The first time in his life he earned money, Liu Longsheng was naturally happy.

An invigorated Liu Longsheng also said, "If I had two hundred thousand, three hundred thousand, or even five hundred thousand, then earning ten thousand wouldn't be so simple!"

Xu Lin came in with a line: "How much stock do you still have now?"

Liu Longsheng: "Eighty thousand!"

Xu Lin nodded and continued to focus his attention on the computer screen.

Come to think of it, eighty thousand is quite a bit, and this is most of Liu Longsheng's wealth.

In Xu Lin's view, such entrepreneurship carries the risk of losing everything, after all, where is business a guaranteed profit and kind of a goldmine? Risks have to be considered.

But Xu Lin didn't say anything else, nor was it any of his concern.

At this point, Xu Lin opened WeChat.

Lei Haolong sent him a selfie of a girl.

"Xu Lin, what do you think of this girl?"

"She's pretty, looks nice enough, you like her?"

Lei Haolong was six months older than Xu Lin and also in a stifling youthful season, now seeing the first semester of his freshman year drawing to a close, Lei Haolong was getting a bit anxious too.

"It's not that I like her, just asking how you feel."

"Asking me, my ass. If you like her, just say it, don't beat around the bush."

"Damn, Xu Lin, I admit I like her. Crying hysterically.jpg"

Lei Haolong: "Xu Lin, how do you chase a girl? I want to pursue her."

"I don't know either, you know, girls just confess to me proactively."

"Xu Lin, screw you! Middle finger.jpg"

Xu Lin chatted with him for a while; when it comes to chasing girls, Xu Lin isn't really skilled, better not to say things that could mislead others.

In fact, a naturally handsome guy doesn't qualify to teach others how to get girls.

Then Xu Lin opened QQ.

Ranzhi sent a message, saying the manga rights and publishing rights to Xu Lin's book had been sold.

Among them, the manga rights were sold for eight million, and the publishing rights for sixteen million.

It's a fifty-fifty split with the website.

Including a twenty percent tax on royalties, Xu Lin ended up with nine million six hundred thousand.

This was still because the book was very popular; otherwise, online novel manga and publishing wouldn't sell for such a price, only film and television rights would be valuable.

Moreover, there are future revenue splits for these two rights.

The manga rights revenue follows a 4-3-3 profit split, meaning the manga platform takes forty percent, and Xu Lin and the novel website split three percent each.

The publishing rights follow a 4-4-2 profit split: the publisher takes forty percent, Xu Lin takes forty percent, and the novel website takes twenty percent. Originally, it was also thirty percent each for Xu Lin and the novel website, but the website conceded ten percent to Xu Lin, considering his significance, making it a totally worthwhile deal in their view.

Between manga and publishing, the biggest future revenue comes from publishing.

The website conceded ten percent of the publishing revenue to keep an author of Xu Lin's caliber.

Ranzhi made these things clear to Xu Lin, as it was also a task given to him from above.

"Mr. Xu, do you plan to keep writing here?"

Ranzhi asked again.

"We'll see, I'm busy lately, maybe next year?"

"Alrighty!"

Next year is just a polite way of saying it; Xu Lin is unlikely to write online novels again.

The website's sincerity seemed decent, so Xu Lin didn't refuse outright, evading the question like when Chinese people say they'll treat you to a meal in a couple of days, while a couple of days really means quite indefinite days.

"Oh right, Mr. Xu, there's one more thing, I wonder if you would agree?"

Xu Lin saw this message and didn't reply immediately.

Before long, another message from Ranzhi came through.

"Here's the thing, Mr. Xu, at the beginning of next month our website will be selecting great authors."

"On the website's side, we would like to invite Mr. Xu to participate in a special interview, discussing Mr. Xu's book and some topics about the online literature market."

"What do you think, Mr. Xu? Do you want to participate?"

Xu Lin glanced at the message.

"Isn't this the website wanting publicity?"

Xu Lin saw through it right away.

Ranzhi: "Hehe.jpg I think so too!"

Xu Lin: "I'm okay without showing my face, but if it's on camera, forget it."

"Then I'll ask the higher-ups."

Ranzhi: "Mr. Xu is still too low-key. If I achieved even one percent of Mr. Xu's accomplishments, I'd probably be sniffing about with my nose in the air, arrogant and smug!"

Xu Lin didn't bother arguing about this with him and thought carefully; he realized that the website's publicity could offer him quite a few benefits.

The internet has entered an era where traffic rules, and the strategy has changed.

"Mention it to the higher-ups; if it doesn't involve showing my face, I'll participate, otherwise no."

"Mr. Xu, once I'm back at work tomorrow, I'll report it ASAP!"

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