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Chapter 27 The Farm
◎Second update◎
From being unknown to being well-known in the whole province, "The Elder Xiuxian He Relyed on Farming to Survive Calamity" seems to have only gone through a short journey, but there are 270,000 words in it, and it cannot be said that the author's success came from accident.
Xu Wanyan came to Yu Gesang to discuss the publication of "The Elder Xiuxian He Relyed on Farming to Live Through Tribulation".
Logically speaking, if there is a chance for a novel to reach 100,000 words, it is time to discuss publishing it. However, Yu Gesang’s novel was updated too quickly, with 90,000 words in ten days. At that time, Fang Wenrui, a youngThe work written by God has not yet collapsed, and the editorial department of "Acacia" is also recommending it with all its strength, and no one approves "The Elder of Xiuxian".
In addition, Yu Gesang felt that it was not ready for publication, so he has been suppressing it until now.
Now that the strength of "The Elder Xiu Xian He Relyed on Farming" has been proven, and the first story is coming to an end, Xu Wanyan feels that it is time to publish it.
Yu Gesang did plan to finish writing a story before publishing it, but her plan was different from Xu Wanyan's.
Xu Wanyan believes that "Cultivating the Elders" can go through the same publishing process as "Mu Jiu". After the first volume is serialized, the single book will be published together with the second volume. Anyway, Yu Gesang's second story is also in the final stage, so there is no such thing as no manuscriptThe problem.
However, Yu Gesang is more optimistic about the model of publishing a separate book after one story is serialized, and continuing to publish a separate book after the second story is serialized, because "The Tribulation of Farming" is not like "Mu Jiu", and the three volumes must be read together.
"The Tribulation of Farming" is a novel positioned as slow time travel. Later generations who have read fast time travel and slow time travel will know that in every world, except for the protagonist, the background of other characters has almost changed. Every small world can be regarded as a new story.Look, and if you change the small world, there will be a situation where you will get out of the pit. If you don't screen and ferment readers through serialization, the sales of the second story will definitely not be much better.
And after the full text is serialized, the single volume will be released, which seems to lose many readers who do not want to buy the single volume after the serialization.Three-thirds of the issue will be deducted. Before the direct publication of the single volume, Hua Zhaoguo has always been either publishing directly without serializing a word, or republishing the complete article in serial.
It seems that it is published directly without serializing a word, or it is a small suffocating article that has no newspapers to serialize, or it is a big divine article with a very large readership base.
On the contrary, the republishing of the complete serialized article accounts for the vast majority, and the response is not bad. If readers like the article during the serialization period, there are still many readers who can stay and pay for the single edition after the serialization.This is all backed by past experience.
As an editor who relied on Yu Gesang's first novel to become the editor-in-chief and the second novel to gain a foothold in the editorial department, Xu Wanyan is "weak" when facing Yu Gesang, sometimes compared to Yu Gesang's position as the editor-in-chiefXu Wanyan will be more like Yu Gesang's assistant, because Xu Wanyan has hardly refuted the decision made by Yu Gesang so far.He never stopped any of Yu Gesang's decisions, and often cooperated with her.
This time was no exception. After hearing Yu Gesang's explanation, Xu Wanyan accepted it without any psychological burden. Now she believed in Yu Gesang very much, unlike other people who had doubts.
Therefore, editors like Xu Wanyan are actually quite popular among strong and powerful authors. Such authors generally don't like to criticize themselves, especially when it comes to writing. So far, Xu Wanyan has been doing a good jobIn "The Elder of Cultivation of Immortals", except for the occasional typo, she has not changed a single plot of Yu Gesang in the whole text. I am afraid that no one will believe it..
This kind of treatment is generally only available to authors who have become gods from editors.
Of course, a powerful editor and a "sacred author" are often evenly matched.
Although there are many authors under Xu Wanyan's name today, she is far from being a gold medal editor, and Yu Gesang has proved that she has the potential to become a god with two novels—the "god" here does not refer to regionalIt is a type that is nationwide and truly recognized by both the public and the government.
Sanhua Publishing House also rated Yu Gesang very well, and Feng Wanjun plans to publish it nationwide this time.
For a national chain bookstore, it is not difficult to achieve national publishing. The difference lies in whether the headquarters decides to implement national publishing, or a branch wants to use the channel of Sanhua Publishing House to engage in national publishing.
For example, "Mu Jiu" last time was pushed from top to bottom by the headquarters. This kind of publishing method can maximize the promotional resources of the headquarters, and the benefits of publishing articles are self-evident.
This time, Feng Yajun also wanted to 'learn against a big tree to enjoy the shade' and let the headquarters push from top to bottom. However, since the end of the year is approaching, there are many authors who want to participate in the year-end ranking.The big gods and the little gods gathered together, and the competition was very fierce. A novel written by an unknown author with such a straightforward, vulgar and unliterary title was immediately rejected by the headquarters.A regional master's work serialized in the monthly magazine was selected by the headquarters.
But at this stage, which is comparable to the New Year’s Eve movies of later generations, even if you are selected, it does not mean that you will get many recommendations, because there are many books to be published by the headquarters alone.Children recommend, and do not have to pay for 'self-funded' publishing, so even if the income is a little less, it is very safe.
What about books that were submitted but not selected?If you feel that the potential of the book is not particularly good or you did not agree to promote the work nationwide before signing the contract, then I am sorry that you can only use your own existing channels to promote it to the province and surrounding areas;
If you have signed the contract, you have to pay for it yourself, because those who can sign the contract before publication and promise to promote it nationwide are often famous authors. If you quit at this time,Not to mention that the author will block you from submitting for life, and will invite the Authors Association to help resolve the breach of contract. If it is spread in the author circle, it is tantamount to offending other authors of the same level as this author.When making an appointment for a manuscript, would always think of breaking the contract and hesitate, which is not worth the loss.
Therefore, for this type of book, Sanhua Publishing House can only bear the risk on its own. If the sales volume is not good, it will bear the loss by itself. If the sales volume increases, it will be a profitable business, because there will be no headquarters to take the big money.
It's just that such cases are really rare, and there are more times when they lose money, so Sanhua Publishing would rather the headquarters take over and promote it than take the risk themselves.
Unfortunately, "The Elder Xiuxian He Relyed on Farming" did not touch the two. It was neither selected by the headquarters nor signed the national promotion contract in advance, because Xu Wanyan had just been promoted to the editor-in-chief at that time, and she did not have such a bigpower.
Fortunately, the Ministry of Cultural Affairs investigated the sales volume, which allowed Feng Yajun to read the novel "The Elder of Xiu Xian", and because of the "Mu Jiu" hit, she had a little more trust in Xu Wanyan's good luck, so under the balance, she still gave the "Cultivation Elder" a self-funded national publishing quota in her hand.
If this wave of publishing can be popular, the annual performance of the Zhuxian Province branch of Sanhua Publishing House will be even better at the end of the year, and she herself will have the opportunity to make another move.
So Feng Yajun still gambled.
I pray that this time, Xu Wanyan's luck and "Elder Xiuxian" will not let her down!
In November, the temperature in Zhuxian Province is still relatively warm. It is not yet the season to wear cotton-padded jackets, and it is not yet the season for cat winter.
However, unlike the usual weekends of squatting at home or going to teahouses to drink water, most people with small assets in Guangxiang City took their wives and children, took a carriage or walked, and went to a nearby village in the countryside.
""Brother Junyi, look at the people coming and going, it's really lively."
"Yeah, Brother Yizhou, last week the Elder's Farm was just opened and it was not so lively. It has been less than half a month now, and the fruits on the Boss Mountain are almost gone."
In a farm tea house, different from other families with families, there are two men, one big and one small, sitting by the window. The young boy looks eighteen years old, and the tall and thin man is twenty-six or seventeen. Look at his temperament.The two people who are completely different, but call themselves brothers, this fate was also forged because of discussing "Cultivating Elders" in a teahouse last month.
No, half a month ago, the "Xiangsi" daily announced that the first volume of "The Elder Xiuxian He Relyed on Farming and Tribulation" was about to be published, and the serialization would stop for a month.Desolate and melancholy.
At this time, I saw the "Lovesickness" advertisement section published a [Elder's Farm] in the suburbs of Guangxiang City, under the banner of "Cultivation of the Elders", saying that they could understand the plot of the book, and the two of them met each other, and they went together to drive away.The carriage came to participate in this so-called [Elder's Farm].
At that time, they should have eaten crabs first, but compared with the newly opened store, the flow of people was really good. After all, there were too many book fans of the elders of "Xiu Xian" in Guangxiang City, and it coincided with "Xiu Xian Elders""stopped updating, everyone felt a sense of emptiness with no food to eat, and a [Elder's Farm] suddenly appeared, and they said that they could understand the plot in the book, and the readers couldn't help but set off first.
This kind of mood is like people in the later generations chasing the drama into the pit. After the drama is over, when they see the relevant news, even the headline party will click in and take a look.
In short, this [Elder's Farm] was really full of gimmicks at the beginning. The first to be a guinea pig was the senior book fan of "Cultivating the Elders".
The skinny man Zhen Junyi and the eighteen-year-old boy Jia Yizhou, these two good brothers who became friends because of their "love" because of the book, they went out with a somewhat curious, suspicious and critical attitude.
Then when they arrived at the farm, seeing that the layout was exactly like the description of the elders in the book, Zhen Junyi and Jia Yizhou quickly took a liking to the boss—this is definitely a fellow (Senior Book Fan of Elder Xiuxian)Opened a farm, otherwise it would be impossible to make it so similar.
With this kind of feeling of encountering "fellow friends", Zhen Junyi and Jia Yizhou started the visit and experience tour of the Elder Farm.
There are teahouses with their own small newspaper kiosks, a snack street selling all kinds of delicacies in the books, and small souvenir shops.Similarly, diners can go to the field to choose vegetables in person, pick them up and send them to restaurants for cooking. If you have strong hands-on skills and want to do it yourself, you can also provide you with a farmhouse stove to cook and stir-fry.
If you are tired from playing and don’t want to go back that day, there is also the Elder Hotel where you can rest.
The layout really imitated the plot in the book, which made fans of the book have a good time playing, as if experiencing the fresh satisfaction of playing at the protagonist's farm in the novel.
So when went back, immediately became a tap water recommendation, first from senior book fans to book fans, then to book fans’ family members, and passer-by fans. The Elder’s Farm immediately became popular. Those fruits that once caused the farm owner Kong Xueting a headache, not only did not become his burden, but instead made him a lot of money.
And the funds borrowed from the bank are slowly returned as the farm becomes popular. Soon, the farm will be able to repay the loan and start to make real profits!
And all of this stems from buying a newspaper and reading a novel that day.
Later, when Kong Xueting's business grew bigger and bigger, he never forgot the novel "The Elder Xiu Xian He Relyed on Farming to Experience Calamity" that changed his fate that year. Since then, he has been the author's most loyal bone ash grade bookFan, no matter what book the author writes, no matter whether the author is sprayed or scolded by others, he will always stand by the author's side and call for the author.
When get rich, the author's novel set is also distributed as one of the year-end rewards for workers, and even most of the bookstores run by the company are full of the author's books.
Kong Xueting has become a well-known loyal book fan of local tyrants.
Of course, this is all later. At present, Kong Xueting can only set up a small counter in the teahouse of the farm to sell the booklet "The Elder Cultivating Immortals by Farming".
And it seems that the influence of "Chang Tian Li Jie" can hardly spread to the whole country like "Mu Jiu".
After more than half a month, the sales volume of "Farming Tribulation" in other provinces seems to have been sluggish.
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