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Deepia
The subscription was like netflix. You can only read as long as you pay.

If you bought a chapter and have to pay again - that is a bug.

      SusshiRoll Thanks for the further details of your point. However, I think it is a little disingenuous to say: Tencent does not support Webnovel as much as Apple support iTunes, therefore it is understandable that their prices are higher. Tencent owns Webnovel, just like how Apple owns iTunes. Both parents profit from their creation. They are not non-profits or charities. Just because a parent company refuses to invest more money in an app or webpage does not mean that makes it understandable that their prices are higher. And when it comes to market share in Chinese Literature, Qidian has a higher market share than iPhones has on the mobile phone market or iTunes on the music industry. You are right that Tencent do not have an obligation to invest money into Qi (or Clash of Clans). But I do not think Apples has an obligation to invest money iTunes either. If any parent company invests money in a subsidiary it is because they choose to do so. It does not provide an excuse or reason for the subsidiary to charge high prices for their product. Some Chinese webnovel translation sites pay their translators and editors without a large parent company or any paywall/spirit stones, etc. Some of them have existed for longer than Webnovel and seem to still be surviving and some can even be said to be thriving and are adding more webnovels to their library.

      On a slight tangent, even though I dont think whether Tencent invests alot of money and resources into Webnovel is a justification for high prices, I am also a little skeptical about the claim that Tencent does not support QI. If you have some supporting evidence I would be interested in seeing it. I do know Tencent has paid money to enter and grow in the web novel market. Tencent has made several purchases over the years (e.g. Qidian through Shanda Cloudary, Gravitytales) and they also produce television series and movies based on the works that they own the rights to. You might want to see Kings Avatar or other shows that have Tencent Penguin Pictures (a Chinese film distributor and production company, unsurprisingly owned by Tencent) prominently displayed in the credits. They also made an attempt to buy the rights to Korean novels, which I believe was also mentioned on this site. Even if they are not swimming in cash from Tencent, they do not seem to be short of funds or plans to expand their business.

          Bump , we aint going away

            mng from my knowledge TKA anime was primarily funded by riot games in a sort of esports promotional deal, while penguin pictures played the role in producing and creating I do belIieve that without riots support it wouldn't have been an anime and as for the the animes made based on a few wn suffice to say whIle they have been interesting to watch they are worlds below the current "quality" of animes being released along side them.

            Edit: auto correct on my phone is horrible. And it doesn't accept the word anime and a few others so sorry for bad english/grammar

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                Deepia
                I think the help center could help. There you can report which story and chaps have problems.

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