Chapter 537: Reading a Novel with a Dictionary

Qingyu ignored the people who came to ask him if he was the editor of Mulinsen after the ancient Chinese version of "Journey to the West" was released.

After last night, he knew which people were useless to socialize with and which people he could keep friends with.

Of course, there is also a reason why Qingyu has no time to answer.

There are still hundreds of thousands of words for the vernacular version of Journey to the West that he needs to proofread, and he enjoys this job.

I am even too busy to pay attention to the authors of the books I have signed.

Muzi Li is one of the several authors of Qingyu Sign.

Muzi Li was approached by Qingyu at that time.

When he learned that Qingyu had changed his family and his old book was in the final stage, he agreed to Qingyu's request.

But who knew that within two days after giving the new book to Qingyu, Qingyu began to stop talking.

Even if I sometimes reply, it is very late, and it is not at all the level that I would reply within five minutes like before.

Muzi Li once thought that he was being ripped off and abandoned as soon as he signed the contract.

For this reason, Muzi Li still complained in various author groups.

Saying Qingyu is unkind.

He said that Qingyu could not write a book under his hand.

At that time, many people in the group asked about the whole story and sympathized with Muzi Li.

They all write novels, and knowing that every novel is a labor of love, they naturally hope to get more attention.

But suddenly this kind of attention disappeared, and I was stabbed in the back by an editor I thought was good. This was a bit unacceptable.

For this reason, Muzi Li was depressed for several days and finished the old book in a hurry.

But today, after a showdown with Qingyu, she said she didn’t want to write a new book.

The content of the ancient Chinese version of "Journey to the West" is now available.

When he saw the word 'Qingyu' in the editor's column, the first thing Muzi Li did was to withdraw the message he had sent.

Unfortunately, three minutes have passed and there is no way to withdraw.

Muzi Li had never hoped that Qingyu's network was not good as this time, so he just missed this news.

Unfortunately, this kind of thing never happened to him.

After half an hour, Qingyu replied.

"Are there any difficulties? If there are any difficulties, I can help. You can talk about it and we can solve it together. After all, it is not easy to open a new book."

When he saw Qingyu's words, Muzi Li almost cried.

"Big Qingyu, thank you for your encouragement. I just thought about it again and still don't want to do it."

Muzi Li said as if he had woken up.

"Oh? That's good. Come on, please update more in the future. Recently, Muda has published a book, and the traffic will definitely be more. I just don't have many people under my command, so I can still arrange some small recommendations for you."

"But I've been a little busy lately, so I probably won't be able to reply in time. If you have anything to say, please leave a message. If there's an emergency, just call me. You also have my phone number."

After reading it, Muzi Li felt ashamed.

For the first time, he felt that his thoughts were a bit despicable.

"I know, Qing Yu Da Da, I will write it down carefully."

After Muzi Li and Qing Yu finished chatting, they clicked on several other author groups.

At this time, there were already 999+ messages in the group, and among these messages, many of them were originally from x-on:him.

Muzi Li knew what those x-on:him were talking about without even looking.

After thinking for a long time, Muzi Li didn't know what to say. After thinking about it, he directly sent the screenshot of the chat between Qingyu and him.

The final text is: "I am too small, my sapphire is big, I will always be a god!"

"If anyone has a new book that needs to be submitted, you can send it directly to Qingyu's email address. If you don't mind, I can also help convey the manuscript."

As soon as this sentence came out, the group exploded.

"Damn it, I want Brother Li to help me submit my manuscript. I want to be the same editor as Mu Da!"

"I want it too, I want it too. I have been polishing the new book for a year, and this time I will give it to Qing Yuda!"

"Qing Yu is such a good editor. Not only does he not look down on other authors because he is the editor of Mu University, but he also comes out to discuss solutions when other authors want to cut their books."

"He really made me cry to death!"

When Muzi Li saw that he had attracted so many authors to Qingyu, his sadness dissipated a lot.

After thinking about it, he added.

"Don't worry, everyone, Qingyu should be busy publishing new books recently, so just wait, I'll contact you after I ask when Qingyu will be free!"

After saying that, a bunch of ‘awesome’ and ‘thank you’s’ were sent out.

At the same time, several other authors under Qingyu were also showing off in different groups.

There are not too many bells and whistles. You only need to show a screenshot of your Wangu Literature Network writer's backend in the group and let others see that the name in the editor column is Qingyu, and you can gain a large number of "big guys" and "awesome people".

…

Incidents in the writers group are just small joys within the circle.

Outside the circle of writers, it’s a different story.

The comment section of the ancient Chinese version of "Journey to the West" has gone from being "expecting" and "quick posting" at the beginning to now being full of question marks.

"Who can tell me what this novel by Mu Da is about?"

"See for yourself what you said!"

"My friend upstairs, I don't know if he saw it, but you definitely didn't."

"This book is so well written!"

"Tell me more about it upstairs, what's so good about it?"

"Fortunately, ordinary people can't understand it, but those who understand it are not ordinary people."

"...You are so cultured!"

What Chen Shuangxue expected happened. Most people couldn't understand the ancient Chinese version of "Journey to the West".

But it is precisely because of this incomprehension that the popularity of Mulinsen's new book has reached a new level.

When someone posted a set of photos online, new topics about the new book became popular.

The first photo shows a middle-aged man wearing glasses looking at a computer screen and flipping through a dictionary in his hand.

The second chapter is a picture taken against the screen, which displays the homepage of the ancient Chinese version of "Journey to the West".

The third and fourth photos are almost the same, they are both from the first chapter of Journey to the West.

The only difference is that the time in the lower right corner of the third computer is 22:00, and the time in the lower right corner of the fourth computer is 23:00.

For a full hour, this middle-aged man was still stuck on the first chapter.

As a result, a topic appeared on the hot search.

[Today, have you read "Journey to the West" in the dictionary? 】

In this topic, most people are not chatting, but posting pictures.

All of the pictures are screenshots from "Journey to the West".

Some are chapter one, some are chapter three.

Occasionally, when screenshots of Chapter 5 are released, they are called "big boss".

You know, it has only been two hours since the book was online.

Those who can watch Chapter 5 in two hours are either big bosses or pretenders.

Although some people doubt the authenticity, most people do not delve too deeply into it.

It wasn't until someone posted a screenshot of Chapter 20 that it aroused public outrage.

"Why are you pretending? Have you read Chapter 20? If I were to write it in vernacular for you, it would take you half an hour to read Chapter 20, right?"

"Don't worry about this fool, let him show off alone."

"It's gone, it's gone. The smell here is too strong. It's not advisable to get close."

When more and more people began to mock this comment, the owner of this comment sent another message.

The content of the message is linked to a post.

And the post is a post to criticize everyone.

…

"Originally it was just a casual shot, but I didn't expect you guys like the barrage so much, so I will barge with you."

"First of all, I didn't read Chapter 20. I was reading Chapter 1, but something happened and I went out without turning off the computer. When I came back, my grandfather was sitting in front of the computer and happened to read Chapter 20. So I filmed it.”

"I really didn't expect that people on the Internet are so violent and jealous, and how can one picture break your defenses?"

"Why, can't you see that others are better than you?"

"If I post this, someone will definitely say that your grandpa is not just playing around!"

"I'm sorry, it really isn't."

"My grandfather is an honorary professor in the ancient literature department of the university. I asked and he has read all the updated chapters of "Journey to the West". I also asked my grandfather to tell me a chapter."

"Of course, when it comes to this, there must be people who doubt me and say that I am talking nonsense. Let me send out the proof that my grandfather is a professor of ancient literature."

"No need to send it. If you search my grandfather's university, you can see his professional title."

"Of course, in order to prevent some trolls from being too lazy to click on the link to see it themselves, I also put in a final layer of insurance."

"For a while, I will post a translation of the ancient text "Journey to the West" every ten minutes, ten chapters in a row."

"Of course, I won't continue posting because I don't want trolls to understand "Journey to the West."

"Want to see it? Yes, beg me!"

…

Netizens who read the post did not say anything, but were waiting.

Sure enough, the first chapter of "Journey to the West" was translated.

After everyone watched it, they were very excited.

Some people read it slowly, it took exactly ten minutes, and the translation was completed the second time.

As a result, those who are persistent will directly catch up with the update until after one o'clock in the morning, and then finish reading the translation of ten chapters.

But ten chapters are enough for anyone to read!

Those who read the translation and felt the charm of "Journey to the West" began to behave like monsters one by one.

"I'm sorry, I'm a troll, please, translate!"

"Please, please translate two more chapters. If you don't translate, I won't be able to sleep!"

"I'm a troll, I admit defeat, please translate!"

"What happened to the Great Sage? Was he finally rescued?"

"Yes, what's wrong with the Great Sage? Can't the Golden Cudgel break the Five Elements Mountain?"

Leave a message one by one and comment one by one.

For a while, this post became extremely lively.

Some people who like Mulinsen's books but can't understand them will immediately find them good after such a translation.

"So, Xianxia is so good-looking?"

Some martial arts readers who had never read Xianxia went straight to other Xianxia novels with this idea in mind.

At first glance, he is taciturn.

In this way, they realized that it was not the fairy novels that were good-looking, but the person who wrote the fairy novels, Mu Linsen!

…

the next day.

When Wu Yunfei got up, he saw his post against trolls and it exploded.

There were tens of thousands of replies directly below the post, which shocked him.

"Did you poke holes in the trolls' lair?"

Wu Yunfei didn't even bother brushing his teeth. He directly opened the post and read some of the replies, and then he realized what was going on.

Suddenly I couldn't laugh or cry.

Originally it was just to piss off trolls and trolls.

The result is that it whets the appetite of true book lovers.

After thinking about it, he directly translated the next ten chapters and sent them out.

Immediately, Wu Yunfei's number of fans skyrocketed to 20,000.

You know, he was originally just an unknown little person, just following some friends, with barely 40 fans.

As a result, this wave has increased 500 times!

Suddenly, Wu Yunfei seemed to have found his own way.

Unfortunately, the ancient Chinese version of "Journey to the West" only published 20 chapters. Even if Wu Yunfei wanted to continue translating, he had to have some translations.

And just after Wu Yunfei published the translation of the last ten chapters, Qingyu found Chen Shuangxue with a little worry.

…

Chen Shuangxue's office

"Editor-in-chief Chen, have you read this post?"

Chen Shuangxue glanced at Qingyu's mobile phone, and when she saw that it was the translated post, she nodded.

"I read it, it's quite interesting, one reader translated it, and a group of readers urged for more."

"If I didn't need the popularity, why would this post be blocked."

Chen Shuangxue said this with a smile.

To put it in a good way, this post is a book fan translating his favorite book.

To put it in a bad way, it is piracy.

Because most of the people who follow the post are people who have not subscribed to "Journey to the West". As a result, they see the paid content without subscribing. If this is not piracy, what is it?

However, Chen Shuangxue is not a pedantic person. He knows that the owner of this post did not do it on purpose.

"Now the popularity is almost enough. I will have someone contact the owner of this post and set the post as paid content."

After hearing what Chen Shuangxue said, Qingyu was confused.

He didn't mean this!

"Editor-in-Chief Chen, what I mean is that if this person has already translated "Journey to the West", how can we sell the subsequent physical "Journey to the West" vernacular version?"

Chen Shuangxue nodded suddenly after hearing this.

"You are worried about this."

Chen Shuangxue smiled and said, "In fact, you don't have to think about this. You are the editor of the vernacular version of "Journey to the West". You should know the difference between Mu Da's vernacular version and the vernacular version translated by this person better than me."

"Difference?"

Baiyu was stunned, and then he looked at the post on his mobile phone and looked at the translations in it.

After he recalled the contents of Mu Da's vernacular version, he finally knew what Chen Shuangxue was talking about.

Qingyu patted his head immediately.

"I was overthinking."

After saying that, Qingyu left with a blushing face.

Back to his seat, looking at the contents of the vernacular version of "Journey to the West" that needed to be proofread later, Qingyu murmured: "Mu Da's writing style, how can it be compared with that of the translator?"

That's right, on one side is the vernacular version written by Mu Linsen, and on the other side is the pure translation style.

That is, those readers who can't understand ancient Chinese are hungry and picky.

As long as Mu Linsen's vernacular version appears, there will naturally be a comparison.

Moreover, now that the translated version will also be charged, so when the time comes, whether to pay to read the translation style or to read the original work, everyone knows how to choose.

"No matter, proofread quickly!"

Qingyu stopped looking at the information on the Internet and began to concentrate on proofreading.

... (End of this chapter)