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Lin Yuan also noticed the book discussion on the internet.
This was as he expected.
As one of the three exceptional novels of the early network novel era dubbed by netizens, it was not surprising that âZhu Xianâ had such a heated topic.
This could also be seen in the sales.
When âKing of the Netâ was serialized, its average sales rank was about eleventh in the field of youth fantasy novels in the Qin Continent!
However, the sales of âZhu Xianâ in the first month of release rushed into the top ten of the youth fantasy readers!
It is currently ranked tenth.
Some people might find it weird, why does the author write âZhu Xianâ so hyped, but the ranking is only tenth?
In fact, this ranking is already incredibly high.
Because âZhu Xianâ has a major flaw, that is, the word count!
The previous âKing of the Netâ at least produced five volumes.
But the book âZhu Xianâ is only in its second volume!
Each volume sold is counted as a sale of the novel.
Others have dozens of volumes of past serialized content to help boost sales, but Lin Yuan only has so much content to sell, of course the sales will suffer.
And if a novelâs plot remains consistentâ¦
More often than not, the more words a work has, the higher its sales volume, because the workâs influence will affect more and more people over time.
In other words.
Those with less content naturally suffer in comparison in terms of sales.
You can imagine, if Naruto or One Piece didnât have such a long series, would these two works still have such a significant impact?
Letâs take a more obvious example.
You can look at the top ten bestsellers on Point Mother.
How many books can rush into the top ten in sales when they reach hundreds of thousands of words?
Without recommendations, or without large rewards, the works that can occupy the top ten sales on Point Mother for a long term are basically those with word counts in the millions!
Because only when there are many words, will there be more chapter subscriptions each day.
The same is true for the sales of novels in the Qin Continent.
Youâre trying to compete with those who sell volumes of content, with just one or two volumes?
How can you compare?
Itâs naturally a disadvantage.
This is also why Silver Blue Books previously wanted to persuade Lin Yuan to write âKing of the Netâ longer.
If âKing of the Netâ could be written longer without compromising the plot, it would have no major problem becoming one of the top ten bestsellers in the future.
Of course.
As long as Chu Kuang does not fail in his writing, the sales ranking of âZhu Xianâ will inevitably go up once more volumes accumulate, this is a matter of course.
This time.
Silver Blue Books has high hopes.
âYangFengâ even asked Chu Kuang for a novel outline plan when âZhu Xianâ Volume II was released, whimsically thinking that the grand background of this story wouldnât end so soon, right?
But when âYangFengâ saw the âZhu Xianâ outline plan sent by Lin Yuan, his smile instantly froze.
âEight volumes?â
Chu Kuang plans to write âZhu Xianâ in eight volumes?
Yes, indeed, itâs an improvement, three volumes more than âKing of the Netâ.
But the problem isâ¦
Eight volumes isnât much either!
Itâs still a bit short of two million words!
He became anxious, reported to the chief editor immediately, and the chief editor reported it to the general editor.
The general editor was also at his witsâ end, just shook his head, and asked âYangFengâ to try to persuade him.
âYang Feng:ââ¦â
Last time âWeb Literatureâ was too short, âYangFengâ was tasked to persuade Chu Kuang to write more, but Chu Kuang completely ignored him.
Can it work this time?
He plucked up his courage to make a call.
When Lin Yuan answered the phone, as soon as he heard it was about stretching out the story again, he immediately refused, âThe word count is already set.â
âAlright.â
âYangFengâ was helpless, feeling his role as an editor was too humble.
Neither the chief editor nor the general editor dared to forcibly urge Chu Kuang to write more, so he definitely didnât have the guts. He could only let Chu Kuang have his way.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Lin Yuan had no other options.
This time it wasnât the System messing things up, the original âZhu Xianâ had just over 1.5 million words, and the System even helped him add another 100,000 words.
Next time.
Definitely next time.
He hoped that the System would have a moment of conscience and provide him with a long novel next time, preferably one that would allow him to serialise it to ten million words.
However, for Lin Yuan.
Writing more books also has its benefits.
Because now, Chu Kuang, his pseudonym, has two novels earning money together.
Itâs not that âKing of the Netâ wonât be popular after itâs completed.
New readers will still buy books, but the number of these new readers is surely not comparable to the serialisation period.
This share of the profit, Silver Blue Books is still ready to pay on time.
With this money.
Combined with the royalties from the songs under Xian Yuâs name, there are already an extra 20 million deposits in Lin Yuanâs bank account!
Twenty million!
House prices on Blue Star are not exaggerated. A price of nearly 20 million is enough for Lin Yuan to choose a pretty nice villa.
Lin Yuan is even considering whether to buy a villa in Su City?
With his character, of course, itâs hard to make such a decision, but if itâs for his family, Lin Yuan is willing to consider this.
After all, in the future, his sisters will be in Su City.
Perhaps, he will also develop long-term in Su City in the future.
Not to mention, Lin Yuan also has the idea of bringing his mother to Su City. He doesnât want to leave his mother alone in his hometown.
When she gets older, without her children by her side, she will inevitably feel lonely.
Moreover, Lin Yuan also has his own friends. In the future, when his friends come over, they can have a place to stay. With many rooms in the villa, there is no fear of crowding.
As a child, they were all afraid of being squeezed.
Mainly now he has always been living in Ms. Zhaoâs house. She didnât even collect the rent, so Lin Yuan felt a bit embarrassed about bringing his family here to live.
Now that he has money, itâs better to buy a house sooner and return Ms. Zhaoâs place.
He simply mentioned this idea to his older sister.
âBuy a villa?â
Upon hearing this, Lin Xuan started laughing: âOf course it would be nice to live in a villa, who wouldnât want to? But we canât afford to buy one, can we?â âAre villas in Su City very expensive?â
âVillas in Su City start at least at ten million, do you think thatâs expensive?â
Lin Xuan had heard from colleagues about house prices in Su City and knew that a senior executive at Silver Blue Books lived in a ten-million-worth villa.
Lin Yuan said, âLetâs buy one then.â
Lin Yuan wanted to take care of this matter before leaving Qin Continent.
Lin Xuan was stunned.
Do you treat a villa as Chinese cabbage?
Can you just say you want to buy one and then you can?
After a long silence, she stared at Lin Yuan and said, âYou make so much money from composing?â
Lin Yuan replied, âItâs okay.â
Actually, he also had royalties from Chu Kuang.
As all contracts have been upgraded, the commission has increased a lot.
The income of Xian Yu and Chu Kuang combined, itâs very easy to earn more than ten million a month!
And in the future his income will only become higher and higher.
âCan you really afford it?â
Lin Xuan asked in shock.
Suddenly, Lin Xuan remembered that Lin Yuan had casually given her 500,000 to buy a carâ¦
It seemed, it might really be possible?
She suddenly felt that her own brother was the biggest obstacle in her life!
With such a brother, she couldnât find a reason why she needed to strive.
âLetâs settle then.â
Lin Yuan didnât ask for his motherâs opinion again. If his mother had a comment, he could push it onto his sister.
Lin Xuan was a bit stunned: âSettled?â
Lin Yuan nodded: âSister, letâs take a leave of absence from your work tomorrow, and we can go house hunting together.â