Seven-Second Fish

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All characters and novel titles appearing in this work are unrelated to real life. This is entirely fictional, with no real-world parallels.

Any resemblance is purely coincidental.

My name is Liu Feng. I'm a low-ranking writer, one of the studio's workhorses, and with layoffs becoming commonplace lately, I've felt the very real threat to my livelihood.

So I tried writing a book on an online platform, hoping to create a work of my own.

But all the obstacles in real life made me lose my nerve. I even started thinking about plagiarizing a hit novel. Those works are highly original, with fresh stories and a huge public impact.

Sometimes I think too highly of myself. I feel that many of today's biggest hits are formulaic, factory-made wish-fulfillment novels, and that leaves me with an inexplicable sense of resistance.

But plagiarism is ultimately no long-term solution.

Now that I've said all this, it's time to tell a story of my own.