Chapter 141: I try to analyze Mr. Pu's thinking (7/118)
Pu Jie was very satisfied when he saw the two obedient employees holding small notebooks.
"First, the development direction of our company... must not be like other online writing studios, which rely on squeezing new writers to make profits from the price difference. It is too low-end! It is not in line with our company's corporate culture."
Meng Xingkong's eyes lit up, this line... seemed to have been heard somewhere before.
Pu Jie: "They are a studio and we are a cultural company. Can the levels be the same? No!"
Xiaoxing nodded: "Mr. Pu is right!"
Meng Xingkong: "Then...how do we make money, Mr. Pu?"
Pu Jie smiled confidently.
"We have to spend money to train our own authors and make a lot of money by writing hit articles! In this process, we may... lose some money in the early stage, but as long as we train a few books like "Urban Son-in-law Dragon King",
If a hit movie like "The Rogue Doctor" comes out, you can make your money back immediately, or even make a lot of money!"
The two of them were thoughtful and seemed to have realized something, but they also vaguely felt that something was wrong...
Pu Jie continued: "Second, we need to cast a wide net, expand our scale, offer a new author a price that they can't refuse, the highest price on the entire network, and then take them to visit various websites. The key point is to pay attention!
Even if we can't sign a contract, we still have to pay the full amount of the manuscript fee to them. Every word is the author's hard work. It doesn't matter if we don't sign the contract for a while. We have to take a long-term view and let the author remember our good work. In this way, we will soon be able to
Get a big team together!"
The two looked at each other and felt that what Mr. Pu said was reasonable, even a little too kind.
"Third, you can't bring along old authors! You must find new and cute authors. Only in this way can you ensure loyalty. Only when you rise from the bottom will you be more grateful and will continue to work with our studio in the future. Where are those mature authors?
If you have more money, go wherever you want. If you don't care enough, it will be easy to run away after becoming popular. Of course, we will also have to formulate some contracts and formulate some restrictive rules to restrain our authors. You can consider this yourself...
"
"Okay, this is basically the concept of our studio. Next...do you have anything else to ask?"
Meng Xingkong and Xiaoxing thought for a long time and finally realized something was wrong.
Meng Xingkong: "Mr. Pu, if our company's expenses and income are not guaranteed, the company may lose money before we can make money. Otherwise, we can also do some traditional online writing studio business, which can at least stabilize the income.
Hedging the risk?”
Xingkong: "Yes, Mr. Pu, what if...we never discovered a book as popular as yours and just spent money...what if we lose money?"
Pu Jiexin said: That’s great!
If the business is not loss-making, why would I, Pu, do it with him?
But Pu Jie must not say that, otherwise the system might hear it and start giving electric shocks directly...
Fortunately, he was already prepared.
"We need to understand a concept, what is a successful enterprise?"
Meng Xingkong and Xiaoxing were stunned.
Pu Jie didn't give them time to react and said loudly:
“Third-rate companies exploit their employees;”
"Second-rate companies have a good reputation;"
"First class business... invest in your dream!"
"What kind of business does our Duoyu Company want to be? Tell me!"
Xiaoxing and Meng Xingkong: "First... stream?"
"Louder! Be firm!"
The two shouted in unison: "First class!"
"Hey! That's right! The only thing in this world that you can't live up to is your dreams. Why did I start Duoyu Company? Is it simply to make money? Then wouldn't it be enough if I just wrote my own book? I am investing in the dream of a new author!
"
"Xiao Xing, do you still remember who signed the contract for my first book "Urban Son-in-Law Dragon King"? It was you! You have a keen eye for gold, and you caught me at a glance from the vast sea of people, which is why I have achieved what I have today.
Now... countless new authors are waiting for us to discover them. Although this process is bumpy, it is interesting enough! Meaningful enough! It is enough for us as a company to do it!"
"From now on, don't think about how to exploit new authors, but think about ways to train them and support them. Lao Meng, you are responsible for operations and recruitment, and Xiaoxing is responsible for reviewing and submitting manuscripts. Take them step by step and wait for the flowers to bloom.
At that moment, huge fruits were born, allowing us to stand and make money!”
"hiss!!!"
The two of them took a breath of the fresh green air of Duoyu Culture Company.
Mr. Pu's state is so terrifying.
The studio they built before was nothing in Mr. Pu’s eyes!
This is called a web writing studio!
Meng Xingkong burst into tears.
Mr. Pu is his close friend. He thought the same way before, but he was not as transparent as Mr. Pu.
He was still thinking about making money, but Mr. Pu simply put aside short-term interests and used big investments to create a group of gods!
Pu Jie looked at the excited expressions of the two people and curled his lips inwardly.
He knew that he was just talking nonsense.
Is it so easy to train new people?
According to Qidian’s official data, 90% of new authors fail at the threshold of signing a contract, and only half of the remaining ones can make it to the shelves to make money.
That is to say, only 5% of Qidian’s authors do not write books for love.
Very cruel data.
It’s so difficult for a new author to get started!
Pu Jie seems to be cultivating new authors, but in fact he is just throwing away money.
Draw a big pie to cheat the system and scatter money like crazy.
Therefore, once Pu Jie's plan is formulated, they can do it casually, and nothing will be gained except for the newcomer author taking away a lot of wool.
Occasionally there is someone who can achieve something, but in the face of such a huge money-splitting behavior, it is just a drop in the bucket.
Pu Jie has studied Qidian thoroughly.
This wave will directly create a billionaire!
...
After coming out of Mr. Pu's office.
The two returned to their desks, thinking about what Mr. Pu had just said.
Meng Xingkong always felt that something was wrong.
What Mr. Pu means is to ask him to find a bunch of new authors, give them high guarantees, give them training, and then... put their works on the website and see their results based on luck?
If you lose money, the company keeps it, and if you make money, you share it with the author?
Well...according to his previous experience, if 9 out of 10 newbies pounce, the chance of making money is very small!
Even if there is a profit maker, it can't make up for the 9 losers?
Wouldn't this whole thing ruin the company's money?
What is the difference from before?
Could it be that... having more money will lead to slower defeat?
The chance of a hit product like this is too low. There is only one Pu Ding in the entire network!
No one has been able to recreate his miracle so far.
Something's wrong, the plan must be more than that simple, he didn't fully understand Mr. Pu's meaning...
He glanced at Xiaoxing from afar.
Meng Xingkong said tentatively: "Editor Xiaoxing, what do you think?"
"What did you say? Louder!"
The work station is a bit far away...
Meng Xingkong slid his ergonomic chair and leaned over smoothly, arriving at Xiaoxing's workstation.
"Little
Xiaoxing adjusted her black-rimmed glasses and smiled.
"Indeed, on the surface, this plan... seems to have problems, but if you want to truly understand what Mr. Pu said, you have to... put aside the surface and see the essence!"
Meng Xingkong's eyes widened.
Is there any other way to say this?
He looks so confident!
This is definitely not the first time!
"You...can you tell me?"
"Ahem, okay, let me try to analyze Mr. Pu's thinking..."
Xiaoxing looked at his notebook and analyzed each item.
"First of all, the first point is that Mr. Pu said that we should spend money to train new authors, and strive to write popular works, so as to make a lot of money."
"In this article, what does Mr. Pu mean by spending money? How to spend the money? Are you blindly offering them high royalties? That's definitely not the case!"
“Mr. Pu’s focus is actually on training, that is to say, we have to spend money on training authors and find ways to improve their level, so that they have the opportunity to write popular articles. I think this is what allows us to
Innovative methods and relying on external forces to accelerate the improvement of the level of authors in our studio."
"Also, when he talked about hits, he gave two of his own books as examples. This tells us... that only by choosing the right subject matter can we more easily write hits, and it also vaguely contains another
To put it another way, he also asked us to teach the author to imitate the writing style of his two books! That is, novice writing! It will be easier to improve the author's level!"
"So, the first real meaning of what Mr. Pu said is... spend money to create a program for learning Mr. Pu's short stories to cultivate new writers, and let us seize good themes and lead everyone
If we rush together, it will be easier to make a hit!"
Meng Xingkong's mouth grew bigger, his pupils shrank, and there were only four words left in his eyes: So terrifying!
"I see......"
His thinking suddenly became much clearer.
Xiaoxing shook his head: "I can only analyze part of Mr. Pu's meaning. As for whether there is a deeper meaning, we still need to understand more."
"What about the second one? Cast a wide net, recruit a large number of new authors, and give them the highest royalties regardless of whether they sign a contract or not?"
Xiaoxing smiled confidently.
"This is a trap set by President Pu for us. It is used to test us. You don't really think that President Pu will let us spend money casually and spread money on a large scale, do you?"
"If you think so...then you will be looked down upon by Mr. Pu because you can't keep up with his thinking!"
"The second real meaning is... Our company's price must be higher than that of other studios in order to seize the market and bring in new authors. If we start with a low price,
There are no advantages, so who would want to come to us to write? As for whether you sign a contract or not, you will be paid for the manuscript. It seems that our Duoyu company has stupid people and rich money, but... this is precisely the most brilliant thing about Mr. Pu!"
"A thousand dollars buys horse bones!"
"Birds of a feather flock together. Think about it, what would happen if a desperate author couldn't get a contract for his writing, but he still got royalties from us? He would tell all the authors he knew to come to Duoyu Culture Company.
Pick up money here! This will put the name of our Duoyu Culture Company out there, ensuring that we have a large number of authors available to us."
"What about the next step? Mr. Pu didn't say it, but we should think of it ourselves... The next step is to screen! Among the vast number of new authors, screen out the potential authors who agree with the requirements of our Duoyu Culture Company, and then proceed according to the first point
Training, train him to become the backbone of our company!"
"It seems like we are spending money, but in fact... Mr. Pu just spent a little advertising money to promote our company. Standard Pu has set the operating style to get the highest exposure at the lowest cost!"
Meng Xingkong was already trembling a little at this time.
He never thought that Mr. Pu's simple words... actually contained such a terrifying plan.
One ring within another!
He asked urgently: "What about...Article 3! What does Article 3 really mean!"