HCB Chapter 428: New Book Sells Well
Chapter 428: New Book Sells Well
Since childhood, Lin Wuyou has always had two dreams, one is to become a female knight with unparalleled martial arts skills, and the other is to become a world-famous writer.
She has been working hard on the former, but due to her limited qualifications, although she has made some achievements in martial arts, she is still a long way from being a top master, and she may never be able to reach the level she wants in her entire life.
She did not give up on the latter and kept writing. Now there is such an opportunity in front of her. As long as she continues to produce excellent works, she will have the chance to publish them nationwide and become a nationally renowned writer, which will no longer be just empty talk.
The more Lin Wuyou thought about it, the more excited she became, so she began to discuss the specific details of the cooperation with Liang Chaoqun.
Liang Chaoqun came with sincerity and attached great importance to signing the contract with Daobi Ke. Seeing that Lin Wuyou took the initiative to discuss the details of the cooperation, he knew that the contract was likely to be signed, so he immediately cooperated and tried his best to meet all the requirements raised by Lin Wuyou within his ability.
Finally, after much discussion and negotiation between the two parties, Lin Wuyou signed the first contract in her life.
After returning with the contract, Lin Wuyou locked herself in the study and devoted herself to writing. A month later, she submitted her latest ten short stories to Wanjuanshu.
The reviewer of Wanjuanshu gives priority to reviewing the manuscripts submitted by contracted authors. After confirming that there are no problems with the story content, he will hand the manuscript over to the editor-in-chief.
The editor-in-chief was surprised to learn that Daobi Ke had submitted the manuscripts so quickly. He looked through the contents of the submitted works and confirmed that they at least maintained the original level. He nodded with satisfaction and then took the manuscripts to the store manager Liang Chaoqun to discuss specific publishing matters.
In the end, Lin Wuyou's first published work consisted of two short stories that had appeared in weekly newspapers and ten new short stories, a total of twelve stories.
Since the pen name "Daobike" already has a certain mass base, the "Collection of Short Stories" published under the name "Daobike" attracted the attention of many old bookworms as soon as it was put on the new book shelves, and was sold out on the first day of sale.
Soon after, the news of Daobi Ke's publication of a book spread by word of mouth, and readers who liked Daobi Ke's writing style flocked to Wanjuanshu to buy Daobi Ke's new book.
Just three days after it went on sale, the printing factory began to reprint the "Collection of Short Stories" for the second time. Seven days later, they started to reprint it for the third time. The number of reprinted copies increased each time, but it was still in short supply.
Liang Chaoqun, the person in charge of Wanjuanshu who signed Daobi Ke, was grinning so hard that his mouth was almost crooked. These store managers were also in competition with each other, and Wanjuanshu had strict rules for them.
The person in charge of a Wanjuan Bookstore in every county must sign contracts for at least ten books every year. These ten books are not signed casually. If the sales data is not ideal after the books are published, not only will the person in charge’s personal points be deducted, but also his performance and bonuses will be affected.
In other words, the quality of the contracted books directly affects the income of the person in charge and indirectly affects the person in charge's position, so each person in charge will be extremely cautious when choosing writers to sign contracts for works.
Conversely, once a contracted work is published and sales figures continue to rise, the benefits to the person in charge will also be very substantial.
Take Lin Wuyou's work for example. After three reprints, the total number of books sold has exceeded 3,000 copies. This not only proves that this work meets market demand, but also proves that this work has the ability to break market barriers and meets the standards for publication at the next level.
Then Liang Chaoqun, the person in charge who signed the book, will not only get a commission on the profits of the book itself, but also receive generous points rewards and cash rewards for recommending excellent works, which will be of great help for subsequent promotions.
If this work performs well and maintains a good sales momentum after expanding its sales scope, and once again reaches the standard for upward release, becoming a work for statewide or national release, then Liang Chaoqun will be able to continue to receive corresponding various generous rewards on the basis of the original rewards he received.
It can be said that the store manager of Wanjuanshu is the person who, apart from the author himself, most hopes that the author can write a work that is both critically acclaimed and commercially successful.
Although Wanjuanshu receives a lot of submissions every day, the quality of the submitted works varies greatly, and those that can be called good works are rare. The published books are all novellas and novels. With more words, the requirements for the plot are higher. If you accidentally touch the reader's sore spots, the book will be ruined.
It is precisely because of the inability to grasp the balance here that the works written by many authors after signing the contract are far from the manuscript requirements of Wanjuanshu.
The rejection of a manuscript is also a blow to the author. After suffering several setbacks in succession, many authors begin to doubt themselves and feel that they are not cut out for the job. Some settle for the next best thing and submit manuscripts to weekly newspapers, writing short stories to continue making a little money, while others simply stop writing.
Liang Chaoqun saw that the number of authors submitting manuscripts was decreasing, and the works submitted did not meet the publishing standards. The year-end settlement was approaching, and he had not yet completed his target for this year. He was so anxious that his mouth was covered with blisters.
After accidentally seeing Daobi Ke's work in the latest issue of the weekly newspaper, he was attracted by the ups and downs of the story and was eager to see the subsequent development of the story. So he went to find the editor who was responsible for finalizing the weekly newspaper and saw the subsequent plot in advance.
After reading it, he couldn't calm down for a long time. It had been a long time since a literary work gave him this feeling.
When the editor saw Liang Chaoqun's expression, he knew that he also liked Daobi Ke's works, so he talked to the person in charge about the plot of this short story. Later on, he became interested in the conversation and started talking about his favorite work of Daobi Ke.
After Liang Chaoqun inquired, he learned that Daobi Ke's works were also published in previous issues of the weekly. Suddenly, an idea came to his mind. In order to verify the feasibility of his idea, he asked the editor to find the issues of the weekly that contained Daobi Ke's works.
The editor thought that Liang Chaoqun just didn't read enough and went to look for previous weekly reports without thinking too much about it.
He himself also liked Daobi Ke's writing style and was deeply impressed by his works, so he quickly found those issues of the weekly newspaper that contained Daobi Ke's works.
After Liang Chaoqun received the stack of weekly reports from the editor, he immediately took the things and went back to his office area to read them carefully. After reading all the works of Daobi Ke in one breath, he became more determined in his ideas.