Rebirth begins with studying hard

Chapter 28 Breaking Records

Feicheng, which is neither in the south nor in the north, has no spring.

After the last cold wave in late April, the temperature in Feicheng soared from 10-15 degrees Celsius to over 20 degrees Celsius.

With the arrival of the May Day holiday, early summer is just around the corner.

The seven-day May Day holiday, which had been in effect for seven years, was officially canceled in 2008 and replaced with a three-day mini-holiday. Later, three more mini-holidays were added: Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival.

Although seven days became three days, it was four days less this time.

But students who had already enjoyed the three-day Qingming Festival holiday were already somewhat expecting it.

Especially after someone mentioned that in the past, there was only a five-day holiday and two days of classes during the May Day holiday, most students didn't have much of a problem with it anymore.

Everyone is happily welcoming May Day.

Lu Jie is also looking forward to May Day, because his novel "Battle Through the Heavens" on Qidian will be available for purchase on May Day after a free period of more than a month.

The book performed very well in recommendations, consistently leading other new books by a significant margin.

[The recommendation effect is very good, the first subscription should be able to break 5000, maybe even 10,000] When he was discussing the listing with the editor, the editor, Sprite, mentioned it.

He felt the editor was being too conservative; how could the initial subscription be only 5000? It was bound to break 10,000.

However, considering that the invitation standard for Qidian's annual meeting at this time was only over 10,000 for high-end custom orders.

A custom order exceeding 10,000 is considered a 10,000-order order.

This is different from the future era where an average subscription of over 10,000 is considered a 10,000 subscription.

That evening, after writing a brief acceptance speech, he saw the access permissions that the editor had granted him in advance.

[Remember to send the VIP coupon, don't send the wrong one.]

He received a reminder from his editor close to midnight.

This editor is really great!

After spending more than a month together, he truly felt that the editor's care was everywhere.

It was just as good as his editing days in his previous life.

With only a few minutes left before the midnight release time, he stopped writing and started chatting casually with the editor.

[Hey Xue, has that book I told you about last time, *A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality*, been published yet? How are the results? Not bad, right?]

During a mid-month discussion with his editor about recommendations, it was nearly midnight. He thanked the editor for discussing recommendations with him so late. When he heard the editor mention that he was under pressure to meet sales targets and was looking for promising new books in the library, he immediately thought of "A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality".

After glancing at "A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality," which had only been updated to chapter 43 and had no signed contract, he recommended the book to the editor.

He believes that with his novel "Battle Through the Heavens" and Yu Da's "A Mortal's Journey to Immortality," he can achieve his goals even if he's just lying down.

If Yu Da had updated more frequently after signing the contract, he would have written nearly a hundred chapters by now. Even at a slower pace, he should have achieved some results by now.

He just didn't expect that Sprite would reply to him:

[Um, that book is too much like a wuxia novel, it's not really suitable for the xianxia genre, and the pacing is too slow, so I haven't signed it yet, I'm still observing.]

After a moment of stunned silence, he recalled the book from his previous life, which seemed to have been the reason for signing a contract worth over 200,000 yuan.

After thinking for a moment, he said again:

[With such heavy snowfall, trust me, just sign it.]

This book is guaranteed to be a hit.

Once you've identified its potential, the book might be signed by another editor.

Don't wait any longer.

On the other side, Sprite hesitated after seeing these words.

He studied the book "Ordinary People" several times, but he really couldn't find any highlights or selling points.

He felt that it would definitely not produce good results, and it would be better if it affected his performance. He didn't want to write another book that was only half-finished and dragged down his performance targets.

So when Chestnut mentioned this book last time, he paid attention to it for a while, but then stopped reading it much.

Unexpectedly, Chestnut recommended signing this book to him again.

Is this author a friend of Chestnut?

After thinking about it, he still didn't ask.

But since Chestnut thinks highly of this book, he'll give it a friendly endorsement.

He was very confident in the success of "Battle Through the Heavens," and he needed to maintain a good relationship with the author, Li Zi.

Even if the editor-in-chief questioned his signing of "Ordinary People," he could explain it away by citing Li Zi's recommendation.

Okay, I'll give him the answer now.

He glanced at the time; it was midnight. He reminded them again:

[Remember to send VIP coupons for paid chapters, and don't send them to the wrong ones.]

......

Lu Jie was very busy during the three-day May Day holiday.

Because the Anhui regional preliminary round of the National Middle School Students' Tianjin Championship has begun.

He promised Zhong Muqing that he would go to the qualifiers to cheer her on.

5公里长跑排在了5月2日和5月3日两天。

The group stage is on the 2nd, and the final is on the 3rd.

So he didn't go to the opening ceremony on the first day. He explained to Zhong Muqing that he needed to finish the homework assigned by the teacher today.

Zhong Muqing was very happy. She originally thought that Lu Jie would only come to the event during the finals, but it seemed that Lu Jie would come for both days of the competition.

Lu Jie was also very happy. He felt that Zhong Muqing was reasonable and didn't make him stay for three days.

Sometimes misunderstandings can make things better.

Because the only time that truly belongs to him is the 1st.

So he got up early to do his homework, and started writing in the evening.

After finishing three days' worth of writing and saving some drafts, it was already close to midnight.

He turned on his computer and logged into QQ, only to be bombarded with messages from Sprite:

[First-day orders exceeded 10,000 in 12 hours! Breaking the record for first-day orders on Qidian in 12 hours!]

[First-day orders have now surpassed 20,000! We're almost at Qidian's first-day order record!]

[Congratulations! 22480, breaking the Qidian first-day subscription record!]

[I just spoke with the editor-in-chief, and we'll do a promotion for your record-breaking first-day subscription tomorrow!]

Our request for early featured recommendation from the editor-in-chief has been approved!

[Keep it up! Let's push for another record!]

Although he didn't check QQ or reply to any messages, he didn't miss a single message he edited.

Even though he believed the results were good, he couldn't help but stand up excitedly when he saw the news of the record being broken.

The editor previously said that the first subscription exceeded 5000, which he thought was too conservative.

Breaking 10,000 should be no problem.

He had read this opening scene many times in his previous life when writing fan fiction, and it was imprinted in his mind.

The level of accuracy is quite high.

But considering that at this point, the initial 10,000 orders were only for high-end orders, not for average orders later on.

Given the different market environment, he was somewhat unsure about the potential initial order level.

He was finally relieved when he saw the editor say that they had broken the record for first-day subscriptions on Qidian.

That's it!

His copy of this book will get him good grades!

He first replied to the editor: "Okay, Xueda, I will keep up the good work!"

Then I paced back and forth in the room a few times, trying to calm myself down.

I turned on my computer again and typed another four thousand words, which finally calmed me down.

It's no wonder he was excited; the success of this book is very important to him right now.

He needed the royalties to take his mother to the hospital for a checkup.

I also need this royalties to repay Zhong Muqing's favor.

I still need this royalties to negotiate a collaboration with Kafka's boss.

With the royalties, he was able to begin some of his subsequent plans.

Based on experience, with an initial order of 20,000, plus Qidian's timely promotion and recommendations, the average order volume in the first month could reach 40,000.

With an average subscription of 40,000 and 150,000 words of updates, the royalties would amount to approximately 100,000.

The monthly royalties will only increase in the future.

Thinking of this, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Having money in hand gives you peace of mind.

However, even if the payment comes quickly, it will be next month. The immediate priority is to go to the sports center tomorrow to cheer on Zhong Muqing.

I'm going to sleep now, I'll go to the sports center first thing tomorrow morning.