After writing this beginning, Cui Geng opened the backend with satisfaction, and then published it to the Chinese website of Terminal.
According to his plan, the whole story is roughly divided into four to five parts. The beginning paragraph is just an introduction, and then the formal content of the first part will be officially entered.
In fact, Cui Geng could choose to immerse himself in creation, write about 100,000 words and publish them all at once, but he thought about it and finally decided to follow his previous writing habit of serializing in real time and publishing as he wrote.
On the one hand, this is because the backend calculates the royalties based on the number of words officially published on the Dingmin Chinese website. On the other hand, it is also because he wants to see readers’ reactions and adjust some details in the novel in a timely manner.
Of course, Cui Geng has also made sufficient psychological preparations.
The story "Successor" takes place in a foreign setting. The protagonist is a tall, rich and handsome man, and he is also very despicable. The whole novel is about how a second-generation rich man who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and has extremely low-level methods passed the superhero system.
A story about successfully seizing power through loopholes and doing all kinds of bad things.
This is basically incompatible with the current mainstream readers' tastes for online literature. Whether it is the protagonist's origin, personality or the core of the entire story, they are all demerit points.
If Cui Geng was asked to decide the subject matter and write down the share, he would never dare to write about this subject, because writing it would be tantamount to committing suicide.
But now that Mr. Pei has bought it out according to the number of words, Cui Geng can be free and bold. He no longer needs to be constrained by the original rules, but can boldly let himself go.
Although the author's self-discipline will cause him to fail miserably most of the time, if all authors are always trapped in the rules and dare not try, then how can they write something different?
Cui Geng felt more and more that Mr. Pei's buyout was obviously a hint to authors who had already figured out the rules of writing online articles: I will give you the bottom line, you can explore as much as you like and write better works!
After uploading the beginning, it will take some time to review.
Cui Geng silently closed the website and went out to have dinner.
In the past, I was overwhelmed with inspiration and wanted to write out what was in my mind very urgently, so I temporarily forgot about my hunger. Now that I have written the beginning of the story, Cui Geng's pigeon spirit constitution relapsed again, and he suddenly felt hungry.
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February 11th, Saturday.
Pei Qian fell asleep again until he woke up naturally, rolled over from the bed, sat up, and yawned.
This week, he has been assigning work tasks to several departments non-stop. The daily working time is almost six hours, and the work intensity is quite intense. It is natural to take a good rest at the weekend.
After ordering a takeaway, Pei Qian took out his phone and scrolled through it aimlessly to see if there was any recent news.
"Huh? Cui Geng opened a new book last night?"
“Are there any other ‘Inspiration Class’ authors who have also published new books?”
"The 'Inspiration Class' has only been held for two days, and these people have already published a new book? Could it be that the 'Inspiration Class' really inspired them?"
"Don't mess with me!"
Pei Qian became nervous instantly, as if facing a formidable enemy.
The authors of these "inspiration classes" all signed new buyout contracts and were required to write customized articles related to Tenda IP. As a result, the content was already conceived in just two days?
Something's wrong!
Pei Qian hurriedly opened several "inspiration classes" to learn about the author's new book.
But after reading the messages in the comment area, I immediately felt relieved.
The comment section is very noisy!
The authors of this inspiration class have new novels with a variety of themes. Some write fan fiction for Tenda games, some write superhero fan fiction like Hurricane comics, and some write background stories of GOG heroes...
But readers basically don’t buy it.
After all, they are all Internet article writers. Originally, whether they were writing about fairy tales, fantasy, or cities, they could not escape the circle of Internet articles. All their accumulated experience was in writing Internet articles.
Now I suddenly start writing customized articles, and the update speed has dropped off a cliff, which will definitely cause dissatisfaction among the original readers.
Many readers even felt that they had just lost money, and felt that the buyout plan launched by the Dingmin Chinese website was "cutting oneself off from the people." Old readers were very disappointed and abandoned the book one after another.
Judging from various data, compared with the data of the author's old books, these newly released books can be said to have dropped off a cliff.
Comparatively speaking, Cui Geng's new book "Successor" has been criticized the least. Judging from the comments, it is basically a half-and-half situation: some readers said that this is a new theme, which is eye-catching, and they are looking forward to the follow-up;
Another group of readers expressed that they were not interested in this subject matter and hoped that Cui Geng would continue to write urban subjects.
None of these authors responded in the comment area, probably because they have nothing to respond to. The book has been opened and the beginning has been written. Even if some people don’t like to read it, they have to continue writing it.
Pei Qian couldn't help but feel very good.
"I said it would definitely be useful to let these online writers write about buyouts! Look, the public's eyes are sharp!"
If the current trend continues, the books written by the authors of these "inspiration classes" will definitely not be read by many people, and they will not be able to bring traffic to the Chinese website of Dingmin. Pei Qian is equivalent to paying royalties in vain.
Of course, according to regulations, these authors can write up to two buyout books. If the response is not good, they will have to continue to write profit sharing. But this does not matter, after all, the length of these buyout books will not exceed 500,000 words at most, even if they are written
Two books, 1 million words, and then going back to write down the profit margin will not have much impact on the authors.
All bought-out books are free and open to readers, and the interests of authors and readers will not be harmed. Mr. Pei paid more for the manuscript and spent the money on the "inspiration class", and everyone will be very happy.
Pei Qian felt a lot more relieved about the "Inspiration Class" and the Dingmin Chinese website, and let it go for the time being.
He continued to browse the latest news on his phone.
"Huh? Eric finally started throwing coins!"
Pei Qian was simply overjoyed.
The official website of the national server ioi has released the update and operation plan of the latest version of ioi. The content covers many aspects, but it can be summed up in two words, that is "spread money"!
According to the official website, all heroes in the national server ioi will be free, and the basic price of all skins will be reduced to 30% of the original price. The price difference will be calculated based on the heroes and skins that old players have purchased before, and will be converted into tokens and returned. At the same time, for old players returning,
There will also be various preferential policies for new players to register!
This kind of discount can be said to be unprecedented.
And more importantly, this discount is not only for the ioi national server, but also for the ioi world server. The price of skins has also dropped sharply.
Obviously, Eric also learned from previous experiences.
If you want to fight a price war, you have to fight it to the end. If there is no way to lower the price of ioi heroes and skins to the same level as GOG at once, then it is better not to lower it. Not only will it not achieve the effect of grabbing players, but it will also reduce its own price.
Income is not good at both ends.
After the price reduction, the interests of old players must also be taken into account, and sufficient compensation must be provided, otherwise the loss of core players will be accelerated.
After Eric returned and took charge of the ioi national server, he did not make the same mistakes that Zhao Xuming made before.
From the feedback from online ioi players, we can clearly see the immediate effect of this price war.
"Zhidou Company's IQ is finally back to normal! Finally, it no longer makes any stupid operations!"
"Indeed, this discount is decent, and the compensation for old players is also in place. What about the previous price reduction to send beggars away?"
"However, prices are being reduced both at home and abroad. With this level of discounting... I am afraid that the revenue of Zhidou Company will plummet!"
"Zhidou Company: Yes, yes, you made a profit, but we are almost going bankrupt."
"What are you thinking? How can Zhidou Company lose money? Behind it is the Dayak Group, which is very rich. Besides, the money is being burned now to seize market share. Small profits but quick turnover can also attract players to buy more skins. In the long run,
It’s definitely a profit from the looks of it. Continuing to maintain the original price is a slow death!”
This time, all ioi players cheered for joy, and many even thought that the ioi national server should become more powerful.
To be fair, the quality of ioi's games is not bad. The reason why it is far behind GOG is mainly due to gameplay details, pricing strategy and promotion.
Now, ioi has reached the same level as GOG through price war, which is indeed a major good news.
Although old GOG players are unlikely to switch to ioi because of this, there are still new players getting into the game after all!
At present, the player base of BA games is still expanding, and there are still many players who have never been exposed to BA games. ioi is mainly targeted at this group of people.
Spending this amount of money will make the long competition between the two games ioi and GOG full of suspense.
Pei Qian was very happy about this. Eric cooperated well!
Zhidou Company is burning money so hard, so Tenda has reason to burn money!
Pei Qian had previously given ioi a helping hand by dedicating half of his staff from Yangyang Games, which was in charge of the GOG international server, to update Tenda's old games. This was equivalent to fighting ioi with one hand, for fear of accidentally destroying it.
ioi was beaten to death.
Now, we can finally increase our efforts!
However, Pei Qian thought about it carefully and felt that he still shouldn't get too excited, but should exercise some restraint and not squander the benefits.
The money burned is only a little less than that of ioi, and the publicity is a little worse than that of ioi. This way, Eric can always see the hope of a comeback, so that he and Pei Qian can continue to burn happily.
The more Pei Qian thought about it, the happier he became and he couldn't help but hum a ditty.
With Eric's help, great things can be accomplished!
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At the same time, it was almost late at night in a tourist city in the United States.
Bao Xu, Ye Zhizhou and others finished visiting another scenic spot today and have returned to the hotel to rest.
This hotel has a sauna, so everyone wrapped themselves in bath towels and took a sauna to relieve their fatigue before going to sleep.
In the sauna room filled with steam, Bao Xu leaned against the wall with a look of despair.
Although sauna can relieve physical fatigue, Bao Xu's mental fatigue is irreversible.
He is now like a walking zombie, completing his schedule step by step every day, and even saying one more word feels redundant. He just wants to return to Jingzhou immediately and stay at home for a few months.
Ye Zhizhou and Min Jingchao were chatting.
Ye Zhizhou said: "On the way back, I saw a message that Zhidou Company is finally going to start a price war with us. All heroes are free, and the prices of all skins have been reduced to 30% off the original price..."
Min Jingchao nodded: "Yes, I noticed it too."
One of these two people is responsible for GOG's R&D and national server operations, and the other is responsible for GOG's overseas server operations. Therefore, they pay special attention to similar information and know the trends of Zhidou Company at the first time.
Ye Zhizhou was a little worried: "The person who came here is not good."
"In the short term, the revenue of Zhitou companies will definitely fall. But Zhitou companies, especially the Dayak Group behind them, are big businesses and have plenty of money to burn."
"The challenges we encountered this time were more severe than the previous ones."
Min Jingchao nodded: "Well, there are still smart people in Zhidou Company. Dayak Group is indeed a very large multinational group. We have repeatedly fought with Mr. Pei. Although we have never won, we can still make good decisions until now.
Such a strong resistance is indeed powerful.”
Since joining Tenda, they have witnessed many business wars.
Whether it's games or other fields, Mr. Pei is invincible. Anyone who dares to go against Mr. Pei almost always ends up in a disastrous defeat.
The difference is that most companies have lost their voice after their disastrous defeat and no longer pose a threat to Tenda. Only Zhidou Company and Dayak Group have persisted until now.
From this point of view, it is indeed more difficult to deal with the enemies than before.
Ye Zhizhou said: "This time Zhidou Company has launched a price war, which is more difficult to deal with than before."
"In the past, whether it was digging into gameplay or running the GPL league, Mr. Pei won with his vision and layout. But when it comes to funds, Tenda has no advantage."
"Sure enough, the competition between the two parties has reached a fierce stage, and they still have to compete with each other to see who has the strongest financial resources."
Min Jingchao nodded: "Indeed, for Dayak Group and Zhidou Company, this should be the last move. They have no better way but to start a price war with us."
"but……"
"I believe in Mr. Pei. No matter what kind of solution Zhidou Company comes up with, Mr. Pei will definitely have a countermeasure!"
Ye Zhizhou: "I don't know what kind of countermeasures it will take."
Min Jingchao sighed: "How could we guess what Mr. Pei did?"
"However, I believe the mystery will be revealed soon."
"Our vacation is coming to an end soon. Let's pack up our spirits and get back to work immediately. We will fully cooperate with Mr. Pei and fight the final battle against the Dayak Group!"
Ye Zhizhou nodded: "Well, I think so too!"
"Now I can understand Brother Bao's feeling. After working long hours, I want to go out to play and relax. But if I play outside all the time, it will be quite torture."
“I’ve had enough fun during my vacation, and I can’t wait to get back to work right away!”