Who is still a star after rebirth?

Chapter 30 Jade Foot
At 7:10 the next day, Lin Luo got up and washed up, doing things pretty much the same as he had planned the night before. The main thing was that his sleep quality was super good now, and as long as he slept six or seven hours a day, it was enough to keep him energetic for the whole day.

The roommates were still sleeping at this moment, and Lin Luo tried to move as quietly as possible, although he knew that the noise of him getting up and washing would probably disturb them. It can only be said that in a dormitory like collective life, there are always times when one needs to accommodate each other, and even if they quarreled about it, it would be hard to tell who was right or wrong.

Fortunately, Lin Luo did not plan to live only in the dormitory. He planned to rent a house near the school after the military training was over. After all, he would have to write novels in the future, and it would be somewhat inconvenient to be disturbed by someone around him.

After washing up, Lin Luo came to the playground and saw some classmates reading aloud from books under some tall trees nearby. Their voices echoed in the morning air.

When the sun shone on the wide red running track, the ground seemed to be glowing with golden light. Several students were jogging in the morning and passed by Lin Luo. The wind they brought seemed to be filled with the flavor of youth.

These are the energetic college students. Lin Luo likes this atmosphere. After stretching for a while beside the track, he also started his morning run. As a result, he met an acquaintance just after finishing the first lap.

Chen Linyu?
At this moment, Chen Linyu was wearing a tight sportswear, which outlined her graceful figure to the fullest. Her exposed waist was very thin. It might sound tacky to describe it as slender, but it was indeed like that.

However, Lin Luo prefers to look at her hips, or more precisely, the waist-to-hip ratio, which is a practical weapon.

Perhaps it was because Lin Luo's gaze was too direct, Chen Linyu also noticed him, but his expression did not change, he just nodded politely.

Lin Luo also nodded, and then continued his morning jog at his own pace, without deliberately keeping up with the other person.

Although we are in the same class and even went out for barbecue last night, we hardly ever talk to each other. We are just nodding acquaintances.

There are different speeds for running. Chen Linyu's running speed is relatively fast because he has a habit of exercising for a long time.

But Lin Luo's speed seemed to be faster. He ran for half an hour and lapped Chen Linyu several times. After finishing, his breathing was not disordered.

This surprised Chen Linyu a little. It seemed that Lin Luo was quite self-disciplined. If he didn't have the long-term habit of morning jogging, it would be impossible for him to lap around himself several times, even if the other person was a boy.

After running, Lin Luo went to the cafeteria and ate two meat buns, two vegetable buns and a bowl of porridge.

Halfway through the meal, I received a few QQ messages from Yaya, my editor at Yunqi Academy.

"Jiuyue, good news, your novel "Why Secretary Kim Is Like That" can be published~"

"Jingshou Publishing House, the royalty is 8%, the first print run is estimated to start at 20 copies, and each book is priced at yuan."

"Do you agree to sell it?"

In fact, this question is meaningless, because the copyright of the novel is in the hands of the website. Asking Lin Luo is just to express respect.

"I agree."

Lin Luo was in a good mood. In fact, judging from the sales performance of his novel on the website, it was inevitable that it would be published in physical form. But at this moment he still felt that his dream of becoming a writer had finally come true.

Although the first print run of this book may only be 5,000 copies, and physical books are notoriously unprofitable, I just hope that if it sells well after it goes on sale, more copies can be printed.

Many people know that the market for physical books is sluggish, but it is difficult for non-professionals to have a clear concept of it.

Lin Luo was not particularly clear at first, until he looked up the information and realized that the physical world was indeed having a hard time, mainly because the royalties were too low.

For most writers, royalties are only around 4% to 10%, and you can only negotiate a higher price if you are a big publisher.

Here we assume that a new writer only has 4% royalties and prices his novel at 20 yuan per copy. Even if 10 copies are sold, the author will only get 8 yuan in the end.

You have to know that in the physical market, if a book can sell 100,000 copies, it is already a "small success"!
However, in the online literature circle, as long as you can get 10,000 subscriptions per month, you can easily earn tens of thousands of yuan. What if you can get 100,000 subscriptions?

The gap is too big!

Therefore, for Lin Luo, physical publishing has more symbolic significance than practical significance, unless the sales volume explodes, which is probably difficult if you think about it carefully.

Because online novels are published in the physical world, their performance is limited, and most of them can only earn money from old readers.

For example, some die-hard fans of "Kim's Secretary" in the group would probably hope that the novel would be published as a physical copy so that they can buy a copy and keep it in their bookcase, also for the symbolic meaning.

Considering this, Lin Luo simply mentioned it in the group, revealing the news that the novel would be published in physical form. Without checking the group's reactions, Lin Luo was about to put down his phone when another message came in:

"Congratulations, Master, your book 'Secretary Kim' is going to be published!"

Seeing that the person who sent the message was Li Yumeng, Lin Luo couldn't help but smile.

Ever since the two of them sent voice messages to each other during the summer vacation and Li Yumeng knew that Lin Luo actually understood music, she would chat with him from time to time.

Every time she played a new song on the Changba app, she would send it to Lin Luo immediately, and she also liked to attach a voice message:
"Master, please scold me~"

This is because every time Li Yumeng sent a cover song, Lin Luo would point out various shortcomings.

When it comes to addressing, Li Yumeng would call him "Master" most of the time.

But sometimes, Li Yumeng would also follow the girls in the book club and call Lin Luo "Master Jiu".

Lin Luo didn't care about what she was called. It was up to her. Anyway, he was indeed teaching Li Yumeng as his apprentice.

I remember one time, Li Yumeng made a very low-level mistake in singing, and Lin Luo got angry. His tone was very harsh, and he even used swear words.

I thought Li Yumeng would be upset by my swearing, but it turned out that this girl had a good personality. She kept saying pitifully that she knew she was wrong, and finally said, "Master, you can scold me whatever you want."

Seeing Li Yumeng’s learning attitude, Lin Luo taught her more attentively.

With this effort, Li Yumeng's level has improved significantly.

Li Yumeng obviously knows how much progress she has made, so every time she sends a song and asks Lin Luo for advice, she will add a provocative sentence in a very masochistic way.

She has said things like "Master Jiu scolded me", "Please spray me", "I beg you to whip me on my knees", and "Master Jiu, don't treat me as a human being".

She was quite normal today and just said congratulations. Lin Luo was about to reply with a thank you when he suddenly received a picture from Li Yumeng.

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Ah? Yuzu?

The photo showed a pair of jade feet, with ten round toes that were white and rosy. Under the instep that looked like a jelly doll, one could faintly see a few blue veins, which was a little cute and made Lin Luo want to touch and play with them. However, he was obviously not a foot fetishist...

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In the past two months, he often chatted with Li Yumeng and guided her singing techniques every now and then. Lin Luo played the role of a teacher and the other party was just his student.

Now this student was so rebellious that he actually sent a pair of beautiful feet. Of course Lin Luo had to reply with a question mark.

We are teachers and students!
Li Yumeng responded: "My feet are worn out by my shoes, and I have military training the day after tomorrow. Woohoo, I am strong and can only cry to my master~"

She replied using voice, or rather, when Lin Luo and Li Yumeng chatted, they always used voice, unless there was someone nearby and it was inconvenient for them to type.

Most people would find such words sounding artificial, but Mengmeng did it very naturally.

Lin Luo also just noticed that in the photo she sent, there was indeed a faint scratch on her white and tender right foot. He could barely understand the pretentiousness of this little girl.

But, she said military training the day after tomorrow?
Lin Luo asked: "Are you a freshman?"

Li Yumeng replied immediately: "Yes~ I am a freshman at Yanchuan University."

Lin Luo's expression suddenly became strange. Isn't that Yanjing Communication University? It is very close to his school and is located in the same university town...

(End of this chapter)