"Why! Why! Why?"

When Zhou Mo Sen met Anne Hathaway.

The bespectacled Princess Anne threw three "whys" at Zhou Mo Sen in succession.

Zhou Mo Sen wasn't worried at all; instead, he felt like laughing.

Indeed, at present, if you want to publish a book, you still need to find a publisher, meaning you have to let an editor take a look.

But, there are other ways right now.

China's network literature has already risen.

The three great network god books of the millennium, right?

"First Intimate Contact"?

"Wukong's Story"?

"Slaying Immortals"?

Seems to be these three.

And it's not just our country; the United States has them too.

However, the network literature in the US is different from ours in China.

Strictly speaking, the US doesn't have online literature.

The web literature in China is distinct from traditional literature in its themes and content.

Traditional literature, let's say novels, are written relatively rigorously.

Whereas Chinese online literature emphasizes being free-spirited.

This is not to criticize our online literature; this is the reality of the moment.

Even netizens have comments on it.

If a novel has many typos that you don't care about, then what do you care about?

Well, these typos are just relatively more than in traditional literature.

As for other things, our online literature's themes are broader and more fantastical, which is key.

But the US is not like this.

Our website "Qidian" is not the same as previous literature websites.

Plus, there are others.

But in the US, there's only Amazon.

That is, it's just putting traditional books up for sale on Amazon.

Originally, this site was just for selling books.

Later, they discovered anything could be sold there, so they sold more than just books.

Didn't Zhou Mo Sen open a store on Amazon?

Moreover, there are other shopping sites in the US.

Like eBay.

Currently, the situation between China and the US is quite interesting.

In terms of shopping sites, the US is ahead of us in China.

At least, that's how it was in 2004.

But in terms of online literature.

China is far ahead of the US!

Even ten years later, there's still no website like Qidian here.

They have only translated our web literature to the US, harvesting effectively.

There were news reports, weren't there? Americans reading web literature and even curing their drug addiction.

This... is definitely fake news from a medical standpoint.

Because addiction is truly hard to quit.

To put it simply, it's almost impossible to quit.

So Zhou Mo Sen must detest gambling and drugs!

Anyway, Zhou Mo Sen means...

"Didn't I say? Our readers are the new generation! We must find them! Where are they? On the internet!"

Exactly, Zhou Mo Sen actually thought about this early on, for our "Dusk," which is the "Twilight City" series.

Publish online!

You can self-publish on Amazon, which is essentially online publication.

Anne, being such a smart girl, immediately understood.

"Publish online? Is that feasible? There are so many books online, what about ours?"

Her words sounded anxious, but Zhou Mo Sen understood.

"Are you worried that too many books will bury ours?"

Anne nodded quickly.

Zhou Mo Sen laughed heartily, "Then isn't that just a lack of confidence in your own work?"

Ah?

For a moment, Anne couldn't find words to refute Zhou Mo Sen.

It seems to be true.

If your work is exceptional, why fear being buried?

But... reality doesn't work like that!

Anne and Zhou Mo Sen, with this pen name, are just rookie authors.

Not very famous... hold on.

"So, you mean to use our real names' fame?"

She still spoke anxiously.

But Zhou Mo Sen understood, "Using our fame? How would that highlight the excellence of our work?"

"Ah?" That doesn't work either?

Zhou Mo Sen offered a very good reason, "If we use our fame, how would we show off the quality of our work?"

This... Anne felt inexplicably angry.

Our Princess Anne didn't know that what Zhou Mo Sen is saying in China is summed up as:

Showing off.

There's plenty of showing off in America too.

It's just called elegance, high-end, gentleman-like here.

And those being shown off to can't help but say:

Damn!

This word can be used in many contexts, so there's no need to explain each one.

"So, you're saying we just put the book online and wait for readers to buy it?"

Anne is very smart, this sounds like it wouldn't work at all.

Actually, when novels go through traditional publishing in America.

It usually comes with some marketing actions.

In literature, marketing is needed, and it's even necessary.

Simply put, it means participating in various competitions.

Have you seen East Japan's "King of Explosive Comics"?

In fact, the routines in literature and manga in Japan and America are almost the same.

The two protagonists in "King of Explosive Comics" participate in a newcomer award, and although they didn't win first place, they debuted.

In America, it's the same, newcomers should participate in some award.

Whether you win or not, you come with some award tag.

Plus, you can get recommendations from some famous figures!

East Japan also works like this.

There, usually a well-known author writes the preface for a novel.

And it's specifically marked on the outer cover.

These routines are already very mature.

But for us this time?

Put it online and let it fend for itself?

Zhou Mo Sen laughed.

"You're so smart, yet you haven't thought of it?"

"Ah?"

Anne was puzzled, think of what?

Zhou Mo Sen knew he could explain now.

"Heard of online pushing hands? Heard of water army?"

Yes, these exist on China's internet, and America has them too.

Anne has of course heard, but she couldn't help but voice righteousness.

"Isn't that cheating?"

Very righteous, indeed very righteous.

But... Zhou Mo Sen just smiled at her.

Didn't say a word.

And Anne Hathaway?

She was looked at, looked at... slowly her face reddened.

"If it helps make the work popular, then cheating is cheating."

Exactly!

This girl is very smart, she wouldn't fail to get this.

Zhou Mo Sen clapped his hands, and then mentioned something particularly interesting.

"We'll do a round of online marketing! Make it viral!"

Viral internet marketing?

Actually, this method is really not new in Hollywood.

The "The Blair Witch" claimed to have a cost of 10,000 US Dollars.

Reportedly, this movie later made over 100 million US Dollars at the box office.

But later the truth was revealed.

This was just a round of online marketing.

Zhou Mo Sen now plans to do a replica.

We're going to try it this way too.

However, this time it's to sell a book.

So, relatively simpler.

Just need enough people to give positive reviews for this novel, and then attract more people to buy.

After that... Zhou Mo Sen has absolute confidence in the quality of this "Dusk."

Then, Zhou Mo Sen talked about some details.

This marketing fund, probably 100,000 to 1 million US Dollars.

No worries, once the book is popular, this money will be easily earned back.

Books in America aren't cheap; those authors are very wealthy.

Anne was finally tempted, so let's do it.

Let's have a round of online marketing!

But, what about the future?

"Now the novel is finished, and it's about to be sold, what about us?"

Zhou Mo Sen gazed intensely at Anne.

Our Princess Anne simply kissed him.

A long while later, they parted.

"The story of this book hasn't ended yet."

Indeed, you Zhou Mo Sen can't escape!

Then, their story continues.

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