Chapter 152 New Tenant
Yang Ruoqian parked the car and walked into the restaurant with a worried look on his face.
After taking a look at the customer flow inside, his complicated mood felt a little better - it was already dinner time, but there were very few people inside, not even half, not even one-third of the seats were filled.
Even if Cheng Fei suddenly made a wave of revenge spending, the restaurant would still be losing money overall.
As soon as he reached the door, the waiter who had been waiting came up to greet him and took Yang Ruoqian into the private room.
I opened the door and found four people sitting inside.
Two are from Chengyu, and two are partners of the short video and online novel platforms they cooperate with.
I arrived five minutes early and I’m still the last one... Yang Ruoqian complained in his heart, said sorry, and found a chair to sit down.
Unconsciously, he, who had died suddenly from overwork in his previous life, was also infected by the various rules he set.
Arrive on time if possible, and leave early if possible.
As for whether the partner's face would turn purple, that had little to do with Yang Ruoqian. If it could lead to the breakdown of the cooperation, that would be what he wanted.
"Boss Yang is here."
"Mr. Yang is very busy, haha."
The two groups that arrived early made some jokes, trying to help Yang Ruoqian out and show their sincerity in cooperating.
Yang Ruoqian closed the door, sat down casually, nodded and asked, "Boss Cheng, is this the person in charge of Persimmon Reading?"
He is decisive and gets straight to the point... He is a man who gets things done.
"Yes, they are the ones who have reached a cooperation agreement with us this time." Cheng Fei affirmed, "We have already discussed the specific details of the cooperation. The next step is some small matters. However, since it involves the artists on your side, I still have to invite you to this meal."
"This is Mr. Ma Ming, deputy editor-in-chief of Persimmon Reading."
Stop talking...
Thinking of the exclusive cooperation agreement that he had brought upon himself, Yang Ruoqian felt a dull pain in his heart.
Although he couldn't get the income from the IP, Guan Yunpeng was always called over there to shoot something every now and then, and after the shooting, he would come back with hundreds of millions of dollars.
It was a bleeding trough that Yang Ruoqian could neither wipe out nor straighten out.
However, now Kui Guang is in a situation where he has a lot of debts... and earning a lot of money is not a burden, so having one more profitable business will not be a big deal.
Although Yang Ruoqian didn't care much about the novel, he was still curious about how much money this project could make: "Editor-in-Chief Ma, I wonder what your profit model is? How do you plan to expand the market?"
"As far as I know, the current novel market has basically been completely taken over by various major platforms."
Whether it is male or female novels, single-volume purchase models, monthly payment models, free advertising models and even piracy platforms have all been tried.
The readership has been established, and word-of-mouth authors have already signed long-term contracts with the platform. How can a new novel platform be competitive?
Many times, such a gap cannot be made up by spending money and publicity.
There are many reading softwares from big platforms. No matter how much money they invest, they are still unable to shake the status of those old reading softwares.
"That's why we are looking for you to cooperate with us." Ma Ming turned the table and said with a smile, "Our promotion model is very different from the traditional model. It is a short video + storytelling method to promote books."
Yang Ruoqian suddenly had an indescribable warning in his heart, coming from his intuition: "Short video + storytelling?"
Persimmon Reading is indeed a novel software under a certain short video platform.
They plan to use their own short video platform to attract traffic to the novel software? "That's right." Ma Ming said excitedly, "We let the actors shoot some interesting short videos and put them on the platform, and then invite some video bloggers, that is, book promoters, to explain the content of the novel, and finally end the plot at the most ups and downs."
Yang Ruoqian thought for a moment and continued to ask, "What about your payment model? Is it a monthly subscription or free?"
"The model of free advertising," Ma Ming replied. "By charging advertisers based on the number of clicks, this can, to a certain extent, avoid the problem of declining royalties as more authors emerge, and help retain as many authors as possible."
"Of course, the money you get will not be small, and it will be calculated based on the number of clicks. The specific calculation method has been written in the contract."
After listening to Ma Ming's payment model, Yang Ruoqian was silent for a long time.
Ma Ming's business model has no way to attract word-of-mouth authors, and using videos to attract readers doesn't sound very reliable... But isn't this the Tomato novel reading platform in the previous life? ! At the beginning, no one thought they could shake up several old platforms, such as Qidian or Jinjiang, but who knew that in just a few years, they would become the novel platform with the largest traffic!
Although it only has large traffic, its profits are still not as good as those of old paid websites, but the profit brought by this model of calculating advertising fees based on the number of clicks is very terrifying.
The most disgusting thing is that this model makes money in a long-term and sustainable way - it would be fine if it could make one rich overnight, but Yang Ruoqian could just take the system's profit commission this quarter and lose money again in the next quarter.
But the revenue every quarter is several tens of millions, and the commission is not much, so it takes a lot of effort to lose it.
It was like it was stuck there, neither going up nor down, as if it was there specifically to disgust Yang Ruoqian...
The most crucial thing is that the system does not allow Yang Ruoqian to unilaterally breach the contract and terminate the exclusive cooperation agreement with Chengyu.
In other words, this money will be deposited into the company account every month to annoy people.
Wasn’t this reading software released in 2019?
It's only 16 years now, asshole!
Yang Ruoqian looked at the two partners in front of him, and lost his appetite. He could only raise his glass and said with a fake smile: "Okay, then I wish Editor-in-Chief Ma good luck in his career!"
I hope you don’t get any ads…
"Thank you very much!"
After three rounds of drinks, the guests were all in high spirits.
Yang Ruoqian drank the last glass of wine and pretended to be indifferent and said, "Come to think of it, this restaurant is still owned by our company. How about I treat you to this meal?"
"How can this be possible!" Cheng Fei immediately refused. "Everyone knows how much profit you, Mr. Yang, made in this deal. If you don't even treat me to a meal, it's really unreasonable."
"Besides, I've already paid you. It would be too embarrassing to ask you to pay again."
"That's right." Ma Ming also agreed, "Why are you being so polite? There will be plenty of opportunities for cooperation in the future."
Since it was really hard to refuse the kindness of his partner, Yang Ruoqian had to put aside his little thoughts.
…
After ending the dinner party filled with bad news, Yang Ruoqian turned on his phone and opened the app to call a designated driver.
Suddenly, he saw a message from the rental software agency.
"A new tenant?!"
Yang Ruoqian's eyes lit up, and he quickly called a designated driver, then opened the chat box of the house rental software.
Ever since Chang Zhiqing no longer had to pay rent, Yang Ruoqian's guaranteed monthly income was only 2,000 yuan in salary.
If the house could be rented out, a tenant could offer 1,500 yuan in rent.
"Wow, it's a whole-house lease, 3,000 per month!" Yang Ruoqian was overjoyed, and the unhappiness he had just felt in the restaurant when he heard that a big business was coming to the door suddenly disappeared.
"I'm going to look at the house tomorrow...but I have to go to work tomorrow."
"This is a shit job. The money I make is not as much as the rent I make. I can just take a day off!"
Thinking about the 5,000 yuan system reward that had just arrived in his account for the first quarter, and then thinking about the 3,000 yuan per month that he could earn by renting a house, Yang Ruoqian felt that the world really liked to play jokes on him.
After working so hard, I realized that my income is not as good as just lying down and collecting rent...
Didi…
In the distance, a small electric donkey was coming.
"Hello, is the last digit of my license plate xxxx correct? I am the designated driver you called."
"That's right." Yang Ruoqian handed the car keys to the designated driver and sat in the right side of the back seat.
After being sent back by the designated driver, Yang Ruoqian, who was not very good at drinking, fell asleep quickly.
…
When he woke up the next day, it was almost noon. Chang Zhiqing went to work as usual, and he was the only one left at home.
"There's only half an hour left until the agreed time." Yang Ruoqian, who woke up naturally, stretched comfortably, "It's a good time to have breakfast and wash my face."
Yang Ruoqian simply heated up the leftover breakfast in the refrigerator, washed his face, put on a clean casual jacket, and prepared to take on the upcoming big project.
Just after I changed my clothes, there was a knock on the door.
Then a light voice came from outside the door: "Hello! Is the landlord home?"
Yang Ruoqian put on his slippers, stood up, walked to the door and opened it.
Standing outside the door was a very beautiful, tall girl with a pair of clear big eyes and a fair, oval face that was particularly eye-catching. Her slightly curly hair fell on her shoulders, adding a bit of playfulness to her temperament.
When she talks, she has two shallow dimples, and she looks pure and lively, a standard beauty.
The most important thing is that there is a system label of "recruitable" on his head.
There were two people standing behind the girl, one was a real estate agent holding a contract, and the other was a slightly older and more mature woman.
Maybe she is her own personal agent? However, Yang Ruoqian has no interest in the girl - with her looks and some skills, she can at least become a little famous even if she doesn't make a name for herself. She doesn't quite fit the type of talent that Kuiguang Group needs.
The moment she saw Yang Ruoqian, a flash of surprise flashed in the girl's eyes: "Are you the landlord?"
"Yes, have you found a house?" Yang Ruoqian glanced at the house next door. "Is there any defect in the house, such as broken lights or broken water pipes? I will help you fix it."
"I've checked everything, and there's nothing wrong with it." The real estate agent said with a smile, "If everything is fine, will you two sign the contract?"
Yang Ruoqian casually glanced at the contents of the contract, including the deposit of one third of the payment, which were all very standard.
Well, the tenant’s name is Shang Qianyu.
"It's signed."
(End of this chapter)
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