Chapter 68: Copying books is actually very unreliable! (Seeking for further reading)
For reborn people, it is actually very common to make money by copying books. If you don’t copy this book, you will be sorry for your status as a reborn person.
But in fact, this operation is quite unreliable.
It is not Fan Xian who wrote the poem when he copied the book. There are only a few words in the poem "Deng Gao".
A book can have hundreds of thousands of words or millions of words at most. Readers can only memorize a content framework, and more powerful ones can memorize classic passages and add a few classic sentences. This is only if you watch it several times.
Unless you really have the best memory, otherwise, after reading a book, after a while, you will not be able to remember the detailed content at all.
This is not only true for readers, but also for authors. It is impossible to remember all the contents of a book written by oneself. Sometimes when I look at the title, I will wonder what the chapter is about. ?
There are real cases of this. For example, on the eve of the Beijing Winter Olympics, a reporter from the "People's Daily" interviewed an author and talked about the plot of the Winter Olympics in the author's "All-Around Athlete".
The silly author was confused at the time, “Have you ever written about the Winter Olympics?” I don’t remember it at all!
Fortunately, this author knows how to talk nonsense and can handle the interview.
This is still a famous work! You can get the Twelve Heavenly Kings with this book! It’s only been a few years, and I can’t even remember what I wrote!
The person who wrote the book can’t remember it. Do you expect the person who reads the book to remember it? Stop dreaming!
Unless you have very good writing skills, when you can remember the general outline of the story, you can write a book based on your own ability.
But then again, if you really have this writing skills, why would you use someone else’s framework? You can write your own book!
Zhang Wei is very self-aware. He knows that he is just a reader, and writing a book really depends on copying.
"What are you copying? There is no point in copying ordinary best-selling books. You have to find a big IP in the future! Brother Devil, are you here?" Zhang Wei called the Devil.
"What is the deal?" the devil's voice sounded.
"I've been bored recently and want to read a few novels to enrich myself."
"Then you should go to Qidian Chinese website, not me!" There is no trace of the devil's advertising placement.
“The novel I want to read is not available yet and will be released in two years, so I came to you.”
"What do you want to watch?"
"I want to watch "The Dead Man Blows Out the Lamp"!"
The devil immediately fell into silence.
"Brother Devil, tell me, don't you have everything there! You can even find papers on graphene, wouldn't there be such a famous novel?"
"You let me What am I saying? Can you trade something of value? For example, the talent of a certain genius! What price do you want me to pay for such a thing?”
"Three melons and two dates? No way! "Dead Man Blows Out the Lamp" is a big IP!"
"But the books are not valuable. The set of books you want is 21 yuan for a single book and a set of eight books in total. , 168 yuan and free shipping! What is it if it’s not three melons and two dates?” The devil’s tone was very unhappy.
"Small profits but quick turnover! I am a quick reader. I may finish reading it in two or three days. Then I will trade other books with you and you will make a profit." Zhang Wei continued to trick the devil.
After complaining a few more times, the devil finally reported the price of the transaction.
""Dead Man Blows Out the Lamp", a set of eight books, the first choice is ten hours of life; the second choice is to sleep fourteen hours a day for five consecutive days; the third choice is serious Kidney deficiency for fifteen days.
"I can understand the first two, but what is the third one about kidney deficiency?"
"It literally means that within fifteen days, there will be urgent urination, frequent urination, incontinence of urination, insomnia and forgetfulness, soreness and weakness in the waist and knees, Symptoms include fatigue, hair loss, impotence and premature ejaculation!" the devil slowly explained.
“This is a challenge to my male dignity!”
Zhang Wei thought for a while. According to previous experiments, the cost of diseases can be treated with drugs, but kidney deficiency is a serious problem. There seems to be no short-term cure for the problem. By the time the medicine takes effect, fifteen days will have passed.
"Brother Devil, I remember you said that the higher the value of the transaction, the higher the price, right?" Zhang Wei asked again.
"There is such a rule." "Do you have a pirated version of "The Dead Man Blows Out the Lamp"? The pirated version is definitely cheaper than the genuine one!"
"Isn't it a shame? It's better to read a novel. Do you have to find pirated copies? Is there any law?"
"Is there any Feng Xiaogang emoticon?" Zhang Wei chuckled, and then said: "Don't worry, I can't support the original version. What!”
“That’s right, choose one of the three, what price are you going to pay for it?” the devil asked.
Zhang Wei pondered for a few seconds and then asked: "Can I exchange it for the electronic version?"
"I can exchange it, but the price will not change!"
"Okay, I will use the ten-hour lifespan. Get an electronic version of "Dead Man Blows Out the Lamp"! "
"You are actually willing to exchange your lifespan?" The devil's voice was surprised.
"I think this exchange condition is more cost-effective in terms of lifespan!" Zhang Wei replied.
"Is it a good deal? Ten hours of life is not as good as fifteen days for kidney deficiency, right? It's better for kidney deficiency!"
"What do you know! A man's dignity is priceless! By the way, are you a male devil? Mother devil?"
"You should call us devils by gender!"
"So you are also a female model? Practitioners!”
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The option of kidney deficiency was automatically blocked by Zhang Wei. He is only nineteen years old and has kidney deficiency? Urgent urination, frequent urination, inability to urinate, and impotence and premature ejaculation are all symptoms that cannot be tolerated.
As for the first two options, ten hours of life is indeed more cost-effective than sleeping for fourteen hours a day.
Eight hours of sleep a day is enough for a normal person. A 19-year-old young man is more energetic and does not need to sleep a full eight hours at all.
If you calculate it this way, it is equivalent to six more hours of sleep every day, which is thirty hours in five days.
Being unable to do anything while sleeping is equivalent to wasting thirty hours of time. Rather than doing this, it is better to use up ten hours of life and still make a net profit of twenty hours.
Moreover, Zhang Wei directly obtained the electronic version from the devil, which also saved a lot of time. Otherwise, it would have taken dozens of hours to type the entire content of "Dead Ghost Blows Out the Lamp" on the computer.
After returning home, Zhang Wei plugged his USB flash drive into his computer, and sure enough, a new document appeared inside, which was the electronic version of "Dead Ghost Blows Out the Lamp".
"The first part of "Dead Ghost Blows Out the Lamp" is about the ancient city. Let's test the waters with this first! Next, we should find a powerful publishing house."
Finding a publishing house is difficult. It is a technical activity and the publishing ability of the publishing house will directly affect the sales of books.
Zhang Wei inquired about several local publishing houses in Qinhai City and found that the scale was relatively average and there were not many sales channels. The key was that they ignored Zhang Wei!
Publishing houses in that era were basically state-owned and considered public institutions. Since it is within the system, there is no pressure to survive. If you complete some publishing task targets every year, you will be paid. As for whether the publication is popular or not, it is not that important.
If you find this kind of publishing house, you will definitely be indifferent to it. Even if you publish a book at your own expense, you still have to humble yourself and beg others.
The structural reform of China's publishing industry was nominally initiated in 2004. The central government decided that except for the People's Publishing House, all other publishing houses would be transformed into operating enterprises.
But in fact, the nationwide promotion of cultural system reform only really started in 2009. The General Administration of Press and Publication provided a reform roadmap and timetable, and the publishing industry began to carry out drastic system reforms.
“It seems that we still need to find a publishing house with stronger commercial attributes!”
Zhang Wei looked at his bookshelf, where there were several novels by Han Han, all published by 21st Century Publishing House.
“Twenty-first Century Publishing House may be a good choice!”
Thank you for reading. Old book friends who have read "Rebirth of Industrial Tycoon" should remember that at that time, I reported to everyone that "People's Daily" came for an interview. The reporter asked me, how did you get involved with the Winter Olympics and describe the Winter Olympics in "All-Around Athlete" At that time, I was really confused and didn't remember that I had written that thing at all. Therefore, the matter of being reborn and copying books is really unreliable. The author has personal experience, believe me!
(End of this chapter)