My book friend Long Aotian

Chapter 49 Please give every online writer a cruel monetary humiliation

The next day.

As a writer, the happiest thing every day is to wake up and find that the average subscription has increased, there are votes and rewards, and I can also hear the readers' pleas.

"Author, please write less. The children can't keep up. Don't tire yourself out."

Although Li Bailong has not yet reached such an enviable position, his subscriptions have indeed increased.

"Immediate results, immediate results!"

This time, Aozi took out the "Reader Reading Time Distribution Chart", which showed that last night, many readers were reading late into the night, and it goes without saying that their resolve was growing.

"Many of them are good readers who have turned from pirated books to legitimate ones and have turned over a new leaf!"

According to the chart, there are many readers who originally pirated the books like Ah Sheng, who were caught red-handed, and then were warned and punished by the sunny and gentle constable brother. In the end, they repented and took the initiative to buy the genuine books.

The wishes of these people also underwent gratifying changes. In just one night, the black wishes of many people had gradually turned back into golden wishes and were able to be absorbed and used by Long Aotian.

As for why? Most likely I thought, "Damn it, I spent so much money, I must make it back", so I took the genuine copy and read it again from the beginning.

if it is like this……

Li Bailong seemed to be thinking about something, and a lot of good intentions emerged in his mind. He was ready to continue to strongly persuade the pirated readers to repent and return the money.

He got up, dressed, and asked Aozi as usual: "What time did Junior Sister Mu go to bed?"

Long Aotian was refreshing the subscription data in the background. Hearing this, he responded impatiently, "He's still rolling over and over in bed."

Great, the healthy American lifestyle is about to be achieved!

Li Bailong went out quietly, and the first thing he did was to ask Mrs. Song to arrange for a letter to be sent to explain the matter in detail to the tour guide who was in charge of the tourism plan in Baihua Valley.

He also instructed her to gather together fellow sisters who were specialized in painting, makeup, needlework, etc., in order to practice with the noble Miss Mu Qingge who came from the capital.

Whether Baihua Valley can take this opportunity to make a lot of money from the noble ladies across the country and even other countries depends on the experience points they can squeeze out from Junior Sister Mu!

"In this way, when the little guy wakes up, he will see a gorgeous and luxurious welcoming carriage parked at the foot of Huaxin Building. Junior Sister Wu will also bring four junior sisters from the outer door protocol department waiting here. Just raise your hand and you will get a lot of VIP courtesy. This kind of scene will make a social phobia die immediately."

Li Bailong thought sinisterly: "If she had the nerve to say something like 'I'm sorry, I don't want to go anymore. I still have to help my senior brother with his work', then I would admire her - just go to Baihua Valley and experience the power of the capitalist consumption trap!"

After arranging the fish that Junior Sister Mu wanted to catch, Li Bailong went to the county government office again.

"Boss Chen came here early this morning, but he didn't dare to see you, so he asked me to come and thank you." Feng Guozhong said with a smile, "He praised you for being decisive and resolute. The bookstore's revenue started to increase sharply yesterday."

Li Bailong asked a few questions and learned that Boss Chen had already started the preheating and hype activities for the fourth volume, taking advantage of the popularity of the Imperial Book. He nodded secretly in his heart.

There was a reason why we chose Boss Chen to cooperate with us in the first place. He has been deeply involved in the Linxian market for more than a decade. He has cultivated a group of thousands of paying readers in a county with a total of more than 30,000 households. In a sense, he even changed the entertainment habits of an entire region, which shows his means.

If this book were published in another county, it would be good if it could sell one or two hundred copies.

Having said that, the current willpower is barely enough for Lao Long to stabilize his injuries and save his life. If he wants to recover his strength and rebuild his golden body, the willpower required is more than astronomical. Just staying in Lin County and guarding thousands of paying readers to write, I'm afraid he won't be able to finish "The Son-in-law"!

Expanding markets outside the county will have to be put on the agenda sooner or later.

It's just that the outside world is like a dark forest, with piracy rampant and readers have no habit of reading genuine books. It's really too difficult to think about it, and Boss Chen seems to have a good way in the publishing industry. Should I...

—Open up, folks, it’s a management buyout!
He kept this matter in mind, and the soldiers from He County came to report the results of the operation.

There are two things in total.

The first is about the pirates who were caught in previous raids.

"Almost all of them have admitted their guilt and are willing to accept punishment, but a few of them have secret printing dens hidden in the dark, which we have not raided, so they are unwilling to take the initiative to explain the location of the den. We did not receive orders from Captain Yunqi, so we did not punish them. Boss Chen heard about it and went to scold them personally. There was a stubborn guy who refused to give in for half an hour - good guy, even the constable who was listening in couldn't stand it."

Li Bailong frowned slightly.

It is not difficult to understand that these pirates are probably still hoping for a lucky break and are unwilling to reveal the location of their printing dens because they do not want the printing equipment in their dens to be confiscated. After all, those are production tools. As long as they can preserve these things, they will have a chance to make a comeback and earn their money back.

Naive.

Li Bailong has already made a plan on how to punish and deal with these pirates.

However, nowadays, the pirated distribution channels have been directly cut off by administrative power, so this matter can be ignored for the time being. After all, the top priority now is to ensure the popularity of the imperial book, readers' awareness of genuine products, and the smooth launch of the fourth volume.

So Lao He began to report the second task to him.

That is yesterday's fishing enforcement situation.

The data in Long Aotian's hands must be more detailed than Lao He's. Li Bailong just listened briefly, then encouraged them with a few words, took out some silver and asked him to distribute it to his men as a reward for their hard work.

Damn it, it's ridiculous that the author uses his own money to fight piracy.

——This money should be paid by the pirates!
He Xianbing was very happy to receive the money. He remembered something and asked, "I have something to ask Captain Yunqi. We were cleaning up pirated books on the street yesterday and we encountered someone who bought a pirated copy of another book..."

He glanced at Li Bailong and asked, "Should I take care of this?"

Li Bailong was stunned for a moment, then he understood.

Oh, a colleague, no, a friend's book! ——As the saying goes, a friend is so happy, so I shouldn't care! Readers giegie just need to read my genuine copy!

As soon as this despicable and dark thought came out, it was suppressed by Li Bailong.

He wrote books only to collect blessings, not to make a living from royalties. He showed his greed for money only to draw a line between himself and his underlying identity.

Other authors work day and night, writing hard just to support their families and struggle to survive in this cold and cruel world. Like the author of this book, they all need the care and love and the humiliation of money.

Of course we should!

"Although I am determined to eliminate piracy only for the purpose of investigating Long Batian's affairs, piracy is rampant and unscrupulous, and it also harms the interests of innocent people. Since it is a wrong thing, there is no harm in controlling it."

When I was bragging to the county magistrate before, the tone I set was "clean up illegal pirated publications, regulate the publishing environment, vigorously encourage literary and artistic creation, and develop local cultural industries with local characteristics." Now that I have raised this banner, I can't just crack down on piracy of "Legend of Huangji Zhantian."

He saw that although He Xianbing agreed, he looked a little reluctant. After thinking about it for a while, he realized that a large-scale crackdown on piracy would greatly increase the workload. It would be fine for a day or two, but over time, it would inevitably be exhausting.

This is easy to hear.

It's nothing more than adding money and providing staffing.

"By cracking down on piracy, not only Chen's Bookstore, but also other bookstores in Lin County will benefit. In this case, it is reasonable for them to set aside a portion of their increased turnover as a copyright protection fund."

Li Bailong said to Feng Guozhong: "Since we have told the county magistrate, in my opinion, the special campaign to crack down on piracy can be carried out on a regular basis, and we can even set up another class under the county lieutenant's office to do this specifically."

Feng Guozhong was a rough man and paid almost no attention to the literary and artistic front, but since Li Bailong wanted to do it, he had no reason to object. Besides, this matter would be good for Lao He.

"That's it." The county lieutenant said, "Just treat it as a good deed for the folks. I'll go to the county magistrate and ask him to issue a formal document and ask the six offices of the county government to cooperate."

Li Bailong nodded.

So, starting today, combating piracy has officially become a public action.

Use administrative power to regulate the literary and art market, sort out the publishing chain, and even support booksellers.

In this way, pirated products will continue to be eliminated and genuine products will become popular, and he will be able to make a lot of money!
"……Huh."

After he made the decision to treat all pirated copies equally and crack down on them all, Long Aotian, who had been monitoring the readers' backstage, suddenly made a surprised sound.

"what happened?"

"Suddenly I had a strange feeling, as if something important had quietly happened... I couldn't explain it, it was like a sudden impulse."

The next moment, Aozi was lost in thought: "Oh, oh, oh, I remember it now. It seems to be the kind of feeling of 'at this moment, no one present knows that the wheel of fate has been turning quietly'!"

Li Bailong's curiosity instantly turned into complaints: "...In my hometown, no one used this disgusting narrative technique more than a decade ago!"

"That's impossible! It's obviously cool!"

"Long Aotian's setting is actually more than ten years outdated!"

"Nonsense! The Long Aotian in people's hearts will never disappear! He just turned into ０ Yan!"

As he was retorting, Feng Guozhong laughed and said jokingly, "Come to think of it, don't you insist that everything should have a legitimate reason? So, shouldn't the so-called special campaign against piracy also have a name?"

Li Bailong heard this and thought for a moment.

Aozi has already shouted: "Of course it's called Operation Crazy Dragon!"

Pooh.

——Of course, this kind of thing should be called Operation Qing ０!
But for some reason, I always feel that calling this name is a bit dangerous, as if I have violated the taboo of some powerful being that cannot be looked at or mentioned directly.

Li Bailong didn't want to do this kind of formalism, but Feng Guozhong was interested and kept urging him. After thinking for a while, he said perfunctorily: "Let's call it Operation Sharp Sword!"

then.

Aozi narrated in a disgusting voiceover: "At this moment, people don't know how far-reaching the impact of this random action will be on the world..."

"——Shut up!"

This kind of action will only result in more welfare girls running to zero and more online writers being killed innocently!

Feng Guozhong ran to find the county magistrate, who readily agreed to the proposal of "Operation Sword", and the special operation to combat piracy was officially launched.

Mu Qingge went to Baihua Valley and naturally fell into the consumption trap of Jimei Special Attack, and had no time to take care of Linxian’s affairs.

In Lin County, pirated copies were cleared out, and the popularity of "Legend of Huangji Zhantian" continued to rise. In the streets and alleys, bored people were discussing how pornographic and violent this book was.

Two more days passed.

On the fourth day after Boss Chen was released, the fourth volume of "Legend of Huangji Zhantian" was released!

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