Chapter 132 0132, Poor Sales? [Subscribe, Monthly Ticket Request]

By the middle of the month, "Release That Witch" has been updated with more than 300,000 words.

Yunfeng has been observing the changes in the comments area.

[Zhu Xian Iron Fan 9527]: On the day the book was released, who said that writing "Western magic" is a dead end? Come out and take the lead!

[Jones]: I came here after seeing the recommendation post in the online literary circle. It's really well written.

[Williams]: After reading the latest chapters, in my heart, it is second only to J.K.'s "Magic World".

[Brown]: It's quite interesting.

[The Bard]: The "farming article" written in the introduction, I thought it was about farming.

...

It's still acceptable.

Moreover, many foreign readers have come.

Yunfeng then opened the writer's assistant and looked at the current data of "Release That Witch".

Word count 308,301.

Readers 1,400,858.

Added to bookshelf 500,257.

Recommended votes 3,480,841.

Rewards 1,465.

11361 comments.

However, this data is indeed a bit disappointing.

When "Ghost Blows Out the Light" had this number of words, the collection had exceeded one million.

"Wait and see if the word of mouth can ferment in the overseas market."

This book has only more than 3.3 million words, and now more than 1.5 million words have been written. If the performance is really too bad, I will try my best to update it, strive to finish it in two months, and then start a new book.

Yunfeng believes that there is still hope.

At the same time.

The submission channel of the National Short Story Competition is officially closed, and the first round of screening has begun. The jury will select the best 100 articles and publish them on the official WeChat circle, so that readers can vote and compete for the top 20.

This year, a total of more than 3,000 short stories were received.

The workload is huge.

The jury, composed of ten famous short story writers, basically sits in front of the computer to read manuscripts from 8 am to 6 pm, except for eating, drinking, and defecating.

Yan Jin is a famous mystery novelist in China. His three short stories, "The Ninth Finger", "Swindle in Swindle" and "Death Phone", have all been adapted into web dramas and movies.

"Bandage Monster Villa Murder Case?"

Another mystery novel...

I hope it won't be like the previous ones, with confusing logic and no highlights.

Half of the manuscripts Yan Jin reviewed yesterday were mystery novels, but they were not well written.

As a mystery novelist, he naturally hopes that mystery novels will be selected.

Of course, he reviews manuscripts with a fair and impartial attitude and will not give mystery novels a back door.

None of the seven short stories selected from him yesterday were mystery novels.

Very quickly.

Yan Jin finished reading this "Bandage Monster Villa Murder Case".

"This novel is well written."

The reasoning process is very attractive, and the method of committing the crime is very clever.

He is very good at using words to create an atmosphere, and the sense of substitution is very strong.

Yan Jin immediately submitted this short story.

Not to mention the first place, it should be in the top three.

Three days later, the judging panel selected 180 short stories.

After another morning of discussion, it was finally determined which 100 short stories would enter the final competition.

The organizers immediately uploaded the 100 short stories to the official micro-circle.

On Blue Star, there are many people who like short stories and are paying attention to the National Short Story Competition.

"There are actually 100 short stories this year, twice as many as the last session."

"I've read some."

"It's not bad. Basically, each of them is a few thousand words. 100 stories is equivalent to 100 chapters of a novel. I finished reading it in a short while."

"The rules have also changed. In previous sessions, one person could vote for three short stories, but now one person can vote for five short stories."

"I think five short stories are too few. Last session, I had several stories I liked but didn't vote for them."

...

After a discussion in the comment section of this micro-circle, everyone started reading the articles.

Some people finished reading 100 short stories very quickly.

Everyone has different preferences. For some articles, you can decide whether to continue reading after reading only 1,000 to 800 words. It's like listening to a song. For some songs, you can know whether it is your favorite song after listening to the prelude or one or two sentences.

But there are also people who read all the articles without missing a word.

They feel that the tickets in their hands determine the fate of these 100 short stories, so they must be rigorous and not let any excellent works be buried.

Some people have already started to express their feelings after reading.

"I highly recommend "Sleepless on a Rainy Night", it's very touching, my eyes were wet after reading it."

"I almost got confused by the end, I think "Angel Broken Wings" is very philosophical and worth a vote."

"The most imaginative one is "Bandage Monster Villa Murder Case", it's a bit perverted that they can think of such a case."

"Why can't I vote for one of the five books? I like "Three Monks Carrying Water to Drink New Stories" too much."

"Funny Family" is so funny, I laughed so hard that my stomach hurt."

...

Soon, the ranking list came out.

The first place was "Bandage Monster Villa Murder Case", the second place was "Sleepless on a Rainy Night", and the third place was "Funny Family", the votes for the top three were not much different.

This ranking is also the best ranking in Yan Jing's mind. However, the voting will continue until the end of the month. This is just the beginning, and it is too early to make a conclusion.

And he became more and more curious.

Who wrote this "Bandage Monster Villa Murder Case"?

Could it be one of the domestic writers who are good at writing mystery novels?

However, judging from the style of writing, it doesn't seem like it.

Also for the sake of fairness and justice, the names of the authors of these short stories were not made public before the final results came out, and even the judging panel didn't know.

The short story circle is also discussing it.

"Do you think the first place, "The Bandage Monster Villa Murder Case", could it be written by a mystery novelist who has already achieved some success?"

"Yan Jing? Li Si? Mo Wu?"

"It's definitely not Yan Jing, he is a member of the judging panel."

"From the style of writing, it looks like it was written by Li Si. In short, it must be written by an old writer, not a new writer."

"By the way, it's only the first day, and you've already determined that the first place will be "The Bandage Monster Villa Murder Case"?"

...

The discussion was very heated. Usually the popularity of the short story circle is not even 50, but now it has soared to 12106.

At this moment.

Yunfeng was looking at the system interface with a bright smile on his face.

Since the voting channel of this national short story competition was opened, the increase in the main business [writer] achievement has increased, and it is increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

However...

The focus of today's attention is not this.

Yunfeng turned off the system, changed his clothes, and left the dormitory.

In the bustling Magic City, as soon as the weekend arrives, the streets are crowded with people and traffic, and there are bursts of noise in the air.

"Boss, do you have 'Xianqi Comics'?"

"Xianqi Comics? I haven't heard of it, only Manga Dream Factory."

"What about the "Fengyun" comics?"

"I haven't heard of it either."

...

Tang Yu listened to Yunfeng's conversation with the owner of the newsstand and said, "Maybe the goods haven't been distributed to the newsstand. Let's go to the bookstore to have a look."

"Xianqi Comics" is the name Zheng Rong gave to the comic studio. At first, it was planned to be called Comics Monthly, but it was too ordinary, so he collected a name from the magazine. The more he called it, the more it was smoother. In the end, he changed the novel monthly to "Xianqi Novels".

Yunfeng and Tang Yu came out together and had asked three newsstands. There were Xianqi novels, but there were no Xianqi comics.

The two came to the nearest bookstore.

Finally, there were Xianqi comics.

Hurry up and buy two copies.

Yunfeng asked the clerk again: "How is the sales of this fairy comic?"

The clerk pointed to the comic book in their hands and said: "Our bookstore was opened by you."

Sure enough...

Yunfeng expected it when he entered the bookstore.

There is not even a promotional poster. Who would know that this comic is on sale?

But, it shouldn't be.

The last time the novel was released, the posters were almost all over the bookstore's bulletin board.

Zheng Rong couldn't make such a low-level mistake.

Yunfeng planned to go to the next bookstore to see if it was the same situation, and then call Zheng Rong to ask, so he said to Tang Yu: "Let's go, accompany me to find another bookstore to have a look."

"Ah?" Tang Yu was so fascinated by it that he didn't hear what he said.

Yunfeng smiled and asked: "How is it, is the drawing okay?"

Tang Yu nodded and replied: "It's much better than my comic book "The Great Scholar Hero"."