My rebirth is different

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In October 2003, Qidian officially launched the first batch of VIP electronic publishing works and launched the VIP membership plan.

Moreover, the reader's membership fee is divided into [-]% and shared with network authors.

30.00% of the income is used to maintain the survival of the website, which is used for computer room rental, broadband expenses, and personnel rent expenses.

The other 70.00% will be given to the network authors!At the same time, the original creators are allowed to benefit, and the quantity and quality of works are guaranteed with material incentives.

In the first month when charging fees were implemented, there were only 23 VIP works on Qidian.com, but due to the full payment system, there were authors whose manuscript fees exceeded 2000 yuan in the first month.In the same year, the average salary level in the capital city was around 4000 yuan, and the average house price was [-] yuan per square meter.

Therefore, the starting point became popular in the Internet literature circle!

Internet writers who used to "generate electricity with love" suddenly discovered that the things they wrote could still make money!

And it seems that the income is not bad!

Internet writers who think they are good, or who are a little famous, are starting to flock to the starting point.

Who doesn't want to make some extra money.

At this point, the starting point is considered to have solved the author's problem, and no longer worry about not being able to find the author to publish the book.

Instead, the signing threshold has been raised. If it is not a high-quality work, it is impossible to sign a contract for you to put it on the shelf and sell it for money.

In those days, being able to sign at the starting point, you can brag to others.

Because that means that you are at least a well-known figure in the Internet circle!

Once there are good authors, there will naturally be good works, and if there are more good works, readers will come.

It seems that the starting point is about to enter the stage of a virtuous circle and begins to grow and develop.

but……

A serious problem that all domestic content producers had to face at that time was also placed in front of the starting point.

That is piracy!

If online literature wants to be pirated, it is much easier than film and television dramas and music.

And the reader's awareness of payment is not strong.

Baidu search, all are pirated novel websites, why do they want to give you a starting point?

Readers who are willing to take the initiative to pay are always a minority.

Starting point has a lot of high-quality resources and a lot of readers, but the revenue is still bleak!

Moreover, with more readers, hardware requirements such as servers have increased geometrically, and the expenditure in this area has increased significantly.

Old Wu and the others were surprised to find that Qiming.com.cn has become the largest online literature website in China.

But his own company seems to be on the verge of bankruptcy.

So a few people panicked and began to look for investment everywhere, wanting to learn from other Internet companies and spend the venture capital money for themselves.

Unfortunately, many venture capital companies do not recognize the so-called Internet literature.

And because domestic piracy is too serious, the charging system at the starting point does not seem to be very effective.

The venture capitalists were unwilling to invest money, and when they had nowhere to go, Lao Wu and the others began to send business letters to several well-known Internet companies in China.

Take the initiative to seek "selling yourself"...

Chapter 850 I Can Only Sell The House

Hearing what Lao Lin said, Lao Wu sighed, "No company has responded to us yet, but I feel that there is still hope."

"Then what about this month's fees? The computer room rental and bandwidth fees must be paid on time, otherwise the website will be shut down." Lao Lin said helplessly.

"Isn't there still 10,000+ in the company account? It should be enough." Old Wu replied.

"Then [-]% of it is the manuscript fee that needs to be paid to the authors. If this money is spent, the authors will not be able to pay the manuscript fee. This will not work." Lao Lin waved his hands repeatedly.

The company account that Lao Wu said does have 10,000+, but that is the subscription income of the website this month.

Among them, [-]% will be distributed to the contracted authors according to the contract.

If the money is really used up, the manuscript fee will not be paid, which may lead to more serious consequences!

"I've thought about it. The manuscript fee will not be issued until the tenth of the next month. There is still half a month left, so I will use this money to hand over to Telecom. The website will definitely not stop. As long as the website can operate normally, everything There is still hope to solve the problems. If the servers are stopped, the company will be completely ruined." Old Wu said firmly.

"But... what if we can't find any investment within half a month? What about the manuscript fee?" Lao Lin was still a little hesitant.

"I put my house on the market. The listed price is much lower than the market price, and I can sell it for 50 million yuan. If I can't find investment, I will use this money to pay for the publication. It just so happens that this house is relatively small. When we get the investment, maybe we can change to a bigger house." Old Wu said pretendingly.

He used to earn a lot from work, and bought a house in the capital. Among the several founders, he is the richest one.

The two looked at each other speechlessly, and in this situation, they could only paralyze themselves.

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The computer room rental fee and broadband fee have been paid temporarily, but the matter of attracting investment has not been affected.

Lao Wu's house is really listed, and he even started renting a house. Once the house is sold, he plans to move.

On this day, the agent notified him that a buyer was more interested in his house and asked him to negotiate the price.

Lao Wu rode his scooter straight to the agency company. On the way, he made up his mind that as long as the price was right and the other party was willing to pay cash, he would sell it immediately!

It can't be delayed any longer, in case the publishing fee comes, the company can't afford the money.

That would do great harm to the reputation of the starting point!

Once an invisible thing like reputation is lost, it is very difficult to recover it.

"The current market price of this house is 48, and mine is 42, which is [-] cheaper than others! But there is a condition, that is, it must be paid in cash in one lump sum."

In the intermediary company, Lao Wu and the intended buyer are discussing the price.

"I want to know, why are you so much cheaper? Is your house..." the prospective buyer asked suspiciously.

The location of Old Wu's house is good. It's on the side of the third ring road. It's so much cheaper all of a sudden, so it's no wonder others are suspicious.

In case this house...

It's not clean.