Chapter 137 Meng Xingkong's Edges Smoothed by Reality

"Thank you for accompanying Chaoshen Online Writing Studio for a year. Due to poor operation and excessive losses, this studio is officially closed. Last month's royalties have been paid to everyone. The road ahead is long, and we will see each other again if we are lucky!"

After sending this message, Meng Xingkong collapsed in the empty office.

One year ago.

He and two other partners established Chaoshen Online Writing Studio with great ambition and rented this small office on the first floor of the basement, with a total area of ​​only 30 square meters.

They wanted to make a lot of money with this studio.

As a result, one year later, he lost all his money.

The problem can be summed up in four words: different ideas and insufficient income.

Before starting this studio, the three partners were all online writers and good friends who used to chat and gossip in the group.

They were genuine writers with an average salary of more than 500 and less than 3000.

It was considered a small achievement.

Later, they found that they could not make much money by writing books, and they could only make ends meet.

The three of them happened to have some research on the online articles of various websites, and they also went to various websites and made some money by using the rules.

Occasionally, they would guest-star as web editors and get a few authors to publish books in other places to make a quick buck.

Over time, the three of them appreciated each other.

One day a year ago, probably before the first new media article became popular.

In the evening, Meng Xingkong suddenly said in their small group: "Why don't we open our own studio?"

They hit it off!

Let's do it!

After years of immersion in the online literature circle, although the books they wrote were mediocre, the three of them had a lot of author resources and website resources in their hands, and they knew more about the business than most authors.

It can be said that the innate conditions for running an online literature studio were full.

However, the subsequent operation was not satisfactory.

Meng Xingkong and his two partners had different ideas.

The two partners believed that the online literature studio was to use the rules of various websites to earn information gaps, and then become a middleman themselves, so that they could ensure stable profits.

For example, they take the beginnings written by new authors and submit them to various novel websites for a guaranteed price, such as 15 per thousand words.

(Guaranteed article: Regardless of whether anyone reads it or not, the website will give a guaranteed price at least. If the book becomes popular and the actual fee exceeds 15 per thousand words, about 1/4 of the profit will be distributed to the author.)

They take it directly and then give it to the new author for 10 per thousand words.

They make the 5 yuan difference.

If you are lucky and the book is good, you can even earn some commission.

Many people think it is incredible. Why don’t new authors submit it directly to the website? Wouldn’t they not be fleeced by the studio?

Because of the information gap.

When most newcomers enter the industry, they are really in the dark. Except for knowing a few big websites where they read books, they don’t know anything.

After submitting to Qidian Chinese website, they panicked because they didn’t meet the signing standards.

I lost a lot of people and felt like a waste.

Then he would ask others to read his articles and ask why he couldn't sign a contract. However, the authors he could find were all online literature enthusiasts at the same level as him, and 99% of them were unsigned.

This group of people also enjoys giving guidance to others and especially likes to comment!

What level can a group of online literature enthusiasts produce after they revise it?

It's even more impossible to sign a contract!

If they could sign a contract, they would have signed it long ago!

But what many newcomers don't know is that large websites like Qidian have high requirements and high thresholds for signing contracts.

Small websites don't have such high requirements, and even articles that are not so good can be signed, and even low-priced guaranteed articles can be mixed in.

The studio makes money from this information gap, and collects a large number of newcomers' articles and submits them to various small websites. Those who can sign a guaranteed contract or buy out will be signed.

(Buyout articles: a fixed price, ** yuan per thousand words, directly buy out all copyrights, and no matter how much they earn, they will not share it with the author.)

The new authors are still grateful, after all, they are not writing in vain, and at least they can earn some money even if they earn less.

There is pocket money.

In this way, the studio will generally not lose money. Even if the subsequent performance is too poor and the website asks them to cut the book, they just need to cut it for the author, and the studio can always make the difference.

Therefore, the studio generally requires the author to update a lot every day.

Daily update starts at 6,000.

Average 8,000.

In this way, for a book with a price difference of 5 yuan, the studio can make 40 yuan a day. If more books are made, they can make more.

There are also some orders for helping authors to continue writing, website customized theme orders, etc., which are all the same way, relying on information difference to make a profit.

Most studios do this.

But. Meng Xingkong doesn't think so.

He thinks that this kind of money earned by exploiting new authors and making money in the low-end online literature market is too low.

It's pure hard work.

Every day, a large number of authors have to be pulled in to write books, and every day, a large number of authors will run away.

It is also necessary to review a few good ones from a group of broken manuscripts and submit them to various websites to see which one gives the highest price.

Then review a large amount of text every day, and then constantly urge the author to write.

Finally, each author is paid dozens of yuan in royalties every day.

It's really too low-end!

There is no technical content!

This kind of thing can be done by any few people.

He Meng Xingkong has higher aspirations.

Cultivate his own team of authors, formulate various routines according to the online literature market, create high-quality popular articles, earn more royalties, and make big money with the authors.

Especially in the first few months of the studio.

He saw with his own eyes that the book "Urban Son-in-law Dragon King" went from a dead flop to the top of the bestseller list of new media channels, and the author's monthly income was as high as more than 900,000 yuan, which started a trend of son-in-law!

If their studio can mass-produce such articles, wouldn't it be a waste?

The money earned from creating a hit book is more than they exploit 100 new authors!

The workload is also much less.

This is making money with the brain.

Therefore, Meng Xingkong is ready to cultivate his own team of authors and study how to create hit articles together, instead of becoming a low-end online writing studio that sells second-hand articles.

This was strongly opposed by the two partners.

Their studio has been open for half a year and has been profitable, and the amount is also considerable. Each person can get about 30,000 yuan per month, which is much more than what they earn from writing books. They think this is good. If they mess around, they may lose money.

Meng Xingkong insists on doing it his own way.

Cultivate new authors and study the routines of creating hit articles.

He offered more royalties to the authors and asked for more, hoping that they could implement his own ideas.

However, a large number of new authors were quickly scared away.

They didn't need to revise their articles before, they just sent them out after writing, as long as they didn't involve politics or pornography.

Now Meng Xingkong actually asked them to revise their articles over and over again, but they still didn't meet his requirements.

It's torture!

It seems that the unit price of the royalties has increased, but in fact, they write less and earn less every day.

The most important thing is that the newcomers think, why do you want me to revise according to what you said? I think you are wrong.

You still ask so much for this little money?

Go to hell!

For a time, the authors of Chaoshen Online Studio lost a lot and their income dropped sharply.

And some of the articles they sent out can indeed make more money, while some can't even pass the contract.

It is far less stable than the guaranteed articles.

At the same time, because Meng Xingkong paid more royalties to the authors, the financial pressure of the studio also increased, and the already low income made it worse.

The two partners thought he was unreliable, so they continued to do online literature trading as before, and gave him less profit.

A rift between the three of them.

Then the studio did not last until Meng Xingkong succeeded, and it was disbanded.

Meng Xingkong not only did not make a lot of money, but also lost all the money he had earned before.

Only left.

"Xingkong, don't disband, I feel that my next book will definitely be successful!"

"Do you really want to disband? Our performance has begun to improve. It is correct to say that we will definitely succeed if we work harder."

"Boss, I don't want the royalties from last month, help our studio through the difficulties."

"Although my royalties last month were not much, I only had full attendance, but I also took them out to support our Chaoshen Studio."

"After coming to the studio, I have evolved from a newbie to now. I can sign a contract with Qidian based on my own strength. Xingkong can give us a good topic, and we will go straight to it. It will definitely work!"

In the WeChat group of Chaoshen Online Literature Studio, 30 hardcore authors are Meng Xingkong's last team.

These people have been with him for at least half a year, and have evolved from a newbie to a qualified online writer. Although they are still always failing, at least they have the possibility of taking off.

One more month?

Meng Xingkong shook his head, it's all over.

The studio's money has been used up, and the other two partners have run away.

The office lease is up.

He only has 1,000 yuan left, and he can't hold on any longer. He plans to find a construction site to move bricks tomorrow.

"That's it. If you have anything in the future, you can still chat with me privately. Let's part ways in peace and go our separate ways!"

('Super God Online Writer Studio' has been disbanded by group owner Meng Xingkong.)

This office will belong to someone else tomorrow.

Everything has been sold.

There is only one laptop left in the room, and the screen is still on, flickering a faint light.

He sat down.

Prepare to spend the last few hours here.

Draw a question mark on his failed entrepreneurship.

"Am I really wrong?"

"Ah"

"Don't think about it, just browse around"

He looked at the familiar forums, post bars, and author groups, and there was no room for him to play in them.

Because the news that Chaoshen Studio was messed up by him spread in the small circle of online writing studios.

Even if he went to work with others, they would not use him.

And there was nothing for him to follow others to do. Only the few people who took the lead could make money, and the others would only get a hard work fee, which was not as good as working in a factory.

At this time, he saw a post.

"Duoyu Culture Co., Ltd. sincerely recruits experienced online writing studio managers, with a monthly salary of 10,000+ commissions, five insurances and one housing fund, and a formal company with business qualifications. You need to come to Kyoto to work. If you are interested, please contact me as soon as possible!"

There will be more updates later.