Reborn, I achieved legendary status with a single book.

What's 78 yuan in royalties for Chapter 189? This time it's 178 million.

June of 2008 has quickly passed.

It's that time of the month again to share our royalties.

On the morning of July 2nd, SkyNet was bustling with activity.

"Brothers, keep up the good habit of posting your royalties! Post them right at 10 o'clock."

"Yes, yes, how can we be stimulated if we don't show it off? How will we know that online literature is so profitable if we don't show it off?"

"I can't wait."

Actually, SkyNet has had some authors posting their royalties before.

But actually, I didn't get much sun exposure.

After all, not all authors are high-profile; most authors keep their heads down and write, and don't flaunt their royalties.

At the same time, posting your earnings isn't necessarily a good strategy, as it can sometimes attract resentment.

But in the last two months, there has been a noticeable increase in people posting their royalties.

The reason.

That is the emergence of mobile wireless reading.

If it's the starting point.

Whether or not you post your royalties is actually not important.

As long as it's within the industry.

From their comments, their subscriptions, their data.

Even if you don't know exactly how much royalties this author earns in a month.

But you can probably estimate it.

However, when it comes to mobile wireless reading, that's something no one can even begin to anticipate.

It's not just that we can't estimate it.

The mobile wireless reading base often features blind box openings, which surprise everyone.

This is not.

Last month, people were offering tens of thousands, or even 5 a month in sales.

Moreover, many of them are new authors.

With such a fee, how could anyone not be tempted?

"Haha, I'm the first one. Let's start by paying out the article fee to set the tone."

Arrive at 10 o'clock.

One author friend immediately posted his royalties: "Hmm, my royalties increased tenfold this month."

Everyone was excited.

Click to take a look.

All I could see was that the payment for the article was 100 yuan.

Then look at the manuscript fee he posted last month, it's 10 yuan.

"That makes a lot of sense, it has indeed increased tenfold."

"Platinum-level beauty, awesome."

"Pfft... You guys come here every day to joke around, it's making me forget how to write a book."

That's obviously a joke.

SkyNet is a platform for authors within the industry to entertain themselves.

There are masters and failures here.

It's not like I wanted to be a failure. Often, the pay is so low that I can only make jokes to cheer myself up.

but.

Under the leadership of this author friend.

Other authors also shared their royalties.

"Come on, let me show off this month too. My monthly royalties have exceeded 1 for the first time. Congratulations to me, everyone!"

A friend who earns 1 yuan a month from writing posted his earnings online.

All of a sudden.

Many author friends commented: "1, I'm so envious, I've never received more than 1 in royalties."

"Me too, I've never even made 5000, let alone 1."

"When will I be able to earn 1 yuan a month?"

Earning 1 yuan a month is actually a very tempting threshold for writing online novels.

Let alone enabling a group of authors to earn 10,000 yuan a month by writing novels, even just working a regular job in real life is impossible.

Basically, more than 95% of people cannot earn 1 yuan a month.

even.

A monthly income of 1 yuan would still be a relatively good figure in 2025, the year of my previous life.

With the emergence of this author with 1 followers.

Other authors also posted screenshots of their royalties.

Compared to last month.

This month's royalties are significantly higher than usual.

It's not that there aren't authors who receive one or two thousand yuan in royalties.

Yes, there are.

But obvious.

Screenshots showing payments exceeding 5000 yuan have become more common.

Not only are there more authors earning over 5000 yuan in royalties, but there are also more authors earning over 1 yuan in royalties.

This is only half a day.

Many people took a look.

I've already seen screenshots of dozens of authors receiving over 1 yuan in royalties.

In addition, there were several others who received 2 to 3 yuan in royalties, and others who received 4 yuan.

"The more I watch, the more exciting it gets."

"I wish all these royalties were mine."

"I want to write, I want to write, let's go, brothers!"

……

"Huh, it seems Dangdang doesn't offer payment for published articles."

A writer friend reminded me of Dangdang.

Yes.

Dangdang's 5 yuan manuscript fee last month was truly the envy of everyone.

Last month, the wireless manuscript fee was only half a month's salary.

June is a month.

In addition, China Mobile has opened up services in several more provinces and regions.

Theoretically speaking, Dangdang's royalties should definitely increase.

"Dangdang's sales were 5 last month, and this month they should be no less than 5, possibly even 6."

"Can you be a little bolder? I think at least 7."

"Even 8 is possible."

"I'll guess a number, 10."

If we're talking about the author's royalties that everyone is most looking forward to, it's definitely Dangdang.

It's not that no one earns more royalties than Dangdang.

But Dangdang is the most representative among ordinary authors.

He was originally just an ordinary author, a contracted author whose work was published on the platform.

His royalties are usually around 1000 yuan, and sometimes even less.

But who can believe it?

This author, who usually only earns 1000 yuan a month in royalties, is now earning 5 yuan a month.

"Ta-da! We're giving away huge sums of money for your writing!"

In the group of new authors, everyone was urging Dangdang to release their work.

Dangdang said somewhat embarrassedly, "Um, um, I won't be releasing any more content this month."

"Ah, why?"

"If I reveal my payment for writing, I'm afraid people will criticize my writing as rubbish."

Ok.

Since Dangdang announced its royalty payment policy...

Although it attracted a lot of attention, it also caused quite a stir.

For example, his book.

Many people started taking apart Dangdang's new products.

However, some authors ridiculed Dangdang's new work during this episode.

And I wonder, how did he earn 5 yuan a month for such rudimentary work?
Some people even directly criticized Wireless Mobile Base for being blind, saying that their books were clearly better written than Dangdang's, so why didn't they achieve the same results as Dangdang?

"How could that be? Dangdang, ignore those envious dogs. They can't write their own books, so they don't look at their own problems and always pick on other people's shortcomings."

"Yeah, Dangdang, pay me my royalties. I really want you to give me a little push."

"Dangdang, please, just let me take a look, just one look, let me give up."

Seeing so many friends in the author group, Dangdang had some hesitation.

Then, after thinking for a moment, he said, "I'll ask Bu Yangda for his opinion."

talking.

Dangdang sent Chen Yang a message: "Don't be arrogant, everyone in the group wants me to reveal my royalties, what should I do?"

"what are you thinking?"

“I don’t really care, but I’m afraid of going viral and attracting too much hatred. Anyway, last month, people kept cursing at me. They even wrote satirical poems to mock me.”

"Pfft... Don't take those things to heart."

Chen Yang chuckled when it came to doggerel.

Those guys are really talented.

I see that Dangdang's new book is incredibly popular, but I also feel that it's poorly written.

So an author wrote a satirical poem mocking Dangdang.

[The protagonist had just returned home when his brother knocked on the door. Each of them unleashed a set of techniques, ensuring neither missed. The brother was too stupid, taking a year to reach Foundation Establishment. Luckily, he could cheat, reducing the year to two days. In just two short chapters, countless landmines were triggered. Reading this today, I finally understand Bai Zhenyi's true intention: "Since ancient times, Bai Zhenyi's novels have been as numerous as weeds, even three- or five-year-olds can write them. If you ask who stands at the peak, only this novel has caused ten thousand to fall."]

Don't say it yet.

The doggerel is actually quite good.

If only that author had used the effort he put into writing doggerel to study novels.

Whether I become a top author or not, at least I won't starve by writing novels.

Of course. Chen Yang, however, did not share the same view on this limerick.

In fact, he had anticipated this situation even before the mobile wireless reading market began.

After all, the mobile wireless reading market is a completely new market.

This is a large market that has never received any education in online literature.

You need to show them well-written works with all sorts of brilliant techniques and innovative ideas.

Sorry, they really can't understand it.

They're currently stuck at a very basic, straightforward level of tactics.

then.

That's how Dangdang's products became popular.

Those who believe their work is better than Dangdang's.

Excuse me.

He just seems to write better than Dangdang, but he's far worse than those who are truly good writers on Qidian.

then.

On the mobile side, they can't compete with Dangdang.

On the starting line, they can't compete with the veterans.

Naturally, their royalties didn't materialize much.

"It's alright, Dangdang. Let them be jealous. Although it has attracted hatred, it has also increased the exposure of your novel. You can try paying royalties for the first three months. Once you've built up enough fame, stop paying them."

This is the experience that Chen Yang summarized in his previous life.

at the very beginning.

In this circle, people are envious and jealous, if they want to.

At most, they'll write doggerel to mock you.

but.

As more and more authors enter the online literature field.

However, this has gradually made the online literature market somewhat impure.

Some authors then try to retaliate against other authors.

Some people try to find ways to report it.

So later on...

Many authors prefer to keep a low profile and don't want to stand out too much.

"Okay, I won't be arrogant, I'll listen to you."

Dangdang trusted Chen Yang's advice completely.

After finishing my conversation with Chen Yang.

Dangdang then revealed his royalties on SkyNet.

17 million.

Yes.

This is 10 more than the person on Sky.com who guessed 7, reaching a terrifying record of 17.

This record has once again shocked the industry.

"17? Wow, that's enough for financial freedom!"

"I thought guessing 10 was already the highest level, but I didn't expect it to be 17, my goodness."

"I suddenly realized that the limerick I wrote really made me look like a clown."

"Brothers, I think we should all carefully study the mobile reading market. I know that guy from Dangdang, but he doesn't have any resources or connections. It's impossible for mobile platforms to only promote his books and not ours. For them, whichever book is more popular, that's which they'll promote. So, is our opinion that his writing isn't very good the same as everyone else's?"

"Well said. I've looked at the comments on Dangdang's mobile site. I found that the comments on the mobile site are completely different from those on Qidian. Qidian is full of criticism, while the mobile site is almost entirely full of positive reviews. I feel that the readers on the mobile site and the readers on Qidian are two different groups."

"Yes, they are two completely different groups. The readers on Qidian have read countless books, and if you write something too simplistic, everyone will complain. But it's different on Mobile. They have never read so-called 'simplistic' novels. So, the simpler your writing is, the more likely you are to have a market."

"Of course, that's what we say, but how to write it properly is something everyone needs to study carefully. If anyone laughs at Dangdang again, they deserve to fail."

Let's study it together.

"Okay."

Many authors encouraged each other.

"Oh right, did we forget about another big shot?"

"Who?"

"Who are you talking about? It's Buyang God."

"Damn, it's true, it's not like Yang Shen's royalties."

at this time.

Everyone remembered Chen Yang.

"I think we shouldn't let Bu Yang get away with this. Anyway, we'll never reach that level."

"Exactly, 17 yuan from Dangdang is already the end of my life. If I can't get any more, I'll be spitting blood."

"It's nothing, so what if I vomit blood? I just wanted to see the depth of online literature and broaden my horizons."

"I also want to broaden my horizons."

SkyNet, a group of industry writers, and the eccentric @ChenYang.

Where is Chen Yang?

Summer vacation has already started in June.

He has now returned to his hometown.

Basically, he doesn't have much to do all day and stays at home every day.

How could he not have noticed this information?

"Alright, alright, since everyone wants to see it, I'll post it then."

Given Chen Yang's current status and identity.

The problems he faces are different from those faced by Dangdang.

Dangdang has to consider whether it will attract hatred, but Chen Yang doesn't need to consider this.

of course.

Chen Yang didn't post the screenshot to show off.

As many authors on SkyNet have said, they just want to broaden their horizons and see the pinnacle of online literature.

Although Chen Yang is not yet widely recognized as the number one online writer.

but.

The highest peak was already faintly pointing towards Chen Yang.

That being the case.

Why should Chen Yang hide it?

Say.

Actually, I also wanted to show off a little bit.

With such a high fee, if I don't make a big splash, wouldn't that be like wearing fine clothes in the dark?

"Brothers, we're here."

talking.

Chen Yang then posted a screenshot of the payment received in the back office.

Ok.

This month's increase is slightly higher than last month's.

Yes.

There's an extra 1.

The royalties were 178 million.

……

"178."

Far away in Sichuan, there was a 19-year-old boy who was staring at the 178 million yuan in royalties that Chen Yang had posted.

"I would be perfectly content if I received a single-digit amount from your royalties."

This boy's name is Potato.

He recently started a book called "The Warcraft Blademaster".

That's why I wrote this book.

This is because he likes playing video games and also likes the Blademaster in World of Warcraft.

he thought.

If the Blademaster from Warcraft were to wander into another world, that would be a great idea.

Just a pity.

Because it was his first time writing a book, and he was young and inexperienced, the new book did not perform very well.

So he kept advertising in various book review sections.

He hopes that some big names or editors will take a liking to his book.

But a pity.

Such advertising is ineffective; he remains a nobody.

"Do you want the book 'Eunuch'?"

Potato had the idea of ​​becoming a eunuch.

Because this book was originally written on a whim.

Moreover, after writing it down, he didn't update for several days because a major event happened in Sichuan last month.

He was able to resume his work once things stabilized.

But after that, the popularity plummeted even further.

"Bu Yang Shen, you are my idol. I've written a book called 'The Warcraft Blademaster,' could you take a look at it for me?"

Potato, feeling rather weak, sent Chen Yang a text message on SkyNet.

Finished.

Potato chuckled to himself.

What are you thinking about?

People who don't boast about their status are beyond reason; if you send them a text like that, they won't have time to read your book.

If you're going to cook, practice more. Why rely on others?

Potato slapped himself, remembering the writing insights that Bu Yangshen had shared on SkyNet.

God rewards hard work.

A warm feeling welled up inside Potato.

insist.

The god of discontent is right; only by persevering can one possibly succeed.

If you don't even have perseverance, do you think you're exceptionally talented?
(End of this chapter)