At around 3 pm on September 30, Sun Quan received a call from the editor-in-chief, Haiyu.
He was coding at the time, and his new book "The Last Wish of the Dead" was on the top push list, which gave him a sense of urgency to write. After all, it has been pushed and will be on the shelves soon.
If it is put on the shelves, the update speed must be improved, at least in the first few days after it is put on the shelves, there will be a burst of updates. This is industry practice, and it is also what many readers expect from the author.
Therefore, although he currently has quite a lot of manuscripts on hand, he feels a sense of urgency when he thinks that they are about to be put on the shelves and an update is about to be released. Updates are the most expensive to save.
"Hello? Beauty, what are your orders?"
When the call was connected, Sun Quan made a casual joke. Before his rebirth, he did not dare to talk to his editor like this, mainly because he did not have the confidence.
But after his rebirth, as the works under his name achieved good results, he became more and more confident. Coupled with the money that the company under his name had earned for him, and his personal relationship with the editor-in-chief Haiyu, his attitude towards the editor-in-chief changed.
Changes naturally occurred.
It's not that I'm condescending and looking down on the editor, but subconsciously I feel there's no need to be nervous.
He does not need to please the editor in the hope that the editor will assign him additional recommendations.
And the editor-in-chief has no influence on his future and life.
It's that simple.
Hairtail: "Aren't you online on QQ? I just sent you a few messages, but I haven't waited for your reply, so I called you specifically."
On the phone, Hairtail's tone was quite casual.
Sun Quan smiled. It had long been his habit that QQ was not online when he was coding.
"Well, I'm coding! I'm not online. If you have any instructions, please tell me!"
Hairtail: "Haha, I can't talk about orders. It's like this. Tomorrow is October. I have arranged for you to put it on the shelves tomorrow. The exact time is after 12 o'clock tonight. When the time comes, I will open the shelves for you. If you have
If you have saved manuscripts, it’s best to publish a few chapters as soon as it’s released! Well, that’s it.”
Will it be released early tonight?
Sun Quan was not surprised. Some things, based on his many years of experience, were no different from the obvious.
His book was released on August 24. Since the day of release, there have been a large number of updates every day. As a result, the free new book period of this book has been greatly shortened.
According to Qidian's practice, new books with sufficient data in the free period, as well as new books by some great writers, are generally scheduled to be put on the shelves at the beginning of each month.
Its purpose is mainly to facilitate these popular works to compete for the new book monthly ticket list, or even the total monthly ticket list.
Otherwise, if it is scheduled to be released in the middle or end of the month, no matter how strong the new book is, it will be more difficult to compete for the votes in those two months.
This is not a good thing for the author himself, nor is it a good thing for the starting point itself.
After all, the starting point is to hope that the competition for the new book monthly ticket list and the total monthly ticket list will be fierce enough.
The competition between these two lists is fierce enough to prove that the popularity of Qidian is high enough, and at the same time, more readers can be mobilized to participate in monthly voting activities. Some monthly votes require readers to spend money to exchange for rewards.
These are all very important to the starting point.
In the past, the release time of several of his and Sun's books was almost never arranged on the first day of the month, but that cannot be blamed on the editor or the website.
I can only blame Sun Quan for not carefully choosing the time to distribute the book, which resulted in the full set of recommended slots for the free period being sold out long before the beginning of the month.
In that case, what can the editor do?
In addition to arranging for him to put it on the shelves in the middle of the month, he can only get his own consent and write for free for another half month before putting it on the shelves.
And he is not willing to greatly extend the free new book period just to have it on the shelves early in the month.
But this time, the release time of "Dead Man's Last Wish" is relatively good, especially combined with the fact that his new book issue is updated very quickly. The combination of the two means that the release time of "Dead Man's Last Wish" will be on the first day of the month.
This is a coincidence, a good coincidence.
A week or two ago, Sun Quan himself guessed the book's release date, which should be scheduled for early October.
"Okay, I understand, thank you beauty!"
"You're welcome! Haha, I wish your first order data will explode! Now everyone in our editorial department is waiting to see the first order number of your book! Everyone is guessing whether your book's first order number can be
How high can we break the record, or raise the new record? Come on!"
On the phone, Hairtail lowered his voice, as if whispering to Sun Quan.
Sun Quan could feel her inner expectations from her tone.
As his editor-in-chief, Hairtail and he have a prosperous relationship, and he can completely understand her expectations.
"Haha, thank you! I hope I won't disappoint you."
Regarding the initial order figures for this new book, he was still not confident enough.
The main reason is that the number of collectors of this book is too high. It has reached more than 440,000 people. If the subscription ratio when it is put on the shelves can be 10:1, the number of people who have subscribed to it for the first time will exceed 40,000...
But is this possible?
What is Qidian’s current highest first order data record?
Now it is not that the first order data record in the Internet literature circle was not that exaggerated in the two years before his rebirth. He is not very clear about the current first order record of Qidian.
But according to his estimate, it was only about ten or twenty thousand, maybe less than twenty thousand.
This is the highest record.
The first order number of "Dead Man's Last Wish" broke the record. He was confident, but if he could double the original high record...
Anyone else would probably not have that much confidence in their heart, right?
"Well, no! Lao Sun, I believe in you! Come on!"
"Thank you, thank you!"
"Well, that's it? I'm dead!"
"Well, bye!"
"bye!"
…
At the end of the call, Sun Quan couldn't connect to the coding situation just now. He lowered his head and thought for a moment, opened the drawer, took out a cigar, lit it, took a puff, opened the author backstage of Qidian, and looked at the text behind "The Last Wish of the Dead".
Collecting data, the numbers starting with 44 not only made him proud, but also made him feel guilty.
Before it was put on the shelves, there were more than 440,000 collectors. This data is quite false no matter how you look at it. Before his rebirth, he had been on the street for more than ten years. Only the book "My Decathlon" was collected by four people a few months after it was put on the shelves.
Ten thousand, breaking fifty thousand.
But now his book "Dead Man's Last Wish" has attracted more than 440,000 collectors before it was put on the shelves.
This was an unprecedented experience for him, a height he had never reached.
So he is not sure how much of the 440,000+ collectors there are. With such a high number of collectors, can the collection ratio when it is put on the shelves really reach 10:1?
Will it be possible that as the number of people increases, the proportion of paid subscriptions will drop significantly?
No one can give him the answer, he can only wait.
Waiting for the actual results to come out.
…
The sun flies by, the years fly by, and time flies by. In the blink of an eye...a few hours have passed.
Shortly after nightfall, Sun Quan, who had already had dinner, had a video chat with his wife Yuan Shui.
In the video, Yuan Shuiqing is holding half a dragon fruit in one hand and a small spoon in the other, feeding her daughter Sun Jiexin one spoon at a time.
This dragon fruit has a red heart.
The pulp was as red as blood. Sun Jiexin's little mouth had been red from eating it for a long time, but she was very happy. Every time before the spoon was handed to her mouth, she would open her mouth like a bird waiting to be fed.
Have to wait a lot.
But this does not affect the couple's chat.
Yuan Shuiqing lowered his head to dig out the pulp with a spoon, and asked casually: "It's National Day tomorrow, how do you plan to spend it? Do you plan to go somewhere to play? Or find Kuang Longfei and the others to drink together in the evening?"
Play?
Sun Quan burst into laughter and sighed: "If the earth doesn't explode, we won't have a holiday. My new book will be on the shelves early tonight. Do you think I have time to go out and play tomorrow? I don't have time to drink! And even if I have time, I'm not in the mood.
On the first day it’s put on the shelves, I’ll definitely have to keep an eye on the author’s background subscription data. Do you think I’m in the mood to play?”
Yuan Shuiqing fed her daughter another spoonful of fruit pulp. Hearing this, she looked up at him in surprise and smiled slightly, "That's because you have a bad mentality. You can't blame others!"
Sun Quan smiled bitterly, "Yes! It's really a matter of mentality, but to be honest, this time it's on the shelves... I'm really a little nervous. I didn't expect that I would still be nervous when a new book is on the shelves after writing it for so long."
Yuan Shuiqing chuckled lightly, lowered his head and continued to dig out the pulp with a spoon, and said casually: "Why are you nervous? Even if you get married... you won't be nervous anymore after many times, right? Besides, we don't have to live on your royalties anymore.
Already."
She was using this metaphor... Sun Quan gave her a funny look, "That's the truth, but this time the situation is a little different from the previous times..."
Yuan Shuiqing raised his eyes slightly and asked, "What's the difference?"
Sun Quan: "Didn't I tell you two days ago? Now the number of collectors of this book has exceeded 400,000. With such a high number, my first order number for this book... How should I put it? I'm a bit worried about gains and losses.
Come on! I hope to get an initial order of 40,000 to 50,000 yuan, but I am a little afraid that in the end there will only be 10,000 to 20,000 yuan of first order data. Can you understand my feelings?"
Yuan Shuiqing fed her daughter another spoonful of fruit pulp. When she heard this, she did not respond immediately. Instead, she frowned and thought for a moment, then turned to look at him. She was silent for a few seconds before smiling and saying, "Maybe I can understand it! Then I will do it today."
Go to bed later and look at the first order data with you then?"
Sun Quan shook his head, "That's not necessary! It will be released in the early hours tonight, so you should go to bed early! Don't stay up late with me, I will have time to tell you about the first order status tomorrow."
Yuan Shuiqing smiled, "Okay! I'll try my best, but if I'm not asleep by then, let's start the video again, and then I'll wait with you for the first order data, okay?"
Sun Quan didn't object this time and said, "Okay! If you're not asleep by then, let's watch it together."
…
The years are like running water, and in the blink of an eye, a few hours pass by.
The time came to around ten o'clock in the evening.
It was only more than an hour before it was put on the shelves. It stands to reason that with Sun Quan's hand speed, he could type another chapter of the manuscript, but he could no longer calm down and type.
All kinds of thoughts came to my mind.
For example: If the first order number exceeds 40,000, what will the authors and readers in the circle talk about?
Or, if the initial order number of this book is still only over 10,000, how will the outside world talk about me? There will be many people who will laugh at it, right?
Also...if the initial subscription is 40,000 to 50,000 yuan, and if I update at my current speed, how much will the pure subscription fee from Qidian be in one month?
etc!
All kinds of random thoughts popped up in his mind uncontrollably, making him upset. He couldn't calm down and stop thinking.
After just thinking about it for more than ten minutes, he suddenly stood up, grabbed his wallet on the table, and left the study with his cell phone, went downstairs, and went out.
Soon, the roar of a car engine came from outside the door, and he drove down the mountain.
About an hour later, outside the courtyard gate, the BMW he drove out came back again. When he got out of the car, he had an extra takeaway in his hand.
In the middle of the night, when a new book was about to be released, he actually drove out to buy takeout?
Returning to the villa, he strode to the kitchen, opened the refrigerator, and took two bottles of cold beer. He carried the takeout and beer back to the study upstairs and returned to the computer.
At this time, it was almost 12 o'clock.
He had already logged into QQ online before going out. He had already received countless private messages, and his QQ avatar kept flashing.
Like a seaweed dancing in the waves.
He did not rush to read those private messages, but exhaled and opened the takeout bag, revealing a red, fragrant and spicy crayfish inside.
Each red-boiled crayfish is immersed in the red soup, with a layer of red oil floating on the surface of the soup. There are dots of white sesame seeds in the red oil, and a lot of minced garlic and coriander leaves are sprinkled on the surface of the crayfish.
He actually went to buy crayfish.
By the way, there are a few big red Chinese characters printed on the packaging bag - Violent Crayfish.
It should be the name of the store.
Opening a bottle of cold beer, Sun Quan gulu gulu poured himself two sips of beer first, then picked up the crayfish in the bag with one hand, held the computer mouse with the other, and clicked on private messages on QQ.
The handsome Wen Hao: "Old Sun, it's almost time, how are you? Are you excited? By the way, how many manuscripts do you have on hand now? Tell me quietly! I promise to keep it secret for you."
After glancing at the content of this message, Sun Quan continued to click on the next private message. He planned to read all the contents of the private message and then focus on replying.
This bread looks familiar: "Old Sun, in order to wait for you to put it on the shelves today and to support you, I am tired of waiting. Do you know how many times I have yawned? I have eaten a few more breads. Let me tell you,
If there are less chapters to be updated tonight, you will feel sorry for me!"
Lianxue zq Suifeng: "Author Jun, how many monthly tickets do you plan to add to add one chapter this time? 100? 300? 500? Just tell me the number! Hehe."
Dayu: "Do you know how many people are waiting for your book to be put on the shelves tonight? Anyway, I'm waiting to read it!"
Dayu: "Why don't you say anything? Don't tell me that you're going to be on the shelves tonight, but it's not online yet!"
Dayu: "Huh? You haven't replied yet? Aren't you? You really haven't gone online yet? It's almost on the shelves. Why don't you go online and connect with everyone in the book fan group? Do you still want them to support you with your first order?
?”
Dayu: "Fuck! You're really not online yet? Are you too worried? Don't tell me you've fallen asleep..."