Back to 1997, I became the originator of online literature

Chapter 536 Rapidly Rising Initial Subscription Data
Add to that the snail-paced internet speeds of this era, and it took Cao Sheng more than 6 minutes to publish all four chapters.

After all four chapters were released, Cao Sheng saw that the first VIP chapter, which had just been released, already had 196 subscribers.

After refreshing the author's backend, the number of subscribers for the first VIP chapter jumped to 253.
After refreshing the page again, it rose to 329.
Keep in mind that he was continuously refreshing the webpage.

Every time I refresh the page, it increases by so much.

It's easy to imagine how many book lovers are waiting for this book to be released at this time.

The rapid increase in subscription numbers relieved Cao Sheng.

Before the book was released, he was confident that the initial subscription data would not be bad, but the performance of a new book after it was released was uncertain.

In the history of the original timeline, there were books with a subscription ratio of 50 to 1, or even 100 to 1, but several of them would appear every week.

Imagine a new book going through a month and a half or even two months of hard work to get it published, finally accumulating a few thousand or even ten or twenty thousand favorites.

If the order-to-receiver ratio at the time of product listing is 50 to 1, or even 100 to 1.
How significant would that be psychologically for the author?
For example, if there are 5000 total collections and the subscription ratio is 50 to 1, the number of first subscriptions in 24 hours is 100. Even if these 100 people subscribe to all the paid chapters updated by the author every day, they would generally only spend one or two cents a day, because the price of online novels at this time is 2 cents per thousand words. Even so, the website usually takes half of that. If the monthly royalties exceed 800, the government will also collect 20% tax from you.

How much money can an author earn after a day of hard work writing?

Is that enough for breakfast?
Is that enough to buy a pack of cigarettes?
If the subscription-to-receiver ratio is 100 to 1, the situation will be even more dire.

10000个收藏，100比1的收订比，24小时首订人数也就100个。

Therefore, the extremely high rate of unfinished online novels cannot be entirely blamed on the writers themselves.

After all, writing until the book is published usually requires writing more than 200,000 words, updating at least several thousand words every day, which is already very difficult for many writers.

If you finally manage to hold on until the day of publication, but the number of first-time subscribers is pitifully small, no matter how you calculate it, you won't earn more than a few dollars after a hard day's work. Even if you work your butt off and write 30 words a month, you can only earn a few hundred dollars. If you were in that situation, could you persevere?

Just like those factory workers who tighten screws, if everyone knew that working 12 hours a day and working hard for a month wouldn't even earn enough to cover rent and food, who could stop them from giving up?
In front of the computer.

Cao Sheng refreshed the author's backend webpage from time to time.

The number of subscribers for the four newly released VIP chapters continues to climb.

Ten minutes after the first VIP chapter was released, the number of subscribers for the first VIP chapter exceeded 1000.

Fourteen minutes later, the number of subscribers for the first VIP chapter surpassed 2000.
One hour after the first VIP chapter was released, Cao Sheng refreshed the author's backend again and saw that the number of subscribers for the first VIP chapter had reached 3662.
The sheer number of subscribers in just one hour put Cao Sheng at ease.

He roughly estimated that the book would have around 7000 first-hour orders.

As for how he estimated it?
It's very simple; just multiply the number of subscribers in one hour by 2.
Is this calculation accurate?

He believed it would be roughly the same.

Because his new book was released at midnight.

If it's going to be available at noon, his estimate is probably inaccurate.

But it is midnight now.

Based on his past experiences of releasing content in his original timeline, if the content is released at midnight, the first peak in subscriptions will occur between midnight and 1 a.m.

About half of the readers will subscribe and support during this period.

After 1 a.m., although some night owls still subscribe, the number of subscribers has decreased significantly.

The number of subscribers will only see a significant increase the following morning, but the number of subscribers in the morning will not be very high. The second peak of first-time subscriptions will only occur in the afternoon, especially from evening to 10 pm.

If his launch message is touching enough and his sob story is convincing enough, then the number of subscribers between midnight and 1 a.m. will account for more than half of the total number of subscribers for the 24 songs. The number of subscribers in the 23 hours after 1 a.m. will not even be as high as the number of subscribers in that one hour.

Conversely, if his launch message is mediocre and fails to ignite the interest of most readers to subscribe and support, then... the number of subscribers in the 23 hours after 1 a.m. will exceed the number of subscribers between midnight and 1 a.m.

Cao Sheng thought about it for a moment and realized that his book launch message did seem rather perfunctory.

Therefore, the number of first-time bookings within 24 hours will most likely exceed 7000?

Cao Sheng had this thought in his mind.

For specific data, we'll have to wait until midnight tomorrow.

His QQ avatar on his computer was flashing non-stop, with people constantly sending him private messages asking about the subscription data for his book.

Cao Sheng would occasionally take screenshots and show them to them.

During this period, Jin Hezai, San Shao, Luo Sen, and others sent private messages one after another to inquire about the data.

Cao Sheng would always send them screenshots of the subscription data.

When Jin He asked, the time was 12:31.

Cao Shengfa's previous single chapter had 2733 subscribers.
A few seconds later, Jin Hezai uttered an interjection—"Damn!"

When the Third Young Master sent a private message to inquire, it was 12:43 PM. The screenshot Cao Sheng sent showed that the number of subscribers for the single chapter was 3228.
After a long silence, the third young master finally sent a message: "Amazing! As expected of you! I admire you!"

Rosen sent the private message at 1:03 AM.

Cao Sheng sent a screenshot showing that the number of subscribers for the single chapter exceeded 3600.
Rosen silently sent a thumbs-up emoji.

Then, another message came: "You're going to break your previous book's subscription record! It seems the only one who can break your record is yourself. Congratulations!"

There were also more than a dozen other authors who sent private messages.

Cao Sheng would simply send them screenshots of the subscription data each time.

It was late at night, and he was too lazy to move his fingers. He didn't want to type anymore, so he simply used one hand to take a screenshot of the subscription data and send it to them. That was much easier.

If it weren't for checking the subscription data within the first hour after the product was released, he would usually shut down his computer and go downstairs to rest before midnight every day.

Besides his colleagues, many readers also sent him private messages.

Many readers tagged him in his fan group, asking how many subscribers he had.

For example: Zhongyuan Yidianhui No.1 Group.

Evil Child Liu Yidao: "Ah Hui! How's the subscription data? @Zhongyuan Yidianhui"

As soon as this question was raised, many of the group members who had been lurking in the background were brought out.

Those guessing about the subscription data and asking about the subscription data quickly added hundreds of chat records to the group chat box.

中原一点灰2号群、3号群、4号群、5号群……12号群里，都有人在询问和讨论《修真聊天群》的订阅数据。

Yes, Cao Sheng currently has 12 fan groups.

Each fan group has long since been upgraded to a super-large group with a maximum of 1000 members.

Except for groups 11 and 12, which are not yet full, the other 10 fan groups were full last month.

Among them, some readers are from Qidian.com, while others are fans gathered from websites such as Rongshu.com. Of course, among these 12 fan groups, a few fans have joined more than one fan group. According to Cao Sheng's observation, some readers have joined two or three fan groups.

A very few people, who were so bored that they even added him to all 12 of his fan groups.

However, he roughly estimates that his 12 fan groups currently have more than 10000 members.

In the online literature world of this era, this should be unique to Scorpion Poop.

After all, QQ's chat group feature was only recently launched.

Many writers haven't even established fan groups yet.

Even some popular authors may not have thought of creating fan groups yet.

Cao Sheng, with his precognitive advantage as a reborn individual, knew that in the online literature circle, especially in this era, using fan groups to gather one's own fans was an excellent way to solidify one's base. Therefore, when QQ first launched the chat group function, he had his assistant Wang Jing arrange for someone to create and manage a fan group for him.

In this way, he gathered tens of thousands of fans in a short period of time.

With so many fans, as long as he maintains these fan groups well, it will be difficult for him to flop when he releases a new book in the future.

At crucial moments, when it comes to climbing the charts, simply making a few announcements in these fan groups might be more effective than posting individual chapters asking for votes.

It's already 1:30 a.m.

Cao Sheng had not yet gone downstairs to rest.

Still sitting in front of the computer, constantly replying to private messages from authors and readers, and also taking time to answer questions in various fan groups, occasionally cracking a joke or two with everyone.

For him, the release of "Cultivation Chat Group" was a very important event.

For book lovers, the release of this book is also a big event.

Therefore, his fans in his fan groups were much more active tonight than usual.

Many people spoke enthusiastically.

Some people would disappear for a moment while chatting, and when they spoke again, they would tell Cao Sheng in the group, "Ah Hui! I just tipped you 100 yuan. My ability is limited, so I can only support this much. Please don't mind!"

Some people, while chatting, would suddenly say, "Ah Hui! I'll make you a leader in the alliance! If I make you a leader in the alliance, can you give me a minor role in the book?"

Someone who hadn't spoken in the group suddenly popped up and said, "This is the first time I've seen Ah Hui up close like this. I'm giving him a guild leader reward to celebrate. Ah Hui, please check!"

Looking at the donation messages that kept appearing in the group, Cao Sheng couldn't help but feel nostalgic for a period of time in the original era.

That was the first time he had written a somewhat successful work on Qidian.

The book's 24-hour first-order data was not outstanding among the new books released at the same time. When it was released, more than a dozen of the works in the same batch were featured on the homepage of Qidian, but his book was directly released in the category's featured position.

The exposure has decreased significantly.

The number of people who added it to their favorites when it was first released was not high, only a little over 8,000.

However, his book had a very impressive subscription rate after it was released.

More than 8,000 people added the item to their favorites, which resulted in more than 800 first-time subscribers.

Back then, he thought that when he was working, he had to work at least 8 hours a day. Now that he was writing a novel and finally had a book with over 800 first-day subscriptions, he should work harder and write for at least 8 hours a day.

With this mindset, during the first month after the book was published, he updated 4 chapters every day, with 3000 words per chapter, and the total number of words updated every day exceeded 12000.

Many years later, some people said: Miracles happen with great effort.

Back then, he updated more than 12000 words every day for the first month after his book was published, which really had a miraculous effect.

With over 800 initial orders, the average daily order volume is increasing daily due to such a large number of updates.

He works like an old ox every day, burying himself in writing.

His editor quietly gave him a featured spot on the homepage.

Around the middle of the month, he was featured on the homepage with six channels.

The number of people in his fan group is increasing every day.

During that period, the atmosphere in his fan group was particularly good.

People chat in the group whenever they have free time, and occasionally tag the author.

During that period, he wrote 12000 words every day, like a writing machine. His life was very boring. Apart from eating, sleeping and going to the toilet, he basically sat in front of the computer every day.

When he's tired from writing, he'll open the fan group and chat with his friends. He'll take on any topic and treat his fans like friends.

And these book fans were very accommodating.

Unbeknownst to him, his book was placed in the top 10 of the monthly ticket rankings on the city channel.

When his work climbed into the top ten of the monthly ticket chart for the urban fiction category, someone in the group tagged him and told him the news. Only then did he belatedly realize that his book seemed to be quite popular.

Looking at the top ten works on the monthly ticket ranking for the urban fiction category, apart from his own book, all the others were works by popular authors from Qidian. At that moment, he felt very unreal, wondering how he had ended up among these works.

Then he wanted to stay on that list for a few more days, and then a few more.

result?

His book climbed into the top 6 of the monthly ticket charts in the urban fiction category.
Occasionally, when there are large sales, it can even reach the top spot, runner-up, or third place in daily sales rankings on the Qidian homepage.

Everyone has a most beautiful memory.

At this moment, in the early morning of the day when "Cultivation Chat Group" was launched, Cao Sheng inexplicably recalled that period of time deep in his memory, and the corners of his mouth had already turned up slightly without him realizing it.

For him, that period of time was probably the most beautiful memory he had before his rebirth.

During that period, he was completely focused and updated more than 12000 words every day for more than 100 consecutive days, setting a new record for his highest update volume ever. It can be said that he gave it his all.

During that same period, in his seemingly dull and monotonous life, he had friends from five book-loving groups who would joke around with him and talk about everything in the groups every day.

During that same period, he tasted success for the first time.

You see, as someone born in a rural area, he failed his college entrance exam and went to a junior college in despair. After graduation, he worked as an accountant, but he could never see any hope for his future. In terms of relationships, he never dared to confess his feelings to Qian Zhenyu, whom he had a crush on in high school. After failing the college entrance exam, he lost even more courage to confess. His girlfriend in college also broke up with him after graduation. After entering the workforce, he also encountered repeated setbacks in his love life...

It can be said that he had never tasted success before that book became a hit.

I wonder what it feels like to be successful in life.

A sense of inferiority always lingered in my heart.

Therefore, the success of that book was like seeing a ray of light finally appear ahead of his life, which had been shrouded in darkness for more than twenty years.

(End of this chapter)