Feng Yu talked about many website models that he had experienced in his previous life. Those are models that have been retained after years of market testing.
But now that Feng Yu said it, those practitioners in the early days of Internet literature were stunned. They didn't know that the website could still do this.
The business methods Feng Yu mentioned were beyond their imagination. Reviews, reminders, rewards, etc. can all bring income to the author. No one has ever done this before, or even proposed it.
There are also various benefits for authors, which they have never considered. Feng Yu actually said that he would buy insurance for the authors!
They can understand that different recommendation positions are given based on the sales situation. However, Feng Yu said that mobile reading will be launched in the future, which means that novels can be read on mobile phones. This statement also confused them for a long time.
Today's smartphones can only open web pages, and they also charge traffic fees. Use this to read novels. The handwriting is small and cannot be read clearly. The data fee is higher than the subscription fee for reading.
However, it is more convenient to download it. They have already provided this.
Feng Yu also knew that the concepts he mentioned were too advanced. The applications of smartphones are still very weak now, unlike in his previous life before he was reborn, a high-end smartphone with configurations that was almost as good as today's computers.
None of this is possible now, but what about ten years from now? And it won’t take ten years at all. Five years will be enough.
Feng Yu also told them some things they need to pay attention to. For example, the treatment of gold medal authors must be improved. Just like the agency, the treatment of big stars and ordinary artists must be different.
Even if a big star takes a 10% commission, he still makes more money than a small artist who takes a 90% commission.
Moreover, gold medal authors should have a sense of belonging to the website, lest other websites improve their treatment and attract them to change jobs. Also, any gold medal author cannot be solely responsible for an editor, so if the editor changes jobs, the gold medal author may be taken away. The attractiveness of a gold medal author can support some small websites.
The last point is that online novels must be carefully controlled, not only in terms of quality, but more importantly, they must not violate the law!
Look at how many websites there are now that write about that kind of novels. Feng Yu has also seen it on Origin. This is definitely not possible, at least it is illegal in the Mainland.
Of course, if you open a website in Baodao and other areas in the future, it will be okay, because in some countries, these are legal. However, Feng Yu personally does not recommend doing this. At least in the minds of Chinese people, it will label the website as improper!
There are also some reactionary, violent and other violations of national laws, which must not be published. If this is a policy issued by the above, it will be a big blow to the website.
As for the fear that there are not enough authors and there are too few books on the website, that doesn’t matter. You can talk to some physical book authors about buying out electronic copyrights on the Internet and find people to type and upload them. Increasing the number of novels on the website can also boost some popularity.
For example, if Jin Yong's martial arts novels can be serialized on the website, then there will be no need to worry about lack of readers. Although Jin Yong has said that he has stopped writing, his martial arts novels are still very popular. There is also Huang Yi's novel, "Looking for Qin Ji", which can be used as a model for historical time-travel novels!
Furthermore, don’t just consider the author, but also consider the readers. Reader payment cannot be one model, it must be different levels. Just like supermarkets have membership cards and can get discounts on shopping, paying readers of the website can naturally also have VIPs, and VIP consumption will be cheaper.
Between ordinary paying readers and advanced VIPs, there are several tiers available. How much you recharge will give you a certain tier, how much you spend will give you a certain tier, etc.
In this way, some readers may be attracted to recharge in the early stage, which will allow the website to quickly withdraw some funds.
Feng Yu said a lot, and those people remembered it carefully. They also realized that Feng Yu was truly a genius. His thinking had to be admired. No wonder he was the richest man in the world. It was indeed not a fluke.
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On a novel forum, some authors who frequently browsed the forum saw a pinned post: Origin launches author welfare plan.
What the hell, this kind of site, and there are author benefits
After some people clicked on it and watched it, they found that it was indeed very attractive. They heard that this website has a paid reading model. Although there are not many paying readers, it still brings in more income. Some people originally planned to publish novels on this website, but now that they see these benefits, they can't help it.
Multiple cooperative publishing houses, including simplified Chinese publishing, traditional Chinese publishing and English publishing; by cooperating with film and television companies, you have the opportunity to adapt novels into film and television dramas, and you also have the opportunity to participate in the adaptation of scripts; by cooperating with Fengyu Games, you can not only If you adapt the novel into an online game, you will also have the opportunity to get investment from Fengyu Games, and ask them to ghostwrite the game's customized novel and add it to the creation of the game background.
After signing up for a fee, you can get an accident insurance. Although the amount is not very high, it feels very heart-warming. And there are a variety of income channels that allow authors to get real income.
There is also an author salon at the end of the year, which selects outstanding authors from the website so that the authors can communicate face-to-face with their peers and editors. All food, accommodation and travel expenses are provided by the website. In the future, the website will also offer writing training classes, inviting literature professors to train outstanding writers, and there will also be opportunities for newcomers.
Every benefit clause is so attractive. Some authors soon got tired of it. They originally planned to publish their books on another website, but now they quickly registered an account at the origin and decided to publish here.
There are also some that are even more exciting, and they directly end the original book quickly, just so that they can start over from the starting point.
Similar online advertisements are not only on these forums, but also on other portal websites, etc., which make more authors believe that this website is strong and can spend so much money on publicity, so it must be powerful. Well.
Finally, a piece of news broke out. Origin has received a capital injection from Taihua Consulting, and the parent company of Taihua Consulting is Taihua Holdings. Isn’t that Feng Yu’s company? The richest man in the world has invested in it, this must be reliable.
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"What's going on? Why do some of the well-known authors on our website suddenly write the ending? What about their new books? Are they no longer writing new books?"
"Mr. Wang, they all changed jobs and went to the starting point."
"Huh? We are number one in the industry, with the most readers and the largest traffic. Why would those authors choose Origin? With their paid reading model, don't they not have many paying readers?"
"What kind of benefits have they introduced for authors? They also said that they can adapt film and television dramas, adapt online games, publish in simplified and traditional Chinese, and increase the income of authors. Those people must be here for money."
"Can they do it? This is impossible. We are the largest in the industry, and we can't even do it. How dare they brag?"
"I heard that the website has received investment from Mr. Feng Yu. Should we pay a sum of money to bring back those authors?"
"No need. When they suffer losses, they will know that they made the wrong choice. They also got investment from Feng Yu, the world's richest man, who will invest in this? Even if they want to invest, they will invest in us. We are the first in the industry to change swords! Just right. Aren’t some authors making trouble now and saying that they want our website to charge fees? Let’s teach them a lesson this time. They have taken the wrong path and they are the ones who fall into the trap!”
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