Writing Web Novels In America-Chapter 61 Noticed

The next day.

Wang Jian sat in front of his desk, lost in thought for a long time.

He couldn’t shake the feeling that he was different from his usual self, especially after seeing Sarah.

At that moment, his consciousness seemed to split in half.

One half was the original host, and the other half was his current self.

Wang Jian furrowed his brows and made a decision.

After getting rid of Sarah, he would provide some appropriate compensation.

Then, he would try not to contact her again.

After all, as a transmigrator, continuing to have close relationships with the people significant to the original host felt quite strange.

He took a sip of water and turned his attention to the website’s homepage.

Aside from "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone" and "Arcane Throne," the styles of the other work titles had changed significantly.

Gone were the "xx Short Story Collections" and "Success Science."

Instead, they had become "Transmigration of xx" and "I Am xx" style novels.

Clicking to view, the content was no longer in a publishing style, without the various pretentiously deep and ornate sentences.

All that was present were simple, straightforward texts and wildly imaginative stories.

Wang Jian nodded in satisfaction.

Exactly, this was the real look of web novels.

Looking at the backend data of the website, there was a significant increase in the number of works published and a steady growth in reader numbers.

Even reader comments had exploded to ten thousand a day.

Wang Jian glanced over them briefly.

Although most comments were insultingly calling the works "stupid," "idiotic," and so on,

the data showed that the works receiving the most criticism were also the ones with the most followers.

People criticized with their lips but were honest in their actions.

Wang Jian laughed it off indifferently.

Given the current situation, it wouldn’t be long before a batch of works "enlightened" by the editors would start to charge fees.

At that point, he would know whether his "Novice Author Training Plan" was feasible.

If it worked, then the website’s "financial thirst" would also be greatly alleviated.

And he himself, would officially become someone who gave out royalty shares to others instead of receiving them.

Just as Wang Jian was thinking about the bright future, Tom came in with someone through the door.

"This is the person from Dark Horse Comics to deliver a sample of the ’Arcane Throne’ comics," Tom pointed at the young man behind him.

The young man respectfully handed over a hand-drawn comic book to Wang Jian.

Wang Jian browsed through it.

Aside from feeling a bit unaccustomed to the art style, there were no major issues.

But most Western comics had this style of art.

So, he set the comic aside and asked the young man, "What other comics are going to be released soon, besides ’Arcane Throne’?"

The young man, clearly well-prepared, answered without hesitation, "Besides the new comic volumes that come out every month, DC is currently leveraging their movie success to release ’Batman Forever’ deluxe editions at 8 US Dollars."

"Marvel, on the other hand, has released a sequel to ’X-Men,’ priced at 5 US Dollars."

"Five US Dollars, huh..." Wang Jian tapped his fingers lightly on the desk.

EA and he had already signed a contract for the game rights to "Arcane Throne" and 50% of the comic rights.

The licensing fee of nine hundred thousand US Dollars would soon be credited.

EA had agreed to subsidize 1.5 US Dollars per comic sold but demanded a minimum sales volume of 50,000 copies.

Could "Arcane Throne" sell fifty thousand copies under the onslaught of classic comics from the comic giants DC and Marvel?

"Sigh, never mind," Wang Jian muttered to himself in Chinese, "think of it as earning less for higher volume sales."

"What did you say?" Tom asked with a puzzled look.

"Nothing," Wang Jian shook his head and spoke to the young man, "Start by publishing 50,000 copies, priced at 3 US Dollars each."

"3 Dollars? Aren’t low-quality comics priced at 4 Dollars per volume?" the young man asked, confused.

Wang Jian waved his hand, "We have the right to set the price on this matter."

"If you have any doubts, ask your boss."

The young man opened his mouth but said no more.

Then, Wang Jian had Tom escort him out.

He began contacting EA to notify them of the imminent release of the comic.

In other words, it was time to transfer the money!

As for asking EA to review the comic quality, Wang Jian had invited them.

However, EA indicated there was no need.

The little profit from the comics wasn’t even enough to cover their core game designers’ monthly salary; they didn’t care for it at all.

EA was only interested in the sales volume and impact.

Finally, under Wang Jian’s mediation, 75,000 US Dollars were transferred from the website’s account directly into Dark Horse Comics’ account.

The "Arcane Throne" comics were soon to enter the printing plant and would be officially launched three days later.

Wang Jian did some quick calculations in his head; he currently received 45% of the comic royalties.

If each comic made a 1.5 US Dollar profit, for 50,000 copies, that would be over 30,000 US Dollars.

Sigh, game companies are indeed more generous.

However, the content that could be drawn in a single comic volume was limited.

3.3 million words could produce dozens of comic volumes.

Therefore, dozens of 30,000 US Dollars... there was still potential.

Wang Jian looked at "Arcane Throne" on the website; it had already reached over 1 million words.

He tried to banish the thought of "not wanting to write" from his mind.

He told himself, "Every keystroke is money!"

At this moment, in the editor-in-chief’s office of Candlewick Press, one of the Six Major Publishers,

the bald editor-in-chief was inquiring with a few data analysts.

"Is this all the submissions we’ve got recently?"

One of the middle-aged men joked, "Maybe those literary enthusiasts have come to their senses and gone to be waiters?"

The editor-in-chief’s head shook slightly as he said, "But it shouldn’t have decreased so suddenly."

He hesitated before picking up the phone and calling the editor-in-chief of Penguin Publishers.

Half an hour later.

The editors-in-chief of the Six Major Publishers were all holding the monthly submission data, frowning deeply.

Then, unanimously, they commanded their subordinates to start looking for the reason.

It has to be said that although these historic publishing houses, some with several decades of experience, were afflicted with the maladies of large corporations, acting passive and slack at times,

when they wanted to sort something out, their information-gathering techniques were frighteningly efficient.

In just half a day, information including the various registration details of wangwen.com, shareholding structures, and even every employee’s work history, were laid on the editors’ desks.

"Wang Jian?" The editor-in-chief of Candlewick Press looked at the documents and asked, "The bestselling author?"

"Yes," his subordinate respectfully replied, "He’s the one who attracted a lot of readers to his so-called website with that ’Arcane Throne’."

The bald editor glanced over the website’s data, particularly the increase in new works, and then at the plummeting submission numbers for the publishing house.

He picked up the phone and called the other editors-in-chief of the Six Major Publishers.

"I think we need to meet."

ps: Modified the previous Chapter.

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