CHAPTER 41: CHAPTER 41: XU LIN’S 1ST OUTLINE COLLABORATION

After finishing fitness training, Xu Lin had dinner and freshened up.

The time reached nine in the evening.

Xu Lin is someone who acts immediately; while working out, he already had a rough outline.

A fantasy novel with mid to low combat skills, not high-level martial arts, themed around court intrigue and Jianghu.

And it’s also a harem story.

There are eight female protagonists.

Furthermore, the main character settings consist of more than twenty people.

These are the basic settings.

An ensemble cast story, focusing on character refinement.

[Energy (100+/100): Energy Explosion.]

Xu Lin stacked his energy to an explosive state, then started creating this outline with a focused mind.

With the enhancement of the "Divine Penmanship" ability, Xu Lin’s outline was truly extraordinary.

For instance, in terms of Cultivation Techniques and moves, Xu Lin’s naming was very poetic.

Anyone who’s seen the anime "Death God" knows the moves in it are like poetry, so the author was even called a poet.

Xu Lin paid great attention to the setting in these areas.

Next came the settings regarding the female leads, other characters, power distribution, realms, etc.

In one night, Xu Lin completed a 40,000-word outline. He originally planned for a 20,000 to 30,000-word outline, but evidently it exceeded that.

These settings were all thought up by Xu Lin himself, without referencing others or following their formulas.

Top-tier authors create settings, while average authors imitate trends.

After all, Xu Lin now has the capability to consider his own ideas and bring them out.

Xu Lin believes that as long as the person who takes on his outline has sufficient strength, there would definitely be no problem.

Therefore, the next morning, Xu Lin logged in intending to contact Moonlit Night to ask him to find a capable author to take on this outline.

However, Moonlit Night had been trying to contact Xu Lin these days, but Xu Lin hadn’t logged in, so he couldn’t be reached.

Xu Lin glanced at the messages and realized that Moonlit Night received his manuscript payment from last month and intended to share a portion with Xu Lin, but hadn’t been able to contact him.

Contacts soon received: "Just logged in."

Half a minute later.

Moonlit Night was very excited: "Boss! You finally logged in!"

Then, Moonlit Night sent a screenshot of the manuscript payment.

Moonlit Night: "Boss, I received 310,000 in manuscript fees last month!"

Contacts soon received: "Awesome!"

Moonlit Night: "Thank you, boss, for your help!"

Moonlit Night: "Boss, I sent you a QR code!"

Soon after, Xu Lin received two transfers, each of 50,000.

A total of 100,000!

[Wealth: 462,803.24 yuan]

Moonlit Night: "Boss, thank you so much!"

Contacts soon received: "I happen to have a request for you."

Moonlit Night: "Please tell, boss."

Contacts soon received: "I created a fantasy novel outline, court intrigue and Jianghu with multiple female leads, an ensemble route, and want to find a capable author to take it on. Future gains will be split 60-40; I’ll take 40%. Do you know any authors with the ability to earn millions annually who are willing to take on this? They must be reliable and trustworthy."

Moonlit Night: "I wish I could take on the boss’s outline, but unfortunately I can only do urban novels. Crying.jpg."

Moonlit Night: "I’ll ask in our small group; there are indeed a couple of high-income authors who can write several genres, and one is best at fantasy novels. Among us, you can definitely trust the character of these people!"

Moonlit Night’s small group is mid to upper-level in the industry, consisting of just five members.

Contacts soon received: "ok."

Meanwhile, Moonlit Night returned to the small group and shared screenshots of his conversation with Xu Lin.

"Whoa, the boss is releasing an outline?"

"I’m not good at fantasy novels!"

"I didn’t even make a million last year, only a bit above 700,000; oh, what a pity!"

"I think I can do it! Fantasy novels are my specialty!"

"The boss’s outline feels like it could make someone a legend!"

The group buzzed with discussions.

Recently, Daddy, don’t!’s new book is in its new-release period, not yet published, with 140,000 words but over 400,000 collections and 80,000 follow-up reads. It’s destined for great success, using Xu Lin’s outline, though Daddy, don’t!’s skills certainly didn’t waste that outline.

If everything goes smoothly, Daddy, don’t! might even become a legend based on this book.

That is the value of Xu Lin’s outline.

Everyone is drooling now.

"A 60-40 split, the boss only takes 40%. In my opinion, giving him 60% is fine; the value of the boss’s outline is more about learning things and your future fame than just this book’s manuscript fee—it can boost your future skyward!"

"Agreed!"

"Is there anyone in this group more skilled at court intrigue and Jianghu than me? I’ll take it!"

The speaker was Toutuo, who made over a million last year and specializes in fantasy harem novels.

No one objected, as Toutuo was indeed the most suitable here.

So Toutuo soon added Xu Lin’s small account, Contacts soon received.

Toutuo: "Boss, I’ll take your outline!"

Then Toutuo briefly discussed his situation, including last year’s income and his areas of expertise.

Contacts soon received: "It seems you can."

Toutuo: "Boss, let me give it a try!"

Contacts soon received: "I need to sign a contract here. You’ll need to sign a specific contract when you take my outline to write a book, mainly concerning profit-sharing issues."

Toutuo: "Boss, I understand!"

So Xu Lin shared the electronic contract with him.

Contacts soon received: "Take a good look at the content."

Toutuo: "No problem."

Toutuo spent over ten minutes reading the contract.

To be honest, this contract was drawn up by Xu Lin’s mom, and it could be described as flawless, covering cooperation content, breach penalties, etc., but it’s not an exploitative contract.

Toutuo has been in the online writing field for years, going to various big and small sites, and every single one had contracts that exploited authors.

By comparison, Xu Lin’s contract was exceptionally favorable.

Plus, considering the future fame and substantial earnings...

Toutuo felt that even if the contract were bad, he could accept Xu Lin’s outline.

He was extremely eager to advance further!

Toutuo: "Boss, I’ve read it. I’ll take this outline!"

Contacts soon received: "Good."

Then Xu Lin shared the outline with him.

Toutuo: "Boss, give me a little time to review the outline."

Xu Lin didn’t respond.

Over half an hour later.

Toutuo: "Boss, I’ve finished reading. This outline, I’d even take it on my knees! It’s so stunning!"

Contacts soon received: Basic operation, don’t flaunt it.

Toutuo: "Boss, how do we sign the contract?"

Contacts soon received: "Two copies; print them out, sign, and send to this address... I’ll send one back to you later."

The address provided by Xu Lin was his mom’s law firm, where he arranged for her to handle everything, including signing Xu Lin’s name.

Xu Lin wasn’t being careless.

Overall, he ensured his rights and interests were adequately protected.

This is the benefit of having a mom who’s a lawyer.

Toutuo: "Boss, no problem, I’ll have it done today!"

Contacts soon received: ok, wish you success!

Toutuo: "Also wish boss plenty of models in the club. *chuckle*.jpg"

On the other side.

Xu Lin also messaged his mom, telling her about the situation.

Ms. Ren: "Someone’s working with you?"

Xu Lin: "Yes, he’ll send out the contract today to your firm; please handle it for me then!"

Ms. Ren: "Alright."

Ms. Ren: "Is it reliable?"

Xu Lin: "Reliable."

Ms. Ren: "Can you really make money?"

Xu Lin then sent Moonlit Night’s transfer and some chat messages.

Ms. Ren: "This person’s writing earns 310,000 a month?"

His mom was quite shocked.

Ms. Ren: "What kind of business earns that much a month?"

Xu Lin: "That’s what he receives, not including next year’s tax adjustments. The manuscript earnings tax is reportedly about 0.112; he got deducted 40,000, and with such high income, he might need to pay more next year."

Ms. Ren: "He gave you 100,000? Why?"

Xu Lin: "I ghostwrote the latter part for him; otherwise, he’d be left with only one or two thousand a month."

Xu Lin: "Aren’t I impressive?"

Ms. Ren: "Thumbs up.jpg"

Ms. Ren: "Don’t go astray with this money. Bars, KTVs, clubs, all those chaotic places—don’t go near. You never know who you’ll meet in such places; stay away!"

Ms. Ren: "And most importantly, don’t go soliciting!"

Ms. Ren is a lawyer, and in her profession, she has met all kinds of people, so she warned Xu Lin, fearing he might take the wrong path after making money.

With the amount Xu Lin is earning now, his mom found it staggering—it was in the tens of thousands just over this summer, right?

You must know he’s only eighteen, just turned eighteen three months ago, having only just graduated high school.

His mom is genuinely concerned he might go astray.

At this age, without proper guidance, things can go wrong easily.

Xu Lin: "Don’t worry, I won’t go."

Xu Lin has always been indifferent to these places.