If the confession fails, then pursue her best friend

Chapter 81 New book publishing, temptation from the Chinese Writers Association

Chen Xiyu looked at this scene filled with the rotten smell of love and joked:

"Li Yuan, stop showing off your affection, Zhijin not only has you, but also me."

Li Yuan looked at Shen Xiyu sincerely: "Then I'll trouble you, Mr. Shen."

Shen Xiyu pursed her lips and smiled and said, "You should leave quickly. I'm afraid that if you wait a little longer, a girl will come and ask you for your contact information."

Li Yuan glanced around and realized that there were indeed many girls around, all staring at him.

This time, he is really famous.

"Zhijin, I'm leaving. I'll call you when you have time."

"Yeah." Xia Zhijin nodded shyly.

……

After returning to the dormitory, Li Yuan felt completely relaxed. It was always a good thing to escape military training. Although the method used was a bit bloody, it was still easier than cutting out the appendix or the second brother's "skin"...

If you really want to waste your precious time on military training, how much less money will you make? It will be 70,000 to 80,000 yuan a day...

Moreover, these two weeks of free time were enough for him to complete his preliminary business plan.

Currently, the company is still undergoing renovations, and it will probably be officially completed when the military training is about to end. During this process, you also need to purchase various office supplies such as computers, desks, chairs, and printers.

To build a technology company from scratch, and with no formal recruitment yet, he needs to do everything personally...

Li Yuan turned on his computer and logged into QQ. He was just about to learn how to code, and the dialog box for editing "Starry Sky" kept flashing.

Li Yuan quickly opened it and took a look.

It was the message sent by editor Xingkong:

"Xia Hua, we have communicated about the publication of your new book. This is the sample printed by the publishing house. You can take a look at the appearance first. If you are sure it is OK, the company will send you a few copies. After a while, we will prepare an offline book. For the autograph session, you can prepare in advance..."

"Printed out so quickly?" Li Yuan thought to himself, the publishing house is fast enough, which is always a good thing.

According to Xingkong’s introduction, this time the simplified version of “Fighting Starry Sky-I” will be printed in an initial volume of 100 million copies, divided into three cycles. The first issue will print 10 copies. If the sales are good, it will be Increase printing volume.

The price of each hardcover book is also very expensive. The price of the first volume is 28.8 yuan.

Li Yuan is not sure in his heart how the sales of the books will be. Thinking about it, it should be good.

Even if the sales are not ideal, you won't lose much money. The cost of mass printing is still very low. At most, you will lose tens or millions. Yuandian.com has a big business and can afford to lose...

He looked at some photos of "Battle of the Stars". The design was very beautiful, but it was a little too exaggerated, not simple and clear enough, and lacked a bit of style.

Although this book is a complete cool-text routine, the content is still good. It has lasted for many years and has remained popular for a long time. Publishing in simplified Chinese is only the first step. Next, there will definitely be publishing in traditional Chinese, animation, film and television adaptations, etc., and it can even form a hot IP series.

Datang Technology Company established by Li Yuan plans to set up a business department specifically for incubating IP and acquiring the copyrights of famous works. This will be a money-attracting tool in the future...

Li Yuan expressed his thoughts: "Okay, the starry sky is huge. Let me take a look at it. I can give you a brief introduction to the picture. It's a bit fancy. The cover can be in the style of ink painting..."

Xingkong: "Okay, I also feel it's a bit too fancy. I'll let the publishing house make adjustments now. When it's ready, I'll send it to you. This is your first published book. You must strive for excellence, and it's better to be lacking than to overdo it. .”

Li Yuan: "Well, Xingkong is in big trouble."

Xingkong: "You're welcome, Xia Hua. Recently, the company is planning to launch a "Wonderful Pen Project" training for online writers in Shanghai. We would like to invite you to be a gold medal lecturer of our Yuandian Chinese website to teach new authors your writing experience. Would you like to Want to go?"

As if afraid of Li Yuan's objection, Xingkong quickly sent a message:

"There are many benefits to participating in this kind of training. It can help you sign a contract with a big god faster. Moreover, the company will use its own resources to help you join the Chinese Writers Association. This is a formal association that begins with the Chinese character. It will be helpful for your future Development, there is a lot of help..."

Li Yuan did not expect that at this time, the Yuandian Chinese website already had a "Miaobi Project" to cultivate new online writers.

In his previous life, he had naturally never participated in a similar plan like this. It wasn't that he didn't want to go, it was mainly because he couldn't leave. I heard that those who participate in this kind of training program can basically reach the level of high-quality writers. It is not a dream to earn more than 10,000 yuan a month...

Among the conditions mentioned by Xingkong, it is not a big problem to become a "great writer" on the Yuandian Chinese website and get a "great god appointment". With his achievements in "Fighting Starry Sky", there is no problem at all in signing a great god appointment.

At present, this book has reached 9.2 average subscriptions on the main website of Origin Chinese website. If it is used in the entire all-media channels, it is certain to exceed 10 average subscriptions.

With this kind of performance, it won't be a big problem to win the big contract and re-sign the sales sharing contract.

What Li Yuan is more coveted is the last item, which can help him join the Chinese Writers Association.

As an association beginning with the word "国", the Chinese Writers Association is an official organization affiliated with the country, and it still has a lot of gold content. You can even guide the development of the online literature market in the future and gain both fame and fortune.

As far as he knows, in the future, it will be very difficult for Internet writers to join the Chinese Writers Association.

After thinking for a moment, Li Yuan still gave an affirmative answer. His writing level may not be very high, but he has experienced the baptism of the Internet explosion era in the future. When the Internet article first emerged in 2008, he went to guide some new authors. I still have the qualifications to make some suggestions...

"The starry sky is big, I am willing to participate."

Xingkong was very happy to see Li Yuan willing to participate. As this year's rising new writer, he was able to draw Li Yuan to give lectures, which was a great achievement for him:

"Xia Hua, okay, I'll let you know when the specific schedule is finalized."

"OK, all right."

……

After handling matters related to book publishing and the Origin Chinese website, Li Yuan began to prepare for company recruitment related matters.

Before, he had no time to recruit employees due to military training. Now he can put entrepreneurship, recruitment and other matters on the agenda without military training.

Although he is very satisfied with his current life. He has 6 fully paid houses and more than 1800 million in cash, which is enough to live comfortably, but people always have to have dreams.

Moreover, with all this wealth, he can at best be considered a middle-income earner in the Magic City. He may only be a great Internet writer, which may bring him some social status, but only a little bit.

It would be a world of difference to reach the height of his dreams.

Li Yuan opened Tieba, campus network and other websites, looked at the current forum model, and thought about setting up a website himself to attract traffic.

In the future, when traffic is king, being able to occupy the traffic market first will have an unlimited future. Having traffic means wealth.

And now is the best time to grab users.

The website that Li Yuan wants to build is naturally a comprehensive website. As the main force on the Internet, it should first focus on campus forums.

There are more than 2000 universities in the country with more than 4000 million teachers and students. College students are not only the main force of consumption, but also the core group of online shoppers and surfers.

It can be said that as long as we can capture the huge group of college students, the future is limitless.

Li Yuan searched for online forums of this era. Now is the period when the Internet industry is booming. Qiandu Tieba, Campus Network, Jiulang Weibo, etc. are vying for success...

Most of the current campus forums are gathered in Qiandu Tieba. This is the most glorious moment of Tieba today...

For example, forum platforms such as Zhihu, Xiaohongshu, and Hupu Sports that will be very famous in the future have either not yet been launched, or they have just started.

Li Yuan had played in these website forums in his previous life. Knowing the operation model of these websites, he could quickly develop the website.

In addition to websites, making games is also a very good way to make money, especially some small games, web games, etc., which can make money very quickly.

Now, what is lacking is not technology, but creativity.

Li Yuan opened his laptop and thought about the possible entrepreneurial directions that he had recorded before. Some of them needed to be focused on, while others could be pursued simultaneously.   For example, building a website and a game can be done at the same time.

"First of all, we need to find a headhunting company to recruit."

Li Yuan found a relatively well-known headhunting company in later generations and gave a rough summary of his job conditions and salary.

[Mr. Li, what are your requirements and what kind of talents do you need to recruit? 】

[Mainly in the computer field, game design, programming, web page production, animation design, etc. As for the number of people, it should be about 20. It is best to have relevant work experience. Bachelor degree or above is required, and 985/211 universities are preferred... Salary benefits, monthly salary of 8000 + performance salary rewards, working location in Shanghai...]

[Mr. Li, the salary you offer is very good. We will definitely find outstanding talents suitable for you. After the announcement is made, the personnel will be qualified and it will take about a week...]

[Yes, yes. There is no rush in terms of time, but we must try our best to find those real talents, preferably graduates from prestigious schools... After your preliminary screening, send me the resumes of suitable talents. 】

[No problem, Mr. Li. Our company's strength has always been well-known. I believe our cooperation will be very pleasant. 】

[Then I will wait and see. 】

After hanging up the phone with the headhunting company, Li Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

In 2008, some of the familiar recruitment websites have been established, but it is still difficult to recruit real talents from the recruitment websites.

Now, online recruitment is not as developed as in later generations. In this era, most of the real talents are poached through company campus recruitment and headhunting companies with high salaries.

A headhunting company that specializes in this field may not be able to dig out real geniuses, but it will definitely be better than the people you find yourself.

Thinking of discovering talents, Li Yuan suddenly thought that Daxia University also has a computer department. Would he happen to meet some seniors?

It's very interesting to think about that scene.

"It would be great if I could find the founders of MiHoYo and recruit them into my team. I only need to provide a platform and some ideas, and we can take off directly in the future. We can easily achieve a market value of tens of billions, and we can achieve it directly Wealth freedom.”

Li Yuan just thought about it. Although MiHoYo has great potential, he knew nothing about the founder of MiHoYo. He wanted to know the heroes with his eyes and become a Bole, but there was no way...

Li Yuan thought about the future for a while, and then devoted himself to the great business of coding again. With an income of tens of thousands a day and a large flat in the magic city for a month, he couldn't live without it.

In order to keep it secret for the time being, Li Yuan did not do much coding in the dormitory these days. Using a laptop to code is not as efficient or comfortable as the desktop computer he assembled.

At his home in Jinxiu Villa, there was a special study room where he used to code.

……

When they came back at noon, Yi Jing and Liu Jia looked exhausted. Looking at Li Yuan who was playing on the computer, he looked very envious.

"Brother Yuan, you feel really good now. You don't need military training, but it's so comfortable. The weather outside is extremely hot. I feel like if it continues for two weeks, I will lose a layer of skin."

"By the way, Brother Yuan, aren't you going to participate in military training in the future?"

Li Yuan replied calmly: "What else am I going to do? The special rights I finally obtained are not in use now and will become invalid upon expiration."

Liu Jia gave a thumbs up: "Tsk, tsk, Brother Yuan, you are still awesome."

Zhou Tianyu also complained: "These military training instructors really train us like dogs, and treat us completely differently from girls. This morning, after you left, there was a boy in our team who was too exposed to the sun. I had heat stroke and was sent to the school health room..."

Wu Hao also felt the same and cursed angrily: "Made, our instructor Jiang is also very strict. After Brother Yuan left, his training became even more brutal. There are other boys who want to challenge you like you, but unfortunately they are not as good as Brother Yuan. Instructor Jiang punished me by standing in a military posture for an hour, and I almost fainted from heatstroke..."

Yi Jing also gave a rare reply: "After all, Brother Yuan is unique."

……

Time in military training always flies by. Every freshman who participates in military training is very busy and tired.

Roommates such as Liu Jia, Yi Jing, Zhou Tianyu, etc., as soon as they come back every day, after washing up, they immediately fall asleep and have no intention of staying up late...

Li Yuan himself, in addition to coding every day, would go to Longyu Building to check on the company's renovation progress, and occasionally chat with Xia Zhijin, Jiang Zhiyu, and Zhong Tingyue to maintain the relationship between friends.

As for Green Tea Bai Yueguang, after Li Yuan deleted her QQ in anger that day, he never contacted her again.

Bai Weixi didn't take the initiative to send her a text message, so Li Yuan naturally didn't bother to contact her. The two of them seemed to have made a complete break.

From then on, Bai Yueguang only existed in his memory.

……

Time passed leisurely, and more than a week passed in the blink of an eye. At night, Li Yuan was secretly sending messages to Xia Zhijin.

"Zhijin, are you tired from today's military training? I heard that a girl in our class fainted from heatstroke?"

In girls' dormitory A-6608, Xia Zhijin had just finished washing, lying on the bed, holding her mobile phone, chatting shyly with Li Yuan.

"I'm not tired. When I was in my hometown in Shancheng, I often went to the mountains to chop firewood and grow vegetables. The radishes, cabbages, and very small chili peppers I grew in my hometown... I'm very strong, and it's not as hot here as in Shancheng. …”

"Chenchen in our dormitory, she fainted due to heatstroke during training today and will need fluids for several days."

Li Yuan replied with a smile: "Hey, our classmate Zhijin is still an expert at growing vegetables. Do you know? When I was a child, I also grew vegetables. There was a vegetable garden in our hometown, and my mother often planted some greens and greens there. Water spinach, cucumber, tomatoes, peppers, etc. I especially like to eat scrambled eggs with tomatoes..."

"The mountain city is indeed very hot. Although I have never been there, I have heard of the reputation of the Four Furnaces. Zhijin, have you been exposed to the sun like this before, but you can't get a tan?"

Xia Zhijin looked at Li Yuan's reply and had an idea in her mind. Can a rich second generation like Li Yuan also grow their own vegetables?

"Well, I can't tan." She asked shyly, "Have you ever done farm work?"

In front of Xia Zhijin, Li Yuan didn't want to make any pretense or concealment for some reason, and wanted to share everything about himself with her. Maybe this was the feeling of heartbeat.

"My hometown is in the countryside of northern Anhui. My ancestors have been farmers for generations, including my parents. We still have seven or eight acres of land at home... I grew up and went to school in the countryside of northern Anhui, so I naturally know how to do farm work... …”

"Hey, when I was in junior high school, I would go to the corn field with a spray belt to water the ground. The corn is very tall and the leaves are very spicy. And soybeans, you know, you can often catch those on the leaves of soybeans. My mother used to fry very fat soybean bugs for me, but now I feel terrible when I think about it..."

"We grow wheat there, but what you grow there should be rice, right? In the past, when there were no large combine harvesters, our family used small four-wheelers, the kind of single-cylinder tractors. The black smoke emitted by the tractors, It smells particularly good. I used to chase tractor exhaust and smell it with my playmates in the village..."

"Not only can I do farm work, but I can also cook for myself. I fried spicy and sour potato shreds and tomatoes with scrambled eggs. They are very delicious. When you have the opportunity, I will let you try my craftsmanship..."

Listening to Li Yuan share his daily life as a child, Xia Zhijin felt that Li Yuan was no longer so far away from her. He used to be a very ordinary person...

Although Li Yuan was very kind to her before, she always had a subconscious inferiority complex in her heart, thinking that he and she were from two different worlds and would not have anything in common...

Xia Zhijin replied shyly: "Okay, I can also cook. My grandma often praises the delicious food I cook."

Li Yuan chuckled: "Really? Then when the military training is over, let's cook a meal together and compare ourselves?"

Xia Zhijin's expression became even more shy, and she softly replied: "Yes!"

Li Yuan checked the time, it was already past eleven o'clock in the evening, and reminded:

"Zhijin, military training is to pay attention to your health, eat more meat, eggs, etc., and be careful not to get heat stroke... It's getting late, you should go to bed early, good night."

Xia Zhijin replied with a "smiling" expression: "Good night!"

(End of this chapter)