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Chapter 58 The Impact of Three Days of No Updates

June 8.

It's about one o'clock in the afternoon.

Cao Sheng carried his luggage bag, got off the train, walked out of Huizhou Railway Station, and got into a taxi.

Three days ago, he went back to his hometown to check on the progress of his new house.

The main structure of the new house has been built and the courtyard wall has also been built.

But the interior and exterior painting has not been done yet.

The progress was about the same as he expected.

Building a house this summer has made his parents' skin look a lot darker, but they smile a lot more often and are in much better spirits than before.

Dad's voice is louder than before.

He has only spent a little over 10,000 yuan of the 50,000 yuan he gave last time he went back.

Even so, his parents always complain that building a house like this is too expensive.

Originally, according to their idea, there was no need to build the ground beams or pillars of the house, and the floor slabs did not need to be cast in situ. Prefabricated slabs could be used directly, and further money could be saved by covering the second-floor roof with tiles.

If the wall is built into a hollow wall, most of the bricks can be saved.

But according to Cao Sheng's requirements, the cost increased several times.

But they were very satisfied with the main quality of the house, they just kept complaining that it was too expensive.

Cao Sheng summed it up in one sentence: Apart from spending money, there are no other disadvantages.

Before returning to school this time, he discussed with his father and told him not to work in the kiln factory anymore.

After considering it, his father agreed.

He had been working in the kiln factory before because of the pressure of supporting his son's education. Now he doesn't have to worry about his son's tuition. Seeing that he will not have to bear the expenses for his son's marriage in the future, it seems that he will not have to bear it. He is not a coward who insists on working in the kiln factory.

……

Return to the courtyard on Binjiang Road.

Cao Sheng cooked himself a bowl of egg noodles.

After eating, I took a shower, changed my clothes, went to the study on the second floor, turned on the computer, and prepared to update "I Want to Become an Immortal".

He has been at his hometown these three days and has difficulty accessing the Internet, so he hasn't updated for three days.

He estimated that the book fans were like hungry birds, crying out for food and very hungry.

So, he plans to update two chapters today.

It is a supplement for everyone.

result?

When he logged into the author backend of Under the Banyan Tree, he unexpectedly saw that Under the Banyan Tree had sent him two text messages on the site.

what's the situation?
Are you assigning me a recommended spot again? Are you assigning me two spots this time?

With such doubts, he opened the text box.

I saw the first message on the site - "Hello Zhongyuan Yidianhui, thanks to our efforts, Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House is interested in publishing your "I Want to Become an Immortal", but like other publishing houses, they do not agree to give you a direct 14% royalty share. However, they are willing to give you 14% or even higher when the sales of your work reach a certain amount. For the specific terms, please check your email and we will have someone contact you. - Under the Banyan Tree"

The second internal message: "Cao Sheng! What's wrong with you? Not only did you not reply to my emails in the past three days, you also stopped the serialization of "I Want to Become an Immortal"? If you are not satisfied with the conditions of Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House, please tell me! We will help you find other publishing houses. Why did you stop the serialization? Please reply to my email as soon as possible, please! - Wang Jing"

In front of the computer.

After reading the first message on the site, Cao Sheng's eyes were still a little confused. He was wondering what the sales volume reached when Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House mentioned was.
What are the specific terms?
But after reading the second message on the site, he couldn't help laughing.

He didn't expect that just because he went back to his hometown and didn't update for three days, it would make Wang Jing so nervous.

Interesting. Since Wang Jing was so nervous, he was not in a hurry to reply to her email.

Anyway, he wasn't the one who was nervous.

He first followed his own plan, retrieved two chapters from his saved manuscripts, and updated "I Want to Become an Immortal".

Then I read the posts in the book review section for a while.

As he expected, after three days of no updates, the book review section was filled with resentment.

"Ahhh... Three days! Why haven't you updated in three days? Where the hell have you been, author? Why don't you come out and say something when you're not updating?"

"Not updated yet? What's going on?"

"Is the author stuck? Has he run out of inspiration?"

"As everyone knows, this book has been published in Taiwan up to the 8th volume, so the interruption of updates this time is definitely not because the author can't write, it's a character issue! He obviously has a lot of manuscripts in his hands, but he just won't update! What a jerk!"

"I used to think that the worst people in the world were villains who committed murder and arson, but now I know that there are people who don't even update their manuscripts!"

"The author is a man, right? Does he have those days every month? Otherwise, why hasn't he updated yet?"

"Zhongyuan Yidianhui! Do you dare to reveal your address? I just want to ask you if you dare?"

……

Cao Sheng burst out laughing.

I thought: This is not my fault. If Under the Banyan Tree had a scheduled update function, would I have stopped updating? Or if laptops are not that expensive nowadays, I would have brought my laptop home this time and the updates would not have stopped. You are scolding the wrong person.

Although he felt that he was shirking the blame, he still published a separate chapter to explain that he had returned to his hometown in the past few days and apologized to everyone.

He knew he had been negligent this time.

Before going home, I didn’t update two more chapters or tell you in advance.

After doing this, he logged into his email.

There are already three emails from Wang Jing in my mailbox.

First letter:
"Cao Sheng, good news! We have contacted more than a dozen publishing houses recently and finally found one that did not completely reject your conditions.

The publisher says you want a 14% royalty share, fine, or higher.

But there are several prerequisites.

If the sales volume is less than 10 copies, you will get 9% of the commission.

If the number of copies exceeds 10, you will get 10% of the share exceeding the limit.

If the number of copies exceeds 20, you will get 11% of the share exceeding the limit.

If the number of copies exceeds 30, you will be given 12% of the excess amount."

And so on, if the number of copies exceeds 40, you will get 13% of the excess.

More than 50 copies, 14%.

The maximum limit is 15%.

In other words, they can give you up to 15% of the royalties. What do you think of such conditions?

I think if you are confident in the quality of this book, you can sign such a contract. In addition, to be honest, it is really difficult to find a domestic publishing house that is willing to give you a 12% or 14% royalty share directly. The conditions given by Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House are the best we have found in so many days. I hope you will consider it carefully and give me a reply as soon as possible. - Wang Jing"

Second email:
"Huh? It's been two days, why haven't you replied to me yet? Haven't you thought about it yet? - Wang Jing"

The third email:
"Cao Sheng, what's going on? It's been three days, and not only have you not replied to my email, why did you stop the serialization of "I Want to Become a Fairy"? Please don't! If you are not satisfied with the conditions of this publishing house, we can help you find another publishing house. Maybe after a while, we can find a publishing house that meets your requirements. How can you stop the serialization? Look at the book review area! So many book fans want to read the rest of the content. Can you bear to disappoint so many book fans? Please reply to me, okay? Please! - Wang Jing."

(End of this chapter)