Five Web-Novel Gods Compete to Write Fanfiction for Me

Xu Qingchi was a miserable corporate drone. The kind with an ordinary family background, squeezed dry by unscrupulous capitalists, and powerless to do anything about it. With his meager salary, the only entertainment Xu Qingchi could afford was: Reading web novels. From newly signed writers to ancient masters famous for years, Xu Qingchi had eclectic tastes and few hang-ups. In other words, he read just about everything. He spent every day wandering through the world of web novels, and life was good. Xu Qingchi had read countless stories, but most of the time he just read without commenting. Then one day, he came across a post on Weibo that said: The article you read in five minutes wasn't written in five minutes. The picture you glance at wasn't drawn in one minute. Xu Qingchi looked at the thousands of books on his app bookshelf and thought of the 800-word essays he'd struggled to write in over an hour back in school. He was deeply shaken. Xu Qingchi began to respect every author's work and cheer on every prolific writer. But as a broke guy, he couldn't afford to send lavish tips. The only ways he could think of to show his support were to favorite and subscribe to everything, leave likes, urge authors to update, write long reviews, recommend stories to other readers whenever he could, and rush to the authors' Weibo pages to profess his love whenever a story moved him beyond words. Xu Qingchi followed updates diligently and left thoughtful comments. He even noticed shifts in the authors' moods between the lines. Once he got to know them, he learned that: The author who was always going on hiatus was suffering abuse at both school and home. Every time they wrote, they did it in tears, yet their stories were always comforting and warm. The author who padded their story endlessly was struggling under the weight of illness and debt. Unable to go out and work, they could only write at home to earn money for their next medical bill. And then there was the author who "played up their gender," the author who "hated women"... Xu Qingchi reached out, offered gentle advice, and encouraged them to build better lives. With him nurturing and supporting them, those authors persevered, each growing from a sapling into a towering tree. And so, the web-novel world gained a new crop of legends: One became famous at a young age, then suddenly disappeared after making it big. A few months later, they posted an admission letter and explained to readers, "Sorry, I spent the last few months taking the Tsinghua University entrance exam." One went from a good-for-nothing who couldn't afford food and got kicked out by his girlfriend to a top star, with celebrities lining up to appear in adaptations of his work. In an interview, he said he didn't blame his ex-girlfriend and understood her. One could write, draw, and do voice impressions. Alongside writing, they worked as a top-tier illustrator and voice actor. From then on, every novel protagonist came with a face and a voice. The official adaptations made fan works obsolete, taking the fan creators' road and leaving them nowhere to go. One woman from a family that favored sons taught herself and got into a graduate law program. After graduating and passing the bar, her very first case was against the unscrupulous capitalists at her former company for violating labor laws. As a lawyer, she won a brilliant first victory. As for one long-established master who had topped the rankings for years and was widely regarded as number one, one day, while Xu Qingchi was rereading his famous work for the tenth time and posting yet another emotional confession on Weibo, the master sent him a screenshot of a chat: [Image] This is my alt account. I've been messaging you on it for half an hour, and you haven't replied. You're actually rereading my book from ten years ago? Xu Qingchi: ? ????!!!! Later, the five masters took turns messaging him in their group chat: What do you want to read lately, Little Tooth? I'll write it for you. I just drew a set of pictures. Take a look. Is it how you imagined them? Which actor do you want for this character? I can get in touch with them. #Click the leaderboard and the top five books are all just what I ordered# #Thanks for asking, I can't eat any more. There's so much food, and it's all so good. I really can't eat any more!# Theme: Sincerity is the best way to treat people