Chapter 246 245. Start charging for reading, the most suitable novel for storytelling? (Please subscribe!)

Qianqian's collection of essays will soon start charging for reading.

This news shocked many people from the moment Wang Qian posted the notice on Weibo! The readers may not be the group that was most shocked.

Because, now anyone who has read the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms cannot deny its absolutely superb quality and the freshness of taking a peek into the history of the Three Kingdoms for the first time.

Therefore, most readers are not opposed to charging for this novel. On the contrary, many people think it is reasonable! Ru Xueman commented on Weibo early in the morning: "Yesterday, my father and I were waiting for the flight at the airport. We read Professor Wang's Romance of the Three Kingdoms while waiting for the flight. As a result, we missed two flights because we were concentrating on reading the latest chapter. In the end, we stopped reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms and boarded the plane back to Beijing."

"After returning to Beijing, my father and I have been discussing this book. This book has given us a great surprise. Not only did Professor Wang describe a lot of information about the history and characters of the Three Kingdoms in the book, but also because of the superb writing style of the book, it has extremely high artistic value in literature."

"I personally believe what Professor Wang said. He must really know the historical information of the Three Kingdoms, so he created art based on real historical facts and wrote the Romance of the Three Kingdoms! Although, so far, there is no historical document of the Three Kingdoms that can prove that what Professor Wang said is true, but I personally believe in Professor Wang's character and artistic accomplishment. In this regard, he will not deliberately falsify to increase gimmicks. He disdains and does not need to do it!"

"Last night, I read it several times until midnight! This novel is worth reading and pondering over again and again. Some of the character descriptions and strategies in it are textbook-level. They don't seem stupid or awkward at all. Instead, they give me a sense of a real battle of wits and courage. The more I read, the more I like it!"

"I heard that this book will be put on the shelves for a fee today. I support it very much. Professor Wang deserves corresponding compensation for such a high-quality novel. I just hope that Professor Wang can slow down the update speed a little. I am very worried that Professor Wang is eager to write more and neglect the quality of the works."

"In addition, I personally hope that Professor Wang can publish a physical book as soon as possible. My father and I both hope to buy a set and read it carefully at home."

The Weibo message that Xue Man posted early in the morning quickly received support from many people. Even though it was early in the morning, it received more than 500,000 likes and reposts in just half an hour, and more than 100,000 comments! Many fans who follow Xue Man are actually waiting for her to make some detailed and professional comments and analysis on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

It's just a pity.

This time, Xue Man only gave a relatively general high evaluation, without giving a detailed analysis of the content of the book.

"Sister Xueman, I also like reading this book. It makes me feel happy again when I was studying Chinese in school! It was so painful to look up the dictionary! That person is called Kuai Kuai Liang, right?"

"Li Jue... I only recognized this name after looking it up in the dictionary. Are there really such people in history? They were too particular when choosing their names. Wouldn't it be awkward to pronounce them?"

"Did you notice that most people in the book have two-character names? This is related to the historical environment at that time. At that time, people of status were respected for having a one-character name. With the surname, it was only two characters. Such people generally had extraordinary backgrounds. For example, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Sun Quan, Zhou Yu, Kong Rong, Liu Biao, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and so on all have only two-character names... Only people with ordinary backgrounds would have a two-character name, and with the surname, it would be three characters. The social status can be seen from the number of the name."

“Reading this book really means I learned a lot.”

"I think many people don't really love learning, they just want to show off online, right?"

"If it is published, I hope it can be in vernacular Chinese and be more friendly to me..."

"Xue Man, you are studying history. When will you write some detailed analysis of the book Romance of the Three Kingdoms?"

"Looking forward to Xue Man's professional analysis!"

…

In addition to Xue Man, almost all other self-media accounts related to literature and history followed suit and published more than one commentary article on Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

In addition to praising Wang Qian's writing style! Many historical science popularization self-media have conducted various analyses on the historical figures involved in the book, comparing the characters they know with the descriptions in Wang Qian's book, and found that the personalities and images of the characters written by Wang Qian are almost the same as those described in some historical documents, except that Wang Qian wrote more detailed and artistically exaggerated some of the characteristics!

So! Some historical science self-media support Wang Qian's statement.

"I compared the historical figures of the Three Kingdoms that are already known in the field of historical scholarship with the characters in Professor Wang's Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and found that the historical evaluation and Professor Wang's description are almost the same! However, Professor Wang's description is more detailed, and there are deeds as evidence. In addition, Professor Wang wrote about more other related characters and events that we don't know about, and the logic of the connection between them is completely correct!"

"So, I think what Professor Wang said is true. What he wrote may be true, and he may really know the historical facts of the Three Kingdoms, but there is no documentary evidence."

The words of this self-media blogger were also supported by many of Wang Qian's fans.

However, there are few people in the academic community who support him! After all!

When it comes to academic research, evidence is still important.

One person's words cannot be trusted.

What's more.

This again involves origin and identity.

Who is Wang Qian?

He graduated from the Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy and is now a singer and is active in the entertainment industry!

Even though he has published some extremely high-quality poetry, his calligraphy is indeed amazing!

but……

You didn't study literature or history, and you don't have any family heritage. Your parents are ordinary civil servants. Your grandfather seemed to be somewhat knowledgeable, but later he went to farm.

With such a background and academic qualifications, what qualifications do you have to make comments in the field of historical academic research?

Therefore! People in the academic world will never admit it, nor will they publicly conduct academic research and analysis on the characters and events in the book, because this will make them lose face. They will only read it as a novel, and may study the characters and deeds in it privately, but they will never say anything publicly! Unless!

There is solid evidence. Unless there is a historical book that truly records the history of the Three Kingdoms in front of them, and the information recorded in it is almost the same as the interpretation of the Three Kingdoms written by Wang Qian, they will admit it.

That's the reality.

Early in the morning!

Many people who like this book have been waiting in front of their computers for Wang Qian’s update today.

Xue Man didn't go to bed until midnight last night, but she got up early this morning again.

Because her mind was full of the characters and plots in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and she was very curious about how the book would develop next.

So, as soon as she opened her eyes, her sleepiness completely disappeared. She quickly opened her mobile phone and entered Qianqian Collection, refreshed the Romance of the Three Kingdoms page, and found that there was no update.

Xue Man was a little disappointed!

However, she did not continue to sleep and started reading from the first chapter again.

…

After Zhang Yue came back from his teacher Jia Fuqing last night, he couldn't calm down for a long time.

Although, in front of his teacher and several fellow apprentices, he showed disdain for Wang Qian and the book Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and seemed to be determined to attack them by any means necessary.

However, his true feelings about the novel were actually very shocking.

Because he himself is a novelist, and he has written two works that have won literary awards based on his real strength. He knows even more clearly how difficult it is to write such a novel!

Even when he was young and at his peak, he couldn't write at this level! Only his teacher Jia Fuqing might have had this ability when he was young, but that was 40 or 50 years ago.

so.

When he got home, he immediately started reading it from the beginning again. He read and pondered the book word by word, with only tens of thousands of words. He didn't finish it until midnight. He felt that he had not finished it yet, but he couldn't bear it anymore as he was old, so he went to sleep.

But he also gets up very early in the morning.

because!

He also wanted to be the first to see the latest chapter of Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

pity.

Sitting in front of the computer, I refreshed the page of Romance of the Three Kingdoms in Qianqian Collection, but there were no updated chapters.

Zhang Yue was a little disappointed, and then continued reading from the first chapter.

While reading this novel, Zhang Yue had an impulse, the kind of creative impulse that only young people have.

He seemed to have returned to his youth and found the desire to write a novel seriously!

but.

Zhang Yue temporarily suppressed this impulsive desire and decided to wait a little longer.

Read more of Wang Qian's Romance of the Three Kingdoms, accumulate more impulses and inspirations, and wait for a while before you start writing!

Zhang Yue believed that this time, the work he wrote must redeem himself! Looking at the page of Romance of the Three Kingdoms again, Zhang Yue's eyes were filled with gratitude and expectation! It was this novel that rekindled his inspiration.

…

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms will soon become available for reading for a fee.

The Tengfei platform was the most shaken.

because.

This means that Qianqian Jingting will start to expand horizontally.

From paid music to paid reading.

Wang Jianqiang called a meeting with Jiang Rong and other senior executives early in the morning.

Several people sat in the conference room, looked at each other, and were all silent!

In recent days, the daily active data of the Tengfei platform has continued to decline, and everyone is under tremendous pressure.

Last night, Jiang Rong spent a huge amount of money to negotiate with five or six first-line singers to release songs in the next two days in order to win back active users.

However, it has not yet been effective as the new songs have only been released since noon.

Qian Qian Jingting has already started paid reading? Wang Jianqiang knocked on the table and said softly: "Everyone has read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, right?"

Everyone nodded! Seeing that no one was talking, Jiang Rong, as a direct descendant promoted by Wang Jianqiang, took the initiative to speak: "I read this novel as soon as it was published. It was very popular at the time, and I have been following it since then. It is very worth reading! According to what I learned from the technical staff in the company, the number of readers of this novel in Qianqianwenji is at least millions, and the number of downloads may be tens of millions."

“If this novel starts to be charged for reading, it may set a record for paid subscriptions for online reading.”

Wang Jianqiang looked solemn and nodded. "Mr. Wu from Tengwen called me last night. Wang Qian just announced on Weibo that Romance of the Three Kingdoms would be charged today, and Mr. Wu called me to ask me what was going on with Qian Qian Jingting!"

"I can only tell him that I don't know either. Wang Qian and Qian Qian Jingting don't play by the rules. They suddenly started paid reading. I don't know what they are going to do, but Mr. Wu is also under a lot of pressure."

Jiang Rong said: "If their paid reading is successful, it will complement the paid music downloads. Now, the two platforms are together. It depends on how many paid subscriptions Romance of the Three Kingdoms can bring, and whether they will dig deeper into the online paid reading market in the future and whether they will spend money to dig out great online writers from Tengwen to take charge."

Wang Jianqiang nodded: "Yes, Mr. Wu is also worried now. He is worried that Qianqian Wenji will poach their signature talent under Tengwen."

Jiang Rong: "However, unless a very high premium is offered, it is unlikely that the great writers under Tengwen will switch to another company. After all, the readers of Qianqianwenji and Tengwen are not the same group. If they rashly switch to another company, they may not be able to adapt to the local environment and suffer greater losses."

Wang Jianqiang sighed, "Hey, now we are saying that these are just wild guesses! How are the acquisition negotiations going over there?"

A middle-aged man shook his head and said solemnly, "They didn't respond to our last offer. We discussed it with the head office yesterday and gave a new offer with a total valuation of 25 billion. They promised to give Wang Qian 20% of the original shares, but there has been no response so far."

Jiang Rong shook her head and said, "I think Wang Qian will definitely not sell Qianqian Jingting. The purpose of his creation of Qianqian Jingting is to publish his works freely. He is not after money, but just wants a free space. Therefore, he will not sell the free space he created for money. Even if we offer 50 billion or even 100 billion, he may not respond."

Several people in the office got a headache after hearing this!

We are all in the music business.

After all, it can be considered as music art !

They have also come into contact with some musicians who are truly dedicated to making music, and the paranoid mentality of that artist makes them feel most helpless!

Because, in their eyes, nothing else matters except music.

No matter how much money you spend, no one cares!

This kind of person is the most difficult to deal with! On the contrary, the kind of person who asks for a lot is the easiest to deal with because he is greedy and has weaknesses.

I'm not afraid of you asking for an offer, I'm afraid of you not asking for an offer.

For people like Wang Qian, an artist with a paranoid mentality, it is most difficult for them to know where to start.

What's even more distressing is.

Liu Shengnan, Ru Ke, Chen Xiaowen and others are all similar people!

They all gathered at Qianqian Jingting.

Every single one of them, they couldn't handle it.

No matter how high the price is, they don’t care! What else can I do? I can only watch them release their works and attract a large number of users with their excellent songs...

I can only watch the active users of Tengfei decrease day by day, and the active users of Qianqian Jingting increase every day, and the new songs create more and more download records!

This feeling.

Very powerless! Wang Jianqiang was silent for more than ten seconds. No one else in the office dared to speak either. The atmosphere was very depressing.

Then, Wang Jianqiang said, "Let's continue to act according to the plan. The meeting is adjourned."

Everyone understood what the so-called planning and action meant, so they agreed and got up and left to carry out their own plans.

Three major plans!

Acquisition plan!

The plan to kill!

This is directed at Wang Qian and Qian Qian Jingting.

Another one is Tengfei's self-protection plan, which is the money-burning plan. It spends money at all costs to invite a large number of big-name singers to release songs in a short period of time in the near future!

Use money to eliminate their fear of Wang Qian.

Having more people can also offset some of their resistance!

Wang Jianqiang walked back to his office, closed the door, then quickened his pace and sat down quickly. His computer was already on, with only one page open, which was the Romance of the Three Kingdoms from Qian Qian's collection of essays.

He saw the latest chapter.

Moreover, this was the third time he had seen this place.

In other words, he has read Romance of the Three Kingdoms three times.

The latest novel is published first on Liu9shuba!

but……

He wanted to watch it again! He refreshed it.

There is still no latest chapter.

Wang Jianqiang clicked on the first chapter and started reading it again.

Every time I watch it.

Wang Jianqiang was not bored at all. Instead, he was looking forward to discovering more details of the description. The psychological descriptions and calculations involved benefited him a lot, and he felt that many ideas could be used in business.

This feeling was just like the anticipation and novelty he felt when he first read a martial arts novel as a teenager.

In another office.

Jiang Rong was also looking at lines of text on the computer screen. It was the main text of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. When she read the last line, it showed that there was no new content.

Jiang Rong sighed and whispered to herself, "This novel, apart from the fact that it looks a little difficult to read, is really flawless! However, precisely because it looks difficult to read, its literary and artistic value is higher, which shows that Professor Wang wrote it at a higher level. Although it sounds ridiculous, this is the truth. The harder it is to understand, the higher the artistic value, whether it is literature or calligraphy and painting."

Ding! A crisp reminder sound rang out.

Jiang Rong's eyes lit up, her hand holding the mouse trembled with excitement, and she quickly clicked on the next chapter.

The latest chapter is out!

In the fifteenth chapter, Taishi Ci fights fiercely against the Little Overlord, and Sun Bofu battles against Yan Baihu!

Jiang Rong immediately clicked on it and started watching.

…

Qin Xuerong's breakfast is ready.

However, when she saw Wang Qian sitting in front of the computer typing on the keyboard, she did not disturb him. She just stood outside and watched, while paying attention to the updates of Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Waited for a while.

Updated.

Qin Xuerong immediately went in and said to Wang Qian, "It's time to eat. Can you write after dinner?"

Wang Qian then felt hungry and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll be right there!"

Qin Xuerong nodded, turned around and went out to serve the rice.

Wang Qian said on Weibo: "I got up this morning and wrote a chapter for you before I even had breakfast. I'm going to have breakfast now. The next chapter will be a paid chapter. Please be prepared. If you like it, you can subscribe. If you don't like it, don't subscribe."

"If you want to wait for the physical book, you can wait a little longer. If you want to wait for the vernacular version, you may have to wait longer."

"In about an hour, there will be the next chapter. Today, I will not go out. I will stay at home and write this Romance of the Three Kingdoms for you!"

Click to send.

Wang Qian gave everyone his guarantee.

Don't go out for a day.

Just write at home.

After sending it, Wang Qian got up and went out to have breakfast with Qin Xuerong.

Qin Xuerong ate porridge and said, "Shengnan is going back to Chengdu today. I'll go see her off."

Wang Qian hummed: "Okay, please tell me that I can't see her off."

Qin Xuerong smiled: "She will definitely understand."

Wang Qian agreed, took out his cell phone and said to Liu Shengnan: I can’t see you off, Xuerong will take you to the airport.

Liu Shengnan replied immediately: No need to trouble you, your business is more important. Xuerong and Xuehong will send me off together. Thank you for your hospitality.

Wang Qian: No one entertained you.

Liu Shengnan: Yes, but you may not know it. Please write the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. I like this book very much and I am reading it now.

Wang Qian: I will try my best.

No more nonsense.

Wang Qian and Qin Xuerong had dinner together.

After dinner.

Qin Xuerong packed up a little and went out to find Liu Shengnan and Qin Xuehong.

Wang Qian is alone at home, concentrating on typing!

…

In a villa in a certain provincial capital in the northwest, Zhang Yue and Qin Hua, along with two history professors and a middle-aged man named Zhao Jie, gathered with Jia Fuqing.

When Zhao Jie saw Jia Fuqing, he said respectfully, "Teacher, Zhang Yue said that you wanted me to tell a story. I did my homework last night and read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms several times."

Jia Fuqing was still lying on the recliner, and asked calmly, "How do you feel?"

Zhao Jie's eyes were still a little red, and his eye circles were a little dark. It was obvious that he had stayed up late, but he was very excited. He said loudly: "Teacher, this novel is very suitable for storytelling. I practiced it at home and felt very good. Now I will tell you a passage from the beginning, teacher, and several fellow students?"

Jia Fuqing clapped his hands: "Okay, let's get started!"

Zhang Yue, Qin Hua and the other three also sat down and looked at Zhao Jie with great anticipation.

Zhao Jie stood in front of the table, holding a gavel in his hand. He knocked the gavel gently on the table, with a solemn expression, a charming look in his eyes, and full of energy. He spoke with obvious emotion: "As the general trend of the world goes, long divisions will eventually unite, and long unites will eventually divide! At the end of the week, the seven countries were in conflict and merged into Qin..."

There were only a few people in the room.

But everyone listened with full attention.

A heavy sense of history comes over you.

A sense of vicissitudes comes rushing over me!

The most important thing.

It’s like a series of historical scenes gradually unfolding before your eyes!

As Zhao Jie's distinctive voice continued.

Several people were immersed in Zhao Jie's storytelling.

Every character in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms seemed to come alive in his voice, becoming flesh and blood, truly lifelike and full of visual impact.

Jia Fuqing closed his eyes, listened attentively, and exclaimed "good" more than once.

Zhang Yue, Qin Hua and others were also very excited when listening to the text, and they felt more deeply about it than when they went back to read it themselves yesterday.

It seems that this novel was born for storytelling, and it sounds easier to empathize with it.

…

Another chapter is written.

Wang Qian uploaded it. The technical staff in the background had already set up a page for uploading VIP chapters. After uploading, everyone would need to pay to read it.

Chapter 16: Lü Fengxian shoots the halberd at the gate, Cao Mengde is defeated at Yushui! Upload!

Then.

Wang Qian logged on to Weibo again to inform everyone: "The latest paid chapter has been uploaded. If you want to read it, you can subscribe. The price is not high."

Wang Qian took a look and found that the subscription price was only five cents for one thousand words, and one or two dimes for one chapter. Reading the entire Romance of the Three Kingdoms would cost only a little over twenty yuan. Considering the current consumption level, it is indeed very cheap. A bottle of water on the street costs three or five yuan, and more than twenty yuan is not enough to buy a large cup of milk tea.

As soon as this information was released, it immediately became lively.

The number of people who liked and forwarded the post instantly exceeded 100,000, and then quickly exceeded 1 million.

Almost landed at third place on the popularity list.

The latest chapter of Romance of the Three Kingdoms has become a hot topic of discussion.

When Wang Qian took a closer look, he discovered that discussions about the Romance of the Three Kingdoms were almost everywhere on the Internet, and related speeches and comments could be seen everywhere.

seem……

If you don't discuss Romance of the Three Kingdoms online, you'll feel like you're out of touch with the times.

And saying a few words from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms seems to make it seem full of cultural connotations.

Wang Qian smiled bitterly and looked at everyone's messages, almost all of which were supportive.

“Support the listing!”

"I have subscribed and am reading it now. It seems difficult to read, but it is really interesting."

"Support Professor Wang."

"From singer to novelist, Professor Wang is unbeatable!"

"He wrote songs and sang, and became the best in China! He also wrote novels and created rare masterpieces like Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Professor Wang is invincible, and we must support him with money."

"It was the first time I paid to read a novel online. I followed Romance of the Three Kingdoms."

"It's only one chapter. Professor Wang, please update it quickly, or I'll be miserable waiting."

"I also subscribed to support Professor Wang, but I haven't read it! It's too painful to wait for chapter after chapter. I will buy the physical book and read it slowly after Professor Wang finishes the book."

"Professor Wang is so dedicated. He stays at home and writes without going out? We must support him..."

…

Wang Qian can see the subscription data in the background.

Refreshed! Less than a minute had passed.

After the only paid chapter of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a long string of subscription numbers was immediately displayed.

Please subscribe and support!

Thank you all…

(End of this chapter)