Chapter 751: The Richest Man Teaches Me How to Write a Novel
[I was dragged to a meeting by the Federation of Literary and Art Circles for an afternoon]
Many online writers were immediately amazed .
Is there a guaranteed salary for writing online novels?
Do readers get a share of the profits from reading books?
The most important thing is, there are writer points and accidental injury insurance?
Writer points can also be redeemed for writing training courses!
Isn’t this too outrageous?
For a moment, these online writers had long forgotten the promises they had made to the editors.
What kind of friendship can compare to real money?
If I don’t write books for money, what else can I do for it?
Figure 160?
Many online writers opened writer accounts on Yuedu Chinese website without hesitation, registered their own pen names, began to conceive new works, and prepared to post them on Yuedu Chinese website to make money.
Some authors are too embarrassed to come and publish their own books, so they just open a new pseudonym. Some authors are very straightforward and don’t even change their pseudonyms. They just stop updating their old books and publish new books here at the same time.
We are now in the wild age of online novels. The number of people who can update every day can be counted on one hand. As for writing outlines and drafts before starting a new book, those are even rarer.
Because the suspension of updates is now the norm, it was not until a week later that the editors of other novel websites saw that their own novels had stopped updating on a large scale, which was a bit unusual, and they felt something was wrong. They went to Yuedu Novel Network and saw that all the pigeons on their own website were jumping around on Yuedu Chinese Network.
What makes them even more angry is that these people actually update the Yuedu Chinese website every day!
It's simply insane!
An editor of Yunqi.com named Chunyu quickly contacted Xunjun, a well-known author under his name, on QQ: "Junjun, are you going to Yuedu Chinese website to publish a new book?"
Xunjun, who was typing away in Word, opened QQ and immediately felt as flustered as if he was caught by the head teacher for being absent-minded in class. He quickly sent a pitiful expression and said, "That...ah...yes."
Chun Yu said unhappily, "Didn't you swear to me a few days ago that you would never change jobs?"
Xunjun reluctantly sent the welfare system of Yuedu Chinese website to him and said, "Editor, please take a look at this first. Okay, I won't talk to you anymore. I have to write some words. You have to update every day on Yuedu Chinese website to get full attendance. Bye."
Then, Xunjun’s QQ avatar turned black.
Chunyu clicked on the welfare page of Yuedu Chinese website and was immediately shocked.
He immediately understood why these people came to Yuedu Chinese website to start new books.
The salary for full attendance is 1,500 yuan, which is higher than the salary of white-collar workers in many places. Who can resist this temptation?
Chunyu had planned to contact several authors before, but after seeing this welfare plan, he knew there was no need to contact them.
On one hand, you can do it for love and let others do it for free; on the other hand, the minimum wage for writing books is higher than that of white-collar workers, and there is no upper limit. Even a fool would know what to choose.
Chunyu turned his head to look around and found that none of the editors at the surrounding workstations noticed him, so he quietly opened the writer registration interface of Yuedu Chinese website...
As time goes by, there are more and more discontinued works on major websites.
Although I didn't update every day before, I would update every few days. But now, the number of novels that are not updated every day is setting a record, and the number of days of suspension is getting longer and longer.
In contrast, Yuedu Chinese website adds dozens of new works to its library every day, and many of the authors of the works are those who have discontinued their works on other websites, and they have not even changed their pen names.
After learning the news, the heads of various websites were immediately furious.
Liang Xiaodong found Wu Wenhui and said with great sorrow: "The current situation is very serious. Registered authors are constantly leaving. This cannot go on. Yuedu.com launched a VIP payment model, and authors are going crazy about it."
Wu Wenhui was also very helpless: "Originally, we were the first to come up with this charging system, but we hesitated and now Yuedu Chinese Network has taken the lead. Without further ado, we quickly launched our welfare plan."
Liang Xiaodong said worriedly, "Do we really want to join? Now that Yuedu Chinese Network has done this, it means that our welfare plan cannot be worse than theirs, which will put too much pressure on the company's operating costs. Besides, are readers really willing to pay to read books? Yuedu Chinese Network does not have any novels on the shelves right now, and all books are still free to read."
Wu Wenhui said helplessly: "Now that the authors are almost gone, how can we take care of so many things? And what are we going to do with those readers who are unwilling to pay? Are we going to keep them to lay eggs?"
"Let's call the company executives to hold a meeting and vote."
The debate over whether online literature should be paid or free may never stop. There are still disagreements within Qidian, and it is difficult to make up its mind for the time being.
On the Internet, as the first batch of VIP works were put on the shelves for paid reading, netizens have been criticizing Duwang's VIP charging plan.
"Damn, I have to pay to read a novel?"
"Richest man, please behave yourself!"
"You are so rich, but you still exploit us, the common people. Is that interesting?"
In the comment section of Yuedu.com, you can see keyboard warriors fighting everywhere, with smoke rising and war clouds gathering.
In the editorial department of Yuedu Chinese website, as soon as Wu Mengmeng refreshed the backend, she could see countless messages cursing the website and Lu Yiming.
She was a little worried that this would directly cause the author and the website to crash, so she said to Lu Yiming: "Why don't we change it back to free? Too many people are against it."
Lu Yiming laughed loudly: "What a bunch of scum, let them curse if they want, it can also increase the popularity and traffic of Yuedu.com, it's free advertising, I'm so happy."
Wu Mengmeng was speechless: "You are really careless."
Lu Yiming said calmly: "Don't be fooled by these people cursing now. In fact, they are not the ones who decide the outcome. For Yuedu.com, their opinions are worthless."
Wu Mengmeng was a little confused: "Ah? Then who is the real key figure?"
Lu Yiming said: "Authors, didn't you see that the authors didn't speak out? They didn't speak, but they actually chose to vote with their feet. The surge in new authors after we launched the VIP subscription model is the best proof. As long as we have enough good authors and continue to launch high-quality works, those who want to read books will have no choice but to pay no matter how much they curse."
The paid reading model of Yuedu.com has not been recognized by other websites.
The websites are still focusing on magazine publishing and collecting agency fees from publishing agents, and are not optimistic about the prospect of VIP charges.
Some people even jumped out to clamor, saying that changing from free to paid would have an irreparable impact on the popularity of the novel, and it would be difficult to earn much money.
"Readers are very realistic. The readers' attitude towards Tiexue.com before and after the VIP program is a good example."
The voices from the outside world were so loud that even though Lu Yiming was in charge, there were still frequent discussions among the editorial team about whether charging a fee was the best model.
However, no matter what everyone says, Lu Yiming firmly believes that only payment is the future of online novels.
He even set up a special anti-piracy network team to focus on preventing theft. If anyone moves the content of Yuedu Chinese website to other places, they will be directly served with a lawyer's letter.
Faced with the situation where everyone was pessimistic about the VIP charging model, Lu Yiming decided to make a big news.
He took a quick look at the library of Yuedu Chinese website, and then found an author who met his expectations. He directly asked in the editor group: "Who is the editor of the author of Meng Zhilang?"
Wu Mengmeng said, "It's me. What's wrong? Is there something wrong with his book?"
Lu Yiming said: "No, I have something to talk to him about."
Wu Mengmeng pushed Meng Zhilang's QQ to Lu Yiming.
Lu Yiming added Meng Zhilang's QQ and said, "Hello, I'm Lu Yiming."
Meng Zhilang happens to be a student at Fu Ri University. His real name is Diao Shilong. He is a junior this year and a member of the literature club. Diao Shilong admires Lu Yiming, the richest senior, very much. When he saw Lu Yiming suddenly looking for him, he was very excited and hurriedly said, "Hello, senior!"
Lu Yiming was a little surprised: "Are you also a student of Fu Ri University?"
Diao Shilong introduced his situation, and then asked expectantly: "Senior, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Lu Yiming said bluntly: "I plan to collaborate with you to write a novel."
Diao Shilong was very surprised and asked in shock: "Senior, you can also write novels?"
Lu Yiming said confidently: "I can't write, but I can teach you how to write. As long as you write according to my requirements, in a few years, you may become a multi-millionaire by writing books. If you are lucky, it is not impossible to become a billionaire."
Although he had never written an online novel, Lu Yiming had read countless online novels before his rebirth, and he knew all the routines by heart. Now, if he picked up any one of them in this era, he could kill them all.
When Diao Shilong heard that Lu Yiming wanted to take him flying, he was overjoyed - as long as he could make money, did it matter whether Lu Yiming could write novels or not?
It doesn't matter.
"Senior, you tell me, I will definitely watch and learn carefully!"
Lu Yiming said: " What I want you to write is actually a custom-made game article. Junzi Interactive Entertainment is currently developing a large-scale 3D online game called "The Fairyland". The background is as follows - in the ancient fairyland, the human race defeated the demons with the help of the gods and ruled the earth. In the human world, the five strongest sages left behind the inheritance of Taoism and martial arts, and established the five kingdoms of gold, wood, water, fire and earth..."
With a grand worldview, combined with the ancient background of The Investiture of the Gods and Classic of Mountains and Seas, Lu Yiming outlines a magnificent fantasy world.
In fact, this setting is a modified version of "Naruto", which changes ninjutsu to Taoism and physical skills to martial arts. The main characters and plots do not need to be changed much and can be used directly.
After all, it is one of the three most popular comics, and the charm of Naruto is irresistible. A was attracted to it as soon as he heard it: it has a very novel setting, but very interesting, and it can combine the existing fantasy materials in our Eastern culture.
Although "Naruto" had already begun serialization in 1999, the system had not yet been fully developed. Lu Yiming did not have to worry about being accused of plagiarism. It was even difficult to say who plagiarized whom.
As Lu Yiming continued to tell the story, Diao Shilong's eyes became brighter and brighter.
Just by listening to Lu Yiming talk about the settings, he felt his blood boiling!
"Senior, you are really great. I am becoming more and more interested in what you are talking about!"
Lu Yiming said: "Then I will set the outline and main plot, and you will be responsible for the specific creation, let's get started!"
"good!"
With Lu Yiming's help, writing this novel was almost not difficult.
Soon, "The Battle of the Gods", written by Diao Shilong, began to be serialized on Yuedu.com.
In order to promote this book, Lu Yiming directly enabled QQ pop-up windows. Not only that, he also organized a special event in "Legend of Mir 2".
Yang Yinghua and Huang Huidong were Diao Shilong's roommates at Fu Ri University.
On this day, Huang Huidong ran back to the dormitory excitedly and found Yang Yinghua: "Have you heard about it?"
Yang Yinghua said, "I heard about your confession to Wang Jiawen and your rejection. "
Huang Huidong cursed: "Damn, how did you know that?"
After a pause, he continued, "Forget it, it's not important. What I want to say is that there is a new event in Legend of Mir 2. Watch the game Conferred Gods and win a prize quiz to get special game costumes."
In the online game "Legend of Mir 2", Lu Yiming is well aware of people's need to show off, so he starts selling all kinds of special costumes that have no attribute bonuses but are extremely cool in appearance and special effects.
Yang Yinghua asked, "'The Battle of the Gods'? What is that? A TV series?"
Huang Huidong said: "A novel."
When he heard that it was a novel, Yang Yinghua immediately lost interest.
"Reading? That's boring."
Huang Huidong directly opened his computer, entered the official website of "Legend of Mir 2", clicked on the event page, and said, "Don't beep yet, come and take a look, this is the costume that is given away."
The wings have five gorgeous shapes and cool special effects, and it goes without saying that they will look very cool when worn on you.
When Yang Yinghua saw it, he couldn't take his eyes off it: "Damn, how much is this? I'll buy it!"
Although it does not add any attributes and is not powerful at all, strength is only a matter of one version, while being handsome is a matter of a lifetime.
Huang Huidong shook his head and said, "No chance, you can only get it by participating in activities, you can't buy it with money."
When Yang Yinghua heard this, he immediately cursed: "Damn it, you don't even want to make money? Is the boss an idiot?"
Huang Huidong said, "Have you forgotten? The gaming company was opened by Mr. Lu, the richest man in the world. How could he owe you this little money?"
Yang Yinghua was suddenly speechless.
"What you said makes a lot of sense. I'm speechless."
Huang Huidong said: "I heard that this book was specially written by Lu, the richest man, at a high price. It is based on the game "Legend of Mir 2" and is a fantasy novel. I read the beginning and it is really good."
Yang Yinghua still sneered: "Haha, who would read novels when there are games to play? I've long been tired of those martial arts novels. They're all about love or blood feuds, and every time you fall off a cliff you pick up a cheat code. It's so boring. I'd rather starve to death, die outside, or jump off from here than even take a look!"
Huang Huidong said, "It's up to you. I'm going to keep up with the game. A small question will pop up randomly in the game every day. As long as you answer it correctly enough times, you can choose a costume reward."
When Yang Yinghua heard Huang Huidong mention cool fashion, she was immediately stunned.
He didn't want to read, but if he didn't read he wouldn't get the fashion, which was really depressing.
At this time, Diao Shilong came in from outside, and Huang Huidong quickly said, "Xiaolong, do you know the novel "The Battle of the Gods"? It's very popular recently. By the way, didn't you also register an account for "Legend of Mir 2" before? Come and log in to participate in the event, and you will also receive exquisite costumes."
"Know."
Diao Shilong smiled and said, "I know. I am doing some activities. Oh, yes, I haven't done today's activities yet."
He turned on his computer, logged into the game, and teamed up with Huang Huidong to start completing activity tasks.
Yang Yinghua looked at the fashion special effects on the official website, and his face was almost twisted into a knot. In the end, he couldn't escape the law of true fragrance, and went to read the novel seriously. After all, many questions in the event could not be answered without reading the novel.
As a result, after reading a few chapters, Yang Yinghua stopped playing the game.
There’s no way, “War of the Gods” is just too good to be true.
"Oh my god, who wrote this book? It's so damn good! It makes my blood boil!"
Diao Shilong said: "I wrote it."
"What?"
Yang Yinghua and Huang Huidong both fixed their eyes on Diao Shilong.
Although they knew that Diao Shilong was writing novels, they never imagined that this addictive book "The Battle of the Gods" was actually written by Diao Shilong.
Huang Huidong asked in confusion: "That's not right. I've read your previous books, and the style is very different from this one."
Diao Shilong said: "Senior Lu taught me to write like this."
Huang Huidong asked curiously: "Senior Lu? Which Senior Lu?"
Diao Shilong said: "It's Mr. Lu, the richest man."
Huang Huidong almost bit his tongue: "Fuck, you know Mr. Lu? He also taught you how to write a book!?"
Yang Yinghua also felt it was incredible: "Why do I feel like you are joking? When did you meet Mr. Lu? And what the hell is Mr. Lu teaching you to write a book?"
Diao Shilong was secretly pleased with the reactions of Huang Huidong and Yang Yinghua, and said, "I really didn't lie to you. My editor suddenly told me that day that Mr. Lu wanted to see me. I was confused. He was Mr. Lu. But Mr. Lu took the initiative to add me on QQ and said he had a brilliant idea and wanted to work with me to write a book, and then the book was written."
"I tell you, Mr. Lu is simply a natural born writer! He pointed out to me which chapter of the plot to write, what the beginning, development, turning point, and ending are, where to draw hatred and where to be exciting. Not to mention you reading the book, even when I was writing the book, I felt my blood boiling! It's no exaggeration to say that it's fortunate that Mr. Lu doesn't write novels himself. If he wrote novels himself, none of the current online literary works would be able to compete with him. All of them would be crushed to the ground by Mr. Lu!"
