Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 885 Tomato.com is established

Fang Minghua suddenly became interested and wanted to meet Zheng Hongbo, so he asked on the phone: "Can I meet him and talk to him?"

"Of course. Let me call him right away, and we'll come to the resort to meet you and Mr. Zhao tomorrow morning."

"No need to go to such trouble. I will return to the city tomorrow morning. I will send you the detailed address after I book a hotel. Please come to my place to discuss." Fang Minghua replied.

"OK!"

The next morning, after Fang Minghua and Zhao Hongjun finished their breakfast and packed their luggage, the driver had come to the resort to pick them up and they returned to the city together.

Fang Minghua still stayed at the Jinmao Grand Hyatt Hotel. After checking in, he sent a text message to Dai Jiali, telling him the specific room number.

"Okay, Minghua, you take a rest now. I'm going home. You can talk slowly in the afternoon." Zhao Hongjun said on the side, holding a cigar in his mouth.

"Don't you want to meet Zheng Hongbo?" Fang Minghua asked back.

"I disappeared. I've been out for more than a week. I have to go back to accompany Liu Xue and the children."

"Okay, go back."

At noon, Fang Minghua had lunch alone in the hotel and took a nap. At three o'clock, he heard a knock on the door. He went to open the door and saw Dai Jiali standing at the door. Next to him was a thin young man with long hair, wearing glasses and carrying a backpack.

"Teacher Fang, he is Zheng Hongbo," Dai Jiali introduced.

"Hello, Teacher Fang." Zheng Hongbo also stood up.

"Come in." Fang Minghua greeted.

Zheng Hongbo followed Dai Jiali in and sat on the sofa, looking a little restrained.

Fang Minghua stood up and was about to pour the tea, but Dai Jiali stopped her: "Teacher Fang, I'll pour it."

Fang Minghua didn't hesitate and sat on the sofa to look at Zheng Hongbo.

I saw that the other person was wearing a Baleno T-shirt, Nike sneakers, and a very fashionable Omega watch on his wrist.

Judging from the outfit he’s wearing, he doesn’t look like a poor writer or programmer.

Of course, this thought flashed through my mind.

Dai Jiali finished making tea and sat on the sofa. Fang Minghua then said, "Xiao Zheng, I want to ask, five people from your team stayed at Shanda, why did you agree to come? Was it the salary or something else that attracted you?"

"Ms. Dai gave me a very high salary, higher than if I stayed at Shanda. This is certainly attractive, but it is not the most important thing. The most important thing is. "First: She promised me to serve as the deputy general manager of Shengshi Literature and set up a new literary website, and I will be in charge of it. I can't do this if I stay at Qidian. After all, we are a team of six, and I am not the main person in charge. "

At this point, Zheng Hongbo smiled and said, "I must achieve something, otherwise I will go back to inherit my father's business as arranged by my father."

At this time, Dai Jiali added: "Xiao Zheng's father is the owner of a very famous enterprise in Zhejiang Province."

I @#￥%……

This guy is definitely a rich second generation.

No wonder she’s wearing all those branded clothes!
Zheng Hongbo continued:
"Secondly, President Dai promised that in the next five years, Shengshi Literature will invest no less than 200 million yuan in the new website. Now is the era of the online literature industry where people are racing to grab land. Only high investment can ensure the continuous expansion of the website."

Fang Minghua said "oh" and then asked, "What are you going to invest the two hundred million in?"

"In addition to building a website and operating it, the two most important things are: high pay and benefits to attract excellent editors and online writers, especially the latter. Only with excellent writers can excellent online articles be produced and readers can be attracted to read. Therefore, I believe that online writing websites must put content first, and the rest should revolve around this center!"

"Is this also the consensus of your Qidian team?" Fang Minghua asked.

"Yes." Zheng Hongbo did not deny it: "So I plan to recruit some excellent editors and online writers."

"Do you have a target?" Fang Minghua immediately became interested.

"Yes!" Zheng Hongbo took out a document from his backpack and handed it to Fang Minghua: "Take a look." Fang Minghua took it and looked at it:
Editor: Xie Yue, Blood Reward. Online writer: Xue Hong, Tang Jia San Shao, Xiao Ding, Wandering Toad
Damn it.

These are all ancient gods.

Moreover, these editors seem to be the central figures of major online literature websites in the future.

"I have no objection to this." Fang Minghua returned the information to Zheng Hongbo and added: "After the new website is established, don't forget to train your own online writers."

"Don't worry about this, I will."

"I also told Hongbo that he is not allowed to poach editors and authors from Under the Banyan Tree." Dai Jiali interrupted with a hint of joking in his tone.

"I don't know how to do that." Zheng Hongbo said seriously: "The new website has a different positioning from Under the Banyan Tree. It is aimed at fantasy websites like Huanjian and Qidian, not literary websites with a strong literary flavor like Under the Banyan Tree. Naturally, the requirements for authors and editors are different."

Fang Minghua nodded and said to Zheng Hongbo, "Go on."

“Third, I also told Mr. Dai that I would not consider whether the website is profitable within three years.”

"Aren't you going to implement a VIP charging system like Qidian? Can't charging be profitable?" Fang Minghua asked deliberately.

"The VIP charging system is something the six of us came up with after careful research. We believe that this is something that literary websites, especially fantasy websites, must do. It is also the best business model that can ensure the profitability of the website. However, the VIP charging system cannot guarantee immediate profitability of the website at the beginning. I need three years of buffer time." Zheng Hongbo replied.

"Tell me about your VIP charging mechanism." Fang Minghua asked.

"It's very simple. First, you need to become a VIP. You need to recharge 50 yuan to the website at one time to become a VIP user. 30 yuan of the recharge is used to purchase VIP qualification, and the other 20 yuan is converted into 'Starting Point Coins' as prepaid reading fees. The fee is 2 cents per thousand words." Zheng Hongbo explained.

"Is it that simple?" Fang Minghua frowned slightly.

"Yes, this is what the six of us discussed, and I also plan to implement it on Shengshi's new website." Zheng Hongbo spoke concisely.

"How about you improve this payment system?" Fang Minghua said with a smile.

"what do you mean?"

"I want to do this. The payment system is divided into beginner, intermediate and advanced users. Different users have different charges per thousand words. The higher the level, the lower the charge. As for the user level, it is determined by the amount of your recharge. From beginner to intermediate and advanced at a certain level."

"Also, we can adopt a reader reward system, with half of the reward going to the author and half to the website."

Monthly ticket system, full attendance incentive system, guaranteed minimum system, buyout system, and publishing system.
Fang Minghua brought out all the mature mechanisms of the later Qidian website, which left Zheng Hongbo dumbfounded.

shit
Is this how you play it?
Why worry about three years of losses?

One year is enough!
"Of course, my suggestions and opinions are for your reference only. They must be implemented according to the development of the website and cannot be copied mechanically." Fang Minghua reminded at last.

"I understand, Teacher Fang. Your words have opened our eyes. I am more confident in making a good website!" Zhao Hongbo said excitedly.

"Do a good job, President Dai, President Zhao, and I all support you!" Fang Minghua said, and patted Zhao Hongbo's shoulder with a smile.

Dai Jiali and Zheng Hongjun were about to leave. Before leaving, Zheng Hongjun suddenly said, "Teacher Fang, Mr. Dai said that you were the one who came up with the name Under the Banyan Tree. Can you come up with a name for the new website?"

"Okay." Fang Minghua hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's call it Tomato Chinese Network. Tomato means tomatoes, which is down-to-earth."

tomato?

Zheng Hongbo felt that the name was strange and not as domineering as Huanjian and Qidian. However, since Fang Minghua had said it, it was difficult for him to object, so he nodded and agreed.

After the two left, Fang Minghua smiled.

In later generations, Fanqie is the only website that can compete with Qidian, so of course it has to change from free to paid.

(End of this chapter)