At the end of April, Sun Quan looked at the monthly ticket ranking of his book "My Decathlon" on the website.
In April, he updated two chapters almost every day, and rarely sent out single chapters to ask for monthly tickets, so he was mentally prepared for this month's monthly ticket ranking, knowing that the ranking would definitely not be high.
The first thing he looked at was the monthly ticket list in the city category.
"My Decathlon" ranked fourth.
Although he had been mentally prepared, he was still a little disappointed when he saw that the urban category had slipped to fourth place. For several consecutive months, his book had been ranked first in the urban category.
My Celebrity Girlfriend, which had been suppressed by his book for several months, is finally proud of itself. This book ranks second, only behind Gui Wu's "Evil".
Looking at the monthly vote list again, it has slipped to 47th place.
Almost fell out of the top 50.
This time he stared at the ranking for a long time before closing the page. Needless to say, he also knew that his royalties in April would definitely drop a lot.
does it worth?
Is it worth it to prepare a copy of "The Immortal Dragon Ring" and affect the income of "My Decathlon"?
He's not sure.
Because if after "The Ring of the Immortal Dragon" is published, the results are not as good as his hesitation, or even not as good as his current book "My Decathlon", then... it probably won't be worth it.
But if the results of "The Ring of the Immortal Dragon" are really as he expected, if it performs better than "My Decathlon" and has a better reputation, then it must be worth it!
For him, all this was unknown before "The Ring of the Immortal Dragon" was actually published. The original version of "The Ring of the Immortal Dragon" had a very good reputation, at least for readers who liked this book, it had a first-rate reputation.
But for people who don’t like this book, this book is too poisonous! The male protagonist always dies and is always replaced.
The results in terms of subscriptions... are not too impressive, but when compared with those popular works, they are absolutely disappointing.
It is such a work. He has not yet started writing it, but the outline he has prepared so far is completely different from the original version in his previous life.
For some readers, the biggest poisonous point of this book is that the male protagonist always fails. Sun Quan has made changes to eliminate this poisonous point.
The background of the story has also been expanded many times.
Some characters in the story have been deleted and some have been added.
The entire training system has also been changed.
It can be said that except for the core creativity of this book, he has already changed all the other things that can be changed in the outline. In this way, when his new version of "The Ring of the Immortal Dragon" is officially written, it will be better than the original version.
, are two books that are completely different from each other.
Therefore, Sun Quan was unable to make an accurate judgment about the prospects of this book.
His intuition told him that the results of the new version should be much better than the original version. After all, he had deleted and corrected all the poisonous points in the original version that he knew.
However, it has made comprehensive improvements in the story background, character settings, training system and main story line, etc., and incorporated the successful elements of some popular works in my memory.
But, how much better will the results of the new version be than those of the original version? He was not sure.
This is a gamble!
If the bet wins, everyone will naturally be happy.
If he loses the bet, it means one problem - his works before his magic transformation and rebirth are not going anywhere.
This will directly affect his confidence in writing in the future. At that time, he may face a situation where writing novels is a dead end.
…
May 1st, M city, sunny.
This is another holiday - Labor Day.
When Sun Quan went downstairs in the morning, he happened to see Dong Chuan carrying buckets of braised chicken, braised pork ribs and braised pork knuckles from the tricycle.
What kind of bucket is it? A big gold ring... No! It's a stainless steel bucket, the kind that can hold at least several dozen kilograms of stuff. It's commonly used in hotel kitchens.
Seeing him moving alone outside the door, Sun Quan, who was going to wash up, hurried over and said with a smile: "Looking at the way you are struggling, there is a lot of stuff in the bucket today?"
Dong Chuan carried a big bucket into the store and laughed when he heard the words, "That's right! Lao Kuang said that today is May Day, the school is not in class, and there may be more students going out to eat, so he asked me to prepare more last night
Order!”
Only then did Sun Quan realize that today was May Day. He walked over and opened the lid of a bucket and took a look. Most of the bucket was filled with braised braised pork ribs. He smiled, closed the lid, picked it up and left.
When he moved the bucket into the store, he was thinking: April is over, I must have lost a bit in royalties. How much can I earn from the braised chicken? Can you make up for the shortfall in royalties?
With this in mind, when Dong Chuan finished carrying the last bucket of braised pork knuckles, returned to the tricycle outside the door, and was about to drive away, Sun Quan stepped forward and called him, "Dabao! Wait!"
"What? I'm still alive!"
Although Dong Chuan said he was still alive, he did not leave.
Sun Quan handed him a cigarette, lit one himself, took a puff and asked: "Dabao, I haven't visited the new store recently. How is the business there recently? Is there any problem?"
"Didn't Lao Kuang report to you?" Dong Chuan was a little surprised.
Sun Quan smiled and shook his head slightly, "Not yet! The last few times he called me, they all talked about the preparations for the other two branches. Now I am very busy every day, and he is also very busy, so when we talk on the phone,
Mainly talking about the other two branches."
Dong Chuan nodded, "Well, that's true! Lao Kuang and Luo Na are really busy lately. They both leave early and come home late. It's only April, and they are already tanned. Can you believe it?"
"Oh? Really? They are both looking for a storefront for a branch?"
"Absolutely! Yes, a few days ago, haven't the two new stores recently been found? They were busy doing decorations and other miscellaneous tasks. Sometimes when I was free, they would
Give me some work!"
"Oh, that's how it is……"
Sun Quan pondered and nodded slightly. After thinking for a while, he asked: "Then tell me how is the recent business at the new store? Is it better than at the beginning? Or is it worse?"
Dong Chuan laughed out loud, "Oh, of course it's better! If you don't believe me, come with me now and stay there this morning to ensure that you can see the most real situation. Don't worry! Business is going well! Our place
Although the store is not big and sells few things, which of the three dishes we sell is not of high quality and low price? Don’t you think you can count the things you made yourself? "
Seeing what Dong Chuan said, Sun Quan felt relieved and patted his shoulder, "Okay! Then go and do your work! Come see me later when you have time, and let's have a few drinks!"
"When you've finished asking all the questions you want to ask, why don't you drive me back quickly to make money for you? Haha, you idiot!"
Dong Chuan smiled and joked, waved his hand and drove away.
…
Early 10 am.
Sun Quan refreshed the author's background again and finally found out the amount of his royalties for April. As he expected, his royalties for April were indeed much less than the previous two months.
Only 31476.5.
You know, his February manuscript fee was only a dozen yuan short, and the pre-tax manuscript fee was 50,000.
His pre-tax manuscript fee for March was more than 46,600.
The amount of royalties for April was reduced by more than 10,000 yuan.
Although he had been mentally prepared, Sun Quan still couldn't help but smile bitterly when he realized that there was so much missing.
He still knows in his heart that this is just the beginning. In April, his royalties were only less than 10,000 yuan. If his update speed is still two chapters a day in May, his May royalties will definitely continue to fall, or even 6
It will continue to fall in July.
This is inevitable!
With such facts before his eyes, he couldn't help but feel a sense of urgency in his heart.
He wanted to complete the outline of "The Immortal Dragon Ring" as soon as possible, start writing the main text as soon as possible, and then send "The Immortal Dragon Ring" to the starting point as soon as possible. He wanted to make up for the loss of royalties from "My Decathlon" as soon as possible.
This sense of urgency turned into an impulse in his heart.
But his reason is still there, and reason tells him that the more times like this, the more he must be steady and not mess up! If he is messed up, things will easily go wrong.
You must be steady and complete the outline before you can start writing the text.
This is not the time to be quick!
After calming down and spending half an hour adjusting, he started coding today. He still followed the original plan, writing "My Decathlon" during the day and continuing to write the outline of "The Ring of the Immortal Dragon" at night.
In this way, three days passed in a row.
On the morning of May 4, Kuang Longfei finally reported to Sun Quan the income of the two braised chicken restaurants in April with the accounts of the two stores.
When they came to the small room where Sun Quan coded on the second floor and handed the two ledgers to Sun Quan, Kuang Longfei explained: "After all, Luo Na and I are not professional accountants, so when we count last month's profits and expenses, many
It took me a while and I didn’t finish it until last night, so I didn’t come over to report to you until today! Look carefully, the final statistical results are on the last page.”
Sun Quan opened the first ledger and saw groups of data.
Opening the second ledger, you will see groups of data.
He smiled bitterly, Kuang Longfei and Luo Na are not professional accountants, am I?
He simply turned to the last page of the second account book, and at the same time he heard Kuang Longfei say: "This is the account book of the old store. The net profit in April is about thirteen thousand."
Sun Quan also happened to see the net profit figure written on the last page of the account book: 13,728 yuan.
He smiled and opened another account book.
Kuang Longfei promptly introduced: "This is the account book of branch No. 1. The net profit in April was about 31,000!"
Hearing this, Sun Quan was surprised, "So many?"
He stared at the specific number on the ledger - 31,446 yuan.
In other words, the net profit of the two stores under his current name in April was more than 40,000 yuan in total?
Not only did it make up for his shortfall in manuscript fees, but he also had a surplus of twenty or thirty thousand?
Kuang Longfei smiled and said: "Well, there are quite a lot, but this is normal. Over at Fulin Food City, after all, it is close to the old street of our city. There are too many tourists there every day, and these tourists eat
When I pick up food, I don’t care about the price at all. Well, do you remember? At the beginning of the month, I told you that I would raise the price of each dish by two yuan. Ha, those tourists really don’t care!"
After a pause, he added: "Oh! By the way, we have now registered a company, so according to regulations, we should hire a professional accountant and cashier!"