"Then what are we waiting for?"
A senior executive immediately laughed and said, "Sell it. That's 100 million yuan. If it weren't for the fact that they are in the development period and need traffic support, they definitely wouldn't be able to sell it at such a price. This online reading website is clearly giving us money!"
"I agree."
Next to him, another executive immediately nodded and said, "This is the last chance."
"Although there are only two online reading websites offering, the first one's offer of 50 million yuan is about the same. After all, based on the current sales of the physical book of 'Classics of Preventive Diseases', it's not difficult to sell 5 million copies. 50 million is quite suitable. The second offer has doubled at once. Judging from this offer, there shouldn't be a higher offer of 100 million yuan."
A senior executive nodded in agreement and said, "After all, this is just an online copyright. 100 million yuan is already a sky-high price."
Everyone nodded.
"Then I have to call the first website that offered first. After all, I promised them that I would give them a reply as soon as possible after thinking about it."
Zhang Xingjie nodded with a smile.
For him.
The temptation of 100 million yuan was also very great because he was a person who had walked the line of life and death. At that time, he was so poor that he almost filed for bankruptcy. If it weren't for Fang Qiu's new book, his publishing house would have been gone long ago.
It was also after that time that he almost went bankrupt that he deeply understood the importance of money.
He couldn't feel it when he was rich, but the pain when he had no money was something others couldn't understand. As the leader of the Fan Culture Publishing House, he would never allow himself to fall to the bottom again.
Even if the publishing house had enough money now, he would not let go of any opportunity to make money. This was what the majority of people were wondering. Why did the rich keep making money? Because the money of these rich people was in the company. Once the company went wrong, they couldn't afford it at all, so they could only keep making money.
The real rich, those landlords who relied on real estate to collect rent, didn't even have time to play. How could they be busy making money?
100 million yuan, pure profit.
It was enough for the Fan Culture Publishing House to persist for several years.
Soon.
Zhang Xingjie found the phone number of the first Huaxia Reading Website and dialed back.
"Hello?"
The phone was quickly connected.
Obviously, the person on the other end of the phone had been guarding the phone.
"Hello, I'm the manager of the Fan Culture Publishing House, Zhang Xingjie."
Zhang Xingjie said.
"Hello, hello."
The person on the other end of the phone kept greeting him.
"My apologies."
Zhang Xingjie didn't beat around the bush and directly said, "We've received calls from several reading websites, and they've all given different offers. Your offer is very good, but someone offered a higher price, so …"
Hearing this.
The person on the other end of the phone suddenly fell silent.
"Le Yu offered a high price of one hundred million, right?"
The voice on the other end of the line came again.
"Happy reading?"
Zhang Xingjie was stunned and said, "It's the World Chinese Network."
"Looks like you guys aren't familiar with online reading websites."
The person on the other end of the phone smiled and said, "World Rise is the name of the company. Their online reading website and mobile reading app are called Le Read. People in the industry call them Le Read."
"Is that so?"
Zhang Xingjie nodded in understanding.
Over the years, he had been busy all day for the sake of his publishing house. He had no time to learn about online reading, so he didn't know the rules of these online reading websites.
"It's Hou Yicheng's offer, right?"
Another question came from the other end of the line.
"Sorry, I can't say."
Zhang Xingjie raised his eyebrows and asked, "But how do you know?"
He didn't admit it directly.
But as soon as he said this, the person on the other end of the line knew he was right.
Zhang Xingjie also knew very well that since the other party had said it so directly, he must have received the news early. So although he didn't admit it, he didn't hide it either.
"Can you listen to me?"
Under Zhang Xingjie's question, the person on the other end of the line didn't answer, but opened his mouth to ask.
"What?"
Zhang Xingjie was confused.
He didn't know what the other party meant.
Although he just called to inform him out of kindness, the other party was very polite to him. He had already refused the other party on the copyright, so Zhang Xingjie couldn't refuse this small request of the other party.
"I want to tell you about the current situation of online literature."
The person on the other end of the line said.
"All right."
Hearing this, Zhang Xingjie thought for a while and felt that it was necessary for him to learn about online literature and the sales model of books on the Internet. He immediately nodded.
"From the previous conversation, it seems that you don't know the industry of online literature, so I'll start from the most basic practitioners of online literature."
The person on the other end of the line said and then added, "Now the number of practitioners of online literature is very large. There are millions or even tens of millions of people."
"So many?"
When Zhang Xingjie heard this, he was immediately shocked.
Millions or even tens of millions of practitioners. What kind of data was this?
It was really scary.
"Yes, in fact, the number of practitioners of online literature is more than the data I mentioned."
The person nodded and said, "Moreover, among such a large number of people, a large number of people are full-time writers and rely on the Internet to make a living."
"Their income comes from the subscription of readers who read the original book and the share of the tips given by readers."
The person on the other end of the line said this, paused for a moment and then continued to add, "That is to say, the more subscriptions and tips, the better the life of these full-time online writers will be."
"This model is equivalent to renting books in a physical bookstore."
Zhang Xingjie nodded in understanding.
"No."
The person on the other end of the line smiled and said, "The premise of renting a book is that the book has been completed, and the Internet needs to be updated every day, so you will never know what the next plot of the Internet you are following will be."
"Yes."
Zhang Xingjie nodded in understanding and asked, "Why are you telling me this?"
"I want to tell you."
The person on the other end of the line said, "Now, with the development of online literature, some websites have begun to promote free books. In order to attract readers, they will do anything. But in the case of the Internet being free, how can these websites make money?"
"They let readers spend money without ads."
"But what does this have to do with the authors?"
On the other end of the line, a very obvious sigh could be heard. He continued, "To put it bluntly, they are just capital operations, business operations. They divert traffic from all directions, and in the end, they achieve the traffic target that they have in mind. Once their company's valuation is high, they will go public and cash out. In this way, they will earn a lot of money, but all the web authors under their banner will be screwed over. Those web authors who have worked hard to burn their passion in an incomparably cruel living environment, living a frugal life full of dreams, will be screwed over by these capital operations."
"Those online writers can't get any money at all. Those big capitalists don't care about the life and death of online writers at all for their own purposes!"
Hearing this.
Zhang Xingjie was silent.
He knew what the other party meant.
The other party only told him the origin of the 100 million yuan and what would happen in the future. That was to say, if he accepted the 100 million yuan, hundreds of thousands or even tens of thousands of online writers who would be cheated in the future would be cheated by him.
"Let me tell you the truth."
Sensing Zhang Xingjie's silence, the person on the other end of the line continued to say, "Spending 50 million to buy the electronic copyright of 'Classics of Precaution' is already my limit. I also know that this 50 million yuan will definitely be spent at a loss, but my purpose is also to attract traffic. I hope to rely on 'Classics of Precaution' to attract more readers to support the original version and top up to read books on our website. After reading 'Classics of Precaution', they can use the remaining money to read the books of other authors."
"This is good for all the authors on our website."
Zhang Xingjie frowned.
His expression was a little ugly now.
He knew that the other party was persuading him to give up the 100 million yuan and take over his 50 million yuan.
However. The price difference was too big. The 100 million yuan had been reduced by half in an instant. How could Zhang Xingjie accept this?
Moreover, the other party also mentioned the interests of online writers and directly put the sale of electronic copyright at the commanding heights.
This made it very difficult for Zhang Xingjie to refuse.
"You have to know that I'm taking a huge risk by offering 50 million yuan. My ultimate goal is to help the group of authors on our website, not for our own website. This way, online literature can develop in a positive direction."
The person on the other end of the line continued to persuade him. "One move from you could really let the other party get what he wants. The millions of online writers, the young people who are struggling in the steel jungle, will completely fall into the big trap that they have set up."
"Among these online writers, 90% of them can't earn any royalties. Among the remaining 10%, 9% can only earn a subsistence allowance. They can't even support themselves, let alone their families. Only 1% can earn money, and among that 1%, only 0.01% can earn a lot of money."
"Now, 90% of online writers don't have enough to eat and wear warm clothes. The reason for this is that these capitalists have entered the market and created these free books. The results of these online writers' hard work are ruthlessly trampled on."
"I'm not doing this for myself. I'm doing this for these web novelists. Please make the right choice. Don't let these people who work hard for their dreams, don't let these adorable people who love this industry leave because they don't have enough money to support themselves. Once they leave, this industry will slowly disappear."
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