Chapter Seventy-Three: The Server Goes Down

At first, I just couldn't log in, and then I couldn't open the web page like a snail. Many readers find that clicking on the link takes about three to four minutes to display the pages of the manga.

At first, they suspected that it was a problem with their internet speed, but after logging on to other portals, they found out that it was the reason for "becoming a cartoonist".

A lot of readers who have been paid Jian Anli have quit, and I haven't finished reading "One Punch Man", so what's the matter with suddenly not being able to show me?

So they kept refreshing, the website continued to slow down, and eventually, the server crashed.

Wu Zheng, the founder of "Let's Become a Cartoonist", was also sweating in the office.

Their company, plus programmers and artists, is only a dozen or so. Usually, the PV is only about 200,000, so the rented server is also very small.

Because he had been using it well before, he didn't have the idea of changing servers. After all, the better the server, the more expensive it is to rent.

No one may believe that he hasn't made a profit for a day since he started his website. I have to put a lot of money into it every day.

Employee salaries, server rentals, and office buildings also need money. And the money he can make is only a part of the advertising fee and a part of the commission for the author to find a publication.

But for the sake of reading beauty, it is impossible for him to put all the advertisements on the page. Publishers and authors have also learned so well that they have begun to contact each other privately, and websites have nothing to do about it.

It's not like he hasn't looked for venture capital. But as soon as the venture capital heard that he was doing comics on the Internet, he rejected him.

After all, most of Huaxia's cartoons are still published in magazines. Compared to magazines that can provide manuscript fees and publishing opportunities, the website really has no advantages. And many authors are also worried that readers will not buy books after reading serialized content on the Internet.

Although the popularity of "Devil's Palm Lantern" has cleared up some doubts, many cartoonists still regard online serialization as a flood of beasts.

The whole website,There are about 100 comics serialized at the same time.,Except for the nature of playing tickets.,There are even fewer that are updated every week.。

That's why One Punch Man stands out from the crowd on the site.

Wu Zheng also watched "One Punch" when he was working, but in his opinion, the painting style of "One Punch" was not beautiful enough and there was no possibility of publication, so he passed it from the signing list.

Unexpectedly, this comic that he didn't pay attention to at all was actually recommended by Fu Jian?

Wu Zheng couldn't help but want to read this comic again to see if there were any unknown highlights that he missed.

But now is not the time to read comics. Readers have already quarreled in the Qiandu Tieba on the website because they can't access Wèn.

The server's maintenance personnel rescued for three hours, and finally temporarily restored some of the access functions. However, he still said to Wu Zheng: "You are treating the symptoms rather than the root cause, now there is so much traffic to visit Wèn, and the carrying capacity of your server is limited." Even if it restarts, it won't be long before it goes down. ”

"What then?"

"Look at your current PV, at least change to a medium one. The maintenance master took off the gloves covered with engine oil, "About 200,000 a year, right?"

"Two hundred thousand a year?" Wu Zheng let out a sound like a chicken being choked by the neck from his throat, "So expensive?"

"Expensive, not expensive. The maintenance staff looked at him with a frown, "You can go to other companies to inquire, this configuration is relatively cost-effective in our company." And there are maintenance personnel online 24/7. I advise you to do your best to decide, otherwise it will be troublesome if the server goes down again......"

As soon as he finished speaking, the server's light went out. Wu Zheng's mobile phone rang like a convulsive, and as soon as he answered, it was indeed an employee in the company.

"Mr. Wu, the website can't be opened again!"

"Don't worry, don't worry. What can I do......" Wu Zheng was baked by the heat emitted by the server unit, and bright beads of sweat oozed from his head.

"I'll say it. The maintenance master spread his hands, "No way, it's not our hardware problem." ”

"Do you have to change it?" Wu Zheng is still lucky, but he is really shy now!

And today's drainage of scarves can only be regarded as a special case, who knows if such a high number of visits will be maintained in the future? If it falls back in the future, it will not be a waste of money.

"Can I rent it for a month, and how much does it cost for a month?"

"Big brother, we rent this for a year. The maintenance master's eyes also changed when he looked at him, "You rent for a month, who will rent for the remaining eleven months? ”

"For the sake of our old customers. If I have money, I'll make it up, okay? Otherwise, I'll tell your manager?" Wu Zheng pulled his tie. He felt bitter in his heart, when he was the CEO before, how could he encounter such a situation, he really regretted choosing to start his own business. is in his thirties, and he is like a salesman, who has to be low to everyone.

"Hey, I'm scared of you. Three months is three months. Originally, it was 200,000 a year, even if you were 40,000 in three months, bring the money over, and I will copy the number jù to the new server for you. ”

"Hey, I'm sorry master!" Wu Zheng nodded again and again, "I'll go to the bank at the door to withdraw money!"

……

Finally, after a day of crusading with Fu Jian against various G-class monsters, it was already four or five o'clock when Li Er returned home. Out of a peculiar tacit understanding, the two didn't talk about "Hunter" at all.

He also understood from Fu Jian's mouth, and he also looked down on Bao Congyun.

When he serialized "Demon World Wars", Bao Congyun was a group of editors-in-chief. At that time, Bao Congyun regarded cartoonists like them as a money-making tool for magazines, and pressed them to draw at their workbenches every day.

The weekly serializer was already under a lot of pressure, not to mention that Bao Congyun also wanted to interfere with Fu Jian's story. At that time, "The Young Grandmaster" had a plot of a ring match, and Bao Congyun insisted on adding the plot of his Demon World chapter to the plot of the ring match, and the director Zhan Fu Jian wanted to vomit when he saw the manuscript paper during that time.

Later, the royalties of "Demon Wars" were enough, so he just put aside his pen and stopped drawing. And "The Young Grandmaster" also ended for similar reasons, and with the completion of two popular comics one after another, the sales of "Shangjing Boy" fell by 30% in one go.

This made the editor-in-chief at the time, Nian Shanyao, have to take Xiao Shouxin, the editor-in-charge who has a good relationship with Fu Jian, to visit the door. After some conversations, the magazine signed an unequal contract, that is, it could be updated as much as Fu Jian wanted, and the magazine did not interfere in any way in terms of stories.

finally let Fu Jian reopen the serialization.

Then there are the drafts that readers are familiar with and the long time to go out to collect materials.

Lear analyzed it himself. If you want Fu Jian to voluntarily serialize comics, it is estimated that he can only tempt him with something else.

It's like if you want a donkey to go, hanging a carrot in front of it is the easiest and most effective way. This carrot is money and fame for other cartoonists, but unfortunately these are not used against swords.

What did Fu Jian want? Seeing that he was so empty, I guess he didn't know what it was...... If I knew, I wouldn't be playing games every day.

Li Er had a preliminary idea, which was still inspired by Fu Jian. It can be said that Fu Jian personally handed over his weaknesses to him.