Soon, Xu Lin drove to the neighborhood where Chi Linyue lived.
After parking in the underground garage, Xu Lin got out of the car, and Chi Linyue followed. However, having had so drinks, she wasn’t walking steadily and leaned against the car.
Seeing this, Xu Lin went over to support her.
"Society is pretty dangerous these days, lots of bad people around, drinking can easily lead to trouble."
Xu Lin reminded her.
"I know."
"Don’t drink in the future. If you really must, just let know!"
"Will you drink for ?"
"I’ll clean up after you!"
"Hmph, you’re so improper!"
Chi Linyue rolled her eyes at him.
Just then, Chi Linyue noticed Xu Lin’s fair and clear skin. "After so much military training, how co you haven’t changed? Still so fair?"
"Probably because I’m resistant to sunlight!"
"I see."
Chi Linyue didn’t think much of it, finding Xu Lin’s fair skin quite nice, as she wasn’t fond of tanned skin.
Soon they arrived at the door of the house.
The area outside was Chi Linyue’s private space, so Xu Lin let go of Chi Linyue, leaving her to take off her high heels there.
Chi Linyue seed really enchanting, whether intentionally or naturally so. Like now, even just taking off her high heels was so alluring, be it her movents, her posture, or the breathtaking sight when her top-tier figure bent over...
This woman really knows how to do it!
Xu Lin also took off his shoes, changing into slippers.
Then he followed Chi Linyue into the house.
As the door opened, Chi Linyue’s scent filled the air again.
Chi Linyue said to Xu Lin, "Feel free to sit anywhere, make yourself at ho. If you want so red wine, you can get it at the bar too!"
"Then I won’t hold back!"
"Yeah, drink as you like!"
Chi Linyue added, "I’m going to take a shower first."
Xu Lin went to the bar area to get so red wine.
He wasn’t familiar with wines, so he grabbed a bottle, opened the stopper, and glugged it down.
[Energy (85/100): Spirited.]
Xu Lin could now see his energy bar, so he generally kept his energy between 80 and 90. In this state, he’d be full of energy, neither feeling fatigued nor overly hyper; ’spirited’ was a comfortable zone for him.
After drinking so red wine, Xu Lin went to rest on the sofa.
He ssaged Ning Yuhuan, saying he went out tonight, as she originally wanted to have dinner with him.
What about Rong Xiyi?
She updated her social dia.
Turns out she was dining with another girl, and the al looked lavish.
Caption: May our friendship endure through ti!
Xu Lin didn’t know this girl, she wasn’t from their class. Presumably, she was one of the high school friends Rong Xiyi ntioned. She had two good friends in high school, one went to the Capital City, and the other stayed in Jiangdu.
During the early days of college, many people remained active in their high school circles, but as they got to know their college peers, they wouldn’t necessarily continue hanging out with high school friends. In fact, many beco phase-specific friends, though a considerable number make lifelong friends from high school, and college is no different.
Xu Lin liked Rong Xiyi’s post, then logged off the app and started browsing short videos.
But after ten minutes or so, Xu Lin felt bored. He wasn’t soone who indulged in short videos, gaming was more his thing.
anwhile, Chi Linyue took over forty minutes to finish her shower.
When she ca out, she was just in plain pink pajamas, nothing too special, but the steam rising from her had a striking beauty-coming-out-of-the-bath vibe.
Xu Lin found himself at a loose end, realizing it was just past eight in the evening.
"Is your laptop convenient?"
Xu Lin asked.
"You need to use the computer?"
Chi Linyue asked him.
Xu Lin nodded, "Yes."
"Then give a mont."
Soon, Chi Linyue brought out her laptop and charger from the room for Xu Lin.
Chi Linyue reminded him, "It’s almost out of battery, use it while charging!"
"Then I’ll head back to the room!"
"Alright."
Xu Lin went to the room where he slept last ti. Speaking of which, he still had a set of clothes neatly folded on the bed there.
Xu Lin opened the laptop and plugged it in.
Logged into his alternate account.
A lot of ssages were there from Moonlit Night and the others.
Xu Lin hadn’t been online for a while.
Speaking of which, "Daddy, don’t!" — that’s Wu Chengfeng’s novel — had now easily surpassed 100,000 average subscriptions. As of this morning, according to the latest info from Wu Chengfeng, the average subscriptions had now reached over 113,000.
Currently, the book’s word count was only forty-seven thousand.
Based on the outline Xu Lin provided him, the book should normally have at least three million words, so once the book "Listen to the Wind" is completed, what the average subscription count will be is anyone’s guess.
This one book is enough for Wu Chengfeng to change his fate.
Moreover, Wu Chengfeng often sought advice from Xu Lin. In online literature terms, Wu Chengfeng certainly grasped so insights, which is why under Xu Lin’s outline, he managed to take off. For an author with general abilities, they wouldn’t be able to hold on.
You can tell this by comparing it with Toutuo.
Toutuo’s book has been online for ten days, with over sixty thousand words so far. It has more than fifty thousand collections, still keeping down two past-their-pri great authors. In a period without strong releases from top authors, Toutuo’s book currently ranks first on the new book list, which isn’t bad, but it lags significantly behind Wu Chengfeng’s book released at the sa ti.
The gap between authors is huge, and it’s not sothing effort alone can bridge. It depends on talent and skill, and to so extent, luck, which is quite elusive.
Tonight, Xu Lin plans to continue writing his outline, which will be completed in a few days—there are two versions he’s working on simultaneously.
Before that, Xu Lin opened Moonlit Night’s chat interface once again.
Moonlit Night just sent the royalty paynt yesterday and is contacting Xu Lin.
Paid Daily: "Here."
A few seconds later.
Moonlit Night: "Big boss! It’s finally online! I’ve sent the royalties again!"
Moonlit Night: "Big boss, is it the sa QR code from before?"
Xu Lin knew it was ti to receive money again.
Paid Daily: "Yes."
Moonlit Night: "Big boss, I’ve transferred the paynt to you!"
Buzz buzz!
Soon, Xu Lin received eighty thousand.
Moonlit Night usually transfers a third of the post-tax royalties to Xu Lin, which is quite sincere. After all, online, you can’t expect others to rember your kindness, so Moonlit Night is really nice. Xu Lin doesn’t mind continuing to cooperate.
[Wealth: 577,537.46 Yuan.]
The savings have reached 570,000.
Moonlit Night: "Big boss, thank you so much during this ti. I’m almost done paying off my mortgage! Grin.jpg"
Paid Daily: "Keep it up, and happy cooperation."
Moonlit Night: "Salute.jpg"
Tap tap...
At this mont, Chi Linyue ca in with a small plate of waterlon.
"Xu Lin, want so waterlon?"
"Thanks, sis."
"Uh-huh."
Chi Linyue glanced at Xu Lin’s computer screen, "What are you doing?"
Chi Linyue, unaware of her wealth’s extent, even though this large flat alone is worth billions, so Xu Lin didn’t feel that earning a little money was impressive, he just said directly: "Making money!"
"How are you making money?"
Chi Linyue was curious and moved another chair to sit down.
So Xu Lin explained his money-making model.
Simply put, he cooperates with others to write novels. In the industry, this is known as ghostwriting, but Xu Lin only does top-tier work.
On this, Xu Lin skimd through Moonlit Night’s chat records.
Chi Linyue was quite surprised to see Xu Lin earning tens of thousands gradually.
Chi Linyue exclaid: "I didn’t expect you to know this! And you’ve made quite a lot!"
To Chi Linyue, tens of thousands are not a small amount for a young person, especially since he earned it by himself.
"I earned this from ghostwriting, and it helped that this person was sincere. Actually, they didn’t need to share the later royalties with ."
"Indeed, quite sincere." Chi Linyue nodded.
Xu Lin: "Currently, the route I’m taking is to draft the outline, have others write, and we sign a contract with a 40-60 split on the proceeds, I take 40%."
"Does this model make money? How much can you earn from just providing the outline?"
Chi Linyue pressed on.
Xu Lin opened the book "Listen to the Wind"; currently, it ranks ninth on the sales chart. The book hasn’t topped the list due to its fewer words and updates. Otherwise, even without topping the list, it would be enough to make the top three in sales.
"This book is one of my outlines, but it requires a capable author to execute it well; otherwise, it wouldn’t achieve such results."
Xu Lin said: "Currently, this book is ninth on the sales chart, and the ranking will likely continue to rise!"
"How are the earnings for this book?"
"According to this site, just this month, the royalties for this book are estimated to be over 500,000 Yuan, increasing rather than decreasing. It’s hard to specify, but topping the list could an over two million Yuan a month."
"That’s quite a lot!"
Chi Linyue was surprised.
Indeed, Chi Linyue is a wealthy woman; a monthly inco of over two million is rely "quite a lot" to her.
Consider this: in most cities, two million is enough to buy a house outright with tens of thousands left for renovations.
Back in the countryside, two million would build a huge villa!
"Xu Lin, you’re pretty amazing, having this kind of skill!" Chi Linyue marveled.
After a while, Chi Linyue suddenly said: "Speaking of which, I thought of sothing, when you sell outlines like this to others, who owns the copyright?"
"The other party."
In fact, Xu Lin hadn’t really thought about copyright before. He only planned to earn from royalties.
He hadn’t considered anything beyond that.
Chi Linyue said: "I had a friend before who worked for a while as an investor in novel copyrights. I saw that so copyrights earn quite a lot, between ten to twenty million, or at least a few hundred thousand. Not to ntion, successful post-sale copyright operations can bring significant inco, although many also lose money."
Pausing, Chi Linyue continued: "Suppose you have a book that can be sold for copyright, and later, the copyright operation succeeds, then the revenue from operating the copyright would have nothing to do with you, right?"
"Yes, it wouldn’t be related to ."
Xu Lin nodded slightly.
Chi Linyue asked again: "But if you keep the rights, and you only provide the outline, without doing the work, have you ever thought about that?"
"How would that work?" Xu Lin was intrigued.
"Start a company... or a studio, the rights would belong to your studio, essentially to you, and those who write for you are just employees. They get a portion of the royalties, let’s say the 40-60 split you ntioned, they would take 60%."
Chi Linyue smiled: "That way, everything you should have would be in your hands!"
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