Zack, the professor for the module, continued to explain the various methods mentioned in further detail.
He even gave suggestions that would help make one's content more ad-friendly which would help them to increase their CPM rate. (Cost per 1,000 impressions).
The lecture ended, and the time had moved from 12:00 to 1:30 pm.
Later at 2pm, David attended his last drawing class for the day. Which was meant to help people practice and improve their drawing skills.
It ended at 4pm, and David reached home by 4:30. Reaching home David decided that it had been a while, so why not check his Manga data.
Shadow Realm -
Chapter 1 (uploaded seventeen hours ago):
Views - 6587, Collections - 301, Ad Revenue - 8 dollars.
David was left surprised to find that the collection number had risen from 87 to 301 in a mere ten hours.
It made him, for a second, even wonder if he could really end up hitting the target goal.
David immediately declined this possibility and said, "Nah, there is no way I will even get close to 10k. The reason it increased so much is probably cause it hasn't even been 24 hours since I released the chapter."
"Once it hits 24 hours, the recommendation will slow down tremendously, making the number of new readers fall into 10s."
"Plus, with me publishing only once a week, even if I do somehow get 300 per chapter, I will only get a 1.2k collection at most this month."
Then David recalled how his friends said they struggled for even ten collections.
David - "I wonder if I am really that talent or not?"
After pondering for a while, David came to a conclusion.
David - "Nope, I ain't a genius, so it's probably the systems pulling some strings in the dark trying its best to avoid paying up the insurance money."
"Still, no matter what, there is no way I will cross 10k in the first month unless some bizarre miracle happens."
"Meaning the 50,000 dollars are right in my sight. Hmm, what to do with this money?"
David's thoughts started spiraling into how he would spend his vast sums of money. A notification on his Shonen Jump Author interface soon brought David back to reality.
It was a chat notification from the editor.
Editor: Hi, I am your assigned editor named Richard. If you have any inquiries, you can ask me.
David thought a while and remembered he needed to register for the guild, so he sent a reply immediately.
David: Hi, can you please register me for the writers guild.
Editor: You are not registered with the Manga writers guild?
David: No, I am a freshman in college, so I haven't registered yet. My professor told me to ask my editor to register me.
Editor: Oh, in that case, I will send you the registration form. You can fill it out and send it to me. I will take care of the rest.
David: Okay, thanks
The editor then sent David the form, and David filled it out and sent it back.
Editor: By the way, I noticed you haven't responded to any comments. I would suggest keeping a good interaction with the reader to help your manga grow.
David: Oh, I didn't receive any notification.
Editor: You will have to check your settings. Maybe you have the comment notification tuned off.
David headed to his setting and found what the editor had said was correct.
David: Oh yes, it was turned off. Thank you for your timely reminder. I will take a look at the comments right away."
Editor: All right then, bye.
David: Bye
David then loaded up his manga and clicked on the first chapter. Upon scrolling below the last panel, he saw ten comments in total.
Some appreciated the drawing style, and others commented on how scary the shadow was. At the same time, some thanking for the chapter.
David quickly read and liked all the comments and replied wherever he felt necessary.
After finishing his liking and commenting spree, David wrote a comment informing the readers that he updates once every Tuesday night.
The reason David was willing to put so much effort into a Manga he wanted to fail was simple.
He was following the system rules that banned him from doing anything that sabotages the manga on purpose.
Things like purposefully drawing or writing a bad story was not allowed.
In the same way, he had to interact with all readers correctly. Otherwise, the system would punish him.
He wasn't sure what the punishment would be, but it was a negative either way. So David felt instead of being punished, he might as well put a little effort into interacting with his readers.
After commenting, David started focusing on drawing the second chapter. The rules also stated that he had to upload at least one chapter weekly.
If David could, he would love to upload more often than once weekly. After all, the faster he finishes work, the more quickly he levels up.
A faster level-up would directly correlate to how much money he could earn through the insurance mechanism.
Unfortunately, he could barely upload once a week. David's plan was to put all his free attribute points into speed so that he could start pumping out a chapter every day in the future.
Imagine that 30 days equal 30 chapters. Even if the manga was 500 chapters long, that would only take 500 days.
Compare that to his current speed of once a week. It would take 500 weeks, meaning a full 9.58 years to complete.
Would a speed of seven a week be suspicious? Of course, it would be, but David had seen some mangaka who could produce 4 to 5 chapters a week, so he felt it wasn't too questionable to reach 7 a week.