Chapter 21 On the Shelves
"This time, Chen Feng performed very well this quarter."
In the Kunlun Publishing Society Conference Room, all the directors of departments attended the meeting room, and the president emphasized the praise of the editorial department of Little Man Books led by Chen Feng.
"The Little Man Book "Elf Baby" launched this time has created unprecedented results. So far, a total of 2.5 million copies have been sold..."
Chen Feng suddenly laughed and interrupted: "Dad, this is the result of the previous week. The third batch of 2 million copies printed have been launched, and it has exceeded 3 million copies so far!"
The president nodded and said, "Well, 3 million copies. No villain book has ever sold such a high sales volume! Chen Feng made an indelible contribution, I suggest..."
"Wait, President!"
Suddenly, a man next to him who was about 50 years old and looked elegant, interrupted.
Everyone's eyes fell on this person.
The president frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "Li Qingyun, is there any other problem?"
Li Qingyun, editor-in-chief of traditional literature from Kunlun Publishing House, has a close relationship with many well-known writers.
"Chen Feng's achievements are indeed unprecedented." Li Qingyun first affirmed Chen Feng's achievements. After hearing this, Chen Feng laughed proudly. In the past, his hometown always looked down on him, but now he has to admit him, and Chen Feng is in a very happy mood.
"But..." Li Qingyun's tone changed in vain, and even knocked on the table twice. "The impact this book has on us is also extremely huge... If it is not handled properly, the consequences will be unimaginable!"
People around them were either silent or talked about it. Since the publisher's main business was novels, he paid little attention to the villain's books. Many people did not know until they attended the meeting that their publisher actually published a villain's book that could sell 3 million copies.
"The influence of the villain's book?"
“What exactly is the impact?”
While someone was asking, Chen Feng, who was sitting in the last seat, leaned on the chair, looked at Li Qingyun with contempt, and said, "Editor Li, I know you look down on me. But don't exaggerate. Tell me, why is this impact unimaginable!"
Li Qingyun didn't even raise his eyelids, and said to himself: "It's rumored that our "Elf Baby" is a copy of a work called "Pokemon". Do you think it's or not?"
Plagiarism!
The originally quiet conference room exploded and everyone searched for details from each other.
Everyone here is publishing, and they know how much impact plagiarism has on a publishing house: in this era when copyright is highly valued, once plagiarism storm occurs, those well-known authors will definitely draw a clear line with the publishing house - no one likes a publishing house that may plagiarize their works to publish their works.
When all the authors under his command left, the publishing house was not far from going bankrupt.
"Li Qingyun, the consequences of random slander are also very serious." The president looked serious and looked at Li Qingyun deeply, warned him, and then said to Chen Feng: "Chen Feng, please explain."
Chen Feng stood up, leaned on the table with one hand, slapped his head with the other, and said, "Haha, Editor-in-Chief Li, do you really think I, Chen Feng, are you brainless? I grew up in a publishing house, how could I not know the risk of plagiarism?"
"Besides, if I really copied it? Then why didn't the author sue me? Instead, let my "Elf Baby" sell 3 million copies?" Chen Feng asked back, and while saying that, he took out a stack of manuscripts and sent a copy to everyone.
"This is our "Elf Baby", and the other one is a Pokemon." After posting, Chen Feng returned to his seat and sat down: "The evidence is placed in front of you, you can read it casually to see if I copied it... Haha, if you can copy it, then people all over the world should not write books, it's all plagiarism!"
Everyone picked up the drawings one after another. The editors were very good at playing the edge ball, so they could tell at a glance that although these looked very similar, they were indeed not considered plagiarism if they were viewed according to the corresponding regulations of the National Copyright Administration.
Some editors also frowned. Although this behavior is still shameful, after all, the game is a straitor and a mere villain book has little impact. Because the president is his father, everyone kept silent.
Li Qingyun browsed the two manuscripts, was silent for a moment, and asked again: "Since there is no plagiarism, why did you contact other publishers to ban "Pokemon"?"
There is still this one?
Others showed doubtful eyes and the publisher banned them. This is a treatment that only some great gods who offended the publisher!
If an ordinary author does not have his own publishing house to promote and distribute, he will not even use bans and will soon disappear.
And a villain book is so targeted?
Or is it just Chen Feng personally abused his power to suppress newcomers?
"Haha, he originally came to our publishing house to contribute, but he didn't accept the generous conditions we gave. Such an author with high vision and low skills naturally had to give him some color." Chen Feng was disdainful in his heart, and perhaps in order to revenge, he still adopted Kong Guangwen's final suggestion.
Many people curled their lips, obviously not believing it. Chen Feng is famous for his favorite authors. He gives very low treatment but extremely harsh conditions. This is why he was placed in the villain's book department. Otherwise, as the prince of the publishing house, even if he does not take over traditional literature, he will definitely go to the online novel department to experience it.
"Just just learning from, you can make a big deal. I hope you can treat this person carefully and calm the storm as soon as possible. I don't want Kunlun's signature to be smashed by you!" Li Qingyun stared at Chen Feng. After all, he is also a veteran of Kunlun Publishing House. He is not happy with Chen Feng, but he still attaches great importance to the interests of the publishing house.
Chen Feng suddenly smiled and showed an extremely arrogant expression: "Prudent? Just a little author of Little Man Books! Although that guy has made a website and serialized it online, there is no publishing channel. What kind of waves can he make? Little Man Books are serialized online? Does he want to learn online articles to follow the route of serial subscription? Haha, joke! Who are the people who read Little Man Books? Children! I want to rely on those naughty kids who have not grown all their hair and are popular for three minutes, and will have money and patience to subscribe to Little Man Books?"
Chen Feng had known He Chen's website for a long time. The manuscript of "Pokemon" in his hand was downloaded and printed from it.
Many people nodded, and Chen Feng's analysis was still very good. If he could make money from children, would the market for villain books be so sluggish? So much so that the state subsidies should continue to be able to survive?
As for the big sale of "Elf Baby" this time, they only regarded it as a miracle. After all, there were also big-selling villain books, but they would be left alone in the future.
That is why people completely give up the children's market... Only when there is no money to make money will continue to do it!
At the same time, in He Chen's dormitory, He Chen, Zhou Zhe and Luo Hao are also busy. Today, their website will be undergoing a major revision!
"Luo Hao, how are the registration, comments, and recharge system?"
Luo Hao made an OK gesture to He Chen and said aloud: "No problem! It has been fully opened!"
"Zhou Zhe, how are the readers' responses?"
Zhou Zhe stroked his eyes, staring at the website data, and reported to He Chen: "The number of registered people is gradually increasing, and it has exceeded 500!"
The traffic is far less than the number of registered people, and the response is more intuitive.
500 people... It's a terrible sight!
He Chen thought to himself, and then smiled confidently, much better than expected. He thought that only students from his sister's class would register. Except for the person named Dam, there was no advertisement or publicity, and it was beyond He Chen's expectations that there were 500 people.
After all, the game has not been launched yet, and the real charm of the Pokemon has not yet appeared.
"The comment system has also been widely praised. Most people left messages saying it looks good, hoping that the update will be faster, and some people left messages to support us in the fight against Kunlun."
He Chen stood behind Zhou Zhe and watched. There were still fewer people now. The comments under each episode can be read at a glance. It seems that everyone is very enthusiastic about discussing the plot directly under the comic without going to the post bar.
"Where is the recharge system?" He Chen asked again.
"Don't worry, there will be no bugs. However, so far, no one has recharged."
He Chen nodded. It is still the free stage now. The website has no place to consume, so no one recharges it.
Zhou Zhe turned around and looked at He Chen and said, "It seems that you want to learn online novel websites like that?"
"Well!" He Chen said, "Of course we won't be completely free, otherwise what will we eat? We can't just rely on copyright to sell money every time, right? We must have our own income channels."
"Do you really think someone will subscribe to comics online?" Zhou Zhe still had doubts.
He Chen patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "I only say two points: one, you underestimated the comics; the other, you underestimated the children's economy!"
Zhou Zheran did not comment on this: "Then how do you price it?"
According to He Chen's vision, this will not be a website where he is the only one who writes a comic book. More and more people will join the comic book industry in the future.
Therefore a reasonable pricing is related to their future...
The price should not be too high, otherwise readers will not be able to bear it; but it should not be too low, otherwise no one will be willing to become a cartoonist.
"This cannot be copied from the pricing of online novels. As long as the novel is written, the comics need to be drawn, the effort it takes is different." Zhou Zhe thought about it and added another sentence.
In the last life, there was only one way for magazines to publish comics, with each episode fixed from 19P to 24P. This book was determined based on the total number of pages of magazines.
This article is not necessary to be considered when serializing on the website. Therefore, if you are pricing, you can consider learning the method of pricing in a thousand-word online article and determine it according to each page.
When a cartoonist has an assistant, in addition to being too big to touch, it is the limit to maintaining the Mondays every week, so the lowest comic magazine is only weekly.
Due to He Chen's differences, he cannot be measured by him.
He had to consider other ordinary people, in full-time situations, 20 pages a week, pricing for the purpose of at least supporting himself.
He Chen thought for a while and said, "Each page has 5 points, the release requirement is not less than 10 pages per episode. The author gets 75%, and the website gets 25%... I'll decide this for the time being."
According to standards, each episode costs about 1 yuan. One dollar a week is not a big deal for people today! So as long as you have 500 subscriptions, you can get 1,500 yuan a month for four updates, and it is no problem to support yourself and not starve to death. If you are given full attendance, it will be no worse than ordinary jobs.
This price is similar to what Zhou Zhe thought, so he nodded and asked Luo Hao to add this price to the VIP system.
At night, Dmfun's VIP system was officially launched and "Pokemon" was launched!
PS: Please recommend! A lot of recommendations!
Thank you xiaotang246 and miaoopeng for your rewards!
This is the first time I have received a reward, and I am so excited!
I will definitely try to write a better story!
Chapter completed!