Entertainment: If you asked him to be a star, he'd just want to quit.

Editor-in-Chief Huo reached out and brushed the water stains off his clothes, his angry expression making Xiao Ke shrink back.

"Say, what's the matter?"

Xiao Ke immediately beamed: "Editor-in-Chief Huo, you're famous!"

Upon hearing this, Editor-in-Chief Huo immediately became furious and rebuked, "What do you mean, 'furious'? Explain yourself clearly."

"Editor-in-Chief Huo, the book I signed is a hit."

Upon hearing this, Editor-in-Chief Huo's expression immediately changed: "What book? You're not kidding me, are you?"

"No, no, Editor Huo, it's true! The book is called 'Zhu Xian,' and it's a fantasy novel." Xiao Ke shook her head frantically and said earnestly.

The name sounds like a fantasy novel, but this genre has always been considered lowbrow, with no hit books ever appearing. Now that Xiao Ke suddenly claims to have signed a hit book, and in this genre no less, he definitely doesn't believe it.

"Xiao Ke, I know you've been working really hard lately, always arriving earliest and leaving latest, but you can't lie to me because you don't want to be fired under the company's rules and regulations. That would really disappoint me," Editor-in-Chief Huo said, feigning seriousness and feigning difficulty.

Xiao Ke panicked. She rushed to Editor-in-Chief Huo's computer, opened the backend of Zhu Xian, and gestured for Editor-in-Chief Huo to look at it himself.

"Editor-in-Chief Huo, take a look for yourself, this book is really popular. It's currently in the top three of the new book charts in terms of collections, clicks, and requests for more updates."

Sure enough, Xiao Ke's actions allowed Editor-in-Chief Huo to see the backend data. He was incredulous, looking at the data that was increasing every moment and the lively comment section. He never expected that Xiao Ke would actually get a signature book.

But how could he explain this to his superiors?

You have to understand that Xiao Ke's identity is something that can't be exposed. If that person finds out that Xiao Ke works under him, his position as editor-in-chief will be in jeopardy.

No, he won't allow that to happen.

"Xiao Ke, we need to take another look at this book. Although it's showing signs of improvement, it's still uncertain whether it will eventually become a bestseller. And can you guarantee that the author will continue to update?"

Xiao Ke's face turned pale instantly. She thought of her previous experience, in which she had also been so confident, only to have the author stop updating the story shortly afterward.

"I asked him, and he said he wouldn't stop updating and would finish writing it." Xiao Ke thought of what she had said to Young Master Xuan and said weakly.

"You believe him just because he says so? It's not over until it's completely finished. Let's wait and see." Editor-in-Chief Huo glared at Xiao Ke, who immediately shrank back.

"Oh, okay." Xiao Ke said with a bitter face. She was as happy as she came and as frustrated as she left.

Seeing Xiao Ke disappear, Editor-in-Chief Huo looked at the data backend of Jade Dynasty on his computer, his face darkening. He then sent a message to someone.

"You can only blame yourself for being born at the wrong time and meeting the wrong person."

……

Back at her desk, Xiao Ke slumped weakly onto the surface, her eyes behind her glasses staring blankly ahead.

When her colleagues saw Xiao Ke in this state, they felt both pity and ridicule.

"Xiao Ke is really adorably silly. Editor-in-Chief Huo clearly doesn't want her to stay here and is trying every trick in the book to get rid of her, but she's still desperately trying to stay. I really don't know if she's genuinely naive or just slow to react."

"Yeah, you're right. If my boss treated me like that, I would have quit long ago."

"This girl is stubborn; she insists on staying here."

"Editor-in-Chief Huo, why didn't you just fire her? Why did you have to come up with so many tricks?"

"That's a lie. Firing an employee requires paying breach of contract wages. Editor-in-Chief Huo clearly doesn't want to do that and wants to force her to leave on her own."

"Shh, keep your voice down, get to work."

Although the people around her were speaking very softly, Xiao Ke still heard them. She wasn't unaware that Editor-in-Chief Huo wanted her to leave, but she really loved her job and her passion for literature.

So she wanted to use her own efforts to change Editor-in-Chief Huo's mind and get herself a place on the job.

But she felt like she couldn't keep going.

……

Li Mingxuan maintained his daily routine without fail, as if he had transformed into a typing machine, spending all his free time typing. During this time, he also took the time to create the instrumental versions of the songs "Big Fish" and "Fireworks Fade Easily," and registered the copyrights for several other songs.

After finishing a chapter, he took a short break, stretched his body, and then opened the author's backend. When he saw the donation announcements and comments urging him to update, he was somewhat shocked.

Unexpectedly, after just one day, he had already accumulated tens of thousands of Dragon Coins in rewards, and he discovered that he had already gained his first Alliance Leader.

Lao Tzu is Heaven.

He remembered this person; this person was among the first readers when the book was published. He just didn't expect this guy to be so rich that he directly rewarded him and became the first patron of the book!

Li Mingxuan clicked his tongue in amazement. Sure enough, this world is not short of rich people.

I promptly posted a comment: Thank you to [Laozi Shitian] for becoming the first Alliance Master of this book. I'll add an extra chapter for the Alliance Master.

Thus, tempted by capitalism, Li Mingxuan decisively abandoned his principles and uploaded a chapter.

Subsequently, many readers noticed this scene and left comments criticizing the author's hypocrisy, but after reading the new chapter, they immediately commented that it was actually quite good, which is a clear case of double standards.

Thus, with the first leader of the alliance leading the way, readers seemed to see the author's true colors and began to give rewards. However, very few people were able to give a reward of 100,000 Dragon Coins at once.

In a luxury suite, a young man lies in a hammock, holding a wine glass in his hand, leisurely looking at his phone.

"Tsk tsk, this is really well written. This kind of battle technique is what you call immortal methods. The ones written by others before were just utter nonsense. But this Young Master Xuan is really a talent. He used to update three chapters a day, but I, as a guild leader, made him add more chapters. If I give him another 100,000 in rewards, will he continue to add more chapters?"

With this idea in mind, he immediately donated another 100,000, which immediately attracted the attention of countless readers.

[Ah Shui: Holy crap, the Alliance Leader is so generous!]

[Blue Eucalyptus: This is utterly inhumane!]

[Xiaoxin0526: Author, come out quickly! The patron has given another reward! Please add more chapters!]

[Choosing a name is really difficult: Thank you so much, Alliance Leader, for your help. We wish you great wealth and a new bride every day!]

Upon seeing the last sentence of this reader's comment, the person immediately smiled, "This person's words resonate with me."

He then gave this person a thumbs up.

When people saw that Lao Tzu was praising "It's so hard to choose a name," even more people started fawning over him and tagging the author.

But at this moment, Li Mingxuan was already in his dream, having a date with the Duke of Zhou's daughter.