Chapter 86: The Irresistible Shou Rides the Wind and Waves in the Love Battlefield
This year was the third year since Zong Mo had started writing web novels after graduating from high school.
Although he had already become a full-time author, his monthly income was extremely unstable. On average, his monthly manuscript fees had not yet reached the tax threshold, barely enough to support his frugal self.
He had written over a million words without much improvement, until he started to have strange dreams.
Many great writers would get inspiration from their dreams. Zong Mo had never thought that he would also have such a divinely inspired day.
The faces in his dreams were all blurry, but the names were very clear. As soon as he woke up from his dream, he quickly picked up a pen and paper and wrote down the string of names he had gotten from his dream.
Lu Bo, Ruan Chi, Qi Nanfeng, Qi Zhiyi, Ling Han.
For the next few days, he kept dreaming about these people.
The fragments in his dreams were scattered and did not form a story. They were mainly small fragments of these people’s daily lives, mostly related to the entertainment industry.
Because he was young and had little life experience, the most common criticism of his novels from readers was that the characters were one-dimensional. Now, with these ready-made characters provided by his dreams, the story naturally flowed from his pen.
He had never written a novel about the entertainment industry, nor did he follow celebrities. He couldn’t figure out why his dreams were so real. Anyway, with the help of his dreams, he would definitely be able to write this novel well even if he lacked relevant experience.
He still needed a protagonist.
Out of some small thoughts, Zong Mo directly gave this ultimate top protagonist his own name.
As a result, he received a variety of negative comments.
The previous comments had at most criticized his one-dimensional characters and a plot that lowered one’s intelligence. This time, the fire was aimed at the protagonist who was based on him.
【The protagonist is too weak. How can he be an ultimate top?】
【Such a weak gong… I’m dropping it.】
【And the protagonist is so scumbag. Isn’t having the film emperor enough?】
Zong Mo: …
Since the novel had just begun, he flexibly took the readers’ opinions and rewrote the novel.
Following the market’s preference, he simply changed the ultimate top, main-gong novel into a pure love, main-shou novel. The Sea King Gong Rides the Wind and Waves in the Love Battlefield was transformed into The Irresistible Shou Rides the Wind and Waves in the Love Battlefield.
As someone who had difficulty with naming, he was too lazy to change the protagonist’s name and continued to use his own.
Although he had the character settings and plot fragments provided by his dreams, he had no romantic experience at all and still felt at a loss when dealing with the romance line between the main shou and the five gongs.
First of all, he didn’t know how to make the poor main shou and the overbearing CEO, Gong #2, meet naturally.
After much thought, he finally designed a clichéd plot of a pervert causing trouble in a bar and Gong #2 saving the beauty.
He also had a friend who was also a web writer, with the nickname Xiao Ye. After reading this part of his plot, Xiao Ye couldn’t help but complain:
“The cliché is not the most important problem. The problem is that this Gong #2 is set up as a cold and abstinent character, but he also proposes to sponsor the main shou. It seems a bit OOC, and also lowers the overbearing CEO’s coolness factor.”
Zong Mo was also helpless, “But I really can’t think of any other plot to tie them together. It’s not that important. Anyway, Gong #2’s role is not very large.”
He had written this part of the plot to let the main shou enter the entertainment industry, so he could meet the main gong, the film emperor, and Gongs #3, 4, and 5. At the same time, the experience of being sponsored could also arouse their sympathy and affection.
“This main gong is quite doting, but a little greasy. Although I don’t really like it, the plot of the main shou latching onto powerful figures all the way to the top is quite satisfying, and… hmm, reasonably logical.” Xiao Ye continued to complain.
“It’s just that I didn’t see how the main gong fell for the main shou. Your love at first sight is written like lust at first sight, and the subsequent romance scenes are also a bit awkward.”
Zong Mo: …
“Isn’t lust at first sight very normal! It’s not the main shou‘s fault for being beautiful!”
Anyway, it’s definitely not because he lacked romantic experience that he wrote it like this!
Nor was it because poverty had limited his imagination!
Gong #2, Ruan Chi, was always working, and the beautiful vase at home did not move him. Zong Mo did not know the specific content of Ruan Chi’s work, nor could he make it up. Fortunately, his role was mainly a foolish and rich wingman tool, with not many scenes.
But the persona Zong Mo had arranged for the main shou was an irresistible one. Gongs #1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 would all fall for him. Zong Mo had forced the romance lines of Gongs #1, 3, 4, and 5, but every time he returned to Gong #2, who had appeared the earliest, he was unable to write.
The key problem was that sponsorship agreement.
Ruan Chi’s persona was abstinent and cold. A person like this was really unlikely to propose sponsoring someone.
If it was love at first sight, to use sponsorship to imprison the person you like… as Xiao Ye had said, it was too much of a drop in the overbearing CEO’s coolness factor, and seemed very low-class.
Therefore, no matter how Zong Mo forced the pairing, he could not make Ruan Chi fall for the main shou.
Zong Mo thought for a long time and finally figured it out. The problem should be that he knew too little about Ruan Chi.
The Ruan Chi in his dreams was mostly busy at the company, arrogantly reprimanding employees, without any life interest, like a work machine without emotions.
Cold and abstinent… perhaps it was just a narrow side of his personality.
Until he typed the three words “The End,” Zong Mo was still in deep thought. He lifted his phone and lightly touched the name on the computer screen, muttering:
“What kind of person are you, really?”
After staying up all night for several days to rush the manuscript, Zong Mo finally couldn’t hold on anymore. His fingers slowly slipped, and he fell asleep on the desk.
When he opened his eyes again, before him was a bustling cocktail party.
There seemed to be a moment of blankness in his mind, but Zong Mo had no time to think carefully. He first looked around, more concerned about his current situation.
—Where was he?
Zong Mo woke up from the long memory, breaking out in a cold sweat.
For a moment, he couldn’t tell what was a dream and what was reality. He panicked and clung to the person beside him. Even after confirming the real touch, he still didn’t dare to let go. Like a drowning person gasping for oxygen, he called out repeatedly, “CEO Ruan, CEO Ruan…”
No wonder he remembered the plot of a fast-food web novel so clearly, because he had written it himself!!
Ruan Chi was woken up by the noise. He stroked his hair and asked in a hoarse voice, “Had a nightmare?”
Zong Mo said to himself, “I remember now. There was no main shou. The main shou was a character I made up. Maybe because I used myself as a prototype, that’s why I transmigrated…”
Of course, Ruan Chi did not know what he was talking about, but he did not ask, just wrapped his arms around him.
“This is not a book either. I often dreamed of this world before I started writing,” only then did Zong Mo look at the person before him and pinched his cheek hard to confirm. “That’s great. This is a real world.”
The many discrepancies he had found after he had transmigrated, such as Ruan Chi not sponsoring the main shou but signing a work contract, were most likely corrected because they did not fit the logic of this world.
He had also created a fictional character and forced a pairing, which had caused him to be sensed by some mysterious world power and thrown into this world.
This was perhaps a punishment for someone who had disrupted the order of the world.
And because of this, he would most likely never be able to go back. The main shou would not come back either, because the main shou had never existed at all.
Zong Mo held Ruan Chi’s face with both hands and squeezed it hard, overjoyed, “That’s great!”
Ruan Chi: “…Have you pinched enough?”
Zong Mo’s face was much thicker now. He said righteously, “You always pinch me when I’m asleep. I haven’t even settled the score with you yet!”
Ruan Chi was even more shameless, “Who told you not to wake up when you’re pinched?”
After speaking, he immediately used both hands to pinch back, absolutely not at a disadvantage!
Zong Mo: …
Wait, pinching his face was one thing, but where was he pinching now?
When it came to pinching people, Zong Mo was not as skilled as Ruan Chi at all. After a struggle, he could only choose to curl up and defend himself, twisting left and right to dodge, “Stop pinching, stop pinching!…”
