Chapter 70: High Pay
It is clear that a strategic mistake has been made under the banyan tree.
Banyan Shuxia also went to Beijing to promote Baby Anne's books before, and they handed over the books to the publishing house, just to promote their authors, and the publishing house paid all the manuscript fees to the authors, and the company did not even participate in the sharing of the manuscript fees.
At that time, Baby Anne was already very popular on the Internet, but the publisher was still very hesitant, even if the print run was only 20,000 copies, the publisher still refused to agree.
Therefore, Banyan Shuxia made a strategic mistake, just like Lin Weidong said, if Banyan Shuxia does not publish himself, let others do it, and ask for others, he will become very passive.
Another problem is that in this process, the guigui under the banyan tree is directly skipped, and there is no interest under the banyan tree, which causes the profitability of the website.
Of course, in the face of such a predicament, William Zhu did not sit still, under his leadership, Banyan Shuxia is ready to launch e-books on the Internet, and the price is one to two yuan.
However, Lin Weidong is not optimistic about William Zhu's brand-new attempt, because he knows very well that the micropayment that William Zhu imagined would not be realized until around 2003, first online banking, mobile phone recharge, then point cards, virtual currency, and then Alipay and WeChat.
Therefore, in Lin Weidong's view, the e-book under the banyan tree was done too early and too advanced, and the most important thing to do under the banyan tree at present is still the traditional publishing house.
However, William Zhu did not agree with Lin Weidong's point of view, he felt that if a publishing house was founded under the banyan tree, it would be tantamount to going back again, and it would not be called Internet literature.
William Zhu said proudly: "Lonely City, you may not know, in fact, our e-magazine under the banyan tree is very good, very exquisite, and also uses the best technology and the best creativity, full of pictures and texts." ”
"I believe that the e-magazine we have made with our heart will be recognized by readers and will be successful in the market. ”
Lin Weidong said bluntly: "Mr. Zhu, I still say the same thing, no matter how good your e-book is, it is useless, because the current Internet does not have online payment means at all." ”
Although William Zhu disagreed with Lin Weidong's point of view, his heart was actually a little shaken, because the idea put forward by Lin Weidong was also what he was most worried about at present.
In this era when Alipay was not yet born, there was no online channel, and the charge could only be through the post office.
If at this time, someone is willing to give Banyan a charging system, William Zhu will definitely be willing to kneel down and give him three rings.
After chatting with Lin Weidong for a while, William Zhu also communicated with Lin Weidong about cooperation.
William Zhu meant that he wanted to invite Lin Weidong, like Ning Caishen and Li Xunhuan, to join the team of writers under the banyan tree, become one of the columnists under the banyan tree, and then serialize the novel under the banyan tree, updating at least 20,000 words every month.
In order to allow Lin Weidong to write under the banyan tree with peace of mind, William Zhu even gave him a monthly salary of 10,000 yuan and allocated him a computer.
To tell the truth, Lin Weidong was a little tempted, you know, this is the beginning of the 2000s, and the new century has just begun. The salary of 10,000 yuan is definitely a high salary in our country.
Maybe many people will also think that with Lin Weidong's current ability, he is not worthy of such a salary, but in fact, Ning Caishen and Li Xunhuan's monthly salary under the banyan tree has reached 20,000.
In addition, William Zhu also rented a garden house in Shanghai for Ning Caishen, and provided a round-trip air ticket to Beijing for a month.
(I don't have enough time, please forgive me for adding it later)
It is clear that a strategic mistake has been made under the banyan tree.
Banyan Shuxia also went to Beijing to promote Baby Anne's books before, and they handed over the books to the publishing house, just to promote their authors, and the publishing house paid all the manuscript fees to the authors, and the company did not even participate in the sharing of the manuscript fees.
At that time, Baby Anne was already very popular on the Internet, but the publisher was still very hesitant, even if the print run was only 20,000 copies, the publisher still refused to agree.
Therefore, Banyan Shuxia made a strategic mistake, just like Lin Weidong said, if Banyan Shuxia does not publish himself, let others do it, and ask for others, he will become very passive.
Another problem is that in this process, the guigui under the banyan tree is directly skipped, and there is no interest under the banyan tree, which causes the profitability of the website.
Of course, in the face of such a predicament, William Zhu did not sit still, under his leadership, Banyan Shuxia is ready to launch e-books on the Internet, and the price is one to two yuan.
However, Lin Weidong is not optimistic about William Zhu's brand-new attempt, because he knows very well that the micropayment that William Zhu imagined would not be realized until around 2003, first online banking, mobile phone recharge, then point cards, virtual currency, and then Alipay and WeChat.
Therefore, in Lin Weidong's view, the e-book under the banyan tree was done too early and too advanced, and the most important thing to do under the banyan tree at present is still the traditional publishing house.
However, William Zhu did not agree with Lin Weidong's point of view, he felt that if a publishing house was founded under the banyan tree, it would be tantamount to going back again, and it would not be called Internet literature.
William Zhu said proudly: "Lonely City, you may not know, in fact, our e-magazine under the banyan tree is very good, very exquisite, and also uses the best technology and the best creativity, full of pictures and texts." ”
"I believe that the e-magazine we have made with our heart will be recognized by readers and will be successful in the market. ”
Lin Weidong said bluntly: "Mr. Zhu, I still say the same thing, no matter how good your e-book is, it is useless, because the current Internet does not have online payment means at all." ”
Although William Zhu disagreed with Lin Weidong's point of view, his heart was actually a little shaken, because the idea put forward by Lin Weidong was also what he was most worried about at present.
In this era when Alipay was not yet born, there was no online channel, and the charge could only be through the post office.
If at this time, someone is willing to give Banyan a charging system, William Zhu will definitely be willing to kneel down and give him three rings.
After chatting with Lin Weidong for a while, William Zhu also communicated with Lin Weidong about cooperation.
William Zhu meant that he wanted to invite Lin Weidong, like Ning Caishen and Li Xunhuan, to join the team of writers under the banyan tree, become one of the columnists under the banyan tree, and then serialize the novel under the banyan tree, updating at least 20,000 words every month.
In order to allow Lin Weidong to write under the banyan tree with peace of mind, William Zhu even gave him a monthly salary of 10,000 yuan and allocated him a computer.
To tell the truth, Lin Weidong was a little tempted, you know, this is the beginning of the 2000s, and the new century has just begun. The salary of 10,000 yuan is definitely a high salary in our country.
Maybe many people will also think that with Lin Weidong's current ability, he is not worthy of such a salary, but in fact, Ning Caishen and Li Xunhuan's monthly salary under the banyan tree has reached 20,000.
In addition, William Zhu also rented a garden house in Shanghai for Ning Caishen, and provided a round-trip air ticket to Beijing for a month.
In addition, William Zhu also rented a garden house in Shanghai for Ning Caishen, and provided a round-trip air ticket to Beijing for a month.