"This is just a preliminary list announcement, you can check the finalists in each category, and the specific ranking will not be known until the award ceremony. ”

Cheng Tao was slightly excited, if nothing else, Zhang Chu would have achieved good results, which would definitely be very useful for distribution.

Now he doesn't care that "Journey to the West Diary" may collide with "Youth Pi", and he doesn't care that "Youth Pi" has not signed a publishing agreement with his company.

The reason why Nanhai Publishing Company was able to get the news so quickly was because their company was also the co-organizer of this Chinese Good Literature Essay Competition, but this co-organizer was quite worthless, with more than 80 publishing houses and publishing institutions.

In fact, this is also led by the writers' association, so that the publishers will pay for the publication and distribution of the award-winning works.

And of course, these publishing houses want to sign the kind of potential stocks that can sell well, such as the best novels of the past years are the hottest, and no one grabs the rest of the best prose and best poetry!

After all, how can a poem be published?

Even if it is made into a poetry collection, it will not sell many copies, how many people still read poetry these years?

Especially for a bunch of newcomers, poetry collections that are not well-known can only become inventory in bookstores or publishing house warehouses.

Zhang Chu's original spirit suddenly relaxed, and he couldn't see the meaning of the ranking.

"Forget it, I'll sign it as soon as possible, and I'll sign it early. ”

Seeing this, Cheng Tao hurriedly added: "This announcement is not for show, it will be open for comments and downloads." The work will face the criticism and evaluation of countless readers, and many times the shortcomings that the judges can't see will be magnified, and some of the overlooked advantages will be highlighted. ”

"Is this a link that can turn over the salted fish?" Zhang Chu concluded.

In fact, this link is also more suitable for "Youth Pi", there are so many things in it that netizens can analyze, what religion, what animal symbolism, and what corresponding intention in the drifting process.

Originally, it was like the spinning top at the end of "Inception", which had to be discussed by the audience in order to form a topic and a popular trend.

Cheng Tao nodded and said: "That's right, although the judges give awards from a professional point of view, if the reader's reputation is too bad, they will also be affected." ”

"I remember that last year, there was a work that was said to be favored by all the judges, probably because of the sun and spring and white snow, and readers said that they couldn't understand it on the Internet, and they couldn't even experience the wonderful places in the judges' mouths. So he only won a silver award at the final awards ceremony. ”

Cao Mengru has always paid attention to these things, so she won't tell the two people in front of her that she also submitted an essay last year, but unfortunately she didn't even have a primary election.

Generally speaking, many people say that they can't read or can't read serious literature, but really good works don't give people that feeling.

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Chu had another call from Zhou Kang.

Needless to say, it's definitely something in this regard.

"Zhang Chu, your book "Youth Pi" can already be read!"

"That's a good thing, but if you can read it for free, won't the commercial value be greatly reduced?"

If everyone goes to see free content, who will buy physical books or e-books in the future!

Zhou Kang laughed, and he explained: "Only the first session of good Chinese literature has tossed that kind of free come. Later, under the strong demand of all publishers and authors, the announcement of the Writers' Association has become a paid model!"

Hearing this, Zhang Chu, a rookie who had never seen the world, was curious and waited for the rest of the article.

"There is no charge for poetry, prose, and short stories, and you need to pay for medium and long stories before you can read them. This fee is the same as the cost of e-book download, China Writers Network does not charge any fees, and has not signed a contract with a publisher, so 100% of it is distributed to writers, which is an additional benefit. ”

Is there such a good thing?

Zhang Chu really didn't expect this, it seems that the writers' association in this world should be very weighty, with a very long-term vision, no wonder there will be so many essays.

They don't set bonuses, they earn them all by themselves!

If there is a popular novella or novella, the cost of downloading it may be higher than the prize money of most literary awards.

"I don't know how many people will read my book. ”

After Zhou Kang heard Zhang Chu's muttering, he took a preventive shot, "Of course, don't have too much hope, after all, the traffic of Chinese writers is not large, and the users are actually very few, mainly in the industry, so you don't have to imagine that you can make millions of dollars." ”

Before the dream began, it was ruthlessly punctured, Zhang Chu was quite sober in his understanding, he replied: "How many is how much, a penny is not too little, 10 million is not too much!"

After hanging up Zhou Kang's phone, his mind was no longer on the signature, and he hurriedly signed the remaining more than 200 books, and Zhang Chu flashed.

……

When he returned to the rented house, he didn't even have time to change his shoes, so Zhang Chu hurriedly turned on the computer and used a browser to enter the Chinese Writers Network.

At this time, the big picture on the homepage is "Announcement of the Primary Selection of Chinese Good Literature".

After Zhang Chu clicked in, he found that this was actually arranged according to different categories, and the selected works in the long-form category were relatively low.

At this time, more than two hours have passed since the online announcement of the work, and judging from the number of clicks on each work, it seems that there are really not many users of this writer's network!

After all, it's not a professional station.,It will only take a year and a half for the work to be announced.,Who will come and check it out if there's nothing to do.。

He found that "Home", which ranked first in the poetry category, only had 172 hits, which was pitiful and miserable.

And among the novellas and novels that need to be paid, there are fewer people who choose to pay for reading!

The work is only available for a few thousand words to read for free, but that is not included in the clicks, and only those who have to pay to read the full text are counted in it.

"Don't you want to be so miserable......"

Zhang Chu also thought that he could earn a little money from this part to buy game consoles, but the reality poured cold water.

However, when he slid the mouse down, he found that his copy of "Life of Pi" felt like it stood out from the crowd.

There are a total of 50 works in the long-form category that have passed the primary selection, and among so many works, most of them are single-digit clicks.

But the book "Life of Pi" has 516 hits, and it can still rank in the top three after removing the hundreds!

If you don't look at the miserable situation of all the books, then Zhang Chu will probably be very disgusted with his achievements, and only 516 people paid for the relevant content, which is too pitiful.

But after the horizontal comparison, it was instantly satisfied, and the short man was taller, who could have such high requirements for a writer network without readers!