dognovel Chapter 18 Post-Exam Agreement
Chapter 18 Post-Exam Agreement
"How do we compare scores? Total score? Or scores from a few subjects?" Lu Jie remained noncommittal.
He could roughly guess Zhong Muqing's purpose in proposing the competition.
He was somewhat surprised that Zhong Muqing would actually use academic performance to compete with him.
"Hmm... let's compare the total scores!" Zhong Muqing thought for a moment and said.
"Okay." Lu Jie agreed without hesitation.
If it were a competition in English, or politics, history, or geography, he might not be so confident.
But in terms of total score, how could he possibly lose to a sports student?
He remembered that Zhong Muqing only scored a little over 400 points on her monthly exam.
Although it's clear that Zhong Muqing has made significant progress, as long as she continues, she'll definitely be able to get into the top class as a sports student.
But in pure academic subjects, how could Zhong Muqing possibly compare to him?
Since she wants to compete, then let her compete.
Anyway, there's no risk for him.
It can also increase everyone's motivation to learn.
He had already figured out what he wanted Zhong Muqing to do if they won: study hard and get into the top class.
"Then it's a deal!" Zhong Muqing held up her little finger. "Come on, pinky swear, never to change your mind."
"Isn't this a bit too childish?" Lu Jie said, somewhat amused and exasperated.
"No, since we've made an agreement, we have to make it official!" Zhong Muqing insisted.
"Alright... pinky promise, never to change for a hundred years." Lu Jie stopped insisting and cooperated with the agreed ritual.
"I will beat you!" Zhong Muqing said confidently.
"Keep it up!" Lu Jie said, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.
......
When I got home in the evening, I had just turned on my computer and opened QQ when I received a message from Sprite.
[I've secured a featured spot on the fantasy channel for you! It'll be featured on Sunday, so please keep updating regularly!]
After spending four days getting the paper contract signed and the signing status changed, Lu Jie expected a recommendation, since the editor had already mentioned it.
But I didn't expect the first recommendation to be a top pick within the channel, which is a really good recommendation spot.
He was pleasantly surprised for a moment, then immediately replied:
[Okay, with heavy snowfall, updates will definitely be consistent.]
He soon received another message from the editor via QQ:
[Just between us, is someone so young still in school?]
Lu Jie assumed the editor was just curious and didn't think much of it, replying:
Yes, the snow is heavy. I'm a first-year high school student now.
Sprite, on the other side of the computer, looked a little downcast upon seeing this message.
The number of featured slots on Qidian is fixed and will be allocated proportionally based on the performance and number of authors under the editor's supervision.
Because of the poor performance of his contracted authors, he was allocated few recommendation slots.
Having finally secured a prominent spot in the fantasy channel, the first thing that came to his mind was the novel he had just signed, "Battle Through the Heavens."
This book is the highest quality among the new books he has signed recently, at least that's what he thinks.
However, during the meeting this morning to discuss the recommendation slots and the books each editor prepared to recommend, another editor requested that the strong recommendation originally assigned to him be given to someone else.
The reason given is that their contracted authors are doing well, their new books are lining up for recommendations, and there aren't enough recommendation slots.
His contracted authors are not performing well, so there's no need for this channel to push them.
He was originally prepared to agree to let the editor give him back the featured spot for next week and give him another recommendation within the channel.
Indeed, he doesn't have any very good books, and "Battle Through the Heavens" isn't very long either, so it's possible to force a reading after a week.
Unexpectedly, the editor refused outright, saying that his authors were all waiting in line and how could he possibly push the project onto him?
Everyone wants this recommendation, and the editor-in-chief is unlikely to ask other editors to give him the spot.
This was tantamount to robbery, so he immediately refused.
As a result, the editor complained to the editor-in-chief:
"The author of 'Battle Through the Heavens' is a high school student. Can a high school student maintain a stable update schedule?"
"Besides, this book hasn't been recommended by any other channels or had any verification before being directly put on the channel's push for promotion? If it doesn't perform well, wouldn't that be incredibly unfair to books that have already achieved verified results!"
"The capable rise, the mediocre fall; those without books should give up their recommendation slots!"
He certainly couldn't tolerate being bullied like this.
"Why do you assume 'Battle Through the Heavens' will perform poorly just because it wasn't featured on the recommendation list?!"
Although he wasn't entirely sure how well "Battle Through the Heavens" would fare on Twitter.
He wasn't sure if the author's high school student status would affect the stable updating of the book.
But at this moment, no matter how uncertain he was, he had to give his firm support.
Seeing that an argument was about to break out, the editor-in-chief mediated and reached a conclusion:
He will still allocate the strong recommendations that belong to him, but if the book he recommends, "Battle Through the Heavens," is interrupted or performs poorly, he will immediately replace it with another book.
Although there was still some injustice, he knew that this was the best outcome he could achieve.
After hesitating for a long time, he still couldn't help but ask the author whether he was in high school or vocational high school.
If it's a vocational high school, it can definitely be updated regularly.
In high school, it's really not certain.
After receiving a reply and learning that Chestnut was a high school student, he was heartbroken and could only offer encouragement:
[Thank you for your hard work in balancing your studies and trying to maintain a consistent update schedule on Twitter.]
Originally, I wanted Chestnut to have a small burst of updates on Twitter, but now he doesn't mention it anymore. It's good enough if he can update steadily.
[There will definitely be heavy snow!]
Receiving Chestnut's reply eased Sprite's mood slightly.
Stable updates are fundamental; as long as updates are stable, the performance of the push notifications should be acceptable, even if it's only in the middle range.
If someone's performance on Twitter is poor and they have to be replaced, it means they definitely have a problem with their judgment and are really not suitable to be an online novel editor.
He decided he wasn't going to continue doing it.
At this time, Lu Jie was unaware that his book would directly impact an editor's career.
Of course, if he knew, he would definitely reassure the editor and let them wait for takeoff.
......
While it's important to promote the new book, it won't be available for another four days.
The midterm exams are just around the corner.
As usual, the school gave students a half-day off before the exam so they could go home and prepare.
If you want to study at school, you can go to the school's lecture hall, where teachers are still on duty, but it's not mandatory.
"Brother Jie, do you have any plans for this afternoon? Shall we study at school?" Sun Bo asked hesitantly as school was about to end in the morning.
"Okay, so what?" Lu Jie could tell from Sun Bo's expression that there was something more to his words.
"Um... could you please arrange for Shu Panpan to come along? I'm planning to ask her some questions," Sun Bo said shyly.
"Me? Oh...you want Zhong Muqing to help you make an appointment with her?" Lu Jie quickly realized, "Let me ask."
Although Sun Bo's motives were impure, at least he came to school to study, which is much better than staying at home without studying or even surfing the internet.
After sending a message to Zhong Muqing explaining the reason, Zhong Muqing came to their class during the break, chatted with Shu Panpan for a few words, and then secretly gave Lu Jie an OK sign.
"All done." Lu Jie patted Sun Bo on the shoulder.
"Brother Jie is awesome!" Sun Bo exclaimed excitedly.
Seeing that Sun Bo was even more excited than when he went online during his vacation, Lu Jie chuckled to himself that the power of this "white moonlight" was indeed extraordinary.
......
The midterm exams arrived as scheduled the following day.