My art is too advanced.

Chapter 362 Crazy Outsourcing, Driving Out Competitors to Death! (Seeking Monthly Tickets!!!)
He turned down most of his other commitments to focus on this major project. He didn't specifically focus on architectural design; when he did architectural design before, he would just outline a general direction, and once the framework was established, someone would naturally fill in the details.

But now he feels it's not so necessary, since he still has the ambition to do a big project himself.

Moreover, his students, or rather, those top architects, may understand some of the cutting-edge aspects of architecture, but when it comes to truly advanced concepts, he may be the only one in the world who understands them.

To make this design work well, there might be a lot of things involved, so he would need to take charge of it himself.

Construction projects weren't a big challenge for him; he could only say they were alright.

He spent five days designing only a simple appearance, since there was no deadline for the design anyway.

He felt that as long as he could complete the design, that would be enough. As for actual construction, that might have to wait for a while. However, when it comes to design, you have to accept that others might not adopt your ideas.

He was mentally prepared for the possibility that his design might be too advanced and the development level might not be able to keep up, requiring a large amount of imports or the direct design and creation of new things, which might require coordination among multiple disciplines to promote it.

Lu Cheng told him to design whatever he wanted, so he really did design whatever he wanted.

After he pushed away most of the tasks, these tasks naturally fell to Lin Ning.

However, this person didn't complain, since as his senior brother, he probably had to do many things for him.

Having already grasped this concept after entering the field, I can now be considered a fairly qualified senior PhD.

Zhou Yue hardly interfered in external affairs, leaving all decisions to Zhou Yue. Zhou Yue's role was simply to collect money and provide technical support. He was neither good at nor interested in management, as there was no real need for it.

Therefore, employees of comic book companies may not have even met their top bosses.

But they had heard of the name, or rather, they had heard of the miracles he had created in the industry.

The platform is fully set up, with 100 comics updated simultaneously, and a discount event is underway where you can buy comics at 30% off.

This is entirely about stimulating consumption. Many readers follow several comics at the same time, which can put a lot of financial pressure on them. After all, most comic readers are young people who don't have much money and limited spending power.

So the comic book industry still has a bright future. After all, these people may be able to support the industry when they get older. Of course, another possibility is that as they get older, their tastes change and they no longer like reading comic books, which is actually quite normal.

But it's nothing, there will always be new people constantly entering the industry, providing fresh blood, including comic artists, readers, the platforms themselves, and capital.

After arriving at the company, Lin Ning looked at the first month's report.

Some surprises.

"Has it already started making a profit?"

He had indeed started to make a profit, but he wasn't overly happy because the profits came primarily from the IP of just a few books.

Even with massive traffic, other comics are barely surviving, with few subscribers or failing to achieve the desired results.

This seems to be within expectations. After all, other comic book copyrights were bought at very low prices, so as long as they can steadily increase, it's not a loss. However, he still feels that some people find it hard to accept, since they are building a platform and can't rely on just a few big IPs to support the website.

"We must have good content. If we don't have good content to attract traffic, then there's no point in us building this platform." Lin Ning looked at Xu Xuan beside her.

Xu Xuan nodded, his expression slightly unnatural as he looked at the report.

Zhou Yue's three books have at least one million subscribers who read them.

However, among the hundreds of comics they released, apart from these few, the highest number of subscriptions for the others was less than 100,000.

That book is still by Chengfeng.

The personal IP industry is indeed very promising, but most people simply cannot achieve the corresponding results. Their platform mainly attracts traffic from online novels.

Online novels also come in different grades.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the highest number of subscribers here is 100,000.

However, some people in the middle can only raise 20,000 to 30,000, while those at the bottom might only raise 3,000 to 5,000.

The source material and quality of their comics are very high, arguably among the best in the industry. They invest heavily in acquiring high-quality online novels and then have art school graduates create the artwork.

However, even so, the desired results were not achieved.

Lin Ning quickly took the document back, and Zhou Yue also glanced at the report.

"Not bad, Chengfeng's book is indeed very attractive, and it has a promising future after adaptation. As for the others, let's take it slow. However, in the world of online novels, 100,000 subscriptions is already considered quite good, and even 20,000 subscriptions are enough to make a living."

Lin Ning smiled wryly, "But online novels are updated daily, while our comics, although priced higher, can only be updated once a week. In many ways, we are not as good as online novels. So, this 20,000 subscriptions can only be half of what online novels are worth."

"Moreover, if the quality drops even slightly, readers may immediately forget about the comic."

"Then we should increase investment and outsource it to those comic studios, giving them a deadline to produce the comic."

"In that case, we can outsource to those studios. Each studio can produce ten books a month, and then we can release them slowly, serializing them gradually, for example, two updates a week, or three or four updates a week."

"That requires a huge investment, and the products they produce may not necessarily be of good quality."

Lin Ning paused for a moment.

Normally, it might take an investment of 30,000 to 50,000 yuan to adapt a book worth hundreds of thousands of yuan.

If we take 50,000 as an example, that's 50,000 yuan per comic book. If you make ten comic books a month, that's 500,000 yuan.

If you produce forty books a month, that's two million!

How long will it take to break even on this two million?
"You need to be bold and try. We're going to build a platform. You can use the money you earn from these books to maintain the platform and bring in more content. We buy unwanted books from other people's libraries. The content in those libraries can't be considered good or excellent content; they're just for filling out the libraries."

"If you're going to create content, then don't be afraid to invest too much."

Zhou Yue saw it very clearly.

For example, the money he earns from just a few of his IPs is enough to support the website, and it's a continuous stream of income.

The report clearly states that the four comic books together earned eight million.

This is the money generated from operations over a month.

With eight million, if more content is purchased, the platform could be completely filled.

There might even be a lot of money left over from operations.

Lin Ning thought the idea was a bit crazy, but his gaze grew increasingly intense.

That's true. If you want to build this platform, you shouldn't be afraid of investing too much in the early stages, and content is absolutely the most important part. It's probably unrealistic to rely solely on top-tier comics to attract traffic and then use that traffic to sustain the entire website.

Comic platforms still need to have their own content. Good content is the key to retaining readers; otherwise, readers will leave after just one glance, and nothing will stay.

……

Second month.

Lin Ning walked in excitedly, holding the report.

"Brother Yue, we've produced about fifty comics this month."

"Moreover, the update speed is incredibly fast, and the highest number of subscribers has reached around 150,000!"

This high number of subscriptions didn't come from nothing; it was accumulated little by little. Because regular comics are updated weekly, previously, the entire studio's resources were focused on creating just a few comics.

Moreover, the quality is quite good.

After all, it's a real investment of money!
"Although it was supported by a few books by Brother Yue, these dozens of comic works have now basically achieved a balance between income and expenditure."

"In other words, even the fees from outsourcing these comics have already been recouped quite a bit! We might be able to recoup all the costs next month, and then we can produce even more comics!"

"Okay!"

If so much fresh talent emerges, their comic website can definitely be established very quickly. Moreover, their company's comic artists are constantly improving and may soon be able to reach a similar level, although the speed may be slightly slower.

But that's okay. This comic platform does need top talent, mid-level talent who are serious about creating content, and a large volume of content that can keep the audience engaged.

Their platform has developed in a relatively healthy way so far, and they have invested a lot in promotion. In fact, they have even had some link interfaces on many video platforms.

This was advertised at a high price; you have to pay to attract each IP address!

There are basically no problems with the publicity.

The next step is to focus on creating solid content.

……

In the third month, they became even more aggressive and began contacting comic book studios to outsource content.

These works might cost 50,000 yuan each, and they have to be completed within a month. It requires three to five people to work together on the creation of this comic, and they put almost all of their time into it.

There was nothing we could do; they were offering just too much money.

Several people work together to create a comic. Some draw the storyboards, some draw the specific scenes, and some are responsible for the specific details.

This division of labor is quite normal for them, and they can slow down a bit on quality, because what they want is speed!
Incredibly fast!

If the pace is fast, readers can overlook many details.

Although the subscription amount that a single reader can contribute is not much, what if there are many readers?
If millions of people each recharge one yuan per day, then their website will be able to operate successfully.

In a short time, they contacted almost every comic studio and produced works for them.

They do not refuse anyone who is willing.

The comic book industry is inherently low-paying, and with a large influx of capital, everyone is eager to get a piece of the pie. As a result, many comic book artists are signing contracts directly with the website.

Their website offers very generous benefits. As long as you create content well and quickly, your base salary can be divided into several tiers based on your subscription volume.

Who wouldn't want the highest level of benefits? That's why they're even more eager to get them.

The third month's report was even cleaner.

He hardly needs to use basic IP addresses to support the website anymore.

All the content is fresh and original.

In fact, the monthly profit exceeded three million.

After deducting the cost of buying the comics, deducting the operating costs, and even deducting the profits from his few books.

In other words, this platform has truly come alive!
"Alright, alright, here's your bonus."

He directly sent Xu Xuan 1.5 million yuan.

He watched Xu Xuan grow up, but now he's so busy with work that he sometimes doesn't even have time to eat.

There's no need for him to torture himself like this.

His dedication to perfecting his comics and monitoring the quality of so many popular IPs consumed a significant portion of his time.

He also needs to organize all the content submitted by these partner studios.

Zhou Yue also felt that young people like this could endure it without any problems for the time being.

I also gave him a day off.

Since things have stabilized for the time being, there's no need for such strict supervision of the company.

As for Lin Ning, Zhou Yue gave him the remaining 1.5 million.

After all, profits, even though this month is the first time, will only increase, not decrease, starting next month.

They have ample opportunity to make money; they should first establish the platform, and then the money will flow in continuously.

In just three months, the platform has developed to this point, which is quite impressive.

The comic book industry is too small, so they directly leverage this traffic and popularity to achieve a monopoly.

Some of their peers have even been wiped out.

But there's nothing we can do about it.

Everyone wants to make comics, but some people don't have the capital to make the initial investment. When those with less capital enter the market, it will definitely eliminate some people.

(End of this chapter)