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Chapter 178 The era of making money for online novel authors is coming. (Please subscribe)
The three-year agreement plot not only excited a large number of book readers.

The "three-year agreement" plot has sparked a frenzy of discussion among countless authors throughout the industry.

"I feel that Bu Yangshen's writing skills have reached the heavens."

"Yes, the Three-Year Agreement has no innovation whatsoever, but after reading it, I even forgot about those pioneers."

"Now I understand, no matter how innovative or how well-designed... it may not be the most brilliant idea."

"Hehe, don't bother researching it. If we could figure it out with our current level of expertise, we'd be gods too. Look at all those alliance leaders, I'm drooling over them."

Everyone on this side was drooling.

Chen Yang, the instigator, is going crazy.

Ok.

These days.

After writing the three-year agreement, Chen Yang was exhausted.

With several new alliance leaders joining every day, Chen Yang is adding more chapters every day, only to find that he's owing even more each day.

"Hey guys, how about we make a deal?"

"No."

"I didn't even say anything about discussing it, so please don't do this."

"Do you think we don't know what you're thinking? Are you suggesting that one alliance leader should get an extra chapter, or ten alliance leaders should get an extra chapter?"

"What a talent! How did you know?"

"I can tell just by looking at how you died. Hurry up and add more chapters; you now owe 60 chapters."

"I'm typing, I'm typing... I'm typing as hard as I can."

This is truly a case of some people rejoicing while others grieve.

Faced with so many alliance leaders, Chen Yang didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Could it be.

Is this the kind of trouble those big shots have?
But the good thing is.

Although so many chapters are owed, the readers are still quite kind.

They didn't urge Chen Yang much.

The point is to make Chen Yang remember this number.

As for how many extra chapters to add, let Chen Yang decide for himself.

We can't just give up our studies and lives for the sake of adding more chapters; that's not something our readers want to see.

This relieved Chen Yang a little.

The subsequent updates will proceed as planned, with a slight increase in intensity, and we'll gradually release them chapter by chapter.

……

It is worth mentioning that.

A major piece of information has been circulating in the industry over the past two days.

The previously announced mobile wireless reading service is about to launch.

At this point, things finally started to look promising.

It is said that Qidian.com has already contacted China Mobile to discuss specific cooperation matters.

This news has caused a stir in the industry.

"Good news! China Mobile is launching a wireless reading service, giving us another channel and an extra source of royalties."

"Yes, I just saw this news too. I just don't know how the mobile wireless reading market is doing."

"I'm sure I'll get a small share of the money."

Around 08, there weren't many channels available for online literature.

Almost 99% of authors rely on traditional subscriptions.

Even with donations, not everyone can easily become a leader in the alliance.

Some books have written millions of words, yet they haven't even had a single leader.

Some might tip a leader or something similar.

Mobile is arguably the first channel that people come into contact with.

But how to say it.

Because it was the first channel.

People don't really have a concept of how powerful this channel is yet.

That's what many authors are thinking.

If this channel could bring in an extra two or three hundred yuan a month, that would be great.

If I had 1000 yuan, plus subscriptions on Qidian, I could probably live a very comfortable life.

Chen Yang is also very much looking forward to this business.

The previous life of "Battle Through the Heavens" was actually about the wireless world.

However, the wireless reading market is huge.

It's also impossible that the mobile wireless reading service only includes Chen Yang's book.

Besides Chen Yang's books, all of his other works have gained tremendous exposure and revenue.

to this end.

Chen Yang opened the new author group and said to everyone, "Brothers, get ready. It looks like the mobile wireless reading service is about to launch. If this service is done well, it can sometimes be more profitable than Qidian subscriptions."

Chen Yang's words immediately sparked a flurry of activity in the group chat.

Thirty-two said with some confusion, "Why not Yangda? Does that mean the mobile wireless reading market is bigger than Qidian's market?"

"Yes."

"impossible."

Nothing is impossible.

Chen Yang said, "China Mobile serves all mobile users nationwide. Most importantly, they can establish contact with users immediately. At the same time, they are more convenient than us in terms of payment. For example, they can directly deduct the phone bill."

Yes.

Why was mobile wireless reading so powerful in its past?

Besides having a massive volume of business, it's also because payment is easy.

The fee can be deducted directly by simply sending a text message.

Moreover, mobile payment does not charge channel fees, which is more cost-effective than using phone credit to recharge at the designated point.

Many users find their phone bills running out like water before they even realize it.

Xiao Chao nodded in agreement: "Bu Yang is right, mobile payment is so convenient. However, even if mobile services are very powerful, they probably won't be relevant to most ordinary authors."

Dangdang nodded in agreement: "I think so too. In this business, top authors like Yang Shen and other well-known authors might get more channel fees. As for us struggling authors, we might not even get a few dollars in channel fees."

Chen Yang chuckled: "That's not necessarily true."

Chen Yang said with a smile, "Please don't think that way. The types of books that are popular on mobile are different from those on the Qidian main site. You should know that mobile users have never been exposed to online novels before."

"Never read online novels before... What does 'not showing off' mean?"

Some people don't understand.

Chen Yang continued, "In other words, these users have different tastes than our current Qidian users. Think about it, when we first started reading online novels, what books did we like to read?"

"let me see……"

Everyone started reminiscing.

Dangdang immediately said, "When I first started reading online novels, I read all kinds of books. I thought all of them were very well written and shocked my worldview. At the time, I couldn't believe that novels could be written like this. It wasn't until later, when I read more books, that I started to pick out some niche books that I liked."

"I'm pretty much the same. I used to like all kinds of things, but after seeing them for a while, I started to become picky."

The opinions of the crowd coincided with those of Dangdang.

At last.

Chen Yang summarized, "So, when you're facing a group of users who have never read online novels before, comparing books written by ordinary authors with those written by top authors, they'll find that the quality is basically the same for them. In fact, they might even find books written by ordinary authors more enjoyable."

"why?"

"Because ordinary authors' books might be more straightforward, more direct, and less formulaic... Take slapping someone in the face, for example. Nowadays, everyone is used to using all sorts of plot twists to slap someone in the face. But for them, they might prefer a more direct way of showing off and slapping someone in the face, without any formulas or plot twists. In fact, the more melodramatic it is, the more they like it."

"Damn, you're not kidding me, are you?"

No one could believe it. Chen Yang really wasn't bluffing.

To know.

Chen Yang experienced the era of wireless reading.

This is an experience that no one can simply be a bystander with.

This was a truly profound experience.

He recalled being in the same group as an author named "Coffee" back then.

This author friend wrote a book called "Nine Revolutions Golden Life Technique".

Correct.

The book title contains a typo; it should be "决" (jué), not "诀" (jué).

It wasn't until later that the author changed "决" to "诀".

This is not the point.

The point is.

As soon as this book was published, countless fanatical readers came to criticize it.

He was also referred to as one of the four great online books.

This book is clearly not the work of a great master... it's the work of a lunatic.

Chen Yang has no prejudice against coffee.

We are all authors.

But what proved everyone wrong was...

Just when everyone was furiously criticizing the book.

The revenue this book generated on mobile wireless reading platforms has astonished all its competitors.

When Coffee revealed the payment for his writing in the group chat, Chen Yang was completely stunned.

To know.

At that time, Chen Yang's royalties in his previous life were only about 5000 yuan.

Chen Yang already thought it was good.

But the royalties that Coffee received back then were more than 100 times that of Chen Yang.

Can you imagine what that scene was like?
After thinking for a moment, Chen Yang said, "Really, Dangdang, didn't you always say you were failing at Qidian? Maybe your book would be very popular on China Mobile."

"Bu Yangda, with all this motivation you've given me, I'm not even going to tighten screws anymore, I'll just stay home and write all the time."

"Hahaha."

Everyone burst into laughter.

Chen Yang said, "Professional writing depends on the situation. If you feel that writing can provide a stable income that exceeds what you earn from your job, then you can consider writing. But if you feel that writing is unstable and doesn't bring in much money, it's best to stick to part-time for now. Don't be idealistic and write for a year or two, only to earn a few hundred yuan in royalties, but still think you can become a legend. However, this mobile wireless reading market is really promising, so when it comes out, everyone should study it carefully."

"Bu Yangda is right, I agree with Bu Yangda."

Dangdang nodded.

……

It's just that the discussion is raging within the industry.

The management team at Qidian was furious.

"It's too much to bully others, it's too much to bully others."

Inside the office, Baojian was so angry he couldn't speak.

"Baojian, what's going on? Didn't you go to talk to China Mobile about cooperation at noon?"

"Correct."

"and then?"

"Then there was no more."

Jiangnan was a little confused: "Baojian, what's going on?"

Baojian sighed: "Here, this is their proposal. Take a look and see how we can cooperate with them?"

The sword was thrown away with the plan.

Take a look at Jiangnan.

They were stunned for a moment.

"They split it into an 8:2 ratio, with 8 for them and 2 for us."

"A payment cycle of 6 months for royalties is just too domineering."

"The revenue sharing has to be reduced by operating costs first... So they don't want to spend a single penny?"

Jiangnan was dumbfounded when he saw the plan.

After a while, Jiangnan said, "Baojian, didn't we bring our plan with us?"

"Ha, you think they'd even look at our proposal? I gave them the proposal, and they didn't even open it."

"Good guy."

Jiangnan was angered by the mobile company's domineering attitude.

"What should we do with the sword?"

"What do you say?"

Baojian said, "If we really want to cooperate, I don't know how to explain it to the authors. You see, the mobile company takes 80%, and we take 20%. After that, we split our 20% with the authors 50/50, so the authors only get 10%. In other words, if a reader on the mobile company spends 100 yuan, we get 10 yuan, and the author also only gets 10 yuan."

"They don't even have 10 yuan, and we still have to deduct their operating costs."

"Yes, in addition, the author has to pay 11.2% of the royalties... I don't even know if the author will get five or six yuan out of 100 yuan."

"Sword, you refused?"

“I neither refused nor agreed. However, it’s clear that China Mobile wouldn’t just contact us. If we don’t agree, they might partner with other websites.”

"That's just one problem. There's another one, Sword, have you thought about it?"

"I've thought about it."

Baojian said, "Are you saying that if we don't cooperate, then... our Qidian will face a life-or-death crisis?"

"Yes."

Both of them had solemn expressions.

The two are members of the Qidian management team, and their concern for Qidian's operation goes beyond simply hoping that authors on the website will write good works.

At the initial stage of operation, there will be a series of challenges from various capital and forces.

As it is now.

If the starting point doesn't agree.

If other websites agree, it will inevitably deal a huge blow to Qidian's business.

The poaching tactics previously employed by the website next door will likely be restarted.

Not just the website next door.

On the Perfect World side, Perfect Literature is about to be established, and it is said that they will also start poaching talent.

Don't doubt that the foot-digging operation works well.

In this world, as long as you have a good hoe, you can dig down any corner of the wall.

The fact that he didn't fall from grace before can be attributed to divine intervention.

Again.

Whether fate will favor the starting point remains to be seen.

"Sword, what do you suggest we do?"

"I'm completely confused right now."

Both of them were a complete mess.

The wireless reading service they had originally envisioned.

Now, however, it has become a hot potato.

If they collaborated like that, the author would curse them to death.

If we don't cooperate, Qidian will be finished.

(End of this chapter)