According to the general law of the online literature industry, if a novel is written, then its popularity will gradually decrease. But this pattern seems to have failed in the novel "Ethereal Journey".

After the ethereal book was completed, the 'Ethereal Cup' Xianxia Essay Contest launched by Chinese first made the ethereal journey popular again. Although there are many ethereal book friends, Qicheng Chinese now has more traffic, and new readers join every day. These young people who have just fallen into the 'big pit' of online literature, as soon as they log in to Chinese, they see the so-called ethereal cup.

Then, there are many curious new book lovers who can't help but search for the word ethereal. Then, they became the new book friends of "Ethereal Journey".

In the week after Shen Qiu released this testimonial, the backstage collection of "Ethereal Journey" has increased instead of decreasing. Various tips and recommendation votes are also slowly increasing.

This situation not only surprised Shen Qiu a little, but even other authors who paid attention to the novel "Ethereal Journey" were shocked to the ground.

This is not over, after the heat of the ethereal cup has passed, the magic capital fantasy publishing house has come out again to light a fire for ethereal.

"The future knight's masterpiece "Ethereal Journey" signed a contract with the Magic Capital Fantasy Publishing House, and the physical book will be released in November."

The news about the ethereal publication was hung on the front page of the Chinese website for a whole week. The blood color was extremely depressed, and he was going to compete for the first place on the monthly ticket list in October, but now the ethereal aftermath is wave after wave, which makes him very uncomfortable.

In the first week of October, "Ethereal Journey" still firmly occupies the first position on the monthly ticket list. However, there is not much difference in the number of monthly passes between the blood-colored "Legend of the Evil Dragon" and "Ethereal Journey". After all, Ethereal has already finished the book, and the aftermath of the follow-up can't compare to the "Legend of the Evil Dragon" that is being updated.

Shen Qiu received the editor of the Demon Capital Fantasy Publishing House in his home.

Lu Yiping, a female editor in her thirties. She was accompanied by the editor-in-chief of Qicheng Chinese and the staff of Qicheng Chinese's legal department. They were responsible for explaining to Shen Qiu about the legal aspects of the contract.

"Ethereal Journey" is the first novel published since the establishment of Chinese, and they all attach more importance to the Tibetan knife Jiangnan. Coupled with the special status of the ethereal author's future knight, the traveler and the personnel of the departure legal department accompanied the signing of the contract throughout the process.

There is basically no problem with the contract, after all, the Magic Capital Fantasy Publishing House is not a grass stage team.

Because it is also the first time for the Magic City Fantasy Publishing House to publish an online novel, this is also a new attempt for them. Therefore, when choosing a payment method, Modu Fantasy Publishing House gave eight percent of the royalty income. Imperial royalties generally range from three to fifteen percent. Eight percent of the royalty rate is neither too high nor too low.

Shen Qiu is not a well-known writer after all, and it is already good to get an eight-percent royalty share. Besides, now Shen Qiu doesn't need to care about the money for the publication of the novel. What he values more is impact.

The publication of "Ethereal Journey" is not only an attempt to start Chinese, but also an attempt by the entire online literature industry.

The way of buying out the author's copyright to engage in physical publishing has been proved undesirable by the Dragon Sword Book League. This time, the practice of starting Chinese Network as an intermediary and charging a certain agency fee has become another attempt by the entire online literature industry on physical publishing.

If it succeeds, the online literature website will have one more profit channel. If it fails, it doesn't matter, whether it is Qicheng Chinese or Shen Qiu himself, they don't care about this income from publishing now.

Qicheng Chinese assumed the role of a platform and service in the process of this publication. Provide a platform for the display of the author's work, and provide legal consulting services to the author during the contract process with the publishing house. Of course, these are paid services. Afterwards, an agency fee will be charged for departure.

Regarding this mode of publishing, there are two monks in the south of the Tibetan Dao Jiangnan who have discussed with Shen Qiu. The two believe that this model will eventually lead the author to fly solo. When publishing for the first time, the author may need the help of the legal staff of the company, but what about the author after the author is familiar with the publisher? Do you still need to start Chinese as an intermediary?

"At that time, I am afraid that the authors will abandon the process of Chinese and contact the publishing house directly, after all, we will charge 30% of the agency fee and consulting fee." When Zangdao Jiangnan spoke, his face was a little worried.

"If you buy out the author's copyright, there will be a lot of financial pressure." The monk has the lessons of the Dragon Sword Book League, but is more optimistic about the current middleman mode of publishing in Chinese.

"We didn't intend to make money from publishing, did we?" Shen Qiu glanced at the Tibetan Dao Jiangnan and said: "At the beginning of the establishment of Chinese, the positioning was to take the electronic reading charging route, even if some authors and publishing houses are familiar, leave us alone, so what does it matter?" ”

"That's just as well." Zangdao smiled and said, "I always feel as if this is taking advantage of us by the publisher and the author." ”

It is not surprising that Zangdao Jiangnan has this idea. After all, the author became popular on the platform of Qicheng Chinese.

"The author is famous, so it's not a bad thing for Chinese to start the journey. Besides, Lao Shao, don't think about taking all the profits into your own hands. That's not realistic. Besides, it is not necessary that Chinese or Time and Space Entertainment will have its own publishing house in the future. ”

Shen Qiu's words did not say death, but the eyes of the Tibetan Dao Jiangnan and the monk were both bright. From what they just said, they heard Shen Qiu's plan for the future of the online text business.

In fact, Shen Qiu never considered getting involved in the publishing industry at all, and in his plan, online literature will become a content provider in the future. Provide materials and content for games, movies, and TV series. Of course, it can also be sold to other game companies or film and television companies.

At that time, Shen Qiu held Qicheng Chinese, the largest IP manufacturer, in his hands, and it was difficult not to make a fortune.

The signing of the publishing contract was very smooth. After the staff of the Chinese Legal Department confirmed that there was no problem with the contract, Shen Qiu signed his name on the contract very happily.

"Xiao Shen, happy cooperation!"

Lu Yiping stood up and shook hands with Shen Qiu.

"Happy cooperation, Sister Lu, please take care of me in the future." Shen Qiu said modestly while shaking hands with Lu Yiping.

"Xiao Shen is young and promising, where can I take care of you, you take care of me." Lu Yiping said with a smile.

"Hehe, then we'll take care of each other."

Although it is said that the content of "Ethereal Journey" has been written by Shen Qiu, if it wants to be published, it still needs to be revised. After all, Miao Miao was published on the Internet, although Shen Qiu had paid great attention to it, there were still many typos in the article. This is also a common problem for many online writers.

In this case, it is naturally not suitable for direct publication, and it must be proofread before it can be delivered to the publisher. The plaster on Shen Qiu's left arm has not been removed, and it is very inconvenient to proofread and change the text by himself. After Chen Lu learned about this situation, she came over every night to help Shen Qiu change her text for two hours. (To be continued.) )