The Wang Haige Forum had a section called Literature World, which included two sub-sections — the Physical Book Exchange Section and the Web Novel Exchange Section. Usually, Zhang Zian never went to these two sections, but today, he was half lying on the recliner, using his phone to refresh the forum.
As soon as he clicked into the Web Novel Exchange Section, he was attracted by a post.
[Seven Kills]: A newbie who just posted a book. How many favorites should I get for each chapter?
There were all kinds of replies. Some were joking, and some were serious.
[Old City]: "It depends on the website. It's different for different websites. I write fantasy novels on Qidian, and I have more than 20 bookmarks on the first day after I published them. The second day, 11 bookmarks on the second day, and more than 20 bookmarks on the third day. Currently, I have 28,000 words and 140 bookmarks.
[Academy]: You are awesome. What's the title of your book?
[Fan Wujiu]: I think you are showing off.
[Tian Haoyu]: So few words. Did anyone add any favorites? It couldn't be a lie, right? Why did I only get 40 favorites after writing 50,000 words?
Zhang Zian felt even more depressed. Was this really the difference between the general public and the minority? But it seemed that some people were having a hard time. Pi had just written 2,000 words, and now it had reached 50,000 words. There should be at least 40 favorites, right? Fortunately, it wasn't at the bottom.
There were also some comments that gave a general explanation.
[Akmond]: Qidian is the top website in the industry. It's hard for newbies to make a name for themselves. Today is a holiday, and I'm bored. Let me tell you about the difficulty of writing on Qidian. I just went to the Qidian library to check. New books with less than 300,000 words have been updated in three days, and there are 18000 new books! Among them, only about 2,000 books have been signed. The difficulty of signing a contract is 1/9.
[Seven Kills]: So difficult? His words made the newbie feel a chill in his heart …
[Akmond]: Difficult? No, this is just the beginning. After you sign the contract, Qidian will promote your book so that more people can read it. But is it enough to just sign a contract? Far from enough. After that, your book will be recommended together with the new books in the same period. There were about five to six rounds of recommendations for new books, and in each round, there were about ten books competing for a maximum of four spots. Only about 0.4% of the books would be able to make it to the shelves. 2000 books multiplied by 0.004 equals 8. That is to say, out of the 18000 books, only 8 books would be able to make it to the shelves normally. Of the remaining 17992 books, 99.99% would be buried in the sea of books.
[Young Man of the Wind]: "The newbie who hasn't released his book has been dealt a heavy blow!
[Akmond]: "Hehe, charging for your book is just the beginning. You must have 3,000 readers who are willing to pay for your book. Then your book can enter Qidian's hall of quality. Do you know what is the quality rate of Qidian?" Out of the eight books that were forcefully pushed onto the shelves, only three or four of them could become excellent novels!
[Akmond]: "Now we can make a conclusion. For those who have just released your book, your future is as follows: If your goal is to sign a contract, the probability is 1/9; if your goal is to push your book to the shelves, the probability is 1/2250; if your goal is to become an excellent novel and be remembered by Qidian forever, the probability is about 1/5000." If you write on Qidian, you have a 1/5000 chance to become the numerator, and a 4,999/5000 chance to become the denominator! " It's not an exaggeration to say that a general's success is built on thousands of bones! "
Some people expressed their doubts.
[Smile]: "Are you exaggerating? 18000 people will enter the online literature industry at the same time? "
[Akmond]: "Of course. You'll be shocked to death. According to official statistics, there are about 1.4 billion people in China, and there are 60 million online writers! 60 million! " Wave after wave of people were pouring into the online literature industry. This was probably one of the most competitive industries in the world. The chances of becoming the next Wang Baoqiang by being an extra at the gate of Binhai Film and Television City were much higher than this … After all, being an extra also meant risking injury. On the other hand, the threshold for writing online literature was very low. As long as one could read and type, they could give it a try. However, 99.99% of the people were there to be the denominator.
Although [Akmond] might be telling the truth, after being popularized, the people below were still wailing about the bleak future. [Akmond] also seemed to know a lot about online literature, so other people called him "Guru". He hurriedly said that he was also a member of the army of people who fell down. It was just that the more he fell down, the more he fell down …
Zhang Zian wanted to correct the post. It was not 18000 people, but 17999 people and a monkey, but he didn't. He was not in the mood to make fun of them.
He remembered the days when he took Famous to Binhai Film and Television City to shoot a movie. At that time, he could see many people in green military coats gathering at the gate of the Film and Television City every day. Every time a crew came in and out, they would surround them like a car full of cheap cabbages for people to choose from. Those who were selected by the crew were complacent about earning a daily salary of 50 yuan, while those who were not selected could not hide the disappointment on their faces. They receded like the tide, shivering in the cold wind, waiting for the arrival of the next crew.
At that time, he thought that these extras had worked hard. They persevered for their dream of becoming a star, hoping that they could become the next Wang Baoqiang. Now that he thought about it, it seemed like what [Akmond] had said was true. Web novelists were also a path where thousands of troops and horses fought over a single-log bridge. They fought until their heads bled in order to become one of the few.
The Wang Haige Web Literature Exchange Area was quite lively. There were many posts, and almost every minute, there were people posting and replying. In addition to the posts discussing web writing like the one above, there were also some posts commenting on certain novels, whether it was praising or cursing. There was a strange phenomenon here. If it was cursing, it was okay. Almost all the people who followed the post followed the cursing, and there were very few voices of opposition. But if it was praise, there would be people questioning whether the poster was a paid water army, or whether the author was pretending to be an ordinary reader to recommend the novel.
Water army, Zhang Zian had heard Zhao Qi say this before. Every time Zhao Qi came to the pet shop to buy imported cat food, she would ask for a discount from him. She claimed that if she hadn't helped him fight against the Stars Pet Chain Supermarket Group's water army in the Wang Haige Forum, his pet shop would have gone out of business. He had always been skeptical about this. Was there really a water army lurking in the forum?
But these things had nothing to do with him or Pi for the time being. He decided to help Pi set a small goal first, which was to complete the contract with the website and become one of the nine. According to these posts, after signing the contract with the website, the novel could be recommended by the website, so that more people could read it.
But how could he sign the contract?
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