After sending Teacher Qiao off, Pei Qian returned to Shenhua View and walked around Zhongdian Chinese Network on the second floor of Tengda.
At the moment, Zhongdian Chinese Network's business had stabilized. Most people were in a state of self-entertainment.
The website's traffic was slowly increasing, but it was still terrible overall. What's more, there were no signs of improvement in the short term.
Zhongdian Chinese Network did not have a good reputation on many online literature forums. Most authors saw it as a scam and did not recommend newcomers to work full-time here.
Only those authors who did not have the slightest bit of motivation would choose Zhongdian Chinese Network as their first choice because of this little bit of diligence.
Thus, editors usually only had two things to do.
Review manuscripts or write for their own amusement.
Of course, some people, including Zhu Xingan, were writing the official plot of Repent and be Saved to entertain themselves.
However, because Repent and be Saved's official plot was always on the homepage, readers were flaming it in all sorts of ways. If not for Zhu Xingan's strong mental fortitude and ability to withstand pressure, he might have been flamed to death.
The reason why readers were flaming it was very simple. The plot was scattered and messy. There was nothing interesting about it. It was confusing.
After all, it was more like a collection of plot designs for a game than a novel. It did not meet most readers' expectations of the internet at all.
Everyone was used to this. Let them flaming it. In any case, this plot was meant to serve the game from the start.
Apart from Zhongdian Chinese Network, Ma Yiqun was also working on TPDb. He was beginning to see results.
Seeing that Boss Pei had arrived, Ma Yiqun quickly asked someone to pour him a cup of water. He personally reported to Boss Pei about his recent work progress.
Five minutes later …
Although Ma Yiqun was trying his best to beautify Zhongdian Chinese Network's achievements, Pei Qian still accurately understood the fact that the website was still a failure.
"Very good.
"Zhongdian Chinese Network's work is very effective. TPDb is doing very well as well.
"Don't be too eager for instant benefits. Continue doing this."
Pei Qian was very satisfied with Ma Yiqun as an employee.
Although Ma Yiqun had very strong professional qualities, Boss Pei's reasonable use of his skills prevented him from displaying them. It had to be said that this was a huge victory for Boss Pei.
Ever since Ma Yiqun took over Zhongdian Chinese Network, the website had been incurring losses. There were very few readers, and there were not many reliable authors either. All of this reflected Ma Yiqun's outstanding work skills.
Pei Qian sighed silently. This was one of the few talents among his employees whom he could rest assured about!
Seeing that Boss Pei was in a good mood today, Ma Yiqun hesitated. He did not know if he should say what he had been thinking about.
After much consideration, he decided to speak.
"Boss Pei, I have an idea about Zhongdian Chinese Network. Or rather, suggestions. "
"Oh? Tell me about it. "Pei Qian was slightly surprised, but he did not make a fuss.
Although Ma Yiqun's understanding of the Internet was seriously off, his intelligence was not a problem.
Having been the CEO of Zhongdian Chinese Network for so long, it was normal for him to have his own views on the development of the website.
Ma Yiqun said, "Boss Pei, I've considered it. The biggest problem for Zhongdian Chinese Network at the moment is that the income of mid-tier authors cannot increase.
"The income of low-tier authors can be guaranteed to a certain extent because they can work full-time.
"However, once these low-tier authors want to move up and become mid-tier authors, it is basically impossible for them to rely on royalties to support their families or work full-time.
"That's because our website has too few readers at the moment. We can't generate enough subscriptions. Even if these authors write good books, they would be limited by the website's ceiling. It would be very difficult for them to become popular."
Pei Qian nodded.
That's right. I've thought of this problem for a long time.
The reason why I've been pretending not to know was because I wanted to burn more money on the website …
However, since Ma Yiqun had brought it up, Pei Qian could no longer pretend not to know. He could only pretend to nod in agreement.
After all, the smart and farsighted Boss Pei could not possibly not know this. That would be too fake.
Ma Yiqun continued, "That's why I've thought of a way to improve this.
"We should artificially increase the income of mid-tier authors and even top-tier authors. If there are not enough subscribers at the moment, we will have to fork out money to make up for this income.
"Let's say that a good book appears on our website. Its actual standard is equivalent to that of Infinite Chinese Network's premium products. Then, we will fork out money to make up for the author's royalties.
"That way, low-tier authors would not have to worry about being buried on our website. They would also be more motivated."
Pei Qian remained silent for a moment. "That makes sense. However, how can we judge whether this book has reached premium products or not? "
Ma Yiqun said, "On one hand, we have to use the website's data. For example, the ratio of subscribers to all paying readers, votes, clicks, and other data. On the other hand, we have to judge artificially.
"I'm the only one who can do this."
Ma Yiqun had not only discovered this problem today.
However, it was not easy to come up with this solution and muster the courage to bring it up.
Until now, Ma Yiqun was still a little nervous. He was very afraid that Boss Pei would be angry.
That was because he knew very well that this suggestion was a little too bold. That was because he was asking for too much discretion.
For example, if a premium author's monthly royalties were ten thousand yuan, and Zhongdian Chinese Network's full attendance was only a few hundred yuan, that meant that the website would have to make up for the ten thousand yuan.
If ten or twenty authors reached premium products, they would have to make up for the monthly royalties of a hundred thousand yuan, two hundred thousand yuan, or even more.
Ma Yiqun would decide who this money would be given to.
Although he had to refer to the website's data, there were only so many readers on the website now. Wouldn't it be easy to play tricks on the data?
Thus, at the end of the day, Ma Yiqun would decide who to give the money to.
If one were to think about it in a bad way, he could arrange for his relatives and friends to create an alternate account and translate an unknown book into Chinese. Then, through under-the-table operations, he could stuff the royalties into his own pocket.
Thus, the problem that Ma Yiqun raised was objective. However, this suggestion was not very suitable.
This was an overly idealistic plan. If the executor had a little bit of selfishness, it could seriously go astray or even have the opposite effect.
If there was any corruption in the management and the authors heard about it, the website's reputation would be completely ruined. That was a huge risk.
However, Ma Yiqun could not think of any other way.
There were too few readers. Even if the readers at the bottom wrote well, they would not be able to get much royalties. That had already seriously dampened the enthusiasm of the authors at the bottom. That was a problem that had to be solved.
Thus, whether Boss Pei accepted it or not, he had to bite the bullet and make the suggestion.
Pei Qian did not answer immediately. Instead, he thought about it for a while.
Let Ma Yiqun manage the money?
That could be considered.
Pei Qian trusted Ma Yiqun mainly because of his taste in online literature.
Ma Yiqun's own online literature was a flop. That was enough to show that there was a huge problem with the way he looked at online literature. Since that was the case, he felt that the books that could become premium products would not be much better.
In other words, even if he picked out all these books, filled up the recommendation spots, and gave out royalties as premium products, it would not have much of an impact on Zhongdian Chinese Network.
At the same time, Zhongdian Chinese Network could also spend a huge sum of money!
To Pei Qian, who was eager to spend money, this was like charcoal in a snowstorm!
After considering the risks and benefits, Pei Qian immediately nodded. "Alright, no problem.
I'll give you an additional two million yuan in addition to the contracted authors' full attendance. Spend it first. "
Ma Yiqun was stunned and quickly said, "Boss Pei, two million yuan is a little too much!
"At the moment, there are not many capable authors on the website who have the ability to reach premium products. I think we only need about two hundred thousand yuan per month."
Pei Qian waved his hand. "That's alright!
"It doesn't matter if we give premium authors more money. Our website might as well spend a lot of money to buy a horse's bones. It's not a bad thing to give authors more money.
"Don't be too stingy. Since you've decided to make up for these authors' royalties, you might as well give them more so that they have a stronger sense of belonging to Zhongdian Chinese Network."
Pei Qian was not worried about that.
In any case, the books that Ma Yiqun chose were a bunch of trash. So what if he gave these authors more money?
If the books were not good and could not attract readers, all the money would be wasted. Pei Qian could not be happier.
What's more, settlement would be in a month. Pei Qian could not wait to spend more money.
Two million yuan seemed a little too much to Ma Yiqun, but Pei Qian could not wait to spend more.
Ma Yiqun was touched.
Indeed, Boss Pei was Boss Pei. He was always so generous!
What a good way to buy a horse's bones!
If they could give more royalties to those authors who had the ability to write excellent works, then Zhongdian Chinese Network would be more competitive than other small websites. Over time, it might even form a virtuous cycle!
What moved Ma Yiqun even more was that Boss Pei trusted him so much!
This two million yuan was equivalent to giving Ma Yiqun free reign.
What kind of trust was that?!
Could an ordinary leader have such boldness?
Would they still be human if they did not sacrifice their lives for Boss Pei?
Ma Yiqun patted his chest. "Don't worry, Boss Pei. I will do my best to select a group of capable, premium authors. I will not let this money go to waste!"
Pei Qian smiled on the surface but sniggered inwardly.
So long as you do your best, my money will be wasted.
Otherwise, why would I say that you are a good employee that I highly value?
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