Changing places?

At present, the most popular novel serialization website in China is also the sky of the dragon.

Although there are also serials such as Golden Book House and Tianxia Book League, their popularity cannot be compared to the sky of the dragon.

Of course, in addition to the sky of the dragon, there is also Tianya literature.

However, no one in Tianya Literature has yet to realize the difference between online literature and traditional literature, and Zhang Ning will not choose to go back to Tianya either.

Just when Zhang Ning was thinking about whether he was going to set up an online literature site in advance, a friend who had been added before pulled Zhang Ning to a QQ group.

Original Fiction Association, this is the name of the QQ group.

Entering the QQ group, at this time, the entire QQ group has been discussed boiling.

However, this discussion is not about how the novel should be written, but about the idea of the future.

"I think Dragon Sky's copyright operation model is too complex and too high-end, which may not be conducive to the joining of new authors in the future."

The group leader, Bao Jianfeng, said in the group.

"I also feel that most of the novels can't be published, which may discourage a lot of the original authors. The authors have no income, and it's okay for him to be interested in writing for a few months to play, but it's basically impossible to call him a long-term serialization. ”

Another netizen named Heart of Darkness also took over.

"Yes, there are many authors in the sky of the dragon who have such a situation now, just like the authors of the legends of mortal cultivators, who break the update at every turn, and don't write at every turn. It's not bad, the publication of this work sold for a lot of money, and he still has the money to guarantee his creation. However, there are many authors who can't be published, they have been serialized for months without a penny, and in the end, these novels have to be eunuchs, which is a very sad thing. ”

"Yes, many people scolded those authors and eunuchs, but I don't think it's the author's problem, it's the website's problem. The website does not give the author full benefits, how can they go hungry and write novels for everyone to read every day. They also have to eat, they also have to live, and we can all understand that they are heart-to-heart. I wondered if we could create an original site where websites make money and authors make money. Just like we work in society, making writing a profession has also become a profession. In this way, when they have money to make by writing novels and have manuscript fees, the probability of eunuchs is very low. At least, the concept of eunuchs in classic novels will be much less. Similarly, with the stimulus of manuscript fees, there may be more classic novels. ”

Bao Jian Feng began to summarize.

Looking at the speeches of these people, how did Zhang Ning feel that these guys were so familiar.

It wasn't until they revealed their names when they chatted from time to time that Zhang Ning understood.

Lin Tingfeng, Wu Wenhui, Shang Xuesong......

Nima, isn't this the founder of the later Biquge www.biquge.info.

With a thought, Zhang Ning suddenly spoke in the group, "I think there's a good way?" ”

"What's the solution?"

"What do you think of the launch of VIP reading, that is, paid reading?"

When he said this, the whole group fell silent all of a sudden.

Everyone is thinking about what impact this paid reading will have on the current online creation.

However, soon, Bao Jianfeng replied, "I think this is a good idea, but how exactly does this fee work?" Or, how the proceeds are distributed between the website and the author. ”

As the stationmaster of the www.biquge.info of the later Biqu Pavilion, he quickly mentioned the key issues.

"This problem is easy to solve, and the profit between the website and the author of the paid service is half of the person. As for the charging model, we can take the price of 2 cents per thousand words. ”

In later generations, the general introductory reading price was 5 points per 1,000 words, however, given that it was 2001 and everyone's economic level was not particularly good, Zhang Ning also reduced 5 points per 1,000 words to 2 points per 1,000 words.

"2 points in 1,000 words?"

Saying this, some people in the group think that this price will not be too cheap.

A thousand words is only 2 cents, and it sometimes takes an hour for the author to write a thousand words, so this kind of charge is too cheap.

Many people have said that such a thousand words and 2 points, the ghost can see it, and the author must have no motivation.

"Hehe, don't underestimate this thousand words and 2 points."

The top authors of later generations earn millions of dollars a month, and they all rely on 2 points per thousand words, and pick them up point by point.

"Frankly, it's a cardinal issue. If one or two people pay to read this novel, the author certainly doesn't have much to earn...... After all, it's only a few pennies. However, if you think about it, there are so many people in China, and there are so many people who like to read novels. If a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand people subscribe to your novel, then the author's life problems will not be worried. ”

"That's right, but do you think that so many people will pay? Novels written on the Internet are not physical books, so why pay for them, if you really have to pay for reading books, it is better to buy them in reality. ”

"How can no one pay, just like the legend of mortal cultivation of immortals, the Internet is serialized, and each chapter is the latest. You love the book and you pay to see the latest chapters. However, if you want to buy it in reality, first, it will be troublesome, and second, it is possible that the novel you bought has not been serialized to the latest. For the latest chapter, aren't you willing to give up the pennies for a thousand words? If you count it carefully, you will only spend a few dollars a month on reading books, which is less than the price you pay for a pack of cigarettes. ”

Zhang Ning kept explaining.

He knew that there were many people in the group who were not interested in such a model.

However, he knew that like Sword Peak, they would definitely feel that such a VIP reading was promising.

After saying this, Zhang Ning didn't say anything more.

Two days later, Bao Jianfeng suddenly created another QQ and pulled Zhang Ning into the group.

At this time, there were only 6 people in the entire group plus Zhang Ning.

They are Sword Peak, Heart of Darkness, Yizhi, Hidden Sword Jiangnan, Dark Left Hand, No. 5 Ant, and Zhang Ning.

"Brother Zhang, we would like to invite you to set up a literary website together, are you interested?"

Bao Jianfeng found an invitation to Zhang Ning.

"Interested is interested, but in reality, I may not be able to come."

"It's okay, it's okay, now that the network is so developed, and there is this QQ group, we can often discuss it here together. I decided to invest in the purchase of a server first, and Zangjian Jiangnan has some research on website technology, and he is responsible for the construction of the entire website. Heart of Darkness, the Meaning Ones are responsible for external publicity, and Ant 5 is responsible for handling the internal affairs of the website. ”

"What about me?"

History is walking on the same path as future generations.

Zhang Ning did not object, but let history walk like this.

It's just that in history, there is one more Zhang Ning.

"Brother Zhang, you are the founder of our website model, you are responsible for the planning of the entire website, including the charging model, and we all want you to provide ideas."

"Haha, it seems that my job is the easiest."

Zhang Ning was willing.

"Simple ghost, without your ideas, our website would not be able to take shape."

"Okay, that's it."

Zhang Ning chose to agree.

He originally wanted to make a website, and with these later generations of Internet literature to join, he is not in a hurry to be happy.

"Oh, by the way, what's the name of our website?"

Zhang Ning asked.

"I haven't thought about it yet."

"How about Creation?"

"Creation?"

"Yes, creating a new world, that's what we've been doing."