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Chapter 539 Amazing Water Effects

However, Cao Sheng felt that it was still acceptable to shout out to his fans in his own fan group and ask them to support his work.

So, after ending his call with Baojianfeng, Cao Sheng logged onto his QQ account and opened his 12 fan groups.

I typed a message, copied it to these 12 groups, and then tagged all the group members.

"Attention all my lurking readers! My new book, 'Cultivation Chat Group,' went on sale last night. The first-hour subscription data will be available by midnight tonight, but the current numbers aren't great. We're still a few hundred short of breaking 10,000 subscriptions. So, to all you readers who haven't subscribed yet, please lend me a little something extra for the first-hour subscription! Thank you!"

At this time, 9 out of the 12 fan groups were quiet, with only a few fans chatting and joking in the remaining 3 groups.

But when Cao Sheng copied and pasted this passage into these 12 fan groups, the effect was immediate, with a bunch of lurking members popping out of their lurks in each group.

Book Fan Group #1:

South American Bro: "Huh? I saw a real Ah Hui? Did Ah Hui really post this? Hehe, you're so awesome, you've finally got to ask me for help? Come on! Call me 'Big Brother' and I'll give you a first subscription! Hurry up!"

Twilight is awesome: "I've already booked it, why are you asking me for it again? I advise you not to be so greedy!"

Cihang Pudu: "I was just about to log off and go back to school! You want me to pre-order? Ah Hui, I'd love to help you, but my wallet won't allow it. What do you suggest?"

Su Moying: "Holy crap! First-day subscriptions are about to break 10,000? You still have the nerve to say the first-day subscription numbers aren't good? Ah Hui, have you no shame?"

Mingxin Sword Lord: "Zhongyuan Yidianhui, you are Zhongyuan Yidianhui! You're begging us for a first subscription like this? How can I refuse?"

……

Book Fan Group #2:

Bai Zhi 1: "Wow, the first subscription is almost 10,000? Awesome!"

Zhi Fengyi: "Ah Hui, how did you know I found money today? I just found five yuan, and you're already asking me for a first-time deposit? You're really something! Fine, I'll give it to you!"

I love Qiqi: "You've come to me begging for money. I ate instant noodles for dinner. Ah Hui, you must have eaten better than me, right? How dare you ask me for money? Have you no shame?"

Stars as the Moon: "Finally? I've been waiting since last night, waiting for you, Ah Hui, to come to the group and beg me. I thought you were so proud that you never begged us! Hehe, now you couldn't resist anymore, right? First subscription, huh? Here you go! Take it with both hands!"

Niu'er: "I've already given you a first-time subscription, but since you personally came to the group to ask for a first-time subscription, I'll top up another account and give you another first-time subscription!"

……

Book Fan Group #12:

Yu Xin Jie: "The first subscription is almost 10,000, and you're still asking for more first subscriptions? Isn't that too greedy?"

This mortal: "Is it really Ah Hui himself asking for the first subscription? Ah Hui, are you really willing to lower yourself like this?"

Yun Tianhua: "I didn't expect to receive such treatment after joining this fan group? Is Zhongyuan Yidianhui begging me? Hehe."

Pig Intestine: "Ash! If you're out of cigarettes, just ask me for one, I'll just toss one to you. Want to order first? You have to register an account and top up your account, too much trouble! Why don't you come over here, I'll treat you to hot pot? Haha..."

……

Cao Sheng quickly realized that he was typing too slowly.

He couldn't possibly handle all the fans in 12 fan groups by himself. He simply couldn't keep up. He could only exchange a few words in one fan group and a few words in another, constantly switching between the chat boxes of different fan groups, trying to reply to a few messages as quickly as possible.

He does enjoy chatting with fans in the fan group, but even if he had eight hands, he couldn't possibly chat with so many fans at the same time!

The clock is ticking.

He didn't write any more words.

Firstly, his writing session was interrupted by Baojianfeng's phone call, and it would be difficult to resume in a short time. Secondly, he had piqued the interest of many readers in the 12 fan groups in chatting, and with everyone so enthusiastic, how could he possibly disappear suddenly?
Moreover, he frequently refreshed the author's backend page and saw that the subscription data for "Cultivation Chat Group" had increased significantly. While he was chatting with fans in 12 fan groups, the subscription data for "Cultivation Chat Group" kept rising.

Occasionally, when he takes a moment to refresh the pages of "Cultivation Chat Group," he can see the names of some readers who are chatting with him in the group, which appear in the reward section.

Someone tipped him a few dollars.

Some people tipped him thirty, fifty, or even one hundred or two hundred yuan, and a few fans just tipped him a thousand yuan directly, making him a top-tier fan.

Given everyone's enthusiasm and generous financial support, how could he possibly say he was going to start writing right after just popping up in the group chat?

So he just sat in front of the computer, chatting with fellow book lovers in the fan group.

In less than an hour, the number of subscribers for the first chapter of "Cultivation Chat Group" exceeded 1.

However, the rate of increase in the data did not decrease significantly.

People are still placing their first orders for him.

Magic City.

After ending his call with Cao Sheng, Bao Jianfeng sat in front of his computer, constantly refreshing the webpage and checking the subscription data for "Cultivation Chat Group".

He had already left work long ago.

At present at my residence.

He also has a computer at his place, a laptop.

When he finished talking to Cao Sheng, he frowned and was in a bad mood. He thought to himself: Cao Sheng is good in every way, but he is a bit arrogant. After all, he is a writer! Some of the protagonists in his works are upright, some are ruthless, and some are cunning and shameless, but he, as the author, still has the common problem of writers since ancient times - arrogance.

What's the use of being aloof?

How much is it worth per kilogram?
There was a clear opportunity to get the book to have over 10,000 first-day subscriptions; all it would have taken was a little bit of manipulating the numbers. Why not do it?
You don't need to lift a finger; I'll arrange the people. It'll be done without anyone noticing. What's the big deal?

And what's with this talk of how this bad practice of manipulating data can't start with me?
What happened starting with you?
All you can do is write novels and screenplays. If you were to run a business, with your arrogant attitude, you would lose a fortune!
These thoughts not only crossed his mind, but other thoughts also flashed through his mind.

For example: How about I do it secretly? Without telling him! Teacher Jinjiang said, "If I sleep with her and don't pay, it doesn't count as prostitution!" If I boost the data and don't tell him, it shouldn't count as him boosting it, right?

For example: I can refuse to help him inflate the data, but tomorrow we can put up a banner on our website homepage to congratulate him on his new book's first-day sales exceeding 10,000.

Even if his book's first-day subscriptions don't exceed 10,000, as long as I put up a banner on the website homepage congratulating him on exceeding 10,000 first-day subscriptions, the industry will definitely believe that his book's first-day subscriptions really exceeded 10,000. At that time, even if he wants to explain, given the current growth rate of his book's first-chapter subscriptions, it should break 10,000 tomorrow. If he then says to the outside world that the first-day subscriptions didn't exceed 10,000, he won't be able to provide data to prove that it really didn't exceed 10,000, unless he takes a screenshot as proof at 12 o'clock tonight.

But could he have imagined taking a screenshot as proof at midnight tonight?

In front of the computer.

Bao Jianfeng's mind was racing, with all sorts of thoughts coming to mind.

but……

As time passed and he refreshed the webpage again and again, he saw the subscription data of "Cultivation Chat Group" begin to increase dramatically, as if it had taken a blue magic pill, with an exceptionally strong momentum. His expression became somewhat astonished.

He muttered to himself, "What... what's going on?"

After thinking for a moment, he suddenly remembered the suggestion he had given Cao Sheng on the phone earlier—to promote the book in the fan group.

He remembered that Cao Sheng had agreed to the proposal.

Looking at the subscription growth of "Cultivation Chat Group" now, could it be that Cao Sheng really went to the fan groups to promote it? And the effect was so good?

Bao Jianfeng's eyes twitched, and he quickly logged into his QQ account.

Then open the Zhongyuan Yidianhui No. 3 book fan group.

Yes, he had already infiltrated fan group number 3 under an assumed identity long before Cao Sheng created the fan group. Why?

Firstly, he genuinely enjoys reading Cao Sheng's works, including "Cultivation Chat Group," making him a true book lover.

Secondly, he wanted to know how Cao Sheng usually managed his fan group and wanted to learn from him.

Who doesn't dream of becoming a writer?

He had tried writing before, but his results were not ideal. However, he still had the dream of writing. Naturally, he wanted to learn how Cao Sheng usually managed his fan group. What if he stopped managing Qidian and went back to writing novels?

At this moment, I just opened the No. 3 book fan group.

Bao Jianfeng noticed that there were still many more chat records in the group, and judging from the posting times, they were all posted recently.

He saw that many group members had posted messages, and he also saw Cao Sheng's message history.

Cao Sheng has been chatting in the group for a long time?

Isn't he usually very busy?

Isn't every night his writing time?

Isn't his fan club usually managed by his assistant?

How come you have so much free time to chat with everyone in the group tonight?
He had been infiltrating this fan group for some time and was already familiar with Cao Sheng's assistant's speaking style. He would occasionally exchange a few words with Cao Sheng on QQ, so he also understood Cao Sheng's speaking style.

Therefore, he could be fairly certain that Cao Sheng's remarks in the fan group tonight were all made by Cao Sheng himself.

The casualness and playfulness in his speech were completely different from the speaking style of Cao Sheng's assistant.

The biggest difference is that Cao Sheng's assistant always uses punctuation marks after each sentence when speaking, while Cao Sheng never uses punctuation marks when communicating with people online.

"This this……"

Bao Jianfeng had extremely mixed feelings.

Thinking to myself: You may not be manipulating the data yourself, but as a big-name author, you are personally chatting and joking with your fans in the group. If you told these fans to die, they would definitely ignore you, but if you get them to give you a first subscription, wouldn't the effect be amazing?

You're basically letting these book fans help you boost your data!
What's the difference between this and you doing it yourself, or me doing it for you?
……

Of course there's a difference!
For Cao Sheng, asking his fans for first-day subscriptions and monthly votes is a normal practice for a writer, just like a man having marital relations with his wife. It is reasonable, legal, and legitimate. Who can accuse him of being morally corrupt for this?

But if someone has a wife and still lets another woman help him with his sexual needs, that's pure moral depravity! A beast!
At exactly 12 o'clock.

Cao Sheng hadn't gone to the master bedroom on the second floor to deal with Jiang Xiaoshuang yet; he was still sitting in front of his computer in the study on the third floor, refreshing the author's backend page once again.

The subscription data for the first chapter of "Cultivation Chat Group" wasn't perfect, but it was still impressive—10886.
He almost mistook the number for 10086.
"We can go mess with Jiang Xiaoshuang now..."

He smiled to himself and sent a screenshot of the newly updated first-day subscription data to 12 fan groups. This was a request that the fan groups had just made; almost every group had someone asking how many subscribers the book had and whether it had broken 10,000.

At this moment, he really wanted to share this joy with everyone.

Or rather, share the success of his book in terms of subscriptions.

Holy crap! There are so many?

“Awesome!!!”

"Ah Hui, you really are amazing!"

"Ah Grey! Say thank you! One of my subscriptions is in here!"

"This is amazing! Others struggle to get 800 first-time orders within 24 hours, but 800 is just a fraction of what you're offering. I'm impressed!"

"Ah Grey! Aren't these stats good enough?"

……

Knowing that Jiang Xiaoshuang hadn't left tonight and was waiting for him in her bedroom on the second floor, Cao Sheng stopped chatting with the other book lovers in the group and quickly posted messages in each group, saying goodnight to everyone.

at the same time.

Another place in Huizhou.

Huang Qingya sat in front of her computer in her bedroom, looking at the messages in the Zhongyuan Yidianhui No. 9 group with a complicated expression.

Yes!

She also joined Cao Sheng's fan group.

Of course, she also wore a disguise.

Around 11:40 PM tonight, after finishing her chapter, she logged onto QQ to see if anyone in her fan group had said anything.

result?

Her three fan groups were all quite quiet; only a handful of people spoke in the groups today, and the atmosphere was not lively at all.

I did see an absurd amount of chat history in the Zhongyuan Yidianhui No. 9 group.

Out of curiosity, she clicked on it.

I saw Cao Sheng joking around with everyone in the group chat, chatting very casually.

Who does he think he is?

Zhongyuan Yidianhui, the top online novelist and the highest-paid screenwriter in the Chinese film and television industry, has been neglecting his duties since around 10 pm tonight, chatting and joking around in this group.
How come he's so free?
Isn't he currently serializing two works simultaneously? This new book was only released last night, and he updated four chapters last night and today. His stockpile of chapters must be running out quickly, right?

In this situation, instead of focusing on writing, he spends so much time chatting with everyone in the group just to get a first subscription.
Wouldn't it be better to use that time to write another chapter and publish it?
Time passes little by little.

When the time came to 12:03.

When Cao Sheng sent a screenshot of the first-day subscription data of "Cultivation Chat Group" to this fan group, Huang Qingya in front of the computer... was dumbfounded, her eyes widening several degrees.

10886?

Isn't that too perverted?

How could it be this high?
When he was asking for first-time subscriptions in the group tonight, didn't he say that he was only a few hundred short of 10,000 first-time subscriptions?
He just chatted with everyone in the group for an hour or so, and that's how he increased the number of first-time orders by about a thousand?

Many books don't even get a thousand orders within 24 hours of being listed!

"Beast!"

She uttered those two words.

……

"Beast..."

In the master bedroom on the second floor of Cao Sheng's villa, when Jiang Xiaoshuang, who had been asleep, was woken up by Cao Sheng, she uttered these two words with seductive eyes.

(End of this chapter)