Chapter 21 Shelves
"This time, Chen Feng's performance this quarter is very good. ”
In the conference room of Kunlun Publishing House, the heads of various departments were present, and the president praised the editorial department of the villain book led by Chen Feng.
"The "Pokemon" villain book launched this time has achieved unprecedented results, and so far, a total of 2.5 million copies have been sold......"
Chen Feng suddenly laughed and interjected: "Dad, this is last week's results." The third batch of 2 million copies has also been released, and it has now exceeded 3 million copies!"
The president nodded and said, "Well, 3 million copies." There has never been a villain book in history that has sold so high! Chen Feng has made a lot of contributions, and I mention yì ......"
"Wait, President!"
Suddenly, a man next to him who was about the same age as him, about 50 years old, and had an elegant appearance, interjected.
All eyes fell on this man.
The president frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Li Qingyun, are there any other questions?"
Li Qingyun, editor-in-chief of traditional literature at Kunlun Publishing House, has a close relationship with many well-known writers.
"Chen Feng's achievements are indeed unprecedented. Li Qingyun first affirmed Chen Feng's achievements, and after Chen Feng heard it, he laughed proudly, this hometown always looked down on himself in the past, but now he has to admit himself, Chen Feng is in a very happy mood.
"But......" Li Qingyun's tone changed in vain, and he even knocked the table twice, "The impact of this book on us is also extremely huge...... If it is not handled well, the consequences will be unimaginable!"
The people around them were either silent or discussing, because the main business of the publishing house was novels, so little attention was paid to villain books, and many people did not know until the meeting that their publishing house had published a villain book that could sell 3 million copies.
"The impact of the villain book?"
"What exactly is the impact?"
When others were asking, Chen Feng, who was sitting at the end of the seat, leaned back in his chair, looked at Li Qingyun with contempt in his eyes, and said, "Editor-in-chief Li, I know you look down on me. But don't be alarmist. Tell me how the impact is unimaginable!"
Li Qingyun didn't raise his eyelids, and said to himself: "It is rumored outside that our "Pokemon" is plagiarized from a work called "Pokemon", do you say yes or no?"
Plagiarize!
The conference room, which was still quiet, exploded, and everyone asked each other for details.
All of you here are engaged in publishing, and they know how much plagiarism affects a publishing house: in this era of great importance of copyright, once caught in the storm of plagiarism, those well-known authors will definitely draw a line with the publishing house - no one likes a publishing house that may plagiarize their own work to publish their work.
When all the authors under his command are gone, the publishing house is not far from going out of business.
"Li Qingyun, the consequences of indiscriminate slander are also very strict. The president looked stern, glanced at Li Qingyun deeply, warned him, and then said to Chen Feng: "Chen Feng, you can explain." ”
Chen Feng stood up, leaned on the table with one hand, patted his head with the other and said: "Hehe, Editor-in-Chief Li, are you really my Chen Feng brainless? Growing up in a publishing house since I was a child, how could I not know the risk of plagiarism?"
"Besides, if I really plagiarized, then why didn't the author sue me? Instead, let my "Pokemon" sell 3 million copies?" Chen Feng asked rhetorically, and as he spoke, he took out a stack of manuscripts and distributed a copy to everyone.
"This is our Pokémon and the other is Pokemon. After sending it, Chen Feng returned to his seat and sat down: "The evidence is all in front of you, you can look at it casually and see if I have copied it...... Hehe, if borrowing is also plagiarism, then people all over the world don't write books, it's all plagiarism!"
Everyone picked up the sketches one after another, and these editors are very good at playing edge balls, so it can be seen at a glance that although these look similar, if you look at them according to the corresponding regulations of the National Copyright Administration, they are indeed not plagiarism.
Some editors-in-chief also frowned, although this kind of behavior is still shameful, but after all, it is a marginal game, just a villain book, and the impact is not great, for the sake of the president is his father, everyone is silent.
Li Qingyun skimmed through the two manuscripts, was silent for a moment, and then asked: "Since there is no plagiarism, why did you contact other publishing houses to block "Pokemon"?"
And this stubble?
Others looked at each other suspiciously, and the publishing house banned it, which is the treatment only that some gods who have offended the publishing house have!
If it is an ordinary author, if there is no publishing house to promote and distribute it, it will not even be used to ban it, and it will soon disappear.
And a villain book, can it be so targeted?
Or is it just Chen Feng abusing his power and suppressing newcomers?
"Hehe, he originally came to our publishing house to submit his manuscript, but he didn't accept the favorable conditions we offered. Chen Feng was disdainful in his heart, and probably in order to take revenge, he still took Kong Guangwen's last advice.
Many people pouted, obviously not convinced. Chen Feng is notoriously fond of squeezing authors, and the treatment he gives is too low, but the conditions are extremely harsh. That's why he was placed in the villain book department, otherwise as the prince of the publishing house, even if he doesn't take over traditional literature, he will definitely go to the online novel department to experience.
"Just borrowing from it can sell well, and I hope you can treat this person with caution and at the same time do your best to calm this turmoil. I don't want Kunlun's signboard to be smashed by you!" Li Qingyun stared at Chen Feng, after all, he was also the veteran of Kunlun Publishing House, and he was unhappy with Chen Feng, but he still attached great importance to the interests of the publishing house.
Chen Feng suddenly smiled, revealing an extremely arrogant demeanor: "Cautious? It's just the author of a villain book! Although that guy has a website and serializes it on the Internet, but there is no publishing channel, what waves can he afford? Serialize villain books on the Internet? Does he want to follow the route of serialization and subscription like online texts? Haha, joke! Who are the people who read villain books? Children! Do you want to rely on those bear children who have not grown up and are hot for three minutes, will they have the money and patience to subscribe to villain books?"
Chen Feng, He Chen's website, already knew that the manuscript of "Pokemon" in his hand was downloaded and printed from there.
Many people nodded their heads, and Chen Feng's analysis was still in place. If you can make money from children, why is the market for villain books so sluggish?
As for the big sale of "Pokemon" this time, they only regarded it as a miracle, after all, there were also villain books that sold well, but they will disappear after that.
That's why people are completely abandoning the children's market...... If there is no money to make in the market, ** will continue to do it!
At the same time, in He Chen's dormitory, He Chen, Zhou Zhe, and Luo Hao are also busy, and their website will be revised today!
"Luo Hao, how are the registration, comments, and recharge systems?"
Luo Hao made an OK gesture to He Chen, and said loudly: "No problem!
"Zhou Zhe, how did the readers respond?"
Zhou Zhe stroked his eyes, and while staring at the website, he reported to He Chen: "The number of registrations is gradually increasing, and it has exceeded 500 people!"
Traffic is far less responsive than the number of registrants.
500 people...... Appalling!
He Chen thought in his heart, and immediately smiled confidently, much better than expected, he thought that only students from his sister's class would register. Except for the person who called what time it was, there was no advertising or publicity, and it was beyond He Chen's expectation that there would be 500 people.
After all, the game has not yet been launched, and the true charm of Pokemon has not yet been revealed.
"The comment system was also widely acclaimed, most of the people left messages saying that they looked good, hoping that the update would be faster, and some people left messages to support us against Kunlun. ”
He Chen stood behind Zhou Zhe and watched, now the number of people is still small, and the comments under each comic can be read at a glance, it seems that everyone is extremely enthusiastic about discussing the plot directly under the comics without having to post it.
"What about the recharge system?" He Chen asked again.
"Security issues, you can rest assured, there will be absolutely no bugs. However, so far, no one has topped up. ”
He Chen nodded, it is still all free, and there is nothing to consume on the website, so no one recharges.
Zhou Zhe turned around, looked at He Chen and said, "It looks like you want to learn like an online novel website?"
"Hmm!" He Chen said, "Of course we won't be all free, otherwise what will we eat? We can't just rely on copyright to make money every time, right? We must have our own income channels." ”
"Do you really think someone will subscribe to comics online?" Zhou Zhe still had doubts in his heart.
He Chen patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I only want to say two points: first, you underestimate comics, and second, you underestimate the children's economy!"
Zhou Zhe was silent and did not comment on this: "Then how do you set the price?"
According to He Chen's vision, this will not be the only comic website he has, and more and more people will join the cartoonist industry in the future.
Therefore, a reasonable pricing is related to their future......
The pricing can't be too high, otherwise readers can't afford it, but it can't be too low, otherwise no one will want to become a cartoonist if they don't see the benefits.
"This also can't be copied from the pricing of online novels, novels only need to be written as a story, while comics need to be drawn, and the effort spent on the two is different. Zhou Zhe thought about it and added another sentence.
In the last life, there was only one way for comics to be published in magazines, and each word was fixed at 19P to 24P, which was set according to the total number of pages of the magazine.
You don't need to consider this article if you serialize it on the website, so if it's pricing, you can consider learning the method of pricing 1,000 words in the online article, and set it on a per-page basis.
In the case of a cartoonist, in addition to having a super big touch, keeping every Monday is the limit, so the minimum of comic magazines is only weekly.
Because He Chen himself is different, he can't be measured.
He had to take into account other ordinary people, and in full-time cases, he would change 20 pages a week, priced with the aim of at least being able to support himself.
He Chen thought for a while and said, "5 points per page, release requirements, each word cannot be less than 10 pages." The author gets 75% and the website gets 25%...... That's it for now. ”
By the standard, it's about 1 yuan per word. One dollar a week is not a problem for people nowadays! Then as long as you have 500 subscriptions, you can also have 1500 for four shifts a month, and it is no problem to feed yourself from starvation. If you add full attendance, then it is no worse than ordinary work.
This price is similar to what Zhou Zhe thought in his heart, so he nodded and agreed, and asked Luo Hao to add this pricing to the VIP system.
In the evening, Dmfun's VIP system was officially launched, and Pokemon was on the shelves!
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