Chapter 1415 The Allure for Top Authors

The authors all listened intently, their eyes burning with the fire of hope.

"That was so well said!"

"I knew Old Cui was just being a show-off! You clearly had so much to say, but you insisted you had no experience? If this is 'no experience,' what are we then?"

"Exactly! Are there any more golden nuggets to share? Don't hold back! Emulate the spirit of Tenda and lead us forward!"

"So President Pei had already planned the creative direction of the Inspiration Class... and I had no idea."

"Right, I feel so ashamed when I think about how I spent my days in the Inspiration Class binge-watching dramas, ostensibly 'collecting material,' but actually just slacking off. I've really let President Pei down!"

"Old Cui is the reliable one. Last time Yu Fei came back, we asked him to share his insights, but instead of sharing, he just showed off shamelessly. It was infuriating!"

Cui Geng was a little surprised. "Yu Fei came back? What did he say?"

Cui Geng hadn't seen Yu Fei since he became the lead planner for Tenda Games.

The authors said indignantly, "We asked him to talk about his creative insights and philosophy, about the connection between games and novels. Guess what he said?"

"He said he had no creative insights at all. *Eternal Reincarnation* was just something he wrote as fan fiction, without any creative philosophy."

"He also said that the success of the *Eternal Reincarnation* game adaptation was all thanks to President Pei and had nothing to do with him."

"Oh, and he said he was completely clueless as a lead designer, didn't know how to design games at all, and only managed to complete his work tasks with President Pei's guidance and the support of the rest of the project team."

"Old Cui, you be the judge! How can there be someone like that in this world?"

"It's one thing to brag, but at least make it believable! Yu Fei didn't even try to make it believable; he was so awkward! Isn't he deliberately trying to make people angry?"

Cui Geng nodded in agreement. "Yeah, that is infuriating!"

"But I think there's a grain of truth in what he said. President Pei must have guided him through a lot of the design work, otherwise, he couldn't have gotten started so quickly."

The authors sighed. "Ah, to become the lead designer of Tenda Games just from writing books! I'm so jealous!"

Of course, that was just lip service. The lead designers at Tenda Games certainly earned more and worked on bigger projects, but everyone felt that not just anyone could do it.

Yu Fei might say he didn't understand anything, but he must have had the potential that President Pei saw.

Instead of envying Yu Fei, they should just focus on writing and create the next work that could be adapted.

If the authors had to choose between the two paths, they would still choose Cui Geng over Yu Fei.

Cui Geng had it so good, slacking off every day and happily collecting royalties. It was the perfect life that the authors had always imagined.

And Cui Geng's earlier speech had greatly encouraged the authors of the Inspiration Class!

Since all three works had been successfully adapted, the authors at Zhongdian Chinese Network were extremely eager to sign up for the Inspiration Class.

Many up-and-coming authors who had made a name for themselves in the past year considered joining the Inspiration Class as their first goal.

Authors who had not produced anything in the Inspiration Class before had lost their eligibility and regretted it terribly. They were now burying themselves in writing new books, hoping to achieve success with their new works and regain the opportunity to study at the Inspiration Class.

Even many authors from other sites chose to jump ship to Zhongdian Chinese Network!

And the online discussions about the Inspiration Class had further increased the website traffic of Zhongdian Chinese Network.

Now, apart from the very top tier of authors, who might still be slightly behind those at big sites like Infinite Chinese Network, the income of mid-level and lower-level authors was already on par with or even surpassing them. After all, Zhongdian Chinese Network offered a larger share of the profits to its authors.

As for the very top-tier authors, Zhongdian Chinese Network's appeal was equally strong.

For many of them, royalties were certainly an important source of income, but the high success rate of copyright adaptations was even more attractive!

Most reliable websites would consider selling or adapting copyrights as long as the work was successful, but the problem was, what would the adaptation be like? The authors had no idea.

Some adaptations ended up being poor because the production company was not good enough, or because of the intervention of capital, which meant that the essence of the original work was not captured.

But this was not the case in the Inspiration Class. The three successful copyright adaptations had proven that Tenda was the best in the country in animation, film and television, and games!

In fact, the biggest parts of copyright were animation, film and television, and games.

At most, you could add comics, but the domestic comic industry was currently not very prosperous overall, so you couldn't expect comic copyrights to sell for a high price.

As for other things like audiobooks and physical books, don't even mention them.

So, when many top authors saw that all three of Zhongdian Chinese Network's Inspiration Class works had been successfully adapted, and even a work like *Successor*, which seemed to completely go against the traditional ideals of online literature, could be successfully adapted, it was a very shocking thing for them.

This was clearly not a production company that was holding them back, but one that was carrying them forward!

If it was in the film and television industry, there were still a few big domestic companies that could compete with Fei Huang Studio, but game adaptation was Tenda's exclusive domain. No other domestic game company could do it!

Moreover, the copyright revenue offered by Tenda was extremely tempting.

Most of the copyright revenue from other websites was a lump sum. Whether the film made money or lost money, it basically had nothing to do with the original author.

But Tenda was different. The original author participated in profit sharing, and the percentage was very high!

How much profit sharing could Yu Fei and Cui Geng get from their works? They certainly wouldn't reveal it to the outside world, but everyone could guess that it was an astronomical figure, absolutely dwarfing the royalties of these top authors and probably higher than the copyright fees of those famous works.

To put it bluntly, these three people could live comfortably for the rest of their lives just from the profit sharing of these three adaptations.

How could the other authors not be tempted?

Even authors from other sites were flocking to it, let alone those already in the Inspiration Class.

Cui Geng's guidance earlier had enlightened them and helped them find a direction to strive towards.

Before, everyone had been a little confused, not knowing what the Inspiration Class was supposed to create, just aimlessly collecting inspiration without a clear direction.

But now, they had a direction!

After Cui Geng's lecture, some authors couldn't wait to collect inspiration and start writing, while others surrounded Cui Geng and asked him more questions.

Cui Geng was also very enthusiastic and welcomed everyone.

As a result, they chatted from morning until lunch, and then from lunch until afternoon.

This teaching session exhausted Cui Geng.

When everyone had dispersed, Cui Geng looked at the time and it was almost five o'clock in the afternoon.

"Damn, today is a bust again."

"I thought I could at least create a new folder today."

"But this isn't my fault. It's just that the other authors are too enthusiastic. In order to convey President Pei's creative philosophy to them, I had to delay my own writing time."

"Ah, I'm just such a selfless person."

"I'll just have to wait until next week."

Cui Geng prepared to leave.

The Inspiration Class was closed on weekends, so Cui Geng's new book folder would have to wait until Monday to be created.

Just as he was about to leave, he received a call.

It was from Huang Sibobo.

"Old Cui, this Sunday, the 20th, there's a gathering at No Name Restaurant. Would you like to come? Yu Fei, Lu Zhiyao, Zhang Zuting, and the core members of Fei Huang Studio will all be there."

When Cui Geng heard this, he immediately perked up.

"I'll go, of course I'll go!"

Going to No Name Restaurant for a feast? Who could refuse that?

It had to be said that people like Lu Zhiyao and Zhang Zuting were very cunning. They had obviously figured out the pattern.

They all knew that President Pei booked the entire No Name Restaurant on the 20th of every month, and as long as they came on this day, they could definitely get a free meal!

Without thinking, these two movie stars were definitely using the excuse of thanking the crew and thanking President Pei to get a free meal.

Was that really gratitude? They were clearly just craving the food at No Name Restaurant! But he wouldn't bother exposing them!

But that was fine, please keep it up!

If they didn't come to freeload, how could Cui Geng legitimately go to No Name Restaurant?

Cui Geng happily left and went straight to Slacking Off Internet Cafe to continue playing games, while looking forward to the feast on Sunday.

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January 20th, Sunday.

Zhang Yan sat in her g-force chair and started her livestream as usual.

She had been grinding for three days straight since the game was released.

She simply couldn't stop!

When she first started playing, she thought the game was quite bizarre: the prologue was a honey trap, you had to pass a driving test before you could officially hit the road, and if you accidentally killed a driver on the road, you had to start over...

It was outrageous!

No other racing game dared to do this. *Safe and Civilized Driving* was one of a kind.

However, once she accepted this setting, she found it quite addictive!

It was precisely because there was a driving test before getting on the road and penalties for crashing after getting on the road that Zhang Yan drove so seriously, that she strived to achieve zero accidents, and that she pursued the improvement of her driving skills.

And maintaining zero accidents on the road also brought a different kind of joy.

After fully adapting to running an online taxi, Zhang Yan had spent the past two days seriously conquering the licenses for large trucks and long-distance buses, and began to learn the relevant knowledge of running on the track.

Zhang Yan had previously practiced drifting on the track, but she had only practiced for a few hours in total, and the skills she had learned were very basic and superficial.

After all, going to the track in real life was too expensive, and even though Zhang Yan's family was considered to be quite well-off, she simply couldn't bear to spend so much money.

What's more, her family didn't support it at all, because her parents felt that it was not proper for a girl to play racing, and on the other hand, they felt that this sport was somewhat dangerous.

After watching many videos of racers crashing, Zhang Yan's parents were even more opposed to it.

But there were no problems in the game!

Zhang Yan was obviously fascinated. While livestreaming driving, she would also go online to search for tutorials released by professional drivers. The new in-game livestreaming system launched by Rabbit Tail Livestream for *Safe and Civilized Driving* greatly reduced her learning costs.