Chapter 667 The Boss’s Decision Is Not Open to Discussion

Fan Kang staggered when he heard his brother's words. Then the turtle ran away.

Being disturbed by his brother Fan Kang, Fan Wubing was so tired that he couldn't sleep after leaving. He was already a little excited for the New Year, and being disturbed by him like this, he felt that he was also a little dissatisfied with his desires. , so Fan Wubing got up again and opened a cup of tea again. Then while drinking, I surfed the Internet and wandered around in various forums.

At this time, there were still some literary forums in China, and many people posted intermittently on such non-profit forums. Some novels and texts that I wrote in my spare time. In addition to publishing channels, I have found a new world where I can realize my life ideals.

After 1996, domestic Internet cafes began to develop rapidly in major cities. At this time, it was overseas student writers who had an impact on Chinese Internet literature, such as San Yisheng, Tuya and other Internet celebrities.

In the early morning of November 2, 1997. Lao Ge published an article titled "Jiu Yin Dalian Jinzhou No Tears" on the Sitong Lifang Forum, the predecessor of Sina. In just forty-eight hours, it spread almost throughout the entire Internet. This is Internet literature. It was the first time that it made an influential appearance on traditional media.

Last year, the first and most representative and influential Chinese online novel "First Intimate Contact" written by Cai Zhiheng appeared in Zhaoshang. In the same year, the sixth issue of "Tianya" published an anonymous online novel "Live Like a Human".

Since this online novel was posted many times on the electronic bulletin board, it had a great impact. Starting from this year, more literary websites such as Jieshuxia and paid literature website Boku have been established in large numbers.

Nowadays, many companies provide free Internet space, which provides a material foundation for the development of early book sites. It can be said that now is an era of all people running the Internet. Many netizens who like to read have opened their own personal websites. At this time, online book sites mainly focused on reprinting, and copyright awareness was weak. Some websites enrich their website content by scanning physical books such as martial arts and romance books onto the Internet, while more websites reprint them directly from other websites. In this case, the content of each site is similar.

For now, serial works such as "Double Dragon of the Tang Dynasty" and "Star Wars Heroes" have become the killer steel for various book sites to attract readers. Many new readers came into contact with the Internet in order to catch up on Huang Yi's "The Legend of Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty". Since it is a serial, only one volume is published in Hong Kong a month, so the Internet is naturally the best way to preview it. Whichever site uploads quickly, which site scans with high quality, which book site can attract more readers.

Among the book sites at this time, Crouching Tiger Jude has the best reputation for proofreading, and the proofreading of its collected works is exquisite. It became the first choice among netizens for a while. While reading physical books in the school, Crouching Tiger House also serialized original works such as Fengzi and Water Dragon Yin on the website. It can be said that in terms of the quality of the works alone, Crouching Tiger Residence should be the best online book site of that era. However, due to the small overall number of collected works, the traffic has never been comparable to those of the comprehensive Golden Mangcheng. Instead, the Golden Bookstore, which uses the revised version of Crouching Tiger Juice, has become the most influential in mainland China with its massive works and detailed classification. It is one of the top ten personal websites in China and won the runner-up in the 1998 Personal Home Page Competition.

However, the Internet at this time was still in the portal-based period. Readers found that most of the new literary websites were entered through search engine portals such as Yahoo, or through friendly links between sites. Nowadays, friendly links are almost the only way for many websites to develop new members in this environment. Golden Bookstore has taken advantage of its first-mover advantage to firmly occupy the position of the leader of online book sites. With the development of the website, Golden Bookstore noticed that the proportion of original works on the Internet was not enough, and the emphasis on book reviews was not enough, so it launched a column for original works by netizens.

The cultivation of online originality began.

It can be said that, judging from the dominant position of Golden Bookstore at that time, as long as it did not make too many mistakes in its development, it would be difficult for other online book sites to threaten it.

However, the intervention of capital changed the trajectory of fate. After the Laimi website acquired Golden Bookstore, due to copyright considerations, it did not dare to be too liberal in plagiarism and copying. Many readable works could not be included, but there were not many original works, resulting in a gradual loss of readership. , took the initiative to give up its dominance of online book sites.

Almost at the same time that Golden Bookstore was acquired. Boku was established in Silicon Valley in the United States and carried out large-scale recruitment in Beijing. From a well-known domestic book and newspaper alone, the newly born Boku poached more than a dozen editors and reporters, many of whom were key staff of the newspaper. This incident caused quite a shock to the entire publishing industry at the time.

Because it has the support of American industrial capital rather than venture capital, and Zizhen, a senior book industry person. Boku's future was once optimistic about the industry. At the beginning of the business, Boku made a series of promotional fortunes P Chapter Table of Contents Chapter 667: The boss’s decision cannot be discussed and the boss’s decision is dazzling and ridiculing. It is a habit of talking about it in all major media.” At the same time, he cooperated with China Youth Publishing House, Peking University and other individuals to launch activities such as walking on the Yellow River and Dunhuang Tour to build momentum. Later, in addition to acquiring a large number of electronic copyrights of works, he cultivated China's Stephen "Kou Gongkou: Jin". , signed contracts with a large number of writers such as Wang Shuo and Chen Cun. It can be said that Boku has indeed put a lot of thought into expanding its popularity and website views.

However, the spirit of paid downloading and paid reading advocated by Boku seems out of place in this era of Internet hegemony where free has become the general rule. Piracy is so popular that its most important upstream resource, the thousands of e-books signed with almost all well-known Chinese writers, authors, and scholars, has not been fully utilized.

In addition, the network conditions at this time were not adequate. There were few people online, the network speed was slow and expensive, and there were no convenient payment conditions.

After the first investment, investors refused to make additional investments on the grounds that the profit model was unrealistic. The subsequent collapse of Boku announced the failure of the country’s first attempt to completely charge fees.

And then with the burst of the dot-com bubble. The golden age of online book sites has also come to an end. A large number of early online book sites have closed down, and the surviving sites have to start thinking of ways to make money. And then, that is what happens in the future.

At this time, Fan Wubing was writhing on the forum. I found some familiar love-themed websites to pass the time. Overall, I feel that the writing is delicate and emotional, and it is indeed a master of writing. However, for Fan Wubing, who has become accustomed to fantasy style and urban or historical fictional novels full of Ding's thoughts, it still seems a bit pale. No, it's not attractive enough.

At this time, Fan Wubing couldn't help but flip through "The Legend of Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" that was being serialized, and then made a malicious guess, thinking about what would happen if he revealed the author's writing ideas and posted them on the forum. What are the consequences?

But this idea is just a thought. It is really harmful to others and not beneficial to oneself. hehe.

Huafeng.com also has a related novel picture section, and it is quite lively. After browsing it for a while, Fan Wubing decided that he should write something as a contribution to this great era. It seemed to be in a fantasy style. If the novel was released at this time, it would definitely be quite amazing.

Fan Wubing found out after filtering countless classic scenes in his mind. It seemed like this was a really good idea, so he made another cup of tea, and then changed to a more convenient keyboard. He first contacted the managers on duty at Huafeng.com and sent them his New Year greetings as the boss. They were deeply moved. In addition, he proposed that they open a section specifically for themselves.

"Mr. Fan wants to write a novel?!" This news came out to the staff on duty at Huafeng.com. The entire site staff on duty felt inexplicably excited.

"I really didn't expect it. I thought the boss was only interested in how to make money with drugs."

A female online editor said excitedly.

"It's precisely because you have this idea that you don't become the boss." A manager said with a smile.

Anyway, since the boss made the request, everyone immediately began to study how to solve this problem. Several technical staff started writing code and created a special page. Then someone mentioned how to increase publicity. The problem.

"This is easy. Aren't we going to focus on recommending software now? The two of them have promoted it together and made a prosperous floating small window. It's New Year. This is atmospheric and effective. Click and enter directly. Read the page." The deputy editor of the website also came over after hearing the news. He is the one who can make decisions. But his face was also complicated, "But what I'm most worried about is not the effect, but how good the boss's writing is. If it's too bad, do we still have to find someone to polish it?"

Everyone is also concerned about this issue, if Mr. Fan's novels with extraordinary writing style are attractive. That is indeed a good thing for the website. If it were the opposite, it would probably attract a lot of criticism. This is not the way to become famous, right? Do you think that as long as I pay for your website, I can advertise it?

But no matter what, the boss's decision must be strictly implemented and implemented well. Led by the deputy editor-in-chief, more than a dozen staff members gathered around and everyone ate some dumplings. I immediately started working intensively, striving to fulfill the boss's requirements to perfection.

It seems that this New Year’s Eve is really worth remembering.

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