Although Wan Feng was just a low-level writer among the writers on Qidian in his previous life, in this life he can pretend to be profound and make himself a master of online literature.
"Online literature is fundamentally different from traditional literature. It's hard to understand if I explain it in a profound way, so I'll just put it simply: online literature doesn't have so many rules and regulations, and the requirements for the use of words and language aren't that high. As long as you can express yourself clearly, you can be free-flowing and imaginative. As for content, it's mainly about what people like to read. (Parenthesis: This doesn't include low-level erotica. Do you understand?")
"What do people like to watch?" asked a young man named Bai Yang.
"These are books that people find enjoyable to read. If we talk about books that people enjoy reading, most people like to read books that are about the underpants part."
Several young people laughed.
"But this is absolutely not allowed. We don't want this kind of literature, no matter which dynasty it comes from. Apart from this, people now like to read martial arts and adventure books."
For now, martial arts is still the main focus, and adventure will have to wait for a few years.
I don’t know where Tianxia Bachang is playing right now.
However, the martial arts novels pioneered by writers from Hong Kong and Taiwan are now entering their final stages and are not very prosperous, but they can still last for a few more years.
"Martial arts seems to have passed its peak now, but that doesn't matter. We can evolve martial arts and still attract people's attention. For example, evolving it into fantasy, immortal heroes, or urban stories, wouldn't that be enough? If you don't understand, you can take a look at Zhang Xuan's immortal heroes and my urban stories. It's the same routine, see?"
Some of the young men nodded and some shook their heads.
"Let me explain it more simply. A book is fine as long as its meaning flows smoothly. Even someone with only two years of education can understand what you're writing. Therefore, showing off your writing skills by quoting classical Chinese texts like "zhihuzheye" is unacceptable. If someone can clearly convey your meaning, even if they write at the level of a fifth-grade writer, don't discriminate against them. If you find this book interesting and satisfying, you can sign the contract. This will be your future work. I'll also explain some of the characteristics of online literature later."
The biggest selling point of online literature is its excitement!
Commonly known as the refreshing point.
To have a stimulating moment, you have to create conflicts, commonly known as stirring up hatred. When the hatred reaches a certain level and a certain character in the book arouses the readers' hatred, the stimulating moment will naturally be created.
Of course, inciting hatred is not limited to fighting and killing, but also includes battles of wits and courage.
But these are relatively advanced things. If you tell them now, they definitely won’t understand.
Now they just need to understand what online literature is.
On that day, Wan Feng was also commenting and demonstrating some works on the Qidian website on his computer, using his works to deepen the impression of online literature on these people who wanted to be web editors.
"I will transfer you from your previous unit. Once that yard is cleaned up, you'll work there. Your monthly salary will be 800 yuan, and your year-end bonus will be no less than 2,000 yuan. If you agree to the next step, I'll start the transfer."
This salary and bonus standard is lower than that of Nanwan Group's front-line workers, but it is easy, as they just work in the office reviewing manuscripts without having to endure any hardships.
The salaries of several young people in their original units were at this level, and none of Jiangwei’s companies had salaries as high as Nanwan Group’s.
Nanwan is the leader for a reason.
The salary is almost the same as in their previous unit. Not only can they work in an office but they can also become employees of Nanwan Group. There is no reason for them not to do it.
If you don't do it, you're crazy.
Wan Feng has completed the construction of a somewhat simple team for Zhang Xuan.
After the team was set up and they had a few days to adapt, the editorial department officially started working in a newly-cleaned building in the Qidian Center.
At first, I sent short messages to the signing station for the dozen or so works that Wan Feng had selected as possible contracts, and then added Panda Chat to convey the contract signing matters.
Since that notice was issued on Qidian.com, the number of registered writers has more than doubled in just a few days, and in the blink of an eye it has exceeded 3,500.
The arrival of these authors not only brought new works but also transferred works published on other websites, which made the number of works on Qidian website exceed 2,000 in just a few days.
With the author's arrival, the number of registered users on Qidian.com also increased massively. Within just a few days, the number of registered users exceeded 80,000 and headed straight for 100,000.
The first author to sign the contract was naturally from Beiliao, and from Bohai City, which is close.
In 1999 when communication was very slow, the author saved a lot of time by taking a bus to Jiangweilai.
He personally drove to Weilai's editorial office at Qidian to sign the contract for his work.
Zhang Xuan personally opened the backstage and stamped the signing mark on his work.
This is a middle-aged man over 30 years old, and his pen name is Ocean Blue.
Haiyanglan has loved literature since childhood, but perhaps due to his limited talent, although he has submitted many works over the years, not even a single piece of work has been published.
Haiyanglan got to know the website Qidian completely by chance. The first novel he read on the website was "An XX Soldier King" by Wan Feng.
He suddenly discovered that novels could be written in this way, so he imitated Wan Feng's novel "Soldier King" and wrote a work and uploaded it to the Internet using a public computer.
Because it is an imitation of Wan Feng's novel, it is also the novel that is most like an online novel that Wan Feng has seen on Qidian so far.
He also gave Haiyanglan a five-yuan reward for his novel.
After signing the contract, Haiyanglan was so excited that he almost burst into tears.
Since Haiyanglan's novels are most like online novels, Wan Feng specifically taught Haiyanglan some online novel writing techniques.
Through chatting, I learned that Haiyanglan is a small clerk in a state-owned company in Bohai. He is just in his thirties and is living a life of idleness and waiting for death.
Wan Feng and Hai Yanglan talked for a long time, ranging from writing online novels to the development plan of Qidian website.
"Qidian.com will launch a paid subscription system next summer or autumn. I hope you can become the first Qidian.com author to earn over a thousand yuan a month just by writing."
Haiyanglan simply doesn't believe that someone can earn over a thousand yuan a month.
It would be good if I could save a few dozen dollars a month to buy cigarettes, alcohol, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea to supplement the family expenses.
Although Haiyanglan remembered the knowledge about online articles that Wanfeng transmitted, he did not believe what Wanfeng said about making money by writing in the future.
So several years later, when he first received tens of thousands of yuan in royalties from the post office, he was confused for a moment.
He couldn't believe it was true, so he went home in a daze holding the paper bag of money.
He almost scared his wife into polio.
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