The story begins by using a side narrative technique to build anticipation for the protagonist’s strength, and then directly showcases the protagonist’s abilities through an exhilarating tennis match. During the match, the protagonist is retaliated against by the opponent but chooses to counter with tennis skills, which to some extent reveals the protagonist’s character…

Yang Feng was summarizing the plot.

After summarizing, he read through the remaining plot again.

Upon finishing the 100,000-word submission, Yang Feng was pleasantly surprised to discover that this was an ensemble cast drama!

The members of the Youth Academy tennis team each have their own personalities and abilities, and the main storyline focuses on describing the growth of these characters through various matches.

In the realm of youth fantasy, there are not only themes like conquering harems and other worlds but also a theme called pursuing dreams!

However, not many people write about this theme nowadays.

This work, titled “Prince of Tennis,” tells the story of young people pursuing their dreams and striving to become professional tennis players—

Yang Feng really liked it!

However, he hesitated a bit.

Although “Prince of Tennis” suited Yang Feng’s taste and was novel enough, the chosen theme and direction of the story were indeed somewhat niche.

Moreover, editors have different tastes.

What Yang Feng found to be a great story might only be considered average by other editors.

Should he recommend it?

After hesitating for about a minute, Yang Feng decided to stick to his judgment—

Recommend it!

Editors have the right to recommend works they find satisfactory after reviewing submissions.

Works recommended by editors will be reviewed by the publisher’s chief editor and deputy chief editor.

If both the chief editor and deputy chief editor also find the work satisfactory, it means the work can be scheduled for publication.

On the other hand, if it fails to pass the chief editor’s review, it means Yang Feng’s performance will be in vain; only successful recommendations count towards an editor’s performance.

Of course.

Even if he wants to recommend it, Yang Feng still needs to finish reviewing the other submissions he has, otherwise, it would be unfair to other contributors.

However, Yang Feng had a premonition.

Among the remaining submissions, there probably wouldn’t be another work that satisfied him more than “Prince of Tennis.”

With this thought, Yang Feng flipped through the contributor information for “Prince of Tennis.”

This work had a very mature rhythm; could it be a submission from a seasoned writer using a pseudonym?

This is also a common occurrence.

Some industry veterans who aren’t doing well might participate in newcomer awards like the Supernova under a pseudonym.

However, these people usually don’t hide their identities.

Since they have familiar editors, they would directly send their submissions to the editors they know when the Supernova begins.

After all, veteran participation is an industry-accepted rule.

Considering that this work wasn’t directed to him or any other editor, the likelihood of “Prince of Tennis” being created by a pseudonymous veteran was low.

As expected.

The contributor information showed that this was a work by a newcomer, and the newcomer’s pen name was unfamiliar:

“Chu Kuang”

Writers’ pen names are often bizarre, so in Yang Feng’s eyes, the pen name Chu Kuang was quite ordinary.

The only surprising point was that the information showed this Chu Kuang was a college student. Do college students nowadays understand tennis so well?

…

Just like how “Lin Yuan” used “Xian Yu” in “Retreat and Cast a Net Instead of Envying Fish from Afar.”

The pen name Lin Yuan chose for his writer identity was actually derived from a line in Li Bai’s poem, “I am a madman of Chu, singing the Phoenix Song and laughing at Confucius,” using the words Chu Kuang.

The only regret was that this world didn’t have Li Bai, so no one understood the meaning of Chu Kuang.

After choosing this pen name, Lin Yuan was actually looking forward to the submission result of “Prince of Tennis,” as it was related to the rewards of his three treasure chests!

He had analyzed it too.

This work was quite faithful to the anime plot and had many patches added.

Speaking of the original anime, the early stages were fine; the tennis moves were basically achievable in reality.

For example, the twist serve used by Ryoma at the beginning, as well as the snake shot, drop volley, and swallow return, were all moves that some skilled professional players could perform.

Of course, the effects wouldn’t be as flashy and exaggerated as presented in the anime, and their practicality was generally limited.

The original author had a tennis background, after all, and understood the sport much better than the average person.

Unfortunately.

In the later stages, to continue the series, the author made the anime’s style increasingly fantastical, turning it into the widely criticized “killer tennis.”

Even if tennis legends like Nadal and Federer entered the world of “Prince of Tennis,” they might not withstand it.

The system understood this too.

To avoid the story becoming too fantastical, “Prince of Tennis” was capped at one million words, and all the moves within those million words were based on reality, at least theoretically achievable by humans.

In terms of integrity, the system was better than the original author.

A similar situation existed with another sports-themed work, “Captain Tsubasa.”

Although the story also became increasingly exaggerated, early moves like Tsubasa’s drive shot were nothing more than a real-life Ronaldo’s knuckleball.

Shaking his head.

Lin Yuan decided to patiently wait for the result.

Today, he had to go out because Senior Sun Yaohuo wanted to treat him to a meal.

For Lin Yuan, refusing a free meal was a foolish thing to do unless he really disliked the person.

Lin Yuan didn’t dislike Sun Yaohuo.

So he readily accepted the invitation.

Sun Yaohuo had invited Lin Yuan with a try-it-and-see attitude, not expecting Lin Yuan to agree so readily, leaving him both surprised and delighted!

Junior Lin Yuan was truly approachable!

Given how successful he was now, he couldn’t possibly be craving a meal from him. Agreeing to the invitation was definitely a great honor, so Sun Yaohuo took this meal very seriously.

The restaurant for the meal was set outside the school.

Sun Yaohuo specifically drove his new car to pick up Lin Yuan from school.

This new car was bought with the earnings from “Life Like Summer Flowers” and recent commercial performances.

Back when he went to record “Life Like Summer Flowers,” he was delayed by a taxi and got stuck in traffic, almost missing his debut opportunity, which is why he decisively bought a car, learning from his past mistakes.

As for the reason for treating Lin Yuan to a meal—

Because Sun Yaohuo only heard from a colleague today that Lin Yuan had visited the artist department to find him last time.

At that time, Sun Yaohuo happened to be out, so he missed him.

This made Sun Yaohuo regretful for a long time.

He was worried that Lin Yuan might be upset about it and had been pondering how to apologize to him.

Of course.

Sun Yaohuo also hoped that if Junior Lin Yuan was in a good mood, he might collaborate with him again, but that was just a hopeful wish.

He knew it wasn’t realistic.

As Xian Yu became more popular, the singers he collaborated with would only become more prominent, and someone like him, a mere tool, probably no longer held any weight in Junior Lin Yuan’s heart.