Lu Weifu upstairs

At two o'clock in the afternoon, lunch break ends.

Xu Yihan's health coffee still hasn't arrived.

The press questioning at noon might have frightened Sister Zhang, this time she didn't dare to go to Xu Yihan's side, but sat with several ministers.

"Then let's start." Xu Yihan had a good nap at noon, and now he recovered, and his whole person looked aggressive, "The content of this afternoon's discussion is the competition we are going to hold with Haosheng. What about this competition? It has been planned for a month, I believe everyone is familiar with it. I have also read the plan you made, and it is very good, but there are still some things that need to be changed, so I will directly say it.”

Xu Yihan crossed his fingers and stood half-standing on the table with his arms, showing a very aggressive posture: "First, about the competition system. In the planning case, our competition lasts for four months, which is too long, readers will Tired, I think shortening it to no more than two months is the most appropriate time. Second, each author's—”

"Mr. Xu," Qiu Hai, head of the editorial department, frowned, "There are a total of six authors participating in the competition, so it takes only a week to complete one round—"

Xu Yihan smiled slightly and interrupted Qiu Hai: "Let me finish speaking, don't rush before I allow you to speak."

Qiu Hai nodded embarrassingly, his expression not very good-looking.

"Second, each author's single update word count must be guaranteed to be more than [-] words. Let's calculate this account. Six authors write solitaire, and there is no update every Monday. That is to say, each author only needs to write once a week. The requirement of [-] words is not too high."

"Third, after one month of the competition, the six authors will move from online discussion to offline discussion, but they must continue to remain anonymous. We filmed their discussion process and made it a kind of reality show. The short film - reality show, have you seen it?"

"Fourth, the proportion of readers' votes and rewards in the author's final score should be increased. The current 40% is too low, and at least 55% should be mentioned."

"Okay, that's all that needs to be changed at the moment. If you don't understand anything, it's okay to say it. Minister Qiu, what did you want to say just now?"

Qiu Hai smiled stiffly: "...Mr. Xu, there are only eight weeks in two months, which means that each author can only write eight updates, [-] words. But you know the current web articles, like this This kind of plot-style novels start at hundreds of thousands, if each author only writes [-] words, it is very likely that these authors have not written what they are good at, so they will have no chance."

Xu Yihan nodded: "You're right, but is this something we need to consider? Attention everyone, in this competition, the six authors will eventually be ranked first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth, so why are they among the eighth? It should be the author’s consideration to write what he is good at in the space of [-] words. What we should think about is that when we invest a lot of resources to promote this competition, the popularity of this competition will be fired, but what should we do? Maintain popularity? First of all, the competition time should not be too long. The longer the time, the more likely our popularity will be diverted. Our goal is to become popular, not to become a classic; secondly, we must continue to provide points that attract readers. Everyone has read enough words things, then we will show them the video, let them see how their favorite author conceives, how to scratch their head to write the article - the reality show, the most attractive part is a 'true'. Finally, we increase the reader's vote The proportion of rewards can directly increase the enthusiasm of readers to participate. Do you know that "cultivating idols" is popular now? Readers spend money to reward the author, and the author's ranking will increase, gaining higher popularity and better resources. It is also a kind of cultivation, so that readers will have a sense of participation and responsibility, and will have greater enthusiasm—do you understand what I said?"

For a moment, everyone in the conference room held their breaths, as if they were shocked by Xu Yihan's words.

After several seconds, Qiu Haicai clenched his fists and shook his head vigorously: "Mr. Xu, I really haven't watched the variety shows you mentioned, but... Authors and artists are different from the beginning. You can't use the way of making stars. It’s different when it comes to people who live by writing.”

Xu Yihan sneered in his heart, he remembered that Qiu Hai graduated from the Chinese Department—same as Zhao Xin—is it true that everyone in the Chinese Department has this virtue and is as stubborn as a donkey?

Xu Yihan picked up his cup and took a sip of water, and smiled relaxedly: "Minister Qiu, the question you said is too metaphysical, we can arrange a time to discuss it privately. What we need to do now is to negotiate with Haosheng according to my ideas , and at the same time continue to solicit applications from authors," Xu Yihan glanced at Qiu Hai and said, "Our competition system will be clearly announced, and all authors can see it. This is a matter of mutual consent." , there is no insult or deceit."

"Is there anything else you want to say?"

The conference room was silent. After a while, the deputy head of the editorial department's danmei group, a woman in her early 30s, raised her hand.

"Mr. Xu, it is really not difficult for an online writer to write 24 words a week. But you see, authors write one after another, one author a day, which means that each author has to wait for the previous author to write. Only when you are done can you start writing your own content. In other words, authors must write [-] words within [-] hours."

Xu Yihan: "They will discuss the outline in advance."

"The outline is just a main line. Authors usually write outlines, but even so, it is a bit... difficult for them to write [-] words a day."

"OK, let's do the math," Xu Yihan shrugged, "If we reduce the number of words for each author's update to [-], and each person writes eight updates, it will be less than [-] words—do you think this is enough? ?”

"We can extend the game time..."

Xu Yihan directly ignored her rebuttal and continued: "As far as I know, it is not a problem for a full-time author to update five or six thousand words a day, right? We are running a large-scale competition, and this competition must reach The effect is to be popular, and it needs to be attractive enough—show readers five or six thousand words every day, what is the difference from ordinary updates? Besides, what can you write in six thousand words? The protagonist has a meal, and the protagonist has a fight. [-] words have been written. With so little content, how can readers be encouraged to follow up?"

The team leader was silent for a moment, nodded and said: "You are right, it should still be [-] words."

Xu Yihan smiled: "I'm a student of economics, and I don't understand literature. It depends on you to make our novels good-looking and attractive. I can only do my best in marketing so that our novels can be read by more people. Arrive——we each perform our duties and work together, right?"

"OK, the meeting is over."

When walking out of the conference room, Xu Yihan and Qiu Hai looked at each other, Qiu Hai's expression of hesitating to speak clearly covered Xu Yihan's eyes.

But Xu Yihan didn't take him seriously, so what about Aunt Qiu's own brother?The real big boss is Lao Xu.Although Xu Yihan is the president, the person who actually holds the shares is Lao Xu. Xu Yihan understands that Lao Xu is the most difficult hurdle.

It would have been nice if old Xu was just a businessman full of fat, but unfortunately, old Xu is a sensible person. Although he does not directly manage Weilan, he has a clear picture of Weilan's financial situation. The reason why Xu Yihan was called back to China to take over Weilan is because Old Xu found out that Xu Yiqian had stolen a lot of money from Weilan.And this competition is a model that has never existed in the online literature world. To put it bluntly, it imitates the star-making model of the entertainment industry.Xu Yihan is confident that he can make a fortune through this competition and at the same time cultivate more new readers, but he can't guarantee that old Xu will support his attempt.Old Xu is a shrewd businessman, behind every decision he makes is backed by a careful risk assessment.

It is very difficult to convince Lao Xu to trust him.This is also why Xu Yihan vigorously invited Zhao Xin to participate - Old Xu and Zhao Xin's father, Professor Zhao, have been friends for many years. If Zhao Xin participates, perhaps Old Xu will trust and rely more on him.

But the problem is, Xu Yihan sighed, Zhao Xin is also a tough nut to crack.

How tough is Zhao Xin's bone?Let's put it this way, the two largest companies in the field of online literature are Weilan and Haosheng.When Zhao Xin was in his junior year, he made his mark with a historical drama novel, and both Weilan and Haosheng cast olive branches on him.According to the thinking of normal people, then you must choose Weilan, right?Even if Xu Yihan was not the person in charge of Weilan at that time, it was still the Xu family. Zhao Xin signed Weilan, do you need any resources?But he, Zhao Xin, didn't like it. He didn't care about this relationship and privileges. What he wanted was fair and honest competition—so he signed Haosheng.

Who is this? !

There are even worse.After signing with Haosheng, Zhao Xin actually wrote about Tanmei. A man wrote about Tanmei. How is this different from coming out of the closet?Okay, it’s okay to write danmei, so let’s keep a low profile, right?Zhao Xin is not.Xu Yihan will always remember that winter night, he finished his final exams and went out to carnival with his classmates. The classmates sang and danced with foreign girls in their arms.

He saw that Zhao Xin shared a tweet from Haosheng Literature's official account in Moments.

The recommended novel is Zhao Xin's novel, author: Donaldson, title: "The Man Upstairs", category: Tanmei.

Share the Danmei essays I wrote in the circle of friends——Zhao Xin is so fresh.

In short, the more Xu Yihan thought about it, the bigger his head became. How should he persuade Zhao Xin to participate?Intimidate?Zhao Xin is not the author of Azure.Incentives?Zhao Xin is not short of money.

"Alas..." Xu Yihan looked up to the sky and sighed for the second time in a day.

Within a few minutes, Xu Yihan suddenly heard Sister Zhang's voice.

"You can still drink it yourself? Young man, aren't you talking nonsense with your eyes open?"

"You just delivered the order I placed at noon, what a joke! I don't care what happened to you, and I will take responsibility for what you do, right? You give me my money back, nothing else is discussed!"

Is the healthy coffee here?

It was already past three o'clock in the afternoon, and Xu Yihan had long since lost interest in that weird cup of coffee.

"Don't waste time with me here, young man, I have to go to work, I don't have time to spend with you, if you lose money, we're done!"

"No money! You are such a big man, can't afford 200 yuan?! Who are you fooling!"

Xu Yihan was upset for a while, how could a cup of coffee last for so long? !The office is not like an office, but like a vegetable market!

Outside the door, Sister Zhang was still chattering.Xu Yihan finally couldn't bear it anymore, he opened the door and strode forward.

"Sister Zhang, let's forget about coffee! How can other people work when they are so noisy?!"

"Hey, Mr. Xu..." Sister Zhang looked at Xu Yihan, aggrieved, "It's not that I want to disturb you, it's that this young man is too difficult to deal with! I asked him to lose money, but he actually said that he didn't have any money, and even made up reasons for me Hey, what happened to a car accident on the road - he is standing here, how could he look like he was in a car accident?!"

Xu Yihan crossed his arms and looked irritable. He looked at the delivery man who was two steps away from him. It was a man, wearing a yellow jacket and a black helmet. He was thin, with slumped shoulders and bowed his head.

"...Forget it," Xu Yihan said indifferently, "spend money to buy a lesson, don't order any health-preserving coffee next time."

"Hey, then...forget it, our leader has already spoken, let's go!"

The delivery man immediately raised his face at Xu Yihan as if he had received an amnesty: "Thank you! I really—"

Before they finished speaking, both of them froze.

One second, two seconds, three seconds—Xu Yihan stared blankly at the delivery man, and the delivery man looked at Xu Yihan blankly, as if all the people and things around him had disappeared, and they returned to the small village in Jingzhou, Hubei, the sky was blue , the house is very dilapidated, and the spring breeze is warm.

Three seconds later Xu Yihan blurted out: "Sister?"