The King of Crossover Entertainment.

Chapter 101 0101, The Police Came to the Door
"Crazy, didn't you write an extra zero for this sales volume?"

On Friday afternoon, Wang Defa and Ma Siyu arrived in Shanghai.

Wang Defa confirmed it three times and was sure that the number was correct: 10 million copies, which was truly unbelievable.

"There is no extra zero, it is 10 million copies." Yunfeng's face was filled with a happy smile.

Although this is the combined sales of five novels, on average, the sales of one novel in half a month is two million copies.

"It turns out that on Blue Star, paper books are king."

You know, the subscriptions for each of these five novels did not exceed one million.

The advancement of science and technology will not eliminate some traditional things. Now, paper books are one of them, at least this is the case on the blue planet.

When Ma Siyu saw the sales figures, he was also quite shocked. At the beginning, he was in the mindset of helping Yunfeng, not aiming to make money.

He was thinking how many copies he would have to sell to make as much money as he earned from a pig.

However, the sales of 10 million copies made him start to take it seriously.

"If you hold book signings in major cities, sales will definitely go up a notch."

After hearing what Ma Siyu said, Yunfeng waved his hand and said, "No, let's talk about this later."

Wang Defa asked, "Madman, how much profit can we make from these ten million copies?"

Yunfeng thought for a moment and said, "I haven't calculated it, but it won't be particularly high, because we originally planned to go the route of small profits but quick turnover, so the price we set was not very high."

Ma Siyu, after all, knows more about business than the two of them, and added: "I think we can publish commemorative editions or collector's editions to improve the quality of the books, and then increase the price, so that we can cover the high-spending groups."

Wang Defa followed up, "Yes, make a signed limited edition."

"Hmm..." Yunfeng thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's fine."

If you can make money, why not do it?

But for items like this with high prices, the quantity cannot be too large. Only a small quantity can reflect its value. Scarcity makes things valuable. You can even use "hunger marketing."

Wang Defa changed the subject and asked, "What type of short story do you plan to write next?"

Hearing this, Ma Siyu smiled and said, "I have written fairy tales, martial arts, thrillers, suspense, and adaptations of famous works. There are not many genres left for you."

Yunfeng smiled and said, "I haven't decided yet, but I might write a romance novel."

Because my main business achievement has reached over 40,000, I want to work harder to get it to 50,000, but "Ghost Blows Out the Light" will take at least a month to complete, so I can only continue to publish short stories.

When he heard it was a romance novel, Wang Defa asked again, "A campus love story?"

Yunfeng did not answer, but fell into deep thought.

When I said “I might write a romance book” just now, it was half a joke, but after I said it, a light bulb suddenly lit up on me and I had an idea.

In his previous life on Earth, he watched a TV series called "The Pawn Shop No. 8", which seemed to be adapted from a novel. It was quite interesting.

He remembered enough of the plot to write out an outline, and then slowly refine the details.

Yunfeng smiled faintly and asked abruptly, "If there is such a pawnshop, no matter what you want, you can get it, but you have to pay an equal price. What would you want, and what are you willing to pay in exchange?"

This question left Wang Defa and Ma Siyu a little confused.

After a moment, Wang Defa asked tentatively: "Is this about your short story?"

Yunfeng nodded.

Wang Defa immediately became interested and asked, "What's the story? Tell me about it."

"I've already said it." Yunfeng said with a smile: "Use your imagination."

Ma Siyu said, "Please don't spoil the plot. The enjoyment of a novel lies in the process of reading it. It would be meaningless if you knew where the plot was going."

The reason why he likes Yunfeng's novels is because of their unique routines. You can never guess what the protagonist will do next, so you will always be surprised when reading them.

Yunfeng smiled and said, "I just have a rough idea. I haven't started thinking about the plot yet. I can't spoil it even if I want to."

Wang Defa pursed his lips and said, "That's good. What you said makes me feel itchy."

Ma Siyu sighed: "Now, I have to rely on your novels and songs to make a living."

Yunfeng smiled and said, "Just bear with it for a few days. We should be able to start serializing next week."

Wang Defa seemed to remember something and asked, "Have you watched the online drama of Maoyan?"

Yunfeng replied: "I have watched it. I have caught up with the latest episode."

Wang Defa asked again: "What do you think of the adaptation? In these ten episodes, two original subplots have been added." Yunfeng commented: "It's pretty good. The thrilling and weird atmosphere is well portrayed, and the actors' acting skills are also online. Since it is an adaptation, it is normal to add original plots."

Ma Siyu said: "I think the two side plots they added don't have a big impact. The main plot is still the same as in the novel."

“In fact, the degree of restoration is quite high.” Wang Defa shook his head and sighed: “The recent web dramas that were adapted from novels were completely changed beyond recognition. If it weren’t for the original novel XXX in the title, you wouldn’t be able to tell from the plot.”

Ma Siyu snorted, "The investment is not big, the funds are limited, and the screenwriters and directors hired are small, how can they make a good film?"

As for online dramas, the quality is somewhat lower than that of TV dramas broadcast on satellite TV. Of course, this is not absolute, as there are also many large-investment, high-quality ones.

Yunfeng chatted with Wang Defa and Ma Siyu until very late and did not return to school.

Before going to bed, he posted a message on WeChat Moments to promote his new book.

[What do I want in life]: Haha, I’ve found myself posting on Weibo in the middle of the night again.

[Yubao]: My Lord, I have bought all your novels and books. Please turn to me!
[Big-breasted guy]: If there is a pawn shop like this, can I pawn my ex-boyfriend? Just one dollar will do.

[Enjoy Poetry and Wine While You’re Young]: Girl upstairs, how much do you hate your ex-boyfriend?

[Flesh in flesh, flesh hitting flesh]: That means fifty kilograms of fat must be exchanged for five centimeters of height.

……

The night owls came out and started talking.

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The weekend passed in the blink of an eye.

That day, the counselor called Yunfeng out of the classroom again, and this time it was during class.

As soon as Yunfeng walked out of the classroom, he saw that the counselor's face was not very good, and there were two uniformed policemen in the corridor.

I didn't do anything wrong, did I?
no……

Yunfeng thought about it and realized that he didn’t seem to have done anything recently and was basically staying in school.

I only heard the counselor say: "Explain what you did to the police comrades."

One of the policemen came forward and said with a smile: "Hello, my name is Cao Yang, this is my colleague Liu He, we are police officers from the Gaojiabao Police Station in Sanqin Province, this is my police ID, don't be afraid, we just have something we want to know from you."

Don’t do bad things, don’t be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door.

What am I afraid of?
Yunfeng nodded and smiled, "Hello, what do you want to know from me, police officer?"

Cao Yang replied: "During the Spring Festival, our police station busted a tomb-robbing gang. Two of the suspects said they were instructed by you."

The counselor was shocked when he heard this. How could he be related to the tomb-robbing gang?
Could it be that those people who came to Yunfeng before...

He was wondering whether he should explain this to the two policemen.

Yunfeng was also startled, and then asked: "Comrade police, are you sure you made a mistake?"

Cao Yang explained, "It's like this. The two of them insisted that they were instructed by a man nicknamed 'Cross-border King' to rob the tomb. After investigation, we found that you are the only one in the country who uses this ID, so we came here to find out."

Liu He was relatively serious and asked directly, "Where were you during the Spring Festival?"

Yunfeng answered truthfully: "At home, in Hangzhou."

Liu He asked again: "Who are you with?"

"Family and friends." Yunfeng smiled bitterly and said, "Comrade police, they won't say things like 'Faqiu seal, Mojin talisman, protect yourself but not ghosts; cellar coffin, bronze coffin, don't approach if your horoscope is not strong; vertical burial pit, box grave, move mountains and remove hills and walk around; red-clothed evil, smiling corpse, ghosts laughing is better than listening to ghosts crying.' That's the kind of thing, right?"

Cao Yang nodded and said, "Yes, yes, yes. They also said that they inherited the 'Gold-Moving Talisman' from you and were granted the position of 'Gold-Moving Lieutenant' by you, so they are legitimately digging tombs to search for treasures."

Liu He said in a deep voice: "It seems that you have to go to the police station with us."

Yunfeng said helplessly: "Comrade police, these are things written in the tomb-robbing novel "Ghost Blowing the Light" that I serialized on the Panda Chinese website. Things like 'people light candles, ghosts blow out the lights', 'touching gold talismans', and 'touching gold lieutenants' are all fictional."

"novel?"

"imaginary?"

Cao Yang and Liu He looked at each other.

Yunfeng quickly took out his cell phone, opened a Chinese website, and showed "Ghost Blows Out the Light" to the two of them.

After looking for a while, Cao Yang and Liu He determined that the two suspects were lying. This result was really ridiculous.

(End of this chapter)