Chapter 1 Ma Yiqun's Suggestion

Ma Yiqun chuckled, as if he'd heard a truly amusing joke. "What do you take President Pei for?"

"President Pei is broad-minded and has a long-term vision.逆风物流 (Nifeng Logistics) is still losing a huge amount of money, but has President Pei ever said a word of complaint? Doesn't he still have full trust in the leadership there?"

"President Pei would never haggle over such trivial matters; you're underestimating him."

Cui Geng thought about it, and it seemed to be true.

President Pei was so magnanimous; how could he possibly hold a grudge against him just because of a book? Impossible.

"Alright, Manager Ma, I'll revise it right away!"

"Luckily, I don't have too many chapters saved up, and the content hasn't changed too much, so I should be able to revise it quickly." Cui Geng's fighting spirit was reignited.

Ma Yiqun was very satisfied with Cui Geng's attitude; it seemed that Cui Geng was truly going to take it seriously this time.

"Here's what I'm thinking: if you can maintain a pace of five updates per day during the New Year holiday, I'll have a word with Zhu Xing'an and get your book a recommendation slot ahead of schedule!"

"Write faster, get recommended faster, and strive to make a hit out of the urban channel!"

Cui Geng was flattered. "Okay, no problem! I'm not going anywhere during these New Year days; I'll just be coding at home!"

...

After receiving Ma Yiqun's advice, Cui Geng was even more motivated.

To be heavily promoted by the website's higher-ups... how bad could the recommendation resources be?

Now, what Cui Geng needed to do was to write as much as possible while ensuring quality, updating ten thousand words a day, so that those readers who liked to wait until a book was available before reading would start following it sooner.

Right now, Cui Geng's desire to create was at its peak. He had collected a lot of material from Tenda Games before the Spring Festival, which he could use in his book after a little processing.

The only thing to consider was how to write them in a more dramatically conflicting way.

Cui Geng hugged his computer and typed furiously.

"Even if my family gets ten more houses demolished for redevelopment, it won't stop me from writing this story completely!"

...

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Cui Geng revised and smoothed out all five chapters that had already been published, as well as the remaining saved chapters, before continuing to write the following plot.

He was surprised to find that writing in the way Ma Yiqun had suggested really worked!

Before, when he was writing, he always felt like something was missing, and it was very stifling.

After writing a section of the plot, he always felt that it was not perfect and wanted to go back and change it.

But how to change it specifically? He couldn't say.

So, at that time, although Cui Geng was writing quite fast, he always felt uneasy.

But now it was different. After Ma Yiqun's guidance, Cui Geng found that he could interweave a lot of interesting transitional plots about the protagonist into the original plot, making it smoother to write.

Moreover, after reading it through after writing, he would feel very satisfied, and the idea of always wanting to modify something disappeared!

Cui Geng's inspiration flowed like a spring, and he hugged his laptop and entered a state of immersive forgetfulness.

As Cui Geng updated more and more chapters, the comments at the bottom of the book were also changing.

"Huh? Was the beginning revised?"

"The previous beginning was good, but this beginning seems more interesting!"

"I was going to never read the book of the 'Pigeon Spirit' again, but I unknowingly read the latest chapter, damn it!"

"Hey, I scold you, but I have to say that the 'Pigeon Spirit'’s' book is still good! This beginning is attractive enough, I'm afraid I'm going to fall into the pit again!"

"I just want to ask if you can write up to two million words this time!! Forget it, I don't expect it, just write as much as possible..."

"Suddenly discovered that urban themes are also so good-looking!"

"Strange, I originally thought that a 玄幻 (xuanhuan) genre changing to an urban genre would lose a large number of readers, but I found that the few familiar old IDs seem to be still there? You guys shouted that you would never read the 'Pigeon Spirit'’s' book again, but now you are still saying 'so fragrant'..."

"This book is really interesting, humorous, and this writing method is very clever. It uses a small coincidence to change the world, and there is a faint warmth, which is especially good!"

"I'm tired of reading the 玄幻 (xuanhuan) and 仙侠 (xianxia) novels that kill the whole family at the slightest disagreement. It's not bad to change the taste occasionally. Here’s a ticket for you, if you dare to leave it unfinished, I will send you blades!"

"Is it okay to update five chapters every day during the new book period? Aren't you afraid of not getting a recommendation?"

"Still worried about not getting a recommendation? The recommendation for this new book is already too good, I feel like the website seems to be deliberately promoting this book!"

"It's really interesting, I'll share it with my friends to read!"

...

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February 4th, the second day of the Lunar New Year.

Afternoon.

A cold wind howled past, and Pei Qian stood at the entrance of an internet cafe not far from his home, fanning himself with his arms open, trying to get rid of the cigarette smell on his body as soon as possible.

"Hey, I should have opened Mo Yu Internet Cafe to my doorstep in advance..."

Pei Qian shivered in the cold wind, and couldn't help but have such a melancholy thought in his mind.

During the New Year, there really weren't any good entertainment activities.

Today was the second day of the Lunar New Year, and Pei Qian gathered with a few childhood friends and classmates, and went out to have fun for a day.

Considering that there were not many activities to choose from in the small county, everyone first went to the cinema to watch a movie, then had lunch, and then went to the internet cafe to play games together.

After watching the movie, Pei Qian's mood was a little complicated.

Of course, the main feeling was still relief!

Before, he originally planned to release *A Beautiful Tomorrow* during the Spring Festival, thinking that the Spring Festival was a time for family reunions, and that this kind of movie would definitely be scolded like a dog after it was released, and the box office would flop.

Moreover, there were many blockbusters in the Spring Festival schedule, which would definitely squeeze *A Beautiful Tomorrow* out of the picture.

As a result, after watching the most popular movie in the Spring Festival schedule today, Pei Qian only had one feeling: what the hell is this!

He didn't remember what the Spring Festival movies in 2011 were at all, but based on the few movies he had seen so far, there was really not a single one that could fight.

After coming out of the cinema, he checked on his mobile phone and found that this year's "Spring Festival" was not a very good schedule at all...

The ratings of the several movies currently released on the ticketing website were not over 7, and the estimated box office was less than 200 million, which made Pei Qian drop his jaw.

After thinking about it carefully, the impression of the "Spring Festival" being popular, was only after Stephen Chow's *Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons* in 2013...

Some changes had taken place in this world, and the movies were completely different from what Pei Qian remembered, so although the concept of "Spring Festival" existed, there really weren't any good movies.

Thinking of this, Pei Qian was inexplicably a little scared.

Maybe *A Beautiful Tomorrow* really wouldn't lose money if it was released during the Spring Festival?

It wasn't that Pei Qian didn't have confidence in the movie he made, but the movies in the Spring Festival schedule were really too rubbish, all relying on the contrast of his peers.

Pei Qian felt that not catching up with the Spring Festival for *A Beautiful Tomorrow* might not be a bad thing.

I hope that when my movie is released, there will be one or two blockbusters to snipe it...

As for the afternoon's gaming activity.

There weren't any good internet cafes in the county, so he picked the best one, but it still allowed smoking, which made Pei Qian choke.

It could only be said that he didn't think so much at the beginning, he just opened Nifeng驿站 (Nifeng驛站) near his parents' home to make it easier for them to pick up express deliveries, and he didn't think about Mo Yu Internet Cafe at all.

"I'll say hello to Zhang Yuan later and let him open a Mo Yu Internet Cafe nearby. Whether it loses or makes money, at least I can go online here next Spring Festival..."

"Huh, that's not right, Zhang Yuan has already been eliminated by me as the first one."

"Then I'll wait and talk to the new person in charge of Mo Yu Internet Cafe after the New Year..."

Pei Qian dispersed the cigarette smell outside before saying goodbye to his childhood friends and high school classmates, and then walked back.

Walking on the road, Pei Qian thought of his gaming experience in the internet cafe today.

When a few childhood friends and high school classmates were deciding what game to play, they were wavering between *ioi* and *gog*.

Obviously, as two recently released battle games, both *ioi* and *gog* had a strong influence among players.

But after hesitating for a while, everyone chose *ioi*, which made Pei Qian feel very relieved.

Sure enough, the eyes of the masses were discerning, *ioi* was better!

However, after Pei Qian really played it in depth, he found that the difference between *ioi* and *lol* was still quite large. The heroes basically had no common ground, and the operations were more complicated.

Moreover, currently playing *ioi* in China required opening an accelerator to connect to the foreign server, so the delay problem was more serious.

Of course, this didn't affect its current popularity.

Not only Mo Yu Internet Cafe, but many other internet cafes' game lists also commonly had these two games, *ioi* and *gog*.

Internet cafe owners were very good at observing the trend. Whichever game was played by more people in the internet cafe, they would immediately arrange it on the internet cafe's game list.

Moreover, *ioi* had just updated a version today, after all, the Americans don't celebrate the Spring Festival.

When he was almost home, the phone rang.

Pei Qian thought it was his mother calling him home for dinner, but when he took out his phone in the cold wind and saw it, it was actually Li Yada calling.

"Huh? What is she calling me for now?"

"Wishing me a happy New Year?"

"That's not right, I already sent a text message on New Year's Eve, didn't I?"

Pei Qian answered the phone with doubts.

Li Yada's slightly anxious voice came from the other end of the phone: "President Pei! I found that *ioi* seems to have updated a version again, have you noticed?"

Pei Qian: "Oh, I know, what's wrong?"

Li Yada was stunned, seemingly not expecting President Pei to be so calm, even with a little bit of... joy in his calmness?

"President Pei, after this version update, *gog*'s competitiveness compared to *ioi* has been greatly reduced! The Finger Company doesn't celebrate the Spring Festival!"

"Although the ten-day Spring Festival holiday seems inconspicuous, our game is already far behind *ioi*. If we continue to delay, I'm afraid the situation will only get worse and worse, and we won't be able to catch up!"

"Can I apply to go to work early? I know that working overtime is not right, but the situation is urgent..."

Pei Qian frowned.

Go to work early???

You've rebelled!