Zhang Zhidong, Zeng Liqing, Xu Chenye, and Chen Yidan also entered Xiao Ma's office. They were all good friends and had a great chat. They listened to Shen Fang's teaching. Although Shen Fang didn't have the technical skills, he knew the direction of Tencent's development and could be a very qualified teacher.
Six chain smokers were in a small 8-square-meter room, and soon the room was filled with thick smoke.
Shen Fang suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "Brother Ma, have you all read Jin Yong's novels?"
Zeng Liqing nodded: "Of course, who hasn't read Jin Yong's novels? I can recite the Legend of the Condor Heroes and The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber by heart."
Zhang Zhidong: "I just started liking Gu Long's novels, Chu Liuxiang is so handsome!!!"
Little Ma: "I prefer The Four Great Constables."
Shen Fang looked at the five people and said, "What do you think about us setting up a novel website to attract traffic? We can recruit writers directly online, with 20,000-word outlines, and hire some professional literary editors to review them, and then offer paid viewing."
Zeng Liqing became interested: "President Shen's method is great! I like to read novels after get off work when I have nothing to do. If you can publish more novels, we can read them for free, hehe, freebies! It can also increase our Tencent's daily active users. The idea of paid viewing is good, but how do we implement it?"
Little Ma smiled and said, "It's a piece of cake. ICBC, ABC, and Postal Savings Bank have already enabled mobile banking and online payment functions. The main issues are the quality of the novel and the pricing, which we need to finalize beforehand."
Shen Fang smiled and said, "I'm investing 10 million yuan. You provide the technology, I'll take 60% of the shares, and the five of you will take 40%. We'll build this novel platform. Initially, we'll invest in the first 500,000 words without charging authors 10 yuan per thousand words. Once it achieves success, we'll increase the royalties. The platform will cover the initial investment. After 500,000 words, we'll introduce paid chapters, charging 10 yuan per 100 chapters. A chapter of 2,000 words isn't much, and everyone can afford it for novels they like. We'll also add a tipping feature, splitting the profits 50/50."
Little Ma thought for a moment and said, "This has potential. There are already some online novel websites, but they vary in quality and there's a lot of piracy. Since we're going to charge for content, we need to make sure the anti-piracy system is good. If it's good, it can be a money-making machine."
Chen Yidan smiled confidently: "Leave it to me. It's no big deal."
Shen Fang looked at Xiao Ma Ge: "Xiao Ma Ge, the initial author recruitment should still be announced through Tencent. We'll recruit literary creators, including detailed outlines, outline requirements, specific characters, character designs, story development sketches, world-building, and background. Our website aims to teach everyone how to write novels. Quality control is crucial. Do you have any suitable candidates for this?"
Little Ma smiled and said, "I actually know someone like that, Lu Jinbo, the editor-in-chief of Rongshuxia. He used to post erotic stories on my website all the time, they were so explicit that they made me hard."
Shen Fang broke out in a cold sweat: "Good heavens, I've heard of this guy. He wrote 'The Stage' and is a very talented writer. Little Ma, can you recruit him?"
Brother Ma shook his head; "I'm not sure, mainly because he's rich, a second-generation rich kid. He seems like a suitable person. But he's in Tianhe District, Guangzhou, so we can talk to him in person."
Shen Fang nodded; "Alright, let's head straight to Tianhe after we finish eating and have a face-to-face talk with him. Why aren't Xiao Pang and the others back yet? It's already 8:20."
Before Shen Fang could finish speaking, Shen Kun and Shen Lanlan, followed by several waiters, pushed a food cart in with roast suckling pig, hot pot, a lot of ingredients, several stir-fried dishes, barbecue, and a case of beer.
Shen Fang was speechless when he saw the roast suckling pig: "Wait, it's not like it's someone's wedding or birthday party, why did you bring a roast suckling pig?"
Shen Kun put down the barbecue: "Lanlan said that this is her first meal after leaving the cage, so it must be plentiful, so we have been eating a fixed amount for almost half an hour."
Shen Fang introduced Shen Lanlan to Xiao Ma and the other four. Shen Lanlan immediately put her arm around Xiao Ma.
"So you're Chow Yun-fat, but you're nowhere near as good as him. We're brothers from now on. Mention my name when you're in the Shenzhen underworld, it'll work."
Little Ma looked at Shen Lanlan, who was imitating her older brother, with a bewildered expression: "What do you mean? Brother, your granddaughter is a gangster?"
Shen Fang looked at Shen Lanlan, who was spouting nonsense, and was speechless: "Black my ass! If you listen to her or mention her name, you'll definitely get killed. This is her first time leaving Maoming, and she's talking complete rubbish."
Little Ma was speechless.
Shen Lanlan glared at Shen Fang: "Uncle, you can't do this! Before you can even show off your power, you've already exposed my past. All the brothers are watching. You don't give me any face at all."
Shen Fang was too lazy to pay attention to Shen Lanlan, and Xiao Ma and his five friends didn't want to deal with this idiot either. Seriously, we're cultured people, not gangsters, don't get involved!
Zeng Liqing couldn't help but drool as he looked at the delicious food: "Here comes the feast!"
Little Ma was speechless: "Can't you be a little more reserved?"
Zhang Zhidong rolled his eyes at Little Ma: "Damn, we haven't had a proper meal in ages. We've been starving since we got together with you."
Little Ma: .......“Didn’t I already pay you guys your salaries?”
Xu Chenye waved his hand: "Boss, you only give me 500 a month. After paying rent, utilities, and buying oil, rice, and instant noodles, if the company didn't provide two meals a day, we would have starved to death long ago."
Upon hearing this, Brother Ma immediately felt a little embarrassed: "Ahem, what are you saying? Eat your food, eat your food."
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