Just as Wang Jian was considering whether to take Jack Dorsey’s advice and convert the latter’s contributions in website developnt into a 15% share of the website,
Tom brought him so good news.
The second edition of "I’m a Great Mage" royalties were about to be settled by Scholastic Publishers.
Of course, what would be settled was just the 7% royalty share from the United States dostic version; the French and other overseas royalties would have to wait until around the New Year.
When Wang Jian and Tom arrived outside the office building of Scholastic Publishers,
he was surprised to find that the number of authors who usually gathered there after being rejected had significantly decreased.
Wang Jian curiously asked Tom, who was following behind him.
Tom nodded and then approached the authors who still held their manuscripts.
After a mont, he returned to Wang Jian’s side with a peculiar expression on his face.
"What’s going on?" Wang Jian looked at Tom’s expression and asked in confusion, "Have all these authors given up?"
Tom, with a conflicted look, said, "So of them... it seems they have posted on wangwen..."
"My website?" Wang Jian was astonished.
"Your website!" Tom looked at Wang Jian and added, "They ntioned that the author of ’Arcane Throne’ is offering writing guidance online for free."
"Jack Dorsey?!"
Wang Jian clenched his teeth, picturing the computer genius like a frenetic Husky,
masquerading as a bestselling author online, guiding those authors whose confidence had been shattered by rejection.
And these authors clung to every word from this IT professional as if it were the gospel, modifying their manuscripts accordingly.
He suddenly felt a twinge of toothache.
Forget it, forget it.
Wang Jian tried hard to shake this bizarre image from his mind.
Then, he took a deep breath.
The most important thing at the mont was to settle this batch of royalties.
The rest could wait until he returned to his apartnt to discuss further with Dorsey.
With that, the two, heavy with thoughts, entered the office building of Scholastic Publishers.
As they did, they imdiately encountered a group of senior executives from the publisher accompanying a bald man who was walking out of the building.
These executives and the bald man were chatting cheerfully.
Wang Jian’s main purpose for today, Roy, was following behind this group.
As the bald man passed by Wang Jian, he suddenly paused.
He first looked at Wang Jian with curiosity, then, as if rembering sothing, he awkwardly pronounced Wang Jian’s na.
"Wang Jian?" The bald man extended his hand for a handshake and asked, "Are you Wang Jian, the author of ’Arcane Throne’ and ’I’m a Great Mage’?"
"I am." Wang Jian watched the bald man, trying hard to recall if he knew him.
The bald man, seeing Wang Jian’s expression, smiled and said, "I am Jeff Bezos, the Chairman of Amazon."
"The sa Jeff Bezos who was severely criticized along with you during the recent controversy."
"Oh." Wang Jian nodded in realization and asked, "Is there sothing you need?"
"It’s like this." Bezos glanced at the people from Scholastic Publishers behind him, hesitated for a mont,
and finally he spoke: "The digital rights for ’Arcane Throne’ are not owned by Random House; I’d like to sign an agreent with you."
"To sell this novel, and even all your future novels, on my website. Even if you don’t have a contract with a publisher, our website can pay and publish your book."
"And I can guarantee you the highest minimum royalty and a share of the royalties not less than 20%, more than any other publisher could offer."
"We could even buy your small website for a high price."
Hearing this, the executives at Scholastic Publishers looked at each other in bewildernt.
And Roy, standing slightly behind the crowd, turned pale as he watched the Asian youth whom he had discovered and then let slip away.
Of course, the person most shocked was Wang Jian, one of the main characters of this conversation.
He even began to wonder if pies really could fall from the sky.
But the problem was, even if pies did fall, he wasn’t sure he could eat them!
This was Manhattan, after all, and the Jeff Bezos before him was a well-known financial figure.
How many people in the world could benefit from Wall Street directly?
He couldn’t help but ponder what traps might lie beneath this offer.
However, what he didn’t realize was that Bezos wasn’t just interested in his writing ability.
Rather, it was his ability to attract traffic.
Whether intentionally or not, the publication of "I’m a Great Mage" and "Arcane Throne" had moved beyond the literary world, drawing significant public attention.
As the author of these two books, Wang Jian.
Not only did he bring a novel, crowd-pleasing writing approach, but he also possessed great topical relevance and the ability to drive traffic.
While this traffic-driving ability might be a mixed bag in literary terms,
it was exactly what Amazon urgently needed for its website developnt.
It’s worth noting that because of Wang Jian, Amazon, which held licenses from major publishers, didn’t even have as many hits as that small personal website.
Wang Jian looked at the sincere bald Bezos and hesitated for a mont before saying, "Please give so ti to think about it."
Bezos pulled out a business card, handed it to Wang Jian, and smiling, said, "I welco your news at any ti."
anwhile, Jack Dorsey was enjoying providing advice to others while pondering over the ssy ssages on the website’s comnt section.
Which page was that novel called "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone" on again?
After thinking for a bit, he opened the website’s backend and began furiously typing code.
A few hours later,
the website suddenly stopped working.
Many authors who were in the midst of typing beca frustrated, repeatedly banging on their keyboards and pressing refresh.
A mont later, the website returned to normal.
And these authors discovered that the website had many new features.
For example, a new directory for creations.
They could now upload their works anew and just like "Arcane Throne", have their own independent title-directory.
No longer did they have to submit their works under the comnt section of "Arcane Throne."
This discovery made them ecstatic, and as they uploaded their works to the website, they called their friends and family, urging them to visit the website to enjoy their works.
And Dorsey, satisfied with the new look of the website and the rapidly increasing traffic,
started to consider whether it might be ti to ask that bestselling author to fork over so money for a bigger server for the website.
ps: Thank you all for your encouragent.
I specially checked the new book rankings and saw so many investors... I really dare not stop updating now.
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