I really don't want to be a novelist

Chapter 181 The Hour Hand Leaps to Death
"Carol: Mr. A, don't worry, we still have the greatest confidence in your work, and believe that publishing it is the most correct decision we Burt Press have made in recent years."

Looking at Carol's words of 'comforting' herself,
Ji Zhuo felt a little embarrassed. He felt that others had high expectations for his work, but the result did not achieve the desired effect.

It seems that I feel sorry for the publisher.

So Ji Zhuo thought about it, and then replied a message.

"Clumsy and Uncommon: Editor-in-Chief Carol, thank you for your liking for my work, but if this work is confirmed to be unsatisfactory in the market, there is no need for the publishing house to spend more resources on my work, so as not to suffer unnecessary losses. loss.

Carol: Don't worry, Mr. A, the publishing house spends more resources to promote your works, and please believe that the poor works in the early stage are within our expectations.This work will definitely sell well gradually, but not yet. "

Seeing the news of Carol's return... Ji Zhuo paused.

This is not the answer I want... Isn't it a head-scratcher if you push it hard even with such poor grades in the book.

No one author said that if it can't be popular, there is no need to force it.

You are the author or I am the author, how do you feel that you care more about whether this book can be popular than me as the author?

And on the other side,
Carol was a little moved, moved by Ji Zhuo's understanding,

Look at how heartwarming these words are. Even though it may make my book sales slump in the future, I still fully consider the interests of the publishing house.

And the author and the publishing house obviously don't have a deep relationship, so it can only be said that he, the editor-in-chief and the reader, have a personal friendship with the author!
But although touched,

But Carol will certainly not give up this excellent work just like that,
Not to mention that he is simply a reader who likes this work, and wants to see his favorite works sell well,
Let’s just say that he, as a job-hopping editor-in-chief, used this book as the resource consumed by the publishing house’s main works in the early stage.
It is impossible for him to give up this book at this time.

What's more... the sales volume of this book on the first day is as expected,

He wasn't too disappointed, but he didn't feel any surprise.

But think about it... This is a serious work, before he won the award, before his public reputation did not rise,

His audience is small.

How many readers will read serious works, and how many readers will not choose famous works when they choose to buy serious works,
And choose a work by an unknown new author?

So it is very reasonable that online sales are so low, but so many readers choose to buy this book after reading it in offline bookstores,
This strengthened Carol's confidence that the book would be a hit and win awards.

Everything is moving in the expected direction, how could he give up this excellent work at this time.

"Clumsy and uncommon: That's fine... But it's still the same as before, if the market for "Seven Sins" doesn't respond well..."

Carol has said that, what else can Ji Zhuo say, but he is a little speechless.

"Carol: Mr. A, just look, your work will be read and seen by more people soon."

"Carol: In the past few days, I will keep an eye on the daily sales of the Seven Sins and inform you, Mr. A."

"Clumsy and uncommon: Hmm..."

Ji Zhuo and Carol ended the penguin chat.

Although I was a little speechless about Carol's head iron,

But such a 'beautiful' sales volume on the first day of "Seven Sins" made Ji Zhuo quite happy.

Everything is going in the expected direction,
Soon I will be able to get the first month's 600 million system incentives, and then the second month... until I get all three months!
As Ji Zhuo thought about it, a smile appeared on his face, and he couldn't control it.

It's not that we are happy to be able to squeeze the wool of the system,

But the weather is good today, look how big the sun is today.

Ji Zhuo felt that he was in a good mood today,

Then take advantage of today to start writing the book 'Mingxiu Plank Road'!
Holding the toothbrush again in his hand and continuing to brush his teeth became lighter.

……

"Whoosh..."

The sun outside the house is still vicious even after noon,
From the window into the study, the sun swayed under the window.

The air conditioner is running at a low frequency to keep the room at a suitable temperature.
Ji Zhuo had finished washing and sat down in front of the computer.

"call……"

After opening the coding software, Ji Zhuo calmed down again and prepared to start writing a new book.

First is the title of the book,
After so many days,

Ji Zhuo already had a relatively clear idea about the horror novel to be written,
Based on these ideas, Ji Zhuo probably has several alternative titles.

"The clock leaps toward death."

This is the first and first priority name,
Afterwards,
"The clock is pointing to death."

"Priority Doubt"

"Death follows closely."

Ji Zhuo went through these alternative names in his mind,

For the time being, I still think the title of the first priority is good.

So I created a new book on the codeword software,
The title of the book was written - "Hour Hand Leaps to Death"

Then naturally there is an introduction to the whole book.

Ji Zhuo sorted out his thoughts and considered his words,
Put your hands on the keyboard again.

There was a crackling knocking sound, and after deleting, deleting and modifying, the introduction of the new book gradually appeared on the code word page.

"Introduction:"

"Listen, the hour hand is ticking, it is leaping towards death."

Originally, this introduction should have been longer.

However, Ji Zhuo felt that there were too many leftovers, so he simply deleted them, leaving only such a brief introduction.

Then I started a new chapter, ready to start writing the text.

The length of this novel Ji Zhuo is expected to write down,

Physical publication counts as a long novel, and online serialization counts as a mid-length novel at 30 million.

The story is small, and the setting is far less grand than the few other novels I have written.

The protagonist in the article is Lin Yi, a detective.

On an otherwise ordinary day, his life suddenly changed.

A countdown appeared in front of his eyes, and the countdown appeared in front of his eyes strangely, and he was the only one who could see it.

Every second of time in reality, this weird countdown number will decrease accordingly.

When the countdown appeared for the first time, the displayed value was zero three minutes and 25 seconds,
At that time, he was on the street, feeling creepy at the strange countdown that suddenly appeared in front of him,
Especially after confirming that the figure moved with his sight and remained in his field of vision, while others could not see it at all,
Watching the countdown numbers shrink little by little, even if you don't know what will happen after the countdown is over.

But it is precisely because of the unknown that the spirit is extremely tense.

While he was nervously staying in place, the time passed by,

Finally, the countdown counted down to zero. At that moment, Lin Yi's adrenaline surged, and his muscles tensed up.
And at this moment, an accident happened at the intersection opposite him,

A truck that ran a red light while there were no pedestrians turned the steering wheel because of an electric car that suddenly appeared next to it when it was driving through the intersection.

As a result, the truck rolled over while driving, and the direction of the rollover was on Linyi's side.

Originally extremely tense, Lin Yi, an elite soldier of grass and trees, ran away from his original position almost instantly.

And almost immediately after, the overturned truck carried the heavy cargo on it, crushed the protective green belt, submerged the location where Lin Yi was,

Luckily escaped, Lin Yi, who escaped from the dead, was panting heavily beside him,

I just felt that my brain was still buzzing, and I was waiting to recover, only to find that the countdown in front of me was reset again, and a fairly long number appeared.

Obviously, this countdown is related to his life or death. When the countdown in front of him reaches zero, he will encounter fatal danger.

And here,

Not really a horror novel.

The horror is the next plot development.

(End of this chapter)