Chapter 163 Understanding Mr. Pu’s ‘real’ intention
Meng Xingkong's control of the office chair is now very smooth.
Press his right foot gently on the ground, and the ground will give him a recoil force.
Then lift your feet quickly to avoid friction with the ground.
This power will send him and his chair across the long office corridor to Editor-in-Chief Xiaoxing’s side.
"Pa~"
Hold the brakes with your hands, put your feet down, and finish in one go.
The two met at Xiaoxing's desk because it was far away from Mr. Pu's office to prevent Mr. Pu from hearing some of his immature opinions.
He, Meng Xingkong, cannot and does not understand what Mr. Pu really means.
Therefore, after every meeting, he would seek confirmation from Xiaoxing.
Make sure you understand the 'real' Mr. Pu strategy.
It's not something superficial, anyone can do it, and there's no need to recruit Xiaoxing to be his partner.
From Meng Xingkong's point of view, editor-in-chief Xiaoxing was the one who was specially sent by Mr. Pu to help him because he was worried that he would not be able to understand what he usually said.
As expected of Mr. Pu, he has every plan!
"Xiaoxing, tell me, why didn't Mr. Pu ask about our profit situation just now?"
Xiaoxing pondered for a moment and adjusted his black-rimmed glasses with his hands.
Meng Xingkong seemed to see a flash of light passing by.
"First we have to rule out that Mr. Pu forgot to ask this stupid question."
"I speculate that Mr. Pu actually wants to remind us of one thing through such a small incident: just because he doesn't say it, doesn't mean he doesn't know."
"Through some of Mr. Pu's previous operations, we know that Mr. Pu is a person who counts every step he takes. He will plan everything before deciding, and every word he says is full of meaning, even if there are some words that we can't understand at the moment.
Understand it, and when it comes into play in the future, you will naturally realize it."
"You think about it, Mr. Pu must have a better grasp of the company than we do, so he must know everything about the financial aspects. He doesn't know about profits. I guess Mr. Pu only needs to hear us say how many books we have, update
With how many words, plus his own judgment on the market, we can easily get the number of profits we can currently make."
"Today is February 20th. We have paid authors a month's royalties, and everything is on track. However, those websites have only settled a small amount of last month's money for me, which is not much at all.
This month’s money is the bulk of the money, and it can’t be settled until the 15th of next month. Then our real profit level will be. I estimate that Mr. Pu will talk to us about profitability again on the 15th of next month. That
That's when everything became clear."
Meng Xingkong was enlightened.
"I see!"
"It has to be you, Xiaoxing. Although I can now master some of Mr. Pu's speaking skills, I still can't see through it."
Xiaoxing smiled: "I have been working with Mr. Pu for more than a year. I have witnessed the miracle of comebacks in three books and I can gradually understand some of Mr. Pu's methods. But I am still far behind. I will definitely learn more in the future."
"Indeed, we will make progress together and strive to catch up with President Pu's ideas as soon as possible."
Meng Xingkong was just preparing to paddle away with a dragonfly.
Xiaoxing grabbed him.
"Brother Meng, Mr. Pu just told us something important."
"Oh, I understand! We won't recruit a large number of writers now. I'm going to take a break unless I encounter someone whose writing quality is particularly high."
Xiaoxing nodded and shook his head.
"Brother Meng, you only understand the first level of Mr. Pu's meaning. This sentence also has a second level of meaning."
Meng Xingkong did not rush to ask Xiaoxing what the second level meant, but thought about what Mr. Pu once said.
He pondered for a moment and clapped his hands suddenly.
Snapped!
"I understand! Mr. Pu said not to recruit new writers. In fact, he is telling us that it is time to start the second phase! At present, the first phase of the company's large-scale recruitment of writers has passed, and the number is enough. Then, the next step should be to
Let’s screen out the authors, screen out the unqualified ones, find out the authors who echo our spirit of many fishes, and keep them.”
Xiaoxing showed a satisfied smile.
"Brother Meng, you have made progress."
Meng Xingkong scratched his head and said sheepishly: "Indeed, after following Mr. Pu for a long time, I feel that my thinking has been improving unconsciously. There is no way, I can't understand Mr. Pu's requirements without thinking."
Xiaoxing continued: "What Mr. Pu means is indeed true. We should filter down the authors. He actually hinted at us in the question just now. Why did he ask us how much royalties we pay out every day? Then he said that the number of authors should be controlled.
Because Mr. Pu has already seen that there are many unprofitable books in the books we have signed, and these must be cut off in time!"
"Mr. Pu said that we should not have any psychological pressure. The company can afford the compensation. This further emphasized his previous concept. Duoyu Company does not care about temporary losses. As long as it is operated properly, some unprofitable ones will be cut off in time and more capable people will be cultivated.
A good author who makes money will always come up with hits and turn losses into profits!"
Meng Xingkong's eyes widened: "Hiss~~"
"Understood! In the past two days, we have started to check the 575 serialized books in our hands. We will cut out some books that are messy, have poor word count, have poor plots, and have poor data. The strong man will cut off his wrist, and we will stop the loss this month!"
Xiaoxing added: "I will make a profit next month and give Mr. Pu a perfect answer."
"That's right!"
“With Mr. Pu’s step-by-step guidance, I feel much more at ease.”
The two office managers have already figured out the next step, and everyone is getting busy again.
This time, everyone’s time is not focused on the new manuscript.
Instead, he started cleaning up the 575 books he had in hand and the 619 writers he had signed contracts with.
After Meng Xingkong arranged for his editors to start working, he opened the WeChat "Duoyu Culture Company Elite Writers Group (Secret)" group.
Recently, there has been a happy atmosphere inside.
Everyone’s books have done well!
This time, Meng Xingkong chose the right theme and personally led them to start a simulator trend in Qidian.
The simulator is on fire!
These second-timers, even if their writing skills are poor, still get angry.
Especially the three best-written books:
"My Strategy Goddess Simulator", "My Immortal Cultivation Simulator", "Wu Dalang's Sims".
These three people are also recognized as the best writers in the group, and they are all college students.
It takes 1 to 2 years to write a book.
The old man is on the street.
Under Meng Xingkong's unremitting training, he finally broke out his own small universe on the subject of simulators!
In the past, Meng Xingkong gave them a price of 15 yuan per book and updated 6,000 words every day, and they could earn a small profit of 3,000 yuan a month.
For Laopujie, it is quite good.
This book was priced at 30 yuan for 1,000 words, and everyone screamed with excitement.
The creative state is full and the quality has been greatly improved.
The more you write, the smoother it becomes.
These 30 books have been open for more than 30 days, with more than 6,000 daily updates. They have all exceeded Qidian’s shelf standard of 150,000 words. There are also 7 books on Sanjiang, and they will all be on shelves tomorrow.
The three simulators that were the first batch to be released on Sanjiang were all put on the shelves last week.
Happy first order!
"My Strategy Goddess Simulator": 5200 for first order.
"My Immortal Cultivation Simulator": 2800 for first order.
"Wu Dalang's Sims": 3600 for first order.
A proper takeoff trio!
Among the best works in Sanjiang.
The application was successful. What is surprising is that the collection of "Wu Dalang's Sims" is more than 10,000 less than that of "My Immortal Cultivation Simulator", but the first order is actually 800 higher!
I can only say that this book is well written, there are many people willing to spend money, and the historical classification is also more stable.
The future is promising!
A smile appeared on Meng Xingkong's face: "When the remaining 27 books are put on the shelves tomorrow, the data will definitely be good, and the royalties for the next month will definitely surprise Mr. Pu!"