Love is like a dream

At the editorial department meeting in early September, Ms. Su especially praised me for the achievements I have made these days. At the meeting, I initially mentioned the idea of ​​setting up the company's own original website that I had thought about many times before. The editor-in-chief and deputy editor-in-chief of the group have different attitudes. The conservative side says that the risk is too great, and they are afraid that the cost will not be recovered after too much investment, while the supportive side says that it is worth trying, no matter whether it can be as profitable as other well-known websites, at least A big problem can be solved on the source of manuscripts, because the company usually invites authors to write traditionally published works, and it is indeed rare to invite suitable authors, and most of them cannot guarantee the progress of writing.

The establishment of your own online literature website can solve this problem to a large extent. First of all, the agency no longer has to ask authors for manuscripts, and there will be a large number of registered users who will actively provide manuscripts to the website. Secondly, with the guarantee of quantity, the company has more initiative in selecting excellent manuscripts and controlling the writing progress. Thirdly, it also solves the problem that we need to solicit manuscripts from other website authors, and the authors need to pay agency fees to the website .

Ms. Su affirmed my idea and expressed her great support, but she said that this matter still needs to be reported to the president to see what the president thinks. To build a brand new original literature website is equivalent to launching a brand new business, yes A very big thing, there are some publishing groups or traditional publishing houses that have built their own websites, but at present, most of them are not effective, mainly because of the low popularity, small user base and slow growth of newly-built websites. It is also difficult to make a quick profit. After all, there are already several online literature groups with monopoly positions in the market, and they have already obtained hundreds of millions of investment in successful commercial operations. The market competition in this area is also fierce.

After discussing this matter, Ms. Su and the chief editors and deputy editors of each editorial group began to discuss the upcoming tenth anniversary of the company, and finally decided to hold it in a relatively well-known villa in the suburbs of Beijing, and asked each group to send employees to perform. .

After the meeting ended, Ms. Su stopped me and said that I would continue to discuss the idea of ​​setting up a website. I actually don’t like to face Ms. Su alone, for fear of seeing her eyes that can’t hide something, but this is Work, I have to score clearly.

We sat down face to face, and no one spoke. We were silent for 2 minutes, and she suddenly said: "It seems that you have been in a low mood recently, did you quarrel with her?"

Me: "No, she's been busy recently."

Ms. Su: "It is said that a long-distance relationship is difficult to maintain, let alone one of you is overseas and the other is in China."

Me: "Let's talk about work."

Ms. Su: "Okay, about what you said about setting up your own website, I actually thought about it. The biggest problem is not capital or personnel. The problem is how to quickly form a relatively mature profit model. The operating models of the major websites in the market are basically the following: one is online VIP paid reading, which requires a large number of high-quality user bases, and the second is third-party authorization through operators and channels, which requires A large number of effective copyrights have been accumulated in a short period of time. The third piece is closely related to us, that is, online simultaneous publishing. This is a win-win situation. The fourth piece is the film and television and game adaptation of online literature works. profit model."

I know that Ms. Su has always been very capable in business and has a very high reputation in the publishing industry. I didn't expect her to be so familiar with the new online literature business. She really has two brushes.

Me: "Your analysis is very good. Based on our current situation, if we want to establish our own literature website, the first, second, and fourth operating modes are difficult for us to gain an advantage in a short period of time. I I think that the third item may be easier and faster for us to make progress, and we are currently actively making attempts in this area, and it is more in line with our development direction.”

Ms. Su: "Molly, I didn't expect you to know so many things in less than two years after entering the industry. You have a very strong ability to accept new things and a very sensitive insight into the industry. You dare to think and do it. I seem to have seen a few My self years ago... I really should have discovered your ability earlier."

Me: "You're winning the prize. I just usually like to read some new things. I also write novels on the Internet. Maybe I know a little bit more."

Miss Su: "Didn't I tell you that you are not allowed to be called 'you' in the future?"

Me: "Oh, sorry, I'm used to it, you...then what do you mean..."

It feels very strange. As soon as I say your word, I feel as if I have somehow gotten closer to Ms. Su. This is also the reason why I don't want to call her that. Suddenly, there is no sense of barrier and identity distinction between subordinates and superiors.

Miss Su smiled lightly: "Will you blush every word you say?"

Me: "I...I..."

Ms. Su: "I mean, this matter is a big one. I need to report to the president slowly. After all, the president is also from a traditional publishing background. Whether he can accept this proposal depends on his thoughts. Personally, I am very optimistic about your proposal and support it. I also hope that the company can make some innovations and changes in the business system. Is your current work intensity strong? Do you have enough editors?"

Me: "There are three people in our group including me, it's really a bit difficult, but it's okay for everyone to work harder."

Ms. Su: "I have a new idea now, that is, I want to set up a new network copyright operation center, which is responsible for introducing original works from other literary websites, as well as the digitization of our own works, including the third-party authorization of these electronic works in the future. They all belong to the network copyright operation center. Now it is a new era of mobile application development. We should also keep up with this era. Some other publishing companies have already started to do it, and they have also achieved good profits. We have to seize the market."

I have always thought about creating my own website, but I really didn't think about the digitization of the company's own copyright. I really admire Ms. Su's business ability, her overall attention to industry trends and market development trends She obviously has a deeper insight than me. I didn't know her before, but I only knew that she was very prestigious in the industry. Now I am really impressed.

Seeing my expression of surprise and admiration, Miss Su said, "Why, you seem to have just met me?"

Me: "No, I didn't communicate with you too much before, I should have learned more from you earlier."

Ms. Su: "Then communicate with me more from now on, and talk to me more if you have any business ideas, whether it's right or not."

Me: "Well, you just said that you want to set up a new online copyright operation center?"

Ms. Su: "Yes, I want you to be in charge of this newly established department, and you will be the person in charge of this department."

Me: "This...is a bit sudden. I haven't thought about it yet, and I don't have any experience in this area. I'm afraid I won't be able to do it."