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But now thanks to China's thirsty for quality intellectual property-in this case, content with a large fan base-the online writer will see his novel, Age of Legends, developed into a franchise.
At a recent Beijing event hosted by ChineseAll.com, one of China's largest digital-publication platforms, the company announced it would team up with five leading studios to turn a number of novels into movies, television shows and games.
As one of the most popular novels on 17k.com, a literature site affiliated to ChineseAll, Age of Legends has received more than 300 million "clicks" and a score of 8.5 points on 10 on the influential review site Douban.com.
Unlike most online novels depicting time-travel romances, Age of Legends is somewhat a real-life, rags-to-riches tale. Set in a fictional city, it talks of a security guard who aims to become a business tycoon.