On September 5, 2003, at 6 p.m., he had just handed over the lyrics of "Up and Down Five Thousand Years" to Chen Haohao. On his way back to the dormitory, Sun Tao received a long-lost phone call.
Editor Lin Pingping, who used to contact Sun Tao through QQ, made a rare call to Sun Tao.
Lin Pingping's voice was a little hoarse on the phone. It was not like this when she informed Sun Tao that "Dou Po" was published. There was even a bit of embarrassment in her hoarse voice.
"Hey, hello, this is Sun Tao, uh, Mr. Sun?"
"Hahaha, why is Editor Lin's voice so quiet? I am Sun Tao, and I am the contracted author of our website. No matter what, Mr. Sun, why did you suddenly remember to call me? Under my two books I didn’t see any explosive comments.”
Two books published by Sun Tao at Qidian:
"Dou Po" has been published as a physical book. It has two episodes. The story ends with the Yunlan Sect. It is almost 400,000 words, which is a perfect ending. In those days, there were no novels worth millions, and "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was only 60 years old. That’s thousands of words.
"Golden Eyes" was discontinued after writing more than 100,000 words. However, Sun Tao made it clear in the end that there will be no physical book for the follow-up plot but it will be made into a TV series. Readers can wait and see. Recently, Sun Tao has announced the launch date of "Golden Eyes". I have sent it to the starting point and received rave reviews from readers!
Internet readers back then were rational and peaceful. If you read books for free, you would be a bad eunuch and no one would have any complaints. Similarly, if there was free medical care, no one would have so much resentment towards hospitals...< br>
Lin Pingping was silent for a moment and introduced the situation to Sun Tao:
It turns out that just when Sun Tao was killing everyone in the field of variety shows, the Internet literature circle also began to reshuffle. In June 2003, Qidian proposed a paid reading plan, and planned to officially launch it in October.
Lin Pingping said bluntly, "Websites are very difficult now, and everyone is not optimistic about paid reading, but you have also seen that if you can only rely on physical publications, the income of the author is not guaranteed at all. I know that you no longer need to rely on publishing books to solve the problem." Life is a problem, but you are the most influential author on the website, and I saw in the message you sent that you are studying at Yanjing Film Academy... If you have time, uh, can you..."
Sun Tao refused to cross the river and demolish the bridge, and it was Lin Pingping who gave him the chance when he needed the first pot of gold.
Sun Tao hesitated for a moment, "Well, to be honest, I do have a lot of free time when I'm studying in school, but you also know that I also wrote a book called "Infinite Terror" on Xiaolong.com. Although that book was also published as a physical book, But I said it was the first part but I haven’t written the second part yet. I’m not trying to shirk it. If I open a new book on our website, the readers will definitely scold me!”
Lin Pingping sighed and chuckled: "Hehehe, alas, Mr. William Li of Xiaolong.com has sold the website, and everyone has gone back to America. Don't you know?"
They all say that the Internet is expensive and will bury many people. It turns out that Sun Tao has never experienced it personally... Last winter, he and William Li met and drank coffee at Zijinhua. At that time, William Li looked very high-spirited. With the attitude of a successful person, I still have the phone numbers of him and his female secretary.
Of course, Sun Tao knew that in the end, the Qidian family was the dominant one in the online literary world, but he never expected that others would lose so simply.
It's only been more than half a year, and he can't hold it anymore!
Lin Pingping, "Website construction and maintenance cost money, offices cost money, editors need salary, investors need returns... Well, if you want to write the second part of "Infinite Terror", you can consider sending it to our website. As for We will solve the previous copyright issues, and you can rest assured that I have done a lot of things. There is not much overlap between the copyright of physical publications and the copyright of online publications, so you don’t have to worry at all..."
Lin Pingping was talking about writing a novel, but Sun Tao's attention was on their lack of money...
It is now 2003, and starting next year, the partners will be unable to hold on and sell the website to Chen Tianqiao of Shanda... Sun Tao doesn't remember the specific amount, but it is definitely not much! ! !
Sun Tao's mind was spinning... Chen Tianqiao couldn't make all the gains... Sun Tao hesitated, "Okay, I'll give you a call after thinking about it. Oh, by the way, I remember you also have shares in the website, right? I have a friend who is doing venture capital. If you need venture capital, I can recommend him to you.”
Lin Pingping wondered: "Why are you so enthusiastic all of a sudden?"
Sun Tao laughed, "I also have shares in the venture capital company. Langhua Investment in Hangzhou was just established not long ago."
Lin Pingping smiled and said, "I'm just a small shareholder. I'll ask."
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After the phone call, Sun Tao returned to his dormitory, made tea and fell into deep thought.
Building the Internet is not as easy as imagined. If he takes over Qidian and squeezes out Chen Tianqiao, will he be able to run Qidian well?
Qidian should have been transferred from Shanda to Tencent in the end. I vaguely remember whether it was sold for 4 billion or 5 billion. At that time, the Internet was abuzz that it was a double profit. How much was the double profit? Was it ten times or twenty times? It seems like more than just that!
It would be a pity not to take a bite of such a big cake...
Sun Tao stood up and stood by the window. He had too little information at hand. He couldn't remember how much Qidian sold, and he didn't know the details of Qidian's subsequent operations. He wasn't sure whether he could get it or whether it would be damaged if he got it. Not sure yet...
Sun Tao took a sip of tea and put down the cup: He must find a way to participate in the decision-making level of Qidian. First, take a look at their estimated value for the website... They need a head writer now, so I will do my part!
After going on and on, I have to copy books again.
Thinking about "Infinite Horror" Sun Tao gives me a headache, without him, copyright! That is to say, domestic copyright awareness has been poor in the past two years, and Europe and the United States have not focused on mainland China, otherwise it would be difficult to publish a book, let alone post-development. It seems that "Infinite Horror" can only be an online text, and cannot be turned into a film, TV series, or even animation. Not even movies.
The movies that "Infinite Horror" has experienced include: "Resident Evil", "Alien", "The Grudge", "Legend", "Dead Man", "Alien 4", "Resident Evil 2", "Jurassic" Park 2", "Starship Troopers", "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy", "Transformers 2", "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3", "Earth Strikes Back", "Dragon Rider", "The Perfect Storm"...
Sun Tao opened his laptop and checked online. Most of them were movies that had already been released. Although "Transformers 2", "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3", "Resident Evil 2", "Jurassic Park 2", "Alien 4", etc. It hasn't been filmed yet, but if you filmed the first season, you're infringing the copyright!
Difficult!
If you don’t start with a story that everyone is familiar with, you will lose the resonance of readers, and starting from a story that everyone is familiar with is illegal! (End of chapter)