Chapter 552: Numerator and Denominator

There is a section of the Wanghaige Forum called Literary World, which includes two sub-sections - the physical book exchange area and the online text exchange area. Usually Zhang Zian never went to these two forums, but today he was half lying on the recliner, refreshing the forum with his mobile phone.

As soon as he clicked into the online text exchange area, he was attracted by a post.

[Seven Kills]: I just want to ask a new book, how much should my collection increase every chapter?

There are various answers below, some are joking, some are serious.

[Old City]: It needs to be divided into websites. Different websites are different. I wrote fantasy at the starting point. After the first day of publication, there were more than 20 bookmarks, 11 on the second day, and more than 20 every day since the third day. collections, currently 28,000 words, about 140 collections.

[Academy]: The one upstairs is amazing, please ask for the title!

[Fan Wujiu]: I think you are here to show off.

[Tianhaoyu]: Is there anyone collecting such a small number of words? It's not a lie, is it? Why do I only get 40 favorites after writing 50,000 words?

Zhang Zian felt even more confused when he saw it. Could it be that this is really the difference between the public and the minority? However, it seems that there are some people who have had a hard time. π just wrote 2,000 words, and when it reaches 50,000 words, it doesn't mean that there are not even 40 favorites, right? Fortunately, it is not at the bottom.

There are also some data emperor posts below to give popular science.

[Akmende]: The starting point is the largest station in the industry, and it is difficult for newcomers to get ahead. It’s a holiday today, and I’m bored. Let me tell you how difficult it is to write a book at Qidian——I just went to Qidian’s library to check it out. It’s limited to new books with less than 300,000 words. There are 18,000 books that have been updated within three days! Among them, there are only about 2,000 copies signed, and the difficulty of signing is 1/9.

[Seven Kills]: So difficult? It's cute to say that my heart is cool...

[Achmende]: Difficult? No, this is just the beginning. After signing the contract, Qidian will promote your book so that more people can see your book. But just sign the contract? It is far from enough. From now on, your book will be recommended together with new books of the same period. There are about 5 to 6 rounds of recommendation for the new book period. In each round, there are about 10 books competing for up to 4 promotion places. Only about 4/1000 books can pass all the way to the step of being pushed to the shelves. 2,000 books multiplied by 0.004 equals 8, that is to say, only 8 of the 18,000 books can be put on the shelves normally, and 99.99% of the remaining 17,992 books will be drowned in the sea of ​​books.

[Youth of the Wind]: Mengxin, who hasn't released a book yet, has been hit!

[Akmende]: Hehe, charging for listing is just the beginning. Only 3,000 readers are willing to pay for your book before your book can enter the boutique hall of Qidian. Do you know the premium rate of Qidian? Of the 8 books that were forced to be put on the shelves, only three or four can become fine novels!

[Achmende]: Now we can make a summary. For those who just published a book, your future fate is as follows: if your goal is to sign a contract, the probability is 1/9; if your goal is to push, That probability is 1/2250; if your goal is to become a boutique novel and be remembered forever by Qidian, the probability is about 1/5000. Writing a book at the starting point, you have a 1/5000 chance of being the numerator, and a 4999/5000 chance of being the denominator! It is not an exaggeration to describe it as "one will succeed and ten thousand will die"!

Someone below questioned.

[laughs]: Is that an exaggeration? At the same time, 18,000 people entered the online literature industry?

[Akmende]: Of course, speaking out will scare you to death——According to official statistics, China's population is almost 1.4 billion, and the number of online writers is 60 million! 60 million! The population is flooding into the Internet literature industry, which may be one of the most competitive industries in the world. Going to the gate of Binhai Film and Television City as an extra actor and then being photographed by a passing director will become the next Wang Baoqiang. The probability of reaching the pinnacle of life They are much higher than this... After all, being a group performer has to risk getting injured, and the threshold for writing online articles is very low. As long as you can read and type, you can try it, but 99.99% of people are to serve as the denominator.

Although this [Arkmende] may be telling the truth, after being popularized by science, the people below are still wailing for the bleak prospect. [Akmende] was also called a "Great God" by other followers because he seemed to know a lot about the Internet, and he hurriedly said that he was also a member of the street attacking army, but the number of attacks More, the posture of falling can be a little more ecstasy...

Zhang Zian really wanted to correct it in the post, it was not 18,000 people, but 17,999 people plus a monkey, but forget it, he is not in the mood to tease now.

He recalled the days when he took Feimasi to Binhai Film and Television City to shoot movies. At that time, he could see many people in green army coats gathering at the gate of the film and television city every day. Whenever there were crews coming in and out, they would gather around them. , Like a car full of cheap Chinese cabbage, anyone can choose. Those who were selected by the crew were complacent in order to earn a daily salary of 50 yuan a day, while those who were not selected were full of disappointment that could not be concealed, receding like a sea tide, shivering in the cold wind, waiting for the next one The presence of the crew.

At that time, he thought, these extras have worked hard enough, and they persevered for the star dream, looking forward to becoming the next Wang Baoqiang. Comparing it now, it seems that as [Akmende] said, the authors of online articles are also fighting for the road of a single-plank bridge with thousands of troops, fighting for the blood of the few in order to become one of the few.

The Wanghai Pavilion online text exchange area is quite lively, there are many posts, and people post and reply almost every minute. In addition to posts discussing online writing like the one above, there are also some posts aimed at comments on certain novels, whether they are praises or abuse. There is a strange phenomenon here, it’s nothing more than insulting, the followers of the post are almost all scolding, and there are very few voices of opposition, but if they praise, some people will question whether the poster is a troll with money to work , or is it the author pretending to be a regular reader to recommend himself.

Navy, this word Zhang Zian heard from Zhao Qi. Every time Zhao Qi came to the pet store to buy imported cat food, he asked him for credit for a discount. Yan Bi claimed that if she hadn’t fought against Fanxing Group’s trolls for him in the Wanghaige forum, his pet store would have closed down long ago up. He has always been dubious about this matter. Could it be that there are really sailors lurking in this forum?

But these things have nothing to do with him for the time being, and neither do π. He decided to help π set a small goal first, which is to complete the contract with the website and become that 1/9, and then talk about other things. According to these posts, after signing a contract with the website, you can get recommendations from the website, so that the novel can be read by more people.

But how can you sign a contract? ...

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