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Chapter 85 Star Writer
The next morning, Liu Xing didn't wake up until after nine o'clock.He chatted with Wang Lanlan until late last night, so he naturally wanted to sleep a little longer.

After getting up and washing, Liu Xing went down to the first floor of the book bar, and found that there were already many waiters busy in the lobby, and customers came into the book bar one after another.

The plan of the day is in the morning.

People's mental state is generally the best in the morning, and many scholars like to read in the morning, so book bars generally open for business earlier.

Liu Xing walked to the bar, ready to eat something, but found that Wang Lanlan was already sitting on the edge of the bar, concentrating on writing.

"Wang Lanlan, what are you writing?"

"Revise the new book."

"Hasn't your new book been revised?"

"Keep improving! I am now one of the top [-] best-selling authors in Tianhai City, so of course I have to raise my own requirements." Wang Lanlan said, "My third book should not sell too badly."

Liu Xing took out a glass of juice and a piece of bread from the cabinet at the bar, and said while eating, "Your new book has cured my illness again. As long as you take the opportunity to hype it up, the sales should not be too bad."

"I don't want to hype anymore." Wang Lanlan explained, "I have already hyped two books, and I want to rely on my strength for the third book!"

"The problem is that you don't seem to have much strength."

"So I have to work harder!" Wang Lanlan remembered something, and her face showed unconcealable excitement, "Liu Xing, let me tell you a very amazing thing, I met the shadow man last night, and he accepted my exclusive interview The shadow man also said that he would read my new book."

The deer-like pure eyes flickered, and Wang Lanlan asked seriously, "Liu Xing, can you read the new book for me again and give me some suggestions for revision?"

"Yes." Liu Xing took a sip of the juice and added, "I will charge 100 yuan for a revision."

"100 yuan? Can it be cheaper?"

"There are so many things to do in the bookstore. My time is precious. It takes a lot of energy to propose a revision. 100 yuan is already very cheap."

Wang Lanlan thought about it, and thought it made sense. Liu Xing is now the boss of the book bar, and the boss's time is very precious.

The reason why Wang Lanlan wanted to seek Liu Xing's opinion was mainly because Liu Xing's opinion had helped her a lot.The quality of her last book "The Strange Case of Detective Wang Nanzhi Shooting the Carved Book and Coffin" has improved significantly because Liu Xing gave her many revision suggestions.

"Okay, one opinion is 100 yuan." Wang Lanlan handed over the finished novel manuscript, and Liu Xing put down the juice and flipped through it casually.

[Book Title] "Detective Wang Nan: The Shadow Man"

【Type】Mystery novel

【Level】None
[Matching degree] 3.7%
When receiving the information, Liu Xing was slightly surprised, the matching rate of this novel actually reached 3.7%!

In Wang Lanlan's first two novels, the matching rate did not exceed 2%. The book in front of him has soared to 3.7%, which shows that the quality has improved again.

Opening the novel, Liu Xing started reading while having breakfast, Wang Lanlan came over and stood silently aside.

When reading Chapter 3, Liu Xing said: "Why do you write the shadow man as a married man with a wife?"

Wang Lanlan explained: "The shadow man is already a middle-aged uncle, shouldn't he have a wife?"

Liu Xing reminded: "The main selling point of this "Detective Wang Nan: The Shadowman" is the mystery of the Shadowman. If you immediately pull out the wife of the Shadowman, the mystery of the Shadowman will be discounted immediately. You can write that the shadow man has a confidante, so write it down quickly."

"Hmm." Wang Lanlan took out a notebook and wrote in the notebook: Shadow people cannot have wives, only confidants.

"It's not for you to record the plot."

"What do you remember?"

"Record the number of opinions I have given you. It was the first opinion just now, and the fee is 1 yuan."

"Okay." Wang Lanlan wrote "100" on the notebook.

After a while, Liu Xing said again: "The plot of the robbery in Chapter 4 is a bit old-fashioned, it's best to change it."

"Second opinion, 2 yuan."

"There is also a common sense error in this chapter. The villain should be hit by a bullet before hearing the gunshot, because the speed of the bullet is faster than the speed of sound."

"The third revision, 3 yuan."

"Chapter 7 is a bit long-winded, it can be concise."

"400 dollars."

"The rendering of Chapter 10 is not enough, and the description of the mystery of the shadow man is not in place."

"500 dollars."

"The characters in Chapter 13 are a bit exaggerated. Let's change it. The boss should be more stable."

"600 dollars."

……

In this way, while reading the novel, Liu Xing suggested revisions.When he finished the novel, he made a total of 47 comments, which meant that Wang Lanlan had to pay 4700 yuan.

4700 yuan may be a lot for ordinary people, but it is not too much for Wang Lanlan.This girl seems to be playing every day, but she makes a lot of money.

The total sales volume of Wang Lanlan's first two novels "Detective Wang Nan" series has already exceeded 30 copies, which brought her millions of income, and she was already a millionaire a few years ago.

Therefore, for Wang Lanlan, 4700 yuan can only be regarded as drizzle, just like pocket money.

In fact, Liu Xing's fee is not high. In Huaxia, there are professions like Liu Xing who help writers make revisions, and they are book appraisers.

Book appraisers can not only identify novels, but also assist writers in creating novels.

Although the fees of book appraisers are very high, there are still writers who are willing to pay for it, because once they can create best-selling novels or even star-rated novels, these fees can be earned back.

"You first revise according to these 47 opinions." Liu Xing handed the manuscript back.

"Ah."

"Also, 4700 yuan fee..."

"Don't worry, I won't renege on my debt." Wang Lanlan thought of something, blinked her big eyes, and said seriously, "By the way, Liu Xing, thank you for sending me the birthday cake last night. It was really a surprise."

"You're welcome. This birthday cake cost 288 yuan, and I will add these costs to your rent."

"..."

Sure enough, it's still very stingy!
After that, according to Liu Xing's opinion, Wang Lanlan began to revise the manuscript of the new book, and it took a day to revise.

At nine o'clock in the evening, the manuscript was finally revised.

Holding the revised manuscript, Liu Xing checked it again.

[Book Title] "Detective Wang Nan: The Shadow Man"

【Type】Mystery novel

【Level】None
[Matching degree] 4.5%
"The improvement of matching degree is obvious, from 3.7% to 4.5%, which is an increase of 0.8% in one day!"

After thinking secretly for a while, Liu Xing re-said, "Wang Lanlan, your new book has great potential, and you should try to hit the star novel."

"Star novels?" Wang Lanlan raised her eyebrows and said, "It's not that easy to write star novels. My goal is to write star novels before the age of 20."

"You are already one of the top [-] best-selling writers in Tianhai City, why are you still so unconfident? You should consider attacking star writers."

The so-called star writers refer to novelists who can write works with a level above one star.

In the list of best-selling authors, all are ordinary authors, not including star authors.

Because star writers are not ranked by the sales volume of their works.

Due to the special nature of star-rated novels, its sales are not determined by the market, but by the reading alliance.

The reading alliance decides how many books to issue, and only how many copies will be issued.

However, no matter how many star novels are released, the income of star writers will not be greatly affected.The lower the number of publications, the higher the price of star-rated novels, which can ensure that star-rated writers will have generous royalties.

This is also one of the reasons why the prices of star novels remain high.

In general, the income of star writers is several notches higher than that of ordinary writers.

Wang Lanlan is already one of the top [-] best-selling authors in Tianhai City, but her annual manuscript fee is at most several million.And if they are star writers, their income from a star novel is likely to exceed tens of millions.

The higher the level of star novels, the higher the income.

It's just that the creation of star novels is very difficult, and some writers may not be able to succeed after writing for more than ten years.

Liu Xing doesn't know what the standard is for star-rated novels, but he has identified tens of thousands of novels, and found a rule: the matching degree of one-star mystery novels is generally around 10%.

Although a mystery novel with a matching degree of 10% is not necessarily a one-star novel, the probability of it being a one-star novel exceeds 70%, which is already very high.

The matching degree of "Detective Wang Nan: The Shadow Man" created by Wang Lanlan has reached 4.5%, so you can definitely try to hit the star novel.Anyway, even if it fails, there will be no loss.

"Liu Xing, do you really think I can write star novels?"

"Excellent novels are edited, so you can edit them a few more times."

"How to change?"

"I'll give you a modification opinion, the old rule, one opinion is 100 yuan."

"Liu Xing, are you taking the opportunity to extort my money?"

"Nonsense, do I look like the kind of person who would scam underage girls out of money?"

"You...seem quite similar, haha!"

"..." Liu Xing said again, "If this is not the case, if this "Detective Wang Nan: The Shadow Man" does not become a star novel in the end, I will refund all the expenses to you. However, if it really becomes a star novel , 70% of the income from this novel will belong to me, do you dare to agree?"

Wang Lanlan rolled her eyes, pondered for a while, and felt that no matter what the outcome was, it would be good for her, so she nodded and said, "Okay."

"Since I agreed, let's not talk nonsense, let's start discussing how to revise this new book."

"right!"

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(End of this chapter)