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WEBNOVEL_OFFICIAL Just answer this question: Why the costs for each chapter is not the same? One was 14, the next 13, the last 19. There's a formula that calculates the cost of the chapter based in the number of letters / lines / time that you spend translating? If so, where's the methodology? It will be public? I will get refund (in SS) if the methodology is not right? I will need to pay to get SS and then spend in random chapters to discover if is a chapter that was worth or not (in terms of length x price)?
The premium series will be just for the most popular series? New series will not be supressed if they become premium before they have N number of chapters? And the series that is in sync with China (like The Path Toward Heaven), they will never become premium? Or I will need to pay everyday to read what the author have written? If so, new and less popular series will never earn money?
And more, as studied by Mikhail Bakhtin, Ângela Fanini, Guglielmo Cavallo & Roger Chartier and Socorro Vilar, all of then are specialists in Literature, more specific in Feuilleton (and between you and me, we can more than agree that webnovels are the feuilleton of XXI century), say that this type of business model give more incentives for the author to write as many chapters as possible without carrying with quality (fillers; recurrent use of melodramatic and theatrical elements like use of four basic feelings: fear, enthusiasm, pain and laughter, each personified by four characters, the Traitor, the Punisher, the Victim and the Fool; GOOD x EVIL; divide history into three basic acts: in the first act, the harmony of the family is disturbed by some factor; in the second, the forces of Evil seem to triumph; finally, in the third, the hero overcomes the forces of Evil and reestablishes the old order; etc...). obviously some good thing can come from this, like Crime and Punishment or The Count of Monte Cristo or The Three Musketeers (that were as we know now, heavily edited and with a lot of cuts if compared with the original compilation) , but as cited above and observable in a lot of Qindian novels this business model may inflict a bigger drop in quality. What strategy Qindian has to prevent that from happening?

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There are some problems with this business model and I want to know how they are gonna fix it?

      I'll just wait at the sides, but if Qi heard my prayers, they'll give both 'premium' chapter, and ads to unlock said chapter to us, faint chance though...
      Still I support Qi, or else it'll be reading japanese LNs again (the cycle of doom, japs and chinese interchanged)

        ucoqid Oh, I thought you had any since you mentioned the pirate
        Well whatever, my point is premium chapters is similar to Cinemas. Wait until it becomes free or pay now to watch the movie

          Malakacrazy Do they have a problem with the business model they are using or I guess qidian is still trying to release a better quality of translation of novels per chapter.. well in business it was really a challenge for the company to justified that the money was used for the service must have the equality of return to the user or beneficiary.

            Noire Remember, even if you hate this website, this website is currently supporting many translators and editors.

            what do you mean? All i did was shared my opinion with the intention to help you to understand about her post. I don't think my post indicated i hate this site, i don't even say anything about your opinion!

                ZenByMoonlight We still have the chance to gain more Spirit Stones, but I suggest that the administrator must also at least increase it free ss gained from its different ways.. cause it was really arguable that it was not fair for the readers who just really motivated to read a novel for a free time.

                    Morgana_lefay "Compared to other sites and fan translations with less than 7 and disgusting consistency, qi is still so much better. Not to mention you have free spirit stones everyday you can use to get more. Also, don't forget that there are also methods to acquire ss like inviting people where you can get rich right away."

                        Noire You are about to set me off. I will say to you again if you can fucking read! It is my right to my opinion, I am not making premium look bad, I giving my demands for future endeavors. IF I pay, because you do know there is a pay option if you pull your head out of your ass real quick you will see there is one. With this pay option they get the same exact thing that you get for free.

                        So let's think about the logic for a second, if you read the same chapters for free, that are choppy and translation mistake ridden FOR FREE, you go oh it's ok cause it's free. Now flip the script, your not a person who reads for free because you have strong values and wish you enrich the environment so you pay, and you read the same crappy translation mistakes, how does that make the person who paid feel? Do they shake it off and go eh? it's just a causal mistake? No they go I paid for this shit!?!? I PAID FOR THIS SHIT!!! And they never buy again or worse yet tell people not to buy the crappy novels at qidian because they do not take care of those who pay.

                        I am not intentionally trying to make anythign look bad so get over yourself. I am intentionally shedding the light on some dark truths of paying for just about anything. If I buy a doll i expect that doll to be pretty and to work the way i expected it to work when I bought it. I do not expect for the dolls arm to fall off after first use in playing with it. When the arms fall off you know what i do? I go marching back to the damn store that sold it, say WTF! And any sane person would too, you get what you pay for and qidian novels aren't worth a cent right now the way they are. For me to invest in qidian and the future of it, I need to see progress and right now you glossing over shit is not helping anyone just making you look like a damn fool.

                        I hope you get exactly what your looking for with qidian, have a happy marriage. I am going to end this since a Certain leech and gorky have taught me, no point arguing with idiots they will forever be posers.

                            N0xiety welcome to the world of VIP. but remember just enjoy reading the novel don't get too much addicted or it will cost you real money for the real world of economy.

                                I watch adds to help translators . . . Boy you guys wanna make huge profits now slowly . . . What happened to the innocent motive when you started this Website ?

                                  Flaffy Calm down sir, lets just stay at the sides first, observe how things will go, and then explode when Qi goes EA / Creation Club on us faithful readers.

                                    Deivix guess your just still looking forward on what could qidian could possible do if you keep pushing about the Paywall, well it was really depends on how readers will remain on their novels.. btw, when demand is increasing so does the supply. So they deserve a proper income I guess.

                                        ZenByMoonlight Well it just all go around, how about no premium but Has SS to pay for another chapter.. and so the ads. well there is always a change. depends on the ground that Qi is being with.

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