The Strong Female Lead Versus The Most Miserable Male Lead-Chapter 216 - 217 A Harsh Comparison
Chapter 216: Chapter 217: A Harsh Comparison
Chapter 216 -217: A Harsh Comparison
“I was hired by your dad at a high salary.”
With one sentence, Second Young Master’s fists clenched and unclenched, though he still didn’t dare to speak out to stop this man from doing what he wanted.
Star Reading had managed to gain a firm foothold quickly, and he couldn’t be disassociated from its success.
But what should he do now?
Second Young Master Li Xiao paced anxiously around the room.
He really was anxious, because he had an older sister who had already married out of the family.
It was after being ranked alongside her that he came to be known as Second Young Master.
But his talent in cultivation was rather mediocre; he thought that if he could excel in one area and get into a good school, he might finally impress his father.
Originally, he wasn’t in such a hurry and thought about spending money on a ghostwriter, which seemed more secure.
However, he suddenly learned some news: his father’s illegitimate son, naturally more talented than he was, had also won some prize in poetry and got accepted into an interstellar university.
He was scared, afraid that after his father recovered, he would become insignificant upon hearing that news.
After all, they were sons. If it was a choice between his own sons, of course his father would favor the more outstanding one.
That’s why he decided to take the risk and chose the novel by Text Mover, hoping to use the site to buy some time, get his hands on the manuscript first, and publish the book before the half-brother could do the same.
What he didn’t expect was that the other party wasn’t willing to wait at all and had already switched to another publisher.
What was even more unexpected was that the other party truly had some talented people, and he couldn’t steal the manuscript.
In the end, it left him smelling like blood.
Now, he had no choice but to brazen it out.
He had already prepared the ghostwriter, and a few people who had read the first few chapters were already continuing the story.
With novels, who knows what will happen next? It’s all up to what comes out of the author’s mouth.
Second Young Master Li Xiao stubbornly continued to post a message on Star Blog.
Wandering Man: A name doesn’t mean everything, please look forward to the continuation of the story, you won’t be disappointed.
Not long after he posted, the Star Reading website he was using updated his novel, Martial Hero Chronicles.
Many readers went to check it out, even Nian Shutong, Fu Yunhe, and the always attentive Shu Zhuo all went to have a look.
And after reading, they all had one feeling.
What the hell is this writing?
At that time, the reader community of Martial Hero Chronicles was buzzing.
[I don’t know how you all feel, but I feel like my values have been hit hard.]
[So, originally it was an antique picture, and suddenly everyone is sent to the interstellar.]
[I can barely accept the interstellar crossover, but why are there Immortal Artifacts?]
[Not just that, there are also Magic Spells.]
[I think it’s quite interesting to read.]
[The person above really has a unique taste.]
[It feels so awkward it couldn’t be more awkward.]
It turned out that Second Young Master Li Xiao didn’t even know what martial arts were, and the people he found were those who wrote about waste characters rising up to godhood amidst battles with the Insect Race.
Everyone has their own expertise, and since there was no outline and no one knew who the main character was supposed to be, they ended up writing a group battle narrative with several main characters.
One must say, this thought process was indeed extraordinary.
Not long after Second Young Master of Xingdu updated his story, Text Mover also updated his.
This time there was a big update, the whole book was finished in one go.
After all, Daodao had planned to release the entire book all at once since it was more trouble-free and left him more time to focus on his cultivation.
At the same time, Text Mover’s Star Blog was also updated.
Text Mover: Let us see together what true Martial Arts is.
What truly defines martial arts?
This question drew even more readers to the Star Reading website, and those who were already users of Star Reading visited out of curiosity, overwhelmed by the pervasive advertising on the site.
Even readers from Star Reading followed suit.
The reason was simple: they wanted to know what martial arts really were.
Was it “Heroic Legend of the Condor” or “Martial Hero Chronicles”?
By this time, readers had slowly been drawn into the story.
Initially, the most beloved character Bao Xiruo unexpectedly ended up alongside Wanyan Honglie.
And Wanyan Honglie turned out to be no good man.
The most overlooked character at the beginning, Li Ping, a coarse peasant woman, managed to hold her own against Duan Tiande, giving birth alone in the vast desert. What incredible tenacity and unexpected twists!
Qiu Chuj and the Jiangnan Seven Monsters made a bet to find the descendants of the Guo and Yang families and teach them martial arts.
And only then did everyone realize that the protagonist was this child—Guo Jing.
As the story progressed, characters like Eastern Evil and Western Poison, South Emperor and North Beggar appeared one after another.
There was also the clever and quirky female lead, Huang Rong.
As characters entered the scene, readers found it hard to pull themselves away.
They were slowly immersed in a world within a book—a world called martial arts.
So this is what martial arts is all about.
As for the Wandering Man, who was he? No one knew!
Now, the struggle between piracy and legitimate versions was crystal clear to anyone with eyes.
Just as everyone was engrossed in reading, Shu Zhuo struggled to extract himself from the world of the book; he had work to do.
The first task: to comprehensively improve the Text Mover’s treatment.
The second task: to pursue the plagiarism charges against the Wandering Man of Star Reading.
Both commands were issued and set in motion.
At this moment, the Second Young Master of Xingdu found it difficult to manage such a mess, despite his desire to hold on. Some executives went directly to the CEO of Star Reading, Li Yi.
When Li Yi learned about the situation, he called for Li Xiao.
“Do you have any explanation?”
“Dad—I just wanted to show you some achievements.”
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“Slap!” With a slap, Li Xiao was knocked to the ground, one side of his face swelling up rapidly, the imprint of five fingers clearly visible.
“It’s not bad to have schemes, what’s frightening is for all of them to be foolish, and even more pitiful is not realizing you’re being foolish.” Li Yi gave Li Xiao another kick, his eyes full of undisguised disgust.
Li Yi strode away, starting to handle the crisis.
Inside, Li Xiao lay on the ground, his eyes filled with hatred. Why? Why?
He would not allow that illegitimate child to enter their door. No one would.
Li Xiao’s thoughts were known to no one, and those who did know didn’t care.
Meanwhile, the departing Li Yi quickly intervened in the matter, flatly denying any allegations of plagiarism by Star Reading.
There were only a few chapters that were similar; the plot that followed was completely different. Where did that constitute plagiarism?
Moreover, they were quite amicable, agreeing to revise the earlier content.
Shu Zhuo had never expected this plagiarism accusation to bring down Star Reading. He just wanted to stain their reputation a bit.
Most importantly, he wanted to use this incident to steal traffic.
Shu Zhuo spared no expense in deploying a Water Army, heavily promoting “Heroic Legend of the Condor” and frequently taking digs at “Martial Hero Chronicles” on Star Reading.
It must be said that the strategy was effective. Combined with the quality assurance of “Shediao,” it really caused Star Reading to lose a tenth of its readers.
After one day, the fastest readers had finished “Heroic Legend of the Condor” without sleep.
The internet had not yet started large-scale discussions, but the Text Mover’s Star Blog had another update.
Text Mover: This is true martial arts! Come on, who dares to argue? If you disagree, let’s debate!
