Chapter 136: Meng Xingxing, whose edges and corners were smoothed by reality
"Thank you all for accompanying Chaoshen Wangwen Studio this year. Due to poor operation and excessive losses, the studio has officially closed. Last month's manuscript fees have been settled for everyone. We have a long way to go. Goodbye, everyone.
Bar!"
After Meng Xingkong sent this message, he collapsed in the empty office.
a year ago.
He and two other partners established the Chaoshen Internet Literature Studio with great ambition and rented this small office on the basement floor, with a total area of only 30 square meters.
I want to make a lot of money from this studio.
As a result, a year later, he lost all his money.
The problem can be summed up in four words: inconsistent ideas and unable to make ends meet.
Before they opened this studio, the three partners were all Internet writers, and they used to be good friends who chatted and fucked together in a group.
He is a genuine street writer with an average net worth of over 500 and under 3,000.
It's a small achievement.
Later I found out that I couldn’t make much money writing books, so I just had to make ends meet.
The three of them happened to have researched the web articles on various websites, visited various websites, and made some money by using the rules.
Occasionally, I will be a guest editor on the Internet, and I will recruit a few authors to publish books in other places, and make a quick profit.
Over time...the three of them cherished each other.
One day a year ago, probably before...the first new media article became popular.
In the evening, Meng Xingkong suddenly said in the small group of the three of them: "How about we open our own studio?"
Hit it off immediately!
Open up!
They have been immersed in the Internet literature circle for many years. Although the books they wrote are so-so, the three of them have a lot of author resources and website resources, and they are more knowledgeable than most authors.
It can be said that the innate conditions for running an online writing studio are full.
However, the subsequent operation was not satisfactory...
Meng Xingkong and his two partners have different philosophies.
The two partners believe that online writing studios use the rules of various websites to earn information differences, and then become second-rate dealers themselves, which can ensure a steady profit without losing money.
For example, they take the beginning of a novel written by a newcomer and go to various novel websites to buy it. The website will give a price, such as 15 per thousand words.
(Guaranteed article: No matter whether anyone reads it or not, the website will give you a guaranteed minimum amount of money. If the book becomes popular and the actual manuscript fee exceeds 15,000 words, approximately 1/4 of the profit will be given to the author.)
They took it directly and gave it to new authors to write 10 words per thousand.
Earn the 5 yuan difference yourself.
If you are lucky and the book is good, you may even earn some profit.
Many people find it unbelievable, why don’t newcomers directly invest in the website? In this way, they don’t have to be tricked by studios.
Because...the information is poor.
Most newcomers are really blind when they enter the industry. They know nothing except a few big websites where they can read books.
After I applied for Qidian Chinese website, I panicked when it didn't meet the contract criteria.
I lost a lot and felt like a waste.
Then he would find others to read his articles and ask why he couldn't sign a contract, but... the authors he could find were all Internet article enthusiasts at the same level as him, and 99% of them were unsigned.
This group of people are also willing to give guidance to others and especially like to comment!
What level can a group of internet writing enthusiasts achieve after they modify it?
I can’t even sign it!
If they could sign a contract, they would have signed it themselves!
But... what many newcomers don't know is that big websites like Qidian have high requirements and high signing thresholds.
However, small websites do not have such high requirements, and they can get signed even if they are close to writing, and they can even get low-price guaranteed writing.
The studio takes advantage of this information gap and accepts a large number of submissions from newcomers to various small websites. Those who can sign guaranteed guarantees or buyouts will sign.
(Buyout article: One price, one thousand words**, all copyrights are bought out directly, no matter how much you earn, it will not be distributed to the author.)
The new author is also very grateful. After all, writing is not in vain, and he can at least make some money even if he earns less.
I have pocket money.
In this way, the studio will generally not lose money. Even if the subsequent results are too poor and the website requires the book to be cut, they can just cut it for the author, and the studio can always make the difference.
Therefore, studios generally require authors to update a lot every day.
Daily updates start at 6,000.
Average 8000.
In this way, for a book with a price difference of 5 yuan, the studio can earn 40 yuan a day. If you get more books, you can make more.
There are also some orders for authors to continue writing, orders for website customization, etc., which are all a way of making money by relying on the difference in information.
Most studios do this.
But...Meng Xingkong doesn't think so.
He feels that making money from the low-end online writing market by exploiting new authors is too low.
It's purely hard-earned money.
Every day we have to recruit a large number of authors to write books, and every day we face a large number of authors running away.
We also need to review a few interesting ones from a bunch of crappy manuscripts and submit them to various websites to see which one pays the most.
Then I review a huge amount of text every day and constantly urge the author to write.
Finally, each author is paid more than ten or dozens of yuan in royalties every day.
It’s really too low-end!
No technical content!
This kind of thing can be made by just a few people.
He, Meng Xingkong, has a higher pursuit.
Cultivate your own team of authors, develop various routines according to the online article market, create high-quality popular articles, earn more manuscript fees, and make big money with the authors.
Especially in the first few months after opening the studio.
He watched with his own eyes as the book "Urban Son-in-law Dragon King" went from being unpopular to the top of the best-selling list of new media channels. The author's monthly income was as high as more than 900,000 yuan, starting a trend of having children in law!
If their studio could mass-produce this kind of literature, wouldn’t it be a mess?
They can make more money by creating a hit book than they can by exploiting 100 new authors!
The workload is also much less.
This is making money with your brain.
Therefore, Meng Xingkongzhu Neibi cultivates his own team of authors and studies together how to create popular articles, instead of being a low-end online article studio like a second-hand dealer.
This was fully opposed by the two partners.
Their studio has been open for half a year and has been making profits, and the amount is also considerable. Each person can get about 30,000 yuan per month, which is much more than what they earn from writing books. They think this is good, and if they mess around
You will most likely be compensated.
Meng Xingkong insisted on going his own way.
Cultivate new authors and study the routines of creating popular articles.
He offered more manuscript fees to the authors and also demanded more, hoping to implement his ideas.
However...a large number of new authors were quickly scared away.
They didn't need to revise the articles they wrote before, they just sent them after they were written, as long as they didn't involve politics or pornography or anything like that.
Now...Meng Xingkong actually asked them to keep revising the article, over and over again, but it still didn't meet his requirements.
It’s simply torture!
It seems that the unit price of manuscript fees has increased, but... in fact, the number of articles they write every day is less, and they earn less.
The most important thing is that the newcomer thinks...why do you want me to change it as you say? I think what you said is wrong.
Do you still ask for so much for this little money?
But screw you!
For a time, Chaoshen Wangwen Studio lost a large number of authors and its income dropped sharply.
And some of the articles they send out can indeed make more money, and some can't even get signed.
Far less stable than a guaranteed article.
At the same time, because Meng Xingkong paid more manuscript fees to the author, the financial pressure on the studio also increased, and the already low income was even worse.
The two partners felt that he was unreliable, so they continued to work as Internet bloggers as before, and they gave him less of the profits.
There was a rift between the three of them.
Then... the studio did not persist until Meng Xingkong succeeded, so it was disbanded.
Not only did Meng Xingkong not make a lot of money, he also lost all the money he had made before.
only left......
"Starry Sky, please don't disband. I feel like I will be able to get up next book!"
"We really have to disband... Our grades have started to improve. We will definitely make it if we work harder... It's obviously right..."
"Boss, I don't want to give up last month's royalties to help our studio tide over the difficulties."
"Although my royalties last month were not much and I only had full attendance, I still used them to support our Super Studio."
"After coming to the studio, I have evolved from a newbie to now...I have been able to sign a contract with Kaidian based on my own strength. If Starry Sky Giant comes up with a good theme, let's just go for it and we will definitely be able to do it.
OK!"
There are 30 die-hard writers in the WeChat group of Chaoshen Wangwen Studio, who are Meng Xingkong’s last team.
These people have been following him for at least half a year, and have evolved from newbies to qualified online writers. Although they are still old people,... at least they all have the possibility of taking off.
Do you want to persist for another month?
Meng Xingkong shook his head and it was over.
The studio ran out of money and the other two partners ran away.
The office lease is up.
With only 1,000 yuan left in his pocket, he couldn't hold on anymore. He was going to find a construction site to move bricks tomorrow.
"That's it. If you have anything to do in the future, you can chat with me privately. Let's get together and go our separate ways. Let's go our separate ways!"
(‘Super God Online Literature Studio’ has been disbanded by the group leader Meng Xingkong.)
This office will belong to someone else tomorrow.
Everything was sold.
The only thing left in the room was his personal laptop, with the screen still on and flashing a faint light.
He sat down.
Prepare to spend the last few hours here.
Put a question mark on your failed entrepreneurship.
"Am I really wrong?"
"Why......"
"I don't want to think about it anymore, just take a walk..."
He looked at those familiar forums, forums, and author groups, and there was no room for him to develop in them.
Because... the fact that Chaoshen Studio was screwed up by him spread throughout the small circle of online writing studios.
Even if he goes to work with others, there is no need for him.
Moreover, he has nothing to do with others. Only the leading people can make money in this business, and the others only get a hard-earned fee, which is not as much as what they get if they join the factory.
At this time, he saw a post...
"Duoyu Culture Co., Ltd. is looking for experienced web writing studio leaders with a monthly salary of RMB 10,000, five social insurances and one housing fund, a company with formal business qualifications, and needs to come to Kyoto to work. If you are interested, please contact me as soon as possible!"