In 2006, the express delivery business was not yet developed, so Sun Quan went to the postal company to send out the contract.
After lunch, he returned to his residence, turned on his computer, logged into QQ, and decided to become familiar with the editor in charge.
Naturally, the first step is to add the QQ account of the editor--Dazhuang.
After adding it, more than ten minutes later, the other party approved his friend application.
"Hello Brother Zhuang! I am the author of "My Decathlon" and I have just signed a contract. I am reporting to you!"
Sun Quan casually typed this sentence and sent it, then lit a cigarette and waited for the other party's reply. Although he knew that Qidian's editors were very cold, based on his experience, the other party should reply when he said hello for the first time.
One or two sentences.
After a while, sure enough, the other party texted back - "Yeah"
Just one word, not even a punctuation mark.
Sun Quan burst into laughter, which was indeed the style of Qidian editors.
He was not disappointed because he had expected it!
In other words, he quite likes the aloof style of the Qidian editor, because if the other person is not so aloof, he really has no confidence that he can compare with other authors in terms of flattery skills.
This is the feeling you want!
The colder the editor, the more likely he is to be fair!
He, Sun Quan, can't flatter him, and other authors probably can't either.
This is very good!
Suddenly, editor Da Zhuang sent him another text message. Sun Quan was a little surprised, but after reading the content of the text message, he felt relieved.
Because what Da Zhuang sent him was a group number and a sentence - "This is our third group of authors, you can join it."
Authors who have not signed a contract with the website are like casual cultivators in the world of Xianxia. They are unorganized and undisciplined. They are born to cultivate themselves. No matter what they do or do not do, they have no sense of existence. Even if they die suddenly, they will have no sense of existence.
A few people know it.
The author who has signed a contract with the website is like a small casual cultivator who has finally joined a sect. If nothing else, at least from now on, he will have many more fellow sects.
"Okay, thank you!"
Sun Quan replied and added the group.
The editor in charge, Da Zhuang, quickly approved his application to join the group.
"Ahem"
Sun Quan joined the author group of the third editing group of Qidian.
There was silence in the group. He glanced at the number of people in the group members column - 428 people.
There are a lot of people online.
But the group was quiet. If he hadn't known that the QQ group didn't have a blocking function between members, he would have even wondered if everyone had blocked him?
"This group is not active..."
With a chuckle and muttering to himself, he blocked the group message reminder.
This is his habit. Whether it is the current QQ group or the future WeChat group, he is used to blocking group message reminders, otherwise he will not have to do anything else all day long.
…
Four days later, Qidian should have received the contract sent by Sun Quan. That evening, after Sun Quan updated a new chapter, when he opened the work page, he found that the status of his book had changed.
It has become an "A-level contract" status.
This change in status means that his book finally has a chance to get recommended by Qidian.
Only by getting a recommendation spot from Qidian can the exposure of his book be increased and its popularity likely to grow rapidly. Otherwise, no matter how wonderful his book is, it will have no future.
I feel a little happy in my heart.
But after the joy, he frowned a little.
Because he suddenly realized that at the current starting point, there is no reward function for readers.
Before his rebirth, he had long been used to the fact that every time he signed a contract for a new book, readers could give him a reward, and he would get some income.
You know... there is a long new book period, and there is no subscription fee. We can only rely on everyone's conscience to find out and reward him with three melons and two dates!
No matter how bad it is, it would be good to earn some money for Internet fees and cigarettes!
And now?
Qidian does not yet have a reward function, so his new book period, which lasts for more than a month, will be a miserable zero income.
I live solely on the little savings in my bank card and the meager royalties from finishing this old book.
In which year did Qidian launch the tipping function?
Sun Quan frowned and tried to remember...
The results of his efforts proved that his brain was not very easy to use.
He couldn't remember exactly which year it was?
It seems to be 2008, it seems to be 2010, it may be 2011...
He only roughly remembered it was about 10 years ago.
It's still several years away from now.
He felt that this was not only a loss to the website, but also a loss to Sun Quan.
You should know that readers can give rewards to a book not only during the new book issue, but also during the entire serialization period and even after the book is completed.
If Qidian could have launched the tipping function a few years earlier, he would have been able to earn a little more money personally.
He believes that after his rebirth, every book he writes will be rewarded by more readers. If Qidian can launch the reward function a few years in advance, it is entirely possible for him to earn tens of thousands more in a few years.
What? Talking about money is vulgar?
Or else? Generate electricity through love?
Doesn't he need a meal?
He is not out of poverty yet!
After thinking for a while, he logged into QQ and sent a message to the editor in charge, Da Zhuang.
"Brother Zhuang! I have a suggestion that can help us create profits. I think our website can launch a reader reward function. For example, if a reader is happy with a book, he can reward that book1
RMB, 5 RMB, 10 RMB, or even 100 RMB. The website and the author will split the money in half, a win-win situation! What do you think of this suggestion?”
Ten minutes later.
Just when Sun Quan thought that the editor was coldly ignoring his text message, the editor Da Zhuang sent him a message back - "I will find an opportunity to mention it at the next regular meeting. You should write your book well! Others
Less things to worry about!”
Text communication is sometimes a little bad - you can't tell the other person's emotions at that time from the text.
For example, at this time, Sun Quan frowned a little when he saw this reply message from the editor.
He couldn't tell what the editor Da Zhuang was feeling when he replied to this message.
——"Write your book well! Don't worry about other things!" Is this sentence a kind reminder? Or a disgusting warning?
"Okay! Sorry to trouble you!"
Frowning, Sun Quan replied out of politeness.
And his editor Da Zhuang... did not reply again.
Can the suggestion I just made reach the ears of Qidian management? If it does, will it be adopted by the current Qidian management? And implemented?
Sun Quan didn't know.
This is probably what is called doing your best and obeying fate, right?
He is just an ordinary contracted author of Qidian. In terms of the operation and development of Qidian.com, what he can do is very limited. At most, he can only make suggestions.
As for whether people will adopt it or not? It depends on their mood!
…
The ordinary days passed by in a hurry, and it was Friday.
For the contracted writers at Qidian, every Friday is a special day, because Qidian’s practice is to send an in-site notification text message about recommended works for the next week after 2 pm every Friday.
On this day, if you receive a text message from the site, it means that in the next week, your work can be listed in a certain recommendation position on the starting point, and the popularity of the work will definitely increase to varying degrees.
On the contrary, your works will be in a streaking state in the next week, eat chaffy vegetables, and don’t shed tears!
Sun Quan was lucky. At almost 3 o'clock that afternoon, his author received a text message from the site - a category channel cover recommendation.