Half past eight in the evening.

Matthew returned home with heavy steps.

As a lawyer, he has a busy day.

And the only leisure time is just reading novels and brushing up on the news.

Even when I was in college, my favorite game console had already been thrown into the storage room and covered with dust.

Today, as always, while eating takeout, he clicked into the Yahoo website and browsed the web.

Suddenly, an ad on Yahoo's homepage caught his attention.

Novel?

Site?

Is it like Amazon?

Matthew complained inwardly: What do the people who built these websites think? In a physical bookstore, you can still roughly look through the books to your liking.

Online bookstore?

What can be seen just by looking at the synopsis and the book reviewer's recommendations?

Isn't it a pure waste of money that a book is so expensive and unappetizing?

Thinking so, he clicked into this website called it.

Anyway, just look at the cover of the book.

If the cover piques your interest, then go to the physical bookstore tomorrow, look through the contents, and then decide whether to buy it or not.

I will never buy a novel on the Internet that I can't even turn over.

But after entering the website, he looked at the page of this website with some surprise.

It's not Amazon's kind of situation, where you put a book cover, book review, and then click to buy.

Most of the books on this website can still be viewed directly?

So, what does it make money on?

Is there a copyright infringement of the work?

Matthew's occupational illness has risen.

He looked at the most conspicuous cover on the website, hesitated, and clicked in.

Title: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

By J.K. Rowling.

Haven't heard of it.

Matthew shook his head and continued to look down.

At the beginning, a little boy is a wizard who was adopted by his uncle's family?

He looked away from the computer screen and glanced at A Song of Ice and Fire on the table.

Is it another fantasy novel?

What's going on this year, it's all magic, wizard genres.

However, don't want the money anyway, just keep looking.

Harry was bullied, and a self-description made Matthew frown.

Why, such a heavy taste of "I am an archmage"?

I wouldn't buy this kind of book in a bookstore.

He continued to look down.

Harry was recruited into the school of witchcraft and wizardry, got on the train, and met two companions, a man and a woman.

A passage of "the gears of fate begin to turn"...

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Although it's a bit of a middle two, it's still a little inexplicable.

Then, the fantasy world described in the book seems to be a bit interesting.

A strange transfiguration, a mysterious mentor, and a villain who can't name names.

It's just a bit too many words, and meaningless landscape descriptions take up a large proportion of a chapter.

Matthew shook his head and said to himself, "This book can't be published, it's a waste of paper." ”

Finally, Harry was about to play in the ring at the school of witchcraft and wizardry.

Victory after victory, watching Matthew was a little excited.

It was about to compete with the school's genius, and he looked at the page excitedly.

And then...

Please pay?

Holy,

What kind of routine is this?

Matthew didn't want to look at it, but his heart was extremely itchy.

Never mind

Let's see how much it is, right?

He clicks on the payment button, and the page says $0.05.

5 cents?

Can't even buy a pack of chewing gum.

Matthew paid without thinking about it and continued to look down.

After a fierce battle, Harry defeated the school's genius.

Next, it's time to see how the rest of the school was surprised.

Matthew nodded excitedly.

And then...

Payment again?

,,!

Matthew almost smashed the mouse angrily, but after thinking about it for a while, he still obediently paid.

And, in order not to keep popping up this payment screen, he bought the $5 one at once.

That's it, five dollars, five dollars, five dollars...

At midnight.

Matthew, who finally finished watching "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", calculated in his heart, he actually spent 25 dollars?

And, haven't got a physical book yet?

No way.

You can't just lose for nothing.

Matthew thought for a moment and clicked into the Arcane Throne, which was ranked second on the homepage.

The physical version of the book sells for $40, and you can read some free chapters yourself, even if you earn a little back.

So, two hours later.

Matthew looked at the computer screen blankly, and muttered, "This is the end?"

"I can pay. ”

This kind of thing happens to many people who have the habit of surfing the Internet.

And this has also led to the message under some novels becoming: Hurry up and write, I can pay...

At this moment, Wang Yan, Tom, and Dorsey looked at the data in the background of the website, and their faces were full of joy.

It's late at night and the number of views to the site is still growing.

And the number of people paying for "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" continues to increase.

After thinking for a moment, Wang gradually felt that something had to be resolved.

Otherwise, in the future, there will be great hidden dangers.

He clapped his hands, and when Tom and Rosie turned their heads to look at them, he said, "I think our website needs to be regularized." ”

"You've all put in a lot during the creation of the site. I hope that together we can become bigger and stronger. ”

"So, I propose that the three of us become partners and be considered co-founders of the website. ”

"As for the proportion of shares in the owned website, you can put it forward, and we will discuss it together. ”

Dorsey said excitedly, "We're at the stage of Jobs' underground garage and Dell's grocery room?"

Tom and Wang glanced at each other and laughed at the same time.

But some people rejoice, and some people are sad.

Amazon's chairman's office, Bezos looked at it, his brows furrowed tightly.

Although he always believed that the site had potential, he was not too worried.

Because, the book authorizations of major publishing houses are in their own hands.

And this small website, only some rejected writers will publish their works on it.

If you think about it, the overall quality of these rejected works is definitely lower than that of published works.

Then, in the book market where content is king, the other party will definitely not be able to beat its own Amazon.

But who would have thought that young Asian would find a way to do it.

Split the content of the novel and sell it, and give a certain amount of free content to read before charging.

This directly erases the current inconvenience of buying books online.

It's even more convenient than a brick-and-mortar bookstore.

Because, there is no way to buy a physical book in one chapter, and it is as cheap as 5 cents.

But because of the copyright of the book, he couldn't learn from the other party.

Bezos unconsciously clicked the mouse, jumped out, and entered a new website.

He took a closer look.

This is exactly a shopping site for individual sellers, eBay.

Bezos stared at the screen for a long time before finally laughing.

"How big a market can there be for a book sale. ”

"It's actually a good thing to be a little more ambitious. ”