Chapter 1698: Literary Dream Fund
Chapter 1698 Literary Dream Fund
"Xiao Lin, tell me about your plan!" Jin Yong narrowed his eyes slightly, looking like a wise man who saw through Lin Feng's plan.
Lin Feng laughed.
"Mr. Jin, I won't play any tricks, just tell you directly. My plan is like this. Now with the increasing attention of netizens, more and more netizens who love writing have joined my "net", creating, publishing, earning royalties, and making a living." Lin Feng said slowly.
"If you can become popular and continue, you will be a credit to Chinese literature!" Jin Yong and Liang Yusheng sighed together.
The decline of Chinese literature today is beyond doubt. Although Jin Yong and Liang Yusheng are not traditional prose and poetry writers, novels are also a branch of literature, and there is no difference between them and those traditional prose and poetry. For example, don't "Lady of the Camellias" and "The Three Musketeers" enjoy a high reputation in literature! Aren't the literary works of the great British writer Shakespeare also novels! Only some educators with ulterior motives in China would denounce Chinese martial arts novels as evil.
Therefore, it is not an exaggeration for Jin Yong and Liang Yusheng to say that Lin Feng deserves a credit.
Although Lin Feng is flamboyant, he will not be complacent when hearing such a high evaluation. He will bow his hands humbly. In life, you should be flamboyant when you need to be flamboyant, and be humble when you need to be humble. This is a capable person.
"Mr. Jin, Mr. Liang, do you know how many books are uploaded to the "net" every day and how many words are updated every day?" Lin Feng asked with a smile.
The two elders had a rough number in their minds, but it was not accurate, so they dared not speak out.
"Now 300 books are uploaded every day, and the number of words updated every day exceeds 30 million!" Lin Feng stretched out three fingers.
Upload 300 books a day, and update 30 million words a day? ——Hearing this number, whether it is Jin Yong, Liang Yusheng, or Ni Kuang, who always claims to be the best handwritten book in the world, and Tanaka Yoshiki, who thinks he has a super fast typing speed, they are all shocked.
What is the concept of 300 books a day? The four famous writers here only wrote more than 300 books in their lifetime, and uploading 30 million words a day is even more shocking. Although the total number of words of the four famous writers has exceeded 100 million, that is their life's hard work. Now the "net" uploads 30 million words a day, more than 100 million in four days, 900 million in a month, and 10.95 billion in a year. This number of words in almost a year can exceed the number of words in all the books preserved in the 5,000-year history of China.
Terrible! This number is really terrible! This is a number that Jin Yong and Liang Yusheng had never thought of before.
In their imagination, it would be good to have ten books on the "net" a day, and it would be the limit to update about 100,000 words a day. But unexpectedly, the actual number is hundreds or thousands of times more.
"The power of the Internet is really great!" Jin Yong couldn't help but sigh.
Lin Feng also sighed when he heard it. Yes, in this era, the power of the Internet is really great. In the past, I often read history books, which always say that the people are like water, which can carry a boat or overturn it. But this sentence is mostly just empty talk. After all, whether you want the people to carry the boat or overturn it, there is one thing, that is, to drive the people. In ancient times, there was no one except the royal power to drive the people. Because the information in ancient times was closed and blocked. If the people knew nothing, how could they exert the power of the people.
But it is not the case in the Internet age. Everyone can learn about the world's major events at the first time through the Internet. The same is true for online novels. All those who love writing can log on to the Internet and publish their articles through the Internet as long as they want to write. This is equivalent to the power of the whole people to write. Gathering the power of the entire nation, this power is naturally terrible to the extreme.
"In the long run, even if the quality of the novel is poor, it will change from quantitative change to qualitative change!" Jin Yong sighed.
For the crazy data of uploading 300 novels a day and updating 30 million words a day, Jin Yong naturally knows that there must be good and bad among them. As the old saying goes, articles are natural and come by accident. With so many updates every day, how could there be so many fine works? However, such a large amount of updates naturally brings huge competitiveness. In the face of competitiveness, the dross will naturally be eliminated and the quality of novels will gradually improve. After all, readers' tastes will improve as they read more.
At first, they may be able to read some novels with plain words, ordinary stories, and poor logic, but as they read more, their requirements will naturally become higher.
"Mr. Jin, I naturally understand this truth. But I hope to speed up the process of quantitative change to qualitative change." Lin Feng looked at Mr. Jin and Mr. Liang and smiled without saying a word.
Among the four famous writers present, Yoshiki Tanaka is now his apprentice. Lin Feng asked him to serve as an honorary editor-in-chief on the "net", and he would never object. As for the big brother Ni Kuang, he is very supportive of him. He even entrusted him with the full power of the film and television adaptation rights of the Wesley series of novels. There is no doubt that he supports him. Therefore, the key lies in the two masters Jin Yong and Liang Yusheng.
"Tell me, what do you want from us old guys!" Jin Yong narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Haha, there are so many novels uploaded to the website every day, and the daily update volume is so large that it is difficult for readers to find the best ones. Although I have launched the "Weekly Click List", "Recommended Click List", etc., these recommendations are still not enough for players. Therefore, I hope to launch a "Famous Writers Recommendation List". The four masters will each recommend 3 books every month to form the "Famous Writers Recommendation List." Lin Feng said with a bow.
Famous Writers Recommendation List! ——If this list is launched, I am afraid that the 12 books on this list will become famous all over the world immediately. After all, being recommended by the four famous writers Jin Yong, Liang Yusheng, Ni Kuang and Tanaka Yoshiki at the same time is the best advertisement in itself. Any reader would also like to read it.
Of course, for Lin Feng, the more important thing is to take over the names of the four famous writers and make the "web" the first domestic literary website. Of course, this is just the beginning. In the future, Lin Feng also plans to build the "web" into the world's first literary website.
The profit of literature is also quite large, and Lin Feng will not let go of this profit. Especially how crazy Lin's fans will be. Lin Feng remembered that before he was reborn, a crazy fan of a certain novel gave 100,000 RMB in a day. How crazy it is to give 100,000 RMB for a novel that you like. This is no longer comparable to fans of movie stars or sports stars.
Of course, Lin Feng doesn't care about the small money of these fans' rewards. What Lin Feng cares about is the popularity and attention they bring. These are what Lin Feng cares about! If hundreds of millions of readers around the world browse the "net" every day, even if they don't spend a penny, the advertising revenue brought by their attention alone will be incredible.
Of course, all this depends on whether Jin Yong and Liang Yusheng agree. If they agree, Lin Feng's plan will be smoother. If they don't agree, it will be more troublesome.
"Alas, I didn't expect that we are old, old, and still can't avoid a hard work. But we are willing to make a little contribution to Chinese literature no matter how tired we are!" Jin Yong sighed.
"Yes, if we can witness the birth of a "Nobel Prize in Literature" in China during our lifetime, then we will die without regrets!" Liang Yusheng also sighed.
Lin Feng was overjoyed when he heard this.
"Thank you, elders. Here is a contract with your annual remuneration..." Lin Feng ordered Lin Chiling to hand over four contracts. No matter what the relationship between the four masters and himself was, Lin Feng would not give less than a penny.
Unexpectedly, Jin Yong pushed the contract away.
"Xiao Lin, we are old and successful. Do you think we still need so much money?" Jin Yong asked.
Lin Feng was slightly stunned, then looked at Liang Yusheng, Ni Kuang, and Tanaka Yoshiki. The three of them had the same expression as Jin Yong.
"We are old and have a certain amount of savings. It is really not important to us whether we have this money or not. We promised you to create this "Master List" not for money, but because we hope to make a little contribution to Chinese literature." Jin Yong spoke from the bottom of his heart.
"Of course, we will not refuse this money. We will use this money to set up a 'Literature Fund' to support those potential future stars. After all, before writers become famous, most of them live in poverty. This is one of the reasons why many potential writers cannot eventually transform into famous writers. Of course, there are also many famous writers who have fallen into poverty in their old age due to some reasons. We also hope to use this money to support them." Jin Yong sighed.
"Yes, Xiaolin, I heard that you also set up a 'Dream Fund' for children. I think you should just set up a 'Literature Fund', which will also be good for your reputation. You are now the target of public criticism. Some Confucians have always liked to attack you. The establishment of this fund is enough to shut up many extreme Confucianists." Liang Yusheng also suggested.
Lin Feng thought about it and nodded.
"So, the salary of the four of you is 10 million RMB per year, and the four of you is 40 million. I will give you another 60 million to make up 100 million to create this "Literary Dream Fund". What do you think?" Lin Feng asked with a smile.
The four masters looked at each other and were shocked by Lin Feng again. After a long time, the four of them bowed to Lin Feng together.
"Thank you for your favor this time!" The four masters sighed.
The four of them dared to assert that their salary under this contract was definitely not as high as 10 million per year. And the reason why Lin Feng said this number was naturally to give the four of them a merit. If this is spread out, the four masters will donate 10 million every year to establish the "Literary Dream Fund", and they will immediately gain countless reputations in society.
In this way, they will naturally accept Lin Feng's favor.
Lin Feng smiled with relief. It is quite a good deal to spend a little money to buy a big favor for four people. Of course, once this "Literary Dream Fund" is launched, Lin Feng will gain even more.