Chapter 072: Hold on to Bai Yiru (1/3)
Jiang Xia continued to attack his heart and said: "Yiru, you are now the strongest company in the industry, if it weren't for you, there would be a lot of criticism, and other small companies basically don't have much chance of survival." If I remember correctly, the first few cases of the great gods were all related to copyright, right?"
Jiang Xia had already checked the information of starry sky literature and found that there had been at least four huge crises in starry sky literature, and each time it almost killed starry sky literature. If it weren't for the opponent's stupid tricks and giving the good situation to others again, it would not have caused the Star Group to dominate the situation now.
"It's not all like that. Bai Yiru frowned and said, "Are you going to talk to me about copyright?"
"Yes, Yiru, think about it, in such a demanding way that you are now, the Star Group is still the first, if the copyright is opened and the author has a certain degree of copyright autonomy, then at that time, a large number of god-level authors will definitely return, and there will be no website in the world that will be your opponent!"
Jiang Xia made the final conclusion: "At that time, if you lose the website of the great god-level author, you are not qualified to compete with you at all!"
I think this conclusion is not much of a problem, at the beginning, many authors left, it was because the copyright is involuntary, there may be a risk of being hacked at any time, so they left Star Literature, if Star Literature can improve this, those authors want to come to more profitable companies, they will be able to know sooner or later.
But......
After thinking for a few seconds, Bai Yiru immediately rejected Jiang Xia's proposal.
Bai Yiru smiled: "Jiang Xia, just praised you twice, and you started to become naΓ―ve again. Now I'm going to ask you a few questions, and if you can help me solve it perfectly, then I can open up the author's copyright autonomy at any time. β
"What's the problem?" Jiang Xia's heart sank darkly. His previous words were just words based on the experience and lessons of Dianniang's practices in his previous life, but he was not the president of Star Literature after all, and there must be a lot of things that he couldn't take into account.
Bai Yiru said unhurriedly: "First, open copyright autonomy, a large number of authors return, god-level authors are launched on our website, how will our website accommodate these god-level authors when the time comes?"
"In fact, the more god-level authors, the more inclined our resources are to them, so where do the recommended resources of newcomers come from?
"Second, the company is not a charity, the company must also make money. Now we have a deep understanding that copyright is our company's biggest profit point, and subscription is just a little sweetness, if we open up copyright, resulting in a decrease in profits, the stock falls, you can solve this loss?"
"Thirdly, our company is now a monopoly, and basically there will be no challenges, even if we have full copyright, the author will still compromise in the end, and then gradually acquiesce to this matter. There is no doubt that in the end, it must be such a result, once the bottom line is broken, next, don't say that there is no bottom line, at least not too many points, the author will not speak. β
"The last point, and also a very important point, is that now, only our starry sky literature can create god-level authors, and other websites do not have this ability!" Bai Yiru said confidently and proudly: "Which of the great gods of other websites did not come out of our starry sky literature?"
Bai Yiru threw all these questions to Jiang Xia, and then naturally didn't care about Jiang Xia's affairs anymore.
Now, she must cancel the long-term contracts of ordinary authors as Jiang Xia said before, and then use generous conditions to win the favor of high-quality authors and let them stay in the Star Group forever, which is the most important thing.
Some things must be divided into levels, otherwise they are meaningless, this is the lesson Bai Yiru has learned.
Not long after, the editors in charge of Star Literature announced to many ordinary authors that if they were willing to cancel the long contract, they could cancel it. In the future, the long-term contract is no longer a constraint, but an honor, and only the author of the high-quality or above can be eligible to get a long-term contract!
As soon as this news came out, the author's forum, that is, the Starry Night forum, instantly boiled.
"What's going on, the conscience surnamed Bai has been discovered?"
"Anyway, this is a good thing, ordinary authors don't need to be bound to starry sky literature, which means that they have a few more outlets, and when the time comes, while writing on a small website, while preaching in starry sky literature, it is still beautiful. β
"What about copyright?"
"It is impossible for ordinary people to sell copyrights in their lifetime, and copyright is also something that authors above the boutique should consider. β
"What if, what if the copyright is sold? Anyway, I'm not going to go to Starry Sky Literature. β
Jiang Xia faced Bai Yiru's questions, and he asked himself if he had no way to answer.
As the president of the company, Bai Yiru naturally has her own considerations. The company is not a charity, and if Bai Yiru can't make a lot of money for the company, then she must resign and leave. And the next president will inevitably go further and further on the road of full copyright.
In the past, Jiang Xia felt that it was impossible for the president to leave his job, and the president meant covering the sky with one hand, but later he learned that there was another thing called the board of directors.
In addition, Bai Yiru is not completely in charge of the Star Group.
Now the Star Group is already a branch of the Penguin Empire, but it is just operating independently. Bai Yiru also has a boss, if she doesn't do well, she still has to get out.
Jiang Xia's heart was very complicated, and his face was a little ugly.
"Dad, what's wrong?" Jiang Wei said, "It can't be a quarrel with my mother, right? β
Qiao Chuhan pushed the wheelchair over and asked curiously, "What are you talking about, can I listen to it?"
Seeing that Jiang Weiyu and Qiao Chuhan cared so much, Jiang Xia's mood also improved a lot: "It's not a big deal, it's none of my business to talk about it, in short, I'm just nosy." β
"No, Dad, you're doing it for Mommy's good. Jiang Wei corrected Jiang Xia's words.
Hearing that it turned out to be Jiang Xia and Jiang Weiyu's mother's matter, Qiao Chuhan was not easy to interject, so he had to say, "Uncle, Weiyu, let me cut a few slices of cantaloupe for you." Mom bought it in the small supermarket downstairs, and it tasted very sweet. β
Qiao Chuhan went to open the refrigerator and took out a large piece of cantaloupe.
"Sister Chuhan, it's inconvenient for you, so I'd better come. Jiang Weiyu hurriedly went up to help.
Jiang Xia sat on the sofa, his mind still echoing with what Bai Yiru had said before, and his thoughts were a little difficult to calm down.
After eating the cantaloupe, the rich melon aroma, and the coolness after being chilled, after entering the stomach, he was finally able to get rid of the shadow of this matter and feel refreshed.
"I'm going to the recording studio, you guys practice hard, if you remember well, it won't be long before Wei Yu will participate in the piano competition in the district, right?"
"Dad, I thought you didn't remember. β
"Why, for the sake of delicious food every day, I can't forget this important event. β
"Hee-hee, okay, let my godmother make you a bowl of braised pork and sweet and sour tenderloin at night. β
"Yes, you have a bit of a conscience. Jiang Xia waved his hand.
At night, Jiang Xia, who didn't have to continue to catch up with the comics, fell down on the soft quilt to rest after finishing an arrangement.
Open the browser casually, and the result browser page stays on the starry night forum at noon.
clicked on it and took a look, Jiang Xia found that Bai Yiru really did what she proposed before, canceling the long-term contract of ordinary authors.
Seeing the many excited and praised words on the forum, Jiang Xia suddenly had a sense of accomplishment.
Next, a post asked, "Is there any other place where you can preach the Tao than starry sky literature?"
"There is basically no ......"
"Don't think about it, except for starry sky literature, which can create gods, other websites have very poor god-making capabilities, and the recognition of locally-created gods is very low, and the top gods are still the ones who have left from starry sky literature. β
"I hate to admit it, but it's true. β
Jiang Xia suddenly thought of Bai Yiru's confident and proud words before. If he said that Bai Yiru's first three points, he couldn't refute them, but the fourth point was debatable.
Are other sites really incapable of creating gods?
Jiang Xia sent a message to Bai Yiru: "Yiru, you said that other websites can't create gods, right? What if someone succeeds in the outer station and reaches the level of your top god of starry sky literature?"
"Childish. Bai Yiru added: "NaΓ―ve." β
Bai Yiru suddenly smiled and said: "You won't be going to write online articles, right? Let me tell you, comics are one thing, online articles are another, you better not be distracted." β
"I'm just asking, I mean, if, if you think I'm naΓ―ve, can you answer naively once?"
"Forget it, I'll tell you, if someone really is on other websites, they can reach the level of the top gods of our website, I can admit defeat, and when the time comes, I will appropriately open up some author's rights, what do you think?"
"Good. Jiang Xia nodded.
"But to put it mildly, you're a bit influential now, so you can't help people too much, otherwise you won't count. Bai Yiru said angrily.
"I know what you mean, you mean that you have to rely on the strength of the website itself and the author himself, not with external forces, right?"
"That's right. β
"Then it's settled. Jiang Xia immediately found a large-scale online website, and was ready to cultivate the author account without using his current influence.