"Wasn't today supposed to be the meeting of the big shots?"

Xu Lin recalled what Ranzhi said yesterday.

Ranzhi mentioned that today there would be announcements about Platinum and big shots, plus a surprise.

Xu Lin wasn't paying attention to that because he had already reached a level in the web fiction community unrivaled in history; such titles were meaningless to him now.

Xu Lin was more concerned about Wu Chengfeng and the group becoming big shots, and asked, what about my mission reward?

He opened the mobile version of the writer's backend.

Clicked in, and sure enough, there was a banner notification. Actually, this notification was also on the novel software and the PC webpage.

"List of Big Shots 2025!"

Xu Lin clicked in.

Xu Lin was at the top of the list.

It's well-known that the top positions are always Platinum; this is a brand that's been around for over ten, twenty years. In this industry, big shots can be fabricated, but Platinum cannot be faked.

Xu Lin scrolled to a separate line.

Title: Supreme Platinum Author!

Evaluation: The supreme god of the web fiction world, creator of unprecedented records, the ultimate benchmark in the urban writing scene, the eternal limit of web fiction, a man worshiped by countless authors...

The evaluation was quite long, and Xu Lin felt a bit awkward reading it.

The avatar was still the same Ultraman Gaia from last time, which was quite distinctive.

Following him were four other Platinum authors, with Wu Chengfeng and Toutuo among them.

Didn't expect to see Toutuo also rise up.

Well, at the end of December, he broke through two hundred thousand average subscriptions, so that achievement justifies a Platinum title.

Both of them with a single book earned Platinum.

Xu Lin didn't know the other two Platinum authors.

After the Platinum authors came the next level, the big shots category.

There were two big shots, Shifang and Asura.

Thus, under Xu Lin, there were two Platinums and two big shots.

"Mission accomplished, right?"

"System?"

"Where's my reward?"

[Mission: The Man Behind the Gods!]

[Mission Status: Completed.]

[Reward: Random skill reward—Swimming Mastery, random special buff reward—Majestic Without Anger, random special reward—Investment Insight.]

[Swimming Mastery: With this skill, you will thoroughly learn swimming and will be able to breathe once every twenty minutes under static conditions in water, and once every fifteen minutes under dynamic conditions, truly becoming like a fish in water.]

Xu Lin had really looked up the world record for holding one's breath before.

Static breath-hold, which is where you stay motionless in water, world record 11 minutes 54 seconds.

Whereas in water, always moving, such as swimming, this is called dynamic breath-hold, though there's no specific time, but there is someone who held their breath and swam for 250 meters.

There's another world record where someone held their breath for over twenty minutes, and such feats are extremely rare, and indeed can be called monstrous.

Xu Lin tried holding his breath and found he could hold it for over four minutes, which in breath holding terms is quite remarkable, and this is just the basics since breath-holding time can be trained.

"Does this breath-holding skill only trigger underwater?"

Xu Lin wondered, and tried a few more times, always getting just over four minutes, realizing that was how it worked.

"Never mind, I'll use this skill later if it becomes useful."

Xu Lin's panel was filled with many skills he hadn't really used or used little.

Currently, the skills and talents he frequently used were: Divine Penmanship, learning talent, and composing music.

Divine Penmanship had extended from writing novels to songwriting and scriptwriting. Composing music could be useful for a long time, if also frequently used in the future. Learning talent, needless to say, made rapid progress in the "learning" domain very easy for Xu Lin.

Things like the Dragon among Men buff were used by Xu Lin in some special situations. For example, today it was quite practical, and should he appear in more situations later, the buff would likely be used frequently.

[Majestic Without Anger buff: Active buff, self-triggering, once triggered, you will possess powerful authority, capable of achieving victory without fighting.]

Xu Lin glanced at it and felt this buff was pretty similar to the Dragon among Men buff.

In Xu Lin's view, it seemed quite useful, as disposition and aura were important for travel, sometimes even more so than appearance. Since appearance is innate, while disposition and aura can be cultivated postnatally.

[Investment Insight: Active skill, you will possess a certain degree of investment insight, discovering numerous investment opportunities of various scales in life.]

"This skill looks promising!"

And he's got money now; should any investment opportunities arise later, he could invest in them, starting a money-generating mode.

Closed the panel.

Feeling quite good, Xu Lin opened QQ again.

The first thing was Ranzhi congratulating him on becoming Supreme Platinum.

The big shots group also had a bunch of people @ him.

Xu Lin chatted casually with Ranzhi first, then opened the big shots group.

"I'm here!"

Xu Lin wrote.

"The Supreme God is here!"

"Welcome the ultimate big shot!"

"Bowing to share some luck!"

Everyone chimed in.

"The big shot has started breaking into the entertainment circle, worship from us mere mortals, awesome!"

"The script topped the trending search, who can withstand this?"

"When are you selling the script, big shot? I see great potential in your script. As long as the director and actor perform well, it's likely to be a phenomenal hit series, potentially providing us in the web fiction realm with another subject to write about, thousands waiting for you to serve!"

"I think so too; if the big shot's script succeeds, our web fiction circle will definitely tap into fan traffic!"

Some impressive IPs have indeed supported many authors and even other creations, remaining popular over time.

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