It is said that I convince people with reason

"Now, the victim is coming to visit."

Chapter 87 Literary Master 5

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It rained lightly in the early morning.

The cold mist covered the windows, and the patter of raindrops fell obliquely on the windowsill, like the sound of a string of urgent pipes, covering the sound of the keyboard in the room.

Zhang Chen hummed happily.

The novels he had read were still fresh in his memory, like an illusory page turning in his mind, and clear words appeared one after another.

Such convenience made him not have to think, and his ten fingers quickly tapped on the keyboard, and he typed out those familiar words and sentences like flowing water.

After writing a chapter and saving it, he clicked Save, and then skillfully switched to the writer's background, and the rapidly rising data curve was clearly displayed on the screen. One after another enthusiastic comments filled the entire computer screen.

The readers' love and admiration were overwhelming.

Long rainbow farts, spontaneously created fan art, fan fiction written out of love for the character, various tap water recommendation posts, and one reward after another... Because of a favorite novel and a favorite author, these people who should have been scattered all over the world and may have never met in this life gathered in the same comment area, as if they had become a family.

And the author "Tianzi" was the bond that connected everyone together.

For so many readers' undisguised enthusiasm and love, admiration and worship, Zhang Chen went from being flattered at first to taking it for granted now, from being guilty and uncomfortable at the beginning to being accustomed to it now and not caring about it.

He just smiled and didn't react.

With the day of rebirth as a turning point, his life almost underwent a big reversal. He who had accomplished nothing a year ago and he who is now highly sought after and in the limelight, seemed to have been split into two people.

How impermanent things are in this world.

In the past, Zhang Chen never thought that he would have the opportunity to live again. When he was just reborn a year ago, he was really confused for half a month until he found that he remembered all the novels he had read in the past ten years.

He decided to go back to his old job.

In ten years, although Zhang Chen had read many novels, he did not finish every one of them, and the performance of these novels was very different. He carefully selected the twenty most complete and best performing novels in his memory.

At that time, Zhang Chen first targeted a popular science fiction "Star Sea". Unexpectedly, when he was ready to start copying, the original author had already published it three days ago - the time when he was confused and entangled before made him miss the opportunity to publish "Star Sea".

Zhang Chen then realized that these novels were not secret treasures known only to him, and he could copy them whenever he wanted.

They had their own owners.

If Zhang Chen could not copy the novels before the original author published them, the memories in his mind would be wasted. He had to race against time with the original author.

He did not dare to delay for a moment, and immediately listed the remaining 19 novels according to the time when they should have been published, and arranged a timeline.

In order to ensure that the incident of "Star Sea" would not happen again, he first copied the fantasy work "Bei Xuan Zhuan" by the newcomer Wang, which would be released soon. Not long after "Bei Xuan Zhuan" was serialized, he also opened a fairy-tale novel "Xian Tu".

In the past year, with these two popular works being published at the same time, each novel has at least 10,000 new chapters a day, and when encountering special events such as reward competition, he will continuously publish more than a dozen chapters of the manuscripts. Zhang Chen has successfully transformed from a small newcomer to a new god in Lingdian Book City, with countless fans. Who doesn't love a diligent and talented author?

A month ago, the two books that were published at the same time were finally completed, and Zhang Chen immediately set his sights on the third book on his list, the horror novel "Ghost Song" by the fantasy writer "Yun Shang" who became a god after his transformation.

Zhang Chen only has so many novels in his mind, and one less is one less. He vaguely remembered that "Yun Shang" transformed this year, and he might start writing "Ghost Song" in a few months. Therefore, as soon as the old article was completed, he announced in the reader group that he would start a new book.

The readers were all excited and asked about the title and genre in the group. One of the rich readers, "Takoyaki", who firmly occupied the first place in his reward list, was also praising the immortal in the reader group.

Zhang Chen knew this reader with the ID Takoyaki. The other party seemed to be young. The first conversation in the reader group revealed a lot of real information. It seemed that she was a white, rich and beautiful lady.

Maybe males always like to show off in front of females. After being praised by the cute little sister in his imagination, Zhang Chen became arrogant and sent the first 30,000 words of "Ghost Song" to the reader group on impulse.

This horror novel has a tortuous and bizarre plot, and it is thrilling. The beginning of only 30,000 words has brought out its own characteristics to the extreme, and the ending is just stuck in the suspense of the protagonist's life-and-death crisis after encountering a ghost.

After reading the beginning, the readers praised the book highly and urged for more updates. Zhang Chen was so flattered by the praise that he said he would save some more manuscripts and start writing next month.

A coincidence happened.

Just over half a month later, the real author of "The Strange Song" suddenly published an article in Lingdian Bookstore.

Zhang Chen's readers soon discovered that this article was almost copy-pasted from the title to the content of his own. This is simply the lowest and most arrogant form of plagiarism!

They informed Zhang Chen of the matter as soon as possible.

Looking back now, Zhang Chen still remembers the panic, guilt, embarrassment, and fear he felt at that moment. Like a thief who has stolen someone else's clothes but was bumped into by the original owner, it seems that the next moment someone will take off the clothes, revealing nothing inside.

At that moment, he even felt a little regretful.

If he had not impulsively published the 30,000-word beginning to the readers, at most he would have missed "The Strange Song" just like he missed "The Sea of ​​Stars". Only he knows everything. The worst case scenario is to get another copy.

But now, everyone has seen that he and "Yun Shang" have exactly the same book title and content. Among them, there must be one person who plagiarized!

In just one year, Zhang Chen's mentality has changed greatly. He likes his current life of unlimited glory and popularity, and he can never accept changing back to his original appearance——

He even imagined in his mind the image of being disgraced after everything was revealed, with everyone shouting and being beaten.

"No! I can never admit the crime of plagiarism! This will destroy me! This will destroy everything I have now!"

When Zhang Chen woke up from the panic and made up his mind, he realized that the trend on the Internet was different from what he imagined.

At this time, he was recognized by countless people as a great man with great talent and aura, who liked to try different types of things. However, "Yunshang" was just a man who had been depressed for many years and had never written anything. An ordinary author of horror novels.

Even if you just compare two people's initial release times together, you can tell who is right and who is wrong.

Countless readers spontaneously "acted for heaven".

Only then did Zhang Chen realize that he was no longer the small-time author he was. All the evidence was more favorable to him. What was he afraid of?

It's like a thief who has stolen someone else's clothes but found the purchase receipt in the pocket of the clothes. Therefore, even if he bumps into the original owner of the clothes on the street and is caught on the spot, he still dares to take it out with confidence. Come with the certificate and scream loudly. However, the onlookers who did not know the truth began to accuse the original owner and defend the thief.

A ridiculous and funny thing just happened.

A few days before the incident was just brewing, "Yunshang", in order to prove its innocence, posted a series of novel materials about "The Strange Song" on Weibo, including many folk horror legends. There is even an outline for the novel.

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After posting the materials and outline, "Yunshang" also asked Zhang Chen to post his own materials and outline.

Of course, his original words were: "I don't know why my original work is exactly the same as the content of Emperor Tianzi's new book. This is really an incredible thing. It's like I don't know each other in the world. There will also be two people who look exactly the same. Such a possibility... For this reason, I post all the evidence that I think is helpful to me. If the Emperor is willing to post his own writing ideas and materials, it would be better to confirm the two aspects. Yes. Maybe we are the coincidental twins?"

What "Yunshang" said was actually very modest, but Zhang Chen, who felt guilty, felt a wave of sarcasm coming towards him, and he almost became angry from embarrassment.

Of course he couldn't post an outline, so he made a strange statement: "What a coincidence. Just last night, my computer was visited by a hacker, and all the files in the computer, including novels, were hacked. The materials and outline can no longer be found.”

After Zhang Chen posted these words, the "Yunshang" account was almost flooded with sunspots. Malicious plagiarism, finding hackers to steal the original author's outline, counter-slandering the original author... one label after another was placed on the other party's head.

This is simply a case of online violence.

In the following month, I never logged in to my Yunshang account, nor did I continue to update it in Lingdian Bookstore. The other party seemed to have completely resigned himself to his fate and fell silent.

A great god who he could only look up to in his previous life was defeated by him so lightly?

Zhang Chen's heart changed drastically at this moment.

It was as if a beggar had smashed the emperor to death with a sickle, and many of the things that once bound him were suddenly no longer worth mentioning. That seems to be the sense of awe that exists in everyone's heart?

When facing the original authors of those novels, Zhang Chen felt a little guilty, as if he was inferior to others. This is also mixed with the author's admiration for the top gods in the industry.

But the fall of "Yunshang" seemed to destroy the high wall in his heart. The collapse of the statue made the words "no more than that" emerge in his heart.

... He is the person who has the essence of novels in the next ten years, and now he is a master. And some of those future great gods have not yet started writing novels, and they are destined to be unable to catch up with him in the future. What does he feel guilty and afraid about?

When the mindset changes, people become more relaxed.

Taking advantage of this month, and the huge attention this plagiarism incident has received, Zhang Chen published a new book "Strange Song" in Zero Point Bookstore. Up to now, it has been updated with nearly 400,000 words, and it will be officially put on the shelves tonight.

Zhang Chen set a timer for the manuscript to be published today, and then opened his reader group, @all members, and announced the good news.

The reader group suddenly exploded, and everyone said that they would subscribe as soon as possible.

Zhang Chen glanced at the news on the screen, humming a song, and his spirits were high.

At this moment, he suddenly saw someone in the reader group asking: "Where is Zhenzhen? Why hasn't Zhenzhen been online these two days? Isn't she a die-hard fan of Tianzi, and has to come online every day to wait?"

"Zhenzhen" is the real name that "Takoyaki" mentioned in the reader group, so everyone in the group began to call her "Zhenzhen" affectionately.

Someone also @Zhang Chen, asking him if he was clear.

Zhang Chen was stunned, and suddenly remembered that he had been in his school the day before yesterday.