After making a decision, Zhang Ning took the time to go to Japan.

On the one hand, he wanted to see for himself the company he opened in Japan, and on the other hand, Zhang Ning also wanted to find a qualified manager.

However, Zhang Ning did not have a suitable candidate.

He is not familiar with some professional managers in Japan, and more importantly, even if he is, he may not be able to run such a very innovative website well. After all, the original comic platform, like the creation of the world, has no experience to learn from, and you must think independently of any step you take. Even, the whole market, you have to dig yourself. In later generations, such innovative websites are generally run by the founders themselves.

"Hello, wasn't there a website for Ye Qingteng here before?"

Ye Qingteng is what Son said earlier is the first online comic platform launched in Japan.

Zhang Ning plans to come here to have a look.

Unexpectedly, this office building has changed companies.

"Sorry, this website looks like it's gone."

"Moved away, do you know where you moved to?"

"I don't know."

A staff member of another company in the office building said to Zhang Ning.

"Oh yes, I have a business card of theirs here, you can call and look for it, maybe you can find it."

"Great, thank you."

Keiko Yoshishima.

This is the name on the business card.

Hey, what a girl's name.

But Zhang Ning still took the phone and called this one.

"Hello, is it Keiko Yoshishima?"

"Hello, I am."

"Hey, listen to your accent, as if you are Chinese."

The other party guessed.

"Yes, I'm Chinese, and I'm not too familiar with Japanese."

"Coincidentally, I am also Chinese, and I am a Chinese student at the University of Tokyo. Oh yes, what are you looking for from me? ”

"That's right, I learned that you founded a comic serialization platform called Ye Qingteng?"

"There used to be a founding, but unfortunately, our platform failed."

"I see, can we meet and talk, in fact, I am also very interested in a platform like yours."

Half an hour later, Zhang Ning met the Chinese student.

"Keiko Yoshishima?"

Looking at the girl sitting in front of him, Zhang Ning asked.

"Hehe, call me Jiahui."

"Jiahui, okay, I'll call you Jiahui. It's better to say Jiahui, the name in front of you, I always thought it was ......"

Speaking of which, Zhang Ning didn't continue.

The names of some Japanese girls he knows are some rice, island family, and what kind of emptiness.

Naturally, other Japanese girls' names, Zhang Ning also thought of it.

"Why?"

"It's nothing, let's get down to business, introduce myself, my name is Zhang Ning, and I currently founded a Penguin original comic platform in Japan."

"Ah, you're the founder of the Penguin original comic platform."

Hearing Zhang Ning's introduction, Jiahui was very excited, "I have been thinking before, who is so bold and invests so much at once." After speaking, Jiahui sighed and drank the milk tea in the cup, "It would be nice if we had such a big investment before." ”

"Hehe, it seems that Miss Jiahui is still interested in the original comic platform?"

"Of course."

When it comes to original comic platforms, Jiahui is endless.

I was born studying manga, and the best manga is in Japan, so I came to study in Japan.

It was only after I came to Japan that I realized how competitive manga is in Japan. Even though I'm already a very good comic writer in China, after coming here, I'm very average. In the past few years, in addition to studying comics, I have also been thinking about whether there are some industries related to comics. Because I like to play with computers, one day I thought that the Internet is now very popular in Japan, and it is possible to read on the Internet. Eventually, I had the idea to start a platform for original comics. And, I put this idea into practice. Unfortunately, due to funding, our website quickly struggled to survive and was officially shut down a few months ago.

Of course, you don't have other ideas, although I failed, I still think that this is very marketable, if you don't enter now, I'm afraid there will be no chance in the future.

It's just that there is one problem that is really tangled, and I haven't thought of a specific way to make a profit at the moment.

This is also the reason why several venture capitalists refuse to invest in us.

I don't know if you've solved this problem with such a large amount of money coming in.

Zhang Ning did not answer this question directly, but said, "In fact, the Internet is different from traditional industries, and the first thing that traditional industries think about at the beginning is how to make a profit. However, the Internet market is different. To enter the Internet market, the first thing to consider is how to get the IP stream. And once the IP flow is improved, the subsequent profit method, even if you don't know it now, will naturally know it in the future. ”

It may seem like a child's play, but that's exactly what it is.

When Yahoo appeared, I didn't think about how to make money back then.

However, when their IP streams up, they become the most profitable company on the internet.

Similarly, when instant messaging started, it didn't think about how to make money. In later generations, Ma Huateng even once when he was really crazy about money, he actually came up with a measure of registration fees. Although this was quickly abolished, no matter what, as long as your site continues to operate and survive, it will definitely create a way to make money.

"It seems that you have a lot of research on the Internet."

"It's just a little bit, and there are a lot of things on the Internet that I can't figure out."

Zhang Ning felt that this international student named Jiahui was very discerning, and he wanted to recruit his own company.

For this reason, he couldn't help but point out some of the content of the Internet to her.

It's just that Zhang Ning didn't say that it was okay, but as soon as he said it, Jiahui suddenly stood up excitedly.

"Zhang Ning, thank you, you have done me a great favor?"

"Help?"

Zhang Ning was a little confused, "What help, it seems that we have just met." ”

"Hehe, Zhang Ning, that's what I said just now. You know, after the closure of our comic originals platform, I had a brand new idea, I wanted to be a website that sells digital comic books online. You know, at first I thought that although there was a future for such a site, just like an original comic platform, I still didn't have much to do to make money. The theory you just said has solved my confusion. I know that even if we don't make much money now, we can do it in the future, as long as we can keep going......"

"This, this ......"

Zhang Ning couldn't cry or laugh.

I wanted to pull Jiahui to my own company, but I didn't expect that my fingering made her more determined to have another website.

However, if you think about it, this idea of selling electronic comic books is actually not bad.

This reminded Zhang Ning of Amazon's popular e-books in later generations.

E-comics and e-books are actually the same and can be equally successful.

It's just that Zhang Ning doesn't agree with this idea.

Although he thought that such an idea was good, he could not launch it now.

Of course, even if it is possible now, Zhang Ning has to say that he can't.

After thinking about it carefully, Zhang Ning asked, "When you say selling electronic comic books, you are making the original physical comic books into electronic versions, and then taking them out and selling them online?" ”

"yes, what do you think of the idea?"

"I think it's a good idea, it's just ......"

"Just what?"

"It's just a little too far ahead of its time."

"It's too far ahead, how can it be?"

"Actually, I had such an idea before, but then I denied it."

"Ah, you've had it too, so why deny it?"

"The first one is about the pricing of e-books. Obviously, the pricing of our e-comics can't be more than that of physical comic books. ”

"I think the same way, if it is exceeded, others will buy physical comic books, not electronic comic books."

"Yes, since it can't be exceeded, then it must be very cheap. It's not cheap, and others won't buy it. If a comic book costs 50 yen, then an online digital comic book can only be sold for 5 yen. However, this also creates a problem, with such low pricing, the website may not have much money to make. After all, in addition to the daily cost and operating expenses of the website, the electronic comics he sells also give some points to the publishing house, and the publishing house also scores some points to the author, right? ”

"So, I haven't thought of a good way to make a profit."

Jiahui was also distressed.

She also thinks that this idea is very good, and there will be a big market in the future, but how to make money still bothers her.

"Actually, that's not the biggest problem, the biggest problem is that maybe we don't have a lot of users."

"How come, Zhang Ning, you may not know Japan, Japan is different from China. Many people in Japan can go without reading manga for the rest of their lives, but in Japan, some people feel that if they don't read manga one day, they can't stand it. The potential of manga in Japan is really, really not comparable to other countries. ”

Jiahui was afraid that Zhang Ning would not understand the Japanese market, so she kept explaining.

"I knew that if I didn't understand the Japanese manga market, I wouldn't have been able to create an original manga platform in Japan. What I'm saying is that even if there are so many users who like comics, they like it, but you may not be able to pull them. ”

"Why, Zhang Ning, I don't understand, since they like it, why can't we pull it?"

"Maybe I'm not explaining, but I'm talking about how they become your users, or to put it more simply, how do they buy the manga e-books on your site, that is, how do you solve the payment problem for users."

"This ......"

Jiahui also had some headaches, but said that they could pay with online banking.

"I know that online banking has been opened in Japan, but do you know how many people have opened online banking?"

Although Japan's network infrastructure is more developed than China's, Japan's level of Internet development is actually similar to China's.

It's even slightly worse than China.

At the very least, in the last year or two, there have been so many Internet giants in China, while there are not many in Japan.

Similarly, their online banking is only being tested, or it has just been launched, and not many people are using it.