Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

Pei Qian took a sip of tea and continued: "We only open buyout contracts for the top authors of our website."

"Because the conditions of this buyout contract are relatively good, it is equivalent to a kind of welfare for the authors of this site. We will not provide this kind of welfare until the authors of outside sites prove their strength."

"The whole book is bought out, the word count of the whole book is between 100,000 and 500,000, and it cannot exceed 500,000 words."

"The buyout price is calculated based on the author's previous old book sharing income three times. For example, the original author's subscription income for the old book is about 1,000 words, then the buyout fee for this buyout book is 3,000 words."

"There is no minimum requirement for daily change. Write as much as you like, and work slowly and carefully."

"Moreover, completely original is not accepted, only customized texts can be written, and we provide IP for authors."

After Pei Qian finished speaking, he couldn't help being overwhelmed by his own ingenuity.

Buyout + customization, doesn't this mean that the great authors of the Chinese website of the end point are all scrapped?

Those who often read online articles know that buyout + customization is the easiest mode to produce rubbish works.

Because one of the first prerequisites for creating good works is freedom.

Only if an online writer is free to write about the subject matter he is good at and has a strong driving force, can he write excellent works.

An author who is good at writing science fiction subjects, if he must be asked to write romances, then what he writes must be horrible.

Customized works are often those that Party A has certain commercial propaganda needs. At this time, the author’s creative ideas will definitely be restricted by Party A.

In order for the work to meet its own requirements, Party A will definitely make some suggestions for changes, or intervene in the author's outline; and the author cannot create completely according to his own ideas, and will have a foolish attitude, and it is impossible to produce 120% of the creation. status.

Because the first target of the customized article is Party A and not the reader, then it will most likely not be liked by the reader.

On the basis of the limited subject matter of the customized text, plus a buyout, it will even more damage the author's creative enthusiasm.

Because buyout means guaranteeing income during droughts and floods, and the asking price of custom text buyout is very high. The author only needs to use his brain to write the work to about 60 points to complete the request of Party A and fool it. There is no need to work hard to write to 80 or even 100 points. .

Or even if he wants to write a score of 100, he can't do it at all because his creative freedom is not high enough and the subject is not good at it.

Therefore, Pei Qian released this custom + buyout killer feature to "buy through" all the head authors of the end Chinese website.

For these top authors, whether it is to write subscriptions or buyouts, in the final analysis is to make money, how to choose, or which one makes more money.

It’s easier to write custom buyouts. The cost of writing in terms of words is almost doubled. You can get the same amount of money as before by writing and fooling around every day. Why not?

If the previous manuscript fee was 1,000 words per month, writing 300,000 words would earn 300,000; and according to the buyout, the manuscript fee would be tripled, and writing 100,000 words per month would make the same amount of money.

But the workload is greatly reduced!

Although this buyout system is voluntary and not mandatory, Pei Qian feels that no one can refuse such superior conditions, right?

Who will have trouble with money?

In this way, the author's income is not affected, but the website loses, and Pei Qian's goal is achieved.

Obviously, Ma Qun also knew this truth very well, so his expression was a little shocked, not sure what medicine Mr. Pei could sell in the gourd.

Although the author is free to decide whether or not to write a buyout, at the current price, only a few of these leading authors will refuse.

Of course it is a good thing for the author, but for the website... it seems that there is a great risk, and a careless one can cause great losses.

Ma Yizheng thought for a moment and asked, "Mr. Pei, are there any other restrictions on this buyout system? What if the author writes a novel that nobody reads? Can you ask him to finish the book ahead of time, or compulsory revision?"

Pei Qian shook his head: "There are no other restrictions, but there are requirements for the number of words, that is, 100,000 to 500,000 words must be written in each book, and no money will be given for more than 500,000 words, and a separate copy must be opened."

The reason for setting the word count requirement is mainly to create difficulties for these authors who are used to writing long stories.

At present, the standard word count for online novels is 2 to 3 million words. No matter how long it is, there are many people who write 5 million or more.

Therefore, when the authors set the outline of the story and made the outline, they are used to setting the full text to more than 2 million words. The great authors can write well, and this is definitely more familiar.

At this time, let them forcibly compress the story to 100,000 to 500,000 words and write short stories, which is a creative way they are not very good at.

For readers of online novels, most people also like to watch long stories and are not interested in short stories.

In this way, the possibility of making money in novels is further reduced.

Ma Qun asked again: "Then if the author has even opened a few books and the writing is very rubbish, we can also terminate the buyout contract?"

Originally, Pei Qian wanted to say that he couldn't, but he felt that it didn't make much sense. An author has been producing rubbish, but the website has been giving him a very high manuscript fee to write a buyout. This is a bit too unreasonable to justify.

So he considered for a while and adopted a relatively compromised plan: "If the results of two consecutive buyout books are very poor, let him go back to write the share, and after the share is written, he can continue to write the buyout."

In this way, the author who wants to confuse his life can continue to write about buying out money after he has divided it into a book. The website's regulations will not write "Come on to cheat me" and "People are stupid and have a lot of money" on their faces. Up.

Ma Qun asked again: "I only write customized text. What kind of customized text is it?"

"Can I pick up customized documents from outside companies?"

Pei Qian immediately shook his head: "No! Only write our own IP."

A group of horses: "..."

If you can pick up customized documents from outside companies, then this kind of buyout may still be profitable.

For example, if some popular online games need to be promoted, then the group of Ma can recommend the excellent authors under him, let the company pay the money, and let the author write a buyout, so that the end Chinese website can make a fortune from the middle. advertising fee.

But President Pei denied the possibility of making money on the spot!

According to Mr. Pei, the subject matter limitation of this customized article is strange enough.

It cannot be purely original, nor can it be customized by outside companies, only Tenda's IP can be written.

What are Tenda's IP?

A group of horses took a simple inventory, which includes various games that Tenda has developed so far, such as "Looking Back at the Shore", "Sea Fortress", "Struggle", etc.

Including short videos and movies already shot by Feihuang Studio, such as "Better Tomorrow" and "Mission and Choice" being filmed;

Including various purchased IP images in the game GOG, as well as original hero characters such as Mortister and Ruan;

Including various superhero characters in the works of Hurricane Comics purchased;

In addition, some popular novels and other miscellaneous things on the end Chinese website are also Tenda's IP.

It seems to be a lot, but what's the point of customizing these things?

The only role may be to enrich the story reserve of the entire "Tengda Universe", but many of these IPs do not need to be enriched at all: the content of the original work has been expressed very clearly and thoroughly. Why do you want to continue?

Can these authors write stories that are comparable to the original works?The Ma group don't think so at all, because many of the original works were written by Mr. Pei himself, and these authors couldn't keep up with their photos.

What's more, compared to the money spent to buy out these works, it is still a loss.

Because the buyout strategy this time is not only for one author, but for all the head authors of the end Chinese website.If these authors are determined to fool and defraud money, then for the end Chinese website, they will spend a lot of money on garbage, and it is difficult to guarantee the interests of the website.

The Ma group thought for a long time, but they were still confused about President Pei's decision this time.

But seeing President Pei’s confident expression, the Ma group didn’t say much.

After all, President Pei’s actions are always so unpredictable, and no matter how outrageous and strange the decision that President Pei made at the beginning, it turned out to be meaningful and successful in the end.

Therefore, the group of Ma nodded: "Okay, President Pei, I will make arrangements soon."

Pei Qian was satisfied with his attitude: "Well, very good."

"In addition, there is one more thing about the author's class."

"This class has been running for a while, it's time to make some improvements."

"My idea is to create an'inspiration class' on the basis of this study class."

"Gather the head authors, especially those who have decided to write custom buyout articles, and join this inspiration class."

"In the inspiration class, we prepare a lot of novels, movies, and games for them, let them collect materials from them every day, and then exchange writing skills and knowledge, and recommend games or movies that they think are fun to each other."

"This inspiration class must have some early investment. For example, the display must be large, the earphones must be good, the seat must be comfortable, and the various resources in it must be purchased directly from genuine, ultra-high-definition Blu-ray discs. To provide everyone with the best viewing experience."

"In the previous study class, the authors could only code words and search information, and could not do anything else; and in this inspiration class, the authors could only do things related to inspiration. In the 8 hours of the inspiration class every day, they could only Take 2 hours to code words."

The horses were stunned again: "Huh? This..."

What kind of inspiration class is this? It's obviously an enjoyment class and a fishing class!

A very important reason for the success of the previous study class is that through the "small black house" method, these authors with relatively poor self-control ability can concentrate on creating in this environment, and this has led to the birth of many excellent works.

But now, if you want to watch a movie, you can watch a movie, and you can play a game if you want to play games. Not only are you not locked in a small black house, but in turn, they also limit their codeword time. The maximum codeword is 2 hours a day?

Doesn't this mean encouraging them to fish?

What's more, President Pei also said that this inspiration class is mainly for those authors who have decided to write custom buyout articles. These people's update requirements are originally very low, and the creative enthusiasm is not expected to be very high. Then arrange for them. Such a comfortable and enjoyable environment...

This group of people is afraid it will be abandoned!

They are all the head authors and mainstays of the end Chinese website. If they are abandoned, they will not only affect the income of the website, but also affect the number of excellent works on the website and the evaluation of the website by readers...

The Ma group hesitated and said, "Mr. Pei, is this environment too loose?"

Pei Qian smiled: "Just to be loose!"

"For these top authors, they have no shortage of skills and strength. If they want to go further, they need more inspiration, they need to slow down and work slowly!"

"Nowadays, many novels have millions of words at every turn, and they are updated by thousands or more than 10,000 every day. Under such a huge update pressure, how can it be possible to write fine works?"

"Let them slow down and polish it!"

The horses opened their mouths and wanted to say something, but in the end they couldn't say it.

Obviously, Mr. Pei's idea seems a bit unrealistic.This is an online novel. It was originally intended for recreation. What if you slow down and polish it well?Can you polish a masterpiece?

But this idea of ​​President Pei can not be said to be wrong, only that Pei always sees a higher level and has a greater goal than himself.

The Ma group hesitated for a while, and finally nodded: "Okay, President Pei, I will make arrangements!"