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The original has been reposted! The first release is 90,000 words. You can find it next door under the title Brainstorming Takes Over the Entertainment Industry [Interstellar].
Blurb:
As a screenwriter, Xu Jiu has the world's most powerful imagination and the worst writing skills.
After someone plagiarized his ideas and he died in an accident, he transmigrated 800 years into the future, to an era of formulaic stories where AI was about to replace human creativity completely.
The body he transmigrated into belonged to another third-rate screenwriter: his inbox was crammed with rejected scripts, his free stories were so bad they drove every reader away, and his works had earned countless threads of negative reviews.
But the original owner had a writing skill so strong it made Xu Jiu green with envy.
With his outrageous imagination and vivid descriptions, his work soon became a sensation across the Interstellar community.
The hater who used to bash him: Waaaah, author, I was wrong! Please let me subscribe! Pretty please!
The editor who used to look down on him: Author, I was blind to your talent back then. Take me back! How about a 90/10 split in your favor? I really need an author like you!
Even the award-winning actor He Yanting, a veteran of the entertainment industry for over a decade, couldn't stop himself from staying up all night reading.
The award-winning actor with dark circles: Author, feed me, I'm starving!
Xu Jiu: Got you!
Just as Xu Jiu was planning to make a fortune with his imagination and live the good life, a call from the Interstellar Civil Affairs Bureau caught him completely off guard.
Interstellar regulations required everyone aged eighteen or older to take part in the Interstellar Matchmaking Congress. Anyone still unmarried at thirty would be forcibly assigned a match.
Once two people selected each other in the matchmaking System, their marriage would be registered automatically.
At the Civil Affairs Bureau.
As a first-time participant, Xu Jiu wasn't worried at all. He figured he could put it off for a year at a time, and as long as he didn't choose anyone, nobody could choose him. So he tapped "dislike" while secretly observing everyone and collecting "inspiration."
Wow! The guy third from the right in the first row is so handsome. His uniform is immaculate, his eyes sharp, and he looks perfect with the cute, baby-faced guy beside him! The tension is off the charts!
The guy in the middle of the third row is pretty good too. White shirt, dark blue suit, glasses: he looks just like a refined scoundrel! Pair him with that laid-back guy in black in front of him, and you've got a power couple with a love-hate dynamic. Nice!
And then there's the sixth row...
Before Xu Jiu could finish imagining the possibilities, a commotion broke out.
He turned to look. Backlit in the doorway stood a handsome, aristocratic man in a custom black suit, 190 centimeters tall and wearing sunglasses.
Xu Jiu was stunned. Wasn't that the hugely popular actor He Yanting, whose poster hung on his wall?
But wow, he looked incredible. So much better than in the posters! Too bad he's not my type. I wonder who a big shot like him would even go for?
Ding-dong! Xu Jiu heard the System notification: "Mr. Xu, your match is confirmed."
Xu Jiu: ???
He looked down. His finger was pressed against He Yanting's handsome face on the screen.
He Yanting: Press and hold for 10 seconds to confirm that you like someone!
Xu Jiu: !!! I must've held it by accident!
He looked up in a panic and met He Yanting's eyes as the man sat down beside him.
Just as he was about to ask to cancel the match, He Yanting turned to him with a smile.
"Sorry, I accidentally held it down too long too."
Xu Jiu: ?
At that moment, the System chimed again, quite inappropriately:
"Congratulations to you both on your marriage."
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