Pei Qian took a sip of tea and continued, "We only give buyout contracts to the top authors of our own website."
"That's because the conditions of this buyout contract are better. It's equivalent to a benefit for the authors of our website. We will not provide such benefits before the authors of other websites prove their strength."
"The entire book is bought out. The number of words in the book is between 100,000 and 500,000. It cannot exceed 500,000."
"The buyout price is calculated according to three times the author's previous share of income. For example, the subscription income of the original author's old book is about 1,000 yuan per thousand words. Then, the buyout fee for this buyout book is 3,000 yuan per thousand words. "
"There is no minimum daily requirement. Write as much as you like. Slow work produces fine work."
"What's more, we don't accept complete originals. We can only write custom-made novels. We provide the author with IP."
Pei Qian could not help but be impressed by his own intelligence after he finished speaking.
Wouldn't buyout and custom-made all the great authors of Zhongdian Chinese Network be wiped out in one fell swoop and crippled all of them?
Anyone who read online literature often knew that buyout and custom-made was the easiest way to produce rubbish works.
Because if one wanted to create a good work, the first prerequisite was freedom.
Only when online writers could write freely about topics that they were good at and have a strong driving force could they write outstanding works.
If an author who was good at writing science fiction had to write romance, the things he wrote would definitely be terrible.
On the other hand, custom-made works were often works that the client had certain commercial publicity needs. At that time, the author's creative ideas would definitely be restricted by the client.
In order to make the work meet their own requirements, the client would definitely put forward some suggestions for changes or interfere with the author's outline. On the other hand, the author would not be able to write according to his own ideas. He would also have an attitude of fooling around and would not be able to produce 120% of his creative state.
That was because the first target of custom-made novels was the client and not the readers. Then, there was a high chance that it would not be liked by the readers.
On the basis of the limited theme of custom-made novels, coupled with the buyout, it would affect the author's creative enthusiasm even more.
That was because buyout meant guaranteed income. The price of custom-made novels was very high. The author only needed to use his brain a little to write the work to about 60 points to complete the requirements of the client. There was no need to work hard to write 80 points or even 100 points.
Perhaps even if he wanted to write 100 points, he would not be able to do it because he did not have enough creative freedom and was not good at the theme.
Therefore, Pei Qian released this customization + buyout trump card to 'bribe' all the top authors of Zhongdian Chinese Network.
For these top authors, whether it was subscriptions or buyouts, it was all about making money. As for how they chose, it all depended on which one made the most money.
Writing a custom-made buyout was even easier. The royalties calculated according to the number of words would almost double. Every day, he could just write casually and get the same amount of money as before. Why not?
If the previous royalties were 1,000 yuan per thousand words, he would earn 300,000 yuan per month for writing 300,000 words. But according to the buyout, the royalties would be tripled, and he would earn the same amount of money for writing 100,000 words per month.
But the workload was greatly reduced!
Although the buyout system was voluntary and not mandatory, Pei Qian felt that no one would be able to reject such excellent conditions, right?
Who would say no to money?
That way, the authors' income would not be affected, but the website would incur losses. Pei Qian would have achieved his goal.
Ma Yiqun obviously understood this logic very well. That was why he looked a little shocked. He did not know what Boss Pei was up to.
Although it was up to the authors to decide whether to write a buyout or not, only a few of these top authors would reject the current price.
Of course, it was a good thing for the authors, but for the website … there seemed to be a huge risk. A single mistake would cause a huge loss.
Ma Yiqun pondered for a moment and asked, "Boss Pei, are there any other restrictions on this buyout system? What if no one reads the author's work? Can we ask him to finish the book in advance or force him to modify it? "
Pei Qian shook his head. "There are no other restrictions, but there is a requirement for the number of words. That is, each book has to write 100,000 to 500,000 words. If it exceeds 500,000 words, I won't pay. I have to open another book."
The reason why he set the word limit was mainly to create difficulties for these authors who were used to writing long stories.
At the moment, the standard word limit of the Internet was two to three million words. There were many people who wrote longer than five million words or more.
Therefore, authors were used to setting the full text at more than two million words when they set the outline of the story. Great authors could write famous novels, so they would definitely be more familiar with this.
At this time, they had to forcibly compress the story to 100,000 to 500,000 words and write short stories. This was a creative method that they were not very good at.
As for the readers of the internet, most of them liked to read long works and were not interested in short stories.
That way, the possibility of making money would be further reduced.
Ma Yiqun asked again, "If the author writes rubbish for a few books in a row, can we also terminate the buyout contract?"
Pei Qian wanted to say no at first, but he felt that it did not make sense. An author had been producing rubbish, but the website had been paying him extremely high royalties to write a buyout. That was a little unreasonable and inexcusable.
Thus, he considered for a while and adopted a relatively compromise plan. "If the results of two consecutive buyout books are very bad, let him go back and write a share. He can continue to write a buyout after writing a share."
That way, authors who wanted to mess around could continue to write a buyout to cheat money after writing a book with a share. The website's rules would not have 'come and cheat me of my money' and 'stupid people with too much money' written on their faces.
Ma Yiqun asked again, "Only custom-made novels. What kind of custom-made novels?"
"Can I accept custom-made novels from other companies?"
Pei Qian immediately shook his head. "No! We can only write Tengda's own IP. "
Ma Yiqun: "…"
If he could accept custom-made novels from other companies, he might still be able to earn money from such a buyout.
For example, if some popular online games needed to be promoted, Ma Yiqun could recommend his outstanding authors over and let this company pay. Then, the authors would write a buyout. That way, Zhongdian Chinese Network would be able to earn a sum of advertising fees from the middle.
However, Boss Pei rejected the possibility of making money on the spot!
According to Boss Pei, the theme restrictions of this custom-made novel were quite strange.
They could not be purely original nor could they accept custom-made novels from other companies. They could only write Tengda's IP.
What were Tengda's IPs?
Ma Yiqun made a simple inventory. This included the various games that Tengda had developed, such as Repent and be Saved, Ocean Stronghold, Struggle, and so on;
This included the short videos and movies that Fei Huang Workspace had already filmed, such as Tomorrow is Beautiful and Mission and Choice that were being filmed;
This included the various bought IP images in GOG, as well as original hero characters such as Modest and Ruan;
This included the various superhero characters in the works of Hurricane Comics Company that they had bought;
In addition, some of the popular novels on Zhongdian Chinese Network and other miscellaneous things were also considered Tengda's IP.
It looked like a lot, but what was the point of writing custom-made novels about these things?
Their only use might be to enrich the story reserves of the entire 'Tengda Universe'. However, many of these IPs did not need to be enriched at all: the content of the original work had already been expressed very clearly and thoroughly. Why would they need to follow up?
Could these authors write stories that were comparable to the original works if they wrote seriously? Ma Yiqun did not think so at all. That was because many of the original works were personally written by Boss Pei. These authors could not catch up even if they tried.
What's more, it was still a loss compared to the money spent on buying these works.
That was because the buyout strategy this time was not just for one author, but for all the top authors of Zhongdian Chinese Network. If these authors were determined to deceive and cheat money, Zhongdian Chinese Network would be spending a lot of money to buy trash. It would be difficult to guarantee the interests of the website.
Ma Yiqun pondered for a long time, but he was still confused by Boss Pei's decision this time.
However, Ma Yiqun did not say much when he saw Boss Pei's confident expression.
After all, Boss Pei's actions were always so unpredictable. No matter how ridiculous and strange Boss Pei's decisions seemed at the beginning, they would be proven to have other deeper meanings and be a great success in the end.
Thus, Ma Yiqun nodded. "Alright, Boss Pei. I'll arrange it soon."
Pei Qian was very satisfied with his attitude. "Hmm, very good."
"Also, there's one more thing. It's about the authors' study class."
"This study class has been running for some time. It's time to make some improvements."
"My idea is to create another 'inspiration class' based on this study class."
"Gather those top authors, especially those who have decided to write custom-made buyout novels, and let them participate in this inspiration class."
"In the inspiration class, we will prepare a large number of novels, movies, and games for them to collect material from them every day. Then, they will exchange writing skills and knowledge and recommend games or movies that they think are fun to each other."
"There must be some initial investment in this inspiration class. For example, the monitor must be big, the headphones must be good, and the seats must be comfortable. We will directly buy legal, ultra-high-definition Blu-ray discs for the various resources inside to provide everyone with the best viewing experience. "
"In the previous study class, the authors could only write and look up information. They could not do anything else. In this inspiration class, the authors could only do things related to collecting inspiration. They could only spend at most two hours writing in the inspiration class every day."
Ma Yiqun was stunned again. "Huh? This … "
How was this an inspiration class? It was obviously an enjoyment class, a slacking class!
One of the main reasons why the study class was successful previously was that the 'small black room' method allowed these authors with poor self-control to concentrate on creating in this environment. That was why many outstanding works were produced.
However, now, everyone could watch movies and play games if they wanted to. Not only were they not locked in the small black room, but they were also limited to writing for a maximum of two hours a day?
Wasn't that encouraging them to slack off?
What's more, Boss Pei had also said that this inspiration class was mainly targeted at authors who had decided to write custom-made buyout novels. These people's update requirements were already very low, and their creative enthusiasm was probably not very high. Arranging such a comfortable and enjoyable environment for them …
This group of people was probably going to be crippled!
They were all top authors and mainstays of Zhongdian Chinese Network. If they were crippled, it would not only affect the website's income, but it would also affect the number of outstanding works on the website and the readers' evaluation of the website …
Ma Yiqun hesitated for a moment and said, "Boss Pei, isn't this environment too relaxed?"
Pei Qian chuckled. "It has to be relaxed!"
"For these top authors, they don't lack skills or abilities. If they want to improve further, they need more inspiration. They need to slow down and work slowly to produce fine results!"
"Now, many of them have millions of words and are updated thousands or even ten thousand times a day. How can they write exquisite works in the face of such huge update pressure?"
"Tell them to slow down and polish!"
Ma Yiqun opened his mouth, wanting to say something. However, he did not manage to do so in the end.
Obviously, Boss Pei's idea was a little unrealistic. This was the internet. It was meant to be used for entertainment. So what if they slowed down and polished it well? Could they even polish it into a famous novel?
However, Boss Pei's idea could not be said to be wrong. It could only be said that Boss Pei had a higher level and a higher goal than him.
Ma Yiqun hesitated for a moment and finally nodded. "Alright, Boss Pei. I'll arrange it now!"
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