The phone was quickly connected, Zhao Zejun used it hands-free, and the people in the office held their breath and heard Mr. Wu's familiar voice ringing on the other end of the phone. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

However, this time, there was no previous smile and praise for each other, only a calm tone of 'Hey, hello Mr. Zhao'.

"Mr. Wu, hello. The starting point launched a buyout and pulled away a large number of writers from Zeyue, do you know this?" asked Zhao Zejun.

On the other end of the phone, Mr. Wu pondered for a moment: "Yes, I know, I also agreed." ”

"Mr. Wu, are you going to war?" asked Zhao Zejun leaning back in his chair.

"Mr. Zhao, if Zeyue still has the ability to fight a price war, we must accompany us to the end from the starting point, and I am personally honored to be able to compete with a company like Zeyue, regardless of success or failure!"

After Mr. Wu finished speaking, his words changed: "But Mr. Zhao, the stall of the post bar is so big, are you really willing to give up your efforts and come back to compete for the online novel market?"

Zhao Zejun smiled faintly: "You seem to know our financial situation very well." ”

"Haha, knowing yourself and knowing your opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles. Playing against an opponent like Zeyue, how can I not be fully prepared?"

Zhao Zejun groaned for a while, and said: "Mr. Wu, have you thought about it, if I am willing to raise money, I can also get money and fight a lose-lose price war with you." ”

"Financing means that the management is scattered, and if you want to completely beat us in terms of price, Mr. Zhao, do you think that under the premise that the entire online novel market can only be regarded as a small cake, how many shares does Zeyue need to take out in order to raise enough money?"

Mr. Wu's tone changed, and he said firmly: "Mr. Zhao, according to my understanding of you, you are by no means the kind of person who is willing to sacrifice management power for money, if you guess correctly, you would rather not do online novels than let Ze Yue fall into the hands of others, right?"

Zhao Zejun was silent for a moment, and suddenly laughed.

The one who knows you best is often not your friend, but your enemy.

The people in the office looked at each other, and in this phone call, the top management of the starting point had completely pierced the fig leaf between the two companies, which was tantamount to telling everyone that the starting point and Zeyue had officially started a war.

At this moment, Mr. Wu's voice suddenly softened, and he said in a rather sincere tone: "Mr. Zhao, you and I are both understanding people, I know that once Zeyue grows, he will not let go of the starting point, and vice versa, if this battle continues, the final result is still a lose-lose." Actually, I have another suggestion, would you like to hear it?"

"Tell me about it?"

"Your Tieba project, in the long run, may not be worse than the online novel industry, even if it has made a good start, why not make it bigger and stronger? I believe that with your ability, as long as you concentrate on making Tieba, it will not take two or three years, Tieba will definitely become a well-known big project in the country. It's not as good as this, you and Zeyue transformed, gradually withdrew from the online novel industry, and the starting point received the plate left by Zeyue, as compensation, I took out 15% of the shares from the starting point to give you personally, but you don't participate in the management, no matter what scale the starting point develops in the future, you can sit back and enjoy the results. ”

When this suggestion was made, Rizhao and several others frowned at the same time, and subconsciously looked at Zhao Zejun.

Zhao Zejun stared at the phone and smiled.

"Mr. Wu, it is also my honor to compete with the starting point, so we will see you on the battlefield?"

Mr. Wu paused for a few seconds and laughed: "Okay, see you on the battlefield!"

After speaking, the phone rang with a busy tone.

Zhao Zejun pressed the phone and hung up the button, sat up straight, his eyes swept over the faces of several people in the office, and said lightly: "Everyone, perform your duties, do your job well, and the battle to determine the final pattern of online novels has arrived." ”

……

The long-quiet online novel world has rekindled the flames of war.

A week later, the starting point launched a high-profile hero list: a total of 82 online novel writers from Zeyue were bought out by the starting point and transferred to the starting point to publish books.

From the most distinctive link on the front page of the starting point, the personal photos and works of 82 writers are lined up in a long column from top to bottom.

The first to bear the brunt, the first in line, is the fantasy god 'Wings Flying', who is a god in Zeyue.

As one of the several gods that Zeyue praised in the first half of the year, the total collection of Wings Flying in Zeyue exceeded 200,000, and the average was forced to 7,000, and the number of rewards for the alliance leader in the last book even exceeded the last part of the blood cloud rogue series, becoming the first god of Zeyue to break the 30 League.

In addition, in Tieba, the number of followers of the volley Tieba is close to the blood cloud.

The industry's evaluation of volleys is extremely high, and it was once believed that this is the leading figure in the fantasy world after the blood cloud, and even within a year or two, it is very promising to replace the blood cloud and become the first god of fantasy in China!

Volleying has caused a sensational impact in the industry, and the eyes of almost everyone who knows the online novel industry have once again returned to the battlefield of online novels.

From the data given by the traffic statistics website, it can be intuitively seen that in a short period of time, affected by the buyout and job hopping, the traffic at the starting point has skyrocketed by 15%, while the traffic of Zeyue has decreased by nearly 10%.

On the first day of the volley's book, the total reward amount exceeded 2 million starting coins, the collection exceeded 4,000, and the recommended votes approached the 20,000 mark!

And as time passed, Ze Yue didn't seem to make any counterattack, and watched the starting point grow bigger.

Many domestic media are discussing this sudden online novel war.

"Hello everyone, this is the network observation room column, today we invited China's well-known network economy experts, the founder of Xin Lei input method, Mr. Sun Xinlei. Hello Mr. Sun,Recently, the war in the online novel industry has been rekindled,As the founder of the input method with the most direct relationship with code words,What is your opinion on this?"

The guest thought to himself that the level of this host is really not good, I developed the input method, I should understand the web novel?

He smiled and said, "I'll talk about it from the perspective of an Internet practitioner." First, I didn't expect that a year or two ago, it was still an obscure industry and almost no industry: online novels, in just one or two years, there have been several big movements, attracting the attention of the entire Internet. Ze Yue rose, hit Huanjian hard, and then Huanjian starting point alliance, countering Ze Yue, followed by the limelight, Ze Yue starting point teamed up, the Huanjian expelled the trip, this was calm for less than half a year, Ze Yue and the starting point were divided and combined, and the Armageddon began. Haha, this at least shows that the online novel industry has grown unconsciously, and the leaders of both companies are bold and ambitious entrepreneurs. ”

"Just now you mentioned the word Armageddon, do you think this is the last battle between the starting point and Zeyue?"

"Personally, I think so. Whether it is the starting point or Zeyue, it is a large company in the industry, but in the entire business circle, it is only two small enterprises with an annual profit of less than 10 million, whether the leaders of the two companies subjectively admit it or not, but in fact, after experiencing such a tragic price war as a buyout, one of the two websites must be completely dragged down, either completely out of the stage, or it is modeled after the previous Huanjian, and retreat to the second line, or even the third line. ”

"Since it is a decisive battle, the starting point has been approaching step by step, taking the upper hand, since the first batch of buyout authors, a large number of Zeyue authors are moving, every day someone takes a group of readers to jump ship to the starting point, and Zeyue has not made a move so far, do you think Zeyue has a backhand?"

The host paused, and then said: "From the analysis of the competition process in the novel industry in the past few times, although Zhao Zejun, the head of Zeyue, is young, he is fierce and old-fashioned, and he is especially good at making a late strike. ”

"Well, this time it's not the same as the previous ones. The guest shook his head: "In the last price war, the reason why Ze Yue was able to win the last strike was because Huan Jian and the starting point swallowed a large number of 'poison pills' deliberately thrown out by Ze Yue, and spent a lot of money, but bought a batch of worthless burdens. And this time is different, the starting point's understanding of online novels is not weaker than Zeyue, and the books that can be bought out have a certain potential, not only the authors can write money-making books, but these authors will also bring a large number of readers to the website, and in turn, new readers who join the starting point will find other books to read at the starting point, further improving the income of the starting point author. Initially, a starting point buyout may lose money, but in the long run, it is a virtuous cycle. ”

"Oh, I see, what you mean is that the first price war in the online novel industry, the reason why Zeyue won was because of the establishment of a virtuous circle model, and the Huanqi Alliance ate the poison pill and fell into a vicious circle. This time it's the other way around. ”

The host smiled: "It seems that it really responds to the old saying, when you come out to mix, you have to pay it back." Do you think Ze Yue has not done it so far, is there a hindsight?"

The guest nodded and smiled: "Zeyue's Zhao Zejun is too cunning, several battles have scared everyone, and the fear of him has fueled his strength, in fact, Zeyue does not have the backup move from time to moment as we imagined, this time, it is likely that it is indeed because he is helpless." ”

"Oh? That's an interesting idea. ”

"The only thing that can fight against buyouts is buyouts in the same magnitude class. As far as I know, Zhao Zejun, the head of Zeyue, not long ago, launched a product called 'Tieba', which consumed a lot of money and energy, and there was no extra money to fight the price war. The advantage of the business is that it can rise rapidly in a short period of time, but there is also the fatal flaw of lack of funds. ”

"Then do you think that Zhao Zejun himself will sink into the sand this time?"

"I can't say that, after all, the post bar project is still very successful at this stage, and Zhao Zejun's wealth and career may not shrink. But one thing is certain, after this battle, Zhao Zejun's position in the online novel industry will be greatly impacted, and the starting point is likely to replace Zeyue and become the real hegemon in the online novel industry. ”