Chapter 1 Meanwhile

At the same time, Ma Yiqun was also paying attention to Cui Geng's new book.

Although Ma Yiqun is now the CEO of Qidian Chinese Website, following new books should be the responsibility of editors and chief editors, but it just so happens to be the Chinese New Year, and he is idle at home anyway.

Ma Yiqun had heard of Cui Geng's name long ago and knew about his "infamous history."

However, no matter what, Cui Geng is talented.

A talented but lazy author is still better than a talentless but diligent one.

After all, online literature is a creative industry, and many times it's not about how fast you write, but how well you write.

If the content is not good, writing faster will only accelerate the production of garbage.

"Butterfly Game" had only just started, and the comments section was obviously not in a good state.

Ma Yiqun ignored these and started reading directly.

The beginning was fast-paced, glossing over the protagonist's identity and immediately giving him the golden finger. After a brief introduction to how to use the golden finger, the official plot began.

On New Year's Eve, Cui Geng directly released five chapters, which completed a small story arc.

From the protagonist obtaining the "Butterfly Game" permissions to helping the first supporting character, an independent game developer, achieve his dream.

The content of the first small plot was very simple, essentially a preview of the core satisfying point.

A poor independent game developer, who never gave up on his dream, created a game with simple assets but interesting gameplay, but because he had no money for promotion, no one paid attention.

The protagonist discovered him while observing parallel worlds, so he used his permissions to find a gaming UP (uploader) and used his golden finger to make the UP "happen" to download the game and play it.

As a result, the game suddenly became popular under the UP's promotion, and the independent game developer was able to continue his dream.

After reading this short plot, Cui Geng released a single chapter.

The content of the single chapter was simple. On the one hand, he apologized to all readers for the old book, and on the other hand, he emphasized that this new book was carefully considered, the content was absolutely wonderful, and asked everyone to give it a little patience. During the New Year, he decided to stay at home and write 10,000 words every day.

After reading these contents, Ma Yiqun fell into deep thought.

He had been writing online novels for so long, and recently he had been paying attention to the trends of online novels, so he could naturally see some clues.

Does this novel have problems? Definitely.

But it also has advantages!

The current novels on the market are still mainly based on the "Don't bully a young man for being poor" trope, and the way to mobilize readers' emotions is mainly through simple and crude methods such as repression, inciting hatred, and revenge.

Urban novels have also developed well, but the overall structure has not broken away from this framework. Many soldier king, campus belle, and rebirth themes are basically based on the more traditional face-slapping.

The "Butterfly Game," however, can be seen from its underlying architecture to be very different from these popular novels.

First of all, while maintaining a fast pace, it re-planned the early plot.

Most novels still follow the so-called "golden three chapters," which is a fixed cycle of "repression, obtaining a golden finger, and face-slapping."

It's not that this routine is bad, but it has been overused to the point where many readers feel nauseous at the sight of it.

"Butterfly Game" completely abandoned this routine. There is no repression in the beginning, the protagonist directly obtains the golden finger, and there is no "face-slapping" plot, directly entering its own unique satisfying point.

Secondly, the way this novel delivers "satisfaction" is completely different from other novels.

Current online novels are "simple and crude satisfaction," which is commonly known as "showing off and face-slapping."

But the satisfying point of "Butterfly Game" is a sneaky kind of satisfaction. The protagonist uses the light ball in his hand to create butterfly effects in parallel worlds through some very small changes, thereby achieving some very interesting results.

The protagonist's sense of satisfaction is not as obvious as the traditional face-slapping, it is more subtle, but this kind of satisfaction can also bring spiritual pleasure to readers.

Moreover, aside from the protagonist's sense of accomplishment, if you put yourself in the shoes of the characters in the book, such as the frustrated game developer, you can also gain a kind of joy.

This kind of joy is a bit like an adult's fairy tale. Everyone knows that most independent game developers face a slim chance of survival due to lack of promotion.

In reality, many independent game developers can only reluctantly give up their game dreams, but in the novel, his dream is realized because of the "butterfly effect" created by the protagonist. This is also a sense of satisfaction for the readers.

If the current popular novels are like braised pork, then this novel is like a simple dish of tomatoes with sugar.

Braised pork is certainly delicious, but when the table is full of all kinds of braised pork, a plate of tomatoes with sugar will inevitably be snatched up quickly.

Not only that, Ma Yiqun also seemed to see some Tenderness (Tengda) in this book.

He felt that this story seemed to be based on President Pei, after all, President Pei suddenly became popular when he was making "Lonely Desert Road" because of a video by Qiao Laoshi.

With the revenue from this game, President Pei had the money to make "Ghost General" and earned the first pot of gold to establish Tenderness Group.

Therefore, this story felt particularly close to Ma Yiqun.

Considering these aspects, Ma Yiqun had a hunch that if this book could be written well, it would definitely explode on Qidian Chinese Website!

But is the writing style of this book perfect?

Ma Yiqun felt that it wasn't entirely so.

There were still some places that could be slightly modified. After the modification, this book could be even better!

Fortunately, Cui Geng hasn't written much yet, it's easy to change direction when the boat is small, so seize the time to modify it!

Thinking of this, Ma Yiqun directly called Cui Geng.

"President Ma, I'm writing! Don't worry, I will definitely write this book well, and I won't give up halfway! At least write two million words!"

Before Ma Yiqun could speak, Cui Geng had already begun to express his determination.

"Hehe, guess how many times you've said that?"

Ma Yiqun's words left Cui Geng speechless.

"Okay, I didn't call you to talk about this." Ma Yiqun smiled and got to the point, "I do want to talk to you about the new book, but in addition to telling you to write this book well and not give up halfway, there are some other things."

Cui Geng was stunned: "President Ma, please speak."

Ma Yiqun said: "I personally have some small opinions. I'll briefly tell you about them. If you think they are suitable, you can change them. If not, just forget it. It can be considered as brainstorming to try and write this book well."

"I am very optimistic about your book, so I want to help you polish the content of this book better."

Cui Geng was a little flattered: "You say."

Ma Yiqun slightly sorted out his thoughts and explained his ideas in detail.

"I can see that the theme of the first small plot seems to be based on President Pei. There are indeed many interesting stories in Tenderness, and it is not impossible to use them as material, but I think the artistic processing you have done is still a bit insufficient."

"My main opinions are two points:"

"First of all, I think the protagonist, as a pure bystander, is not involved enough in the plot."

"There is no big problem in treating the protagonist as a pure tool person, and some books do indeed do this, but it would be more interesting if it could be connected to the plot."

"This is how I envision it: the light ball the protagonist obtains is not a parallel world, but the real world he is in."

"And every action the protagonist takes is actually changing the world, making the world he is in better."

"At the same time, the protagonist can also benefit from his actions. For example, he helps an entrepreneur build a trillion-dollar business empire, and the protagonist can use his own money to buy shares in this company before the empire takes shape, so he himself obtains a wealth of income and changes his life."

"Moreover, the protagonist, as someone in the dark participating in these interactions, can meet those supporting characters in reality, which will also create many interesting plots."

"Secondly, I think the tone of this book can be changed."

"The current writing style is mainly a positive narrative, and the satisfying point is relatively direct."

"The so-called direct satisfying point is: I want to do something, I go to do it, I succeed."

"This writing style is certainly safe, but for readers, it may not be very attractive."

"I wonder if it is possible to use a counter-routine narrative method to further strengthen the accidental feeling in 'Butterfly Game,' make the satisfying point more tortuous, and the plot more humorous."

"In simple terms, it means: I didn't want to do anything, an accident happened, I went against my wishes, but I succeeded."

"Specifically, the outline of the satisfying point in the first plot you wrote is: the independent game author wants to succeed, the protagonist helps him through 'Butterfly Game,' and the independent game author succeeds."

"After the modification, the outline of the satisfying point can become like this: the independent game author didn't want to succeed, he just wanted to make a game to retaliate against society, the protagonist thinks the game is very interesting, helps him with 'Butterfly Game,' and then the independent game author succeeds."

"In the process of writing, pay attention to using more humorous writing methods. This kind of plot should be able to stand out from the current traditional plots."

"Understand?"

On the other end of the phone, Cui Geng was silent, seemingly trying hard to digest what Ma Yiqun had just said.

After a long time, he meaningfully "hmm" and said, "President Ma makes a lot of sense!"

"Indeed, when I was writing this beginning, I always felt like something was missing."

"It's like a dish, all the ingredients are ready, and the heat is almost right, but it always lacks a little bit of flavor!"

"If I can make up for these two points, then this book will definitely be even more outstanding!"

"But... President Ma, I have a doubt."

Ma Yiqun: "Hmm? What doubt?"

Cui Geng hesitated for a moment before saying, "To be honest, this game developer's plot is indeed based on President Pei."

"However, with this kind of writing, will it be a defamation of President Pei's image?"

"President Pei won't hold a grudge, right?"