[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-dreaming-back-to-1997-i-became-the-forefather-of":3,"chapter-dreaming-back-to-1997-i-became-the-forefather-of-dreaming-back-to-1997-i-became-the-forefather-of-chapter-82":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Dreaming Back to 1997: I Became the Forefather of Web Novels",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2348316,4589,"Chapter 82: Two Volumes Released Consecutively","dreaming-back-to-1997-i-became-the-forefather-of-chapter-82",82,"\u003Cp>About half an hour later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When General Manager Yan Qiansan finished his meeting and walked into the office with long strides, accompanied by his secretary, Yan Jie was completely unaware, her eyes still fixed on the copy of *I Wish to Become an Immortal* in her hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Qiansan stopped in his tracks and looked at his niece sitting on the sofa reading with some surprise, surprised both that his niece was here today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And surprised that his niece, upon seeing him today, was acting completely out of character and showing no reaction at all; in the past, whenever Yan Jie saw her uncle, she would be very enthusiastic and affectionate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In their old Yan family, there were over a dozen boys in the younger generation, so boys were nothing rare in their family and were just annoying to look at; among his seven brothers, this was the only girl born.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although she was not his own daughter, he had always been very fond of this niece.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was very good to his niece.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His niece was also very close to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what was going on today? Was his \"little padded jacket\" leaking? Or had he done something to make her unhappy? She didn't even call out when she saw him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Qiansan felt depressed inside and waved his hand at the secretary behind him, signaling for the secretary to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the secretary exited the office, he squeezed out a smile and walked toward Yan Jie, \"Xiao Jie, Xiao Jie?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when Yan Jie heard the call did she look up, dazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing her uncle, she was still immersed in the world of *I Wish to Become an Immortal*, so her reaction was a bit slow; she paused for a moment before smiling and standing up, \"Third Uncle, you're back? Did you call me for something?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Qiansan: \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speechless, Yan Qiansan looked at the book in her hands with some curiosity, and only then did he notice that the book in his niece's hands was *I Wish to Become an Immortal*.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, he found a topic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiao Jie, what do you think of this book? Is it good?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Jie was a bit surprised, \"Ah? Third Uncle, this is a work published by your publishing house! Don't you know how it's written? You haven't read it, have you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Qiansan laughed, \"Is that strange? We have specialized editorial staff; judging whether a book has publishing value and what its prospects are is the job of those editors! I'm so busy every day, where would I find the time to review manuscripts myself?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Jie understood and nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see, what you say makes sense. However, Third Uncle, this book is really good; the editors at your publishing house have a good eye! By the way, how are the sales for this book? I've heard friends mention this book a few times recently, and I heard it's very popular lately, so the sales should be pretty good, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Qiansan nodded, walked over to the desk, placed the documents and fountain pen he was holding on the table, and spoke in a casual tone, \"They are good! However, this book has only just hit the market, so currently it's mostly book fans buying it, but the number of book fans is always limited. How many copies we can sell in the end mainly depends on how many people outside of the book fans we can attract to buy it; relying only on book fans, no matter how many there are, the sales will be limited.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Jie blinked, looked down at the *I Wish to Become an Immortal* in her hands, thinking of the novel settings in the book, the magnificent world of cultivation, and the smooth, exciting plot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She laughed, \"Third Uncle, this book is really great! I think you should have them print more and seize the market as soon as possible, otherwise, once the pirated versions come out, it will definitely affect the sales of this book.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a pause, she added, \"I heard this book was serialized online first, right? Third Uncle, since it's serialized online, I'm afraid pirated versions of this book will appear very soon, because if it's serialized online, pirates can download the book directly from the internet to print it, which saves a lot of time; they don't even need to convert your physical books into electronic text, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Qiansan walked around the desk and sat down in the boss's chair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, he smiled, \"It's fine! We've spoken with the author, and his serialization progress cannot exceed our publication progress.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then added, \"Furthermore, given the current market performance of the first volume, we have already asked the author to send over the manuscript for the second volume. As far as I know, the current online serialization progress of this book has not yet exceeded the content of our first volume. By the time the second volume hits the market, the online serialization progress will still lag behind our physical books, so there's no need to worry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Jie frowned, walked a few steps to the desk, and pressed one hand on the tabletop, \"Third Uncle, aren't you being too conservative? I heard from a friend that this book has already been published up to the tenth volume over in Baodao. In this situation, you're still releasing them one by one slowly? Aren't you afraid that readers in Baodao will type out the later content and post it online? If that happens, the pirates will be able to surpass your publication speed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smile on Yan Qiansan's face stiffened, and his brows furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he knew what his niece said was not impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spirit of the internet today is sharing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The better the quality of film, television, or literary works, the more quickly they will be moved online by people, and these people often do these things without seeking any profit, just to be praised a few times by netizens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as some netizens say: \"Thanks for the hard work, OP,\" \"OP is a good person, may you have peace for a lifetime\"...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With words like these, these people will be satisfied and full of motivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Generating electricity with love\"—in this era, it's not just web novel writers; people in all walks of life are willing to share things they think are good online for free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some book fans even feel that since I spent money to buy this book, I have the right to post the content of the book online for free to share with others. They have no concept of copyright at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Qiansan frowned and pondered for a moment, then suddenly picked up the phone on the desk and dialed a number. After the call connected, he said in a deep voice, \"Xiao Zhang! Notify the heads of all departments: at 10 o'clock, come to the conference room again. The topic is whether or not to speed up the publication of the book *I Wish to Become an Immortal*. Yes! Notify them as soon as possible!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That evening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Sheng opened his computer, and after logging into his email, he saw another email sent by Wang Jing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—\"Cao Sheng! Changjiang Literature has decided to speed up the publication of your book, so they need you to send over another 150,000 words of stored manuscript. They have decided to release the second and third volumes of *I Wish to Become an Immortal* at the same time next month. They will also prepay your royalties for the second volume in the next two days, so hurry up and send me the manuscript! Quickly, quickly! —Wang Jing\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Sheng: \"???\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They just asked for the second volume manuscript a few days ago, and now they want the third volume manuscript too?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What's going on?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did the sales of the first volume explode recently?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thought flashed through his mind—should he take this opportunity to ask Changjiang Literature to raise his royalty rate?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he remembered that the contract he signed with Changjiang Literature was not for a fixed payment, but a tiered royalty split; the higher the sales, the higher the royalties he would receive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this kind of tiered royalty split, it was actually difficult to ask for a raise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He smiled and dismissed the idea of asking for a raise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsequently, he sent the 150,000 words of stored manuscript for the third volume to Wang Jing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the manuscript for the third volume was sent, a smile appeared in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he knew that the online serialization of *I Wish to Become an Immortal* could soon be accelerated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Updating one chapter every two days—even he felt it was too slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Updating every day felt more like writing a web novel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shanghai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an internet cafe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Wang Jing refreshed the email webpage once more and finally saw that Cao Sheng had sent the manuscript for the third volume, the smile on her face bloomed like a flower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She happily clenched her right fist and gave it a forceful swing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She muttered excitedly to herself: \"Awesome! So happy! In just these few days, I've actually been able to see two volumes of stored manuscript in a row. 150,000 words per volume, that's 300,000 words! Being close to the water gets the moonlight first; who can be as happy as me? So awesome!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1570,"2026-06-21T01:55:54.452Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","38f9f03706e3340edd1d33ee7d3aff8ee5884511f3cf53a5117f01fb0ecbcd73","dreaming-back-to-1997-i-became-the-forefather-of-chapter-83","dreaming-back-to-1997-i-became-the-forefather-of-chapter-81",338,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdreaming-back-to-1997-i-became-the-forefather-of-cover.jpg"]