Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 624 America makes money, China spends it!

After hanging up the phone, Chen Ran was actually a little dazed.

Of course it was just an unintentional remark, but I didn't expect it to come true.

If Brother Dong had cooperated with Mr. Ma so early, it would have been a huge blow to his fellow Zhejiang native, Lao Ma.

"I have already changed the history of Chinese sports. Do I have to change the history of Chinese business? And this is even a passive situation."

Chen Ran felt helpless about this.

For example, he accidentally got the game adaptation rights of the popular online novel "Zhu Xian" with the help of Xiao Ma Ge.

what does this mean?
A major money-making tool of another Internet company, Perfect Time, was inexplicably robbed by itself.

What is the reason?

Chen Ran invested in Qidian and also introduced Penguin’s capital into Qidian in advance.

This means that he and Penguin both have the priority right to adapt these works on this most popular novel website today.

For example, not long ago, the company’s research and development team was preparing to work on another popular novel, “God’s Tomb”.

Chen Ran originally wanted to give this opportunity to Penguin, and he deliberately handled the matter indifferently.

But the problem is, after seeing the popularity of "Zhu Xian", the author of "Shenmu" specifically asked to sell the game copyright to Jin Man Guan Company.

That great author firmly believed that as long as Chen Ran’s company’s R&D team was there, they could realize the maximum value of his work.

In this case, Chen Ran could no longer refuse the offer and had to acquire the game copyright of the novel.

In fact, he really doesn't care how much profit a particular online game can bring.

But this is how the world is. The less you care about profits and the more you care about the quality and operation of the game itself, the easier it is to attract large numbers of players, making the game's performance even more popular.

Chen Ran himself did not participate in the operation of "Qidian.com", but as Jin Manguan Company continued to invest in "Qidian.com", his voice became increasingly stronger.

For example, Chen Ran said that we should respect online writers and treat them as real intellectuals, and Qidian’s operation team followed suit.

After all, Chen Ran is the real person in charge.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Ran asked the operation team of "Qidian" to protect the copyright independence of these online authors.

Anything related to the copyright of any online novel on "Qidian.com" must be notified to the author himself and his consent must be obtained before any negotiation can be carried out.

In other words, only the author himself can agree to sell the copyright to any company, and "Qidian.com" can only provide reference opinions and get a share of the copyright fees.

As for the profit sharing, it’s a fixed price, 70% to 30%.

The author can take 70% of the copyright fees, which is a very good treatment among all novel websites.

With the support of various favorable conditions and the strong team capabilities of "Qidian.com", this website is almost killing it in the Chinese online novel market.

Even some mainstay authors from other websites have switched to Qidian.com.

In 2007, it had become the only dominant player in the market.

You should know that there are many authors on "Qidian.com" who have had conflicts over salary issues.

However, due to a series of butterfly effects caused by Chen Ran's investment in "Qidian.com", everything changed drastically.

Some popular authors have actually switched to "Qidian.com" and brought with them a large number of readers.

The so-called offensive and defensive situations are different!
"Ah this..."

Chen Ran didn’t know until he checked online. He was shocked. “If this trend continues, Qidian.com will dominate the market by next year. Maybe only websites focusing on the female market will be able to survive.”

He was also surprised, but after coming to his senses, he decided to strike while the iron was hot. Chen Ran immediately sent a fax to the "Qidian Management", asking them to launch a "God-level contract" to improve the treatment of those authors with outstanding performance in "Qidian".com" and those excellent authors who jumped from other websites.

The term of the "god-level contract" is five years, and the company even promises to help these god-level writers pay for their housing provident fund and social security, as well as "low-interest" or even "interest-free" housing loans.

As soon as this clause came out, it shocked the entire Internet market.

Several major competitors of Qidian.com in the market exclaimed: “How can we play this game? What the hell!”

They have simply raised the white flag and surrendered, just like the French players Chen Ran met in the tour.

no way!
Once this kind of clause is released, all talented online writers in the world will flock to Qidian.com.

In addition, novels are constantly being adapted into games and even animations, and a steady stream of netizens are flocking to "Qidian.com" to become new paying users.

Soon, an online author who wrote "The Buddha Is the Tao" became the first author to sign a contract with Qidian.com.

Chen Ran attended the signing conference in person and not only gave signed rackets and sneakers, but also an Audi sedan as a signing reward.

After the author signed a five-year contract in one go, Chen Ran realized belatedly that it seemed that this guy had changed jobs in the original time and space.

Now that the five-year contract has been signed, the trajectory of everything will change dramatically.

Especially since he is the first author to sign the "Great God Contract", he has become a very representative figure of "Qidian.com".

Then, several popular online writers in the previous life signed the "God Contract" one after another.

After all, the company helps to pay the provident fund and social security on behalf of the company, and also provides preferential "housing loan" terms which are so tempting that many Internet companies are envious.

The Golden Slam Company has become a byword for the tycoon, money, and willfulness.

In addition, due to the traffic diversion of QQ, the number of users of "Qidian.com" has continued to soar. While digging users and readers from other websites, QQ can also continue to provide new users.

How do other opponents play?
Not only have old competitors begun to withdraw from this market, but new capital is also worried about whether to enter this market.

"Qidian.com" and the capital behind them are really too powerful.

But what no one knew was that this time, in order to increase his voice in "Qidian.com", Chen Ran made the investment in the name of his personal studio.

In short, now with the investment from Jinmanguan Company, Penguin, and Chen Ran’s personal studio, he basically has the greatest say in "Qidian.com".

Unless he doesn't want to be in charge, once he does, he has the power to make decisions arbitrarily.

……

After attending the signing ceremonies of these great authors, Chen Ran boarded a plane and flew directly to Cincinnati.

Like in previous years, he missed the Rogers Cup in Toronto.

The reason is simple: the Canadian market is too small to deserve his attention.

But the American market is huge and he must pay attention to it.

You see, for the vast number of online writers and readers in China, Chen Ran spent a lot of money this time.

The number of paying users today is not stable, so with such an investment, he does not expect to make a profit in four or five years, and it is even possible that he will make a loss.

Why not take advantage of the Americans?
In a word, it costs money to go to the United States!

America makes money and China spends it, there’s nothing wrong with that!

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(End of this chapter)