October 26th …
Zhongdian Chinese Network …
Ma Yiqun had just finished watching the official platform's interview with Tengda. His face was full of gratification.
Since Boss Pei had many outstanding employees, Ma Yiqun did not get the precious interview opportunity and did not show his face in the video.
However, many of the people in the interview were Ma Yiqun's good friends and close colleagues. Thus, he was sincerely gratified to see this interview.
"That's great. Everyone has realized their dreams."
Ma Yiqun closed the interview video on the official platform and opened the webpage below. It was the author platform of Zhongdian Chinese Network.
The data showed that Ma Yiqun's new book had achieved a good result of two thousand subscriptions!
This was not much by Infinite Chinese Network's standards. After all, an average of three thousand subscriptions was considered top-notch.
However, to Ma Yiqun and Zhongdian Chinese Network's standards, this was already a very good result!
Ma Yiqun knew very well that Zhongdian Chinese Network was still very different from Infinite Chinese Network in terms of readers.
The same book could easily get three thousand subscriptions on Infinite Chinese Network, but it would be good if it could get a thousand subscriptions on Zhongdian Chinese Network.
Although Zhongdian Chinese Network had benefited from Repent and be Saved's game and Tengda's interconnection with Zhongdian Chinese Network's accounts, it was not something that could be done overnight for an online literature website to become popular. The number of readers had to be accumulated slowly.
The subsidies that Ma Yiqun had received from Boss Pei were mainly to subsidize such books. Books with the potential to be top-notch could only get more than a thousand subscriptions on Zhongdian Chinese Network. Thus, Ma Yiqun used funds to supplement the author's income.
Based on these figures, the fact that Ma Yiqun's book could achieve 2,000 initial subscriptions on Infinite Chinese Network was equivalent to 6,000 initial subscriptions on Zhongdian Chinese Network. This was already a very good figure!
Ma Yiqun did not pay himself for the royalties because he did not particularly care about them.
Comparatively speaking, the most important thing was for his book to be recognized by the readers!
Ma Yiqun's previous experience of writing books on Infinite Chinese Language Network had caused him to doubt his own abilities. Thus, he was only writing for his own amusement this time. He didn't even give himself too many recommendations.
However, the results of the first subscriptions were so good that Ma Yiqun was overjoyed!
This morning, Boss Pei called again and asked Ma Yiqun to bring all the employees from Zhongdian Chinese Network and TPDb for a big meal as a reward for their outstanding work performance.
Boss Pei sounded very determined. It looked like he could not reject him.
Thus, Ma Yiqun had already made reservations at the Swan Lake Restaurant. He was prepared to bring his subordinates there for a feast.
Actually, it would be best if they could go to the nameless restaurant, but there were no seats left.
"Buzz … Buzz …"
At that moment, Ma Yiqun's cell phone vibrated.
It didn't show who the caller was, just a long list of phone numbers.
Ma Yiqun took a look and saw that it was a familiar number. He wanted to hang up at first, but after some hesitation, he answered the call.
"Hey, you finally answer my phone?" A voice a few years older than Ma's group came over the phone.
Ma Yiqun smiled helplessly. "Brother, just say what you want."
"Are you still working at the game company?" the voice on the phone asked.
Ma Yiqun remained silent for a moment. "Brother, just say what you want to say. There's no need for pleasantries."
The person on the phone sighed softly. "Hey, I know that you went to the game industry in a fit of pique. I've also found out recently that the domestic game industry doesn't pay attention to plots at all, much less in a place like Jingzhou. If you do this, wouldn't it be like killing a chicken with a sledgehammer and wasting your life? "
"Online literature and games are both unrefined things. No matter which industry you choose, it would be a waste of your talent.
"I just met our grandfather a few days ago. Uncle and I have the same opinion. You've been working at the game company for so long. You should have thought it through, right? "Now, prepare for the postgraduate entrance examination and continue on the path of academics. It's not too late to find a teaching position in a school.
"If you really want to write a book, it's more suitable for you to take the traditional path. I can provide you with some connections.
"You stubbornly insisted on taking the path of online literature back then. You never succeeded. You should recognize that you don't have the talent in this area, right?"
The corners of Ma Yiqun's mouth turned up slightly, revealing a smile.
The person on the phone was Ma Yiqun's cousin. He was eight years older than Ma Yiqun.
His cousin was already a member of the local writers' association. His books had also achieved good sales. He had left Ma Yiqun far behind.
If Ma Yiqun had picked up the phone a few months earlier, he might have been convinced.
After all, his cousin was also experienced. Ma Yiqun also saw the extremely unreliable side of the game industry after he joined Shang Yang Games.
During his time at Shang Yang Games, Ma Yiqun had been in charge of changing the packaging of the game. It was physical work; there was no technical content at all.
He often doubted himself and felt that he was wasting his life.
After all, he came from a scholarly family. He studied in a proper university. He also had such a successful cousin. It was indeed difficult for Ma Yiqun to accept his current situation.
However, everything was different now.
Ma Yiqun smiled. "Brother, you've really seen wrongly.
"Our latest game has already been promoted by the official platform. The overseas version has been well received in Europe and America. The plot, in particular, is very impressive.
"My new book is also very popular. It should reach the standard of a premium product soon. The readers' comments are also very good."
On the other end of the phone, Ma Yiqun's cousin was stunned. "Your new book? When did you start writing a new book? "
Ma Yiqun was stunned as well. He suddenly frowned.
Eh?
He acutely sensed a very important problem from his cousin's reaction.
Ma Yiqun frowned and said, "Brother, I've never told my family about my pen name on Limitless Chinese Network."
Both parties were speechless.
Ma Yiqun was very smart. He immediately understood.
Something was wrong!
When Ma Yiqun decided to enter the online literature industry, he faced some resistance from his family. That was why he decided to start writing online novels during his university days to prove himself.
Although his novels were all flops, he had never told his family what his pen name was.
However, why was his cousin so shocked today when he heard that he was still writing?
From his tone, it was obvious that his cousin thought that Ma Yiqun had not written since he started working at the game company. He was also very sure. Otherwise, he would not have been so shocked.
Why was he so sure?
Unless his cousin already knew about Ma Yiqun's pen name on Limitless Chinese Network and had been paying attention to his author account!
After a long silence, his cousin finally spoke.
"Sigh. Sigh, I'm sorry.
"You're so smart. At this point, I can't hide it anymore. I'll tell you the truth.
"Actually, I'm good friends with a senior editor at Limitless Chinese Network.
"Your books had good figures when they were first published. However, I asked my friend to change the figures. I just want you to give up early and stop thinking about writing web novels. "
"I'm just afraid that you'll go further and further down this road of no return after tasting some small profits.
"Writing online novels is a dead-end!"
Ma Yiqun, "…"
He did not know whether to laugh or cry.
He was angry and happy at the same time.
He was angry because he had finally found the culprit!
Before this, Ma Yiqun had always thought that something was amiss. How could his books, which had good figures for all kinds of public chapters, fail the moment they were published?
It was one thing to say that the figures had fallen slightly. However, the book that he had predicted to be an elite product suddenly fell to thirty subscriptions. That was too fake!
However, at that time, Ma Yiqun did not think about it at all. Who would have thought that a huge website like Limitless Chinese Network would directly change the back-end figures to target a small author?
Now, he knew that he had been schemed against!
Ma Yiqun smiled, feeling relieved. "Brother, don't worry about it. I chose my own path, and I know how to walk it.
"As for what you said about writing online novels being a dead-end, I have a different opinion.
"One day, I'll prove it to you."
After hanging up, Ma Yiqun was in a great mood.
The dark cloud that had been covering his heart for a long time had dissipated!
When Ma Yiqun first started writing online novels on Limitless Chinese Network and became a plot planner at Shang Yang Games, he had more or less done it in a fit of pique. However, now that he was the chief editor and person-in-charge of Zhongdian Chinese Network, Ma Yiqun had completely taken this job as his lifelong career.
At that moment, the person that Ma Yiqun wanted to thank the most was Boss Pei.
If Boss Pei had not had a good eye for talent and arranged for him to be the chief editor of Zhongdian Chinese Network, how could there have been a series of stories after that?
Perhaps Ma Yiqun would have thought that no one would read his novels and completely left the online literature industry. Slowly, he would lose interest in the games industry and return to his old path as his cousin had said.
Thus, he had to work hard and not let down Boss Pei's trust and nurture.
He had to make Zhongdian Chinese Network even more popular!
At that thought, Ma Yiqun opened Zhongdian Chinese Network's back-end again and started working seriously.
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October 31st …
The System screen automatically appeared in front of Pei Qian.
Wealth Conversion System
Owner: Pei Qian
Profit Conversion Ratio 100: 1. Loss Conversion Ratio 1: 1
Settlement coming soon …
System Funds: 5.94 million + 840,000 (1.22 million)
Fixed Assets: One commercial villa at Ming Yun Villas (8.46 million)
Personal Wealth: 485831.5
Special Task for this Cycle: Profits and losses are the way of doing business. The owner seems to be overly obsessed with temporary profits. This is not the mentality that a business genius should have. It is recommended that the owner achieve a loss in the next settlement. (Completed)
Special Task Completion Reward: A mysterious surprise within the System's rules. (Available to be received)
Settlement in progress …
Wealth Conversion in progress …
System Funds: 5.94 million + 840,000 (1.22 million)
Fixed Assets: One commercial villa at Ming Yun Villas (8.46 million)
Personal Wealth: 1.83 million (110% of 1.22 million)
Pei Qian almost cried tears of joy when he saw the string of numbers.
It had not been easy!
He had finally seen his Personal Wealth in tens of thousands!
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