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However...

Despite the successive shocks, people’s worries did not disappear.

Did Chu Kuang pre-release his book title for publicity, intending to use the hype of "Fairytale Town" to promote his new fairy tale?

It did have an effect.

But it’s still not enough. The influence of David’s "The Legend of the Sea" is not something that can be matched with just a song...

For a moment, discussions continued.

Lin Yuan, however, no longer paid attention to the online movements.

In the following days, he dedicated himself to writing "Alice in Wonderland".

During this process.

Jin Mu brought Lin Yuan a piece of news, which was also related to Chu Kuang:

"The TV drama version of ’Detective Poirot’ has finished shooting. It’s currently in post-production and is expected to be aired once that’s complete."

Chu Kuang’s novels have basically sold the rights to their adaptations, but Lin Yuan didn’t get too involved in the filming of these dramas after the rights were sold...

His energy is limited, he can’t manage everything.

Jin Mu usually only informed Lin Yuan when these dramas were about to be premiered.

"I’ll take a look later," Lin Yuan said without asking further.

The production of this drama is none of his business.

Although he didn’t involve himself in the shooting, Lin Yuan definitely hoped that the TV adaptations of his novels would be well produced.

If the production team ruined the drama, then Lin Yuan would not continue collaborating with companies like this in the future.

They’re utterly ruining the classic works of the world.

All film and TV production companies in the industry were aware of Chu Kuang’s rules. So when they bought the rights to adapt Chu Kuang’s works, they took it very seriously and put effort into the filming.

"Hmm."

Jin Mu laughed and said, "Speaking of which, your old rival, the new version of ’The Primordial Chaos’ should also be premiered soon. The exact date hasn’t been announced yet, and it should be still in post-production as well..."

"Then ’Journey to the West’ should also be close."

Lin Yuan had been closely paying attention to the production of ’Journey to the West’.

Because they were only shooting the first season, the content was not abundant, so the production speed was quite good.

In fact.

Not long after Lin Yuan and Jin Mu’s conversation, the production team of ’Journey to the West’ announced that the shooting for the first season was officially completed.

On the day of wrap up.

Lin Yuan even personally made a trip to the set, and he rarely attended the completion dinner that evening.

After all, as the main scriptwriter of the drama, even though Lin Yuan is getting more and more comfortable with a hands-off approach, he still has to attend these key occasions whenever possible.

At the completion dinner.

There’s no doubt that Lin Yuan was the center of attention.

The director, the producer and even the leading actors took turns in toasting Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan didn’t drink alcohol, so he toasted back with tea -

Everybody knew that Lin Yuan was not in good health and was unaware that Lin Yuan’s physical condition was now better than most people, so nobody thought it improper for him to drink tea at the dinner table.

Of course.

Even if Lin Yuan was in good health, if he wasn’t willing to drink alcohol, nobody dared to say anything about it.

Meanwhile, Lin Yuan is also quietly observing the actors during the dinner.

The follow-up developments of "Journey to the West" were important, involving independent single-person films, he might need some of these actors in the future.

But the specific plan was still being weighed by Lin Yuan, so it wasn’t mentioned during the dinner.

…

The day after the wrap-up party, Lin Yuan headed to his studio to continue writing "Alice in Wonderland".

The novel was a sum of fewer than 200,000 characters in total.

And how long does it take to write a novel of less than 200,000 characters?

For different authors, the answer is definitely different.

But Lin Yuan’s answer is:

Just a few days are enough.

Yes, in just a few days, Lin Yuan had already written more than half of "Alice in Wonderland".

This was because he needed to design illustrations for the fairy tale, which had delayed some of his time.

Without the need for illustrations, he probably would have finished writing the whole novel by now.

Still, Lin Yuan’s pace was very fast.

After all, his typing process was different than other authors.

Other authors are creating the plot while writing the book.

While Lin Yuan just had to type out the text that was already in his mind.

As for the drawing part...

Master-level drawing skills were there. A mere fairytale illustration wouldn’t take up much time.

"I should be able to finish it tonight."

Looking at the progress, Lin Yuan had a plan in mind.

At this moment, Jin Mu suddenly appeared and said, "Boss, the second part of David’s ’Legend of the Sea’ has been released. I’ve bought a copy."

"Huh?"

Lin Yuan looked at the book in Jin Mu’s hand, and was surprised to find that the cover illustration was beautifully done.

Jin Mu smiled bitterly, "The second part of ’The Legend of the Sea’ invited top illustrators in the industry to draw illustrations. Your advantage in illustrations isn’t all that significant anymore."

Jin Mu flipped through a few pages of "The Legend of the Sea" part two, showing it to Lin Yuan.

There were many illustrations inside, and most of them were very delicate. Even with Lin Yuan’s picky perspective, he had to admit that the illustrator David found was quite good.

Of course, it was certainly not as good as him.

But for a fairy tale, this level of illustration is already very high.

Jin Mu said in a deep voice, "When I saw the second part of ’The Legend of the Sea’, I realized that they are well-prepared. David probably planned to have a Literary Duel with you even without the Yan People’s involvement. For these new writers who have just joined the United States, your status as Chu Kuang is a target. Everyone wants to rise to fame under your aura."

Because ’The Legend of the Sea’ part one didn’t have too many illustrations.

But in the second part of ’The Legend of the Sea’, a large amount of beautiful illustrations appeared.

This shows that David’s ’The Legend of the Sea’ part two was directed towards Chu Kuang.

Because it was known to those who studied Chu Kuang that in Chu Kuang’s previous fairy tales, the illustrations were all handled by Shadow!

The illustrations by Shadow contributed a great deal to the sales of Chu Kuang’s novels.

So David was smart!

He also put a great deal of effort into illustrations!

It’s not that he expects his work to have better illustrations than Shadow; this level of meticulous drawing is hard to surpass, yet by doing this he can at least weaken the advantage of Shadow’s illustrations in Chu Kuang’s works.

"He’s really prepared."

Lin Yuan, puzzled, "Then why didn’t he make good illustrations for the first part?"

Lin Yuan was a bit obsessive-compulsive.

Why did he rush the illustrations for the first part, but went all out for the second part?

Jin Mu shrugged, "Of course, he wanted to catch you off guard. Just like when he challenged you in the Literary Duel, he did not state in advance that his new book was the second part of ’The Legend of the Sea’. In terms of the level of importance, David’s regard for you far exceeds that of Bai Jie."

"That’s okay."

Lin Yuan said, "Our illustrations are better, and this book can be finished tonight. You can arrange for the publishing matters in the next few days."

"Do you have other tricks?" @@novelbin@@

Jin Mu’s eyes suddenly lit up.

Lin Yuan casually said, "Everyone who has participated in variety shows knows that ’The one who moves first always lose’."

Jin Mu: "..."

We were talking about novels.

And you’re talking about mystics?

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ps: Thanks to "わたぬききみひろ" for the alliance master reward, I kneel to you ▄█▀█●, I (Polluted White) have some matters to deal with, so this chapter was rushed. I’ll revise it later. The next update will probably be really late, don’t wait up.