My Web Novel System - Chapter 36

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

After being carried out of the building by security, Mr. Kaft’s eyes turned cold as he sat on the ground.

“F*ck, such a big company doesn’t even have any moral integrity when it comes to doing things! I’ve also read ‘Ghosthand’ and it’s complete trash compared to ‘Candle in the Tomb’!”

Mr. Kaft stood up and dusted off the dirt on his body and muttered to himself, “I think I should look for the author of ‘Candle in the Tomb’ and ‘The Lost Tomb’. The competition between these two books seems even more intense. Once it was the first volume was uploaded, it’s already so competitive. The disputes in the future will simply be unimaginable. I might need more internet trolls.”

When the fat man thought of this, his eyes lit up and he was instantly in a good mood.

He turned around and looked at the tall office building of Penguin Publishing. “Hmph! I don’t even need to sabotage ‘Ghosthand’ because it’s so bad it speaks for itself. Stoner, all of you just wait and see! ‘Ghosthand’ will return to its original position in the rankings in no time.”

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At the venue.

The smell of gunpowder was so thick that the hotel was about to explode. It was clearly a sharing session, but it had become a quarreling session between the author and the audience.

It was one person fighting against many members of the audience.

The audience was chattering.

In the end, Dunbar could only leave the stage with a dark expression on his face.

Hades quickly went up to the stage. Only then did everyone settle down.

That was because, according to reliable sources, Hades was Fang Yuan’s mentor.

“Next, let’s welcome the author of ‘The Lost Tomb’ to the stage!”

This sentence was like throwing a nuclear bomb into the crowd.

Everyone was caught off guard.

“Who’s the author of ‘The Lost Tomb’?”

“I don’t know…out of all the famous authors, who would write in such a style?”

“The introduction of ‘The Lost Tomb’ is similar to ‘Tomb Raider’. The only difference is that when I read the book, I feel like I’m there because of the historical presence.”

“This book is simply refreshing after all those books about magic and swords.”

“Yeah, it’s much better than ‘Candle in the Tomb’.”

“‘Candle in the Tomb’ is the originator of tomb-robbing novels. ‘The Lost Tomb’ is a little too exaggerating and the story is much worse than ‘Candle in the Tomb’.”

It seemed like “Candle in the Tomb” and “The Lost Tomb” were two big topics that could not be avoided.

Not only did the audience quarrel, but the judges also argued endlessly.

As for “Ghosthand” which supposedly ranked above the two works, no one discussed it at all.

Hades retreated to Sherry’s side and asked, “Sherry, which of these two books do you think is better?”

Shirley said without a second thought, “‘The Lost Tomb’ is not as elegant as ‘Candle in the Tomb’.”

Sakazaka Rion said, “I don’t think so. ‘The Lost Tomb’ is so mysterious and more interesting than ‘Candle in the Tomb’…”

Everyone was still discussing.

Now, everyone was extremely curious as to who the author of “The Lost Tomb” was.

Everyone slowly became silent because the one who went up to the stage was actually the same author – Fang Yuan.

Everyone’s eyes widened and they gasped.

“What’s he doing up there? Is the author of ‘The Lost Tomb’ not present today?”

“I guess that’s possible.”

Everyone was a little confused.

Even the judges were confused.

According to the competition rules, no one knew who the authors were even if they knew their mentee’s book.

What was going on? The author of “Candle in the Tomb” went up on stage once again.

Was Fang Yuan going up to diss “The Lost Tomb”?

Earlier, the audience was already annoyed that the author of “Ghosthand”, who was nothing in their eyes, took to the stage.

Fang Yuan could feel the crowd’s nervousness.

He also felt that if his next words were not right, he would immediately face a storm.

However, he still swept his gaze across the crowd and finally said with confidence, “It’s me…”

He did not say anything else.

“What do you mean?”

“What does he mean by that?”

Everyone was stunned.

“Go down! The one who should be standing on the stage is the author of ‘The Lost Tomb’!”

Someone could not stand the torture, so he shouted at Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan was not mad at that person and said with a smile, “It’s me…”

The scene was completely silent.

“What do you mean…”

Finally, a reporter stood up and asked, “Mr. Fang Yuan, what do you mean…”

Fang Yuan interrupted him and said, “It’s exactly what you think. It’s me.”

“Are you saying that you’re the author of ‘Candle in the Tomb’ and ‘The Lost Tomb’?”

The reporter finally reacted and screamed.

Fang Yuan nodded and said, “That’s right, it’s me.”

The whole place was silent for three seconds.

“Kaboom!”

Thousands of people screamed at once that it caused a shockwave like an explosion.

“After arguing for so long, it turns out that ‘Candle in the Tomb’ and ‘The Lost Tomb’ are by the same author!”

“OMG! It’s really hard to imagine that someone could perfectly merge the writing styles of an old man and a young man into two books. I can’t even tell that these two books were written by the same person!”

“This is too incredible!”

“There’s something even more amazing. Have you forgotten that he’s also the author of ‘The Coiling Dragon’? The style of ‘The Coiling Dragon’ is not at all similar to these two tomb-robbing novels!”

“I can’t believe that it’s the same author. Previously, to support ‘The Lost Tomb’, I saw the author and fans of ‘Candle in the Tomb’ as my enemy! But now, you’re like my half-brothers and half-sisters!”

“All fans who support ‘Candle in the Tomb’ and ‘The Lost Tomb’, unite!”

At this moment, the internet was in a frenzy.

Previously, due to Penguin Publishing’s interference, many fans of ‘The Lost Tomb’ went to vote for ‘Ghosthand’ as well to suppress the number one ‘Candle in the Tomb’.

After all, ‘Candle in the Tomb’ was a good book.

Thus, when ‘The Lost Tomb’ fans saw such a strong competitor, they went all out.

What was happening now?

The same author wrote both works all by himself?!

Everyone was dumbfounded and could not help but laugh.

“What the hell? Is this real?! If you’d told us earlier, I wouldn’t have fought with my wife! Hahaha!”

There were all sorts of complaints, but no one cursed at him. It was a completely different treatment from when the author of ‘Ghosthand’ went on stage.

In the end, the rankings of both books increased crazily.

The numbers of “Candle in the Tomb” and “The Lost Tomb” surpassed “Ghosthand” by a long mile.

The number of fans’ support even reached a terrifying figure of 500,000.

Everyone talked about it endlessly.

Seeing that Fang Yuan was still on stage, someone was the first to applaud, then the second, and the third.

Everyone gave Fang Yuan a standing ovation as they seemed to have witnessed a new Oriental literary star on the rise to fame.