Chapter 358: Ye Xuan

Seeing Ye Xuan’s popularity in the livestream remaining high, the operations director of the blog platform felt sweat pouring down his back, urging the engineering department every minute.

“Is the page you were told to maintain finished yet?”

“If we’re any later and Mr. Ye decides to serialize his new work, *Journey to the West*, on another website, we’ll all be left drinking the northwest wind in the second half of the year.”

The engineering department director was also covered in cold sweat, his voice trembling.

“Boss, it’s really not that we lack the ability, but these netizens are too crazy. Do you know how many clicks our page is getting every second?”

The operations director asked with a stiff expression.

“How many?”

The engineering department director wailed as he spoke.

“According to incomplete statistics, there are roughly two hundred million clicks per second. We have already done our best to maintain the normal operation of the page.”

Another engineer gave up on his work and shouted with a mournful face.

“It’s impossible. The appeal of this Great God Ye is just too strong. My hand speed can’t keep up with those fans; I really can’t do it.”

The operations director slapped the table hard, and a dozen engineers all stared at him.

The operations director, who had been imposing a moment ago, immediately became servile and ingratiating.

“Masters, you must maintain this page well. Be prepared for traffic of several hundred million at any time. Our bonuses for the second half of the year all depend on Great God Ye’s new work release. You must hold on! I have elderly parents and young children to support; I really cannot lose this job.”

Those engineers were not young men; most had families and understood his feelings well.

What else could they do?

Because of Great God Ye’s post, this group of engineers had to work overtime during their meeting.

One had to sigh at the widespread influence of this butterfly effect.

Unaware that a group of engineers was unable to get off work just to maintain the system, Ye Xuan was still in the livestream.

When he saw the comments on the screen, with more and more people sending bullet comments saying they had refunded or received their money, he felt a little more balanced in his heart.

After all, if the book he had worked so hard to write had its reputation ruined by some opportunistic netizens before it was even printed, wouldn’t he be losing more than he gained?

Although he had great confidence in the works produced by the system and believed they would definitely become a trend, becoming the new fashion of the moment.

He still didn’t want the work he had labored over to be used as a means for others to seek illegal profit.

After waiting another two minutes and confirming that the screen was discussing the buying and selling of photo screenshots.

Ye Xuan spoke indifferently.

“I’m going to go write now. You should trust the blog’s backend operations; they will definitely handle the page crash as quickly as possible. Don’t be too impatient.”

Some netizens couldn’t sit still and scrambled to curry favor on the screen.

“Great God Ye, since you’re already livestreaming, why not give us a brief explanation of the meaning behind your new work, *Journey to the West*?”

“No, no, I don’t dare to have such high demands. Why don’t you just read us a few lines from the beginning, Great God Ye?”

“Sending little hearts to Ye Gou, please, tell us more about the content of the new work, I beg you!”

“Mr. Ye, can you talk about the original intention behind creating this new work? I love every one of your works; I’m a die-hard fan.”

“Great God Ye, when will this new work be published as a book?”

Looking at the comments on the screen, Ye Xuan was already accustomed to the crazy behavior of these netizens and didn’t make a big fuss about it.

Instead, he found a balance point for getting along harmoniously with the netizens.

Seeing that the netizens’ thirst for knowledge was so high, he didn’t begrudge them, took a sip from the thermos cup beside him, and then spoke slowly.

“This new work of mine stems from a dream I had about immortals, so I wrote it out as a fiction. I hope everyone likes it.”

After speaking, Ye Xuan didn’t want to continue dealing with them; he still felt it was better to keep a low profile.

He curled his lips and smiled faintly.

“I’m going to go raise pigs now. You mustn’t use me to make a price difference again, or I’ll be sad. Bye.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he really did turn off the livestream, which immediately caused the netizens to wail endlessly.

“Wow! Was that look in Ye Xuan’s eyes just now a flirtatious gesture toward me? My heart is about to melt, ahhh!!!”

“I will definitely follow Ye Gou’s instructions. The netizen who just paid me the red envelope for the photo screenshots, hurry up and claim the red envelope I returned. I cannot betray Ye Gou’s trust. If you’re a decent person, claim the red envelope!”

“I’m so looking forward to Great God Ye’s new work. People with knowledge really do use dreams as the driving force for creation. This difference between clouds and mud is truly incomparable; I can only envy him.”

“Hey, let’s go create another group. Those who have seen the beginning, tell us what it’s actually about?”

With someone taking the lead, a large wave of netizens shifted their battlefield from Ye Xuan’s offline livestream room to the Tieba forum.

They began to discuss Ye Xuan’s new work heatedly in their hearts.

“I’ve gone through the first few chapters. The general content is about a monkey that popped out of a stone. He first finds a master to learn skills, then becomes a king on Flower Fruit Mountain, and finally goes to the sky to be a low-level official.”

“I’ve finished reading it all. In the end, the Monkey King learns that the Jade Emperor’s actions were actually to trap him, not to promote him, so he uses his own strength to wreak havoc in the Heavenly Palace and smashes the Flat Peach Banquet to pieces.”

“So it seems Great God Ye really did have a dream about immortals. What is the meaning behind this?”

“Hearing you all describe it so crudely and simply, I know Great God Ye’s writing style very well. It’s absolutely impossible for it to be such a simple meaning. You must have failed to grasp the meaning within.”

“No, hearing you say that, I don’t believe Great God Ye’s new work would be so absurd.”

The originally fine discussion about the new work, after those netizens who claimed to have read the beginning spoke, instead caused another storm of blood and gore.

After all, based on Ye Xuan’s status and level in the literary world, even netizens who didn’t like Ye Xuan wouldn’t say his level was low.

Yet, in the mouths of those few netizens who claimed to have read the beginning, Ye Xuan’s new work became absurd, nonsensical, and devoid of any meaning or depth.

“The few fans who just said they read Great God Ye’s new work, their interpretation is too infuriating. I suggest the group owner kick them out. We disdain to associate with those who slander Great God Ye.”

“I checked the avatar; the group owner is the one who just posted the reading review.”

“Then let’s quit the group. We should all quit. I really don’t want to hear even a hint of negative evaluation from him about Great God Ye. He has no level himself, yet has the face to interpret Great God Ye’s new work. He’s not ashamed, screw you...”