Rebirth 08: Equipment God

Chapter 89 Young Zhai Da's trip was not in vain

I had a pleasant chat with Editor-in-Chief Lou En. Although due to his age, his tone was a bit like talking to a child, with a long drawn-out tone and a strange intonation.
But the sincerity is great.

"Xiao Zhai, don't worry. This work is amazing and definitely meets the standards for publication! Heroes are born young."

Zhai Da endured the other party's strange tone, thinking that even if Tao Zhe had a wire in his mouth, he couldn't turn it around like you...
They really treat him as a child.

"Thank you, Editor-in-Chief Lou, for your approval. I wonder how many copies you can order for the first printing?"

"Although you are a new author, the quality is there. You have also won the first place in the 'Micro-Novel Competition'. Plus, you are a high school student! These are all good promotional points."

"If the quality of the remaining copies can be maintained, I think it will not be a problem to set the quantity at 5000. We also have many channels, and we will not be able to distribute the goods if there are fewer."

He did not give any answers such as "try his best" or "maybe" because as the editor-in-chief he could decide for himself.

This is the benefit of communicating directly with the people above you.

This first print run is already quite impressive for a debut novel. Most people would print 500 copies first.

Zhai Da: "I heard from Siwen that you also follow my blog?"

Lou En smiled and said, "Yes, I also write a blog, but not many people read it. Your blog is often posted on the front page, so I have seen it, but to be honest, I can't keep up with your young thinking and don't quite understand it."

Zhai Da thought to himself that it would be great if you understood it.
That's something stupid.

"Tell me, if I promote it on my blog, will it have a positive effect on sales?"

Lou En nodded and said, "You must promote your own books. There will be some effect, but it will definitely not increase by tens of thousands like you did with your blog. We also have some writers with many fans on their blogs, but it is not easy to convert them into physical book sales."

This is the truth. Firstly, the Internet age has not yet fully arrived. Even the "most popular" blogs at the moment do not actually have that much coverage and user base.

In addition, it costs more than ten or twenty dollars to buy books, and it is very troublesome to go offline.

Even if the plug-in effect of [Joker Poker] is used to guarantee exposure, it is useless if the conversion rate is pitifully low.

Zhai Da suddenly had an idea: "What if I publish some content on my blog in advance? For example, divide the first 10,000 words into many articles and publish them in a serialized form."

“It’s hard to get people to buy a book just by saying I wrote it. But if tens of thousands of people have already read it, started to feel involved, and are looking forward to the sequel, I suddenly cut it off! There’s no more to come!”

Lou En: “That’s not good.”

"What's wrong?"

Lou En: That's a bit inhuman.

This is also inconsistent with the rules of the contemporary publishing industry. Once something like a blog is posted, it cannot be taken back. How can it not be spread everywhere? Pirated books are already rampant.

But Zhai Da thought more and more that it was a good idea. First, it would have a strong publicity effect, and second, he could earn money from the number of readers of his blog.
Earn double the money from one book!

If someone reposts it, please do so! The more the better! This is not piracy, this is tap water!
To put it bluntly, the title of a micro-novel competition champion alone is not enough to stimulate the physical book market. To put yourself in the other person's shoes, Zhai Da himself would not care about such works, even if he follows the other person online.

Still have to take some tricks.

However, Zhai Da would not take it for granted as a reborn person. Having the concepts of later generations is a great help, but when entering a field that he is completely unfamiliar with, he still has to listen to the advice of professionals.

He talked a lot about some of his ideas with Editor-in-Chief Lou En, and in the end it seemed that he really shook the editor.

"This may be a new approach, but I may need to think about it and ask other young people in the company for their opinions. I am a little behind the times, but I am not opposed to new things."

"Nowadays, everyone is talking about 'innovation'!"

Finally, they discussed some details and agreed to contact each other again in two days.

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The next day was the first day of school after the third mock exam.

As usual, Zhai Da had breakfast, said goodbye to Lu Wei who was studying at home, and then parted ways with Yu Xiaoli at the gate of the community.

Playing with playing cards in his hands, he now has the blessing of "nimble hands" and increasingly skilled techniques, and has directly reached a very high professional level. He also prepared some simple magic props.

With a snap of his fingers, several playing cards flew out, then spun back. The multiple playing cards in the air looked like swallows flying out and returning continuously. The visual effect was far more shocking than a single playing card flying back.

The principle is actually similar to the clown throwing the ball, it’s just that the hands are quicker, but that one is too “clown”.

And this brother of mine is so handsome! Zhai Da smiled. He likes to play these fancy tricks more and more.

It’s not a waste of practice.

When he arrived at the school gate, it was still busy and noisy in the early morning. Unlike when he was just reborn, it was now completely summer and most people were wearing summer school uniforms, including Zhai Da himself.

The short-sleeved shirt with collar and synthetic trousers are not good-looking, but the youthful charm is stronger.

Some people say that school uniforms seal up youth and make everyone just like everyone else.

But in fact, it is youth that seals the school uniform. When it ends.

It won't be long before everyone says goodbye to this outfit.

And I will never have the courage to wear it again in my life.

When passing by a place, I saw a large group of people gathered together, looking at the bulletin board, I didn't know what they were looking at.

Zhai Da took a quick look but couldn't see clearly, so he didn't stop and continued walking inside.

But he was stopped by someone.

"Zhai Da!"

Turning around, it was Lin Shuyao.

Lin Shuyao stood there pretty, standing out among the crowd of tall, short, fat and thin people. This deskmate who was still a little twisted actually rarely talked to Zhai Da outside the class.

Because Zhai Da didn't pay much attention to her, it was okay to do it at her seat, but it was a bit embarrassing to do it outside.

Lin Shuyao pointed at the sign: "You might want to take a look at this..."

There was also disbelief in his tone.

Zhai Da didn't want to pay attention to her, but he vaguely heard people whispering, "He is Zhai Da?"

"It's amazing! Not only is the composition well written, but the total score is so high!"

So I turned back and walked towards the sign.

The crowd parted for him.

On the notice board, there was a red paper grade list. This was the last time that Woolen Textile Middle School announced the rankings.

Zhai Da never looked at this kind of thing before, especially in his previous life, because the school only listed the top 100 students in liberal arts and science.

That has nothing to do with the former "high school student Zhai Da".

But today, he walked to the front, starting from the 100th place at the bottom and looking upwards.

The names were like hills that were climbed, and finally "Young Zhai Da" found himself at the top of the list.

Once upon a time, "High School Student Zhai Da" also fantasized about this scene.

Inexplicably, for some unknown reason, everyone suddenly started clapping together.

Snap, snap, snap. Snap, snap..
This applause was not abrupt, because...
"Center Stage": I am the protagonist!

"First place: Zhai Da, total score 404 (A)."

In the center of the crowd, Zhai Da had a smile on his face.

He is now becoming more and more fond of playing these fancy tricks.

Young Zhai Da
Not in vain.

　Thanks to the leader "Hey, what are you doing" for the reward.

　　Become the first ally of this book.

　　3, 2, 1, ready! Go!
　　A grateful heart~Thank you for having you~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)