Chapter 66 - Chapter 66: Chapter 66: Hacker Breaks into 720? (1/2)

Chapter 66: Chapter 66: Hacker Breaks into 720?

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In the office.

The forty-something editor-in-chief couldn’t help but look up at Youyou with a touch of surprise in his eyes, “Youyou, I know you want to support the authors and achieve results, but this book’s performance is really too poor.”

Youyou spoke with conviction, “But the reason for the book’s poor performance isn’t its quality, but rather its subject matter. As long as it can go overseas, I guarantee it will perform well.”

The office fell into a brief silence.

“Hacker Kingdom…”

The editor-in-chief looked down at the ‘Overseas Publication Application Form’ in his hand and sighed softly, “Youyou, you’re being too naïve.”

“Please reconsider, Editor!” Youyou implored earnestly.

The editor-in-chief raised his hand and said, “In a bit I’ll call together some operations staff and chief editors for a small meeting, and we’ll seriously evaluate the ‘Hacker Kingdom’ you recommended.”

“Really?”

A bright light appeared in Youyou’s eyes.

The editor-in-chief nodded, “Mm, you can go back to work now.”

“Thank you, Editor!”

Youyou pursed her lips, suppressing the smile at the corners of her mouth.

As long as ‘Hacker Kingdom’ enters the evaluation, there is hope.

My Lin Chuan… cough, I misspoke, Mr. Lin under my charge, you’d better perform well for me.

My year-end bonus is riding on this, wuwuwu~

About two hours later.

Approaching the end of the workday.

Mingyue, dressed in a sharp blue suit, walked towards Youyou’s office space in her high heels.

Youyou swallowed hard and quickly straightened her back, raising her head to ask, “Mingyue Sister, how did it go?”

The editor-in-chief had mentioned a small meeting, which Chief Editor Mingyue had attended.

“There was a fierce debate at the meeting,” Mingyue said with a slight smile.

“Ah?”

Youyou’s expression stiffened, and her delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly.

Mingyue continued with a smile, “At the meeting, the other chief editors did not agree with ‘Hacker Kingdom’ going overseas, because its performance was just too dismal and did not meet the criteria.”

Youyou’s upright posture slumped visibly, as she deflated and her mouth puckered, “So, that means no chance.”

“Not necessarily.”

Mingyue pinched Youyou’s cheek and smiled, “The chief editors might disagree, but the operations team agrees. They’re very optimistic about this novel.”

“Hmm?”

Youyou’s eyes lit up, “If operations agrees, that’s great.”

Operations, responsible for marketing the works, are behind Sailing Novel’s recommendations, promotions, channels, and traffic attraction.

At some less transparent sites, it’s common for the operations team to manually select certain works for a mass promotion, creating momentum.

This goes to show how powerful operations can be.

In Sailing Novel’s overseas plan, operations has done specific market analysis for the international market and holds more sway than editors.

“Right, several operations staff praised your Lin Chuan highly, listing him among the pioneering works,” Mingyue said with a laugh.

“Mingyue Sister, what do you mean ‘your Lin Chuan’? He is an author under my charge,” Youyou said with a beaming smile, “What are pioneering works?”

“For novels going overseas, translation takes a long time, but as you know, other novel websites are also working on going international. So, Sailing plans to allow a small batch of works to go overseas first, to seize the market,” Mingyue explained.

Youyou had an epiphany, “I see.”

“So, go ahead and give your talented author the good news.”

Mingyue winked.

“Thank you, Mingyue Sister.”

Youyou hummed a little tune joyfully, picked up her phone, and habitually typed two characters into Lin Chuan’s chat box:

“Treasure~”

“Youyou, what’s up?” Lin Chuan replied quickly to the message.

“Good news!”

“You got promoted to chief editor?”

“Not that, but if you put in a bit more effort, I might have a chance to be promoted to chief editor.”

“So what’s the good news?”

“‘Hacker Kingdom’ is going international!”

In the rental.

Lin Chuan’s pupils dilated as he stared at the words ‘going international.’