Car-hailing Driver: Rewards from Complaints-Chapter 86 - 84: So Driving Ride-Hailing Cars Means You Can’t Be Rich?
Minghai Hotel, Author Gathering.
This author gathering wasn’t organized officially by Qidian, but was spontaneously organized by some local authors in Hai City.
The organizer is Gongzi Juan, who recently just got a major contract with Qidian, real name Li Xiujuan.
At this moment, Li Xiujuan is giving a report, sharing how she grew from an unknown small-time author to a major author on the Qidian Female Channel.
In the audience, Yuan Xiaozao received a fan’s alert, opened the Qidian app, and saw that she had received a Golden Alliance Master.
In that instant, Yuan Xiaozao almost jumped up with excitement.
For an author at level LV2, receiving a reward of 100,000 is like having a pie fall from the sky while walking on the road. How could she not be happy?
Yuan Xiaozao doesn’t follow live broadcasts, so she didn’t know about the heroic deeds of Undying Star on the Douyu platform.
But since Undying Star had a "Star" in it, and Yang Chen’s name also had a "Chen", she immediately connected Undying Star to Yang Chen, because he had just said in the car that he would tip her.
"Could it be Brother Yang’s tip? He’s just a rideshare driver, how could he be so generous? Could he be into me, trying to pursue me?" Yuan Xiaozao thought to herself happily.
Truly an author of dominant CEO novels, her imaginative vanity is unmatched.
Yuan Xiaozao quickly sent a WeChat message to Yang Chen to confirm.
"Brother Yang, was it you who tipped the Golden Alliance of Undying Star to me?"
Yang Chen didn’t think it was something to hide, so he replied truthfully.
"I just read your novel, it’s quite good, I couldn’t help but tip you. Keep it up, I have faith in your novel, it might even be adapted into an idol drama."
Yuan Xiaozao couldn’t help but chuckle softly.
At this time, her fellow authors who were attentively listening all glanced over.
The great author Gongzi Juan, who was giving her speech, also paused.
Colleagues teased her.
"Xiaozao, what’s making you so happy? Could it be that someone tipped you a Silver Alliance?"
"Seeing her so happy, it must be at least a Silver Alliance."
"If you really have such a wealthy fan, then you’re about to soar. Regardless of how you write, at least you can live off his tips."
...
The renowned author Gongzi Juan laughed and said, "I’ve been writing for ten years and just got a major contract, and I’ve only received five Silver Alliance Masters in total. Xiaozao, for you, a LV2 author, to receive a Silver Alliance Master is definitely a sign you’re about to succeed."
Yuan Xiaozao quickly waved her hand to deny it, "No, no, there’s no Silver Alliance, don’t say that."
At this time, her author friend, Li Youlan, suddenly stood up excitedly and shouted, "Wow! Xiaozao, you received a Golden Alliance Master!"
Everyone was shocked!
So it turns out they underestimated her by saying she only got a Silver Alliance Master!
Everyone hurriedly opened the Qidian app and immediately received a notification from the platform, declaring that Undying Star tipped 10,000,000 Qidian coins to "You and the Spring Breeze Are Both Guests".
"Wow! It’s really a Golden Alliance!"
"Oh my, Xiaozao, you’re so lucky, to receive a Golden Alliance at level LV2, it’s unbelievable."
"Wow, aren’t you being too ’Versailles’? You were just nervously saying there was no Silver Alliance, well, indeed, there’s no Silver Alliance, it’s a Golden Alliance, right? Too ’Versailles’."
...
Colleagues looked at Yuan Xiaozao with envy, jealousy, and resentment.
Halfway through her report, Gongzi Juan felt awkward, as everyone’s attention was on Yuan Xiaozao, ignoring her report.
After writing for ten years and finally getting a major contract, Gongzi Juan cherishes this status dearly.
But Yuan Xiaozao receiving a Golden Alliance Master stole her thunder, making her very uncomfortable.
Gongzi Juan smiled and said, "Yuan Xiaozao, why don’t you share your writing journey and the highlights of your current book with everyone. To receive such a generous tip from a wealthy fan, your work must be of high quality. Come, share with us."
Other colleagues also coaxed Yuan Xiaozao to deliver a personal speech.
Yuan Xiaozao quickly waved her hands and said, "No, no, I’m just an unknown author. I have no qualifications to share writing experiences with everyone."
Gongzi Juan chuckled and said, "That’s not how you should say it. None of us have a Golden Alliance Master, only you do, so you’re definitely better than all of us. We’re here to communicate today, don’t be so stingy."
"Yeah! Jujube God, share with us."
"Jujube God, teach us."
"Jujube God, share with us."
...
Yuan Xiaozao quickly said, "Actually, the Golden Alliance Master was tipped by the rideshare driver who brought me here. He might have felt some connection with me, so he tipped me. It’s not that my book is that good, don’t say that."
Rideshare driver?
What a joke, someone who can casually tip 100,000 can’t possibly be just a rideshare driver, right?
It’s not that rideshare drivers can’t come up with 100,000, it’s just hard to believe a rideshare driver would be willing to tip that much.
"Jujube God, you can’t make things up! How could a rideshare driver be willing to tip you so much?"
"No offense, but I’ve read your work and it’s not at the point where it would move a reader to tip 100,000. Did you fake it?"
"Xiaozao, there’s no need for that! As a LV2 author, there’s no need to fake so much money, even if it brings a lot of traffic. You can’t keep those readers. In the end, you’ll just be buying a show of excitement, with no other benefit."
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Gongzi Juan also said, "Xiaozao, writing is something that requires accumulation over time, not something that happens overnight. It took me ten whole years to get a major contract, you’ve only been writing for two years, it’s normal not to have results yet, don’t be anxious. What good is there in faking this data? If your work isn’t of high quality, even if you attract traffic, you can’t keep readers."
Yuan Xiaozao was about to go crazy, she quickly explained to everyone, "I didn’t fake it, it was really the rideshare driver who tipped me. If you don’t believe me, look, here’s his WeChat, I just confirmed with him."
To prove her innocence, Yuan Xiaozao went all out.
There’s a saying that one writer disparages another, if everyone believes she faked it, she wouldn’t be able to mix in the local author circle anymore.
But even after looking at the chat records, everyone was still unconvinced.
Again, how could a rideshare driver afford to tip 100,000 at once, it doesn’t make sense.
He would have to take countless rides to earn 100,000.
Yuan Xiaozao had no choice but to send a voice message to Yang Chen, asking him to help clarify.
If she couldn’t prove she didn’t fake it today, she’d never be able to attend such gatherings again.
"Brother Yang, can you help me explain to everyone? They all think as a rideshare driver, you couldn’t have tipped me so much, that I must have faked it. I didn’t do it, I don’t want to be misunderstood. Thank you, Brother Yang, please help explain."
A few seconds later, Yang Chen replied.
"Why bother explaining to them? If I want to tip, I tip, what’s it to them? So what if I drive rideshare? I can’t have savings by driving rideshare? I’ll tip you another ten Golden Alliances!"
Seeing Yang Chen’s reply, everyone was stunned.
Wow, are rideshare drivers this extravagant now?
At this moment, Yuan Xiaozao’s author friend, Li Youlan, shouted loudly, "Look! The platform is reminding us again that Undying Star tipped another 10 million Qidian coins to Xiaozao’s ’You and the Spring Breeze Are Both Guests’."
Everyone quickly pulled out their phones and opened the Qidian app to check.
"Undying Star tipped 10,000,000 Qidian coins to ’You and the Spring Breeze Are Both Guests’."
"Undying Star tipped 10,000,000 Qidian coins to ’You and the Spring Breeze Are Both Guests’."
"Undying Star tipped 10,000,000 Qidian coins to ’You and the Spring Breeze Are Both Guests’..."
A total of ten push notifications stunned all the authors present.
This extravagant rideshare driver, he said he would tip another 10 Golden Alliances, and he really followed through!
The atmosphere at the scene gradually solidified, authors looked at each other, not knowing how to face Yuan Xiaozao now.
And Yuan Xiaozao herself was already in shock, if she hadn’t really taken Yang Chen’s car to the hotel, she too would doubt if he was really a rideshare driver.
On the other side, Yang Chen felt quite helpless, finding reasons to send gifts was really hard.
Just tipping this amount already made those authors suspicious.
Sigh...
When will I be able to cash out all of those hundreds of millions?
