Chapter 71

Chapter 71

“Do you know? We sold 120,000 copies, just yesterday.

The total sales since we went online a few days ago have already reached 220,000 copies.

And it’s still a hot sale, with the printing machines all smoky!”

“Really?” Jiang Xu was taken aback: “How could it be so high?”

If his memory served him right.

Since the establishment of the Story Meeting, the highest single-issue sales had only reached over 600,000, right?

Under normal circumstances, the sales of a single issue (one week) were only around 150,000.

But it was only the fourth day of the new cycle now.

“Yes, your third book has exploded,” Lin Nan’s laughter seemed especially high. “For the next few weeks, your third book will stay on top of the charts.

Moreover, my boss is probably bleeding in his office now.”

The contract for this third book was based on floating income.

That is, if the sales data were good, Jiang Xu would receive an additional income.

The floor was 100,000 copies of sales per issue.

If it surpassed that, Jiang Xu would receive an income of fifty cents for each additional book sold.

So far, Jiang Xu had made an extra sixty thousand yuan.

If the sales of the later serializations could maintain this trend.

With just this book alone, Jiang Xu estimated that he would have an extra income of over a million.

No wonder the boss of the Story Meeting was ‘bleeding secretly’.

Jiang Xu was slightly excited.

With this achievement as a base, the fourth book wouldn’t be priced too low.

Besides, Jiang Xu still planned to continue this kind of contract.

As for whether the Story Club would agree.

Heh, heh.

Unless they were crazy, they would refuse.

But Jiang Xu was still very curious: “What happened suddenly that sales exploded?”

“Based on the information I collected from visiting some bookstores personally.

Your book got noticed by the famous star Chen Xueyi.

She promoted it on Weibo, which led to a large number of fans buying it.”

Jiang Xu didn’t know who Chen Xueyi was.

Then the topic shifted to the issue of the new book.

“I’ve written the beginning of the new book, I’ll send it to you now.”

Lin Nan’s interest instantly came up: “Good, I’ll read it right away.”

After ending the call, Jiang Xu sent her the beginning of the story.

Over there, Lin Nan opened the email.

“Overbearing CEO Falls in Love with Me!”

Just by looking at the title, Lin Nan was interested.

After she finished reading the first ten thousand words, she was itching all over.

She really wanted to know the plot behind.

This An Ping was too much.

How could he leave her hanging like this?

She immediately fell into a book-craving fit.

She couldn’t stand it, she wanted to read more.

She quickly opened Jiang Xu’s chat box and typed a message.

“Brother, give me one more chapter, I can’t take it anymore, please brother.

I’m feeling uncomfortable all over, I can hardly breathe.

Please brother, just give me one more chapter, just one more chapter is enough, I won’t ask for more today.

I really can’t stand it, I can’t sleep, tossing and turning, seriously… I can hardly breathe…”

Jiang Xu, who was about to go to sleep, saw this message from Lin Nan and was filled with question marks.

What kind of nonsense was this?

Oh well, let’s indulge her.

He sent her the remaining forty thousand words.

Seeing the subsequent chapters from Jiang Xu, Lin Nan took a deep breath: “I feel… better now… I should… I’ve had enough, right?”

Half an hour later, she finished reading everything.

Lin Nan had an unsatisfied look on her face.

She wanted to read more, she wanted to read more.

Come on, quickly give me the rest of the chapters.

I think … I’ve got a disease where I become weak if I don’t read novels.

…

When she woke up the next morning.

After washing up, Jiang Xu remembered and looked up this Chen Xueyi.

He hadn’t played Weibo in his past or present life.

The current Weibo was still okay.

But in a few years, it will become rotten, and netizens will call it NWC.

Chen Xueyi’s first pinned Weibo post was about his book.

Then the second and third were also about his books.

They were introducing his other two books.

After finishing the latest chapter of “Pure White Love”, Chen Xueyi was still not satisfied.

So she went to read Jiang Xu’s other two books.

Quite naturally, she became a crazy fan of Jiang Xu.

She was unconditionally helping him with promotion.

Jiang Xu remembered this name.

If he had a chance in the future, he would help her out.

Then he returned home and immediately got into writing.

The planned word count for this “Overbearing CEO Falls in Love with Me” was around 150,000.

If nothing special happened, Jiang Xu could write five to six thousand per day.

He would finish in today and tomorrow.

Writing so fast, naturally, there were not a few typos.

But he never corrected them.

That was something the editors and readers had to do, what did it have to do with him as an author?

At noon, Lin Nan sent another message.

The manuscript fee for his fourth book was out.

Three hundred and twenty yuan per thousand words!

It had more than doubled.

However, the sales incentive part was gone.

Jiang Xu naturally couldn’t agree to this.

He directly replied: then I will go find another company.

With one sentence, Lin Nan nearly got scared to death.

This wouldn’t work.

Jiang Xu was her money tree.

So, she hurriedly reassured him and then rushed to find Gu Li.

“Boss, I told you he wouldn’t agree, you should just put that clause back in.”

“No way!” Gu Li’s eyes bulged out: “Tell him not to be too greedy.

Three hundred and twenty yuan per thousand words, this price has already reached the level of a first-tier author.

A month ago, he was still a nobody. If it wasn’t for our platform, would he have his current fame?”

Lin Nan was a little upset in her heart, but she didn’t show it: “Boss, you are right, but there are too few authors like An Ping who have a high output and good quality.

I think giving him the previous contract, we don’t lose anything.”

“Don’t lose?” Gu Li’s voice suddenly rose: “It’s all your fault. If it wasn’t for the last clause you added.

I wouldn’t have lost so much. At least I would have to shell out over a million!”

Gu Li felt his blood pressure soaring.

Lin Nan was also struggling to suppress her temper.

She took a deep breath and said, “Boss, I still think…”

“No need to think anymore.” Gu Li waved his hand, interrupting her words: “That’s it, three hundred and twenty yuan per thousand words, sign it or don’t.

The platform will still have more high-quality authors without him, it’s not as if he’s irreplaceable.”

Although Gu Li acknowledged Jiang Xu’s abilities.

But he didn’t like authors who liked to haggle over prices with the boss.

And Gu Li believed that the biggest platform on the market now was theirs.

Jiang Xu could try other places, but those small platforms could hardly afford him.

Most likely he would have to come back eventually.

Lin Nan’s temples were pounding.

She almost exploded with her temper.

But she held it back in the end.

She left Gu Li’s office without a word.

Then, she told Jiang Xu about it.

At the end, she added: “Don’t worry, leave it to me. I’ll definitely fight for your interests.”

However, what Jiang Xu said after hearing it was quite surprising to Lin Nan.