The results were in. First-day subscriptions had come close to 1,300, and average subscriptions were 1,150. First, I wanted to thank all my brothers and sisters for continuing to subscribe. This had already exceeded my expectations.
This subscription retention rate was pretty good. Before release, there had been 2,600 fake follows. As for the real follows, I hadn't asked the editor.
Anyway, next came the mass updates. Updates would generally go up around late night or midnight, all at once—around ten thousand words a day, until I burned through all my saved chapters... Then I'd maintain roughly eight or nine thousand words per day... I'd squeeze out every bit of energy I had. Of course, the prerequisite was maintaining the quality. Once again, thank you all, brothers and sisters, for your affection and support. I had no way to repay you, except by grinding away at 996 and 007...