Reborn, I achieved legendary status with a single book.

Chapter 130 Online novel writers make a lot of money, and I'm envious.

"Brother Yuanping, invite Teacher Zhu Kun, let's have a small get-together tonight."

"President, that's great! You know how long it's been since we got together?"

"That's why I called you all. I have something to talk to you about."

"Row."

He Chuang, vice president of the Shanghai Writers Association, made a phone call to Zhang Yuanping, a director.

night.

Zhang Yuanping, Zhu Kun, and He Chuang arrived at a water hotel where they usually gathered.

The shop isn't big, but it has a strong 80s or 90s vibe.

The three have known each other for decades.

When they were young, they often gathered here.

"Great, I love this flavor."

"Small shops are still the most comfortable."

"President, I think we met here back then."

The three of them drank wine and reminisced about the old days.

that time.

This was the most glorious time for them, the artistic youths.

"Yes, so much time has passed in the blink of an eye."

"I'm getting old, and I'm falling behind the times."

The three of them sighed.

He drank another bowl or two.

Then He Chuangcai said, "Brother Yuanping, I heard you tried writing online novels not long ago, how was it?"

"Don't even mention it. I wrote tens of thousands of words. I didn't have a single reader. The only reader I had was the one who cursed me. And the cursing was really nasty, like something a country bumpkin would say. I thought, I don't have any grudge against him, so why is he cursing me like that?"

Zhu Kun was also anxious: "Me too, I really don't know what's wrong with those guys, they just started cursing right away, and I had no temper at all."

He Chuang smiled and said, "That's normal. It's like that online. You guys are all online, look at the comments under the news on major portals, there are tons of people cursing. Everyone treats the internet as a place to vent, so it's pretty direct."

"Even if it's direct, it shouldn't be like this. It shows no respect for other people's hard work."

The two continued to complain.

However, He Chuang said, "Stop complaining, let's get serious. A while ago, I consulted that unassuming guy. I managed to figure out a bit about the rules in online novels."

"What rules?"

"There are too many rules for me to explain all at once. Oh, by the way, I'll give you a website later, you can check it out there. By then, you'll probably have a general idea of what online novels are all about. What I want to say today is that I've really learned a lot from this forum."

He Chuang said, "To be honest, after these days of contact, I feel that their online literature has a better future, or rather, a better financial future than our traditional literature."

"President, you can't say that. Look at the top writers, they're still in the traditional field. People like Han Han and Guo Jingming, they earn a lot, and there's also Dangnian Mingyue's 'Those Things of the Ming Dynasty'."

"Those Things of the Ming Dynasty are also online novels."

"Oh, I almost forgot."

"That's not what I meant. Don't just jump to the top authors right away. Look at our country, it's so big, how many of our top writers actually sell well? Apart from young writers like Han Han, Guo Jingming, and Zhang Yueran, most of the other writers don't sell very well. In our field, only Yu Hua and his ilk can hold their own. But what about the others?"

This said.

Both of them remained silent.

How could the two of them not know the current state of traditional literature?

Traditional literature has lost much of its vitality in the present day.

That's why it still exists.

Most of them survive by relying on a series of subsidies from higher authorities.

Like some magazines, internal publications.

If we're talking about pure business practices, these magazines and internal publications would have gone out of business many years ago.

But they still exist.

It was actually to give some writers a way to make a living.

But even so.

These magazines and internal publications... don't pay much for articles anymore.

I used to think that receiving a few hundred yuan in royalties was a lot.

These days, many writers feel humiliated by receiving only a few hundred yuan in royalties.

"President, what do you mean?"

"I think we really need to catch up with online writers. I recently discovered that it's not just the top writers who write well and make money. The ordinary writers are also quite good at making money. Many of them can earn more than 5000 yuan a month, and it's normal for the better writers to earn more than 1 yuan."

"That can't be right, these are just a few examples."

"No, it's not just a few. I've been observing this website for half a month, and there are indeed many online writers who can earn this much money. Moreover, they are very young, many are only in their 20s, and there are even teenagers who can earn this much."

He Chuang opened SkyNet.

And then I clicked on a few posts.

These posts exposed screenshots of royalties from a certain online novelist.

"This one costs 2, and this one costs 3."

"This is a little less, only 1, but it's still a lot."

"And this... My God, 4."

Zhang Yuanping and Zhu Kun have also received tens of thousands of yuan in royalties.

But tens of thousands of yuan in royalties is the income from one book.

However, it often takes them several months, or even several years, to write a book.

If you can keep publishing books, you can easily make tens of thousands of yuan over several years.

But here's the thing.

It's even difficult to publish a book these days.

Some of the editors who had previously serialized the story even asked me if I wanted to self-publish it.

How can we survive like this?

But look at these royalties, they're all for a month!

"President, my question is, can their royalties continue indefinitely?"

"of course can."

He Chuang said, "This is also why I think online novels have a promising future. This SkyNet is an internal website for online novel authors. I also asked some of them, and these authors said that as long as it's published and they update it steadily every day, the royalties will basically continue indefinitely. Of course, if you write haphazardly later and ruin the plot, you might not get as many royalties. But normally, as long as we write with our hearts, although it might go wrong, it can still last for a long time." "I also saw that there's an author who has been writing a book for several years. During those years, his royalties were tens of thousands every month."

This said.

This made the two of them extremely envious.

……

"President...did Wang Yu really say that Chen Yang earns 10 yuan a month in royalties?"

Zhu Kun seemed to have thought of something and asked again.

"Yes, yes, I wanted to ask that too."

Zhang Yuanping is also very much looking forward to it.

Actually, Wang Yu mentioned last time how much Chen Yang earns a month for his writing.

Although they don't think it's fake.

But they felt that this might be a bit of an exaggeration.

At the same time, they don't really understand this area. Whether you say he earns 10 or 100 million a month, it doesn't matter.

It's like saying how much money some people on the rich list have made.

Even if you say billions or hundreds of billions, people will just take a look.

But now, listening to what the chairman said, both of them felt that what Wang Yu said last time might be true.

"Did you guys think this was fake before?"

Seeing the two of them, He Chuang spoke again.

"No, it just feels a bit unreal, there might be some exaggeration involved."

"Hehe, I thought so too before."

He Chuang said, "However, after I entered this website, I realized that the kid was really awesome."

"How awesome is it?"

"Let me put it this way. Online literature is a circle, and so is our circle. The most powerful people in our circle are people like Yu Hua, and if we're talking about earning power, then we'll add people like Han Han. Do you know what Chen Yang's status is in their circle?"

"What status?"

"The same status that Yu Hua and Han Han have in our circle is similar."

"Be good."

The two clicked their tongues in astonishment: "No wonder the higher-ups insisted on bringing Chen Yang in."

"Absolutely. Joining our Shanghai Writers Association might just be the first step; he might eventually join the national level."

"Ah."

The two nodded.

Then, He Chuang said, "Let me show you another post."

talking.

He Chuang opened another post on his phone.

This post is an analysis by a netizen about Chen Yang's unremarkable appearance, which is actually his manuscript fee from last month.

"Come on, let me help everyone calculate how much the manuscript fee for Bu Yang Shen was last month."

There are rules regarding royalties.

Even if it's not your work, you can make an estimate of its potential based on the other party's achievements.

"Last month, Bu Yangshen didn't update much, only about 250,000 words. This was mainly because he was in school in September, which everyone understands. Let's just say it was 250,000 words. I don't have the data on Bu Yangshen's average daily readership in September. However, Bu Yangshen recently set a new record of 18000 average daily readership. So, let's subtract some and calculate it as 15000."

He Chuang explained to Zhu Kun and Zhang Yuanping, “Their royalties are based on subscriptions, about 2 cents per thousand words. It may not seem like much, but if the number of subscribers is large, it becomes incredibly high. Look, Chen Yang has 15000 subscribers. That means he has 15,000 subscribers. 2 cents per thousand words, multiplied by 250,000 words... 75,000.”

"75,000 plus the monthly pass bonus of 10,000, that's 85,000... I heard there's also a full attendance bonus, I think it's a few hundred yuan, but I won't add that. In September, his income should be at least 80,000."

"8."

Zhang Yuanping and Zhu Kun gasped in shock.

In 07, let alone 8 a month.

Even if it's only 8000 a month, that's still a top-tier salary.

An average person would only earn around 2000.

"Hmm, it seems to be less than what Wang Yu said last time. Last time, Wang Yu said it would be 10 a month."

"Didn't that person say that Chen Yang will update less when school starts in September? If we calculate based on August, he wrote 350,000 words, and his monthly income would definitely exceed 100,000."

This calculation represents the income of top-tier professionals.

For ordinary writers, the pay isn't as good as that of top writers; they'll probably only get around 1.9 points per thousand words.

But actually, the difference isn't that big.

"One million."

"President, is this true?"

The two looked at He Chuang.

In fact, they already completely believed it.

Because the numbers are right there in front of you.

He didn't hear it from others.

It's not that others are bragging.

This was calculated based on actual facts.

Even if this number is not the final number, the error is not large.