Online.
Social platforms across the continents.
"Updated, updated, he directly rose to ninth!"
"The Galactic Empire Series brought him huge data benefits, and combined with his global success in a one-against-ten challenge, not only did he reach ninth, he also pulled the eighth into red alert status."
"Who would have thought he’d rely on sci-fi to climb the ranks this time!"
"Those who thought the old rascal’s sci-fi was a weak spot were just dumbfounded."
"The old rascal may have weaknesses, but sci-fi is definitely not one of them."
"I reckon, seeing Xian Yu at eighth in both lists, the old rascal wouldn’t want to miss getting eighth himself, how awkward would that be!"
"Based on the old rascal’s behavior, now that he’s in red alert, wouldn’t he capitalize on it?"
"Are you saying he’s going to continue releasing new books?"
"Probably not that soon, he at least rested for two months last time."
"Let’s wait and see."
"I’m sure he has thoughts on eighth now, red alert means the data is very close."
...
Writers’ circle.
Writers of various genres are discussing.
"He’s already ninth, besides Shadow, you can’t find anyone else who rose through the ranks as fast as him on the lists!"
"Shadow’s case is special."
"Who would have thought Shadow’s art exhibit would make him a legend overnight."
"Chu Kuang can’t possibly organize a showcase, writing a book takes up more brainpower than painting."
"Indeed."
"You really can’t blame the old rascal for not climbing the ranks as fast as the other two of the Three Bros, in our writers’ circle, this guy’s speed is practically like a rocket!"
"The former ninth has fallen."
"Current eighth place is also precarious."
"This year only five months in, who dares to say Chu Kuang the old rascal will really take a break later?"
...
Media.
News keeps coming!
"List updated again!"
"Chu Kuang steps up to ninth place on the writers’ list!"
"Eighth and ninth in red alert, another literary master in danger!"
"Analyzing rank changes to see how strong Chu Kuang’s Galactic Empire Series is?"
"Ninth on the writers’ list, where is Chu Kuang’s limit?"
"The ninth is in hand, is eighth far away?"
...
June 1st.
A literary salon was held in Wei Continent.
This kind of salon is essentially a literary exchange.
The hosts usually arrange a few writers to sit on stage and chat, topics can be more casual and free-flowing.
And at this salon in Wei Continent.
Authors from different continents writing various genres and topics gathered, chatting about creation.
Initially.
Everyone’s conversation wasn’t very lively.
After all, the books they write aren’t the same genre.
How much can you expect a martial arts writer to chat about creation with a sci-fi writer?
Until someone mentioned Chu Kuang rushing to ninth on the writers’ list.
Suddenly.
The whole salon became lively.
A martial arts writer: "I can tell you all this, in martial arts, Chu Kuang is like an emperor, before him, martial arts was basically cold, he single-handedly revitalized the market, now noticeably more people are reading martial arts novels."
Swipe, swipe, swipe.
After this martial arts writer talked extensively about Chu Kuang’s prowess in martial arts, he had been silent and reserved earlier.
Soon after.
A sci-fi writer wasn’t willing to be outdone:
"Some elements are common, you just mentioned Chu Kuang’s martial arts focuses on humanistic care, actually his sci-fi novels are the same, but his sci-fi not only has humanistic care, it also has a grand epic aspect, though I find it hard to say precisely where Chu Kuang ranks among Blue Star’s sci-fi writers, based on his recent performance in literary duels, I believe he’s at the top of the pyramid, perhaps only one or two people are approximately at his sci-fi writing level."
"Hmm."
A mystery writer adjusted his glasses: "Since we’re talking about Chu Kuang, I must mention Chu Kuang’s robot series stories from the other time, in my view, those stories about robots, ostensibly are sci-fi, but actually are mystery, they complete each mystery story revolving around the Three Laws."
"The core is still the sci-fi stuff."
Immediately, a sci-fi writer expressed disagreement.
This mystery writer insisted: "Mystery is a very important element too, ensuring the plot’s excitement, actually Chu Kuang’s mystery novels, like his martial arts, are unique in the same field, that martial arts teacher just said Chu Kuang is the emperor of martial arts, actually Chu Kuang is also considered the emperor of mystery, though his short mystery stories might be fewer."
"Heh."
A fairytale writer couldn’t stay quiet: "Speaking of Chu Kuang’s most praiseworthy aspect, it’s still fairytale novels, ’Fairytale Town’ swept the world, including the Harry Potter series he wrote, is essentially our fairytale."
"That’s not fairytale."
A fantasy writer let out a cold laugh: "Fairytale and magical fantasy are still different, magical fantasy belongs to fantasy novels, Chu Kuang’s fantasy novels have always been very powerful, opening up many new genres for our circle, he’s the supreme deity in the field of fantasy novels."
"Nonsense."
The fairytale writer refuted: "Chu Kuang said when he released ’Harry Potter’ that it’s children’s literature, how can children’s literature not count as fairytale then?"
Alright.
The two sides almost started fighting over this.
But have to admit, Chu Kuang really is like a wonder drug.
The literary conference, which originally had awkward talks from all sides, stirred up when the topic revolved around Chu Kuang, with everyone talking non-stop.
...
That evening.
The video from this literary salon was uploaded online.
Normally, such salon videos have few followers.
But when a group of writers talked nearly to the point of fighting, the news indeed became interesting.
Though this group of writers isn’t exactly top-tier, a couple of them are somewhat well-known across the continents.
And after watching the video, the whole internet burst into laughter.
"Pfft!"
"The originally dead literary salon, once Chu Kuang is brought up, everyone acts like excited bulls!"
"All members are Chu Kuang fanboys?"
"All just some small writers."
"The old rascal is like a god to them."
"Chu Kuang is simply a communication bridge between different types of writers!"
"The Literature and Art Association should rank the old rascal higher, the contribution he’s made to promote exchanges among different genre writers is huge!"
"Now the question arises."
"Does the Harry Potter series count as children’s literature, aka fairytale genre, or magical fantasy, aka fantasy novel?"
"We’ll have to see how Chu Kuang defines it."
"I’m more curious about who they said could be on par with the old rascal among sci-fi writers, who are those two people?"
"The answer is on the list."
"Sometimes it’s really hard to span across fields, like mystery writers with fantasy novel writers, can’t really talk about creation together, only Chu Kuang can do it this way, because he writes in so many genres, many genre writers see him as a friendly leader in their field."
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ps: Medication didn’t help, tomorrow I’ll go to the hospital for a COVID test, hopefully I haven’t caught it.
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