my return 2002

Chapter 188
At 00:00 in the early morning of this day, a huge banner advertisement appeared on the homepage of Xingchen Chinese website. If it was an ordinary advertisement, users would definitely hate it, but this advertisement caused countless users to tell each other.

"Fuck, perfect attendance award? Doesn't that mean you can make money writing novels?"

"Niubai, it is indeed Inspur Technology. Damn it, the Huanjian Shumeng was half-dead before, but now it is good. Inspur Technology has just taken over and made a big move."

Of course, after reading the author's full attendance benefits, users who are readers also discovered a problem. It seems that Xingchen Chinese.com is going to pay for it, and some readers expressed strong protest.

"Inspur Technology is not a good person. It started paying for the website as soon as it acquired the website. It really got into the eyes of money."

"That's right, what's the point of paying for an online article? Learning singularity is a dead end."

There is a very interesting phenomenon in the early days of the development of online literature. Most of the novels published on the Internet at the beginning were serialized on various forums. Naturally, there is no charge. It's time to write an article for self-entertainment.

Naturally, there is no stable update at this time, let alone let the author take care of the reader's feelings. Many authors with bad tastes have written well in the past, but all kinds of green hat complexes are flying all over the sky later, making readers hate but helpless.

No way, other authors don't rely on this to make money, disgusting, right?The nausea can only be endured, the pen is in the hands of the author, and he can write whatever he wants, unless you don't want to read it.

Moreover, the novels posted on the forums are scattered here and there, and it is difficult for readers to find them, so various novel websites have appeared.

In 2004, the number of readers of online articles gradually increased, and many well-known authors appeared. The market has reached a critical value. Business or generating electricity for love has become a common problem that websites, readers, and authors all need to face.

Business is naturally what websites and authors are willing to see, but for readers, they are divided into two distinct camps.

The opposition camp has a large number. These readers have little money, and the novels that were previously free to read are now suddenly charged, and it is psychologically difficult for them to accept.

The support camp has a small number of people, mainly white-collar workers. These people have a fixed income every month. In their view, payment is a good thing. After the author earns money, he will naturally have the motivation to update, so there is no need to continue As before, I saw a good book, but it took ten days and a half months to update a chapter.

"Laughing, the author can't make money, so why write novels for you to read? Why don't you slanderers write them?"

"That is to say, I don't know if these people are stupid or bad. The full attendance of Inspur Technology is obviously to encourage authors to create extra benefits. You can see how many authors can earn 200 yuan a month by subscribing. yuan?"

The readers of the two camps soon began to have heated debates on various forums. The two sides fought in a melee. The opposition camp quickly gained the upper hand due to its large number of people, but the support camp was not to be outdone. Fighting back in a measured manner, more and more netizens are also attracted by this debate. Even netizens who don't read online articles gradually know the existence of Xingchen Chinese Website.

Compared with the tit-for-tat confrontation between the two camps of readers, the author group is overwhelmingly supportive. The full attendance benefits of Xingchen Chinese website are completely a great innovation in the eyes of the authors.

At this time, among the writers of online articles, except for the top masters like Xiao Ding who can write full-time, most of the authors generate electricity for love. Internet access is also a big expense.

It is not difficult for most authors to update 200 words a day. Although [-] yuan a month is not much, it is enough for them to cover the cost of surfing the Internet. More importantly, it gives them a reason to persevere.

They can proudly say to their relatives and friends: Look, I can still make money writing novels.

For a while, everyone in the author's circle was talking about the full attendance system of the Xingchen Chinese website.

Of course, some people suspect that this is just a gimmick.

"The wool comes from the sheep, two hundred a month, how much money do so many authors have to pay for a website a month, it must be very demanding for signing contracts, wash up and sleep."

"Yeah, it's definitely impossible to sign all novels. I guess it's the same as Singularity's side, and it's all great authors who benefit."

"How do you know if you don't try it? We'll know if we try it? Didn't the Xingchen Chinese website post the editor's YY number, we can submit the manuscript first, and publish it later."

Soon the editors of Xingchen Chinese.com found that a large number of friend information began to appear on their YY account, and the enthusiasm of the authors surprised them a lot.

On the other side, Singularity, Wu Wenhui just got 20 special approval from Tan Qunzhao, and is secretly proud of herself, planning to find Baidu to access the search service.

Lin Tingfeng rushed into his office suddenly, and said anxiously, "Old Wu is not well."

"What's wrong? You're not. How can you be the manager now? Can you be more careful?" Wu Wenhui gave Lin Tingfeng a dissatisfied look.

Lin Tingfeng breathed a sigh of relief, and said loudly: "Oh, don't pick on me at this time, and open the Xingchen Chinese website to see, the big thing is not good!"

Wu Wenhui's heart skipped a beat when he heard it, and he immediately turned on the computer.

After logging in to the Xingchen Chinese website, and opening the writer's full-time welfare interface at one point, Wu Wenhui's hands trembled unconsciously.

"Perfect attendance award?" Wu Wenhui only felt that his hands and feet were cold. When it was his turn to know the online literature industry and the author, he was second to none, so he was more aware of the attraction of this full attendance award system to authors.

"Old Wu, what shall we do?" Lin Tingfeng was already in a panic. Just now, more than 20 Singularity writers had come to ask him if Singularity would introduce similar full-time benefits.

Wu Wenhui gave Lin Tingfeng a bitter smile: "What else can we do, we definitely can't afford the money, so we can only report to Mr. Tan."

"However, we just applied to Mr. Tan for the annual fee to access Baidu search."

Wu Wenhui gritted her teeth and said, "You don't need to search, but Quanqin must follow up, otherwise the singularity will be over!"

When Tan Qunzhao saw that it was Wu Wenhui on the caller ID, he couldn't help but wonder, didn't the money just been approved to him?

As a result, when Wu Wenhui asked for money again, Tan Qunzhao almost threw the phone away, and said in a bad tone.

"Mr. Wu, you can't push yourself too hard, and Shanda is not a bank, so you can't print money."

Wu Wenhui could only bite the bullet and tell Tan Qun about the situation on Xingchen Chinese Website.

"I see, you wait first." Tan Qunzhao didn't understand web articles, but after hearing what Wu Wenhui said so seriously, after thinking about it, he decided to report to Chen Tianqiao.

Chen Tianqiao frowned slightly when he heard the words: "Why are there so many things on this Singularity Chinese website?"

This little money is nothing to Chen Tianqiao, but Wu Wenhui comes to him every day to ask for money, what do other companies under Shanda think?If everyone comes to ask for money, will he give it or not?
Tan Qunzhao's face was also a little uncomfortable. He also suggested Chen Tianqiao to buy Singularity, but now, he can only bite the bullet and speak to Chen Tianqiao.

"This can't be entirely blamed on Wu Wenhui. The Xingchen Chinese website is backed by Inspur Technology, and the Singularity alone cannot beat it."

Chen Tianqiao's face softened, and he thought for a moment: "Well, let's deduct the money from the search engine, let Singularity recruit programmers for research and development, and full attendance can follow up, but the number must be controlled, and the annual expenditure should not exceed 50. Ten thousand!"

"Also, tell Wu Wenhui that you have to figure out a way to solve the problem yourself in the future, and don't always think about relying on Shanda's subsidies."

Singularity, after Wu Wenhui hung up Tan Qunzhao's phone call, he sat on the chair in a daze, Lin Tingfeng was surprised and asked with concern.

"Old Wu, what's the matter with you? President Tan didn't agree?"

Wu Wenhui smiled wryly and shook his head: "I agree."

"Why do you still act like this when I promised?"

"I'm afraid we'll have to rely on ourselves in the future."

Although Wu Wenhui said it very cryptically, Lin Tingfeng understood it. It was obvious that he was looking for money from Shanda every two days, and Shanda was annoying, but without Shanda's support, would Singularity really be able to beat the stars?

Wu Wenhui patted Lin Tingfeng's shoulder, and said in a deep voice, "Let's close this first and think about it later."

"Ugh."

Soon, Singularity also released a full-attendance welfare plan. Authors who published novels on Singularity before spread the word, especially those authors who have already published it. This will increase their monthly income by 200 yuan.

First, Xingchen Chinese Network was the first, and then Singularity followed. For a while, the authors celebrated each other, and at the same time attracted some readers who had the desire to create.

During this period, many readers embarked on the road of writing from the beginning because the author’s update was too slow, but most of them did not persevere. The reason is also very simple. You can only see the payment, but you can’t see the benefits. Now it’s good, no matter whether there are readers paying or not , as long as you work hard to update, full attendance of 200 yuan per month is the guarantee.

It’s just that soon, the authors discovered that Singularity and Xingchen have different standards for signing contracts. Xingchen’s signing is relatively simple. As long as your work is a complete story structure, even if it’s not so exciting, it’s still fine. sign a contract.

However, Singularity has extremely high requirements for signing contracts. Some authors complained in the circle, and articles that were rejected by Singularity were sent to Xingchen, and editors soon contacted them to sign contracts.

Li Xuelin also reported this phenomenon to Shen Lang and expressed his concerns.

"Mr. Shen, if this continues, will it make people think that the quality of the works on Singularity is higher than that of Xingchen?"

Shen Lang smiled: "As the saying goes: a loss is a blessing. What is the original intention of launching this Quanqin? Isn't it to attract a large number of authors to come to Xingchen Chinese website to publish their works."

"Not all outstanding authors are geniuses. Many authors may have mediocre talents, but they are willing to work hard and keep writing, and they will always make progress. Even if they cannot reach the height of a great author, as long as there are enough such authors , can attract enough paying users to stay in Xingchen, these authors are the cornerstone of Xingchen."

Li Xuelin came to a sudden: "Okay Mr. Shen, I understand what to do."

The large number of manuscripts received by the editor made the number of novels on Xingchen Chinese.com surpass the singularity in just one week. At the same time, the payment system of the website was officially launched. With the convenient channel of Internet cafe management software, the first batch of paying users exceeded [-] .

For a while, the entire web circle was shaken, and the authors contributed more actively.

In fact, Singularity has more than twice as many paying users as Xingchen, but due to Singularity's strict contracting system, many authors are discouraged.

At the beginning, there were some self-proclaimed authors who believed that Singularity was compelling. If their works could be signed by Singularity, it would mean that the quality would beat those spicy chickens of the stars.

However, the ideal is full, the reality is very skinny, and the failure to sign a contract for a long time made these authors restless and finally left a sentence.

"Shabi Qidian, spicy chicken website, if you can't afford the money, don't do full attendance, and leave the 200 yuan for you to buy a coffin."

Then, the book became the eunuch.

Moreover, this is not an isolated phenomenon. In just half a month, the books on Singularity ushered in a large wave of "eunuch tide". Some are real eunuchs, and some directly moved the books to Xingchen Chinese website.

Anyway, they have not signed a contract with Singularity, and Singularity has no way to restrain them, so they can post it wherever they want.

This also led to the loss of a large number of Singularity users, which caused Wu Wenhui a lot of headaches, but he did not dare to let go of the signing standards. Shanda only gave him 50 yuan a year, and the money will be gone after it is spent, so Singularity The amount of signings is limited, unless it is a particularly good work, it will be voted at the meeting, and more than half of the editors can sign the contract.

But at this moment, a work and an author were born, which immediately made Wu Wenhui overjoyed.

This one is called "Blood Red", and this work is called "Rising Dragon Road".

Rising Dragon Road has won the favor of countless readers since its release, and this book is also a groundbreaking combination of elements such as abilities, comprehension, and blood clan.

After it was put on the shelves, the subscriptions have been rising steadily, and the results are gratifying. It is the best-selling work in the entire Singularity.

In Wu Wenhui's view, since the quantity cannot compete with the Xingchen Chinese website, it is better to fight for the quality. Xingchen's VIP system has just been established, and naturally there is no way to compare subscriptions with Singularity. This is a good opportunity for publicity.

Wu Wenhui immediately convened a meeting of the founders and executives, and finally decided on a plan: the God-making Movement.

On this day, when readers of Singularity logged into the homepage of the website, they found that a huge poster almost covered half of the screen, and then looked at the title: Warmly celebrate Shenglongdao becoming Singularity's first work with an average subscription of more than [-], the author Blood Red In April, the manuscript fee exceeded [-].

A monthly income of 2004 was definitely the top group in [-]. Even in a listed company, at least one had to reach the top management to get such a salary.

Earn [-] a month by writing novels?For the readers of Shenglongdao, apart from being shocked, a sense of pride arises spontaneously. My contribution is included in the author's manuscript fee.

For the author, it is even more impactful.

It turns out that writing novels can really make money?
(End of this chapter)