ICTEUWMN Chapter 87.2

It felt as though he was holding a piece of light golden gauze being blown gently by the wind…

!

“What are you doing?”

Unexpectedly, Yu Mian immediately looked up with sharp alertness, and his ears looked slightly red.

When the little fish had bitten him before, it sent a tingling sensation down his spine. Not to mention Huo Ting’s fingertips which had some calluses.

However, upon closer inspection, Yu Mian realized that his fish tail had stretched out too much, almost arrogantly dominating the space and squeezing Huo Ting aside.

Feeling a bit embarrassed, he quickly retracted his tail, leaving Huo Ting’s palm suddenly empty.

“I’m going back to write…”

Watching the clearly flustered mermaid climb ashore, Huo Ting became even more certain…the fish tail was indeed very sensitive.

Was this normal?

This meant that seeing a doctor today was indeed a very necessary action.

Meanwhile, after returning to the study and turning the light brain on, Yu Mian noticed a message from his editor.

Apparently, the recent serialization of *Reborn*, a book with a career-line set in the entertainment industry, had drawn attention from many professionals in the entertainment industry.

Even within the production crew of *Eternal Night Rose*, many of the actors had been avidly following Fish Soup Noodles’ new novel.

“I feel like this kind of competition-based variety show is very creative, don’t you think? Director, since there can be acting competitions, wouldn’t it also work for singing?”

“Yes, if we could select the performer for our theme song through such a format, wouldn’t it be perfect?”

Lately, the selection process for the singer for theme song of the *Eternal Night Rose* movie had reached a stalemate, and everyone was anxious.

The movie was already generating massive anticipation before its release, and whoever sang the theme song would undoubtedly skyrocket to fame. Naturally, countless well-known singers were competing for the spot. Even renowned artists like Ernis were actively striving for the opportunity.

There were many big shots with deep backgrounds or strong strength, choosing one would inevitably offend many others, which has led to the current impasse.

[Crispy Shark: So, after seeing the latest chapters, the team at Xinggui was inspired. They’re considering borrowing this concept to organize a talent show. The winner, determined through public voting, would perform the theme song. This way, they could not only find the most suitable candidate but also create free publicity. What do you think?]

Yu Mian was slightly surprised as he read this.

After all, wasn’t this exactly like Earth’s “Super Girl” and other talent shows?

Back then, those competitions had taken the world by storm, with nationwide voting and an almost divine level of influence.

Following the latest chapters of *Reborn*, many readers had been asking around for similar “variety shows” to watch.

Just as Yu Mian pondered, the system made a rare appearance.

[I recommend you agree and take this on. Much like the adaptation of *Contract Marriage*, this has triggered a new side task in the system’s backend. It shows that successfully organizing the event will significantly boost the popularity and completion rate of *Reborn*. The final completion reward will include a special surprise!]

“So writing long-form works does come with completion rewards?”

[Correct, and this seems to offer a higher reward than what would have been triggered if you personally competed in singing, as it creates an entirely new platform, placing you outside the competition framework of your original opponents.]

Yu Mian felt like he was gradually figuring out the system’s patterns for issuing tasks.

As long as a long-form work achieved 100% popularity and perfection, finishing it would yield full rewards.

The rewards for his three previous long-form novels had been “Mermaid Song”, which had soothing effects, “Pearl Of The Deep Sea”, which brought tear induced pearls, and “Friend of the Ocean”, which brought 100% favorability with all aquatic races…which one was highly practical and incredibly fun.

He couldn’t help but wonder what the reward for his fourth novel would be.

With growing anticipation for the reward, Yu Mian naturally reached out to Shaxs:

[Fish: Of course, that’s fine. The competition format could even be made more detailed. For example, during the auditions, you could set up several competition areas. Apart from the Central Star, other Federation star systems could also be included. Auditions, preliminary rounds, revival rounds, and then finals…]

Shaxs found himself unexpectedly intrigued by the additional details provided by his author. The suggestions were interesting.

Perhaps, just like the previously published picture books, this could bring a fresh surprise to the audience.

Selecting a final candidate through an interstellar-wide competition would certainly be far more entertaining than simply appointing someone. The entire process could also serve as a unique form of promotional advertising.

[Crispy Shark: However, this time the situation is a bit special. Would you be open to meeting with a few people in person? If I keep acting as the middleman, it might not seem very formal.]

Shaxs’ only hesitation was that this collaboration, unlike the book rights previously handled by Huanyu, fell into the realm of entertainment derivatives. For a deeper partnership, it seemed better for Teacher Fish Soup Noodles to meet with the relevant parties directly.

[Fish: Umm… okay, as long as it’s just internal staff.]

In the past, Yu Mian would have outright refused due to his reluctance to meet people. But over time, his mindset had been gradually shifting.

News that the variety show from Teacher Fish Soup Noodles’ new book might become a reality quickly shot to the top of the hot searches.

[What!? I was just lamenting how fun the competition variety show was while reading about Pei Yan participation, wishing we had something like that in real life, and now it’s actually happening?]

[Wow, auditions! Does this mean we’ll get some big names as judges like in the novel?]

[The most exciting part is that we get to vote ourselves! It feels so engaging. It’s like the novel coming to life in the real world…]

“You’re heading out? The driver’s always available to take you, but be sure to stay safe,” Huo Ting said, having also heard a bit about the new plan for Yu Mian’s novel.

After all, Yu Mian’s career was flourishing, to the extent that even Secretary Hals would occasionally gossip and report updates to Huo Ting.

“Then I might need you to accompany me. Do you have time recently?”

Just as Huo Ting hesitated to speak, Yu Mian took the initiative to ask.

The main reason was that this trip might require staying in his human form for an extended period. Since the fourth book was still unfinished, the time limit for maintaining his legs hadn’t been completely lifted. Yu Mian felt that bringing along Huo Ting, his “big power bank”, would be much safer.

Otherwise, what would he do if he suddenly transformed back into a mermaid?

Yu Mian thought Huo Ting might not agree, but in the next second, Huo Ting nodded.

“Alright.”

“Thank you!”

Perfect, now there was no hesitation left about going out.

“If there’s time, we could also visit the research institute. I heard they’ve recently developed some new ingredients. Uncle Harrison has been wanting to meet you.”

As for Yu Mian’s plan to go out, Huo Ting was reminded of Uncle Harrison, who had been pestering him lately.

Ever since Yu Mian’s little cake incident went viral, Harrison had realized for the first time that this magical author truly had an unparalleled ability to captivate people.

If Harrison had been skeptical before about whether a novel could make people discover the secrets of delicious food…the frenzy over the “new book trial taste”, where countless readers offered high prices to secure a little cake, had completely convinced him.

Harrison now had an extraordinary interest in the mysterious food fiction writer living at Huo Ting’s place. He was even eager to pour out all the institute’s resources just to inspire Yu Mian’s next book!