Chapter 251: Direct Comparison of Physical Sales
Human beings are always limited in their abilities, and even a person, no matter how intelligent, cannot take into account everything that is about to happen.
Chen Ping's thoughts at the moment are like this, a thousand calculations are not as good as heaven. More than once, he calculated the difficulties he needed to face to break the record, and every enemy that had appeared or was about to appear was taken into account, and the only thing he didn't consider was jumping off the wall.
Maybe it's not the right word, but Chen Ping really can't think of any other words to express what's about to happen.
Everyone has a selfish heart! Selfishness can easily breed jealousy, and jealousy can also turn into hatred, and when the hatred value reaches a certain level, no one knows what incredible things will be done.
Chen Ping was scared!
No matter what Chen Ping does, the enemies will not decrease, and perhaps as the situation develops, more enemies will appear. Therefore, the only thing Chen Ping can do is to find a breakthrough from himself.
This time the competition between traditional writers and online writers has indeed brought a lot of popularity to Chen Ping, although the entry is "Notes on Tomb Robbery", but "Yang Shen" has also taken advantage of this shareholder trend to increase a lot of collections and subscriptions, and its popularity has risen a lot again. These increased readers may have come from other websites, or they may have just entered the online literature circle, but they have always become readers of "Yang Shen", and the monthly ticket battle has also increased Chen Ping's chances of winning.
Moreover, "Notes on Tomb Robbery" did not sign a contract with the starting point, so there was no situation of selling it on the shelves, which can be regarded as a kind of return from Chen Ping to readers. Reciprocate, can readers also properly support "Yang God"? This is up for debate.
It is impossible to add more for "Yang God", if you want a monthly ticket for eight consecutive championships, or even nine consecutive championships, the control of the number of words is very important, if you really add too much for a one-month monthly ticket battle. This book will not be written at the end of the year, let alone any consecutive championships!
It seems that he can't find a breakthrough point in himself, that is to say, Chen Ping can only count on the fans of the Mortal League, maybe he can ask for foreign aid?
After a wry smile, Chen Ping could only silently pray that the fans of the Mortal League would give him some strength. Don't ask them to tip too much. Just be able to work together to face the upcoming battle. At the same time, he also comforted himself that it was only a guess that others would join forces against him, and perhaps, others would care about face and disdain to unite at all?
The mood of the code word was wiped out by this incident, but fortunately, Chen Ping habitually prepared the manuscript, and he was able to be lazy once today.
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After so many busy days, it suddenly became quiet. Chen Ping was a little uncomfortable, and he sat by the lotus pond in the courtyard in a daze all morning.
When he was in a daze, Chen Ping involuntarily began to recall his life in his previous life.
Thinking of the hard life in his previous life, Chen Ping couldn't help but feel bitter in his heart. Now it seems that his previous life was indeed too stupid. There are so many jobs outside, just find one, and it is estimated that you can get a salary of three or four thousand a month after working for a year or two. But he insisted on the life of a part-time worker, not to mention that the salary was not high. It's also torture for people.
Fate!
Some people say that fate is sometimes fucked up, and others say that fate often surprises people.
Chen Ping said that when fate surprised me, it also gave me a fucked life.
Thinking of this, Chen Ping couldn't help but smile again.
If he hadn't been a hand-beaten man in his previous life, maybe he wouldn't have broken the law. There is no chance of being reborn. Then, I can only live a mediocre life. reborn, using the memory in his brain and the ability to defy the sky after being reborn, he became popular in the online literature circle, and actually became the envy of others in the eyes.
Money is there. Fame is there, daughter-in-law is there, and children are there!
Now that you have everything you have in your life, it seems that you should be satisfied?
Looking at the lotus pond and the quaint courtyard around him, Chen Ping squinted his eyes and smiled.
……
When Chen Ping was woken up by Huang Guangliang, it was time for lunch.
The unprecedented relaxation of the mind made Chen Ping's mental state very good, and at the same time, he also saw a lot of future struggles. I already have so many things, why should I be paranoid about pursuing a false name?
Let it be! I only need to write out "Yang God" in my own right, as for the monthly ticket crown, it depends on the will of God and the reader's mind!
Huang Qian and the others also noticed the changes in Chen Ping, but they couldn't say exactly where they had changed, this was a feeling. After eating, Chen Ping began to code words.
July is almost over, and there doesn't seem to be much suspense about the first monthly pass this month, the only thing worth paying attention to is "Dragon Domain", to see if it will break out at the end of the month.
After a few months of growth, the length of "Yang God" has also become huge, the plot has also begun to become enthusiastic and exciting, and Chen Ping has become more handy and fast when he codes.
He now maintains a five-hour code time a day, three hours for "Yang God" and two hours for "Tomb Robbery Notes". Sometimes, when Chen Ping finished writing the code, he couldn't help but wonder, what kind of person is the third uncle of the Southern School? If he was just an ordinary person and had nothing to do with tomb robbing, Chen Ping had to admire his precedent.
"Notes on Tomb Robbery" gives people the feeling of not being thriller and suspenseful, but also this strong logical reasoning, and even tells a lot of professional knowledge about tomb robbing, which is not easy to write alone, let alone blended together, and it also gives people a feeling of just right.
Chen Ping once suspected that the third uncle of the southern school was really like the protagonist in the novel, either from a family of tomb robbers, or he had engaged in tomb robbing himself, or he had come into contact with such people.
Anyway, the third uncle of the southern faction is a real god, but it's a pity that he only wrote this book web novel!
Just when Chen Ping finished today's "Notes on Tomb Robbery" and was about to update, he received a call from Zhao Changqing. Chen Ping was very puzzled, how could this chairman suddenly remember to call himself, shouldn't he be very busy?
"Hello Chairman Zhao!"
"Well, one thing to notice at a short time, the works of this competition will be officially published in August, and one or two signing sessions will be arranged at that time, and the staff will notify you at that time."
Published in August?
"Why are you in such a hurry? I haven't finished the book yet, huh? Can it be published now? ”
Zhao Changqing smiled softly and said: "The final evaluation criteria for this competition is originally to look at physical sales, and publication is a must. Besides, do you still need to continue to compare the results on the Internet? Zhang Fei himself also took the initiative to give up the serialization on the Internet, and now he is waiting for you to catch up with the manuscript. There is not much time left for you, you should work hard during this time, try to write 200,000 words, and publish one book first! ”
Zhang Fei took the initiative to give up online serialization?
Chen Ping hadn't read Zhang Fei's new book released at the starting point at all, so he didn't know his recent updates and achievements. Hearing Zhao Changqing say this, Chen Ping was surprised and secretly puzzled at the same time.
Traditional literature does not need online novels, they pay attention to the accumulation of books. If Zhang Fei agrees to publish it in August, it can only mean one problem, Zhang Fei has already closed the manuscript before the competition. He took a book that had already been written to compete with himself, and naturally he didn't have to worry about the update, plus the evaluation criteria for this competition was to look at the physical sales, so he didn't care about the results on the Internet. It can even be said that the online serialization is just a process of the competition for him, and his ultimate goal is very likely to use this competition to hype himself, so as to achieve the goal of his new book selling well!
Thinking about this, Chen Ping had to admire Zhang Fei's scheming. At the same time, there is some excitement and anticipation, so it is okay to end it early, so that you can concentrate on the monthly ticket battle!
promised Zhao Changqing, and after hanging up the phone, Chen Ping quickly looked through the word count of "Notes on Tomb Robbery". Today is the 26th of July, and "Notes on Tomb Robbery" was written on the 10th of July. In 17 days, Chen Ping wrote a total of 140,000 words, an average of more than 8,000 words per day.
According to the requirements of physical publishing, a single volume should be at least 200,000 words, that is, Chen Ping needs to write 60,000 words in a week, and on average, about 9,000 words per day.
9,000 words is indeed not difficult for Chen Ping, if he is determined to rush the manuscript, 60,000 words can be written in three days.
After thinking about it for a while, Chen Ping's heart became relaxed, and then he thought of Mr. Jin Yong's invitation, and quickly found the mailbox left by Mr. Jin Yong, sent the existing 140,000-word manuscript over, and indicated that the simplified Chinese book of "Notes on Tomb Robbery" would be officially published in August.
After sending the email, Chen Ping regretted it a little.
Unlike the mainland, the text they use is in traditional Chinese, and simplified publishing is of no use to Hong Kong's readers, even if it is serialized in Ming Pao, it will not increase much physical sales.
Traditional!
Since Chen Ping became completely popular, he has attached more importance to simplified publishing, because the readership base on the mainland far exceeds that of Baodao and Xiangjiang regions, so he also ignores the importance of traditional publishing.
Traditional publishing not only brings you royalty income, but also further enhances your reputation. With fame, he is not afraid that his works will not be popular, and the improvement of popularity is also what Chen Ping needs to do the most now.
Thinking about this, Chen Ping hurriedly called Grape and asked him if he had received any intention to publish "Notes on Tomb Robbery" in traditional Chinese.
Grape didn't waste time at all, and directly told Chen Ping that the starting point company had not only received a letter of intent for traditional Chinese publishing, but also several letters of intent for simplified publishing, and asked Chen Ping why he asked about this matter now that the competition was not over.
Listening to the tone of the grapes, it seems that the starting point does not know that the online serialization of this competition is no longer necessary. Chen Ping didn't say much, but just asked Grape to send the materials of the publishing houses that had sent them with publishing intentions.
Half an hour later, Chen Ping received an email from Grape, read it carefully, and found a familiar name.
Treasure Island Press, Zhang Zhangmin! (To be continued......)