Chapter 245 244. Terrifying reading data, a Three Kingdoms storytelling? (Subscribe)

It's already past midnight.

The phone was just taken and put down by Qin Xuerong!

Xu Zhongfei had made more than a dozen calls in a row before.

but.

Wang Qian didn't answer.

Of course, Wang Qian didn't care who called.

If his parents called with an urgent matter, Qin Xuerong would call him.

There is no need to answer other people's calls immediately.

Even if someone offered hundreds of billions to acquire Qianqian Jingting or Haidilao, he had to answer the phone immediately and the transaction would be done in cash.

Wang Qian was too lazy to pay attention.

Now, Wang Qian has stopped typing. Although his mind is still clear, he is mentally exhausted and his hands are a little stiff and numb.

So! Today, I'm done.

Wang Qian picked up the phone and answered it.

Xu Zhongfei's excited voice came from the phone immediately: "Professor Wang, I finally got through to you."

Wang Qian said with a slightly tired tone: "Boss Xu, what's the urgent matter that you want to talk to me about? Have you finished the game planning?"

Wang Qian still remembered the last time he promised Xu Zhongfei to make a game, on the condition that Xu Zhongfei's planning proposal could be approved by him.

So, he thought that Xu Zhongfei was so anxious to find him because of the game.

After all, this is the dream that Xu Zhongfei has always been pursuing.

Finally, he meets a boss with a lot of money who is willing to spend money on him to pursue his dream. It is understandable that he is a little anxious.

but.

Xu Zhongfei immediately said excitedly: "Professor Wang, I won't think about the game for now. I came to you to discuss your novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms!"

Romance of the Three Kingdoms?

Wang Qian was puzzled: "What do you want to discuss with me?"

Xu Zhongfei said hurriedly, "Professor Wang, do you know how much traffic your book Romance of the Three Kingdoms brought to our entire Qianqian Jingting platform today?"

For the time being, Qianqian Collection of Essays is still a sub-website of Qianqian Jingting, and there is a direct link to Qianqian Collection of Essays on the Qianqian Jingting page.

The reason why the Qianqian Collection platform was built was because Xu Zhongfei wanted to please Wang Qian and give Wang Qian a window to showcase his literary works. It was almost a literary website created for Wang Qian personally.

However, later on, some literature enthusiasts saw the huge traffic and consumption capacity here, so they came here and published some articles to accumulate some popularity.

Qin Xuehong is such a case.

However, Qianqian Wenxue has always been non-profit, and publishing literary works on it is free of charge.

Qianqian Collection has not signed any contract with those who publish works. Everything is voluntary and can be published or terminated at any time.

Now……

Xu Zhongfei saw another opportunity !

Xu Zhongfei contacted Wang Qian more than a dozen times today so urgently just to discuss this matter.

Wang Qian said calmly, "How much traffic? It's just a novel of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Besides, the reading threshold of this novel is relatively high. It is not very attractive to many ordinary people, right?"

This kind of semi-literate classical Chinese writing is definitely not friendly to many ordinary people. If you don’t calm down and read carefully, or even look up the dictionary, you won’t understand many words and sentences, and you may not know how to read many uncommon characters! Therefore, Wang Qian positioned this novel for those high-level intellectuals, such as Qin Xuehong, Liu Shengnan, Tang Hepeng, Lu Chunhu, Xue Man, Xu Wenwen and others!

If other people want to read it later, Wang Qian will authorize other writers to write a vernacular version based on the original story and character lines, which will be convenient for everyone else to read.

Xu Zhongfei laughed, "Haha, Professor Wang, you underestimate your influence! Your number of fans on Weibo is about to break 50 million. This time you released this novel at a time when it was in the spotlight. Everyone is paying attention to it. How could they not read it? Even if they don't understand it, it looks good, just a little slower. Everyone in our company is reading it, and many people don't understand it, and they discuss it with each other."

“So, you underestimated the number of readers of this novel!”

Wang Qian smiled and asked, "How many readers do you have now?"

Xu Zhongfei said seriously, "You would never have guessed it! Up to now, more than ten hours have passed since your novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms was uploaded, and fourteen chapters of the main text have been released, totaling forty to fifty thousand words. The update volume is frightening. Even those online novels that are famous for their update volume are far behind."

"Moreover, even though you've written so many novels, the quality of your novels has never declined at all. Instead, they've become more and more exciting and attractive. I personally can't stop reading them!"

"As for the number of readers, to be honest, I didn't expect it. So far, the number of people who have read your latest chapters has exceeded five million, and that's just the follow-up reading. The total download volume has exceeded ten million, bringing more than three million new registered users to our Qianqian Jingting. The payment rate of these users is very low, only about ten percent, because most of them come for your novel, and your Romance of the Three Kingdoms is free, so they don't need to recharge."

Five million views? Tens of millions of downloads? For Wang Qian, who had tens of millions of paid downloads in one day after releasing his new song, he didn’t feel anything at first! It seems!

Relative to the data of releasing new songs!

Looks very ordinary?

Seeing Wang Qian's silence, Xu Zhongfei could roughly know what Wang Qian was thinking, and immediately explained: "Professor Wang, do you know the online literature Tengwen Group?"

Wang Qian: "Yes, I've heard of it. Most of the popular online novels come from this website. It is owned by the same Internet giant as Tengfei."

Xu Zhongfei: "Yes, Tengwen Group is the content provider for the entertainment development strategy formulated by this giant. It is the source of content for the entertainment industry chain! Therefore, the support is not low. However, even the most popular online novels only have about 100,000 readers on Tengwen. This is due to the fact that the piracy industry has been cracked down on in recent years. In the era of rampant piracy, more than 10,000 readers are the top data in the industry, and the average paid subscription is only about 100,000 at most."

"Now that piracy has stopped, the record for the number of paid readers is only 100,000. This is just the peak period. The average number of subscribers can reach more than 500,000! So, do you know what it means that you have 5 million readers now? It is 50 times the highest record!"

After hearing Xu Zhongfei explain the data, Wang Qian was silent for a moment.

He didn't pay much attention to online literature, but as a veteran in the entertainment industry in his previous life, he was very familiar with the Internet giant who almost created the entire cultural and entertainment industry chain. As long as you are in the entertainment industry, you have to deal with him. From the source of content to adapting the script, to inviting celebrities, to filming, to release, he can use his own people for the entire process and make all the money by himself.

So, he compared it in his mind and now knew that the reading data of his copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms seemed to be very high?

"But they charge for it, and I do it for free, so it's normal that the data is a little higher. There's no comparison, right?"

Wang Qian said this lightly, his tone was very calm, without any pride.

If it were all paid-for books, he knew that Romance of the Three Kingdoms would definitely not have as many as five million readers.

Xu Zhongfei smiled and said, "Yes, so this is why I rushed to find you, Professor Wang, today. I plan to officially commercialize the Qianqian Collection, and use your book Romance of the Three Kingdoms as an opportunity to start charging for reading. From today on, the Qianqian Collection will start charging for reading."

Start charging mode? Wang Qian was silent for a while, then asked: "Do you have any specific plans? There are not many works in Qianqian Collection, right? Moreover, I see that many other people who come to publish works are also some very scattered personal insights. Some novels are also more physical, and the audience on the Internet is relatively small."

Xu Zhongfei said, "Yes, this is the style of our Qianqian Collection. However, my plan is that since we already have Qianqian Collection, we can do both culture and entertainment. We don't ask for a big development of Qianqian Collection, but we have to get involved in it. This will be good for the future development of Xuehong Entertainment."

"Tengfei and Tengwen Group are part of the entertainment industry chain of the giants behind them. Professor Wang, can your Xuehong Entertainment Group also create such an industrial layout?"

"Now your Romance of the Three Kingdoms has brought such an opportunity to Qianqian Wenji. We will try out the charging model with your Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and then formally sign and launch the works of other writers one after another to create our own content production source."

Xu Zhongfei’s words made Wang Qian think quickly in his heart!

He first asked himself: What kind of industry do I want to develop? Xuehong Entertainment!

To what extent should it be achieved? Will it involve the entire entertainment industry chain?

actually.

Before this, Wang Qian really hadn't thought so much about it.

Live a new life, with no shortage of money or love.

He just wanted to live a simple and easy life.

But……

seem!

Every step.

Someone was pushing him forward! He had to keep moving forward and couldn't stop.

After a moment of silence and thought, Wang Qian said softly, "That's fine. When does it start?"

Xu Zhongfei asked, "Then Professor Wang, how many words do you plan to write in your book Romance of the Three Kingdoms? How long will it take?"

Wang Qian thought for a moment and replied, "I estimate it will be no more than 500,000 or 600,000 words. I will try to write as much as possible recently. I will continue writing until I leave for North America to participate in the World Championships!"

Xu Zhongfei said excitedly: "Well, are you planning to take a rest now?"

Wang Qian: "Yes, I am too tired today. I plan to take a nap."

Xu Zhongfei: "Then when will you start updating tomorrow? Can you still maintain today's status?"

Wang Qian: "I will start writing after I have dinner tomorrow. As for my condition, it depends on my mood and the situation. However, it shouldn't be too bad. If my condition is bad and I am not satisfied with what I write, I will not write."

Willful! Xu Zhongfei admired in his heart, and then said: "Then Professor Wang, how about you publish another chapter tomorrow morning, and then we will start charging starting from the second chapter tomorrow? You can pre-promote it on Weibo and promote it with everyone now and tomorrow morning."

Wang Qian had no objection to this and immediately agreed: "Okay, I'll tell everyone."

Xu Zhongfei: "That's great. Thank you Professor Wang for your cooperation. I will also cooperate with you in everything. I won't disturb your rest, then?"

Xu Zhongfei always used honorifics when speaking and was extremely polite. In his heart, he already regarded Wang Qian as a writer and artist and respected him very much.

Wang Qian: "Okay, but I think the price should be a little cheaper."

Xu Zhongfei: "Don't worry, I know. However, your book is very short and of such a high standard that it can be called a literary masterpiece. I think it would not be good to price it too low. It would be better if it is a little more expensive than Teng Wen's online article."

Wang Qian thought about it and realized that Teng Wen’s online writing fees were already relatively cheap, so he agreed immediately: “Okay, let’s do this!”

Xu Zhongfei: "Okay, goodbye, Professor Wang. You should rest early and get enough rest. We are not only waiting for your Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but also looking forward to your victorious return from your overseas expedition."

Wang Qian smiled and said, "Thank you, I will pay attention."

Hang up the phone.

Wang Qian put down the phone, looked at the page of Qian Qian's collection of essays on the computer screen, and started thinking.

It's very late now.

There were few lights on outside.

Qin Xuerong came over, put a coat on Wang Qian, and said in a gentle voice: "Old Xu is going to commercialize Qianqian Collection?"

Wang Qian nodded: "Well, I plan to use Romance of the Three Kingdoms to start a paid reading model. I agree."

Qin Xuerong smiled and said, "This is good too. It can be regarded as improving the weakness of our Xuehong Entertainment Group in terms of content source."

Wang Qian: "Haha, it will take more than one or two years to see the effect. Let's do it first and talk about it later. Why don't you go to bed early?"

Qin Xuerong approached Wang Qian and rested his head on Wang Qian's shoulder: "I'll wait for you to rest together."

Wang Qian nodded, and immediately logged onto Weibo to see that the number of followers of his Weibo account had reached more than 49 million, and would soon break through the 50 million mark, reaching half of his small goal.

This speed of attracting fans makes everyone in the entertainment industry and even outside the industry jealous! Many people are asking...

Did everyone in China go to see Wang Qian alone? Why did he attract so much attention? Why couldn't other celebrities, artists, and internet celebrities put some pressure on Wang Qian? There are many answers to this question!

However, the simplest and most powerful answer is a list! The list lists every music work and every literary work released by Wang Qian since his debut.

Long list.

It leaves one speechless.

Everyone who raised questions was unable to ask any more questions and remained silent.

Acknowledged this fact.

Moreover, it is an objective fact.

today!

Despite all the criticism, Wang Qian published the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. He wrote and updated the novel continuously for half a day, updating 40,000 to 50,000 words in half a day. It was so fast and maintained a very high standard, which made all the criticisms disappear. Many famous critics and writers in the literary circle praised him! Therefore, it attracted the attention of many fans again, and it is reasonable that the number of fans is close to 50 million.

Perhaps, tomorrow morning, he will officially become the first super popular singer in China to have 50 million fans, or even the first singer in the world to have 50 million fans! It's just a pity that the world statistics agency does not recognize the various data in China, otherwise it will definitely be counted in the world record.

Wang Qian looked at the lively comments section, almost all of which were discussing the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. He believed what Xu Zhongfei said. Five million follow-up reads and tens of millions of downloads must be true! This was indeed an incredible number for a novel that had just been released half a day ago.

In the comment section, everyone is discussing the content, characters, and story of Romance of the Three Kingdoms!

Although, only a dozen chapters and tens of thousands of words were published.

However, the stories and characters told are already extremely rich, and are more than enough to be made into a TV series of dozens of episodes.

"The plot is so full of ups and downs that I couldn't stop reading it! Several plots are advanced together and intertwined. There are many characters but it doesn't seem messy. Each main character is written vividly and has a distinct personality. This is the best and most well-written novel I have read in decades! Professor Wang's writing style and conception are really amazing."

"Liu, Guan and Zhang had just started their careers in Xuzhou, Cao Cao already had a fortune, and Sun Ce set out for Jiangdong. The embryonic form of the Three Kingdoms had already been formed? But wasn't Liu Bei from Shu? Shu is the present-day Bashu, right? How did he develop in Xuzhou? Or was Liu Bei driven away later?"

"I remember that the representative figure of the Eastern Wu in the Three Kingdoms was Sun Quan, right? Now Sun Ce is still in power, and Sun Quan is Sun Ce's younger brother? Then will Sun Ce die suddenly? And then Sun Quan will take over?"

"Currently, among all the princes in the world, the Yuan family is the most powerful, right? How did the Yuan family decline later? I am looking forward to it..."

"Liu Bei feels so hypocritical!"

"If the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu join forces, they can easily conquer the world. Who can stop them?"

"Professor Wang, the update is awesome!"

"The most divine book on the Internet!"

…

Among the many discussions, most were praises for Wang Qian's book.

The latest novel is published first on Liu9shuba!

Wang Qian immediately wrote on Weibo: "Thank you for your support for my novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. To be honest, I have been thinking about this novel for a long time. Many characters and stories have even become clear pictures in my mind. I will take this opportunity to write it for everyone to see."

"It may seem hasty, but in fact it was brewing for a long time, and I had a plan in mind, so I wrote it quickly. I can personally guarantee that the characters and stories I wrote are basically in line with history, but I artistically magnified the strengths and weaknesses of some of the characters and made some artistic processing to make it look more conflicting. However, I guess no one believes this because there is no complete history book of the Three Kingdoms that can prove this. I got this information from my grandfather, and then my grandfather passed away, and the documents he read were destroyed, so there is no evidence now."

"But I don't need to prove anything. As long as everyone likes it, you can just treat it as a pure fictional novel disguised as the Three Kingdoms."

"I'm going to rest after writing this today. If you want to see the latest content, you have to wait until tomorrow."

"I will rest at home these days and recharge my batteries for the competition abroad next week. This way, I can completely put aside music and fill my mind with literature and history. This is also a kind of rest for me. So I will stay at home these days to write the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and write as much as possible."

"I want to inform everyone that tomorrow my novel will become the first paid novel in Qianqian's collection. If you continue to read the subsequent new chapters of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, you will have to pay."

"Of course, if you don't want to pay, you can wait. When I finish writing the book, I will arrange for the physical publication as soon as possible. You can buy the physical book and read it slowly."

"Okay, that's all!"

"Everyone should go to bed early."

Click, send! That says a lot.

As soon as it was released, it immediately caused a stir on Weibo.

It's already very late.

but……

Many people showed up all of a sudden.

It seemed like no one slept.

A lot of comments appeared in the comment section instantly.

"Wow, Professor Wang finally showed up."

"Professor Wang, are you tired? If you are tired, go to bed early!"

"Is it going to charge a fee? Is Qianqianwenji going to follow Tengwen's path and become a paid online reading website? Are they going to do online writing?"

"Is there a charge? But it doesn't matter. I can still use the top-up credits for Qian Qian Jing Ting. I topped up 100 yuan last time, and now I have quite a bit left."

"I believe what Professor Wang said is true, but those history experts and professors definitely don't believe it because there is no evidence to prove it."

"Professor Wang is already great enough. Don't worry about their opinions. We support you."

"Professor Wang, Jia Fuqing and the others are all silent."

"Professor Wang, how long is Romance of the Three Kingdoms? Can it be finished in a few days? I really want to read it all in one go."

"Professor Wang, what time will the update be tomorrow morning? I can't wait, but I don't want you to stay up late to update. It's really uncomfortable."

"Professor Wang, can you publish a vernacular version? Your current writing style is indeed amazing and wonderful, but it is hard for me to read. When I read the book with a dictionary in my arms, I feel like I am back in elementary school, just learning to recognize new words."

…

Liu Shengnan and Qin Xuehong finished reading the latest chapter that Wang Qian had just updated, and then saw the Weibo message posted by Wang Qian.

Qin Xuehong smiled and said, "It's time to charge. It seems Wang Qian has a good business sense! This book Romance of the Three Kingdoms is so popular. It would be a shame if we don't make good use of it."

Liu Shengnan didn't say anything. She was not interested in business matters. She stared at the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms and started reading it again from the beginning.

Qin Xuehong looked at Liu Shengnan and asked, "Why don't you interact with Wang Qian on Weibo?"

Liu Shengnan said without even looking up: "What should I say? He doesn't need me now. This novel is worth reading carefully several times!"

Qin Xuehong was stunned for a moment, then fell silent, feeling a little distressed for some reason.

However, she also admired Liu Shengnan's willingness to give silently! If he doesn't need me now, I won't show up! When he needs me, I will show up! For example.

Jia Fuqing, Zhang Yue and others dared to jump out and scold Wang Qian.

Then Liu Shengnan would rush to the front immediately, angrily confront Jia Fuqing and others, and protect Wang Qian! You know.

This is the first time that Liu Shengnan has publicly quarreled and cursed on Weibo since she registered on Weibo.

Before, she was too lazy to even post her usual fan interactions.

If she had a professional team to manage her Weibo well and interact more with her fans, she would have crossed the threshold of super-giant status long ago.

However, she was too lazy to deal with these meaningless things.

She only focused on her own work, and the people she cared about, fans, etc. She didn't care at all! Qin Xuehong thought about it and felt that there was indeed a big gap between her and Liu Shengnan. She immediately made up her mind that she would only focus on her own work and Wang Qian in the future...

…

northwest!

A provincial capital.

It's late at night.

Jia Fuqing, who is already over eighty years old, has not slept yet.

Still listening to Qin Hua finish reading Wang Qian's last chapter.

Zhang Yue and the two history professors did not leave either. They listened to Qin Hua's reading together and discussed in low voices from time to time.

Half a day today.

More than a dozen chapters of text.

The content is so abundant that they can discuss it for days without repeating themselves, and each of the main characters in it is enough for them to discuss for a long time.

After Qin Hua finished reading, he looked at Jia Fuqing, who squinted his eyes and wondered if he was asleep, and said, "Teacher, Wang Qian said he would rest today and update tomorrow. Moreover, the reading fee will start tomorrow. If we read it again, we will have to pay."

Jia Fuqing opened his eyes, a faint smile spilled out of the corners of his mouth: "Young people, it turns out that fame and fortune are still the most important. You have only published such a small amount of content, and you are already thinking about making money."

Zhang Yue echoed, "I'm afraid that after he thinks about making money, the quality of subsequent content updates will drop rapidly. Such examples are everywhere in our Chinese literary world in the past decade or so."

When saying this, Zhang Yue lacked confidence!

Because he himself is one of the representatives. In order to make money, he relied on his fame to publish bad works. Now his reputation has been ruined and he is simply living off his past fame.

Jia Fuqing nodded gently: "Then we will continue to pay attention to his work. If the quality of the work drops significantly after charging, we, as predecessors, have the obligation and the right to give him some warnings."

Zhang Yue smiled: "Yes, the teacher is right."

Jia Fuqing looked at Qin Hua: "Qin Hua, do you have classes tomorrow?"

Qin Hua shook his head: "I'm on annual leave recently, and I don't have classes tomorrow."

Jia Fuqing: "Then I'll trouble you recently. Please come and read to me again. Your reading voice and emotions are my favorite. You have grasped this novel very well."

Qin Hua whispered, "That's because this novel is very suitable for recitation. In fact, it would be even better if you read it in the form of storytelling!"

Several people's eyes lit up.

Jia Fuqing was surprised and said, "Yes, reading this book in the form of storytelling may be more effective. Qin Hua, can you do it?"

Qin Hua shook her head gently: "I may not be able to do it. I am a female voice, and I don't have that kind of momentum when reading such a heavy historical novel. I think Senior Brother Zhao Jie is good."

Jia Fuqing thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll contact Zhao Jie tomorrow and ask him if he has time."

Zhang Yue: "Let me tell you something. I met Zhao Jie for tea a few days ago. If you want to hear him tell a story, he will definitely not refuse."

Jia Fuqing nodded: "Okay! It's already late today, you all should go back and rest. I can't stand it any longer."

Several people stood up, said goodbye to Jia Fuqing and left!

With the help of the nanny, Jia Fuqing quickly fell asleep and rested.

…

Capital city!

Inside a courtyard.

Xue Zhenguo and his daughter Xue Man did not take a break either, and carefully read Wang Qian's latest chapter.

The two discussed the characters and plot in the study room, and both felt that they had gained a lot, not only in terms of literary skills in writing style, but also in their understanding of the historical figures and events of the Three Kingdoms! However...

The two still couldn't be sure whether what was written in the book was true.

That's the problem.

See Wang Qian’s latest Weibo message.

Xue Man smiled and said, "Professor Wang said that what he wrote was based on history, with some artistic exaggeration, but it is basically in line with historical facts. I believe what he said!"

Xue Zhenguo shook his head: "It's useless for you to believe it. Others won't believe it. There is no evidence! Academic research requires objective evidence. Although his novel is written at a very high level and the characters and events are logical, it cannot be proved to be true without historical evidence."

Xue Man shook her head: "It doesn't matter whether it's true or not, just read it as a novel. This novel inspired me a lot in my thesis on the Three Kingdoms, I want to rewrite the thesis!"

Xue Zhenguo: "Just think it through."

Xue Man: "I've thought it through. By the way, tomorrow Professor Wang's book Romance of the Three Kingdoms will be available for purchase. If we continue to read it, we will have to pay."

Xue Zhenguo: "It is such a wonderful novel of such high quality, and I deserve to pay for it! When it is published in physical form, I will buy a set and read it carefully. I still feel more at ease when reading a physical book."

Xue Man: "I'll buy one too!"

The father and daughter chatted for a while and then went to rest.

but!

Xue Man lay on the bed and read Romance of the Three Kingdoms again from the beginning. The more she read, the more she liked it.

…

Early the next morning.

Wang Qian slept until he woke up naturally. Seeing that Qin Xuerong had already gone to make breakfast, he immediately washed his face with cold water while he was still full of energy. Then he sat in front of the computer and started typing!

today!

It will be charged.

Wang Qian is also looking forward to this.

There are new expectations.

Wang Qian has even more motivation to write.

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