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Chapter 131 Mainland book fans are outraged (500 monthly tickets extra)
The operator at Xinchang was busy as a top and sweating profusely.

The other employees were very happy because they seemed to have seen the bonus waving towards them.

President Lan Tianhu smiled particularly happily.

Facts have proved that his bet was right. He had given Cao Sheng 12% of the royalties and signed the book "God's Tomb" despite the opposition of most of the management. It turned out to be the right thing to do.

He had no idea how much flattery he had received today.

Someone said: "The boss is wise!"

Someone said: "It's a good thing you didn't listen to us."

Someone else said: "Luckily we signed the book. Thinking about it now, I am really scared!"

He was also a little scared.

Although the sales volume of this book today has not been counted yet, there are queues of people lining up to buy the book in various places in Taiwan, and the marketing department has already given us feedback.

The most important thing is that this book currently has a very good reputation, otherwise there wouldn’t be so many readers calling today to urge me to submit my manuscript.

If such a book had really been signed by other peers, it would not be Xinchang that would be in the limelight, but their competitors.

Xinchang will become a laughing stock in the industry because of this.

There will be countless voices saying that he is stingy and is reluctant to share the royalties with the ace author, which leads to such a book falling into the hands of his competitors.

Moreover, fans of the book will also think that since Xinchang cannot leave any trace in Zhongyuan, it must be because they could not reach an agreement on the treatment, and the fans' impression of Xinchang will become worse.

And this impact is long-lasting.

When many readers have a bad impression of them, it will affect the sales of their other published works for a long time.

As time goes by, other authors under the company will also begin to think about leaving Xinchang.

Fortunately, he made the right bet this time. If "Shenmu" can top the sales chart like "I Want to Become an Immortal".

Then at least the next one or two years will be a period of rapid development for Xinchang.

In a very good mood, he dialed the mobile phone number of Changqingshu who was in the mainland.

Chang Qingshu: "Boss, it's so late, why haven't you left work yet? Do you have any instructions?"

Lan Tianhu: "Haha, yes! I haven't finished get off work yet, all thanks to you! Sign the book "God's Tomb" for us, otherwise I would have finished get off work long ago."

Chang Qingshu on the other end of the phone was startled and his face turned pale. "Boss, what's wrong? Is it because the sales of "God's Tomb" are very bad? Or is it because the reputation is very bad?"

Hearing that Chang Qingshu was so scared that he couldn't speak clearly, Lan Tianhu laughed out loud.

After laughing, he smiled and said to comfort her: "Ah Shu! Don't be so nervous, I was just joking with you just now. The fact is contrary to what you said. The sales of this book should be very good, and the reputation is also very good. The marketing department reported that many book fans lined up to buy the book, and the customer service department also had many book fans calling to urge the manuscript. In short, it's very good! Very good!"

Chang Qingshu breathed a sigh of relief, "So that's how it is, great! President, you really scared me just now, I thought I had caused a huge loss to the company!"

Lan Tianhu: "Haha, that's not true! You did an excellent job, I'm very satisfied. Besides, it was me who asked you to agree to his conditions and sign the book, so even if something goes wrong, I won't take my anger out on you, don't worry!"

Evergreen: "Thank you, thank you, President!"

Lan Tianhu: "Well, just wait for the commendation from the headquarters! By the way, there are too many readers asking for manuscripts today. Please ask Cao Sheng as soon as possible how many manuscripts he has. If it is enough for one episode, ask him to send it over quickly. We will work overtime and strike while the iron is hot to release the second episode as soon as possible to meet the expectations of book fans."

Chang Qingshu: "Okay! I will do that tomorrow... No! I will send him an email right away to ask him how many manuscripts he has on hand."

Lan Tian Hu: "Wait! Ah Shu! You still communicate with him through emails? He doesn't have a mobile phone yet?"

Evergreen: “…”

After a moment of silence, Chang Qingshu said in a complicated tone, "Yes, President! The last time I met him and signed his new book, I asked him if he had a cell phone, and he said no."

Lan Tianhu: “…”

This time it was his turn to be speechless.

A few seconds later, Lan Tianhu said, "Have you asked him why he didn't buy one? We paid him a lot for his royalties, right? Isn't it enough for him to buy a mobile phone?"

Chang Qingshu's tone became more complicated. "He said that current mobile phones are too expensive and have too few functions. He wants to wait a little longer."

Lan Tianhu laughed, "In that case, let's give him one! You can work hard to buy him a good phone on behalf of the company and give it to him. Just say it's a personal gift from me. Didn't many people in the company suggest giving him a car or a house? However, cars and houses are too expensive! But I can still afford a mobile phone. This way, you don't have to use email every time you contact him in the future."

Evergreen: "Okay, President!"

……

Cao Sheng, who was in Huizhou, didn’t know that "Shenmu" was released in Taiwan today.

To him, it makes no difference when the book comes out.

He only cares about the sales and reputation of the book.

The higher the sales, the more royalties he can get.

If word of mouth is good, it means that his new book is well written and not a failure.

Although he had confidence in the book.

Having prepared the outline and detailed outline for several months, he felt that the possibility of failure was small. But these were just his own assumptions.

The more books you write, the more you will have experiences that are difficult for outsiders to understand.

For example: Sometimes you prepare your work with great confidence, but when you publish it, people criticize you so much that you doubt your life.

Sometimes, with the purpose of making money, a piece of work is casually written, but after it is published, it receives numerous positive reviews.

Just like what Tu Dou, the author of "Fights Break Sphere", said: The more you think about and the longer you prepare for a work, the more likely it is to fail.

Cao Sheng thought about the reasons.

Why is this so?
Logically speaking, shouldn't the more thought and time spent preparing a work, the more popular it will be? Why doesn't this work work the same way?
After thinking for a long time, he finally understood.

He feels that the longer you think about and prepare a work, the more innovative it is and the more you want to express. But the more these things you have, the less satisfaction you feel.

Most readers who read online articles do so for pleasure.

What the author sees as innovation may be seen as a mistake by the reader.

However, many of the things the author wants to express are poisonous in the eyes of readers.

On the contrary, those works that are written without thinking.

The plot is often more exciting.

So, recently he has been a little worried about the book's poor sales and reputation.

Fortunately, he is good at adjusting his mentality.

I can still eat and sleep well every day, and after school, I still write.

This evening.

He first landed under the banyan tree as usual and updated a chapter of "I Want to Become an Immortal".

Although this book has been published in Taiwan and will be finally published in simplified Chinese in mainland China this month, there are still hundreds of thousands of words to be serialized online.

At his rate of one update a day, it will continue for a long time.

After updating today's chapter, he went to the book review section to see today's readers' feedback.

As a result, I saw a post like this in the book review section:
"Haha... Mainland book fans are so pitiful! Are you still waiting here for updates on this book? Ours was published last month, and I bought the author's new book today. Hehe, you probably haven't heard of the title of the author's new book, right? Haha! Then I'll be kind and tell you that this new book is called "God's Tomb"! In addition, hehe, this new book is really good! Haha..."

After reading this post, Cao Sheng had a lot of black lines on his forehead.

I thought: Is this Taiwanese book fan too much? Isn't this just putting me on the spot?

Is there anyone who attracts hatred like you?
After you've pulled the hatred, you run away. What should I do? Where can I run?
Sure enough, under this post, hundreds of replies are like this:

Yu Jian Xia Ji: "Fuck! Is what the OP said true or false? Has this book really been published in Taiwan? Has the new book come out?"

China Dream: "Are there any friends from Taiwan who can refute the original poster? Tell me this is not true!"

Xiao Cao's pride: "If what the OP said is true, then it hurts our feelings. So what? We mainland book fans don't deserve to read the author's new book, right? We didn't pay for "I Want to Become an Immortal". We can understand and accept your slow update. But why don't you publish a single chapter of the new book?"

Taipei Yueduren: "My fellow mainland readers, I am a book fan from Taiwan, and I can prove that what the OP said is true. I Want to Become an Immortal was indeed serialized last month here, and the author's new book, Tomb of the Gods, was also released today. Many people rushed to buy it, and the content is indeed very exciting."

Red Apple Reading: "Fuck! The author has a bad conscience! Have you forgotten who made you famous? It was us mainland book fans! Have you forgotten where you are from? You are from the mainland! You treat your own people like this, right? Do you still want to get better? I advise you to be sensible! Hurry up and publish a few more chapters to calm the anger of the brothers! Also, hurry up and publish the new book! Even if it’s just a few chapters for us to have a taste!"

Master Kai came and said, "Yes! Send out the new book quickly!"

Evil Child Liu Yidao: "Surrender your gun and you won't be killed! No! Hand over your new book and you won't be killed!"

……

Seeing more than a hundred comments like this made Cao Sheng smile bitterly.

He felt the pressure from fans.

He thought about it for a while and felt that he could not ignore everyone's call.

His foundation has always been a fan of his own books.

Without these book fans, he is nothing.

Therefore, he retrieved two chapters of "I Want to Become an Immortal" from his manuscript and published them through the author's backend.

And published a single chapter to apologize to everyone.

The attitude is very sincere.

The title is funny.

"I am guilty, I apologize, please forgive me, a sinner!"

The chapter reads: "I have seen the criticisms in the book review section, and I feel ashamed. I think everyone is right. Now that this book has been published, it should be updated faster so that everyone can see the finale as soon as possible.

In addition, I admit that my new book "God's Tomb" has indeed been published in Taiwan, but only the first volume has been published so far. Please bear with me for a few days. I will negotiate with the publisher as soon as possible to see if I can publish a few chapters first for everyone to see. I hope everyone can forgive me for being young and ignorant! Here, I sincerely apologize to everyone! "

(End of this chapter)