Chapter 25 To Sign or Not to Sign
Yu Zhe and Zhao Zejun were in a city, not far from each other, and had dinner together. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
There's no way, Zeyue's writer has been making too much trouble recently because of this signing system.
The first batch of writers were basically brought by Yu Zhe, especially several god-level writers, who had various relationships with Yu Zhe, and as we all know, Yu Zhe and Zhao Zejun, the boss of Zeyue, had a very good personal relationship, so he asked Yu Zhe to talk to Zhao Zejun, and wanted to find Zhao Zejun to ask for an accurate word, what was the situation in front of him.
"Boss, are you playing big this time?" Yu Zhe said a little uneasy: "The authors have a lot of opinions." β
Zhao Zejun smiled and said nonchalantly: "How many people are making trouble?"
"I don't know the exact number of people, it's quite a lot anyway. Yu Zhe said.
"You write novels, you know, on the Internet, as long as there are a few people making a fuss, they can make a lot of noise. In fact, the vast majority of people quietly write and read books without speaking, so the opinions of the people who make trouble may not represent the real public opinion. Zhao Zejun said.
"This ......" Yu Zhe felt that there was something wrong with Zhao Zejun's words, but he couldn't say it for a while.
Zhao Zejun waved his hand: "Think about it, why are they making trouble? For fairness and justice, for the healthy and orderly development of the online novel industry, and for the realization of life ideals?"
"Of course not, it's not because of the signing that it moved their cake. As a party, Yu Zhe is very clear on this point, saying: "If they sign a contract, they will be constrained; You give them a multiple-choice question, freedom on one side and money on the other. Of course they were annoyed. β
"That's right!" Zhao Zejun smiled: "The more fierce they scream, the more it shows that they care about the benefits that have been obtained before, they are contradictory, on the one hand, they want to be free, and on the other hand, they can't get the benefits of their hands, so they will make a fuss." I'll be honest with you, if no one objects, then I'm worried. β
handed over a cigarette and snorted, "If you are willing to give up, you will have to give up." I want everything, how can there be such a good thing in the world?"
Yu Zhe took the cigarette, lit it for Zhao Zejun first, pondered the meaning, and said uncertainly: "Boss, you mean, it's okay to make a fuss?
"There is definitely an impact, and the loss of authors is certainly inevitable. Zhao Zejun said.
"Then you still ......"
"Wait and see, it's too early to say anything. If you tell those high-end writers, just say my words, and be willing to stay, Zeyue will not treat them badly, and if you want to leave, I will definitely not be embarrassed. β
Zhao Zejun smiled faintly: "As for the outline I helped them improve before, just let everyone know each other, and I will give them a gift." β
"Boss, when did you become so polite?!" Yu Zhe was stunned, this is completely inconsistent with Boss Zhao's style of acting, when it comes to friends, Zhao Zejun's righteousness is enough to be a scene, but when he does business, he has never seen him suffer. What's more, it's still taking the initiative to suffer?
"Not only can you go, but you also tell them that if you leave now, you want to come back in the future, and I welcome them as well. Of course, in terms of recommended resources, it must be tilted towards authors who are loyal to the site. β
Yu Zhe couldn't help laughing: "Boss, your old man's mouth moved, and he tilted down the recommended resources slightly, we are bitter writers, the results are a landslide, how dare they go." β
"You're still a bitter writer? Zhao Zejun rolled his eyes: "Your monthly income should be stable at 30,000 yuan, right?"
"Hey, hey, hey......"
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Zeyue's notice has an impact on the online novel industry almost everywhere.
The top brass of each site had their own thoughts, the site's staff were talking, the great writers were talking about what to do in private.
'Shooting Cloud' is an ordinary writer on Zeyue's Chinese website, and his grades are not up or down, and he can't be compared with a great god like Blood Cloud, but there are thousands of readers, and the hard writing award and reward add up, and you can earn a small few hundred a month. Last month, Zeyue changed the policy, and the Diligent Writing Award was issued that month, and he earned 530 yuan.
The total amount of money is not much, but he works seriously, and it is only 1,600 yuan a month, compared to more than 500 yuan, which is not a small amount of money that can be ignored.
Seeing this signing system, he was a little big.
Sign a contract, personal freedom is gone, and the copyright of the novel does not belong to you, it feels like raising a son with hard work, but giving it to others, which is really difficult to accept.
If you don't sign a contract, a few hundred dollars a month will be gone.
"Wife, do you think I should sign a contract?" Sheyun asked his wife.
After his wife figured out what happened, she stared at him for a long time, "I said that you wrote novels with a bad brain?"
"What do you mean?"
"You're stupid. If you can't go to other websites to write books, you won't go, and if you write books on other websites, can you earn five or six hundred yuan?"
Sheyun thought about it, according to his current level, and the welfare benefits of other websites, if he goes to other websites to write books, the income will definitely not be as good as Ze Yue, not to mention anything else, the diligent writing award is much less.
"But my copyright is gone!" said Sheyun.
"My husband, why are you so naΓ―ve? Look at so many online novels, how many books can be sold for money? If you look at those novels whose copyrights have been sold for money, how many readers do they have? How many readers do you have? Your copyright is not worth much in the first place. β
Sheyun's wife rolled her eyes and said, "Besides, if you can really sell the copyright in the future, you can still get half of it, and the website will be operated, and you don't want to worry about a penny." Why not?"
"It seems like that's the truth. But I always have a pimple in my heart. Sheyun muttered.
Women value the present, and men think more about the future, so sometimes women may miss opportunities, but men are easy to be ambitious, and his wife continued: "You work tirelessly in the factory for a year, grab a head with your colleagues, evaluate the advanced, add a salary, and only 100 yuan a month." You are now at home every day, drinking tea and listening to songs with an electric fan, more than 500 a month, what do you want to do?
"Okay, I'm thinking about ......," Sheyun said as he refreshed the background of the website a little boredly.
Swiping and brushing, a new message pops up.
In order to protect the interests of the majority of contracted writers, Zeyue Chinese Network will increase the diligent writing award to 400 yuan per month from next month. β
Shooting clouds' eyelids jumped.
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Like Sheyun, all the writers of Zeyue Chinese Network received a notice to improve the Diligent Writing Award.
The weight of this notice is very heavy, in other words, as long as you are willing to sign a contract and maintain the number of words every month, even if there is no reader, you can get 400 yuan.
400 yuan, which has exceeded the minimum living security standard in most cities across the country.
The extra 100 yuan crossed the subsistence line, like the last straw that broke the camel's back, and also broke the hearts of many writers.
At the same time, Zeyue's legal department was established, and the contract system was officially implemented. Several of the lawyers were temporarily seconded from outside law firms, and like most of the staff, they worked part-time.
Zeyue is not short of money, but good steel should be used on the blade, it is currently the beginning of the Internet economy to burn money, every penny, must be able to burn valuable, burn a layer of skin of competitors.
It didn't take long for the contract system to be effective.
As expected, the author ran off almost a third.