Chapter 237: Controlling Author's Resources
The online writer who published his views in the China Youth Daily never said his pen name, but his remarks stimulated the sensitive hearts of those traditional writers.
Fear or Jealousy? After this report appeared, many people originally thought that those traditional writers would definitely fight back hysterically, and even roared out their dissatisfaction through the press and media. But the strange thing is that those traditional writers have invariably stopped talking.
For a while, the originally noisy battle became silent in an instant.
Some people think that the temporary silence of traditional writers is to prepare for the next attack on online novels, and others say that those traditional literary writers were stimulated by that report, and they are embarrassed and do not dare to make their own remarks.
Chen Ping doesn't care much about the things in the newspaper, but Huang Guangliang reads the newspaper every day, and in the past few days, he found that there were no traditional literary writers, and he suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, and even ran to ask Chen Ping, asking when those traditional literary writers would appear in the major newspapers and media again, and said that their speech is still very interesting, at least better than those boring books that teach you great truths.
Since it's quiet, you have to go all out to create.
Chen Ping has been very irritable these days, but he covered it up very well and didn't let Huang Qian and Huang Guangliang find out. The portrayal of some details in the book "Notes on Tomb Robbery" is simply nuanced, and Chen Ping naturally experienced the bizarre world of tomb robbery when he looked through the plot in his mind.
What eerie tombs, what zombie dumplings with hair of various colors, what unknown names of bugs and strange fish that exist in the underground river, in a word, the picture that appeared in Chen Ping's mind was more creepy than any ghost story that existed on the market now.
But he had to force himself to immerse himself in the world of "Tomb Robbery Notes", which would be acceptable if it was just codewords. Well, you can't decide for yourself in many places!
However, if you go to bed at night, you suddenly see a fingernail covered with scales and a strange shape, with two front paws showing nails more than ten centimeters long. The monster with a big grinning mouth and a foul mouth pounced on him, I believe that no matter who it is, he can't accept it, right?
Chen Ping has been living in the study for the past two days, and he doesn't dare to sleep in the bedroom, first, he is afraid that he will dream of various monsters that appear in "Tomb Robbery Notes" when he sleeps, and he is also worried that if he is awakened by a nightmare, he will be disturbed, and even Huang Qian on the side.
After writing "Notes on Tomb Robbery", which needs to be updated every day, Chen Ping did not dare to rest. can only force himself to cheer up and continue to write "Yang God", only by immersing himself in the world of the novel, Chen Ping will not see those monsters and terrifying scenes.
For three days in a row, Chen Ping persevered like this, with a tired face, Huang Qian thought that Chen Ping, who was writing two books at the same time, had to work overtime to complete the normal update task, in this regard, Huang Qian could only persuade Chen Ping that his body was the most important. Earn less money and earn less.
When Chen Ping was distressed, on the Internet. Those who follow "Tomb Robbery Notes" are crazy!
"The author is really a god, whether it is the various dangers in the tomb or the various monsters that appear in the ancient tomb, it makes people feel lifelike. In addition to admiration, I also want to know, what kind of brain does the author have? In the end, these things in the book are fictional by the author. Or is there a well-founded narrative? Could it be that the author was also born in Tufuzi before? Or is there an elderly person in the family who is engaged in this profession? ”
"Notes on Tomb Robbery is one of the most exciting books I've ever read, I've read a lot of ghost stories and supernatural novels before, and although I sometimes feel creepy, I still think in my heart that everything written in the book is false and not worth being afraid of at all. But. "Tomb Robbery Notes" is different, this book gives me the feeling that I followed the author into the world of tomb robbery, and the things that the protagonist experienced seem to be immersed in the scene, and many times I can't help but worry about the protagonist, and when I see those monsters and corpses appear, I can't help but shiver. Come on, I hope to be able to have a little more, and it would be best if the number of words updated every day could be increased. ”
"I thought mortals were the best at Xianxia novels, but I didn't expect to suddenly write a supernatural book that is so wonderful, although I only wrote tens of thousands of words, but I think it can be called a masterpiece. Mortals are very powerful, the younger brother student party, it took a few months to save an alliance leader, I originally wanted to reward "Yang God", but now, I only watch "Tomb Robbery Notes"! ”
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The number of words updated in "Notes on Tomb Robbery" is less than 50,000 words, but the book review area of this book has become the hottest book review area at the beginning, and there is no one.
There are a large number of discussion posts about the plot in the book review area all the time, and book friends come and go, and they are in full swing.
It's not just these readers who pay attention to "Tomb Robbery Notes", but also those publishers, seeing that "Tomb Robbery Notes" is so popular, those publishers have sent official letters to the starting point, wanting to contact mortals and compete for the publishing rights of "Tomb Robbery Notes".
There are even some rich people who want to buy the film and television adaptation rights of the tomb robbery notes.
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Shanda's first capital injection, totaling 35 million, was quickly credited to the account of the starting point company, and the starting point also held a meeting on the funds to discuss how to deal with the funds.
Someone suggested that this money be invested in the expansion of the starting point, such as the increase in server units, this time the zero data of the new book of mortals really made everyone pinch a cold sweat, and no one wanted to see such a thing happen again.
It is also suggested that this money should be used to increase the welfare of authors, so as to take advantage of this shareholder trend to attract more writers to join the starting point, only if there are more authors, there can be more works, more works, more readers, more readers, more readers, more starting points can be more profitable.
The above two proposals are very good, and they have won the support of many people, and just when everyone thought that the purpose of the meeting had been achieved and the meeting could be adjourned, someone suddenly put forward a new proposal.
Grape first told everyone that he had something to say, and when everyone's eyes turned to him, he said softly: "The day after Shanda announced the capital injection of the starting point, TX announced the injection of capital into its literary website, and I have heard that many consortia have the idea of getting involved in literary websites. This time it has attracted a lot of consortium attention to literary websites, and after the two billionaire league leaders appeared, they bluntly told those consortium online literature that it was a huge cake, and now they all have a cake in mind. We, as giants of literary websites, have to think about the situation we will face in the future. ”
Hearing Grape say this, the people in the conference room all looked serious. The grapes are telling the truth, and they themselves have guessed what the consortia will do in the near future. At this time, as soon as the grapes reminded, everyone reacted that the hidden threat was the most important thing to guard against.
But how to prepare?
Is it hard to stop others from getting involved in literary websites?
It's simply impossible!
Just like Shanda's initial acquisition, as long as there is money, no one can prevent this from happening.
The editor-in-chief glanced at the grapes with appreciation in his eyes, and then asked, "Since you have considered this matter, do you already have a corresponding strategy?" Whether it works or not, say it and tell everyone. ”
Grape had a smile hidden in his eyes, trying to restrain the excitement in his heart, and his face was as calm as possible, but his voice involuntarily increased.
"Everyone should know that the strength of a literary website depends on how many excellent authors the website has, and only when there are more excellent authors will more readers come to read and consume. Therefore, I think the most important thing we need to do in the near future is to increase the control of author resources. For example, the seven platinum gods we have now! I believe that no one denies their influence, and the existence of the seven of them is definitely stronger than seventy ordinary authors, or even ordinary excellent authors. What we need to control the most are these seven platinum gods! ”
"It just so happens that the first batch of capital injections from Shanda Head Office has arrived, and I think we can spend this money on these seven people, and if we can, even include some excellent authors who are relatively popular."
"Three and five million for seven people? That's five million per person on average? Could it be that we are going to give them five million for free? Will such a means of entrapment be able to gain their allegiance to the starting point? "Some people questioned.
Grape smiled slightly: "There is no free lunch in the world, let alone five million, even if it is 500,000, it is impossible to give it to them for free." I would say that we can spend money to buy out their creative time in the last few years. Why creative time? Because of individual differences, we don't know how many words an author can write in a year. It's like a mortal, if he wants to, he can keep about 30,000 words updated every day, but what about other authors? 10,000 a day takes a lot of time. So, we don't buy out the word count, we buy out the time. ”
"When is the buyout? Sounds great, but like you said, everyone creates at different speeds, so what if we spend a lot of money and they can't create enough work in a limited amount of time to return to the company? ”
Grape shook his head slightly and continued: "The buyout time is only the first step, and there is one more condition below if they want to. That is, to create a sufficient amount of work in a limited time. For example, we buy out three years of their creative time, and then stipulate how many works they need to create in three years according to the usual creative speed of each author. ”
"Editor-in-Chief Pu, your idea is good, but don't forget, there are a few people who are not extremely smart. Take Mortal and Blood Red as an example, the annual income of these two writers has already exceeded one million, and according to the development trend of online novels, their income will only get higher and higher. If you were a platinum god, would you give up a large sum of money and be willing to sign such a contract? (To be continued......)