I write novels in Liyue

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Chapter 80 Nana, I want one too!

"Ah."

Yae nods in response and says, "You go ahead with your work."

"Yes."

Inashiro Hotaru nodded and continued dealing with the matters of Narukami Taisha Shrine.

The document reported that it had rained a few days ago.

Some parts of the torii gates at Narukami Taisha Shrine are damaged and need to be repaired.

Looking at the contents of the report, Inashiro Hotaru pondered for a moment, then picked up a pen and began to annotate the document with proposed solutions.

"Over there are samples of the latest issue of books, as well as sales figures."

Yae no Miko smiled gently, walked to the bedside and sat down, saying, "Pick one to read."

"Mr. Bazhong, may I take a look at the sales data for the past two days before choosing which book to read?"

"Nana Kano asked."

"No problem, it's over there."

Yae no Miko pointed to the documents piled up among the books and casually leaned against the bed.

"Ah."

Nana Kano picked up the documents from the pile of handwritten notes and started flipping through them.

The first page.

The top-selling book on the first day: "The Record of Shen Qiu Picking Up the Sword".

She has been reading this book.

Although the books I read before were not from official channels.

However, the official content should remain largely unchanged, with only some sentences revised at most.

After all, Professor Zhenyu's book has already made him a household name in the literary world in Inazuma.

At the time, many people tried to imitate this book.

Nana Kano is very interested in what happens next in this book.

However, since the Eight Great Masters invited her here, they certainly didn't want to hear her thoughts on this book that holds an unshakeable position in the literary world.

Then I'll have to skip to the next one.

Second place: "The Senior Brother of the Ancient Chinese School".

Although this book is not as prestigious as "The Record of Shen Qiu Picking Up the Sword" in the literary world, the difference is not significant.

There's nothing to read about reviews.

So she turned her attention to the third book.

When she saw the title of the third book, Nana Kano was slightly taken aback.

Book title: Junior Sister, be gentle, it hurts.

Upon seeing the book title, Kano Nana paused slightly, instinctively glancing at the brightly lit book in the pile: "Junior Sister, Be Gentle, Senior Sister Hurts."

Isn't this the very embarrassing book that those witches were discussing just now?

The junior sister and senior sister sat in the bath. The junior sister's series of actions caused the senior sister's pretty face to turn pale. She frowned shyly and murmured the sentence from the book's title.

Recalling what the shrine maiden had just said, Kano Nana's face flushed red and burned intensely.

If I saw this book outside, I might feel a little embarrassed, but I wouldn't have such a strong reaction.

But this is happening in the side hall of Narukami Shrine, right in front of Lord Yae no Miko!

What happened to that book?

As Yae no Miko's voice rang out, Kano Nana subconsciously turned her head to look, only to meet Yae no Miko's amused gaze.

"No, it's nothing."

Kano Nana quickly shook her head, guiltily looking away as she glanced down.

Just from listening to what those people said, she could guess roughly what it was about.

Yaehiro would regularly conduct a final review of Yaehiro's manuscripts.

For example, the book "Reincarnated as the Thunder General and Invincible Under Heaven," which was chosen by Thor and the famous traveler when they traveled together, was also published only after being reviewed by the Eightfold Lord.

Speaking of that book, ever since it was read by General Raiden, it has become a top-tier book in the Inazuma literary world, enjoying immense popularity and still remaining at the top of the sales charts, unmatched by anyone.

Even she took a long time to read it back then.

The story itself is quite interesting.

The story revolves around a protagonist who is constantly bullied and incapable of doing anything right, but after becoming the Thunder General, he gains immense power and strength.

The highlight of the story is the protagonist's feeling of triumph and the process of inner growth and transformation from inferiority.

However, this issue of the novel does not contain a new volume of that book.

This also disappointed Nana Kano.

Therefore, this book, "Junior Sister, Be Gentle, Senior Sister Hurts," may have also been reviewed by eight senior experts.

She didn't know whether it was reviewed by eight senior officials, but she didn't dare to ask.

So she continued looking down, scanning the entire list. Apart from the top two best-selling novels being from Liyue, the top dozens were all novels from Inazuma, a local author.

Nana Kano was not surprised by this.

She had been reading books with Master Bazhong for some time and had gained some understanding of how the novel market operated.

Firstly, there are cultural differences between Liyue and Inazuma; books written by Liyue people may not be liked by Inazuma people.

After all, not everyone is Teacher Zhenyu.

It's normal for Liyue's best-selling books to not be well-received in Inazuma, given the cultural differences between the two countries.

Another issue is the author's accumulated reputation.

Even on Inazuma, it's impossible for a great new author to achieve high sales on the first day.

This is determined by the stickiness of the work and the stickiness of the author.

It's like a book by a newcomer of the same caliber as Teacher Zhenyu. Teacher Zhenyu's books achieve incredibly high sales on the first day.

The new author's book, on the other hand, takes some time to gain traction and then relies on word-of-mouth among readers to reach its peak relatively late in the book's run.

Unless a celebrity helps with promotion, it is impossible to catch up in a short period of time.

For example, the eldest daughter of the Kamisato family, who enjoys extremely high prestige among the people.

Or perhaps, like in the book "Reincarnated as the Thunder General, and then invincible under heaven," he would receive the favor of the most supreme and noble Thunder General.

In short, unless it's through celebrity promotion, it's difficult to rise to prominence in a short period of time.

Of course, Lady Kamisato's reputation is not as high as that of General Raiden.

After all, even if the books that General Raiden reads are completely devoid of substance, they will still be sought after by the entire Inazuma community.

Of course, such an opportunity is rare.

Let's not even mention the Thunder General who hasn't left the castle tower for a long time.

Even the White Heron Princess of the Kamisato family wasn't interested in Yaedo's novels.

Moreover, Yaedo signed a large number of book contracts with Liyue this time. Even if readers are curious about Liyue's books, the sales of those readers will be diluted by the sheer number of books.

So she turned to the second page, wanting to see how Liyue's books had changed on the rankings.

She wanted to talk to Yaejiro about her thoughts on the Liyue novels, hoping it would help him understand them more quickly.

Page 2.

As expected, the rankings of the top ten remained largely unchanged.

"As expected, nothing has changed."

So, just as she was about to jump to the bottom few dozen and randomly pick a Liyue novel with a nice title, she suddenly discovered that there were two Liyue novels in the top ten.

A book called "Your Lie in April".

A book called "Eternal".

Author: Fang Qiu.

Moreover, the fact that both books were by the same author surprised her.

Eh?

How is this going?

Who exactly is this Liyue author named Fang Qiu? How come two of his books made it into the top twenty at the same time?

Moreover, why are the rankings of the two books so close?

Moreover, there is only a very small difference in sales volume.

Isn't this just too unbelievable?

Even if it's the same author, two books published at the same time wouldn't have such similar sales figures, right?

"how?"