At noon, Pei Qian and He An went to Boss Li's Ming House for lunch.
The reason why he didn't go to the nameless restaurant was that he couldn't eat there without a reservation.
However, every weekend, Pei Qian would reserve the largest private room in the nameless restaurant for the banquet. That way, he could treat He An to another meal.
He An knew that Boss Pei was busy with work. It just so happened that he had to go back and rest in the afternoon. Thus, the two of them agreed to have a meal at the nameless restaurant this weekend and then bade each other farewell.
He An was obviously still very curious about how Mission and Choice succeeded. However, seeing how confident and tight-lipped Boss Pei was, he knew that he would not be able to get an answer. He could only suppress his curiosity and continue waiting for the day the game was released.
After eating, Pei Qian looked at his watch. It was not even 3 PM yet.
It was Friday afternoon. There was still time to arrange another department.
Tomorrow was the weekend. Apart from Upwind Logistics and a few other departments that needed to take turns to rest, the rest of the departments had to wait until Monday to make arrangements for the other departments.
"Which department should I arrange?"
"Hmm … Zhong Dian Chinese Network is closer. Let's arrange it first."
Pei Qian had wanted to make a trip to Thriller Hostel, but it was quite far from the city center after all. It would be troublesome to make a trip there. Pei Qian did not want to waste too much time and decided to go on Monday.
He would make arrangements for Zhongdian Chinese Network today.
Zhongdian Chinese Network was just above Tengda Games. Although Pei Qian could reach it by taking two more floors, he had not visited Zhongdian Chinese Network for a long time.
Because there was really nothing to see.
Although Zhongdian Chinese Network was also profitable, it was not as profitable as other industries. What's more, it was very stable, and there would not be a sudden increase in income.
Pei Qian had always felt that Zhongdian Chinese Network's department was not connected to each other. He felt that it was of little value and that it was a pity to abandon it. Thus, he had completely let it be for the past few months and did not ask about it.
However, after seeing Zhongdian Chinese Network's various revenue figures steadily increasing this morning, Pei Qian became wary again. He felt that he could not let things go on like this.
Now that he was free, he could make some arrangements.
Pei Qian arrived at Zhongdian Chinese Network and scanned everyone's working status.
Hmm, not bad. At least, it was better than Tengda Games.
When he went to Tengda Games previously, that group of people had been staring intently at the screen. They were either typing rapidly on the keyboard with both hands or frowning and thinking hard. It was obvious that they were all focused on their work.
However, at Zhongdian Chinese Network, everyone's working state was much more relaxed. Some people were holding their cell phones, while others were aimlessly browsing through the various data on the website. In short, it was a rather relaxed state.
Although he could not see any obvious signs of slacking off, it was obviously much better than Tengda Games. That made Pei Qian very pleased.
The current chief editor of Zhongdian Chinese Network, Zhu Xingan, saw Boss Pei and quickly stood up to welcome him. "Boss Pei, why are you here?"
Zhu Xingan was a little surprised because Boss Pei had not come to Zhongdian Chinese Network to inspect the work for an entire year. He did not give Zhongdian Chinese Network any guidance either.
Many colleagues thought that Boss Pei had forgotten about Zhongdian Chinese Network.
However, Boss Pei was here now. That meant that Boss Pei had not forgotten about Zhongdian Chinese Network!
This made Zhu Xingan quite happy.
Pei Qian smiled. "It's nothing. I was just passing by and decided to take a look. Where's Ma Yiqun?"
Zhu Xingan said, "He's in the office."
Pei Qian nodded, walked to Ma Yiqun's office, and gently knocked on the door.
Ma Yiqun was very surprised to see Boss Pei. "Boss Pei, why are you here? Please take a seat. "
Pei Qian sat down on the sofa in the office.
Ma Yiqun poured a cup of tea for himself. "Boss Pei, did you specially come here today because you have some work to assign?"
Pei Qian drank his tea and said leisurely, "I just remembered that I haven't been here for a while, so I came to take a look. How's the current situation of the website? Is the study class still going? "
Ma Yiqun answered truthfully, "The current situation of the website is very good. Revenue is growing steadily, especially the number of authors has been increasing.
"A batch of popular books has appeared on the website. The subscription results of these top books have been steadily increasing. In addition, we give authors more commission than other websites. Thus, we are becoming more and more popular among authors.
"What's more, our website has never been in arrears or deducted royalties for no reason. All the data is open and transparent. That is also a huge advantage of us.
"Many authors have come to our website to test the waters. Our website's reputation in the circle is also getting better and better!
"The online author training class is still being held, and the results are very obvious. The list of participants in the training class is no longer voluntary. That's because everyone has to participate, and there are not enough slots. We can only choose from new authors who have achieved a certain level of success, and in principle, those who have already appeared in the previous issue can't come again in the next issue. "
"Even so, authors are still flocking to it. Readers are also clamoring every day to send the authors they follow to the study class and lock them in a small black room to update seriously.
"Whether it's slow at writing, uninspired authors, or writers who lack writing skills, they have obvious improvements after entering the study class! Once such an atmosphere is formed, coupled with the model of the old guiding the new, the study class would nurture batch after batch of outstanding authors for the website. The entire website's content would naturally become richer and more exciting. "
Pei Qian sipped his tea, feeling more melancholic the more he listened.
From the sound of it, the situation was very bad!
Obviously, Zhongdian Chinese Network had entered a virtuous cycle. The authors' income continued to increase, their passion for writing was fully stimulated, and their writing skills improved with the help of other authors. At the same time, readers were becoming more attached to the website because there were more and more good works.
The consequences would be unimaginable if this continued!
At the moment, Zhongdian Chinese Network's market share might not be comparable to that of a big website like Infinite Chinese Network, but it was already one of the top three choices in the minds of authors because of its high profits and good benefits.
Once the website became big, it would definitely continue to develop steadily. As long as the person-in-charge did not have cerebral palsy and did not make some retarded operations, it would be difficult for the website to go downhill.
Pei Qian looked at Ma Yiqun carefully and felt that he was definitely not cerebral palsy.
Since that was the case, there was a high probability that Zhongdian Chinese Network would develop better in the future.
This could not go on. He had to do something!
Pei Qian was also considered an online reader and knew a little about these things in the online literature circle.
He pondered for a moment and quickly found a good entry point.
"Our website is still mainly based on subscriptions, right?"
Ma Yiqun did not know why Boss Pei was asking this. He nodded. "Yes, Boss Pei. Ever since our website was established, you have always emphasized that we should mainly focus on subscriptions and try not to do buyouts."
Pei Qian thought about it. This seemed to be decided by himself.
That was because when Zhongdian Chinese Network was first established, the entire website was in a state of disinterest.
Pei Qian was worried that Ma Yiqun would use buyouts to poach some great authors from other websites at a high price and bring popularity and traffic to Zhongdian Chinese Network. Thus, he repeatedly reiterated that they should mainly focus on subscriptions and not do buyouts.
That was because there were not many readers, so they naturally would not get much money from subscriptions. Authors would not come if they could not earn money from writing books here.
However, times had changed now.
After Zhongdian Chinese Network had developed, subscriptions would definitely be a more motivating model for authors. That was because the better the writing, the higher the subscription, the more money they would earn. Thus, authors would work hard to polish the plot and contribute better works to the readers.
Pei Qian sipped his tea and said, "We have to change this principle. In the future, we will do both shares and buyouts. However, we will only buy out our own authors' works! "
Ma Yiqun was stunned. "Only buy out our own authors' works?"
Logically speaking, since they wanted to do a buyout, one of the most important uses was to poach people from other websites.
That was because outstanding authors from other websites were not sure if they could maintain their current income from subscriptions after changing websites. They were worried that they would not be able to adapt and would be cautious when they were poached.
Thus, it was relatively easier to poach people with a buyout.
As for their own authors' works, there was no point in signing a buyout.
That was because the buyout could not be unlimitedly high. The website had to ensure that it would not lose money.
The website would estimate the royalties that the authors could earn from writing subscriptions and then give a buyout price that was higher than the royalties.
If the content written by the authors was lower than the value of the subscriptions, the website would lose money. If the content written by the authors was higher than the value of the subscriptions, the author would lose money.
However, for the authors of the website, if they earned a lot of money from writing subscriptions and felt that they could improve, they would definitely not sign a buyout because it would destroy their fighting spirit. On the other hand, if it was an author who did not earn much money from writing subscriptions and was not capable enough, signing a buyout would not motivate them to work harder. Instead, it would objectively encourage them to wait for death.
Thus, the buyout method was more useful when poaching people. However, if it was used on their own people, it might cause both the website and the author to lose.
That was why Ma Yiqun was filled with doubts about Boss Pei's buyout strategy.
Pei Qian looked at Ma Yiqun's confused expression and smiled without saying a word.
Confused?
That's right!
I was trying to wear down the fighting spirit of the authors!
Many authors knew that it was easy to cripple a writer by writing a fixed-rate contract.
That was because the buyout was usually calculated according to the number of words. The quality of the work would not affect the author's income. As long as the contract was strictly followed, the website would have to pay the author according to the number of words no matter how rubbish the author wrote as long as he did not obviously violate the contract.
To the author, if he wrote well and exceeded the price given by the buyout, the money he earned would still be the same. It would be equivalent to him losing money. Therefore, they would lack the motivation to write well.
Of course, many websites added many supplementary terms to the buyout contract to avoid these problems. For example: when the data was not good, the editor had the right to ask the author to make changes or finish the book in advance; when the data of the book reached a certain height, the author could ask the website to change the buyout to a share; or they could simply sign a 'guaranteed share'. That was, when the subscription did not exceed a certain number, they would buy it out and share it after that.
However, Pei Qian obviously did not intend to use such a method.
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