Writing Web Novels In America-Chapter 36 Found It

Wang Jian logged into the Ivy League university forum.

Staring at the screen full of "Brotherhood recruitment," "Looking for a girlfriend in the Department of Theoretical Physics xx," and "The senior sister just bumped into me, she must have fallen for me," he furrowed his brows.

Continuing to scroll down, it took him more than a dozen pages to finally find a post related to "Arcane Throne."

Clicking to view, he saw the title, "The most original new fantasy novel ’Arcane Throne.’"

Among the sparse replies below, the first one was: a new book by the author of "I’m a Great Mage"? Forget it, I can’t afford to offend the corn eaters.

"I’m not interested; I’m waiting for the new book by the screenwriter of ’Yin-Yang Demon Realm,’ ’A Song of Ice and Fire.’ I heard it’s going to be published in the second half of the year."

"40 US Dollars, too expensive, think of how much corn that could buy."

Wang Jian’s forehead twitched.

Nevertheless, he registered a username.

Then, he created a new post.

Of course, he played a little trick and didn’t directly mention "Arcane Throne" in the post.

He simply wrote, "Recently heard a fantasy story, sharing it with you."

Afterwards, he began to type up the content of "Arcane Throne."

It wasn’t until he filled a page with characters that he clicked send.

Just like that, after typing up a total of seven pages, which meant six Chapters of "Arcane Throne," someone finally replied for the first time.

The reply was, "Interesting, what’s next? Hurry up."

Wang Jian didn’t reply but kept typing.

However, after about five more pages, he looked back and saw that the previous few pages were gone!

What’s going on?

Wang Jian kept refreshing the page and suddenly found a new reply saying, "This is the content of ’Arcane Throne.’

"Did you get the author’s permission to post this online?"

Wang Jian replied a little angrily, "Who are you, and what does it have to do with you?"

The other person replied, "I’m a fan of this book, and you have no right to post it online."

"If you keep posting, I’ll keep deleting. I’m not an administrator, but I have the skills to get into the backend. Don’t believe me? Just try!"

Wang Jian was a bit speechless and could only reply, "I am ’Arcane Throne’s author, Wang Jian. I’m here to advertise."

The other replied, "I don’t believe you, and I will delete anyway."

It seemed he couldn’t even argue his case.

Wang Jian clicked on the keyboard with some frustration, unable to type a word.

He glanced at Tom, who returned the look with a wry smile.

Wang Jian made up his mind and replied directly, "I live at xx community, xx number, in Brooklyn, New York. You can come and see for yourself."

Tom jumped, trying to stop Wang Jian while saying, "What if it’s someone with bad intentions? What if they come to rob us?"

But it was too late; Wang Jian had already sent the reply.

After a pause, the other side replied, "Then I will come to find you!"

Holy cow,

Was he serious?

Wang Jian was somewhat stunned.

He turned his head to look at Tom, who wore a shocked expression.

A moment later,

Wang Jian tried to laugh it off, "He’s just joking; he definitely can’t come."

Tom, however, went over to the phone and said to Wang Jian, "If it comes down to it, I’ll call the police."

Surely

It wouldn’t come to that?

Wang Jian thought it over and said to Tom, "No worries, whoever believes what’s online is an idiot."

Then, he beckoned Tom over to continue typing. ƒгeewёbnovel.com

While he himself needed a break.

About twenty minutes later,

Tom was typing more and more on the forum.

And there started to be more and more replies on the post.

Many people were responding, "What’s next? Hurry up."

Wang Jian looked at the screen, smiling with glee, and thought about how to break the story at the most frustrating point for these readers.

Suddenly, the doorbell rang.

Hmm?

Wang Jian looked at Tom with some confusion.

Tom said, "It might be the pizza guy; I ordered a pizza earlier, and it’s just now arriving."

Wang Jian let out a sigh of relief.

He genuinely feared someone was coming after tracking him over the internet.

Upon opening the door, Wang Jian discovered a short young man with black hair, wearing a New York University emblem.

Ah, must be a part-time worker.

Wang Jian reached for his wallet, asking, "How much?"

But the student-looking person replied, "Are you Wang Jian, the author of ’Arcane Throne’?"

Uh-oh?

Wang Jian sized him up and noted he wasn’t holding a pizza.

So he couldn’t help but ask, "And you are?"

"The guy who just deleted your post." The young man took out his New York University emblem and pointed to a name, "Jack Dorsey."

Did he seriously track me down?

Wang Jian’s head began to throb.

He awkwardly asked, "What do you want?"

"I’m here to confirm if you are the author of ’Arcane Throne,’ Wang Jian."

At this, Tom also came over and asked, "What’s happening?"

Wang Jian pointed at Dorsey and then to the computer, helplessly saying, "He really came."

Dorsey, unwilling to give up, continued, "How can you prove it?"

Tom’s eyebrows raised as he said, "If we can prove it, how will you make it up to us for the shock we’ve suffered?"

After a moment’s hesitation, Dorsey gritted his teeth and said, "Then I’ll make a small app, to give you free publicity on the fantasy lovers’ forum."

"And I’m really fast at typing too."

Wang Jian exchanged a glance with Tom, then they made a gesture.

Tom sighed, went to the briefcase and took out the authorization contract for "Arcane Throne."

After Dorsey read through the contract, he looked at Wang Jian and Tom a bit confusedly and said, "Then why are you posting it online? Aren’t you worried about sales?"

Wang Jian spread his hands, "It’s all about publicity."

"Besides, I have the rights to the electronic version. As long as I don’t publish more than half, there’s no problem."

Dorsey thought for a moment and said, "Then how about I set up a website for you? Afterward, I can drive traffic to it from various forums."

"That way, you won’t have to worry about others deleting your posts."

Then, with a touch of embarrassment, he added, "We fantasy enthusiasts are mostly online, and some of us have a bit too much of a sense of justice."

Setting up a website?

Wang Jian felt intrigued and asked, "Is it difficult? Does it cost money?"

Dorsey shook his head, "A personal website is simple, but if there’s high traffic, you might need to rent a server."

"How expensive is it to rent a server?"

"The large ones obviously cost more, but the small ones are quite cheap," Dorsey answered. "Why don’t we give it a try?"

Wang Jian and Tom looked at each other and both nodded.

Then, Dorsey extended a hand, saying, "And my payment will be the second volume of ’Arcane Throne’!"

Meanwhile, Bezos was looking over the speech for tomorrow’s press conference.

The first online bookstore, truly unprecedented.

But he was certain he had made the right move.

Not the only one who was sleepless that night was a British lady named JK Rowling.

Holding the manuscript in her hand, she sighed lightly, "I really wish someone could give me some feedback."

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