Chapter 165 Website Problems
The story of martial arts novels* is often placed in ancient times. Moreover, there is a certain gap between the way of thinking and ideological principles of the characters and modern people. Typical of Yang Guo and the little dragon girl in The Return of the Condor Heroes, their relationship will not cause any controversy at all in modern times. But in the Southern Song Dynasty, which was prosperous in science, it was a very rebellious thing. Zhang Duo said stalkily.
Tang Tianhao thought about it carefully and nodded and said, "It's a little distant."
Zhang Duo added: "And online novels are less restricted. The protagonist is either a college student now or travels from modern times to ancient times or different worlds, and a modern person travels to strange ancient times or different worlds, so it is easy for readers to have a sense of entry."
Tang Tianhao said, "The second-listed "Great Magician" on Wansheng Novel Chinese website tells the story of a modern man crossing into the magical world. Is it also because of this that it became popular?"
Zhang Duo said with a smile, "Yes, it's just the beginning, and there will be more and more such books in the future."
Tang Tianhao listened and frowned slightly, "In this way, newspapers can't be supported by the serialization of novels in the future?"
"The novels in the publication are still more restricted, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to compete with online novels in the future, so my request is that Songjiang Morning Post should get rid of the influence of serial novels as soon as possible and become a truly influential newspaper."
In addition, the goal in the first half of this year is to establish a newspaper portal, which can quickly and effectively expand its user base. And a huge user group can bring huge advertising revenue to the website.
"There is a saying in the Internet era that "either be the first or don't do it". The pioneer has great industry advantages. With its brand status established in the minds of consumers, it can build a barrier for competitors entering the same field, become pioneers, and often be noticed by the media. Its brand can Att attracting more new users can also make old users keep visiting because of their habits..."
Zhang Duo talked so much, and Tang Tianhao's head was a little big. Zhang Shao, I don't quite understand what you said, but I will do it according to your requirements.
When Zhang Duo saw that Tang Tianhao didn't understand very well, he knew that this was inertia and could not change in a while. It seemed that he had to find another professional to start the website of Songjiang Morning News.
Thinking of the four major domestic portals in his previous life, Zhang Duo was a little moved, because each website represents a huge amount of wealth.
In fact, the four websites are basically the same. The same news, the same press release, the same layout, the same service. Such a homogeneous service can also stand on the Internet for more than ten years, which is also a miracle with Chinese characteristics.
Fortunately, China has a population of more than 1.3 billion, more than 400 million netizens, and 100 million netizens need four portals. In fact, going to the portal is basically a personal habit. In essence, there is not much difference. There are mailboxes, blogs, news articles, and many advertisements. Basically, they provide what you want, and they also provide what you don't want.
Since it is a qualitative service, it is not a big deal to have a fifth portal. Moreover, domestic Internet companies have just experienced the bursting of the Internet bubble in the second half of last year. Now is the weakest time and a good time for Zhang Duo to enter. If it takes a long time and let those enterprises slow down, it will be troublesome to occupy the market.
And Zhang Duo also has an advantage, which is Wansheng's official website. Whether it is Wansheng Forum, online bookstore or Wansheng Novel Chinese Network, which has evolved from online reading, it has a large number of users. In the network era, you can have almost everything with a huge user base.
Penguin in the previous life was able to become the hegemon of the Internet by a huge user base. A lot of the content of Penguin.com is not original, but it relies on a huge user base. Basically, it destroys whoever it is copycat. What a domineering side leak!
At present, the traffic of Wansheng Book's network can be ranked to the medium level among domestic Internet enterprises. If we integrate and merge Songjiang Morning Post and Wansheng Books, we should be able to create a portal.
Thinking of this, Zhang Duo and Tang Tianhao said goodbye and planned to go to the Wansheng Book opposite to see the situation. Out of the newspaper, across the road is the building where Wansheng Books is located. After entering the company, his own employees greeted him.
Zhang Duo entered Jiang Xiancheng's office and saw that he was reading the documents, so he sat down directly on the sofa.
Compared with Tang Tianhao's depression, Jiang Xiancheng has been very happy recently. After the preliminary competition of the Songjiang Cup novel competition, the organizing committee will have to provide more than 100,000 words of manuscripts. The manuscripts provided by the 2,100 participants were enough for them to review for a while.
Compared with the lucky 2,100 people, the remaining 200,000 people are miserable. At the beginning, it was enough to hand in 30,000 words of manuscripts, but many people also knew that the preliminary finalists must be submitted to subsequent manuscripts. Except for some people who are weak-willed to give up halfway, most of them have written more than 100,000. Now that you have been eliminated, you will naturally find a place to publish it. Not everyone has confidence in the novel website, and many people submit their manuscripts to newspapers and book distribution companies. At present, Wansheng Books, which is in the limelight, has become the target of many people's contributions.
As the boss of the company, Jiang Xiancheng naturally does not need to review the manuscript in person. But after years of editor-in-chief's work, he was still a little empty without reading a few articles a day. He told the people below that if there were good manuscripts, remember to send them to him. Now I'm fascinated by reading a manuscript. I heard someone knocking on the door, but I just called in, but I didn't even raise my head.
When Zhang Duo saw Jiang Xiancheng so committed, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Uncle Jiang, why are you so fascinated!"
Jiang Xiancheng was shocked when he heard this. He looked up and saw that it was Zhang Duo. He smiled awkwardly and said, "I found a good manuscript and was fascinated by it for a moment. When did Zhang Shao come in?"
Zhang Duo smiled and said, "I just came in. What kind of manuscript is so good?"
Jiang Xiancheng got up and took the manuscript to Zhang Duo and said, "A martial arts novel tells the story of a modern college student who traveled to the end of the Sui Dynasty and changed from a gangster to a generation of masters with his own efforts and talent."
Zhang Duo was shocked when he heard this and said why it sounded like the Legend of Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty! But I know that there should be no one who crossed into this world. Everyone copied books or copied books, and I didn't see anyone modify it. It's simply thankless to do so. Zhang Duo's heart calmed down, and he was no more interested in Jiang Xiancheng's novels.
"Uncle Jiang, I'm here to talk to you about another thing. I plan to merge Wansheng Books and Songjiang Morning Post to establish a new company, and the company will integrate the current Wansheng official website and set up a portal website? I don't know what your opinion is?" Zhang Duo said.
Jiang Xiancheng's understanding of the Internet is much more thorough than Tang Tianhao's. Knowing that Zhang Duo's name is consulting, he actually has made a decision in his heart. Moreover, he and Tang Tianhao do not have many shares in the two companies, and they can't dispute Zhang Duo's decision at all.
"From the current development of several of the company's websites, making portals is indeed very promising, and I have no objection! At present, Zhisheng is in charge of the novel network. How about calling him to ask? Jiang Xiancheng said.
Seeing Zhang Duo nodding and saying hello, Jiang Xiancheng called Chen Zhisheng, but in a few minutes, he saw Chen Zhisheng pushing the door and coming in. Zhang Duo repeated the previous words again. Chen Zhisheng pondered and said, "I have no objection, but Zhang Shao, at present, relying only on that little advertising revenue, our novel network is completely losing money to earn money. Do you think there is any other way to improve your income!"
It turned out that the previous Wansheng Novel Chinese Network was in a hurry to prepare. Zhang Duo hurriedly launched the whole plan, and Chen Zhisheng knew nothing about Zhang Duo's whole plan. Although the surge in website traffic made him very happy, the server that "eaten" also made him very sad. He was afraid that the website would end up shutting down because he could not find a sustainable and stable profit growth point. After taking over the website, he learned a lot more about Internet companies, especially the bursting of the "Internet bubble" in the second half of 2001, which made him even more flin.
When Zhang Duo saw that Chen Zhisheng was worried about this, he said with a smile, "Don't worry, I have a solution in my heart. My plan is to implement a VIP charging system on our novel website, charging readers according to three cents per thousand words, and paying the author a penny of manuscript fee. At present, the situation of piracy on the Internet is not serious, so it is not a problem for a well-written novel with an average subscription of more than 10,000 yuan per chapter. That is to say, the author can get 300 yuan for a 3,000-word novel, which is already amazing. When I first entered the industry, it was only 2,000 words and 200 fast. "
Chen Zhisheng listened and thought for a moment and said, "At present, the daily traffic of the novel website has reached more than 5 million. According to this situation, what Zhang Shao said is very likely to be realized. Moreover, the pages of newspapers are limited, and most newspapers can only provide two to 3,000 words for serialization, but there is no such limitation on the website.
Besides, Zhang Shao is a top writer, and the contribution fee is naturally higher. In fact, many writers serialize in newspapers, and the contribution fee is only 30 to 50 words. How can there be so many 100 words? If the VIP model is successful, our novel website can attract those top authors. When good authors come, the readership will naturally be caught. How can those newspapers compete with us!"
Zhang Duo laughed and said, "That's what I'm talking about here. In the future, I'm afraid our Songjiang Morning Post will not be spared, but I plan to let them do a news-based portal!"