Chapter 88: Report on Performance and Future Update Plan

Report on Performance and Future Update Plan

I pushed out 27,000 words during the launch surge, and at 2 a.m., I simply can’t write another word.

Exhausted beyond mental clarity, with no inspiration left to craft a good story, I’ll just report the numbers.

First: the monthly vote chart climbed to 26th place on the New Book Monthly Vote Ranking.

What does that mean, guys?

Every single book ranked above《Shang Yu Que》has far higher collection numbers than《Shang Yu Que》.

Among the books ranked below《Shang Yu Que》，over a dozen have been featured on Sanjiang and Strong Recommendation. Dozens of them.

I launched this book under a new author account, choosing the name《Shang Yu Que》—a title that’s not commercial enough, not flashy enough—and I accept the consequence of low collections.

I accept it. The market is like this. I accept it!

Yet with just over 9,000 collections, we’ve outperformed dozens of books with 30,000, 40,000 collections, and reached 26th on the New Book Monthly Vote Ranking.

Yes, the surge contributed, but when an author pushes hard and readers vote, it’s fundamentally their endorsement of the work.

So I want to tell you something:

Compared to the vast majority of books featured on Sanjiang,《Shang Yu Que》has no absolute deficit in content quality!

Compared to the vast majority of books featured on Sanjiang,《Shang Yu Que》has no absolute deficit in content quality!

Compared to the vast majority of books featured on Sanjiang,《Shang Yu Que》has no absolute deficit in content quality!

Important things must be said three times.

Perhaps the style differs, but this book’s style is far from being a flop.

You can read with confidence—you’re not reading a flop book, but a book with 9,000 collections that outperformed ones with 30,000!

You can read with confidence—you’re not reading a flop book, but a book with 9,000 collections that outperformed ones with 30,000!

You can read with confidence—you’re not reading a flop book, but a book with 9,000 collections that outperformed ones with 30,000!

The reason collections look weak is largely due to the title’s disadvantage.

You can check the New Author New Book Ranking—among the top twenty, most titles have commas, at least eight characters long.

《Shang Yu Que》’s title suffered a major disadvantage...

Second: initial subscriptions are currently at 640. With ten hours left until the 24-hour mark, the subscription-to-collection ratio is 14:1.

For a book with 9,000 collections going live, this subscription rate is quite good.

This is my first xianxia novel, and I’m satisfied with this result.

I don’t fully grasp certain pleasure points of xianxia readers—many readers have pointed this out—and perhaps this is one reason why the subscription-to-collection ratio hasn’t improved further.

In the future, I will continue optimizing, striving, and improving in this area.

In the future, I will continue optimizing, striving, and improving in this area.

In the future, I will continue optimizing, striving, and improving in this area.

Again, important things must be said three times.

Third: on Qidian’s xianxia category monthly vote ranking, this book has climbed to 94th place.

Sounds low, I know—but I currently have just over 9,300 collections...

In a category flooded with prodigies, big-name authors, and dozens of Level Five writers.

With 220,000 words and just over 9,000 collections, I’ve broken into the top 100.

This isn’t success—it’s a huge success, hahaha.

Keep pushing forward, keep striving!

Keep pushing forward, keep striving!

Keep pushing forward, keep striving!

Future update plan.

Before discussing future updates, I want to thank my readers for your support.

Today, a reader sent me a QQ message saying he’d cast all his monthly votes for me.

He’s one of those readers who’ve supported me consistently—he’s my friend, my partner.

I know he wants me to know: he’s still here.

It’s truly beautiful. This kind of encounter is extraordinary.

Precisely because of your support, I refuse to compromise, won’t compromise, and don’t want to compromise.

I won’t write filler. I won’t lower my standards.

I will forever pursue the Holy Grail of creation.

Even if I never reach it in this lifetime, I will never give up.

I love this. It’s damn cool.

If you didn’t love it, no one could write 27,000 words in a single day.

There are many ways to make money.

Creation brings endless joy.

Finally, the update plan.

My current plan is to post 10,000 words daily for as long as I can, until I physically can’t anymore.

The more you subscribe and vote, the more motivation I have to update.

Thank you all. From Chang’an,

(P.S.: For my next book’s launch, I’m aiming for 30,000 words daily—I fell short by 3,000 this time and it hurts.)