Asked you to write a book, not to confess your criminal record!

Little Landlady blushed, "Let's talk business, the general manager of Anzhou Pharmaceutical, Yu Keke, is also your reader. With you stepping in, this deal should be easier to make."

"My reader?"

Lin Chuan was taken aback and became serious.

"That's right, she has an average subscription to every book of yours," Little Landlady said as she peeled another egg and handed it to Lin Chuan.

"An average subscription to every book, is she a normal person?"

Lin Chuan took the egg and asked teasingly.

Goodness!

Those who have an average subscription to every book include Little Landlady, Shen Qianqian, Xia Qingqing, Old Wang, Old Bai, and a few other utmost true love fans. Not many left indeed.

After all, they all deal with crime themes.

Continually following Lin Chuan's crime-themed novels was a bit morbid in itself, and it could indicate being a bit abnormal or having a special status.

Never would he have expected a general manager of a pharmacy manufacturer to also read his novels.

"Of course, she's normal. I've met her several times. She's around our age, a mix, and incredibly beautiful. Plus, she speaks Chinese very well," Little Landlady said with a beaming smile.

"Well, this afternoon I might get to see my reader and collaborator then."

Lin Chuan grinned.

"Right, Chairman, speaking of novels, I've seen your reader group clamoring for updates recently. What's your next book about?" Little Landlady turned into a reader and pressed him for a new book on the spot.

Lin Chuan peeled an egg for Little Landlady and chuckled, "Have you stopped watching short videos and switched to reading novels?"

"Of course, I have to read your novels."

Little Landlady was somewhat proud.

In her eyes, if Lin Chuan's novels did well, it was as if she succeeded too.

After all, she was in cahoots with Lin Chuan, sharing glory and disgrace.

"What about short videos?"

Lin Chuan winked, smiling meaningfully.

Little Landlady gave Lin Chuan a gentle twist at his waist without using much force, bit her lower lip, and whispered in his ear, "Of course, I still watch them. How else would I collect the rent?"

Lin Chuan grinned and unwaveringly took a sip of the jujube goji berry tea.

Little Landlady smirked and persisted, "You haven't told me, what's the next novel about?"

"Uh, also crime-themed, but it might be a bit sensitive."

Lin Chuan frowned.

Zhang Xinxin glared, "You're not going to get thrown into the little black room, are you?"

"Thrown into the little black room?"

Lin Chuan's face froze, and his brows tightened, "A drug lord theme should be publishable, right?"

Little Landlady was silent for a while, scrolling through her phone for quite a time before bringing up a news article from last year and showing it to Lin Chuan.

——Literature creation should have a bottom line, don't let the hero's blood be shed in vain.

It mentioned that a popular female-centric novel, which glorified a drug lord's romance, was suspected of distorting values and whitewashing, glamorizing criminals, and had been taken down.

Lin Chuan's frown deepened and he murmured to himself, "I forgot about that!"

Now, the scrutiny over online novels is greater.

For the kind of crime-themed stories written by Lin Chuan, the monitoring was even stricter. This virtual life experience-based novel—"Black Ice"—might not even get a chance to be published!

Lin Chuan's vision darkened.

Previously everything had been too smooth, but now he faced double sanctions.

Assessment task: Manufacture a drug with a 99% purity.

Novel content: Might be accused of severely distorting values, whitewashing the group of criminals.

Waterloo, G!

"Chairman, I'm just guessing. Why don't you ask your editor?" Little Landlady suggested promptly upon seeing Lin Chuan's troubled expression.

"Yeah, I'll ask the editor."

Lin Chuan immediately took out his phone and sent a message to Youyou, "Youyou, I've got a theme, but I'm not sure if it's feasible."

"Are you starting a new book, what's the theme?"

On the other end of the internet, Youyou replied in a second.

"The protagonist is an entrepreneur making 'drugs,' constantly growing and becoming stronger, defeating competitors, and exporting 'drugs' overseas. During this process, he reflects and contemplates the value of human nature; that's roughly the story."

Lin Chuan sent a series of messages, outlining the gist of "Black Ice."

"Is your 'drug making' legal?" Youyou looked and hesitated for quite a while before asking.

"Eh, what do you think?" Lin Chuan countered.

In the Sailing Tower office in Modu, Youyou's expression froze.

How could the 'drug making' that Lin Chuan was talking about be legitimate and legal?

With just a thought of her clean, fair toes, she should have guessed that it was the kind of 'drug making' that would definitely get shot at.

"Darling, this theme is under very strict control right now, there's no way it can pass the safety check. Publishing this kind of content is not just a bad idea for you, but a harmful one," Youyou replied after taking a deep breath, her tone somewhat solemn.

Lin Chuan's anxious heart finally died.

What Youyou said was right, publishing it was not a good idea, but a harmful one.

Just the reports alone were enough to cause Lin Chuan a lot of trouble.

It's even possible that he would be called in for several rounds of talks, and getting a package deal wasn't out of the question either.

"Youyou, I got it," Lin Chuan replied blankly.

In his heart, he was thinking of a solution.

"How about we change direction and make the protagonist a police officer who goes after these 'drug makers'?" Youyou suggested.

Lin Chuan chuckled and replied, "I've got a bit too much stockpile, can't change it now."

The experiences of life had already automatically generated the novel, and it was almost ready to export.

The target was fifty thousand average subscriptions!

At most, he could edit to block out some details, but major changes, especially changes to the protagonist's identity, were clearly impossible.

If he rewrote it, it wouldn't match with the system-generated novel, and even if he met the Popularity Value requirements and passed the assessment, he wouldn't be able to unlock the next career.

On the other end of the internet.

Unconsciously, Youyou began to worry. The regulations for web novel reviews were clear, and the type of novel that Lin Chuan wanted to publish was not allowed.

But if it couldn't be published...

From what Youyou knew of Lin Chuan, when he said he had a stockpile, it was very likely he had a stockpile of millions of words, ready to finish upon publishing.

If he couldn't publish, it would surely waste a great deal of Lin Chuan's effort.

What to do?

Youyou's heart tightened.

Suddenly,

An idea flashed through her mind, and she immediately sent Lin Chuan a message, "Darling, how about we just publish this book overseas?"

"Publish overseas?"

When Lin Chuan saw the message, his previously furrowed brows slowly relaxed, and his eyes brightened.

That's it, directly publish overseas, not targeting domestic readers but instead focusing on an overseas readership, which was a good choice.

"Yes, but the reader base you've built up domestically won't give you a boost for the novel published overseas. It's like starting over," Youyou explained the pros and cons to Lin Chuan.

Whew—

Lin Chuan took a deep breath, nodded, and replied, "No problem, as long as it can be published."

If he couldn't publish the novel, the reader base wouldn't have any use anyway, so Lin Chuan had to make a choice.
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— To publish "Black Ice" overseas.

"I'll contact the chief editor and the overseas operations department right away," Editor Youyou immediately started preparing the relevant matters for Lin Chuan.

"Thanks, Youyou."

Lin Chuan replied, then muttered to himself, directly publishing the novel overseas should have a chance to reach fifty thousand average subscriptions, right?