Physical Visit: Platform Demo, Game Preview, and Book Final Push

The visit

Hemasiri came in person — laptop under his arm, AI images already made, the village book almost done. The session opened the same way every previous call has: is it okay if I record this? It was. Lehan explained why: the behind-the-scenes conversation of how a book was made has marketing value on its own — it shows effort, builds trust, and funnels readers into the book. Forty-two people had already signed up or tried to buy books from the platform. None had reached Hemasiri's title yet. That changes after publication.

The images

Hemasiri had made four AI-generated images per chapter. Lehan adjusted the format on the spot: one image per story card, not per chapter. Each chapter breaks into eight to ten sub-sections; each sub-section is its own card and needs its own visual. Hemasiri showed the images on his laptop — school bus, house with cajon roof, village roads, a paddy farm, a cricket scene, and an aerial drone photograph of the village he had requested from ChatGPT. ChatGPT confirmed from its own memory that it had worked on these image concepts with Hemasiri across previous conversations: the village between two creeks, coconut plantations, the first day at KDU, military training scenes. The aerial photograph was noted as the strongest visual.

The platform demo

Lehan opened AngryPages and walked through the landing page — what a reader sees before buying. He showed real-time translation: type in English, the page switches to Sinhala, Tamil, Arabic, French, German, Spanish, Japanese in seconds. He showed the advertising infrastructure: CPM model, Facebook targeting, what LKR 100,000 buys — roughly 330,000 impressions aimed at people interested in Air Force history and Sri Lankan village life. He showed traffic: 900,000 page loads from about 100,000 people, 70% from the US. He announced the AngryPages trademark — registered with the US Patent and Trademark Office on June 23.

The live call

Lehan picked up the phone and called Sharanga — another prospective author — while Hemasiri sat in the room. He introduced himself, said the call was recorded, and asked what the book was actually about. He pushed for something only Sharanga could have written: one story from an audit career, a real discovery, a real moment. Clear next step given: sign up, send one article from actual experience. Two minutes, closed. Hemasiri watched the full pitch.

The game

Lehan showed a browser game he had built around an Air Force rescue mission — characters drawn from the Sri Lanka Air Force, colleagues' names in the cast, the rescue operation as the gameplay loop. It crashed during the demo. Lehan debugged it live with ChatGPT, got a partial diagnosis but not a full fix on the day. He committed to fixing it and sending the link. The concept: buy the book, play the game free online. App Store submission was in progress.

The advertising decision

Hemasiri agreed to spend LKR 100,000 — about $300 — on advertising at launch. Lehan committed to contributing $50 from the AngryPages side. Target: 330,000 Sri Lankans reached with the campaign, book priced at $7.50. Green Soils was raised as a natural sponsor — the village memoir is set in agricultural land, the company's product is part of the same geography. Lockheed Martin and BIA, the Colombo airport servicer, were also flagged. The advertising model discussed: CPM at $5 per 1,000 impressions, with direct sales and ad revenue running in parallel.

The book status

Twenty chapters written. The Air Force section — KDU through the final day of service — remains open. Hemasiri committed to writing it and sending the complete manuscript within a week. Lehan said it would take two to three hours to finalize the layout after that. Once done: cover design, one-image-per-card confirmed, launch.

Outcome

First in-person meeting done. Trademark in hand. Image format locked. Advertising budget agreed. Game demo given — fix incoming. The Air Force chapter is the only thing standing between the manuscript and the market.