Chapter 875 The End Chinese Network Buys Out the Work
At noon, Pei Qian and He An went to Mr. Li's Ming Mansion family dinner for lunch.
The main reason why I didn't go to the unknown restaurant was because I didn't have a reservation and couldn't eat.
However, every weekend, Pei Qian reserved the largest private room at Wuming Restaurant for banquets, and he could treat He An to another meal.
He An knew that Mr. Pei was busy with work, and he happened to have to go back for a break at noon, so the two agreed to have a meal together at the unknown restaurant on the weekend, and then said goodbye to each other.
He An obviously still had a very strong curiosity about how the game "Mission and Choice" was successful, but seeing Mr. Pei's confident and tight-spoken look, he knew he couldn't ask, so he had to hold back his curiosity.
I am curious and continue to wait for the day when the game is released.
After finishing the meal, Pei Qian looked at his watch and saw that it was not yet 3 o'clock.
It's Friday afternoon now, and there's still time to arrange another department.
Tomorrow is the weekend. Except for a few departments such as Headwind Logistics that need to take turns, all other departments will have a holiday, so the arrangements for other departments will have to wait until Monday.
"Which department should I arrange for?"
"Well... the end point is relatively close, so let's arrange it first."
Pei Qian originally wanted to go to the Jingtang Hostel, but after all, the Jingtang Hostel is far away from the city center, so it would be a bit troublesome to go there. Pei Qian didn't want to go to the trouble, so he decided to go there on Monday.
Let’s arrange the destination first today.
The finish line is upstairs at Tenda Games. Although Pei Qian usually only needs to take two more elevators to get there, he has not been to the finish line for a long time.
Because there is really nothing to see.
Although the terminal also makes money, it is not much compared to other industries, and it is very stable and will not experience a sudden increase in income.
Pei Qian has always felt that the finishing department is not close to each other, and it is a useless state of "it is a pity to abandon it if it is tasteless", so he completely let it go in the past few months and did not interfere.
But this morning when he saw the steady increase in various revenue data at the end point, Pei Qian became wary and felt that he could no longer let things go like this.
It just so happens that I have my hands free now and can make some arrangements properly.
When Pei Qian came to the finish line, he took a quick look at everyone's working status.
Well, it's okay, at least better than Tenda Games.
When I went to the Tenda Game Department before, the group of people were all staring at the screen, either typing on the keyboard with both hands quickly, or frowning, thinking hard. At first glance, it was clear that they were all concentrating on their work.
But at the end of the line, everyone's working state is much more relaxed. Some people are reading on their mobile phones, and some are aimlessly browsing various data on the website. In short, it is a quite relaxed state.
Although there are no obvious signs of fishing, compared with the working status of Tenda Game Department, it is obviously much better, which makes Pei Qian very pleased.
Zhu Xing'an, the current editor-in-chief of the finish line, saw Mr. Pei and hurriedly stood up to greet him: "Mr. Pei, why are you here?"
Zhu Xing'an was a little surprised, because Mr. Pei had not been to the terminal for a whole year to inspect the work, and he had not given any further guidance to the terminal.
Many colleagues thought that Mr. Pei had forgotten the destination.
But now that Mr. Pei is here, it means that Mr. Pei has not forgotten the end point!
This made Zhu Xingan quite happy.
Pei Qian smiled and said, "It's okay. I'm just passing by to take a look. Where are the horses?"
Zhu Xingan said: "In the office."
Pei Qian nodded, came to Ma Yiqun's office, and knocked on the door gently.
When the Ma group saw that it was Mr. Pei who had arrived, they were also very surprised: "Mr. Pei, why are you here? Please take a seat."
Pei Qian sat down on the sofa in the office.
Ma Yiqun poured a cup of tea: "Mr. Pei, I came here specially today. Do you have any work to do?"
Pei Qian said leisurely while drinking tea: "I just remembered that I haven't been here for a while, so I stopped by to take a look. What is the current status of the website? Is the study class still going on?"
Ma Yiqun answered truthfully: "The current situation of the website is very good, the revenue is growing steadily, especially the number of authors has been increasing."
"A number of popular books have appeared on the website, and the subscription performance of these top books has been steadily improving. In addition, we give authors a higher share than other websites, so it is becoming more and more popular among authors."
"Moreover, our website has never been in arrears or deducted royalties for no reason. All data are open and transparent, which is also a major advantage for us."
"Many authors come to our website to open books and test the water, and our website's reputation in the circle is getting better and better!"
"Online author training courses are still being held, and the results are remarkable. Now the list of training courses is no longer voluntary, because everyone has to participate, and there are simply not enough places. We can only select among emerging authors who have achieved certain results, and
In principle, if you have been here in the last period, you cannot come back in the next period."
"But even so, authors are still flocking to it, and readers are clamoring every day to send the authors they are following to study classes and close the small black room to update them carefully."
"Whether they are slow coders, uninspired, or writers with insufficient writing skills, they will all make significant progress and improvement after entering the study class for further study! Once such an atmosphere is formed, coupled with the old-to-new model, the study class will
The website has cultivated batches of excellent authors, and the content of the entire website has naturally become more and more rich and exciting."
Pei Qian drank tea and became more and more melancholy as he listened.
It sounds like the situation is very bad!
Obviously, the end point has entered a virtuous cycle. The author's income continues to increase, the writing enthusiasm is fully stimulated, and the writing skills have also improved with the help of other authors. At the same time, because there are more and more good works, readers are more sticky to the website.
Sex is also on the rise.
If this continues, the consequences will be disastrous!
Although the current market share of Dingmin is not as good as that of large websites like Infinite, it is already among the top three choices among authors because of its high revenue share and good benefits.
Once the website becomes big, it will definitely develop steadily. As long as the person in charge does not have cerebral palsy and does not engage in some mentally retarded operations, it will be difficult for the website to go downhill.
Pei Qian looked at Ma Yiqun carefully and felt that he definitely did not have cerebral palsy.
In this case, it is definitely a high probability event that the development after the end will get better and better.
This can't go on like this, something must be done!
Pei Qian is also an online reader, and he knows a little bit about these things in the online writing circle.
He thought for a moment and quickly found a good entry point.
"Currently, our website is still mainly based on subscription revenue, right?"
Ma Yiqun didn't know why Mr. Pei asked this, and nodded: "Yes, Mr. Pei, since the establishment of our website, you have always emphasized that we should focus on subscription revenue and try not to engage in buyouts."
Pei Qian thought about it and realized that this seemed to be his decision.
Because when Dingmin was first founded, the entire website was in a state of neglect.
Pei Qian was worried that Ma Yiqun would use buyouts to poach some great writers from outside sites at high prices, which would bring popularity and traffic to the terminal, so he repeatedly reiterated that the main focus should be on subscription revenue and not buyouts.
Since there are not many readers, the subscription share will naturally not be very large. Authors can’t make money writing books here, so they will naturally not come.
But now, times have changed.
After the terminal has been developed, subscription sharing is definitely a more motivating model for authors. Because the better the writing, the higher the subscription, the more money they make, so the authors will work hard to polish the plot and provide readers with better-looking stories.
work.
Pei Qian took a sip of tea and said: "This principle needs to be changed. From now on, we will both share the profits and buy out the works. However, we will only buy out the works of our own authors!"
Ma Yiqun was stunned for a moment: "Only buy out the works of your own authors?"
It stands to reason that since there is a buyout, a very important purpose is to poach people from outside sites.
Because the excellent authors of external sites are not sure whether they can maintain their current income through subscriptions after changing their websites, and they are worried that they are not accustomed to the local environment and will hesitate when they are poached.
Therefore, it is relatively easy to poach people through buyouts.
As for the works of your own authors, signing a buyout actually makes no sense.
Because a buyout is not an unlimited high price, the website also needs to ensure that it does not lose money.
The website will estimate the royalties that the author can get from writing a subscription subscription, and then give a buyout price that is higher than the royalties.
If the content written by the author is lower than the value of the subscription, then the website loses money; and if the content written by the author is higher than the value of the subscription, then the author loses money.
But for the authors of this site, if they make a lot of money by writing subscriptions and feel that they can make more progress, then they will definitely not sign a buyout because it will destroy their fighting spirit; and if they are a few subscriptions, they will not make much money in the first place.
The author is not very capable. Signing a buyout will not encourage him to work harder on writing books. On the contrary, it will objectively encourage him to wait for death.
Therefore, the buyout method is easier to use when poaching people, but if it is used on your own people, it is likely to cause a lose-lose situation for both the website and the author.
That's why Ma Yiqun is full of doubts about Mr. Pei's buyout strategy.
Pei Qian looked at the confused expressions of the horses and smiled without saying a word.
Confused?
If you are confused, you are right!
My original purpose was to kill the authors’ fighting spirit!
Many authors know that writing about buyouts can actually easily destroy people.
Because the buyout is generally based on the number of words, the quality of the work will not actually affect the author's income. As long as the contract is strictly followed, no matter how rubbish the author writes, as long as there is no obvious violation of the contract, the website will follow the contract.
Pay by word count.
For the author, if they write well and exceed the price given by the buyout, the money they make will remain the same, which is equivalent to a loss. Therefore, they will lack the motivation to write well.
Of course, in order to avoid these problems, many websites have added a lot of supplementary clauses to the buyout contract. For example: when the data is not good, the editor has the right to ask the author to make revisions or complete the book ahead of schedule; when the data of the book reaches a certain level
At this time, the author can make a request to the website and buy out the subscription in exchange for a share; or simply sign a "guaranteed share", that is, the subscription will be bought out when the subscription does not exceed a certain value, and the subscription will be split after it exceeds a certain value.
But Pei Qian obviously did not intend to adopt this method.