Rewards!

In the middle of the night, Chu Yu woke up groggily.

He checked the time; it was already around 4 AM.

Feeling thirsty, Chu Yu got up to get some water. Of course, he also noticed the door to the other room in his house, which was closed off.

He figured Zhao Qinyin and Su Ruo must be resting inside.

Su Ruo, no doubt, would have been "dealt with" by Zhao Qinyin not long after Chu Yu.

As for Zhao Qinyin, while he'd never seen her drunk when she went out drinking before, she would definitely still have the smell of alcohol on her. She wouldn't go home until the smell dissipated.

He got up and opened the window. The cool breeze seemed to clear Chu Yu's head a bit.

Just then, Chu Yu remembered the system's prompt when he learned he had reached the summit.

"One B-rank draw..."

If he remembered correctly, that's exactly what the system had said.

His consciousness sank into the system space.

As always, numerous anime works were scattered throughout the space. Only The Garden of Words and Rurouni Kenshin: Trust and Betrayal, which had been unlocked, were in a viewable state.

But this time, Chu Yu also noticed a silver key floating in the center of the system space.

Chu Yu walked over and touched the silver key with his simulated hand within the system space.

Instantly, information about the key's properties and usage instructions flooded into Chu Yu's mind...

"So that's how it is."

After a long while, Chu Yu released the hand holding the key.

"A B-rank draw opportunity, so that's what it meant..."

Using this opportunity would randomly draw one manga work from the B-rank works within the system space.

In other words, although it was still a draw, the scope of works was limited.

Within the system space, the various manga works stored had already been graded by the system based on their quality, influence on Earth, and popularity.

For example, eighty percent of the works Chu Yu saw at a glance in the system space were E-rank works with average reviews and low popularity on Earth.

Works with some popularity but less ideal quality and dissemination were classified by the system as D-rank works.

Moving up, works with a certain plot uniqueness, acceptable quality, and popularity that, while not household names in the manga world, could still hold a significant position were classified as C-rank works.

As for B-rank works, simply put, they were works of excellent quality with immense popularity on Earth.

And for the A-level and S-level works above.

These two tiers can only be described as classic works, and classics among classics.

For example, the entirety of Rurouni Kenshin is rated as an A-level work by the system. However, The Prince of Tennis, which is also very popular on Earth, is only a B-level work in the system's rating.

In terms of popularity, both works can be considered on the same level. But when it comes to the readers' feelings after reading, the quality of the work, and its classic status, Rurouni Kenshin clearly surpasses the latter by a significant margin.

As for The Prince of Tennis, its second part, which featured "killing tennis," was too exaggerated, reaching a ridiculous level.

Similarly, Slam Dunk and Kuroko's Basketball, due to various factors, were rated as S-level and B-level peak respectively by the system.

After all, the former is still a basketball within a normal worldview, while the latter has elevated basketball to an art form. The strength displayed by the main and supporting characters in the latter manga would likely overwhelm five Jordans from Earth combined.

Meanwhile, The Garden of Words is only a C-level work in the system's rating. Of course, this doesn't mean The Garden of Words is of poor quality. But considering its popularity, reach, and quality comprehensively, the system gave it such a rating.

After understanding the system's criteria for rating these works, Chu Yu finally understood the system's pricing for exchanging World Points for each work, which was based on its rating of those works.

"No wonder!" After learning this information, which the system had never revealed before, Chu Yu finally understood a long-standing question he had.

That was the issue of income and expenditure balance.

Among the countless works in the system space, setting aside the trash, let's consider works like The Garden of Words.

Exchanging for The Garden of Words requires two million World Points. However, this work, from its serialization start to its completion about a month ago, has only provided Chu Yu with approximately two hundred thousand World Points.

From the perspective of earning Dragon Country currency, Chu Yu made tens of thousands of Dragon Country currency from that work. But from the perspective of acquiring World Points, Chu Yu suffered a huge loss.

With such an efficiency in acquiring World Points, Chu Yu's works could only achieve a balance of World Points if serialized in the top journals of the Modu Seven Greats. That is, a work exchanged for one million World Points could earn back one million World Points after serialization.

Therefore, Chu Yu had been contemplating how to plan his future career.

After all, if he continued to stay on a platform like Ink Fish, a work exchanged for ten million World Points would only yield one million World Points after serialization. A work exchanged for one million World Points would yield only one hundred thousand. After these few works were serialized, if Chu Yu didn't create original content, he would have to bid farewell to his career as a Manga Artist.

However, the appearance of this B-level exchange reward finally enlightened him. He realized that his previous way of thinking had been wrong all along.

Besides the two methods of exchanging for manga works – specifying the work to exchange for with World Points, and consuming all existing World Points for a random draw – there was a third way. That was, when Chu Yu completed various manga artist achievements in this world, the system would reward him with manga draw opportunities corresponding to the level of the completed achievements.

Moreover, Chu Yu also noticed something. When Chu Yu previously topped the charts on Ink Shadow, there were no such rewards. But when he topped the charts on Man Ying, there were.

The difference between Man Ying and Ink Shadow is that one is the top journal under Ink Fish, while the other is a minor journal.

Topping the charts on Ink Shadow meant nothing. But topping the charts on Man Ying meant topping the charts of Ink Fish Manga Company.

Topping the charts... First place, the entire manga company.

Chu Yu was beginning to understand the system's intention.

Since the platform isn't good enough, and I can't even maintain a balance of World Points from serialized manga, then I'll work hard to improve my manga's performance. As long as you reach the top and make a name for yourself, the system won't treat you unfairly.

Moreover, since there are rewards for reaching the top on Moyu, including a B-rank lottery chance, what about when Chu Yu reaches the top on Fengyu or Longya?

What if Chu Yu wins first place in the Dragon Star Award selection, while he's still competing for qualification?

Or, what if Chu Yu goes to Modu to develop in the future and reaches the top on one of the Modu Seven Greats manga platforms?

Will the system also give rewards then?

The World Point exchange prices are astronomical. Chu Yu even felt at one point that he could never afford to exchange for them, even if he drew manga his whole life. Bleach, Dragon Hunter, Steel Advance, JoJo...

Is there a chance to draw them, so he can see for himself how good those works are and why they sell for so much?

(The division of work grades is based on the author's preference and only represents the author's personal opinion. I hope everyone doesn't criticize. After all, we seek common ground while reserving differences! If the author disagrees with you on the merits of the works, just consider me a fart! After all, the author's taste is sometimes indeed different from the norm. It's like Director Chen's The Promise. The whole internet trashed it as a bad movie, but I actually still find it very good and have watched it seven or eight times over the years...)