Rebirth 98, the rise started from ripping off Microsoft

Lu Yiming said: "The name of the website is 'Yuedu Chinese Network', and our company's name is Yuedu Network Technology Co., Ltd. Its registered office and office are both in Zhonghai, and we temporarily rented a floor of Jinmao Building as an office location. The website should be ready in a few days, and it is currently being debugged."

The appearance design and function realization of the website are ready-made in Lu Yiming's mind, and he directly copied the design of Qidian Chinese website 20 years later, saving time and effort.Lu Yiming now has a huge network of technical talents under his name, and it is easy to build a team.It is estimated that in another week, the website will be able to go online.

At this time, it was already September of 2003, and on October 9, Qidian launched the VIP charging system.

It's just that the current charging system is very different from the charging system in the era when Lu Yiming was obsessed with online writing.

Very shabby.

However, the entire welfare system designed by Lu Yiming is based on the welfare systems of many web sites before rebirth. It not only includes subscription, guarantee, publishing, adaptation, etc., but also care for writers, medical insurance, etc. .

The most important thing is that Lu Yiming owns Alipay, which is a big killer, which can be easily recharged and paid for manuscripts.

At the very beginning, Qidian’s manuscript fees were all mailed through the post office, and readers had to use a phone prepaid card if they wanted to recharge, which was very inconvenient.

Someone asked: "It used to be free to read novels. Now if we charge for it, will no one be willing to pay for reading?"

"That's right, there are free novels, who will read novels that cost money?"

Lu Yiming said earnestly: "Although free is a magical skill, it is not applicable to all commercial fields. Only by charging can the interests of the authors be protected and the authors concentrate on creating with their heart. Money does not necessarily make good writing. Novels, but there is no money, and I am afraid that there are no people who write novels. The books you read, the authors stop writing after looking at them, isn’t this a clear proof? How can it continue when there is only pay and no return? Only by continuously producing good works can everyone have good books to read."

The subscription sharing system ensures the author's creative enthusiasm to the greatest extent.

And in the wild era of online literature, it was precisely because of insisting on charging that Qidian finally dominated the entire novel industry and won half of the country.

In fact, the most valuable asset of a novel website is the author.Countless authors compete on the same stage. To put it bluntly, it can be described as cultivating Gu, surviving the cruel competition and continuing to create excellent works.

And with good works, you can continue to attract enough readers, which will bring other additional benefits.

Therefore, if an online novel website wants to take charge of the country, it only needs to serve the authors well, and the rest will naturally be regulated by market behavior.

Once a site tries to squeeze revenue out of its author, that's the beginning of its demise.

The author ran away, can the readers not run away?
If free novels are not good-looking, no one cares about them.

After all, readers read novels for pleasure, not for abuse.

"In addition to digging out good writers, writer training must also be carried out. For the healthy and sustainable development of the entire industry, it is very necessary to establish a youth training system that belongs to the online literature."

Whether the development of a healthy industry is reasonable or not depends not on the number of top people, but on the number and living conditions of the grassroots, and whether the promotion system is complete.

Take football as an example, from elementary school to junior high school, then to high school, and finally to professional leagues at various levels.A player can keep running on the green field since he was a teenager, receive the most professional training, and accumulate game experience until his talent is recognized by the world, and finally he becomes a world-class star.

Only under such a complete system can a country's football strength be strong and lasting.It is obvious to all that the national football team, which lacks a youth training system, looks like a bird.

Things like perfect attendance awards may cost money, and most of the time, the cost may not even be recovered.

However, it can prevent authors who are interested in creating novels from giving up their dreams at the very beginning.

Even if only one out of a hundred people stands out, the website still makes money.

Lu Yiming posted the complete writer's welfare system to the group, saying: "Look at it, familiarize yourself with it, don't say memorize it completely, at least be able to answer it quickly when someone asks it."

"Then, I announce that the Yuedu editorial department is now established!"

"applaud."

"Scatter flowers."

"Clap clap clap."

Within a few days, the news that Lu Yiming opened a new online literature company spread in the circle.

In the QQ group, Ma Teng, who just returned from the beautiful country, directly @Lu Yiming.

"@卢伊明, Mr. Lu, you've been making a lot of moves recently, and in the blink of an eye, you've established another online literature company."

Hearing that Lu Yiming was working again, the group immediately became lively.

Chen Tianjiao: "Internet literature? Mr. Lu actually entered the Internet literature. Is this the next outlet?"

Lei Shuhou: "Mr. Chen, what's the matter? Are you interested?"

Chen Tianjiao: "I do have some ideas."

Lei Huahou: "Come on, online literature is nothing to do, it's just throwing money for fun, you can see under the banyan tree, how much money has been raised, Mao didn't even see it."

In fact, these words also represent the true attitude of many people in the investment circle. Although there is no investor in China who is not secretly studying Lu Yiming's investment ideas, they really don't understand Internet literature.

After all, the word original does not exist in the dictionary of these "entrepreneurs".

Making money is king.

It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it can catch mice, it is a good cat.

Zhou Hongyi erupted quietly: "You don't know that, Shi Qingxue, the chairman of this company, is the confidante of the richest man."

Everyone had a look of sudden realization.

"It turns out that the hero is sad about the beauty pass, I understand."

"I just said, it's okay."

"I heard that the start-up capital is 1000 million."

"1000 million may be a lot to others, but to the richest man, it's just a drizzle. Is there any problem with throwing it out to make my wife happy?"

Just after Lu Yiming went online, he was almost swiped by the chat history of the QQ group. After glancing at the content in front of him, he directly posted a middle finger emoji in the group, saying: "The online literature market is promising. If you think it's not good, it's yours." If the ability is not good, it does not mean that the industry is not good.”

"Mr. Lu, don't be stubborn, we all know what's going on."

"That's right, I think it's very worthwhile for 1000 million to make my wife happy."

Lu Yiming said: "You know a der. Whether it's a TV series, a movie, or a game, all of them are inseparable from the script, and the novel is a treasure trove of adapted scripts. I'm here to tell you now, within 20 years, I want to make this plate more than 500 billion."

"20 billion in 500 years? Is that an exaggeration?"

"It's just writing articles, can you make 500 billion dishes?"

Many people expressed disbelief.

In fact, when it comes to online literature, the idea is to gather sand to form a tower, and to add up a little to make a lot.Be more elegant, to borrow the words of the teacher, that is to "rely on the power of the masses", when the time comes for all people to create, more flowers will bloom, and the point will lead to the face. 500 billion is really not an exaggeration at all.

Zhou Hongyi has benefited from Lu Yiming's favor, and his current 21 is booming thanks to Lu Yiming's investment and moves.When everyone expressed disapproval of Lu Yiming's statement, he was very moved: "Could it be possible that online articles can really make money?"

Lu Yiming: "There is indeed a scale. As I said just now, literary works are the source of all adaptations and the fulcrum of leverage. But this money is not something that everyone can earn. For example, you and Ma Teng are not very good at it. .”

Zhou Hongyi immediately refused to accept it: "Why can't I?"

Ma Teng also shouted: "You say I can't do it?"

Lu Yiming thought of later generations. After Ma Teng saw the potential of online literature, he also began to make great efforts to create original online literature. He successively opened a series of websites such as Huaxia Sky and Chuangshi, but he opened a series of websites, and none of them survived five years. Year.

Ma Teng is not only bad at online literature, but also short videos. Small video, yoo video, Yintu, Harpy, small world, time video, none of them survived.

Judging from the time and space before Lu Yiming's rebirth, none of Ma Teng's original creations was successful, except for the agency, which was the replica.

Facing Ma Teng who had no clue in his heart, Lu Yiming made a middle finger expression again and said, "Yes."

Ma Teng: "..."

On the other side, Jack Ma sat in front of the computer, diving silently, watching Lu Yiming killing all directions in the group, his heart was also slightly disturbed.

Suddenly, in the lower right corner of his computer, the QQ avatar flashed and there was a beeping sound. It turned out that someone was chatting with him privately.

Opening the QQ chat window, Jack Ma unexpectedly discovered that it was Ma Teng.

"My family, what do you think? Is this online novel really as profitable as Lu Yiming said?"

Jack Ma thought for a while, and said: "To be honest, I can't understand it either. Although Mr. Lu's big cake looks like that, I also like to read martial arts novels. I have read many works. But I think literature itself is quite niche. You see, there are not many novels written, and there are not many adaptations. Only a few people watch Jin Wenguliang's works adapted into TV series and movies. Is it true that the Internet Is literature different?"

Ma Teng felt that what Jack Ma said was reasonable, but he also felt that what Lu Yiming said was also reasonable. After all, Lu Yiming's magic cannot be judged by common sense.

"Is this guy setting off smoke bombs in the group?"

Jack Ma said: "It's possible. If he really made as much money as he said, would he spread the word in the group? Would you do it instead?"

Ma Teng said: "Of course not. Otherwise, if we do it together, won't that steal my business?"

"Yeah, so I think Mr. Lu is making progress by retreating, and wants to frame everyone."

"It's also possible, just wait and see."

Don't look at the fierce quarrel just now, it's actually just booing.

Lu Yiming talked about how much money Internet literature makes in the group, but it made everyone suspicious, thinking that Lu Yiming was digging holes for everyone.

Who would speak out about making money?He must have made a fortune quietly.

It's no wonder everyone is overthinking. There is a saying in this world that soldiers never tire of cheating. Lu Yiming became the richest man in Asia in just a few years. Who knows how much he has hidden?

On the other side, Qidian Literature Network, Wu Wenhui is now one of the top two.

The company now faces a formidable competitor!

In 2003, the market capacity of online literature was small, few people read novels online, and there was no profit model for the time being.

But at this point, there were still people coming to snatch the business, Wu Wenhui felt his scalp tingling.

The richest man, you have a net worth of tens of billions. If you don’t do so many profitable businesses, what does it mean to have to come and grab the jobs of us poor people?
In the conference room, several company executives were unhappy.

They were still discussing the launch of the welfare system just now, and this profit model is also eating crabs, and no one knows if it will succeed.Now that Lu Yiming suddenly announced that he was going to enter the arena, how could they not panic?

Liang Xiaodong, the vice president, scratched his head and said, "The richest man is gone. I heard that their website will be launched within a month. How should we deal with it?"

Wu Wenhui thought for a while and said, "Unite Zong against Qin. We can unite with other websites to fight against Yuedu Chinese Website."

Although the Yuedu Chinese website has just started, and it can even be said that it has not even set up an empty shelf, Wu Wenhui dare not underestimate it. After all, this is something that the richest man Lu did.

In the past few years, in all the fields that Lu's richest man has touched, which one is not bloody?
To put it bluntly, in the current Internet literature circle, if all the people add up, Lu's richest man can be crushed to death with one finger.

"Well, I think this trick is okay. Let's unite first and control the resources in the circle, so that the richest man Lu can't get resources even if he enters the venue. It's useless if he has money."

"That's really a way."

Several people at the scene felt that Wu Wenhui's method was feasible.

In today's online literature circle, the relationship between editors and authors is very close. Firstly, the circle is small, and everyone seems to be self-conscious. They talk about the plot and brag about it every day, even if they have a bad relationship.

Secondly, it is precisely because writing novels does not make money, and there are not so many conflicts of interest. Everyone gathers together purely because of interest and like-mindedness.

After Wu Wenhui issued the joint vertical initiative, various novel websites responded one after another, such as Under the Banyan Tree, Red Sleeve, Read Together, Novels Reading Network, Magic Sword, Tianxia and other websites.

The editors contacted their authors one after another, expressing their emotions and reasoning.Those authors naturally also vowed that they would never change jobs, that everyone is a cultural person, they all have backbone, and they will never bow to capital!
After the author is stabilized, these websites are all together, and they are stable!
The writers are all in my hands, so what if you, the richest man in Lu, are here?It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice.

For a while, this incident became the focus of everyone's attention. Many people wished that Lu Yiming would be embarrassed. Now they are naturally gloating and watching the fire from the other side.

In the QQ group, Ma Teng, who has been intercepted several times by Lu Yiming, is the most detached person. In the Q group @卢伊明, he said: "You have become a public enemy of the industry even before you open this website. You How do you play this?"

Zhou Hongyi also took the opportunity to make a fuss, saying: "I think Mr. Lu will definitely come back this time. Although Yuedu.com has money, novels don't just depend on throwing money at them. You have to have excellent authors. "

Lu Yiming froze, and directly retorted: "Fuck off, everyone is talking sarcastic here. Can a group of sheep unite and defeat a lion? What's more, I'm not a lion, I'm a dragon, and I can fly! Hahahaha! "

Zhou Hongyi: "Damn, you've been so arrogant all day long, be careful that you'll make a big somersault someday."

Lu Yiming: "Tumbled? It doesn't exist. I am a person who can do everything, but I won't lose."

Zhou Hongyi: "Boss Lu, can you really make money by writing novels?"

Lu Yiming: "Want to know?"

Zhou Hongyi: "I think so."

Lu Yiming: "Then think about it slowly, hahaha, you want to talk to me? You're a little tender."

Zhou Hongyi: "Fuck."

Lu Yiming knew about the alliance of various websites, but he didn't panic at all in his heart. No matter how many war scumbags there are, they are still fighting five scumbags, and they can't shake the real strong.

The online novel websites in the first few years of the millennium were basically in the stage of losing money and making money, and all of them became Muggles at a loss.

In the early days of the online text market, websites racked their brains to find ways to make money in order to pay for more and more expensive space fees.

The emergence of the VIP subscription payment system will not really become popular until a year later.

So in fact, the current novel websites don't know how to make money at all.

Veteran novel sites such as Cuiwei, Huanjian, and Longkong are unable to make ends meet due to the slump in online advertising, so they can only focus on physical publishing.

While publishing books in traditional Chinese as an agent, we are actively looking for ways to publish in simplified Chinese.

Most book sites have tried to publish in simplified Chinese, but basically they all ended in failure.Only Longkong achieved a little achievement, but that was a drop in the bucket and could not change the overall situation.

The fact is cruel, those book fans who claim "I will definitely buy your book when you publish it" will always disappear without a trace when they pay for it.The few orders kept Simplified Publishing in a half-dead state.

The current online literature market is chaotic and confused, and no one can see the way forward and the direction clearly.

And what Lu Yiming has to do is to split the chaos and sprinkle a ray of hope on the dark night sky.

At the beginning of October, Yuedu.com completed the test and began to put it into use.

The style of this website is very mature, after all, it is the starting point after 20 years of copying.Compared with the current online novel websites, it is completely a dimensionality reduction blow.

On the day the website went live, Lu Yiming contacted QQ and started pop-up promotion.

For a while, many people knew that Lu Yiming's novel website was online, and it was strange to click on it.

And when they saw the big words "Writer Welfare System" in the upper right corner of the homepage, they couldn't move their eyes away.