Chapter 65 - Chapter 65: Chapter 65: Setting Sail! (2/2)

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Youyou noticed that Lin Chuan hadn’t replied for a long time and guessed his mood, so she quickly sent a comforting message.

Lin Chuan took a deep breath, “Youyou, I’m actually okay.”

“That’s good, about your book ‘Hacker Kingdom’, Principal Editor Mingyue and I have some thoughts.” Youyou’s message came back quickly.

“Youyou, just say it, I can take it,” Lin Chuan forced a smile, waiting for Youyou’s analysis.

Soon, Youyou sent a string of messages.

“Honey, Mingyue and I both think that the reason for your low reading conversion rate might be two-fold.”

“First, ‘Hacker Kingdom’ has a bit of a high threshold for readers.”

“As editors, Mingyue and I went through the first hundred thousand words and found it quite challenging; the technical aspects are too strong.”

“This professional jargon isn’t like that of an assassin’s, it’s technical jargon that laymen really struggle to get.”

“Second, there are very few domestic readers for this topic.”

“When hacker-themed novels were flourishing on Sailing Novel, it was the time when the hacker culture wave was hitting our country, but that was ten years ago.”

“To revive the glory of the hacker theme from those days, our country would need to ignite another hacker culture wave.”

At this moment.

Lin Chuan leaned back in his chair, his brows knitted tightly.

The two reasons Youyou mentioned were spot-on.

‘Hacker Kingdom’ has a high reading threshold and a small domestic audience, which is why it has performed so dismally.

However, the solution Youyou proposed, ‘to ignite another hacker culture wave,’ is extremely difficult.

“Indeed it is,” Lin Chuan felt somewhat helpless.

“Honey, can I ask you something?”

“Ask away, Youyou.”

“Do you have confidence in the quality of ‘Hacker Kingdom’?” Youyou inquired.

Lin Chuan furrowed his brows, pondering for a moment: “Yes.”

After acquiring top-level hacker technique, he had carefully reviewed ‘Hacker Kingdom’, the book generated by the system based on his experiences, and its quality was definitely top-notch.

But the sales were abysmal.

“Honey~ then wait for some good news from me!” Youyou sent a message.

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In Modu, the office building of Sailing Novel.

Youyou put down her phone, gazed at the Excel table ‘Overseas Publication Application’ on her computer screen, clenched her fist, and began typing in information about ‘Hacker Kingdom’.

Recently, Sailing Novel had started preparing for ‘novel going overseas’.

That is to say, they were going to publish novels overseas.

Each editor had the power to recommend works, but the least qualification required was an average subscription of ten thousand.

By all rights,

Lin Chuan’s ‘Hacker Kingdom’, with an average subscription of 318, stood no chance of joining the ranks of ‘novel going overseas’.

But Youyou wanted to fight for Lin Chuan’s chance.

Lin Chuan was the most promising author under her, with two huge hits in a row, both aiming for ten thousand subscriptions.

If ‘Hacker Kingdom’ completely flopped, Youyou was worried it would crush Lin Chuan’s confidence and he would never recover.

Therefore, Youyou made up her mind to push ‘Hacker Kingdom’ overseas.

Her thinking was simple: if the hacker culture wasn’t thriving domestically, then push it overseas.

Hacker culture was flourishing overseas.

Especially in North Bear.

But while the idea was simple, implementing it was difficult.

So after filling out the ‘Overseas Publication Application’, Youyou took a deep breath and headed to the office of the Principal Editor of Sailing Novel.

“No way!”

In the office, the Principal Editor just glanced at ‘Hacker Kingdom’s’ numbers and rejected it outright.

Youyou pursed her lips and argued, “Principal Editor, the author of this novel, Mr. Lin, has written two huge masterpieces in a row.”

“‘Swindler’ won first place in ‘Heroes Compete’. ‘This Assassin Is Too Professional’ is on its way to ten thousand subscriptions. If ‘Hacker Kingdom’ could go overseas, I believe it would definitely make a brilliant showing.”

The Principal Editor frowned slightly and still shook his head, “Youyou, letting a book with only three hundred average subscriptions go abroad is hard to justify to the higher-ups.”

Youyou gritted her teeth, “I can guarantee it!”

“What do you guarantee with?”

“With… with my year-end bonus!” Youyou’s delicate eyelashes trembled slightly, a firm determination appearing on her delicate face.