Chapter 166: Surging to the Number One Spot and Making the Dog Author Give Out Massive Red Packets

To be honest, Old Lu's worry this time was somewhat unnecessary!
If it were anyone else, Su Chen might have cared a little.
However, when it came to Old Lu, he neither wanted nor could afford to fuss over it!
After all, he also had his own agenda!

On the way back, Su Chen's phone kept buzzing with notifications. He opened it to check, and the number of chapter comments and paragraph comments had already exceeded 99+. After clearing them, it was completely full again shortly after!
Is the momentum building this fast?
Although the backend data wouldn't refresh until the next day, he could roughly estimate the performance based on the volume of comments.
Judging by this, the data must have exploded today, right?

The next day, at 12:00 PM.
Before Su Chen even had time to refresh the data, a message from his editor, Wu Qian, came through.
"Author-da-da, the data has exploded! It's completely broken records!"
"With only half a day of promotion yesterday, the net increase in subscriptions has already exceeded 10,000!"
"The daily average subscriptions are also about to break 40,000!"

Su Chen opened the data analysis feature and sure enough, saw that yesterday's data had been updated.
Net new subscriptions: 11,058!
Average daily subscriptions: 38,946!
And this was just the data from half a day of promotion!
If the promotion continued along with word-of-mouth fermentation, what level would it reach?

"I know!"
Su Chen replied to Wu Qian.
On the other end, Wu Qian muttered softly when she saw Su Chen's reply, seemingly somewhat dissatisfied with his reaction.
Once daily average subscriptions exceed 50,000, it meets the selection criteria for a Great God author!
Judging by the current trend, it was highly likely to break that threshold within a week.
And the online literature innovation department had secured a full two-week slot for *Jade Dynasty* on the homepage recommendation banner.
barring any accidents, it would definitely reach that tier!
How could you possibly be so completely unexcited about this?

However, for Wu Qian to think that was doing Su Chen a bit of an injustice.
In his past life, Su Chen had worked in the entertainment industry and had very little exposure to web novels.
He only occasionally liked reading novels on his phone, and as for recommendation rules and metrics, he had never paid attention to them.
So when it came to this aspect, he was still a complete novice!

After reviewing the backend statistics, Su Chen entered the book details page, which displayed various public metrics for the book.
He glanced through them, but most of them contained no particularly useful information!
As he was looking, his gaze suddenly landed on one specific metric.

Book Friends Leaderboard!
Upon opening it, several bold characters caught his eye: "Hundred Patrons Wall".
Scrolling down, the Golden Patrons appeared first, followed by the Silver Patrons, and finally the Patrons.

"Editor-da-da, how are the tiers on the Book Friends Leaderboard distinguished?"
Su Chen sent a message to Wu Qian.
Wu Qian had already passively accepted Su Chen calling her "Editor-da-da"!
"This is a reader consumption leaderboard!"
"Every 1 Chinese Yuan tipped awards 100 points. When you accumulate 100,000 points—meaning a consumption of 1,000 Chinese Yuan—you enter the Patron leaderboard."
"If you accumulate 1 million points, with a consumption of 10,000 Chinese Yuan, you enter the Silver Patron tier."
"Similarly, when consumption reaches 100,000 Chinese Yuan, you reach the top-tier Golden Patron!"
"The more Patrons you have, the more it shows the readers' support for your book!"
"Aside from generating a portion of income, this is also an important standard for judging the quality of a book!"

Through this explanation, Su Chen instantly understood the underlying logic.
He checked the data on his own book friends leaderboard.
Golden Patrons: 0.
Silver Patrons: 17.
Patrons: 96.

Su Chen couldn't immediately tell what level his numbers were at.
So he took a screenshot and sent it to his editor.
"My book doesn't have any Golden Patrons. Does that mean it hasn't reached the website's high-quality benchmark?"
"!!!!"
Wu Qian stared at the data Su Chen sent, along with his question, a string of exclamation points popping up in her head!
You're already on the verge of having a hundred Patrons, and you still think you haven't reached the high-quality standard?
She had good reason to suspect that Su Chen was just showing off!

After a round of explanations, Su Chen finally figured out the rules and standards!
"You need to maintain good relationships with the Patrons; they are every author's financial backers!"
"I'll compare the list in a bit to see which ones haven't joined the fan group, and contact them through the backend to get them all in!"
Su Chen nodded. Having such a thoughtful and competent editor truly saved him a lot of worry.

Wu Qian moved quickly. Before long, a series of group invitation notifications popped up in the reader chat group.
"Welcome 'If I Never Met You' to the chat!"
"Welcome 'Susu's Little Cutie' to the group chat!"
"Welcome 'Tomato Stir-Fried with Tomatoes' to the group chat!"
"......"

When the members of the group saw the user levels of the newly joined members, the chat instantly exploded.
"Holy crap, the heavy hitters are here!"
"They're all Patrons, all Patrons! Since when did our book get so many Patrons?!"
"What's going on? Did I miss something? I'm a bit lost!"
"......"

The reader communication groups on Qidian automatically displayed the user's Book Friends Leaderboard level, showing an extra badge.
So as soon as these Patrons entered the group, they completely dazzled everyone inside.
At present, *Jade Dynasty* had already finished serialization, and most of those who had joined the group earlier had already finished reading it, so very few people still paid attention to the book's performance metrics.
Therefore, seeing such a sudden influx of Patrons into the group left them feeling somewhat baffled.

"I know why there are suddenly so many Patrons. I just went to check, and *Jade Dynasty* got a homepage recommendation! The huge promotional banner is right in the most prominent spot on the homepage!"
"Ah? Does that mean this book has exploded in popularity?"
"Exploded? That's an understatement! Go look at the book info yourself; it's about to become a 'Hundred Patrons' book!"
"Hehe, if it weren't for the damn author taking breaks all the time, this book would have had a hundred Patrons ages ago, maybe even a thousand. Why would it have taken until now?"
"Aghhh! Watching the damn author make money is harder to swallow than losing money myself!"
"......"

While many people were still confused, some logically-minded book friends immediately went to investigate what was going on, and soon exposed the reason for the sudden skyrocketing popularity of *Jade Dynasty* in the group, sparking a wave of wailing and complaints!
Ever since Su Chen's last appearance in the group, the entire vibe of the group seemed to have changed.
"Damn Author" had truly become Su Chen's official nickname!
And everyone in the group was more than happy to express their emotions this way!

"What about the monthly votes? How many are there now?"
"Monthly votes are at 8,932 now, ranked 25th on the male authors' monthly vote leaderboard!"
"Oh? It's rising pretty fast. When I last checked, it was still 43rd! Brothers, should we push hard and climb higher on the monthly vote leaderboard?"
"Obviously! Once we break into the rankings, we're making the damn author drop a huge red packet!"
"I'm in!"
"I support this too!"
"+1"
"......"

Although everyone cursed him verbally, their actions were anything but hesitant!
When someone suggested pushing the monthly vote leaderboard, the group responded with enthusiastic support!