Guide to Becoming a Tyrant in Online Novels

Yao Guang quickly sent Lin Ke a message saying "Hello, editor." Lin Ke saw it but didn't reply immediately. There were too many messages from authors in the list, and she forgot about it while she was busy. She didn't contact Yao Guang until the next day when she went to work.

After exchanging a few polite words, she gave him the most basic signing level and the most basic traffic recommendation. After completing the signing process, she went back to reviewing the manuscript, not expecting this book, which was just filling up the library, to make any waves.

After successfully signing the contract, Yao Guang looked at the signed author badge below her profile picture and felt very happy. She was determined to update regularly and even add more chapters.

Readers noticed the bookmark and started leaving comments.

"Great news! Dawn has finally broken! I told you this was a divine book! It's a pity those eating fast food can't see it. But that's fine, they don't deserve it!"

"Found a treasure! My sense of accomplishment increases by 1! I'm going to report this to the United Nations! (Just kidding)"

"Congratulations! How many chapters are you planning to write tonight after being rejected so many times?"

……

Time flew by, and Lin Ke was lost in a sea of ​​cringeworthy manuscripts. When she saw a large number of authors applying for recommendations, she went crazy and simply resorted to using templates to fob off the requests. Yao Guang was one of those who were fob off the requests.

Since signing the contract, he has been checking the book's data twice a hour. The number of comments on the book is increasing, and its ranking on the list is getting higher and higher, but it can never reach a very high position.

He clicked on the top-ranked books and found that the number of comments and the quality of the articles were not as good as those of Po Ji. He felt that this was abnormal and did not understand whether he had misjudged or whether they had some hidden buff.

He texted Lin Ke, but Lin Ke's last reply was two days ago, a casual "I know." This time it was even worse; he waited a whole day without a reply.

He was a little angry. His submissions were rejected by the template, and even after they were approved, the template gave him a perfunctory response, and the other party didn't even bother to be polite.

He changed Lin Ke's nickname from "Editor" to "Missing Person" and then continued writing and updating.

Meanwhile, fellow authors in the suspense genre were starting to be bewildered.

"Where did this ridiculous thing come from? Climbing the rankings so fast, is it botched?"

"I checked, and it's not fake; the comments section is full of real readers. While the beginning was slow-burning, the third chapter is incredibly powerful. Once readers get to that point, they almost never leave; it's extremely engaging. Moreover, it's a highly complex genre with a strong ability to draw readers in. Most importantly, its core isn't a formulaic story, but rather the author's own talent, which makes it extremely difficult to replicate. This kind of anomaly will either not get a contract or will soar to great heights."

"Master, although it has some status now, I don't think it's that great."

"Don't be fooled. Right now, it's probably being ignored by the editors as a task to fill the library, so they haven't given it any quota. But if that's really the case, then it's even more terrifying, because it means the book itself is exceptionally good. I'm certain that it won't be long before the editors realize what's going on and start keeping an eye on this book. If it doesn't suddenly die from not updating, updating poorly, or crossing the line, and instead grows up smoothly, then you'll be crying."

"Does the author mean we should target it? That's unnecessary. It's a book without any cheat codes or systems, and it's written in the first person. It's already impressive that it's reached 300,000 words. Is it worth our time to bother dealing with it?"

"I'm just providing analysis and reminding you to prepare in advance as a precaution; I'm not telling you to deal with it yourself. If you don't believe me, then just wait and see."

……

A week later, the suspense group held a morning meeting. The editor-in-chief said that another dark horse book had emerged on other platforms and asked if there were any comparable books on their own new book charts.

Cai Cai said, "There aren't any books that can compete with it yet, but we have a book on the chart called 'Breaking Taboo,' which seems to be climbing the charts very fast. It climbed into the top ten new books in just one week."

"Breaking Taboo? That name sounds familiar," the editor asked疑惑地问道, "Whose book is 'Breaking Taboo'?"

Old Liu suddenly said, "It's the first-person folklore book that Xiao Ke signed."

Lin Ke paused for three seconds before suddenly remembering that she had indeed signed a taboo book before, and said somewhat awkwardly, "I've been so busy lately that I forgot."

The editor-in-chief asked, "The manuscript is so promising, Xiao Ke, did you give it an A-level designation back then?"

Lin Ke shook her head: "No, I gave you a C-class visa."

Some people were surprised: "A C-level visa? Doesn't that mean it climbed the rankings entirely on its own?"

Old Liu chuckled and muttered, his voice trailing off, "I never thought first-person narration could work..."

Lin Ke fell completely silent, not daring to look the editor-in-chief in the eye.

"Go back and check the data and then tell me." The editor-in-chief didn't pursue her mistake, but simply reminded her, "Don't always focus on the review process and the 'featured' articles. Pay more attention to the new books you've signed."

散会后，林可赶忙查破忌的后台数据，顿时懵圈了：「8万字、日更6k、收藏835、评论312条、追读15％、留存78％、读者群像男72％/女28％、新书榜第九……」

She was stunned for a long time before she came to her senses.

Such low readership, yet such high retention rate!

This book is amazing!

She quickly reported the situation to the editor-in-chief, who was also stunned when he saw the data. He opened the book's page and looked at it for a while, confirming that the data was not manipulated, and immediately concluded: "The lack of previous recommendations limited its potential, but the slow start and the first-person narrative are indeed problems... Let's give it a recommendation first and see how it goes. Contact the author and ask him to ensure the quality of updates during this period."

Lin Ke scrolled for a while before finally finding Yao Guang's chat box. After clicking in, she felt a little embarrassed.

She quickly sent a message: "Yaoguang, the book's stats are good, it's about to be recommended. Keep up the quality of your updates during this period!"

At that moment, Yao Guang, who had just been transferred to the day shift, was being berated by her supervisor: "The dormitory is upstairs, you can take the elevator down to the main gate and still be late! One more time and your full attendance bonus will be deducted!"

After the supervisor left, Da Tang gloated and elbowed him in the waist: "Your eyesight was never good to begin with, and you haven't been sleeping lately. Look at those dark circles under your eyes! Come on, tell me honestly, are you writing a book or chasing girls? Is your editor a woman?"

Yao Guang complained, "You have the nerve to say that? You didn't even wake me up. I'll deduct your perfect attendance bonus from your account later."

"Pah! I called you twice, and you were sleeping like a log. Whose fault is that? I thought you were off today!" Da Tang continued teasingly. "Boss Yang, there are so many beautiful women in the customer service department, why don't you go after the female editor? It's pointless. Just accept reality, kid!"

Yao Guang rolled her eyes at him and ignored this idiot who had been brainwashed by wish-fulfillment novels and short dramas.

After taking over the post, he leaned back in his chair and found that there was nothing to do. Supervisor Yama had left. Just as he was about to take out his phone to play a couple of rounds of Honor of Kings, the missing person suddenly sent him a message.

"Ready for a recommendation? What do you mean?" Yao Guang was silent for a moment, then suddenly realized, "So I didn't even get a recommendation before? No wonder! The forum was right, internal contracts are the favored children, direct contracts are the stepchildren!"

Yao Guang was furious, but when she thought that she would be the one to suffer if she went against the editor, she suppressed her anger and replied with a single word.

Ok.

Lin Ke kept taking out her phone to check messages, feeling awkward about whether to sit or stand.

Before, it was Yao Guang who was anxiously waiting for a reply, but now it's her turn. She keeps thinking, "Will the author be angry? Will they stop updating? What should she say if they question her..."

"bite."

The alarm bell rang.

Yiji Yaoguang replied with an "Mm".

She breathed a long sigh of relief and quickly sent a gentle and cute emoji, but the other party did not reply, and she did not care.

The next day, the platform started recommending Po Ji. Lin Ke's focus had shifted to this book, and the previously most important tasks of reviewing manuscripts and his other works became less important.

A week after the data was released, the entire suspense group's attention was drawn to the new book charts.

"Breaking the taboo of 100,000 words, the number of favorites exceeded 2,000, the number of comments increased by 200, the number of readers following the book reached 34%, the retention rate remained in the range of 75% to 78%, and the new book chart climbed to third place."

"Breaking the taboo with 130,000 words, over 4,000 favorites, 500 new comments, 57% of readers following the book, over 80% retention rate, number one on the new book chart, a precipitous domination of the charts! This isn't something we promoted, it's the algorithm at work, holy crap!"

The comments section was buzzing with activity.

"I've stumbled upon this! But I can't leave! The female lead Yun Yu's 'Brother, you must live,' and the male lead Yang Yu's 'I won't let my sister die, I'm going to take her home!' are so sweet! This mutual redemption is locked in! I'll swallow the key!"

"Isn't this tastier than industrial saccharin? (Honestly)"

"Wait, why is there suddenly a bunch of people shipping this couple in the comments section? This is a suspense book!"

"So what! I'm going to ship them! Sisters, let's defeat these locals who're stopping us from shipping our love!"

……

Because he was ignored by the editor, Yang Yu stopped giving his trust. He stopped trying to boost the bookstore's rankings, and he just glanced at the surge in data and comments that appeared in the background. He figured that this was how it would be once the word count increased, so he didn't care and continued writing as usual.

The editors in the suspense group were all dumbfounded. Old Liu was pounding his chest and stamping his feet, shouting that he had missed out on a billion dollars. Cai Cai stared at the comments section, while the old man on the subway looked at his phone and said, "Xiao Ke, it seems like you've signed a monster."

Lin Ke was confused, but then a strong sense of pride welled up inside her! Especially when she was facing Lao Liu!

She was the one who broke the taboo! Although it was wrong of her to ignore the taboo, she did sign it after reading the third chapter!

However, neither she nor the entire starting point anticipated that a sweet yet outrageous blow would hit them on the head a day later!