When in doubt, ask—

Lin Yuan immediately went online to search for information about the Supernova.

After reading, Lin Yuan realized that the so-called Supernova is a new novelist competition organized by Silver Blue Library, one of the four major publishers in Qinzhou.

It is held once a year.

This new competition only accepts submissions of novels with a youthful fantasy theme.

Because the target audience for this competition is strictly limited to those under thirty, any novel that does not target this demographic will be rejected by Silver Blue Library—

Young people are the main force in entertainment consumption.

Youthful fantasy novels are the most popular genre in Qinzhou!

In the hearts of many young novel enthusiasts, youthful fantasy novels hold a very high status!

More importantly…

Youthful fantasy novels are very suitable for adaptation into anime and games, with very high potential value.

So, to capture these young readers, many publishing companies hold similar new competitions.

Among them, Silver Blue Library’s Supernova is one of the most influential new competitions in Qinzhou. As long as you make it to the top five in the Supernova competition, you can get the opportunity to publish your novel and become a bona fide novelist.

Of course.

This doesn’t mean that Qinzhou only has youthful fantasy novels.

On Blue Star, where culture and art are particularly developed, every type of novel has a large market space, but other types of novels naturally have other submission channels—

These works and youthful fantasy novels are fundamentally different.

It’s like the difference between art films and commercial films. Although everyone is a filmmaker, their circles don’t really intersect much.

With this understanding, things became simple.

Lin Yuan directly searched for the currently popular youthful fantasy novels on the market.

He wanted to see what styles were trending in Qinzhou.

After all, even within the category of youthful fantasy, there are many sub-genres.

What he found was—

Most of Qinzhou’s youthful fantasy novels focus on otherworldly adventures.

The protagonists of these novels are often ordinary students who start by traveling to another world and gaining a cheat ability.

Then the story follows the protagonists as they use their cheat abilities to fight monsters, meet various girls, and continuously win them over, eventually defeating the demon king and establishing a large harem.

There are also stories that focus more on the passionate aspects.

And some don’t involve traveling to another world; they set the story directly in a city, giving the protagonist superpowers or something similar, but the sense of déjà vu is quite strong.

How to describe it?

It’s a bit like the web novel model from his previous life, combined with the light novels popular in his previous life in Neon Country.

The combination of the two forms the general appearance of these popular youthful fantasy novels in Qinzhou.

Lin Yuan also intentionally searched to see if there were any sports-themed novels within the youthful fantasy genre.

He was surprised to find that such themes were extremely rare!

Occasionally, there were a few that focused on sports, but their performance was lackluster—

Sports-themed youthful fantasy novels were almost a completely blank field!

At this moment, Lin Yuan suddenly understood why the system gave him “Prince of Tennis.”

It was to fill the gap in the market.

For Qinzhou’s novel market, the theme chosen by “Prince of Tennis” was considered novel, but at the same time, it also meant that the creative direction of this novel was very niche.

Lin Yuan suddenly felt a bit worried.

Although “Prince of Tennis” is indeed a youthful fantasy novel, can such a niche theme really help him complete the task of achieving over ten thousand literary prestige?

…

No one knows what the future holds for “Prince of Tennis,” and Lin Yuan could only quietly wait for the Supernova registration channel to open.

At the end of the month.

He went to the company again.

As soon as he entered the door of the tenth-floor composition department, his colleagues congratulated him on the success of “Big Fish,” clearly having heard the song.

Wu Yong even gave a thumbs up:

“I previously said that a custom impression song like ‘Big Fish’ probably wouldn’t become popular, but you turned around and proved me wrong.”

“I didn’t.”

Lin Yuan immediately denied it.

Wu Yong stood there pondering for a long time before understanding Lin Yuan’s thought process, finding it both amusing and exasperating: “I didn’t mean that kind of face-slapping…”

Not dwelling on it.

Wu Yong sat next to Lin Yuan, regretfully saying, “Actually, ‘Big Fish’ was born in the wrong month. Otherwise, with the quality of this song, it could have climbed higher.”

Lin Yuan was puzzled: “Born in the wrong month?”

Wu Yong was also puzzled: “You don’t know?”

Lin Yuan’s reaction said it all; he really didn’t know.

Wu Yong had to explain: “In Qinzhou, we update the new song chart every month, so most singers who have ambitions for the new song chart release their songs on the first of the month. The public attention they receive will be higher.”

Lin Yuan nodded.

Singers choosing to release songs on the first is something he knew, but he never delved into the reason.

It turns out it’s for charting?

Wu Yong sighed: “Originally, ‘Big Fish’ had a chance to climb the new song chart. Although the song was released in the middle of December, the quality of the song is undeniable—”

Lin Yuan asked, “But then?”

The popularity of a song affects his prestige points, so he was quite concerned about this.

“But!”

Wu Yong spread his hands: “‘Big Fish’ was unfortunately released in December, which is a hellish difficulty! Every year in this month, several kings and queens of songs make their year-end performance sprints, so the competition on the new song chart is fierce. Plus, your song was officially released in the middle of the month, so the time was too short to make it in, which is why it’s only ranked thirteenth now.”

Lin Yuan pondered: “Where is the new song chart?”

Wu Yong chuckled: “You really are a pure newbie. Let me teach you. Search for Qinzhou Music, and you’ll find official charts there, with no tricks. The first chart is the new song chart, just like how you saw the new talent chart before.”

“Okay.”

Lin Yuan followed the instructions and successfully entered the Qinzhou Music website, finding his song at the thirteenth position.

“See?”

Wu Yong said: “The top ten on the chart are either new songs by first-tier singers or are held by kings and queens of songs.”

“I’ll listen.”

Curious, Lin Yuan listened to the top few songs and made a mental summary.

To be fair.

The quality of the top three songs was comparable to “Big Fish.” The Qinzhou music scene indeed had many strong contenders, and since the composers of these songs were ace-level and the performers were top-tier singers in the industry, their high rankings were well-deserved.

However…

The songs after the third place, compared to the thirteenth-ranked “Big Fish,” were somewhat lacking in quality.

“Understand now?”

Wu Yong said: “With the quality of ‘Big Fish,’ it might not make the top three, but it definitely had a shot at the top ten. It’s just unfortunate that December had too many strong contenders, and you released the song in the middle of the month, so it couldn’t break through.”

Lin Yuan nodded.

Wu Yong smiled: “But you don’t need to be too upset. ‘Big Fish’ was a custom piece, so it had to align with the release time of that movie in Qizhou. Besides, a song’s ranking isn’t determined solely by its quality. The fame of the composer and the performer is also crucial. Your fame isn’t on par with those ace composers, and Jiang Kui is also a newcomer, so not making the top ten is understandable. Unless your song’s quality can overcome these shortcomings, which is why ace composers prefer to collaborate with first-tier singers. It’s a strong alliance. Tools may be cheap, but they lack popularity!”

Lin Yuan said: “Hmm.”

But I still choose tools.

Wu Yong continued to chatter: “That’s why November is the rookie season every year. It’s a form of protection for newcomers. Without the protection of the rookie season, newcomers would naturally be at a disadvantage against established veterans in the industry, unless the song’s quality can overcome these shortcomings, but that’s quite challenging.”

Just then.

A colleague called from outside: “Xian Yu, come over here, Sister Zhao is looking for you.”