Fame starts with the radio

Chapter 477 I am Lingyun 2
"Hey, Mr. Ling, you don't know that the online literature industry is not as good as it was back then. The worst company in the past could make millions more a year. Our Wenyue even claims to have a team of 850 million writers, but now...you I have also written a novel for more than half a year, and there are more than 1 serial authors at most."

"Isn't the development of online literature quite good? Why did it suddenly happen?"

Ling Yun was puzzled, and Qingfeng gave Ling Yun a brief explanation of the general development process of Huaxia Netwen. In simple terms, this is a process from birth to peak, and then to disillusionment.

"About 23 years ago, when computers were not popular in China, the Internet was still dial-up, and there were no novel websites in China. At the beginning, a small group of people bragged and farted in some popular forums. When they were bored, they wrote Writing articles, this is the first web article.

At that time, everyone wrote for their own interest, so they wrote freely and happily. After writing and posting it every day, they longed for the support and recognition of philology enthusiasts.

But hobbies can't hold the firewood, rice, oil and salt, most people stop writing after writing, and either look for a job or go far away.Therefore, readers who liked to read novels at that time were also very painful. Nine out of ten novels they read did not end.

It was at this time that I discussed on the BBS with four other people I could chat with, and decided to set up a home for novel lovers, let this group of people write, add VIPs to the things they write, readers pay to read, and use readers to support authors , well-written, many people read it, naturally earn more, poorly written, no one reads, naturally no money to be made, this is our original idea.

For authors, it is guaranteed that writing can make money, which greatly stimulates their enthusiasm for creation, and many of them can complete a book in its entirety.For readers, they don't need to search everywhere on the Internet, they only need to bookmark our website, so this design structure directly attracts us a large number of top writers and high-quality reader groups. "

Ling Yun nodded.

"Well, I probably know this. The five of you are still being called the creators of online literature on the Internet. Your VIP payment system has indeed changed the pattern of online literature, and many people have made a fortune by writing books."

Qingfeng smiled.

"Hehe, this is all a false name. At the beginning, the five of us just regarded this as a commercial investment. Because of the blank market and our precise positioning, after the website was established, top authors and a large number of readers in the market flooded into it. to our website.

In just one year, our Wenyue has become the leader and sweeps everything. It's a pity that people will follow suit when they see making money. In the next ten years or so, one or several websites will be established almost every year. Poaching, or throwing money.During the same period, domestic computers began to become popular, smart phones began to appear and become popular, a large number of readers flooded into the market rapidly, and the cake that was originally not too big expanded rapidly, and then, various capitals crowded into the online text market one after another...

But the good times didn’t last long. After the popularization of smartphones, small videos quickly exploded in order to seize fragmented time. Video images are inherently more impactful and competitive than text. Coupled with the rise of the game era, this extremely inflated cake has been The impact of games and small videos has been falling apart, and online novels have serious homogenization due to the bottomless market seizure of various companies, quality decline, author benefits, promotion channel costs, and malicious competition among peers. This industry has almost become a meat grinder, whoever enters will die..."

Qingfeng sighed again.

"So in the past few years, almost every family has been viciously competing, every family has suffered serious losses, and every family has been closing down one after another. It's really one after another. In the end, we, Wenyue, are left. In fact, we are just gritted our teeth to support us."

"It's no wonder that no one has opened a novel website in the past few years. It turns out that this business doesn't make money?"

"Not only does it not make money, it's like a meat grinder. Do the math. There are 1 contracted writers on a novel website. One person's full-time salary is 800 yuan a month, and 800 million yuan for a month's full-time attendance. The editor's salary, plus renting Office buildings, servers, and other promotion expenses cost more than 1 million yuan this year.

And income... At this stage, most of them still rely on electronic subscriptions. In the past, there were many people who read books, but now most readers watch short videos. Electronic subscriptions have dropped sharply. , the market was good a few years ago, but most investors bought the copyright at a high price and found that either the investment was too large and the cost could not be paid back, or the platform review could not be launched after the auction, so the copyright is not easy to sell now, otherwise it is only 2000 million. How could he be willing to sell all the copyrights of the top 50 books in a package? "

This Qingfeng seemed to have found someone to complain about, Balabala said a lot, Ling Yun listened carefully, nodded and said.

"I think you're starting to think about quitting. I'm not kidding. Why don't you sell Wenyue to me? I have Lingyun Video, a game design department, and a network of TV stations. Now I have a novel website. It just happens to be able to achieve a closed loop. As for the price, you can rest assured that I am more reliable than Leng Shao. Instead of suffering like this, it is better to take the money and invest in other industries."

"cough……"

When it comes to the price, Qingfeng hesitated again. Although Wenyue is not worth much now and can't generate much profit, after all, he developed it after 23 years of operation. This is similar to a game account that has been played for many years. Losing money, but if it is really sold, most people are actually not completely willing.

But whether to be willing or not, mainly depends on whether the money is in place.

Seeing him like this, Ling Yun raised the price again.

"Well, I'll give you 2 million."

"what?"

Although surprised by Ling Yun's handwriting, Qingfeng still didn't agree directly, he was still waiting for Ling Yun to continue to increase the price, but Ling Yun's next words made him break out in a cold sweat.

"2 million is already considered a high price. If you don't agree, then forget it. I will open another novel website by myself. It shouldn't cost so much money. By then, my "Legend of Youth Cultivating Immortals" will pass. You will be promoted this time." More than half of the top 50 writers in China will probably be dragged by me. Without them, if you continue to lose readers, I believe you won’t be able to last long.”

"I promise!"

Qingfeng finally compromised, but he added another sentence after speaking.

"But... Young Master Leng and I had a verbal agreement before..."

"Didn't you sign the contract?"

"But...he has already paid us 1000 million yuan through the book "Overlord". Originally...this...hehe, the money is actually so...to avoid taxes."

"It's not right, I picked up 1000 million for nothing."

"what?"

Qingfeng let out an ah, he looked at Ling Yun incredulously, and heard Ling Yun laughing.

"Don't worry, I'll add the 1000 million to you, and then let this Young Master Leng ask me for it."

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(End of this chapter)