Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 878: The Warring States Period of Online Literature

"I've heard of this name. He is a doctoral supervisor at Central South University and the first doctoral supervisor to recruit doctoral students in cultural industries. This news has been published in the newspaper." Fang Minghua replied.

"Yes, he is a friend of mine. He is currently completing a project for the National Academy of Social Sciences called "Research on the Impact of the Internet on the Development of Literature and Countermeasures." He once came to me and asked me for advice on issues related to online literature." Han Shaogong said
"Looking for you?" Fang Minghua was a little surprised. Han Shaogong didn't seem to have ever been involved in online literature.

Sure enough, Han Shaogong laughed out loud: "Yes, he thought I was the president of Tianya magazine, and Tianya magazine cooperated with Tianya community, so he came to me for advice. In fact, he found the wrong person. I have never dabbled in research in this area."

After a pause, Han Shaogong continued, "On the contrary, you, Minghua, are said to be quite knowledgeable about online literature, including the Shanghai-based online literature website "Under the Banyan Tree", which is closely connected with you. So when you return to Changsha this time, can you meet this friend of mine and talk to him about your views on this issue?"

If it was someone else, Fang Minghua would not agree.

But Han Shaogong.
To stay and eat for free for three days at someone's place, you have to pay something, right?
As for this topic, it was not a problem at all for Fang Minghua.

"Okay, I'll meet him." Fang Minghua agreed.

"Then I'll call him." After saying that, Han Shaogong entered the room.

He came out after a few minutes and said to Fang Minghua with a smile, "I have contacted Ou Youquan. He welcomes you very much. He said that you should call him when you are about to arrive in Changsha and he will pick you up at the train station." After that, he handed Fang Minghua a note with a mobile phone number on it.

Han Shaogong sent Fang Minghua to the village entrance. After Fang Minghua got on a minibus, the two waved goodbye.

Sitting in the minibus, Fang Minghua looked at the surrounding scenery along the way and thought that it was really nice for Han Shaogong to live a semi-secluded life in this place.

How about we live like this in the future?
Find a scenic place in the Qinling Mountains and build a house. Go there to escape the heat in the summer. If you are interested, you can also grow some vegetables and live the life of Tao Yuanming. Your life will definitely not be worse than that of Han Shaogong's place.

However, Qinling Mountains is a protected area. If you build villas there recklessly, you will end up in trouble!
But if you buy a local farmer's house in a small mountain village with beautiful scenery at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains, renovate it and live in it, that should be okay, right?
After I go back, I will take some time to visit Qinling Mountains.

Fang Minghua fell into wild thoughts.

They soon arrived at Miluo County and Fang Minghua took the train back to Changsha. Sitting on his seat, Fang Minghua took out his mobile phone and called Ou Youquan.

A man with an Hubei accent came from inside. When Fang Minghua introduced himself, his tone immediately became enthusiastic. After a few pleasantries, he asked Fang Minghua to tell him the time to arrive at Changfa Railway Station and meet at the station.

An hour later, the train arrived at Changsha Railway Station. Fang Minghua walked out of the station with her travel bag and saw a man in his fifties holding a sign with the words "Fang Minghua" written on it.

Fang Minghua walked over and the two shook hands with a smile.

"Chairman Fang, I've heard of your name for a long time, but I've never met you. Today I finally met you." Ou Youquan said with a smile.

"No, no." Fang Minghua said politely: "I heard from Shao Gong that you are very knowledgeable about online literature."

"Haha, not really. I just think this is a new thing that will have a considerable impact on traditional literature, so I'm more interested. Please come this way."

The two chatted as they got into a Santana. Ou Youquan personally drove Fang Minghua to a hotel near Central South University and booked a room. He arranged for him to stay there so that he could rest for a while. They could chat while eating at noon.

Fang Minghua agreed. The School of Literature of Central South University is located at the foot of the beautiful Yuelu Mountain. After Fang Minghua checked into the hotel, Ou Youquan left.

Fang Minghua took a shower and did not go out for a stroll. He just took out the Longjing tea he brought with him and boiled water to make himself a cup of tea when his cell phone suddenly rang. He saw that the number was from Zhao Hongjun, so he picked up the phone.

"Minghua, I heard that you went to Changsha to attend the World Chinese Literature Awards ceremony. Have you returned to Xijing?" Zhao Hongjun asked.

"Not yet. I'm still in Changsha. I went to see a friend who lives in the countryside a few days ago. What's up?"

"Do you have friends in the rural areas of Hunan Province?" Zhao Hongjun's surprised voice came from the other end of the microphone.

"It's Han Shaogong, the vice chairman of the Hainan Writers Association. You met him in Haikou. He now lives in seclusion in a village in Hunan Province half of the time. The environment there is very nice with beautiful scenery, so I went to stay for two days."

"Oh, you have a leisurely life these days. How about this, after the matter in Changsha is over, don't rush back to Xijing. Come to Shencheng. There is a big noise going on over at Shengshi Online Literature. Come and take a look."

"What are you arguing about?"

"Dai Jiali and several vice presidents disagreed on the acquisition of a literary website. In the end, no one could convince the other, so the lawsuit was brought to me. You know I don't know much about online literature, so I need your help."

Ah?
There are several large companies under the Shengshi Group. Shengshi Film and Television is managed by Song Tangtang, and has been developing rapidly in recent years. Shu Bin is still the general manager of Shengshi Books, and the pace is relatively steady.

Shengshi Online Literature is managed by Dai Jiali, who has been very active in the past two years. As for the investments in Western Film and Television City and Tianya Community, they are only in the form of equity participation and do not participate in the specific operations of the company.

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Fang Minghua is implicitly in control of the strategic direction of the group, so Zhao Hongjun, the chairman and general manager of Shengshi Group, is actually a hands-off manager, allowing his subordinate companies to develop independently. Of course, he claims to be learning from Laozi's "rule by inaction."

Now that the leadership of Shengshi Online Literature Company is divided on different opinions, Fang Minghua naturally comes to mind.

"Do you know which website they acquired that caused the conflict?" Fang Minghua asked again.

"Dai Jiali wanted to acquire a new literature website called Qidian, which was established last year, while Chen Wanning and several vice presidents wanted to acquire the more powerful Huanjian Book Alliance, which led to conflicts between them.

That's right
Fang Minghua pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll come directly to Shanghai after I finish my work in Changsha."

After hanging up the phone, Fang Minghua drank tea and looked at the scenery outside the window.

2002 was an important year for online literature. During this year, many websites were struggling to find a way out due to profitability issues. After all, there was no VIP charging model at that time.

As a result, most of the famous works went to Hong Kong and Taiwan for traditional Chinese publishing. The original Overlord Dragon's Sky followed suit and turned most of its energy to physical books, thus neglecting website operations. At this time, Huanjian Book Alliance took advantage of the situation by using free as a gimmick and took over the position of the leader in the online novel industry.

Huanjian Book Alliance rose to prominence as a free website and became a giant. However, in May of the same year, Qidian Chinese Network, which later became a giant, was established.

Fantasy Sword Book Alliance, Qidian.
The Warring States period of online literature has begun.

(End of this chapter)