The next morning, Liu Xing slept until nine o'clock before waking up. He chatted with Wang Lanlan late at night last night, so he naturally wanted to sleep a little longer.

After getting up and washing, Liu Xing went down to the first floor of the book bar and found that there were already many waiters busy in the hall, and customers walked into the book bar one after another.

The plan of the day begins in the morning.

People are generally in the best state of mind in the morning, and many readers like to read in the morning, so book bars generally open early.

Liu Xing walked to the bar and was about to eat something, only to find that Wang Lanlan was already sitting on the edge of the bar and was engrossed in writing.

"Wang Lanlan, what are you writing?"

"Revise the new book. ”

"Didn't you revise your new book?"

I am now one of the top 100 best-selling writers in Tianhai City, and of course I have to raise my own standards. Wang Lanlan said, "The sales of my third book can't be too bad. ”

Liu Xing took a glass of juice and a slice of bread from the cabinet at the bar, and said while eating: "Your new book has cured my illness again, as long as you take the opportunity to hype it up, the sales should not be bad." ”

"I don't want to hype it anymore. Wang Lanlan explained, "I have already hyped two books, and I want to rely on strength for the third one!"

"The problem is that you don't seem to have much strength. ”

"So I'm going to work harder!" Wang Lanlan remembered something, and her face showed an unconcealable excitement, "Liu Xing, tell you a very amazing thing, I met the Black Shadow Man last night, and he also accepted my exclusive interview. The Shadow Man also said that he would read my new book. ”

The fawn-like pure eyes flashed, and Wang Lanlan asked seriously, "Liu Xing, can you help me read the new book again and give me some revisions?"

"Yes. Liu Xing took a sip of juice and added, "Propose a revision and charge 100 yuan." ”

"100 yuan, can it be cheaper?"

"There are so many things to do in the book bar, my time is precious, and it takes a lot of energy to put forward a revision opinion, and 100 yuan is already very cheap. ”

Wang Lanlan thought about it and felt that it made sense, Liu Xing is now the boss of the book bar, and the boss's time is very precious.

The reason why Wang Lanlan wanted to ask Liu Xing's opinion was mainly because Liu Xing's opinion had helped her a lot. The quality of her last book "The Strange Case of Detective Wang Nan's Condor Book Coffin" has been significantly improved, because Liu Xing gave her many suggestions for revision.

"Okay, $100 for one opinion. Wang Lanlan handed over the written manuscript of the novel, and Liu Xing put down the juice and flipped through it casually.

Title: "Detective Wang Nan's Black Shadow Man"

Genre mystery fiction

Rank: None

Match3.7%

When receiving the information, Liu Xing was a little surprised that the matching degree of this novel actually reached 3.7%!

Wang Lanlan's first two novels did not match more than 2%, and the current book soared to 3.7%, which shows that the quality has improved again.

Flipping through the novel, Liu Xing was eating breakfast and reading at the same time, Wang Lanlan came over and stood aside silently.

When he read the third chapter, Liu Xing said, "How did you write the Black Shadow Man as a married man with a wife?"

Wang Lanlan explained: "The black shadow man is already a middle-aged uncle, shouldn't he have a wife?"

Liu Xing reminded: "The main selling point of this "Detective Wang Nan's Black Shadow Man" is the mystery of the Black Shadow Man, if you pull out the black shadow man's wife at once, the mystery of the black shadow man is immediately discounted. You can write that the Shadow Man has a confidante and write it down quickly. ”

"Hmm. Wang Lanlan took out a notebook and wrote in the notebook: Black shadow people can't have wives, they can only have confidants.

"It's not for you to record the plot. ”

"What's that?"

"Record the number of comments I gave you, it was just the first opinion, and the fee was 100 yuan. ”

"Okay. Wang Lanlan wrote the word "100" in the notebook.

After a while, Liu Xing said again: "The plot of the robbery in Chapter 4 is a little old-fashioned, so it's better to change it." ”

"The second opinion, 200 yuan. ”

"There's also a common sense mistake in this chapter, the villain should get a bullet before he hears the gunshot, because the bullet flies faster than the sound travels. ”

"The third amendment, 300 yuan. ”

"Chapter 7 is a bit verbose, it could be a little more concise. ”

"400 yuan. ”

"Chapter 10 is not well rendered, and the mystery of the Black Shadow Man is not well described. ”

"500 yuan. ”

"The character of Chapter 13 is a bit exaggerated, change it, the boss should be a little more stable. ”

"600 yuan. ”

……

In this way, Liu Xing read the novel while proposing revisions. When he finished reading the novel, he made a total of 47 comments, which means that Wang Lanlan needs to pay 4,700 yuan.

4,700 yuan may be a lot for ordinary people, but it is not much for Wang Lanlan. This girl seems to play every day, but she makes a lot of money.

The total sales of Wang Lanlan's first two novels "Detective Wang Nan" have already exceeded 300,000 copies, which has brought her millions of incomes, and she was already a millionaire a few years ago.

Therefore, 4,700 yuan can only be regarded as a drizzle for Wang Lanlan, just like pocket money.

In fact, Liu Xing's fees are not too high, and in Huaxia Kingdom, a profession like Liu Xing that helps writers make revisions exists, and it is a book connoisseur.

A book connoisseur can not only identify novels, but also assist writers in the creation of novels.

Although the fees charged by book connoisseurs are very high, there are still writers who are willing to buy them, because once they can create a best-selling novel or even a star novel, these fees can be earned.

"You first revise according to these 47 opinions. Liu Xing handed the manuscript back.

"Hmm. ”

"Also, the cost of 4,700 yuan ......"

"Don't worry, I won't pay the bills. Wang Lanlan remembered something, blinked her big eyes, and said seriously, "By the way, Liu Xing, thank you for giving me the birthday cake last night, it's really a surprise." ”

"You're welcome. This birthday cake was bought for 288 yuan, and I will add these expenses to your rent. ”

“……”

Sure enough, it's still very picky!

After that, according to Liu Xing's opinion, Wang Lanlan began to revise the draft of the new book, and it took a day to change it.

At nine o'clock in the evening, the manuscript was finally corrected.

With the corrected manuscript, Liu Xing tested it again.

Title: "Detective Wang Nan's Black Shadow Man"

Genre mystery fiction

Rank: None

Match4.5%

"The increase in match is significant, from 3.7% to 4.5%, which is a 0.8% increase in one day!"

After thinking for a while, Liu Xing turned around and said, "Wang Lanlan, your new book has a lot of potential, you should try to impact the star novel." ”

"Star novels?" Wang Lanlan bent her eyebrows and said, "How can it be so easy to write a star novel, my goal is to write a star novel before the age of 20." ”

"You are already one of the top 100 best-selling writers in Tianhai City, why are you still so unconfident? ”

The so-called star writer refers to a novelist who can write works of one star or higher.

In the best-selling author list, all of them are ordinary writers, and they do not include star writers.

Because star writers are not ranked by the number of sales of their works.

Due to the special nature of star novels, their sales are not determined by the market, but by the reading alliance.

The Reading Alliance will only publish as many copies as it decides.

However, regardless of the number of star novels issued, the income of star writers will not be affected too much. The smaller the number of publications, the higher the price of starred novels, which can guarantee that star writers have a good manuscript fee.

This is one of the reasons why the price of starred novels remains high.

Overall, star writers earn several notches higher than the average writer.

Wang Lanlan is already one of the top 100 best-selling writers in Tianhai City, but her annual manuscript fee is at most several million. And if it is a star writer, their income from a star novel is very likely to exceed 10 million.

The higher the level of the star novel, the higher the income.

It's just that the creation of star novels is very difficult, and some writers may not succeed after writing for more than ten years.

Liu Xing doesn't know what the standard of a star-rated novel is, but he has identified tens of thousands of novels, and found a rule from it: the matching degree of one-star mystery novels is generally about 10%.

Although a mystery novel with a match of 10% is not necessarily a one-star novel, the probability of being a one-star novel is more than 70%, which is already very high.

The matching degree of "Detective Wang Nan's Black Shadow Man" created by Wang Lanlan has reached 4.5%, and it is completely possible to try to impact the star novel. Anyway, even if it fails, there will be nothing to lose.

"Liu Xing, do you really think I can write a star novel?"

"Good novels are made out of changes, and you change them a few more times. ”

"How?"

"I'll give you suggestions for revisions, the old rules, 100 yuan per opinion. ”

"Liu Xing, are you taking the opportunity to blackmail my money?"

"Nonsense, do I look like the kind of person who would cheat underage girls out of their money?"

"You...... Looks like it, haha!"

"......" Liu Xing said, "Otherwise, if this "Detective Wang Nan's Black Shadow Man" can't become a star novel in the end, I will refund you all the fees." However, if it really becomes a star novel, 70% of the income of this novel will go to me, do you dare to agree?"

Wang Lanlan rolled her eyes, pondered for a while, felt that no matter what the result was, it would be good for her, and nodded: "Okay." ”

"Now that we've agreed, let's start talking about how to revise this new book. ”

"Uh-huh!"

……