Wang Lijian's conversation with Zhuang Yan was very brief, Wang Lijian had the intention to be close to Zhuang Yan, and by the way, he also wanted to know what kind of character the person who wrote the work "Alive" was, but after saying a few words, he felt that the other party didn't seem to be interested in his blowing, so he didn't think about understanding the other party's temperament on the phone.

Simply expressed to Zhuang Yan the interest of the "literary and artistic circles" in "Alive", Wang Lijian said what he meant, expressed his willingness to accept Zhuang Yan's conditions, and asked Zhuang Yan when he would go to Yanjing to sign the contract.

However, Zhuang Yan said that the contract could be signed by mail.

Although Wang Lijian had some regrets, he originally wanted Zhuang Yan to come to Yanjing so that he could get close to the other party, but since the other party proposed to mail the contract, then he had no reason to refuse, after all, mailing the contract is also a normal form.

After all, many writers have their own little habits, and this kind of reluctance to show up is too normal, and through this incident, Wang Lijian also put a small label on Zhuang Yan's body: introvert.

Of course, if Wang Lijian knew that Zhuang Yan just wanted to save the plane ticket from Jinling to Yanjing, it is estimated that he would be shocked and tear off the label he had attached before and replace it with another label: slamming the door.

Of course, Zhuang Yan is not really picking on the door, he just thinks that since he can mail the contract, why waste time and money to run such a trip, which is not in line with the principle of saving costs and improving efficiency.

The signing of the contract is simpler than Zhuang Yan imagined, the contract is drawn up by the literary and art circles, and then passed to Zhuang Yan, Zhuang Yan finds a place to print two copies, and then signs his name.

Just in case, Zhuang Yan also specifically asked Wang Lijian to send a text message on the website to notify them of the signing of the contract, so as to prevent the possibility of being deceived.

Normally, Zhuang Yan should have gone to a lawyer to help him take a look before signing the contract, but Zhuang Yan did not look for it, but checked the template of a contract on the website and read it again, and felt that there was no problem, so he signed his name and mailed the contract.

Not to mention, the contract drawn up by the website of the literary and artistic world is basically the same as the contract template on the Internet, and it is estimated that they also use the old template to change the data and finish the matter.

After getting the contract, Zhuang Yan sat comfortably at the computer desk and began to look at his account.

"Alive" is still hanging on the front page of the site, new readers are coming in every day, and the number of manuscript fees in the background is constantly increasing.

Of course, the number of book reviews is also increasing, and the quality of the staff on the website is uneven, and many people just scolded them when they didn't like the first chapter of the book.

Fortunately, the whole book fee was set before, otherwise there are definitely more than a few people who curse, and I am afraid that the number will be several times greater.

Of course, on this point, there are also many people who criticize it, thinking that the author wants to go crazy for money, and starts charging fees from the first chapter, and does not give people the opportunity to try it out at all, and it is simply forced to buy and sell.

Another part of the readers who supported the book also advised Zhuang Yan that this model of charging for the whole book blocked many potential readers, and if he relaxed the fee limit for the first two chapters, I am afraid that the number of readers would be doubled.

"Although I don't agree with what some authors say about forced buying and selling, I also think that the author's approach of charging for the whole book is still a bit inappropriate." In the case of not reading the book, the average person will not pay for the book, especially the chapters of the book are generally relatively long, even the first chapter, there are more than 20,000 words. Two dollars is not much, but if someone sees the first chapter and finds that they don't like this book, the two dollars will be infinitely magnified, and they just don't like this book, so they may become disgusted with this book, which will affect the reputation of this book. ”

This reader called Night Cool gets to the point, it stands to reason that after such a long period of publicity on the website, it is impossible for the readers of "Alive" to be so little, and many readers retreat when they see the charge for the first chapter.

Even if you go to a bookstore to buy a book, there is no reason to let people buy it without showing it.

And Zhuang Yan knows that it will cost a lot of money to read this book, the original "Alive" is only more than 100,000 words, but it was expanded by Zhuang Yan and became close to 500,000 words, just like that, a "Alive" directly caught up with "White Deer Plain".

However, Zhuang Yan is not a person who follows advice, and he will not adopt their opinions at all. Besides, now that the fee setting for the previous chapters has been released, what will people who have spent money to read the book think before, even if they like the book again, they will be angry.

Zhuang Yan knows that the price reduction may bring sales to the product, but it will also sacrifice word of mouth, this is not something like electronic products, saying that the price will be reduced, not only the price will be reduced, but it may also be forced.

Fortunately, there is no solution, and the physical book will be published soon, and people can choose to go to the bookstore to read the physical book.

But at that time, it is estimated that no one will want to read this book on the Internet, after all, a physical book with less than 500,000 words is generally only about 30 yuan, and a better one can be sold for 40 or 50 yuan.

Comparing the two, no one will want to look at it on the website.

In fact, Zhuang Yan was wrong, if he wanted to search the memories of his predecessor, he would know that the price of books in this world China is definitely not comparable to the China of the previous life.

Compared with the rampant piracy in the previous life, China in this life has very good copyright protection, coupled with the high per capita income, the price of books is much higher.

For a novel with more than 400,000 words like "Alive", the physical book will sell for about 80 yuan, which is much higher than reading it on the website.

Therefore, reading books on the Internet is expensive is just Zhuang Yan's own thoughts, which has never been reflected by any reader.

Although some people say that Zhuang Yan buys and sells, no one says that it costs more than forty yuan to read a book, because they know that this is the normal price, and there is nothing to complain about.

And after the book is finished for a period of time, after the physical book comes out, the website will set the book to a package download price, which is much cheaper than watching the serialization.

Therefore, even if a physical book is published, whether it is because of reading habits or considering the cost, some people will still choose to read e-books.

However, Zhuang Yan didn't know at this time, and he didn't bother to care about this, because he saw in the comments that some readers were asking about his social account.