Chapter 27: Face-to-Face Output

The sales of "Wu Dou Tian Xia" were very average. In the first week after its release, it only sold more than 27,000 copies.

If the author of "Wu Dou Tian Xia" Bei Hai is a new author, then the sales volume is considered good and the future is promising.

But unfortunately, Beihai is not a new author. He is an author with old readers and a bit of a god.

For the once glorious Zhongshen, such weekly sales are already considered a failure.

The sales volume in the first week was only more than 27,000 copies, so it would not be easy to sell out the first print run of 200,000 copies.

There is no doubt that the book "Martial Arts Fighting the World" which was worked on by the old editor-in-chief Pan Liang with all his strength was a huge failure!

At this time, at the regular editorial meeting of Qidian Publishing House, Pan Liang's face, which was already covered with wrinkles, seemed to look even older. He was like a defeated rooster, no longer having the momentum he had a week ago.

Ye Jingyi, the editor-in-chief of "Who's the Contender", was in high spirits. The editors congratulated her before the meeting.

"Editor-in-Chief Ye, you have such a good eye. I never thought a newcomer's work would become so popular!"

"Editor-in-Chief Ye, congratulations! I knew you were truly talented and knowledgeable."

"I've also read the first volume of 'Who Can Compete'. This Nan Gezi is very talented, with a strong writing style. He's a promising future writer!"

"Editor-in-Chief Ye, why don't we serialize Teacher Nan Gezi's next work in Qidian magazine and see if that can boost Qidian magazine's sales..."

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Jiang Ying and Mao Ping, the two editors who were not very optimistic about "Who Can Compete" before, were surprisingly among the editors who congratulated him. They are very good at changing their attitudes according to the situation.

Ye Jingyi accepted the congratulations from her colleagues calmly. With her profound background, she didn't need to be humble or low-key at all.

Her personality has always been strong. She will never show mercy to others when she is in a dominant position, and will definitely take advantage of others to attack!

So at the meeting, Ye Jingyi attacked Pan Liang very rudely -

"Editor-in-Chief Pan, I've long told you that your vision is completely outdated. A traditional, old-fashioned fantasy work like 'Wu Dou Tian Xia' isn't even worthy of a single volume, yet you're forcing it into competition with 'Who's the Contender?' Now look at the reader feedback and the plummeting sales. Are you satisfied?"

The popular fiction circle pays great attention to the readers' reading experience. Qidian Publishing House provides an investigation letter with each new book after it is released.

Readers can send back the survey letter or submit their evaluation of the new book directly on a special evaluation page of "Qidian.com". They can also give the work a score out of 10.

The reader reviews of "Wu Dou Tian Xia" can be said to be very poor, with a reader rating of only 4.2.

Most of the book review sections are negative reviews——

"I was really looking forward to Mr. Beihai's new book, 'Wu Dou Tian Xia,' after all, the promotion said it was a grand masterpiece that took three years to polish. But after reading it, it's just this?"

"I'm also a long-time reader of Beihai. I used to like his "Xuan Ao" very much, so I bought his new book "Wu Dou Tian Xia" as soon as it was released. However, I was really disappointed after reading it. I felt that Beihai had lost his original style in order to cater to the market."

"The entire book 'Wu Dou Tian Xia' is based on a cliché, devoid of any real inspiration. Did Bei Hai sell his pen name?"

"This book feels okay in every way, and the author's writing skills are there, but it's just not good enough because there are so many similar works."

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Comrade Pan Liang, the old man, was being attacked by the young man Ye Jingyi without any moral principles. He felt extremely embarrassed for a moment!

Are you satisfied? Of course not!

But he couldn't refute anything because while "Wu Dou Tian Xia" lost both reputation and sales, "Who Can Compete" achieved a win-win situation!

Reader feedback for "Who Can Compete" has also come out, and its reader rating has reached 9.7 points!

rave reviews——

"It's truly a groundbreaking esports novel! I have a feeling that after the success of 'Who's the Contender,' there will definitely be a flood of esports novels following suit!"

"Teacher Nan Gezi is really awesome! Let me reveal my rank in Heroes of Glory. I'm a Master in Ward 1, but I've benefited a lot from reading this book, Who Can Compete? I feel like Teacher Nan Gezi is at least a King!"

"I can't believe such a beautiful and innovative work was written by a new author. I hope he can continue to write better and better."

"Push for more updates, urge more updates, urge more updates, urge more updates! I have only one request to the publisher, and that is to quickly publish the second volume of 'Who Can Compete?' I want to buy it all!"

"Damn, this book is great in every way, but I went to several bookstores and couldn't find it. In the end, I had to borrow it from someone else. Is the publisher crazy? They force legitimate readers like me to buy it for free. Hurry up and print more copies. I have to buy a set for my collection."

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Faced with Ye Jingyi's attack, Pan Liang could only choose to remain silent. He could no longer rely on his seniority to be stubborn.

This time, Pan Liang not only lost face, but his voice in the publishing house was also greatly reduced.

Let’s just say that if he wants to work on another work and publish it as a physical book directly, he will no longer have this opportunity. In the future, he can only recommend his work to be serialized in magazines and then decide based on its popularity.

On the surface, Pan Liang still appears to be the editor-in-chief, but in fact he no longer has the power he had before.

The meeting was completely silent. Pan Liang was the only one who felt embarrassed. One could only say that as an old comrade, he still had a thick skin. If a young editor had been slapped in the face like this, he would have probably resigned out of anger.

At this time, Deputy Editor-in-Chief Chen Shuda chose to help Pan Liang out. He still wore a friendly smile and said to Ye Jingyi, "Editor-in-Chief Ye, we are all colleagues. We will see each other every day. Don't be too bullying to your old comrade. Anyway, you have already won beautifully this time. You should be more generous."

Ye Jingyi sneered and said to Chen Shuda, "Deputy Editor-in-Chief Chen, stop pretending to be such a nice guy. If you hadn't restricted the first print run of 'Who Can Compete', how much higher would its sales have been? Even if we reprint it now, it wouldn't be able to make up for the losses! What's ridiculous is that you actually agreed to a first print run of 200,000 copies for a book as rubbish as 'Martial Arts World', haha."

Chen Shuda didn't expect that he would be confronted by Ye Jingyi. This young lady's fighting ability really gave him a headache...

Chen Shuda defended himself by saying, "I was just following the rules. The market has different levels of trust in new authors than in veteran authors."

Ye Jingyi was very angry for some reason. She felt that Qidian Publishing House was a bunch of useless people. They had a powerful platform like "Qidian.com", but they were still suppressed by Chuanqi and Tianhuo Publishing House.

Ye Jingyi suddenly had an idea, that is, it would be better for her to go it alone, first acquire "Qidian.com" into her own hands, and then -

She wants to be the editor-in-chief!

However, she needs to plan carefully and carefully, and she also needs to have more high-quality authors on hand...

Anyway, Ye Jingyi is determined to be the one to pick Nan Gezi, a new author with great abilities and a promising future!