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Chapter 53 Serial "I Want to Become an Immortal"

In front of the computer.

After reading the email sent by Wang Jing, Cao Sheng did not rush to reply.

Reason told him not to go under the banyan tree to serialize "I Want to Become an Immortal".

There are many reasons.

First of all, although the number of words in "I Want to Become an Immortal" is not too many now, he plans to write more than two million words for this book, and Under the Banyan Tree is mainly short stories, which is not a suitable place to publish this book.

Secondly, Rongshuxia is no longer the only literary website in China, and he has other options.

For example: Wenxue City, which was established in March this year.

The BBS where Pi Zi Cai serialized "First Intimate Contact".

Golden Bookstore was established in May this year.

and many more.

Once again, Wang Jing only invited him to serialize "I Want to Become an Immortal" under the banyan tree in the email this time, but did not mention royalties or copyright agency.

This means that he would not make any money by publishing this book under the banyan tree.

Not only would he not make any money, it might also affect the simplified Chinese publication of his book.

Because once it is published on the Internet, with the speed of book piracy in the country, it won’t be long before his book appears in rental bookstores near schools and roadside rental book stalls.

Will quickly seize the market.

As a result, regular publishing houses dared not publish his book because the market had already been taken over and genuine copies were no longer profitable.

But even with so many reasons, he still wanted to publish this book online.

There are several reasons.

First of all, as an online writer, he has long been accustomed to just starting a book and publishing it on the website. Then, during the writing process, he constantly adjusts his writing direction in a timely manner based on readers' feedback.

When he has no inspiration or is mentally exhausted, he may read readers' book reviews or see a reader's reward, and he may get inspiration and motivation to continue writing.

This is a big difference between them, the online writers, and traditional writers.

Traditional writers are accustomed to working behind closed doors. Once a book is finished, they will revise it several times and only publish it when they are satisfied with the revisions.

But Cao Sheng was not used to that.

Although his book has been published as a physical book in Taiwan, he has readers there.

But he felt uncomfortable because he couldn't see the feedback from readers there.

After pondering for a long time, he made up his mind and replied to Wang Jing.

"Sister Wang, to be honest, I have no plans to serialize this book online at the moment, but since you asked, I will definitely give you a favor.

How about this! If you can help me get the simplified Chinese version of this book published for free, this book can be serialized on your website for free.

Otherwise, I will try to submit the manuscript to a domestic publisher myself, and only consider publishing it online after it is published. I hope you can understand. "

He knew that he had already gained some fame in the domestic publishing market.

As the sales of "Living with a Flight Attendant" continue to rise, if he submits the manuscript to a publishing house himself, the possibility of passing the publishing review will continue to increase.

But "I Want to Become an Immortal" is a brand new subject after all.

It is the first online novel of the Xianxia and cultivation genre.

Mainland China’s publishing houses are generally more conservative and not as daring as those in Taiwan.

Therefore, if Under the Banyan Tree could help him find a mainland publishing house willing to publish this book, it would save him a lot of trouble.

Once the simplified Chinese version is published, it is not impossible for his book to be published under the Banyan Tree.

Anyway, according to the development trajectory of the original time and space, in the next few years, online articles will be free on the Internet, and it will be the same no matter which website they are published on.

As for BBS, Literature City, and Golden Bookstore?
In his memory, these three companies would disappear in a few years, but Under the Banyan Tree would survive until the day it was acquired by Shanda Literature.

I just don’t know if the people under the banyan tree will agree to his conditions this time?
The next afternoon.

Cao Sheng went to the Internet cafe again, preparing to convert some of his saved manuscripts into electronic documents, and also wanted to see if Wang Jing had replied. He logged into his email.

He saw an unread email.

It was sent by Wang Jing.

"Cao Sheng, we have discussed your conditions. In view of our previous pleasant cooperation, we are definitely willing to help you find a publishing house to publish this new book. Now we need you to send me the first 70,000 words of this new book so that we can help you submit it.

In addition, I personally think that you can serialize on our website first, like your previous book, updating a chapter every two days. This can not only attract the readers accumulated from your previous book and maintain your popularity, but also let domestic publishers see the online response to your new book. If the response is good, we can better convince them. What do you think?

Wang Jing. "

The sentence in Wang Jing's email, "You can attract the readers accumulated from your previous book and maintain your popularity," touched Cao Sheng.

The serialization of his book “Living with a Stewardess” has been suspended recently on Under the Banyan Tree.

This is the publisher's requirement.

——The last 20 chapters cannot be serialized online in the near future.

Otherwise, it will affect the sales of physical books.

Because of the suspension of serialization, many readers have expressed dissatisfaction in the book review section in the past two days.

If he doesn't publish a new book in the near future, those readers will surely disperse little by little.

Cao Sheng was a little reluctant.

He was convinced.

Not only did he send the first 7 words of "I Want to Become an Immortal" to Wang Jing, he also posted the first two chapters under the banyan tree, officially starting to serialize this work under the banyan tree.

Many thoughts flashed through his mind while creating this book under the banyan tree.

For example: "So what if most of Under the Banyan Tree's stories are short? See if I can change you into my shape."

"Once the immortal hero appears, who can compete with him?"

"In the last book, I let Ran Jing die. In this book, I will give you a few more heroines. Just consider it my compensation to you."

"If I start practicing Xianxia so early, will it speed up the development of online literature in this time and space? Probably, right?"

……

Under the banyan tree, office area.

Wang Jing, who was working in the corner, checked her email again and finally saw Cao Sheng's reply.

She had been waiting for his reply since this morning.

Ever since they learned that Cao Sheng had another work and several volumes had been published in Taiwan, they have been eyeing Cao Sheng's new book.

Because Cao Sheng is currently the most popular writer at Under the Banyan Tree, no doubt about it!

Also because of the book review section of "Living with a Flight Attendant", readers who mentioned the book "I Want to Become an Immortal" praised the book to the sky.

It's not just one or two readers who are praising it.

Instead, every Taiwanese reader who mentioned the book said that the subject matter of the book was very novel and that "Living with a Flight Attendant" was completely incomparable.

How can these editors sit still?
Wang Jing opened the reply email from Cao Sheng and saw that he said in the email that he agreed to serialize "I Want to Become an Immortal" under the Banyan Tree. She clenched her fists excitedly and was very happy.

When she saw that he had sent her the beginning of the book, her curiosity was instantly aroused and she couldn't help but try reading it immediately.

The opening introduction and the beginning of the text made her frown.

Because the writing style at the beginning is completely different from "Living with a Flight Attendant", she is a little uncomfortable with it, but...

As time passed, her slightly frowned brows gradually relaxed, and the surprise in her eyes became more and more intense.

Soon, the surprise in her eyes disappeared, and she stared at the words on the computer screen, blinking occasionally, but never letting her eyes leave the words for a moment.

She was completely absorbed in this novel story.

(End of this chapter)