Chapter 58: Edition Shot Publishing, Lu Meng Forms an Alliance

  Lu Li returned to her dormitory and opened her computer to update a new chapter.

  "A lot has happened in the past two days, first unexpectedly winning the monthly ticket chart champion and being shocked by the record-breaking rewards; then being called a brusher, and this afternoon's interview, so the previous explosive revelations have not been realized."

  Here is the translation:

  "Today, in an interview, I mentioned that 'The Legend of the Condor Hero' was a work that had been conceived for a long time. Lu Fei will be published as a trilogy, and the previous promise to add 20 chapters after getting first place on the monthly ticket chart still holds true. Of course, it's impossible to add 200 more chapters even if we get 100,000 monthly tickets. Not to mention that I don't have so many drafts stored up, even when 'The Legend of the Condor Hero' is completed, there won't be that many words left."

  After releasing a single chapter, Lu Li updated the two chapters that were originally scheduled for today and then added 20 more chapters, once again making countless "The Legend of Miyue" fans ecstatic.

  As for the "Eagle Shooting Heroes" trilogy mentioned by Lu Li, not many people showed much enthusiasm. After all, "The Eagle Shooting Heroes" has not been completed yet, and there is no need to think about such distant things. Of course, there is still a little expectation.

  "The Legend of the Condor Hero" has been updated with 93 chapters since its launch in November, and with a stable update of two or three chapters per day this month, Lu Lian has updated nearly 500,000 words. Adding to the number of words before it was launched, "The Legend of the Condor Hero" is not far from being completed.

  Soon, netizens also counted the number of updated words in "The Shooting Hero" for the first month after it went online, and highly praised Lu Li. After all, not only did Lu Li update frequently, but he also ensured quality and didn't add any unnecessary content. What's more important is that Lu Li kept his promise and left a good impression on book friends.

  Lu Li just smiled slightly at these remarks. With Lu Li's current level, even if he wanted to add some water to "The Archer", it wouldn't work. A discerning person can see through it at a glance.

  Soon, Lu Li's words in the "Face to Face with Writers" interview were also seen by many of Lu Li's fans, who praised Lu Li for considering his fans and being a writer with a conscience. For a time, this even increased the loyalty of many fans.

  In the following days, several mainstream media outlets reported on the matter, after all, a reward of tens of millions of yuan is still unimaginable for many people, especially those who are not familiar with online literature.

  Moreover, Lu Li happened to be the victim of a recent nationwide scandal involving unpaid migrant workers. The media naturally seized on this point and lavished praise on Lu Li, also doing some good publicity for "The Legend of Arching Hero". Among them, the most enthusiastic was the "Huqing Daily", after all, Lu Li is a Huqing native.

  Lü Di was once again known by many people, and the clicks and subscriptions of "The Archer" also rose sharply.

  Of course, Lu Li didn't pay much attention to these things and returned to his normal life. However, during this time, he received several congratulatory calls from close relatives.

  The first person to call was actually her mother, who asked in detail about Lu Li's situation. Lu Li patiently explained, but she felt that her mother still didn't understand.

  Lu Li's guess was not bad, Zhang Wenhui really didn't understand what Lu Li said about subscription and commission, but Zhang Wenhui knew a little, Lu Li made money, made a lot of money, more than the last time he called, so she was very happy. As a mother, it's natural to be happy when her own son is doing well.

  "After saying that, Zhang Wenhui said: 'A Li, you are alone in a foreign land studying, take good care of your body. Your dad also saw the news and is proud of you, be humble and continue to work hard.'"

  "Uh, isn't Dad at home?" Lu Li asked upon hearing this.

  "Uh, your dad has something to attend to and went out." Zhang Wenhui replied to Lu Li's question.

  "Both of you have been called, now don't go out and do such tiring things, I can earn money." Lu Li said after hearing this.

  "It's not that I'm going out to do something, it's just that there are some things, anyway you take care and work hard, I'm hanging up the phone now." Zhang Wenhui said this and then hung up the phone.

  But soon Mengqi also called, and Ludi didn't expect it.

  "Lu Li, great author, you can deceive us so hard." Listening to Meng Qi's sour tone, Lu Li smiled bitterly.

  "It's not that I was hiding from you all, it's just that at that time I didn't want to reveal my identity, and now it's also because I have no choice."

  "Hmm, Daxia saw your photo and was very dissatisfied with you. She said that when she has time, she must find you to get many autographs, making you sign until your hands ache." Mengqi hummed and said.

  "It's okay if you want to sign." Lu Li said with a smile.

  "Alright, congratulations then, keep up the good work." Mengqi said after finishing this sentence and hung up the phone.

  At Hua Jing University, Meng Qi lay on her bed, staring at the ceiling with some discomfort. It seemed that she and Lu Li were getting farther and farther apart.

  Then Jiang You also called to congratulate and encourage Lu Li, the brothers in the dormitory have now become fans of Lu Li's book, they all expressed their gratitude and rewarded him, every day they quarrel over who gets to grab the manuscript from Lu Li's hands. The days passed by like this, one by one.

  It wasn't until around the 10th that Gu Feng editor contacted Lu Li saying that a publishing house had taken an interest in "The Archery", wanting to buy the publication rights, and asked for Lu Li's opinion.

  Lu Li saw this message on YY and muttered: "Has it finally come?"

  Ludie believes that for an excellent book like "The Eagle Shooting Heroes", publication is absolutely no problem, it's just a matter of time. And this month's ticket sales champion is enough to prove the popularity of the book. In addition, with the recent reports from some mainstream media, "The Eagle Shooting Heroes" has entered the sight of many people, and now is the best time to publish it. So some publishers have started taking action.

  "Which publishing house is Gu Feng editor from? I'm not very familiar with these things, tell me about it." Lu Li saw the message and replied.

  "It's Hua Xin Publishing House, which is one of the top publishing houses in China. However, this publishing house rarely publishes online works and usually publishes traditional literary books." Gu Feng replied after seeing Lu Li's message.

  "Oh, okay then, if you say so, there's no problem, it can be published."

  "However, you'll have to negotiate the price yourself. After all, the publishing rights are in your hands, so it's better if you can get a good deal." Gu Feng replied after seeing Lu Li nodding in agreement.

  "Go on, give me your contact information."

  Gu Feng then gave Lu Li a QQ number, claiming it was an editor from Hua Xin Publishing House.

  Ludi added friends and passed quickly.

  "Hello, author of "The Eagle Shooting Heroes", I am Zhao Wenkui from Huaxin Publishing House, representing Huaxin Publishing House to discuss with you the publication matters related to "The Eagle Shooting Heroes"." The other party quickly sent a message over.

  "Ah, hello, I'm Ludi. I don't know much about publishing, just tell me about the price and that's fine." Ludi replied after seeing the other party's message.

  "Yes, that's right. After research by the editorial department, we decided to pay the author of "Shooting" a share of the profits, with the share ratio based on book sales. The calculation formula is: fixed price * number of issues * 5%."

  Lu Li was completely bewildered by this formula and didn't know what it meant, so he copied the formula to Gu Feng editor and asked him to consult.

  After getting a fair answer from Gu Feng, Lu Li felt relieved and agreed directly. After the two parties reached an agreement, they decided on the time and place of signing the contract, ending their conversation.

  In the evening, Lu Li continued typing, but received a YY message from Liu Xiaowen.

  "Lu Li Dada, I have something to tell you. This time in the monthly ticket battle, we feel that our foundation is still insufficient, so we are preparing to establish Lu Meng. In the past few days, I and several other group owners have been preparing for this matter."

  Lu Li saw Liu Xiaowen's message, hesitated for a moment, and thought that establishing a Lu Alliance wouldn't be bad either, just like the Red Alliance of Tomato, the great god of web literature on Earth. Moreover, many of the big gods here have their own book fan groups, and establishing a Lu Alliance would be beneficial for promoting one's books and having a certain iron-clad fan base when entering the entertainment circle in the future.

  So Lu Li didn't think much about it and replied, "Mm, okay, I'll leave this matter to you and the others. I'm quite busy with other things so I don't have time to deal with these matters. Also, as I said in my previous chapter, there's no need to spend too much money just for the sake of competing for monthly tickets. Having your support is enough."

  "Uh, we knew that, but we also didn't want "The Archer" to lose because of its foundation, so we did our best. And as for Le Tian Zhi Ming, we don't even know who it is, if we had known about the existence of such a person, we wouldn't have had to work so hard. Moreover, I believe that after the Lian Meng is established, the competition for the monthly ticket chart won't be like this again."

  "En, then I'll leave this matter to you." Lu Li replied.

  "It's nothing, but we still have a lot of things that are not ready yet, so recently we've been preparing and I believe it won't take long to establish." Liu Xiaowen replied.

  It wasn't until three days later that the alliance was formally announced, with its main members being mainly from the previous ten YY groups. The leader of the alliance was finally decided by Liu Xiaowen under everyone's recommendation, and other personnel were also quickly produced.

  When Lu Li saw a string of ministerial, directorial and other professional titles, he thought it was the personnel structure of some company. It seems that Liu Xiaowen and others have indeed put a lot of thought into the establishment of this Lu Alliance.

  Liu Xiaowen also posted the relevant matters of Lian Meng's establishment in the "The Legend of the Condor Hero" book review section and "The Legend of the Condor Hero" bar to promote it, and all levels of management personnel are promoting and recruiting people to make efforts for the expansion of Lian Meng.

  Later, the richest legendary and most powerful Lu Meng in the web literature world was formally established after the first monthly ticket battle of Lu Li, and has been continuously developing and growing.

  PS: Thanks for the rewards from Jing Sanjun and Huang He