea in his mind into actual words.
Cui Geng did not dare to delay for a moment because he knew that the mice in the office would "come alive" when it was time to get off work. They would run around like real mice and he could no longer catch them.
He had to finish today's work before the mice ran away.
That week, the "inspiration class" had become even stronger.
More authors from Zhongdian Chinese Network had finished their old books, accepted the new fixed-rate contract, and came to the "inspiration class" to collect materials while writing.
However, most of them were scolded.
The readers of Zhongdian Chinese Network already knew about the existence of this "inspiration class", and their opinions were getting stronger.
That was because only a small portion of Zhongdian Chinese Network's authors had finished their old books and started to write custom-made novels for Tengda's IP. The range of readers affected was not that wide.
But now, more and more authors were affected!
In the past week or so, the readers had seen the authors who had finished their old books "losing their chastity". The number of new books that they liked to read had also decreased. Naturally, they were very dissatisfied. They felt that Zhongdian Chinese Network was just messing around and giving orders blindly. They were biting off more than they could chew, and if they took too big a step, they would easily screw themselves up.
However, Zhongdian Chinese Network did not respond to this.
The reactions of the authors varied.
Some people felt that this creative method was quite good. It was very leisurely and free to write content that they liked, ignoring the protests of the readers. On the other hand, another group of authors regretted it. They felt that they were not satisfied with the content they had written, and the readers were not satisfied either. They wanted to go back and continue writing traditional split works after writing this story.
Obviously, the "inspiration class" would screen out a group of authors and leave a group of authors in a month or two.
However, no matter what, everyone had to fulfill the current creative contract first. Fortunately, the highest word count was only 500,000 words. They would definitely be able to complete it in three months at most. There would be no delay.
As for Ma Yiqun, Zhu Xingan, and the other editors of Zhongdian Chinese Network, they all followed Boss Pei's instructions and chose to let them go.
Cui Geng did not care about these contents. Whether the other authors wanted to go back and write the fixed-rate contract had nothing to do with him.
Right now, he just wanted to write the story of "Successor" in peace.
Even if the others didn't like it, it was still a good try for him.
Cui Geng had already written the beginning of "Successor" last weekend.
Cui Geng had almost completed the outline of the subsequent story of "Successor" within this week. The next step was to continuously perfect the details of each plot.
…
Phil Simmons, a playboy and rich second-generation heir without any special talent, decided to become a superhero. He received strong support from his rich father and could use a huge sum of two billion US dollars to realize his dream of becoming a superhero.
Phil had also conducted a very detailed investigation and knew the four steps for ordinary people to become superheroes in this era:
Find a way to become a superhero apprentice and successfully debut …
Be careful with your words and actions during the observation period and accumulate supporters …
Participate in the superhero election and become the spokesperson of a certain group …
Become the top superhero and the most powerful and influential person in Hope City and even the entire United States.
Phil knew very well that it would be extremely difficult for ordinary people to take this path.
There were tens of millions of people in the United States who had the dream of becoming a superhero, but only a few hundred people could complete the first step. There were only a few dozen people who could complete the second step. There were only a dozen people who could complete the third step. There were only three to five people who could truly stand at the top of the pyramid.
What's more, Phil was not the first rich person who wanted to become a superhero by throwing money.
There were at least dozens of super-rich people who were richer than his father, Ryan Simmons, in Hope City. However, most of these people could not become superheroes.
Most of them would choose another path: indirectly exert influence by organizing superhero talent shows, providing campaign funds for superheroes, or investing in superheroes before their debut.
These superheroes might not be his lackeys, but they would still give him enough face under most circumstances when a large financial group became the financial backer of many superheroes.
However, the problem was that this kind of influence could not be achieved just by giving money.
Ryan Simmons was also considered a very famous tycoon in Hope City, but Phil did not reach the level where he could do whatever he wanted because they did not have that much control over superheroes.
The Simmons family could only control some weaker superheroes.
The people of the United States did not allow superheroes to become lackeys of large financial groups, so there were many restrictions in the system.
For example, large financial groups could provide campaign funds to superheroes, but it had to be voluntary and indirect. They could exert influence, but they could not completely control them;
A powerful superhero definitely did not only have one large financial group behind him, but a community of interests formed by multiple large financial groups. There would also be checks and balances between these large financial groups. What's more, superheroes could use the 'will of the people' as an excuse to reject the requests of a certain large financial group;
If there was a problem with a certain large financial group, superheroes would cut it off immediately. They would even 'put family before righteousness' and personally deal with the large financial group in front of them.
To sum it up: the entire plutocrat class controlled superheroes, but a specific tycoon or plutocrat might also be fish on the chopping board.
The superheroes at the top had powerful combat power, huge influence, and even huge funds in their hands. They had already become invisible tycoons and plutocrats. To these superheroes, they could already control other tycoons in turn.
A tycoon like the Simmons family was nothing in the eyes of a true superhero.
The big plutocrats would also fight openly and secretly for superheroes. The Simmons family obviously did not have any advantage in this aspect.
That was why Ryan Simmons was willing to bet half of his net worth on the future fate of the Simmons family to support Phil Simmons to become a superhero.
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