Chapter 241 Hongmeng Literature
Xu Liang realized that he was being targeted.
Just waiting to bite myself hard.
"Brother Wu, thank you very much for today. I will treat you at Dongfeng Tower tonight."
"Haha, your brother is treating you, I will definitely be there."
After a few polite words, Xu Liang hung up the phone.
Thoughts appeared on his face.
The current situation cannot be solved unless he is willing to find Jiang Weiguo.
But Xu Liang also felt that he was overqualified for such a small thing.
"Lao Teng, we are not buying the land in District 798A. See if you can sign a long-term contract with them. Then contact Chaoyang District and ask him to find us a piece of land to build a training base. ”
Teng Huaming nodded.
Seven Star Huadian Lion opened his mouth and he didn’t want to buy it either.
After seeing Teng Huaming off, Xu Liang walked to the window.
Looking at the quiet park below, he sighed slightly.
Having gotten used to this place, he really doesn’t want to move away. But if we don’t move, when the rent in the 798 Art District increases in the future, based on New Dream’s future plan, the rent alone will be 200 million or more in a year.
It is better to find a place to build a campus on your own while land is still cheap.
As long as transportation is convenient, training schools do not have to be in bustling urban areas.
Inviting Wu Shaohua to a meal in the evening was a return of favor.
In the afternoon, Xu Liang came to Chang'an Commercial Building not far from Wangjing Building.
This is a nine-story old building built in the early 1990s.
As the number of people in Wangjing Building increases, people from Hongmeng Music, Hongmeng Literature and Hongmeng Comics all come to work here.
Yihaodian and Pangu subsidiaries moved to the nearby Wuzhou Commercial Building.
On the side of Wangjing Building, only Bing Company and Hongmeng Games are left.
These two departments are also the departments with the largest number of Hongmeng employees at present.
Especially Bing, the headquarter alone has more than 1,800 employees. If you include branches in various places, the number of employees is close to 3,000.
Hongmeng Games has three studios: Dijiang, Jumang, and Zhurong, with nearly 500 people.
Including the staff of the branch, there are less than a thousand people.
Xu Liang stepped into the office of Hongmeng Literature.
There are currently three websites under Hongmeng Literature.
Huanjian Shumeng, Hongxiu Tianxiang, and Oak Literature Network publish novels, novellas, short stories, essays, poems, essays and other serious literature.
With the strong financial support of Hongmeng, Huanjian, which has been continuously acquiring, has now merged more than half of the personal book sites on the market.
With its powerful library and sophisticated UI design, it has changed the VIP system and perfect attendance award system of the entire industry. In just over half a year, it has become the largest website in the online literature industry, occupying the entire network. Nearly 80% of the literary industry.
"Mr. Xu."
"Mr. Xu, morning."
The employees at work saw him coming in and greeted him quickly.
Xu Liang nodded with a smile and went directly to the office of Hongmeng Literature President Wu Wenhui.
Yes.
With his outstanding work ability, he was originally just the director of Huanjian and has been promoted.
“Mr. Xu.”
Seeing him come in, Secretary Wu Wenhui stood up quickly.
"Are you, Mr. Wu, in there?"
"Yes, I'll take you in."
"No, I'll just go in by myself and just work."
"Yes."
Xu Liang knocked on the door.
"Come in."
Xu Liang pushed the door open and looked at his general who was lying in front of the computer.
"So focused so early in the morning?"
"Mr. Xu? Why are you here?"
"Why, you are not welcome to me?"
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"How is that possible? We at Hongmeng Literature all welcome you to inspect."
As he said that, Wu Wenhui hurriedly came up to greet you.
The two sat down on the sofa in the reception area.
“How is the company’s development recently?”
“Thanks to the support of the head office, we have more than two hundred new books in Huanjian and Hongxiu every day, which is faster than the website. It more than doubled when it was established.”
"What about the contract signing rate?" Xu Liang asked.
Similar to certain early developments, signing contracts with Huanjian and Hongxiu is also difficult.
After all, there are no competitors at this time, so of course we must concentrate our resources on relatively high-quality writers as much as possible.
“About 5%.”
It’s really difficult to sign five of a hundred books.
"How many contracted writers do we have now?"
"Huanjian has 249 writers and Hongxiu has 117. However, the number has been growing rapidly. By the end of the year, the number of contracted writers should be doubled."
Xu Liang nodded.
With the rapid growth of the number of Internet users, the number of Internet writers will also grow. This is a sure thing.
“How many registered users are there now?”
"The latest data is 5.57 million, but the number of people paying is only one-tenth."
This is normal. The domestic economy is not yet developed. Except for true fans, who has so much spare money to read novels? .
"How much was your revenue last month?"
"2.27 million Chinese coins."
Xu Liang didn't ask about the net profit, because it was definitely a negative number.
However, as the number of book readers and online writers continues to grow, the time when revenue will be balanced and even net profits will be generated is not far away.
“I can see from the monthly report you submitted that the development of Oak Literature Network is not very good.” Xu Liang said.
"Mr. Xu, serious literature is different from online novels. We have not accumulated it before and have few contacts with those serious literature writers. It is difficult to develop it in a short period of time."
Xu Liang nodded and thought for a moment. "If we can increase the number of bookstores, can we create attractions and accelerate the development of Oak Literature Network?"
"That's for sure.
The more content you find on the Internet, the more attractive it will be to customers and online writers."
Xu Liang nodded, " In this case, I will give you a task to scan all the books currently available on the market and build the largest online library in the country within Hongmeng Literature Network."
Wu Wenhui was shocked. This ambition is too huge.
“What, no confidence?”
Wu Wenhui had a clever idea and said quickly: "Of course not. Mr. Xu, if we want to do what you said, we need to add more servers and more manpower..."
Xu Liang interrupted him, "You can do this Don't worry about it, I will allocate funds to you, you just need to recruit people and let the hardware management department add servers for you."
Wu Wenhui nodded and continued, "There is also the issue of copyright, we will probably do it. Facing litigation. ”
It is not possible, but it is certain to face litigation.
Many books published by publishing houses are still under copyright protection.
"Don't worry about copyright. We'll coordinate after they come to our door." Xu Liang said.
Ten years later, he may still be hesitant. At present, domestic copyright awareness is poor, the cost of rights protection is high, and the compensation after penalty is small, so there is basically no need to care.
Wu Wenhui nodded.
Just when I was about to ask the other party to show me around, my phone suddenly rang.
Picked it up, looked at it, and pressed the answer button.
"Mr. Xu, this is Hu Fang. Just now Mo Maniang, a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts, came over and said that the portrait she painted for you has been finished."
"I know." Just as he was about to hang up, Xu Liang thought of something, "Where is she now?"
"After putting down the painting, she has already returned to the studio."
"You will ask her what her mobile phone number is later. That's it. Tell me."
"Yes."
Xu Liang hung up the phone.
"Old Wu, let's go, take me around."
Wu Wenhui stood up quickly.
After reading Hongmeng Literature, Xu Liang went to Hongmeng Comics again.
The current development of Hongmeng comics is slower than that of Hongmeng literature.
Anyone can write a novel, the difference is just a matter of quality.
But if you don’t have deep art skills in comics, you won’t be able to draw them well at all.
And in addition to art skills, you must also have literary skills.
It can be said that successful cartoonists are composite talents.
Such people are too rare in China today.
It has been more than half a year since Hongmeng Comics was established, and so far it only has more than a hundred signed cartoonists.
Most of the comics on the website are Chinese versions from Japan.
However, although there are few cartoonists who have signed contracts, there are many people who read cartoons.
The number of registered users has exceeded 2 million, and more people are willing to pay than for novels, more than 400,000.
That’s why Hongmeng Comics’ revenue exceeded 4 million last month, achieving revenue balance ahead of Hongmeng Literature.
I stayed at the two companies until 11 o'clock in the morning, and then drove to New Dream.
Go into the office.
“Mr. Xu.”
Hu Fang hurriedly came up to greet him.
Now he has more than just Lu Hui as an assistant. Now she is more like the office director, in charge of second-class secretaries like Hu Fang who stay in various companies.
After nodding towards her, Xu Liang opened his office.
At a glance, I saw a painting placed in front of my desk, sealed in kraft paper, and slightly larger than A2 paper.
"Mr. Xu, this is the painting that classmate Mo brought over."
Xu Liang nodded, walked over and removed the packaging on it.
A framed oil painting appeared in front of me.
The background color of the oil painting is black.
The content is that he is wearing black-rimmed glasses, holding a guitar, and singing softly.
A beam of light shines from the front, making the face appear extremely clear.
The sharp contrast with the darkness behind makes people subconsciously focus on Xu Liang, who is intoxicated in the singing.
Xu Liang could tell at a glance that what Mo Manniang painted was exactly him at last year's annual meeting.
It can also be seen from this that he left a deep impression on the other party at that time.
The level of painting is also extremely high. Not much paint is used, but the expression is accurate.
This proves that Mo Maniang is very good at mixing and using colors.
The design of the whole painting is also great, the contrast between light and dark, and the changes in light and shadow are all very distinctive.
If there are any shortcomings.
There are some issues with body shaping and perspective.
This shows that her sketching skills are not as good as her use of color.
But overall it’s still great.
Looking at the time, Xu Liang took out his cell phone and called.
After a while, the call was connected.
"Hello, who's there?"
A somewhat indifferent voice came.
"I, Xu Liang. I have received the portrait you gave me, thank you."
"You're welcome, and thank you for sending me back that day."
Xu Liang smiled and said, "Would you like to come to my office and hear my evaluation of your painting?"
Mo Maniang hesitated.
"Okay."
"See you later."
After saying that, Xu Liang hung up the phone.
(End of this chapter)