Writing Web Novels In America-Chapter 168 - 166 Special Soldier Premiere

That morning, authors including J.K. Rowling and Neil Gaiman had received an email from a website.

Upon opening the email, they saw a puzzling message.

"Dear author, are you willing to summarize your work and adapt it into hip-hop music for promotional purposes?"

The authors rubbed their eyes, finding no mistake, it indeed said "novel" and "hip-hop music."

This...

How are they connected?

But as they downloaded the attachment that came with the email, they felt a suffocatingly intense impact.

"I eat corn, I’m the coolest, gods and demons bow, heavens and earth collapse.

Many beauties seek me, yet I pretend not to see..."

J.K. Rowling thought of "Harry Potter," and Neil Gaiman thought of "American Gods," instantly reaching a state of "dumbfounded."

Already serialized on the website, they completely understood the importance of promotion.

But hip-hop music...

After pondering for a while, most of the authors decided.

That was to hand over the licensing to the website, which would be responsible for production and specific operations.

In the office, Wang Jian, who had just returned from the recording studio, was looking at two documents.

The first document was naturally the music licensing contract for Apple.

Although the "I used to be ignored, now I have money, guns, and girls" in the hip-hop music and the website novels shared many similarities.

But after all, different fields are as different as mountains, creating lyrics that match the melodies and rhyme required a tremendous amount of effort.

Thus, the website collaborated with Apple, issuing a bounty task to numerous hip-hop artists in New York.

That was to produce rap versions of specific works, with a chance to get a US Dollar 10,000 copyright buyout fee.

This amount of money was undoubtedly a big temptation for hip-hop artists who had long mingled at the bottom of society.

Currently, these specified works included "Arcane Throne," "Extreme Heavenly Demon," and "Anomalies."

As emails kept coming, the list expanded to include "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone," "American Gods," and more.

So, what does a rap version of "Anomalies" look like?

"My vampire eats garlic, my Husky throws bricks"?

And what about "Arcane"? "Extreme Heavenly Demon"?

Wang Jian was internally scoffing as he looked at the second document.

This was a notification from HBO, stating that the first episode of "Prison Break Special Forces" was about to officially launch.

Uh...

Recently busy with "Anomalies," Wang Jian quickly checked the website’s information.

Luckily, after recruiting some staff from Dorsey, the website’s operations became more formal.

The website, in its book review section and Twitter discussion area, was coordinating with HBO to promote "Prison Break Special Forces."

Currently, the certified male lead, Miller, was ranked first in the Twitter directory.

In a desperate bid for clicks, he had uploaded a photo of himself covered in olive oil and wearing only underwear.

Wang Jian checked the responses and saw a female user who, besides typing Miller’s name, repeatedly typed "ouch!" several times.

Others were clamoring that regardless of the plot, they would watch it just for the photo.

Additionally, a bunch of WWE wrestlers had registered on Twitter.

They were showing off their muscles while teaching fighting techniques.

Of course, the conversation always turned back to "Prison Break Special Forces."

HBO was also doing its utmost to promote the show.

According to the document, both in HBO’s homepage and the in-show advertisements, "Prison Break Special Forces" was prominently featured.

Netflix was also using its limited channels to promote "Prison Break Special Forces," such as placing unreleased video tape posters of the show on its promotion page.

Wang Jian checked the pay-per-view start time, which was set for eight o’clock tonight.

He glanced at his mobile phone and was surprised to find that "Anomalies" hadn’t clashed with "Everybody Loves Raymond," yet "Prison Break Special Forces" was up against "Friends."

This...

Wasn’t that suicide?

You know, in recent years, even Hollywood blockbusters’ premieres avoided the timeslot of the "Friends" premiere.

What right did a derivative drama have to challenge the status of this show?

Wang Jian silently drew an "X" in his mind, only to sigh, "Fortunately, it’s on cable pay-per-view, not broadcast on network television by schedule."

He continued reviewing the documents and found that the production team was invited to a party tomorrow night to celebrate the official launch of the show.

A celebration?

Wang Jian helplessly shook his head, knowing that the atmosphere at tomorrow night’s party wouldn’t be optimistic with "Friends" competing directly.

However, as a producer, he seemed somewhat unqualified.

He pondered for a moment and felt that, no matter what, he had to be there.

"Alas, ’Prison Break Special Forces’ is unreliable. I might as well update ’Anomalies’!"

Wang Jian opened up the outline, recalling the plot from the original, and started typing on his keyboard again.

...

Night, Tennessee.

Leonard’s mother was somewhat distracted while cooking.

"’Friends’ and ’Prison Break’ are broadcasting at nearly the same time. Which one should we watch?"

"While ’Prison Break’ is available on-demand, thinking about the previous episodes, I still want to watch it as soon as it airs!"

"Hurry up, Mom, ’Friends’ is starting!" Leonard’s sister urged.

Leonard rubbed his eyes, thinking, "I just finished watching the update of ’Anomalies’. Should I rest my eyes for a bit?"

"But Rachel is pretty cute too!"

Leonard’s mother looked at her children, "Sigh, it’s the children asking, not my husband."

"Well then, let’s watch ’Friends’ first tonight."

Soon, everyone was eating dinner while watching CBS.

It had to be said that the quality of "Friends" was consistent as ever; even a difficult plot line like the main characters breaking up was still turned humorous through various jokes.

Leonard chuckled as he watched but thought to himself, "Is the leading lady being a bit of a bitch by getting close to another man, knowing it bothered the lead male?"

Meanwhile, his mother was also laughing but thought to herself, "Such a man should just be beaten up. What’s there to linger over?"

As soon as "Friends" ended, she immediately grabbed the remote and switched to HBO.

"Hmm-hmm," the father pointed at his younger daughter and then at the HBO logo.

His wife looked at Leonard, "Go tuck your sister into bed!"

Leonard looked at the name "Prison Break Special Forces" and scoffed.

"If I must go, I will. I’m never watching that kind of show!"

After Leonard left the living room, his mother immediately pressed the on-demand button.

That cost them one US dollar.

The father was about to get up to brush his teeth and go to bed.

But as the background music for "Prison Break Special Forces" started playing, he couldn’t stand up.

"Once, I fought for America’s democracy and freedom in Cuba, Iraq, Somalia, known as the most fearsome killer on the battlefield."

"Only after returning home due to an injury did I realize how ridiculous my past self was."

"My father vanished, my mother was brutally killed, and my brother was thrown into jail."

"Now, all I can rely on are the skills honed on the battlefield and my comrades!"

"This is Texas, Little Eagle needs support. Respond immediately, respond immediately!"

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