Master Lu is reading a book.
The son-in-law made a cup of tea for Master Lu and couldn’t help his curiosity:
"Are you reading ’Siege’?"
"Yes, this book is selling like crazy everywhere."
"I’ve read analyses online that say sales have nothing to do with quality. ’Siege’ is selling well purely because Chu Kuang is famous, has a large number of fans, and the promotion is aggressive. In terms of literary quality, your work is definitely superior to his."
The son-in-law attempted to flatter.
Chu Kuang had beaten Master Lu twice before.
The son-in-law figured Master Lu probably didn’t like Chu Kuang.
Unexpectedly, Master Lu glanced up at the son-in-law blandly: "For others, book sales may not match the quality, but not for Chu Kuang. Do you really think those who buy books are fools?"
The son-in-law was taken aback: "Is this book really that good?"
This time, Master Lu didn’t look at the son-in-law but turned his head towards the distance:
"This book holds great wisdom."
"It certainly has the literary quality you speak of."
"I dare say it’s not as good as yours."
Master Lu’s voice carried a touch of regret and melancholy, yet also a hint of consolation.
Two people are reading a book.
If outsiders were present, they would instantly recognize these two elderly men.
The sixth-ranked writer on Blue Star, Dian Jun!
The fifth-ranked writer on Blue Star, Huang Huang!
Dian Jun put down the ’Siege’ in his hand with a sense of wonder.
"This book is extraordinary."
"The man is extraordinary too."
Huang Huang finished reading his copy of ’Siege’ as well.
Dian Jun chuckled wryly: "Many people say Chu Kuang’s works lean heavily on commercialism over literature. This book serves as proof that he can write literary pieces; he just hadn’t ventured down this path before. It’s like my favorite painter, Shadow, who isn’t unable to paint ink washes but chose to draw comics early on. It seems I have to step down and let someone else take the sixth spot."
Huang Huang’s expression was somewhat complicated: "With such a remarkably talented writer emerging below us, my fifth place won’t last long either. His appearance is like a literary whirlwind that might not only sweep you and me away."
"Didn’t you mention Shadow? Shadow has proven that being in the top three, even first, isn’t invincible. There’s always someone who can pull them down."
Across the continents.
Countless readers are reading.
The classic phrases in the book leave people amazed!
[At that time, she considered her love too precious to give away easily. Now, it’s like having a fine piece of clothing she was unwilling to wear, locked in a box, and after a year or two, she suddenly finds the style and pattern out of fashion, and there’s some regret and self-reproach.]
[Marriage is the tomb of love.]
[But without marriage, love will die with no place for burial.]
[You are not mean, but entirely useless.]
[If a person isn’t arrogant at 20, he has no future; if he is still arrogant at 30, he has no future.]
[The meaning in poetry is its misfortune.]
[Shame is not cheap, many people can’t afford to uphold it.]
The reputation of ’Siege’ has fully exploded!
"Absolutely fantastic!"
"For the first time, I feel that pure literature can be so thrilling. Truly worthy of Chu Kuang, the old rascal’s first major pure literary work!"
"Every sentence speaks to the heart. The understanding of marriage and love is so transparent, it’s as if life’s wisdom is hidden within the words!"
"I have a classmate full of superiority complex who always used to boast that Chu Kuang’s works are too commercial and lack literary merit. I gave him a copy of ’Siege’ this morning, and just now he changed his signature to something about marriage being a city, tsk tsk."
"It’s heading for another ranking surge!"
"What does omnipotent mean? This is what omnipotent means. Whatever type you want, Chu Kuang can write it. Isn’t the ranking about pure literature? Then here’s a piece of pure literature for you!"
"The old rascal is eternal!"
"I really don’t know how Chu Kuang, the old rascal, does it. A Trisolaran?"
Among countless discussions.
Someone was shocked to discover.
All the major lists on Blue Star suddenly disappeared!
"I can’t see it suddenly."
"I thought it was my internet speed, are you guys experiencing this too?"
"It seems like a technical adjustment."
"The Literature and Art Association issued a notice!"
The Literature and Art Association’s official account indeed released a notice.
The content of the notice was long, summarizing the idea that monthly updates were too infrequent. In the future, the updates for the major rankings on Blue Star would be more flexible, updating once every night at 8 PM.
Everyone could feel the changes in data more intuitively.
Besides the adjustments to the update frequency, few noticed the small but significant detail in the dense notice content about the writers’ ranking: "After long-term discussions by our team, we have finally found a proper and reasonable way to calculate the influence of poetry works, so from now on, the writers’ ranking will also take the influence of poetry works into account, which will cause some changes in the list."
Previously, the writers’ ranking didn’t count the influence of poetry because poetry is too unique.
The Blue Star writers’ ranking officially incorporates poetry, calculating its data, delineating its influence since it’s indeed an important form of literature.
Various Blue Star lists were successively released again.
The first to be released was the music chart.
The rank of the top celebrities hadn’t changed much from before.
The second was the painting chart.
The rankings remained unchanged, with Shadow’s top spot being as solid as a rock, likely to stay until the end of time.
The third was the writers’ chart.
This was everyone’s main concern.
Because everyone wanted to know the impact of Chu Kuang’s first foray into pure literature.
After all, the brilliance of ’Siege’ was evident to all!
The reputation had already exploded.
The result was that countless people focused their eyes, exclaiming in shock!
Because, in the latest updated writers’ chart, Chu Kuang, true to expectations, had moved up another position!
"Chu Kuang, the old rascal, his rank has been rising too fiercely recently!"
"So this is pure literature?"
"The old rascal should keep writing literary works!"
"The Literature and Art Association buys into this set, so let’s do more of it!"
"I suddenly feel the old rascal has a chance at breaking into the top five, because he can write any type of work, including the literary works the top five are best at!"
"Don’t just look at the old rascal!"
"Look at the name in the eighth spot."
"Are my eyes deceiving me?"
"How did he get on this list?"
"Holy smokes, Cao Cao!"
"I don’t believe it!"
The shock of Chu Kuang moving up to sixth on the global writers’ chart was unexpectedly dwarfed by the even greater shock of the eighth-place name!
Because the eighth place on the writers’ chart was none other than...
Xian Yu suddenly appeared in the eighth place on the Blue Star writers’ chart!?