Chapter 200: Chapter 188: Three Carriages_1

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It seems like every field has a proverbial ceiling, and in the domain of short stories in Qin Province, there are three top short story authors, hailed as the three horse-drawn carriages of the short story field, one of whom is the renowned short story author, Feng Hua!

Feng Hua, who is thirty-five years old this year, is the youngest of the three.

Therefore, some people say that Feng Hua is the least powerful among the three top short story authors in Qin Province.

But-

Even if his abilities are the least impressive, he is still one of the three horse- drawn carriages of Qin Continent!

After a moment of silence, the editor-in-chief suddenly murmured, “Feng

Hua?”

Wei Long snorted, lamenting, “Writers can be as deceptive as ghosts!”

Han Jimei stood up, her fingers lightly gripping the list, “Can we contact the other two top authors?”

The only ones in Qin Province who can outshine Feng Hua are the other two among the three carriages.

However, the editor-in-chief sighed, shattering Han Jimei’s hopes , “The number one short story writer in Qin Province, Teacher Changqin, had announced his formal retirement last year. We simply can’t ask for his contribution. As for Feihong, I just contacted him. He is old and does not feel well, therefore cannot spare time for writing.”

Han Jimei didn’t give up, “What about Qi Province?

If Qin Province has top-level short story authors, Qi Province naturally does

too.

The editor-in-chief replied with a bitter smile, “Qi Province has four top-level short-story authors, but I don’t believe the Blog didn’t contact them first. Since they haven’t joined the Blog, it means we’d also have a hard time inviting them to participate. But we can indeed try…”

“Contact them immediately.”

Han Jimei commanded seriously.

The chief editor nodded, everyone rushed off, all clearly having work to do.

And when it was close to quitting time.

The Editor-in-chief finally found Han Jimei again: “We managed to get in touch, but as expected, the four from Qi Province all refused us, saying they don’t have any suitable manuscripts at present.”

Writers need inspiration to create.

Especially for short stories, it’s not possible to produce one just because someone demands it. If created hastily, the quality of the story would be poor, thus tarnishing the author’s reputation.

The more renowned the author, the more they value their reputation. Unless they’re certain of the quality, they will not commit lightly.

Han Jimei shook her head.

In fact, she had guessed the outcome a long time ago.

These top short story authors won’t simply write for an event unless they have

a suitable manuscript ready.

Feng Hua’s willingness to participate must be because he has in hand a short story of assured quality.

If the quality of the manuscript is not up to par, how could Feng Hua be ready to participate so easily?

It was due to this reason that when Han Jimei heard that Blog had invited Feng

Hua to participate, she became anxious.

“There is also a silver lining…”

The editor-in-chief said with a bitter smile, “I have made a deal for a manuscript from a top author in Qi Province, but it definitely can’t make it for March, the timeline is too short for him to create. Also, his price is not low.”

“How much?”

“Five million.”

Han Jimei paused for a while, then nodded her head, “Let’s book it first, now is not the time to dwell on the cost. If it’s really effective, it’s worth spending the extra money.”

Since Blog managed to invite Feng Hua, they naturally wouldn’t miss out on such a prime opportunity for promotion.

On March 20th.

Blog officially launched their literature column, named Blog Fiction, and at the same time, they announced that Feng Hua will be releasing a new work on Blog Fiction in March!

If this was on Earth, the impact of a short story writer releasing a new work might not be that big.

But this is Blue Star.

in this world where the arts are highly developed, there are no small number of people who love short stories.

So, as soon as the news was out, the readers became excited!

“Teacher Feng Hua is creating again?”

“Didn’t Teacher Feng Hua say that he only publishes one short story a year?

And he already published one in January.”

“Could it be that Teacher Feng Hua has received new inspiration this year?” “I’m looking forward to it. The last story, under the title ‘Cliff that Teacher Feng Hua published in January was really excellent. I reread it last night. The plot of only 5000 words is really thought-provoking. Both the structure and the text are top-notch short stories.”

“After all, he’s one of the three carriages.”

“I am a reader from Qi Province. Now that the merger has happened, I have the great fortune to read Teacher Feng Hua’s new work. It is indeed well written. I then read Feng Hua’s previous works, and now I am a fan of Teacher Feng Hua.”

After the merger of Qin and Qi, Feng Hua published a short story, which made the readers of Qi Province recognize the power of Feng Hua. Therefore, when Blog made their announcement, the readers from both Qin and Qi provinces were united in anticipation!

In a way, Feng Hua’s fame even surpasses the other two top short story authors in Qin Province.

Because he had made a work public after merging with Qi, and the work had undoubtedly been loved unanimously by readers.

Compared to the other authors, who have not released any works yet, the readers from the other continent have not fully recognized them.

In terms of anticipation for the short stories in March, Blog Fiction has already prevailed over Tribe Literature.

Even the authors on Tribe’s side couldn’t help but feel a bit jittery.

Although Feng Hua’s novel doesn’t have much to do with them, as they are not publishing new works on the same platform, just having them published in the same period is enough to put a lot of pressure on many short story writers.

The Tribe Literature department is walking on thin ice.

Everyone can tell that Blog’s move has put Han Jimei, the chief, in a difficult position. Even from behind her office door, the editors could imagine how somber Han Jimei’s expression must be.

Therefore, in the past few days, everyone has been working very carefully.

Wei Long was also cautious, afraid of rubbing Han Jimei the wrong way.

At this point, they had moved into the manuscript review stage.

The writers they had been in contact with had sent in their works one after another.

This is probably Tribe Literature’s last hope.

What if there are high-quality works among these manuscripts?

With this kind of expectation, many editors reviewed the manuscripts with extraordinary care.

Wei Long was no exception.

But after reviewing several manuscripts in succession, Wei Long’s confidence was fast eroding.

These manuscripts were actually pretty good.

If it were any other time, Wei Long would enjoy reading them.

But now, when thinking about the looming giant that is Feng Hua on the opposing side, he feels—

It’s not enough!

These guys aren’t enough to rival Feng Hua!

Wei Long had deliberately observed other chief-editors’ reactions. Each of them wore a serious expression, which indicated that they hadn’t encountered astonishing works either!

Indeed.

Only an extremely impressive work can help Tribe Literature to compete with Blog, which has Feng Hua, for traffic. But such manuscripts don’t come by easily, do they?

Wei Long felt gloomy.

Just then, he saw that he had received a new manuscript in his email. It was sent by Chu Kuang, whom he had contacted earlier:

Necklace?