In less than five minutes, the two almost had a bloody fight. They even swore brotherhood on the spot. According to Shen Fang's observation, Lu Jinbo was a man of strong emotions. You couldn't win over such a person with money. Now that Shen Lanlan had successfully won him over and laid a good foundation for their relationship, Shen Fang didn't have to bother with anything. So, he didn't expose Shen Lanlan's scheme and let the two develop their relationship as they pleased.
He'll give Shen Lanlan a hint later, and the deal will basically be done.
Looking at Shen Lanlan's big brother demeanor... Damn, he suddenly realized something: everyone in Shenjia Village is a genius, a natural at bluffing... Shen Lanlan is a master of empty promises, and a self-taught one at that...
After a while, the beautiful manager knocked on the door and came in with eight girls. Their figures and looks were on a completely different level from the previous group. They all had wasp waists, perky buttocks, fair skin, beautiful faces, and long legs. Shen Lanlan nodded in satisfaction and looked at Lu Jinbo.
"Brother, pick whichever ones you like, don't be shy. I'll pay for today's bill."
Lu Jinbo glanced at the girl already massaging him, then at the 36D, and decisively chose to have two more 36Ds. His lecherous look earned him disdain from Xiao Ma and the others.
Lu Jinbo, seeing the strange looks from everyone, said, "Ahem, don't misunderstand, I just have a bit of neck and back pain. I heard that massage is good for the cervical spine, ahem."
Everyone gave Lu Jinbo the middle finger.
Shen Lanlan directly ordered four 36D massage parlors to serve her, and gave one of the remaining two to Xiao Ma Ge and the other to Shen Fang. They also ordered some snacks and drinks, and the group relaxed by getting massages, eating, drinking, and chatting.
Twenty minutes later, Little Ma, holding a wine glass, said, "Old Lu, my brother came to see you today because he wants you to leave Banyan Tree and become the person in charge of our newly established online novel platform by Tencent."
Lu Jinbo took a sip of red wine, looked at Chen Fang, and then at Little Ma: "I knew you guys wouldn't treat me for nothing. Online novel platforms? There are plenty of those online, and piracy is rampant. Most importantly, I work in professional literary magazines and don't know much about novels. Besides, I'm quite happy staying at Rongshuxia."
Shen Fang smiled and said, "Brother Lu, the internet is spreading throughout China. The future of reading will be online, and physical books will decline. I think you should have noticed this in the past two years. Although the online novel piracy industry is rampant, we have already made preparations to file for record-keeping."
"I invited you here to improve our anti-piracy system, complete the quantification of novel authors, and also the specific content of paid novel reading."
Shen Fang took a sip of his drink: "Anti-theft systems are a matter for programmers like Pony Ma, but the most important thing is the quantification of novel authors."
Lu Jinbo became interested upon hearing this: "Quantify novel authors? How? Through paid viewing? What's the explanation?"
Shen Fang smiled: "I've divided the novels into several major categories: fantasy, xianxia, rebirth, time travel, wuxia, urban, political intrigue, and so on. Based on these categories, we have a special author training program, with screenwriters providing one-on-one guidance to new authors on how to write..."
Shen Fang spoke for about 5 minutes.
Lu Jinbo was a little confused after hearing this. What is fantasy? Rebirth, time travel? What the heck?
Shen Fang was a little confused: "Huh??? Time travel means traveling through time and space, and fantasy means something unpredictable and magical. It's about reconstructing a completely new world, creating a fictional world, and rewriting a mythical and unpredictable novel. Rebirth means living a second life, right? Aren't there any books of these types now?"
Lu Jinbo looked at Shen Fang with a puzzled expression: "There is a TV series about time travel that is currently airing, 'A Step into the Past,' but there is only one novel of this type at the moment. No one else has started writing it yet. No one has been able to write this type of novel so far. I have never even heard of the reincarnation genre, let alone the fantasy genre. But there is a book in the general direction you mentioned that is quite similar to the Taiwanese writer's 'The Tale of Wind and Beauty.'"
Shen Fang... Didn't these basic novel genres even exist in 2002?
"Ahem, that's not important. What's important is that we need to start cultivating online literature authors. I'm prepared to invest 10 million yuan. Authors won't be charged by the platform before they reach 500,000 words; they'll be paid 10 yuan per thousand words. After 500,000 words, we'll start charging for chapters, with a subscription of 100 chapters at 10 yuan per chapter. Each chapter is 2,000 words. The higher the word count, the higher the royalties will be. Our primary goal in creating this novel platform is to make money, and the secondary goal is to enable more people to become novelists and enrich the entertainment life of our people."
Lu Jinbo stroked his chin: "If a book there has millions of words, wouldn't I have to spend hundreds of yuan to read it? Damn, that's a rip-off!!!"
Shen Fang smiled: "That's right, but it's only a few cents per chapter, not too expensive. We plan to issue a call for authors on the online platform with a detailed outline. The outline requirements include specific characters, character designs, a rough sketch of the story development, the world view, and the background. As long as the manuscript is approved and 50,000 words are written and uploaded to the website, we will pay you directly."
Lu Jinbo nodded upon hearing this: "The method of outlining, adding characters, completing the world view, and having a preliminary draft is quite good. However, there is one point: the number of authors who submit their work online will be enormous. At that time, a large number of professional editors will be needed to review the manuscripts. After all, once the scope is opened up, there will be many works of varying quality. Writing 50,000 words doesn't actually take much time, but this is a real sum of money, 500 RMB."
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