Lol qidian is a business not some charity ...
Kk guys .....
Just stop this thing has been discussed thousand times
FREE READERS CLICKING ADS FOR UNKNOWN TIME + PAID GUYS DOING U KNOW WHAT = MIND BLOWING PROFIT =HAPPY QIDIAN + PAID GUYS
+OR - FEW FREE GUYS.
simple maths helps here.
End of discussion.

Let’s do Math.

Today I got 17 SS and to read Premium, I spent 8+7+7+7+7+8+7+7+7+7+8+7 = 17 - 87 = -70

(RTW 695-706 which is 12 Premium Chapters and not 10)

Since the Daily Check-In gives me a terrible amount of SS I usually get 16-20 on average.

So....
If I get 16 SS a day, I need ~4 days to cover my lost.
If I get 20 SS a day, I need ~3.5 days.

From what I see, he has or is starting a trend of 8 SS followed by 4 7 SS. In this case, there will not be enough SS to cover what people will read. (who reads one chapter only?!).

Because

1) SS is still needed for other non Premium Chapters at a rate of 4SS (if not including ads)

2) SS for RTW might be not that bad since, for the same chapter, they spiked it at about 3 SS more but MMORPG is crazy due to word count. Chapter 653 for 19 SS with others at 13 to 17 SS.

3) SS being given for free is kind of scummy with the lowest seen for me is 16 and my highest is 22 (Legendary item!)

So my math tells me I am running on negatives unless I read 1 RTW and other non P Novels or I can read one MMORPG and be done with the day.

If not, I will be running on negatives....

Even my stash of ~2900 stash will not save me from the P Novels.

But...

If i spend money yeah... it is a win-win for both sides.

I pay QI who tells me on the forum that they pay royalties (so trust worthy)

So I read thinking I am paying the authors, TLers and Editors?

I think something is wrong here.

Also, ad revenue is at a lost? Since they implemented the SS system, 4-5 chapters can be read for SS.

Why did they not include that SS as part of the revenue?

Unless it was worthless in the beginning?

Or?

also, novels never die.

With the billions in the world... who knows that translated novels will start kicking again if there are TLers.

QI was not the first to break into the English community nor will it be the last.

Since they have more money, man power and support...

that is why they can bombard into the English community.

    Itachi2K3 Hoping a business will act in your interest rather than their own will likely leave you disappointed.

        So if we are currently at free chapter 298 and I unlock premium chapter 299, I only unlock this specific chapter 299 and I am not 1 chapter ahead of the other free users every day? So I have to wait 2 days to get the free chapter 300? If that's the case, then this is a huge ripoff! Then even if I spend some money to get some premium chapters ahead, if I cannot put even more money into QI I will have to wait for days/weeks for the free chapters to catch up... This sounds more like a hidden subsciption.
        One buys chapters to skip the wait, but this would just move the time to wait from pre purchase to post purchased chapters if you don't keep paying!
        And who knows whether they will not just reduce the free chapters in the future, increasing the pressure to pay...

        Itachi2K3 I think you have to spend your ss when the novels come to end. I am sure they will locked some of the last chapters, 10 or more, and never make it free.

            i just bought spirit stone, i use it to unlock all premium chapter of RTW. my question is if there's new chapter, do i still get free chapter or i have to use spirit stone to unlock the chapter?

              sunstrike In my opinion yes ..... the novel latest chapter will became premium chapter

                  Flaffy Arch Guys, peaceful. Complains is okay, not a big deal. Just throwing ur thoughts here and we are going to listen all of them. We thank for all ur suggestions and even complains which always push us to move forward better and better.

                  As a company, we do have our own concerns of buainess model buildings, but as what we announced, we hope everyone could be involved in this big picture. No one says Premium program would be a solely way to do in the future. If u guys learn more about how Chinese Qidian works, you will see we always welcome other business models and love to give it a try. I believe we could also have subscription model and donation model in one day, but it might not be 100% as u prediected. Each model could be customized to be best suit for different business background. Hope you guys would enjoy all works that we've completed and also look forward things we might provide in the future.

                  May the love and peace with u

                        sunstrike you'll have to unlock any new chapters that come out. Let's say you unlocked the first premium chapter. That means that the next day you won't get anything since it'll be a free release by then.

                            Better to just wait for the novel to finish and then unlock the chapters imo.

                            sunstrike Good questions, come with a thought, that If you bought premium chapters you can get free, just the way how they open premium account for free for a day? if i'm wrong correct me on my understanding

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