My art is too advanced.

Chapter 354 This incredible traffic! (Seeking monthly votes!!!)

Lin Ning pocketed the ten million yuan in start-up capital.

Of course, this 10 million is just a subsequent investment. They had already raised 10 million and invested it. Of course, only about 8 million of that 10 million has been spent so far, including various personnel investments and some equipment.

The largest investments were in purchasing book libraries and acquiring a large number of copyrights.

The rest is easy to talk about.

"Once you've finished making the app, you can show it to me first. I'll see if I can promote it and then I'll just post chapters of it in the book."

"Okay, okay, we're just waiting for the massive traffic from Brother Yue's team."

In this era, as long as you have traffic, you can make money, and a lot of money at that.

So, they are actually waiting for the huge traffic generated by the IPs under his control.

As for whether it can extend to the entire website, that's unknown.

Moreover, the derivative works of these IPs belong entirely to him, and only on this website can they be considered exclusive.

"By the way, this app doesn't have a name yet. Yue-ge, why don't you come up with one for us?"

"Forget it, you don't need to name it. Let's just call it Tianyue. It's the same name as the class we have, and it's all part of the same lineage. It's your own unique IP."

In fact, the personal brand industry can be considered a very good source of traffic, or rather, a name.

Zhou Yue nodded without saying anything more.

For him, the name of the website or platform is not that important. As long as he can build the brand or make those IPs well, he can probably succeed in anything. But if the content is not good, then there will definitely be some flaws.

"Alright, I'll show you the app in a few days."

"Okay." He nodded.

He acquired the app a few days later.

"Can it be downloaded from all major online stores? Or is it only available from this one platform? If a specific download link is required, that might not be ideal."

"Of course it can be downloaded on all platforms, Brother Yue. What do you think we are? We're not a pirate platform, and we've registered with all of them."

"It's a legitimate comic platform now, and we're even working on large-scale IP collaborations, including those involving the works of the great artist Chengfeng, which are all progressing steadily."

Zhou Yue didn't think much of it and opened the comic book ranking list. Sure enough, there weren't many people or much traffic yet because there was no promotion. However, the preparations for the front yard were already very good, including many ongoing comics in the library. This was the library they had purchased.

Although the quality isn't very good, we still need to integrate some parts of their website and link them over.

They didn't touch those beloved comics, nor was there any need to.

The homepage features several major IPs, including the completed Dao Gui, which Zhou Yue himself requested.

There's also something mysterious about it.

In addition, the three major IPs he owns, as well as the books by Chengfeng, are all from Kanjian Comics. Moreover, they all have full copyrights here. Well, not that they have full copyrights, but they have the authorization for the comics and there is a lot of room for development.

Chengfeng and Wangchuan placed the book here with complete peace of mind, knowing that Zhou Yue's work was definitely not shoddy.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have invested so much money only to produce a bunch of garbage. They definitely want to protect their reputation, so they are still very optimistic about this new website.

Chengfeng didn't invest any money, but he did call to inquire.

Zhou Yue said that if he needs funding later, he might talk to him again.

Although it may be a business opportunity or a trend, if there are any problems, you may actually lose money. After all, once you invest in something like this, who knows if you will make money?

Wangchuan really had a good relationship with him, which is why he had this idea and even put it into practice. As for whether it was a loss or not, he wouldn't say much.

After all, he's invested money, and he doesn't necessarily need any return; he's just showing his support.

Even if they lose money, they won't say much. But Chengfeng is different. Although Chengfeng has a good relationship with them, it hasn't developed to this extent.

Even so, they still conservatively invested three million.

"Good heavens, this looks like a website that several of us supreme gods have all staked on together."

Zhou Yue also found it somewhat amusing, since there was practically no word about this kind of thing. After all, most people in the intelligence system probably knew about their large-scale acquisition of comic book copyrights.

This acquisition of copyrights is actually a benefit to them. After all, although comic book copyrights are not very expensive, they are definitely a windfall for some ordinary authors.

Even for authors with some financial means, 30,000 to 50,000 yuan is considered quite good.

It's a kind of unexpected windfall, otherwise there wouldn't have been such a heated discussion.

"Alright, now it's time to promote it."

He directly updated his three books by about 100,000 words. Anyway, he had a stockpile of manuscripts, and his later books were basically several million words long. These three books were all several million words long, and the current serialization is only one or two million words.

So he had plenty of spare manuscripts to use for this kind of promotion. Even if he rushed to finish, he couldn't produce too much in a short period of time. After all, books need time to ferment, and the various websites had a cooperative relationship and didn't want him to produce too much.

After all, if we give them more time to promote them, or let these books ferment, it will definitely bring better results. Serialized books and completed books are different. Although many people will read completed books, there will basically be no new traffic.

This is normal, and it's the fate of all books. They can't break it, so they can just let these three books update normally. As for releasing more chapters, that's something they don't really feel comfortable doing.

"The timing of these three books is quite good; they're all currently in their climax."

Zhou Yue glanced at the plot before nodding, since he found the plot quite good.

These three books are like money trees, bringing him considerable profits. Although the word count is still low, only about halfway through, the profits he will reap after these three books are completed will be beyond his wildest imagination.

Most importantly, he owns the copyrights to these books, so he can do whatever he wants with them. If the previous works fail, he can always make up for them later.

For example, if a comic wasn't drawn well before, it can be redrawn. There are no restrictions at all, which is good news for him.

After posting 100,000 words, he directly promoted the comic website in the comments.

Both platforms basically tacitly approve of it; promoting comics is, in a sense, a utilitarian endeavor.

Moreover, promoting the comics is a good feedback for their platform. Because they had previously purchased a large number of copyrights, this matter must have alarmed the two major platforms. Even though those copyrights might not have cost much—only 30,000 to 50,000 yuan for a single comic—it's not a lot of money even when added together. But money isn't the main issue; the key is the traffic and the incentives for the authors.

Because they can share some of the comic book copyrights.

Some comic book copyrights can't be fully licensed directly; there's always a profit-sharing arrangement, where you draw the comics and they share the profits.

So now he has partnerships with both major platforms, and it's basically like he's running his own company, just using the traffic from both platforms.

The two major platforms also leveraged the popularity of these three books, since they are groundbreaking and significant for the entire online literature industry. After all, his pen name had already been established, and many people came because of his reputation. Now, these three books are even more popular than his pen name.

The plot of "The Desolate Emperor" has unfolded to the point where he is constantly hunted down, then resurrected and directly crushes his powerful enemies. The plot is extremely exciting and thrilling, and it is basically a benchmark in the industry. Many people try to imitate this style, but very few can truly capture its essence.

The plot of "Covering the Sky" has reached a point where the protagonist, coughing up blood, fights his way to the edge of the Eastern Wilderness, which is extremely exciting.

Finally, there's the Divine Ruins. After the protagonist was tricked, he couldn't use his spiritual power, but it was gradually disintegrated and transformed into an opportunity for the protagonist.

However, the flow of spiritual energy is unstable.

Therefore, readers will be able to see the "final battle" countless times.

Every time the enemy sees him at his weakest moment, the protagonist's strength is instantly restored the instant he attacks. That's what a satisfying story is all about—an extremely satisfying story!
They don't reason with you at all; they just enjoy themselves!

The entire plot serves the purpose of providing thrills, and these three books do indeed achieve an extremely exciting and exhilarating experience, making readers' blood boil and their adrenaline surge.

This is what a "feel-good" novel should be like. As the benchmark for this genre, these three books undoubtedly deserve this level of quality.

"Is this Yue Shen's new comic website? I definitely have to support it! And it even has the complete content of these three books?"

"And it's not just about some of Yue Shen's previous copyrighted content, including his two previous bestsellers?"

"Isn't that practically invincible? These comics, once they're released, they practically sweep the entire comic book industry!"

"Yeah, yeah, brothers, let's go support them! Holy crap, I saw it!"

"Who drew the opening of Shrouding the Sky? It's absolutely amazing! I love it so much. It perfectly captures the sense of grandeur and epic scale. It doesn't feel like a comic; it's more like an illustration!"

"Yes, that's great. I'm guessing it's drawn by Yue Shen himself again. There was a comic before where Yue Shen drew the first three chapters, but the quality of the later chapters was criticized. However, the skill of the artist who drew them later gradually improved and gained everyone's approval."

"But it's still not as amazing as the first three chapters. This opening chapter reminds me of the feeling I had back then."

Who says comics aren't good?

"This comic is absolutely amazing! And I also saw that Wangchuan's and Chengfeng's books have been adapted into comics, and they're all drawn really well. They're even far above average."

"Yue Shen started his own company? And it's a comic platform? Wow, I need to apply! I saw they're hiring!"

"Yes, yes, I want to apply for the job too. I actually like drawing comics."

"After leaving behind a series of legends in the online novel circle, Yue Shen is actually switching to comics, and he's drawing them so well! He's simply a genius!"

"A person like Teacher Zhou will succeed at anything."

"This is amazing! I've taken a quick look at the basic comics, and they're all above average, even exceeding it by a lot. Most domestic comics are poorly made, and there aren't many top-notch artists. But I really appreciate this app."

"..."

A massive amount of traffic poured in.

"Ah, this..."

Lin Ning was shocked when she saw the daily active users statistics from the backend that evening.

"Holy crap, how many people have seen this?!"

"Three million daily active users?"

"Moreover, some of these people do pay for it, but actually, more people pay attention to the IPs of those few novels."

This is quite normal, since the traffic was generated by the three novels.

But he never expected there to be so many!
With three million daily active users, it's something that other comic websites can't match.

If all these people can stay on this website, then the website will truly be a success.

But it's not bad now, after all, these people came for these three books, and the comics of these three books are basically very good, so there's not much to worry about regarding quality.

That should be enough to keep most people here.

This terrifying daily active user count is a crushing blow to domestic comic websites.

The comic book industry is neither alive nor dead.

There aren't many companies that can achieve three million daily active users.

You might see in their financial reports that they have tens of millions of monthly active users, but that's accumulated over a month.

Normally it would be around one or two million.

It would be good if 200,000 out of a million were paid.

So the comic industry is still quite difficult, but today's massive traffic has given them some hope.

"Brother Yue is really a sensation across all platforms. These three books must have brought him a lot of income."

"And why does it seem like he doesn't usually have time to write or anything like that?"

He practically slept with Zhou Yue; he spent most of his time with him. He hadn't seen Zhou Yue working on those three books, and besides, he was no longer a novice when it came to online novels.

"I don't understand. Was this written during college? Why is it only being published now?"

"Or did you write it secretly behind our backs?"

(End of this chapter)