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Chapter 15 Data Farming
11: 35.
Xu An did not go to bed early tonight.
The results were to be released at midnight, and as one of the main characters, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous as the time approached.
Sitting in front of the computer, he lost the will to continue writing.
The results will be available in about half an hour.
He opened the Sky Forum and browsed the posts.
The most popular posts are almost all about his novels "Covering the Sky" and "Cataclysm: The Necromancer".
The discussion was all about the results of the two books coming out at midnight.
It's unprecedented in the entire online literature community for a newcomer like Xu An to directly challenge established literary giants.
However, it must be said that "Covering the Sky" has achieved truly remarkable results. During its initial release, its number of collections surged ahead, surpassing the achievements of many top authors, no, even the vast majority of them.
Even the new book by the veteran author "Cang Hai Nan Wei Shui" has fewer book collections than the other author's.
However, the number of favorites is not the same as the number of subscriptions.
Subscription numbers are the real money, and only then can you truly tell how good a book is.
A book that no readers are willing to subscribe to, no matter how much it's touted as amazing, cannot hide the fact that it's a pile of dog shit.
Time passed second by second.
As midnight approached, Xu An lost all interest in reading the posts, and his heart began to beat faster for no apparent reason.
To be honest, he has a lot of confidence in the quality of "Covering the Sky".
The reason we dared to declare war was also based on this.
But nothing in this world is absolute; what if something happens?
Xu An was a little nervous, and his palms were sweaty.
If he loses, he will definitely become a laughing stock, and may even be forever nailed to the pillar of online literature history.
lose?
Absolutely impossible to lose!
Xu An's eyes were firm; he believed that "Covering the Sky" could win, just as he believed in himself.
Besides Xu An, the person involved, who was paying special attention, Guan Hai, who submitted the proposal for "Covering the Sky," was also paying attention, and he was even more nervous than Xu An.
While he was at the company, the editor who had previously worked with him, Canghai Nanweishui, approached him and asked him to tell Xu An to apologize to Canghai Nanweishui.
Guan Hai refused.
He didn't think Xu An was wrong; it was clearly the fans of "Canghai Nanweishui" who went to the comments section of "Zhetian" to start the insults.
The veteran editor scoffed at this.
These days, does it really matter who is right and who is wrong?
If you have power, influence, and money, then whoever you say is at fault is at fault.
As a newly hired editor, Guan Hai still had a lot of passion in his heart.
"Zhetian, we must win!" Guan Hai clenched his fists.
At that time, he had already put himself in the shoes of the powerful, and he was also a warrior who was not afraid of authority and dared to fight back!
At the same time, everyone, whether inside or outside the industry, is paying close attention to the final result.
The ocean is no match for a river, and unusually, I didn't go out for a massage tonight.
He sat down at his computer desk and glanced at the time in the lower right corner: 11:58.
We'll be able to announce the outcome of the battle in two minutes.
He is very confident in himself. His more than 20 years of writing career has earned him a huge following and a group of loyal fans.
He didn't believe that a newcomer who had only written one piece of crap could surpass him.
Surpassing more than 20 years of accumulated experience.
If that's the case, then what about his hard work and accumulation over the past twenty years?
He wore a relaxed smile and had even prepared his "declaration of victory."
He wanted to announce to everyone that he was still one of the rulers of the online novel platform, and that a king would always be a king!
00: 00.
The time jumped to the early morning.
Everyone rushed to the official website to check the results.
The sudden influx of massive numbers of users caused the official app to crash.
Either you can't log in, or the app crashes or displays a white screen.
Upon learning of the incident, the official team immediately took action to fix it and announced that the app had crashed, stating that it would be fully restored within half an hour.
Countless people who were looking forward to seeing the final results suddenly felt frustrated, as if they had just arrived but were forcibly interrupted.
Some people continued to wait, while others simply went to sleep.
For example, Xu An.
Seeing that the app had crashed, Xu An was too lazy to wait any longer and fell asleep as soon as he lay down.
The ending is already set and cannot be changed.
It will be the same if I look at it again tomorrow.
This is the first time in the history of the Endpoint Novel App that it has crashed due to an overwhelming influx of users at the same time.
The development department worked through the night to fix the problem.
00: 30.
According to official announcements, the issue has been fixed.
Once you've grasped the essence of the ocean, you can't be impressed by a mere stream. The first thing you should look at is your own performance.
He has been writing for over twenty years. With the development of the times, the progress of technology, and the evolution of the online literature circle, his initial subscriptions have increased from one or two hundred to one or two thousand, and then to ten or twenty thousand.
Last year, he finished writing a book that was his best-performing book, with 31541 first-day subscriptions.
I wonder if he'll break his record tonight.
His previous achievements were the source of his confidence.
The first subscription for "Cataclysm: Necromancer" was 50119.
When I saw numbers starting with 5, I laughed, "Even the ocean seems insignificant."
He laughed loudly, "First order of 50,000!"
What does this mean? Over 400,000 favorites and 50,000 first-time subscriptions, a ratio of nearly 8:1, he directly broke the first-time subscription record on the Endpoint Novel Network!
A book with a 10:1 ratio of book collections to subscriptions is considered a promising book.
After writing books for over twenty years, the current first-order sales figures are enough to make anyone smile.
This not only broke his personal record, but also broke the record of the Endpoint Novel Network.
His position on the terminal novel website will be further enhanced and consolidated.
After his initial excitement subsided, he couldn't help but laugh when he thought of the newcomer who had challenged him.
"Let me see your initial subscription results. If you don't even have half of mine, that'll be a laughing stock."
The phrase "The ocean is no match for a river" highlights the success of "Covering the Sky".
When he saw that the first subscription number for "Covering the Sky" started with 2, his eyebrows twitched and he couldn't help but say, "I didn't know he had some talent."
But looking at that string of numbers, he felt something was off.
Why does it seem like it has one more digit than mine?
He leaned close to the computer screen, adjusted his glasses, and started counting on his fingers one by one.
"Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands..."
His murmurs stopped abruptly, and his fingers, which were resting on the computer screen, trembled uncontrollably.
His eyes widened, his pupils contracted, and his body trembled slightly.
A powerful wave of disbelief washed over me: "Impossible!"
"Absolutely impossible!"
"How can a newcomer like him have such high initial pre-orders!"
"I see!"
"I see!"
"He's definitely inflating his stats!"
Upon discovering the truth, Cang Hai's fear turned into ecstasy, and a strange blush appeared on his face.
"Hahaha, you actually dared to inflate your stats, and on such an outrageous scale! You're asking for trouble!"
Overwhelmed with joy, even Cang Hai Nan Wei Shui's body trembled slightly. He immediately took photos as evidence and sent a message to his editor.
"The data for 'Covering the Sky' is ridiculously inflated. We've been cracking down on data manipulation lately, so I think we can use this as a typical example."