In fact, after the successive releases of works like “God Of Cooking” and “Bei Xing’s Necklace”, whether it was the carefree world of Lu Zhen’s culinary adventures at the foot of Taoyuan Mountain or the dreamy and cute solar term magic world of the Bei Xing, both left a deep impression on everyone.
[I think Teacher Fish Soup Noodles is really well-suited to creating these kinds of stories. After reading them, not only do I feel warm inside, but I’m also deeply moved by the fantastical world-building in the books!]
[The main thing is that Teacher Fish Soup Noodles is indeed skilled at crafting utopian worlds, making people wish they could live in the world of the book and coexist with its characters. This is also why I love “Taoyuan Restaurant” so much.]
Such evaluations from book fans might be precisely why the game adaptation of “Taoyuan Restaurant” continued to maintain steady popularity even after “God Of Cooking” was fully completed.
That is, even though the novel has ended, as long as we log into the game and enter our own Taoyuan Mountain, we can still have a personal utopia that never disappears!
Here, you can watch flowers bloom and wither in the courtyard, sit and observe the clouds rising and drifting, with every flower, plant, and tree personally tended and decorated by yourself.
Who wouldn’t love such a warm and lovely world?
Especially after the update of the huafang version, “Taoyuan Restaurant” opened up more interactive features for friends.
In the game, a few friends can host a banquet on a huafang, each bringing their signature dishes on board, and enjoy the same nighttime cruise experience on River Qingjiang as Boss Lu Zhen.
There’s also a chance to catch rare star beasts during the journey and bring them back to your house.
Once this game event was launched, it reignited the popularity of “Taoyuan Restaurant.”
This led to many who had predicted that the game’s success was solely reliant on the serialization of “God Of Cooking” and would decline after the novel ended, being severely slapped in the face once again.
The most upset were naturally the big gaming companies that had tried to lower the copyright price back then.
They had such a huge copyright right in front of them, but they didn’t cherish it.
Now, it had exploded in popularity, but it didn’t belong to them.
“I think we don’t need to be too depressed. We can consider making some warm and healing games ourselves, right?”
“Yes, no one knew before that this type of low-cost game could become so popular. Now that we know, it’s not too late to start… After all, we still have technical advantages.”
“Didn’t Derqin say that the next game would revolve around a new book?”
“So what will the new book be about?”
Not only were old friends like Director Lin Ke, who were close to Yu Mian, curious about his new book, but even these competitors with indirect rivalries were even more concerned about what Yu Mian’s next book would be.
Predicting the next trend in popularity is crucial.
It’s evident how many bloggers and anchors shifted to food-making content after “God Of Cooking” became a hit.
Even food-themed novels, which were considered niche at first, had now become quite common on various novel websites. As long as they had some unique appeal, they often performed well in terms of traffic.
However, the topic of Teacher Fish Soup Noodles’s new book was kept highly confidential in Huanyu, and Shaxs was tight-lipped, not revealing anything.
No matter how many people tried to pry or inquire, they could only leave disappointed.
After all, as the fame of Teacher Fish Soup Noodles’ works grew, and it was repeatedly proven that his new releases would always become hits, more and more people began to imitate and try to grab a piece of the popularity pie.
If the information were leaked prematurely, what if many others rushed to capitalize on it before Teacher Fish Soup Noodles’s new book was ready?
“But I think these guys are bound to guess the next trend wrong.”
Shaxs looked at the growing number of slow-paced, healing works on the market and thought about the new book details Teacher Fish Soup Noodles had shared with him, feeling a strange mix of emotions.
Especially Lei, the old editor who had initially blocked Yu Mian’s signing. He eventually jumped ship from Huanyu to a rival company and has since been pushing the authors under him to follow trends and ride the wave of popularity.
At first, Shaxs found it hard to tolerate, but later he felt more sympathy for the young authors under Lei.
As for Yu Mian himself, he was unaware of so many people paying attention to the theme of his new book, as he was busy discussing with Derqin about a commemorative mini-game for the completed edition of “Bei Xing’s Necklace”.
Among the elves, aside from the beloved “God Of Cooking”, “Bei Xing’s Necklace” was undoubtedly the second most popular work.
Various Bei Xing mom fans and dad fans were practically covering the entire tribe, their hearts soft and joyful as they watched the daily animation updates.
Thus, Derqin planned to take advantage of this period when “Taoyuan Restaurant” was running smoothly and before Fish Soup Noodles’ new book began, to create a simple mini-game for “Bei Xing’s Necklace” as a gift for the fans.
[Fish: If it’s a mini-game, I think starting with collecting outfits and mix-and-match styling scores would be a great angle. The animation has limited costumes, but the game could supplement more, incorporating various styles so that everyone can fully enjoy the fun of raising a daughter.]
Derqin had actually been thinking the same thing.
After all, since “Bei Xing’s Necklace” started airing, one of the key factors cementing its popularity was undoubtedly the endless parade of stunning outfits Bei Xing wore in the animation.
Each time a new costume appeared, the star network would be flooded with countless fan creations and fan art, and the surrounding merchandise sales remained consistently high.
If a mini-game were released from this angle, it would be highly suitable.
The game could promote new outfits, which in turn could drive offline merchandise sales, how ingenious was that?
[Derqin: But have you decided on the theme for the new book? We can start preparing in advance o.o]
Naturally, by the end of their discussion, Derqin couldn’t resist asking Yu Mian for any spoilers about the book following “God of Cooking”.
[Fish: …Prepare a brave heart? Other than that, nothing much. I believe in everyone’s abilities.]
Yu Mian replied with a smile.
Regarding Derqin and his increasingly mature game development team, Yu Mian had full confidence.
This initial angel investment, originally made purely to prevent the copyright from being sold off cheaply, had gradually developed into the second-largest income source besides royalties.
Yu Mian was even considering what to do with the money once it accumulated a bit more.
For now, though, the priority remained preparing the new book.
After much deliberation, Yu Mian finally decided to take a bold step into the horror genre.
Of course, to ensure that interstellar readers would accept it, some degree of interstellar localization and gradual adaptation would be necessary.
For this, Yu Mian even took the time to visit a theme park on Central Star for research.
After all, haunted houses in amusement parks gathered the most terrifying elements familiar to the people in that region, right?
When he was a child, Yu Mian had visited those not-so-scary haunted houses when his class went to the amusement park for a spring outing.
Although the depictions of the King of Hell, boiling oil cauldrons, and the Eighteen Levels of Hell weren’t particularly realistic or intricate, they still made Yu Mian’s scalp tingle for a long time. He almost hid behind the teacher with the other students.
Strangely enough, there was a kind of addictive thrill to it. Despite knowing it was terrifying, one couldn’t help but muster the courage to experience it again.
Especially the moment of emerging from the pitch-black haunted maze back into the light, the rush of relief and exhilaration was indescribable.
However, to Yu Mian’s surprise, despite the variety of attractions in the amusement parks of the interstellar era, haunted houses were conspicuously absent.
“Mainly because… do ghosts really exist?”
Only when Huo Yan posed this question did Yu Mian realize something, people in the interstellar era had a relatively low sensitivity to the existence of ghosts.
But recalling the supernatural incident at the Freckton Art Gallery where the girl in the painting appeared, and the various terrified reactions on star network, Yu Mian was certain that people still got scared when faced with unexplainable supernatural phenomena.
They just didn’t really believe in ghosts.
So, if he wrote a novel that made people question whether ghosts actually existed, wouldn’t that be a little evil?
For example, what if people started believing that a Sadako ghost could suddenly appear on their light brains?
Would they dare wear their light brains at night or leave them near their beds?
Huo Yan, who had come to Starry Sky Lake to visit Yu Mian, noticed the deep contemplation on Yu Mian’s face as he stared at his light brain, and inexplicably felt a chill run down his spine.
Why did it suddenly seem like Brother Yu Mian was becoming… evil?
Give me back my Brother Yu Mian!
TwT
“Anyway, once the new book is finished, maybe we can try out all sorts of fun and thrilling games.”
Even without haunted houses, escape rooms could be plenty exciting.
Yu Mian even considered suggesting to Editor Shaxs that during Huanyu’s next offline event, a haunted escape room should be set up on site for book fans to experience.
In the end, Yu Mian patted Huo Yan’s little head contentedly.
“…Really?”
Clinging to the table, Huo Yan rarely showed a trace of skepticism toward Yu Mian’s words.
“Really.”
Truer than pearls.
Yu Mian’s face had always carried an air of complete sincerity, making him seem incapable of lying. Huo Yan blinked at him for a long while before inexplicably starting to look forward to the new book.
“We love reading books together as a class. Will the new book be especially fun?”
As soon as Huo Yan finished speaking, Yu Mian nodded affirmatively.
“This new book is absolutely perfect for a group to read together.”
“Yay! Then hurry up and finish writing it!”
On the side, Huo Ting, who had already glanced through several of Yu Mian’s initial drafts, watched this scene unfold and was certain of one thing. Yu Mian’s idea of “perfect for a group to read together” and Huo Yan’s understanding of it were probably not the same at all.
When the Huanyu Reading Platform suddenly added a new book page under Fish Soup Noodles’ column, countless readers who received the notification swarmed in excitedly.
[Wow, is there really news of a new book!? I’ve been waiting forever, I rushed over at lightning speed!]
[Wuuu, ever since Boss Lu Zhen’s story ended, I’ve been feeling so empty. Please, Teacher Fish Soup Noodles, hurry up and update the new series! I want to binge-read it in one go, and I want it to be warm and sweet!]
[Me too! “God of Cooking” just wasn’t enough. I’ve tried collecting similar books on my bookshelf, but none of them feel quite right. I still want to read Teacher Fish Soup Noodles’ new work!]
