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Finally, the serialized romance drama has been completed.

A total of 633 episodes.

The actual serialization I did only lasted about 40 episodes, but since it was completed, I felt a strange mixture of bitterness and joy.

Regardless of what you say, it probably means that you have a lot of affection for the work.

Including other platforms, the total number of views is about 300 million.

If you do a simple calculation, the number of views is enough to call it a hit, selling 30 billion won.

I don’t know if that’s why, but the editor even contacted me from the platforms selling it to delay the completion, and that’s what the editor said.

I think they also said they would increase the settlement ratio.

However, I drew a line saying no.

I want to focus on the new work, but there is no plot for the future content in the first place.

The plot was already planned until the end, so I just wrote according to it.

It was decided that it would be difficult for me to continue the content of that romantic drama.

Well…I guess I can use it if I expand it somehow.

Still, I didn’t want to see the work fall apart due to unnecessary stretching.

“Now is the time to raise this guy… from Yeonam Station.”

The romance novel is now in the process of being converted into a webtoon and is expected to be translated and sold overseas.

If the series continues, the schedule may be pushed back, so management probably doesn’t really want it to be a route.

Because it’s a foreign country…

How well will it sell?

“But they said they were sending me some kind of gift.”

I heard it when the boss himself called to congratulate me.

I don’t know what they’re trying to send, but at least once I think it would be nice to have a box full of gold bars or apples filled with 50,000 won in cash.

Of course, such a thing is illegal, and shackles and a garage are meaningless since they are gifts that will get you arrested.

It’s a waste to go to jail just for money.

“Phew… It’s finished, so I’ll turn it into a book…”

Since it is planned to be published as a book, there is no need for illegal money.

There are a total of 633 episodes… I guess there will be roughly 19 volumes.

If you include illustrations and explanations, you can read up to 22 volumes.

But even if it was a book, did I have to worry about it?

Then it would take more work than serializing it.

“Phew… I’ll think about it later anyway.”

For now, let’s enjoy this feeling by reading the congratulatory comments.

Was there beer in the fridge?

I came out to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator.

Sure enough, several cans of beer that Minji had put aside to drink caught my eye.

“Can I drink it? I think Minji will say something.”

Just in case, I took out my phone and sent a text.

The texts sent were contents that could easily be seen as those of sisters.

2022.01.23

[Self]: Food?

[Little Sister]: ㅇㅇ

2022.01.24

[Self]: Food?

[Little Sister]: ㅇㅇ

2022.01.25

[Self]: Food?

[Little Sister]: No

2022.01.26

[Myself]: What?

[Little Sister]: ㅇ

Conversations that are extremely concise.

If others see this, they will burst out laughing, wondering what kind of conversation this is.

In fact, we call more often than we text, so when we do text, we just keep it simple.

Anyway, I sent a new text message to Minji.

2022.01.27

[Self]: You only drink one can of beer from the refrigerator?

[Little Sister]: Chicken for dinner tonight instead.

chicken…

In fact, Minji, who is only 23 years old, is at an age where she wants to eat a lot of things.

Nevertheless, I was not allowed to eat delivery food like chicken often.

It was bad for my health, and my brother wanted to feed me properly.

So delivery food is only allowed 5 times a month.

It is allowed almost once a week.

If you think about it, it doesn’t mean much.

Since Minji eats lunch outside, it’s not like she knows what she’s eating.

[Myself]: Only today?

[Little Sister]: ㄳㄳ

[Myself]: Are you scolded?

[Little Sister]: Hehe. I love you brother.

Cute guy.

I laughed and grabbed some beer and snacks from the refrigerator and came into the room.

***

The very next day.

Even though there was still a feeling of completion, the work was progressing slowly.

Decision to charge a fee for new works.

Normally, it is common to leave a grace period so that the work can be viewed for free for about a week, but for my work, which was paid for as soon as episode 15 was reached, there was no grace period.

Paid starting from episode 16.

The per-episode payment and flat-rate system began.

“The most recent episode uploaded within 24 hours has 120,000 views… Almost 350,000 views per day.”

It’s only episode 16, so it’s only like this…

If the number of episodes increases later, how much will I earn per day? It’s already a little scary.

For reference, this site uses both a per-episode payment system and a flat-rate payment system.

The author can decide the direction of monetization for each work, and the presence or absence of monetization is determined by applying a different review system to each work.

In general, it is common to apply for both the single-pay system and the flat-rate system.

My previous and new works were also sold in two ways by applying for both the flat-rate and single-unit systems.

I don’t think there is much difference between the two paid systems.

In the first place, the flat-rate system is literally a flat-rate system.

100,000 won per month.

If you pay that money, you can freely view all the works on the site.

If you pay by transfer, you can enjoy the work by paying 100 won per piece.

If you want to pay for 1,000 episodes and read freely for a month, read it. If you don’t think it’s worth it, pay 100 won per episode and read it.

Well… when a user using a flat rate system reads an article, he or she earns about 70 won per view.

That’s just the difference.

Anyway, once sales begin on other platforms, everything will be grouped.

A system where everything is organized and flat-rate.

I don’t think this system is bad.

“But the settlement rate for flat-rate views needs to be increased.”

Flight payment is 30 won per flight on the platform.

The flat fee is taken from the platform and costs 20 won per episode.

70 won and 50 won respectively.

If you share it with the manager, it will be smaller, but just looking at it here, the difference is as much as 20 won.

If this piles up, it becomes ridiculously large.

If 1 million views are accumulated, the difference is simply 20 million won.

Wouldn’t it be okay to increase the settlement rate of the flat-rate system by just 10 won?

Then, the writers’ complaints would be reduced a little.

“The community is on fire again today…”

The reason I am saying this is because of the reasons mentioned above.

Even though the writers (more precisely, the management) are crying out for an increase in the settlement rate of the flat-rate system, they are not even listening.

However, they don’t often hand out free tickets or anything like that.

Rather, the free payment voucher is being distributed so that it cannot be used until the 15th episode of the latest version.

I don’t know if it was intentional or not, but I didn’t allow people to watch the last 15 episodes of the completed works.

What on earth do you want to do?

“I don’t know anything else, but what can I do if I can’t watch the last 15 episodes?”

If that happens, it’s good for the writers and the readers of web novels, right?

With that in mind, I left a short message on the community.

Be courteous and polite to everyone.

In an understandable way.

*

“That’s right. I should also include the story about Jjajangmyeon.”

So I erased what I had written earlier from my memory and started saving.

I was thinking about including in my post the story about eating soybean paste not long ago.

But then, suddenly, the cell phone I had in my pocket rang.

Minji couldn’t have called because it was only about 2 o’clock.

Sure enough, the person who called me was the editor.

The editor, who was working hard at home, called.

Are we really going to play?

Hey, even if you work from home, that won’t be the case.

“Hello? Editor?”

– Author!!! Have you ever written a post on the community!?

“Uh… I guess it’s less?”

I wrote one down earlier.

As if I agree with what other writers are lamenting, I wrote this in the hope that Platform would review it.

Wow…I thought it was a great article.

Polite and touching.

“But why is that?”

– Why are you so upset! I’m not in an uproar because of that post right now!!”

“Yes?”

I didn’t write anything that would cause controversy, right?

I rested my phone on my shoulder so I could hear what the editor was saying, then clicked on the article I had written earlier.

“Oh my god…”

– Ugh! I thought our writer was naive!

“Umm…”

She deserved it…

Although it is only a minor community, the number of views exceeds 400,000.

This is because the community manager posted it on a site called Real-time Best.

Nguyen!! Yes this guy!!

“What should I do with this?”

– What should I do! It can’t be helped!

“But you didn’t say anything strange?”

– Ugh…but that’s true. No matter what, when someone of your stature writes, things are bound to get bigger.

“What did I say?”

– That won’t work. Author! Hurry and open the door!

Bang bang!

I heard the editor who lives next door banging on the front door.

Wow… the editor lives next door, so the real gang is less than 10 seconds away.

This is a big deal.