Chapter 2382: Don’t Write About Anything Below the Neck

Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

Mag received the first draft from Cynthia one week later.

Mag even praised Cynthia’s efficiency and diligence when he received that thick manuscript. Compared to the original script, tons of details were obviously added to it.

Mag made a pot of red tea for himself as he sat in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, flipped open that thick ‘Phantom of the Secret Cave’ and started to read it seriously.

Cynthia sat across from him as she held onto the cup of hot tea and observed Mag’s expression carefully.

This was the first time she handed her manuscript to her boss face-to-face. She was a little nervous, embarrassed and expectant.

This was a manuscript that took her a week of hard work. It wasn’t just because she loved to write, but mainly because Mag had given her too much material.

A while later, Mag closed the book gradually and looked at Cynthia with a weird expression. He took a sip of the tea and placed the cup down gently. He said with exasperation, “Do you know how many years you would be spending in jail if you had written this in another place?”

“Huh?” Cynthia looked befuddled.

“Don’t pretend to be stupid. I asked you to flesh out the details, but did you only flesh out that area? You wrote 20,000 words on the plot whereby others would simply write, ‘The lights were turned off and the bed began to shake’ and get it over with!” Mag pressed his fingers to his temples, feeling as though he was going to explode.

“Did you tell me to write what I am good at…” Cynthia lowered her head and blushed, but she was still feeling a little aggrieved.

“I said details! Details!”

“Doesn’t that have enough details?”

“Erm…” Mag looked at Cynthia and was actually lost for words at that moment.

The two of them looked at each other silently for a while before Mag picked up the book again. He skipped over the R-rated contents. The book was overall quite well-done. It had already transformed from an obscure script to an easy-to-read novel.

This maiden was indeed a talent, but she didn’t use her gifts correctly.

“You need to amend it,” Mag put down the book and said to Cynthia.

Cynthia pressed her lips together. She was most afraid of the editor telling her to amend her manuscript. It was worse than writing it.

“How shall I amend it?”

Cynthia couldn’t afford to offend her boss, so she could only ask how to do it.

“Change the R-rated parts to what children can read,” Mag answered.

Cynthia blinked and said, “What about the specific standards?”

Mag pondered seriously for a while before saying, “Don’t write about anything below the neck.”

“A world where only the head exists?” Cynthia exclaimed.

Mag rolled his eyes, “It’s not that only the head exists. Just don’t write so many minute details.”

“How can I do that? The details are the most important part of a novel. The sense of reality will be lost without details. I cannot accept such amendment suggestions.” Cynthia refuted.

Mag was surprised with Cynthia’s rebuttal and he murmured, “But this is a book that we need to promote to a wider audience.”

“Then just don’t allow the children to read it. It’s not as though only the children read novels in this world and I’m not writing children’s literature, so why should I accommodate them?

“It isn’t as though they can’t see pretty ladies in short skirts and tank tops when I don’t write about them in my book. They can still read about these books secretly when they can’t do it aboveboard,” Cynthia said with a serious expression and a confident tone.

Mag couldn’t help but smile as he looked at Cynthia. He nodded and replied, “Alright. Let’s not do it according to that standard. However, you still have to censor those parts. This is a proper novel. Focusing on describing the male lead and the female lead’s relationship, and how they face their enemies together will be enough to prop up the story.

“I hope this novel will be popular because the story plot is excellent and not because it’s great for reading secretly.”

“But…”

“Put your name ‘Cynthia’ at the back of the book if you insist on adding this plotline,” Mag said faintly.

Cynthia opened her mouth, but she eventually nodded obediently. “Alright.”

She could never do such a shameless thing like putting her real name on the book.

Moreover, just as Mag said, this was an outstanding story. The story’s brilliance wouldn’t be affected even without all those plotlines and it would have even more readers instead.

“Take it back and amend it first. You can keep the contents. If this book becomes popular, you can publish it as fanfiction for adults.” Mag pushed the book towards Cynthia.

“Am I allowed to do that?” Cynthia’s eyes lit up. Mag gave her another way out just as she was lamenting over the loss of her content that was written painstakingly.

“The premise is that the novel has to be popular first,” Mag said smilingly, “Therefore, go back and edit it carefully.”

“Alright, then I shall go back first.” Cynthia put down her cup, picked up the book on the table and left.

“It’s rare to see such a hardworking author,” Mag mumbled to himself with a smile as he watched Cynthia walk away.

After drinking two cups of tea, Mag got up and left with his bicycle.

Other than going to Hope School to teach the children, Mag had built a movie studio in the magic beast mountain range beyond the city.

Locations were naturally very important when one wanted to make movies.

Mag couldn’t find appropriate locations to film after going around Chaos City, so he decided to spend the money to build them himself.

He had altered the story of ‘A Chinese Ghost Story’. The story no longer took place in Lan Ruo Temple. Instead, it took place in a cave.

The male lead was no longer a scholar who couldn’t find a place to stay for the night. Instead, he was a chef who entered a cave by mistake when he was searching for ingredients…

The cave was built on a cliff at the periphery of the magic beast mountain range. It was altered from a natural cave. It had a small entrance and after walking in for 20 meters, it opened up.

Mag chose this location because its interior was a huge natural cave. It would be a beautiful filming location after slight alterations.

Furthermore, the interior of the cave was huge and satisfied most of the fighting scenes’ needs. The need to build more backdrops was greatly reduced.

A group of elves was building the bamboo buildings when Mag arrived. An underground river flowed around the house gradually. Fish could be seen swimming happily in the clear water too.

Luminous pearls were embedded at the top of the cave. Of course, they were not real luminous pearls. They were luminous pearl imitations and were much brighter than the luminous pearls. Most importantly, they were cheap.

“Mr. Mag.” The elves greeted Mag familiarly.

“Thank you for working so hard.” Mag nodded with a smile. Most of his projects were done by the elven construction team lately, so he knew many people there.

The elves worked meticulously and carefully. They were highly efficient with a great sense of aesthetic. Other than being more expensive, they were much better than the dwarves construction team.