I found a cell phone from ten years ago.

Chapter 54: "Failed Authors"

After finishing writing, Li Xu logged into the writer's backstage and updated seven chapters in one go, completing today's guaranteed four chapters, with additional chapters to come.

Then, he also uploaded the "explosive update instructions" and "lucky draw announcement".

After exiting the writer's backstage, Li Xu logged into QQ again and checked the fan group.

It was too early and no one was talking in the fan groups.

At this time, Wang Shengfang, the leader of Fan Group 1, @ed him: "Old Li, are you going to hold a lottery? How do you do it specifically?"

"Old Li is having a raffle? What are the prizes? Can someone tell me?"

"A huge red envelope of 6666 yuan, you're so generous, Lao Li!"

"Do the lottery rules start from now, or does it only count as long as you've voted for the monthly ticket? @李徐."

"I've already voted for 5 Moon cards. Can I still draw? @李徐."

……

As soon as the news of the lucky draw came out, the fan group exploded, with one piece of news after another.

Li Xu thought about it and did not reply to each message one by one. Instead, he wrote a detailed description of the lottery activity first.

He plans to hold an offline fan meeting after the royalties arrive on the 10th of next month, inviting a dozen readers to have a meal together.

At that time, the lottery will be held on site, and the entire process will be broadcast live on YY voice. We will also shoot a video of the event and post it online after it is completed.

Li Xu did this not for anything else but to create hype and gain traffic.

A freshman, becoming a legend with one book, and giving back to fans with a lavish raffle are all things that can be hyped.

He didn't want to just copy books honestly. Even good wine needs no bush. No matter how well a novel is written, it is not as good as good publicity.

Just like the reason why "Fights Break Sphere" is so popular, it is largely because it caught the right time and was included in the mobile reading base.

As of the time when Qidian.com and Mobile Reading Base cancelled their cooperation, it had generated more than 32 billion clicks and 300 million average subscriptions, which will forever be a legend.

Therefore, for novels, platform and exposure are the key to ensuring the best-selling of works.

After sending the lottery instructions to several fan groups, Li Xu stopped reading the messages and directly logged out of QQ.

Then, he unplugged the USB drive, plugged in the USB shield, and logged into the paper gold trading interface.

After watching the market for a while, Li Xu bought some gold.

It was almost 8 o'clock and class was about to start, so he turned off his computer, found his advanced mathematics textbook, and went to the teaching building for class.

At around 4 pm, after class, Li Xu, Xu Haoyang, Shen Qiang and others returned to the dormitory together.

As soon as he entered the dormitory, he sat down at the desk and opened his laptop.

After reaching the starting point, Li Xu first clicked on the page of "Mysterious" and took a look at the monthly tickets. He found that the number of monthly tickets had increased by more than 900 in just one day.

The total number of monthly tickets has exceeded 10503, reaching , surpassing "Fights Break Sphere" and ranking first in the overall list.

However, it is only leading by less than 50 votes and may be overtaken by "Fights Break Sphere" at any time.

Li Xu quickly logged into the writer's backstage and uploaded fourteen chapters in one breath, seven of which were added for monthly tickets, and seven for alliance leaders and rewards.

After one day, there were three more alliance leaders, and now there are more than forty, almost fifty alliance leaders.

"Brother Xu, let's go and have dinner together!" Xu Haoyang walked over, glanced at the computer screen, and then said.

Shen Qiang and Li Guanfu were also standing not far away, obviously preparing to go to the cafeteria together.

"You guys go first, I'll go later." Li Xu stared at the computer screen and said without turning his head.

"Then we'll go first."

After Xu Haoyang and the others left, Li Xu clicked on the page of "Fights Break Sphere" and took a look. As expected, Tudou also added more chapters and asked for votes.

However, Tudou has not yet launched a slogan to compete for the top spot. In other words, although both sides have begun to compete for the top spot, they are still relatively restrained and have not ignited a war.

"Brother Xu!" Someone suddenly called Li Xu. Li Xu turned around and saw that it was Cao Jianfei.

This guy has been busy writing his book "The Knight's Journey in the Martial Arts World" recently and has not come to 416 for a week.

"How's your book going?" Li Xu asked casually.

"I received a text message from the signing station yesterday, and I sent the contract out at noon." Cao Jianfei said excitedly.

After a pause, he continued, "My book was circulated on the 12th, and now it has over 300 collections. Brother Xu, what do you think of my performance?"

"Not bad!" Li Xu looked at Cao Jianfei with a smile.

In total, Cao Jianfei only wrote about 30,000 to 40,000 words before signing the contract, which is a pretty good result for a newcomer.

"Brother Xu, if you hadn't helped me think of ideas and revise the beginning, I don't know when I could sign the contract. I would like to treat you to a meal to thank you very much." Cao Jianfei said sincerely.

He has mentioned inviting Li Xu to dinner three or four times.

"Okay, then let's go to the third floor of the cafeteria and have something to eat." This time Li Xu didn't refuse. He smiled and stood up.

……

In the next few days, Li Xu updated more than 130 chapters every day. In four or five days, he updated more than 40 chapters and more than words.

With the dual support of crazy updates and lucky draws, the monthly ticket count can soar by one or two thousand votes every day.

On the evening of the 23rd, "The Mystery" was overtaken by "Fights Break Sphere" by a small margin and dropped to second place.

On the 24th, "The Mystery" caught up with "Fights Break Sphere" and once again topped the overall list with a lead of more than 100 votes.

On the 25th, "The Mystery" led "Fights Break Sphere" by more than 450 votes.

On the 26th, "The Mystery" led "Fights Break Sphere" by more than 1000 votes.

By the 27th, "The Mystery" was already leading "Fights Break Sphere" by nearly 17326 votes, with monthly votes reaching .

With less than 4 days left until the end of this month, it is already leading by votes, which is a huge advantage. If there is no special way, it will be difficult for "Fights Break Sphere" to overtake.

Tudou seemed to have been updating the chapters at a rapid pace these days, four or five chapters a day, but he couldn't hold on any longer and only updated two chapters on the 26th.

On the evening of the 27th, as soon as Li Xu logged into QQ, he found that he had been pulled into a new group called "Pushie Author Group".

He clicked on the group and took a look, and found that there were only twenty or thirty people in the group, but each person's nickname was extraordinary.

Group leader: Those who can’t dance, dance.

Administrator: No longer a wandering toad, I am blood red.

Group members: Shenji, Lao Baihe, Fanqie, Tudou, Bu Xianyu, I’m not called Ergen…

Wow, this is not a group of failed authors, it is clearly a gathering place for a group of online literature masters!

However, it is quite a bad taste that a group created by a group of great masters is named the "Failed Authors Group".

The group was quiet, no one was spamming, and I didn't know if anyone was online or not.

"Hello everyone!" Li Xu thought for a moment and sent a message.

As soon as he finished posting, the group owner who can’t dance @ed him: “Welcome to the group!”

My name is not Er Gen: "Welcome new members to the group!"

Lao Baihe @ Li Xu: "Dude, you're too awesome! You're updating 70,000 or 80,000 words every day. Have you finished writing the entire "Mystery" book?"

Shenji@Li Xu: "Your writing style doesn't seem like a newbie. Have you written a book before?"

……

Just when Li Xu was about to type a reply, Tudou also @ed him.

(End of this chapter)