Is not being able to do as you please also called rebirth?

Chapter 38 The Monthly Ticket Battle and the Platinum Contract!

After Class 3 of Senior Three finished performing the choral piece "Ode to Young China," the entire audience erupted in applause and cheers that lasted for several minutes.

This song's impact on the audience far surpasses that of "As You Wish".

After all, almost everyone present was a teenager, or had been a teenager.

Without a doubt, both of Jiang Xun's performances won first place.

As the most dazzling performer at the event, he became the focus of everyone's discussion.

Numerous photos and videos from the event were uploaded online.

With his outstanding physique and appearance, as well as various accolades, he has also generated considerable buzz online.

However, even though 2010 was the inaugural year for Weibo, the combined registered users of platforms such as Sina, Tencent, Sohu, and NetEase were only in the tens of millions.

Many netizens are still active in forums and online communities, but students at Yinxian No. 1 Middle School certainly rarely browse online communities and forums.

At most, they would upload the videos and photos to QQ Space and then forward them among the students.

Therefore, Jiang Xun's name was only discussed among middle school students for a while, and did not become an overnight sensation.

"As You Wish" and "Ode to Young China" cannot even be uploaded and made money because the complete versions have not yet been recorded.

However, Jiang Xun had no intention of becoming a star singer, and naturally didn't care about becoming famous.

Entering the entertainment industry is out of the question; it's too complicated for him to handle. However, female celebrities in the industry might be a better option.

……

After the event, everything returned to normal.

Although Jiang Xun had gained some fame in Yin County, his life did not change much.

Every day is still the same: attending classes, reading books, writing at night, and occasionally taking some time to play ball or go for a run.

Chen Shixuan has left school to go to the city for intensive training in preparation for the art exam. She will not return to class until the art exam is over.

That day, after Jiang Xun finished his performance, she cornered him in a dark corner and bit him twice, leaving teeth marks.

This is someone imitating Zhao Min biting Zhang Wuji; it's obvious they've been watching "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" a lot and are quite addicted.

Yang Kaiyi remained as quiet and elegant as ever. Although she still studied with Jiang Xun on weekends, and although the two occasionally had some ambiguous interactions,
However, she still kept her distance from Jiang Xun.

As for Jiang Xun, he really couldn't find the time to win the heart of a young girl this month, because he was engaged in a monthly ticket battle with Potato.

Yes, he actually competed with the wildly popular "Battle Through the Heavens" for the top spot on the December monthly ticket chart!
This story begins with a revelation made by Wogua himself.

When this guy heard someone in the group of top-tier writers say that Potato was the youngest platinum author, he instinctively retorted.

He said that one of the new writers he mentors is only 18 years old this year and should become the youngest platinum author.

At the time, not a single person in the group, whether author or editor, believed him.

Want to become a platinum at 18? Are you kidding me?

At that age, most students are either in high school or working outside. How can you possibly write a platinum-level work?

Even Potato himself posted a laughing emoji in the group chat. Although it wasn't meant to be malicious, it was later interpreted by netizens as mockery.

Seeing that no one believed him, Wogua directly said that the author of "The Night Watchman," who appeared second on the monthly ticket list, "Xunyangjiangtou," was now 18 years old.

He said he didn't believe it at first either, and thought the author had registered the account using someone else's ID.

It wasn't until he communicated with "Xunyangjiangtou" by phone several times that he confirmed that the author of "The Great Qin Night Watchman" was indeed just an 18-year-old high school student.

Now everyone believed it, but they also found it incredible.

Someone posted this screenshot on forums and Tieba, which immediately sparked a war between "Battle Through the Heavens" and "The Night Watchman".

The contrast between 20-year-old Tudou and 18-year-old Xunyangjiangtou is quite striking.

In addition, both "Battle Through the Heavens" and "The Night Watchman" are highly controversial novels, receiving mixed reviews.

Those who like it really like it, and those who dislike it absolutely hate it, so a war of words between the two sides is about to break out. Adding to this, these two books are currently ranked first and second on the monthly ticket chart, so readers have automatically started a monthly ticket war.

In reality, Jiang Xun and Tudou were both forced into this situation, and all they could do was work hard to write and repay everyone's enthusiastic votes and donations.

It has to be said that "Battle Through the Heavens" was quite terrifying that year, ranking first on Baidu's Hot Topics list for an entire year.

During its serialization, the average daily subscription exceeded 40,000, with high subscriptions exceeding 60,000, and various other record-breaking data.

"The Night Watchman" has only been updated for less than two months, with a total word count of less than 500,000, which is still far behind "Battle Through the Heavens".

Even so, the monthly ticket battle was surprisingly close, with the winner only emerging on the very last day.

"The Night Watchman" received 24012 votes, breaking the previous monthly vote record set by "Panlong".

"Battle Through the Heavens" received 25599 votes, becoming the first novel to surpass 25,000 monthly votes.

Although "The Night Watchman" ultimately lost, it can be considered a glorious defeat.

In fact, Jiang Xun himself not only didn't lose, but he won so much that he was completely overwhelmed.

This monthly ticket battle not only allowed him to amass dozens of alliance leaders and receive a large amount of rewards in a single month;

This further boosted his average daily subscription to over 20000! High-end subscriptions reached 23000! And his number of favorites reached 30!

Without this monthly ticket battle, the popularity of "The Night Watchman" might be a notch lower, and the average subscription rate wouldn't have broken 20,000 so quickly.

This can be considered as riding on the coattails of "Battle Through the Heavens" to accelerate the accumulation of readers for this book.

In the monthly exam at the beginning of January, Jiang Xun still held the top spot in the grade, scoring 651 points.

Yu Sheng, who came in second place, scored 632, and Yang Kaiyi, who came in third place, scored 629.

However, Jiangxun's ranking in the province dropped out of the top 30, falling to 43rd.

There was nothing he could do; Jiang Xun had been so busy writing last month that he hadn't even done many college entrance exam papers, so his problem-solving efficiency naturally declined.

However, this has led many to believe that he has reached his limit and can no longer push himself further.

"It's good enough that he can maintain his top ranking in his grade at No. 1 High School, as for the whole province..."

"Top 10 is definitely out of the question, and top 30 is probably out of reach too. Let's see if we can hold onto top 50."

This is how many people privately evaluate Jiang Xun. Although it seems like they don't think highly of him, it actually reflects very high expectations.

Some people were even worried that he would fall from first place in the grade, since the second and third place students were also catching up quite closely.

It was under these circumstances that Jiang Xun received a call from the editor-in-chief of Qidian.com.

The other party invited him to Shanghai to attend the upcoming writers' annual meeting and to discuss the platinum contract with him.

Yes, Qidian has decided to make an exception and sign a platinum contract with Jiang Xun, a newbie who hasn't even finished writing a single book!
An 18-year-old platinum author, though incredible, is fully qualified, as long as "The Night Watchman" can be updated regularly.

The main reason is that some changes that happened on the website in April this year have made Qidian (the website's name) worry.

If Jiang Xun were poached by his station, the loss would be enormous.

Jiang Xun had no reason to refuse, whether it was for the title of platinum author or to meet those legendary masters.

This trip to Shanghai was something he absolutely had to do.

But this means I'll have to come clean with my parents.

My dad has been extremely stressed about the shop lately, and his hair has even turned a bit gray.

This confrontation will hopefully stop my dad and uncle from wasting their time and energy at that run-down motorcycle shop and get them to do some business with better prospects.

For example, buy a few storefronts in the future CBD of the county town and sell electric vehicles.

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