Reverse Rebirth 2003

Chapter 0038 to buy again

The most important thing for an online novel website is not investment, but people.

Editors, authors, readers, all are indispensable.

After Jiang Feng thought about it, he had two choices.

Either build it yourself, or buy it.

If you build it yourself, it is nothing more than asking someone to build a website, and the cost will not exceed 100 million.

Then recruit some literature-related majors to come in as editors, and then advertise on the Internet.

Authors can dig from other websites, and readers can also attract traffic through advertising.

But on the one hand, the effect is too slow, and on the other hand, it may not be able to attract enough readers in the early stage, so it is not advisable.

As for acquisitions, the downside is that it costs a fortune.

After more than ten years, the little money Jiang Feng has on hand will be invested in the Internet circle, and it may be gone without even seeing the splash.

But now in 2004, it is still possible to do something.

After some investigation, Jiang Feng targeted several second-rate to third-rate websites.

As for the few first-class websites, he didn't think about it at all.

Without money, consideration is useless.

What's more, at this time, several capitals have already entered this circle, and those few first-class websites have already been divided up.

Since the emergence of online novels, websites specializing in online novels have emerged in an endless stream.

Roughly speaking, there are hundreds or even thousands of them.

But most of them are created by individuals.

Whether it's a whim or you want to rely on piracy to earn advertising fees, there is no potential for development.

It is naturally impossible for Jiang Feng to vote for such a junk website, so what is the difference between that and throwing money for nothing?

A total of six websites were targeted by him.

Xuan Ying, Thunder, Book Sea, Spirit Sword, Knight and Yanhuang.

Among them, the word-of-mouth of the first three websites is not bad, the website interface is relatively neat, and there are not so many messy and annoying advertisements.

Although the latter three websites do not have a good reputation, they have a large number of active user groups.

Is it for word of mouth, or for users?

Jiang Feng didn't know how others would choose, but he finally chose the former.

It doesn't matter if there are few users, they can accumulate slowly.

If word of mouth is bad, it will be difficult to restore it.

After crossing out the three alternatives, Jiang Feng fell into hesitation again.

Xuanying focuses on cities, martial arts and fantasy, Thunder focuses on cities, science fiction and games, and Shuhai focuses on cities, history and suspense.

Jiang Feng knew that in later generations of online novel websites, all the different categories must be complete.

A cripple who is partial to science tends to narrow his way.

"Forget it, at worst, just dig the author!"

In the end, Jiang Feng set the acquisition target on Xuanying.

Coincidentally, the operator of Xuanying is in Tonglin City!

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Lin Xuanfei stared at the report in his hand with an ugly expression.

Last month's revenue was less than 100 million, and the manuscript fee to the author alone reached more than 170 million!

Adding in staff salaries, rent, utilities, servers, etc., it would take an income of more than 200 million yuan to break even.

What a loss!

Although this result has long been expected, he is still unwilling to face it.

After graduating from university, Lin Xuanfei joined the civil service under the arrangement of his family. The job is easy and the benefits are generous.

He has been fond of literature since he was a child, and has a lot of time to hang out on the Internet.

Accidentally, he entered the world of online novels, and it has been out of control ever since.

He also published articles on tofu cubes when he was studying, and he wants to make a career in this brand new field.

So he used all his savings without telling his family, and asked an acquaintance to help him with a loan.

A total of 200 million cash was collected to establish Tonglin Xuanying Network Technology Co., Ltd.

In order to save money, he enlisted the help of his college students to build the website, which cost a total of 5000 yuan plus a barbecue.

The office space is rented in an office building, the area is not large, about [-] square meters in total.

As for employees, most of them are recruited through online literature forums.

These people had the same dreams as him, and rushed to Tonglin from all over the world with enthusiasm.

They are full of confidence, and they will definitely be able to create a popular literary website and become a trendsetter in the new era!

However, it is counterproductive.

Although they have been working hard on the website, but due to insufficient funds, they are unable to find great authors, so they can only cultivate it slowly by themselves.

After finally cultivating several great-level authors, they were poached by other websites because the website platform was too small to bring more income to the authors.

If you don't cultivate it anymore, it will lead to a large loss of readers.

Cultivate it, and make wedding dresses for others.

In a dilemma, Lin Xuanfei and the others gritted their teeth and persisted for more than a year.

In less than two years, some people in the company couldn't survive and chose to quit, those who stayed took the initiative to cut their salaries, and some people sold their homes in their hometowns to fill the company's holes.

It's touching, but it's not the same.

Lin Xuanfei has already made a decision, if he loses money again, he will log off the company and website, and then confess to his parents.

Although there is a high probability of encountering mixed doubles after confessing, he doesn't care.

As long as his parents can give him a sum of money to compensate other employees of the company.

After fighting with him for so long, he had to give everyone an explanation.

"Forget it, it seems that I really don't have that life..."

Closing his eyes in pain, he took a deep breath to keep the tears from flowing.

Lin Xuanfei opened the social software on the computer, found the company's internal group, and prepared to have a showdown with everyone.

Just after typing a few lines, his mobile phone rang harshly, which startled him.

I took the phone and saw that it was a call from an unknown number.

I didn't want to accept it at first, but then I thought again, what if something good happens?

"Hi, hello, who are you?"

A man's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Is it Mr. Lin from Xuanying Literature Network?"

Lin Xuanfei was startled, and replied, "Yes, it's me."

"I want to buy your website. I don't know if Mr. Lin has any intention to sell it?"

Hearing these words, Lin Xuanfei's pupils suddenly dilated.

"Sorry, I didn't hear clearly just now, you mean... you want to buy my website?"

"That's right, let me introduce myself, my name is Jiang Feng, and I'm the boss of Mengyuan Industry."

Mengyuan Industry?

A brand name quickly appeared in Lin Xuanfei's mind: Mengyuan Clothing.

After being confirmed, Lin Xuanfei's breathing became heavy.

Xuan Ying doesn't have to die!

Excited, he subconsciously punched the keyboard.

A few seconds later, the company's internal group exploded.

"Brother Fei, what are you talking about? Disbanding the website?"

"Oh my god! Brother Fei, are you serious?"

"April Fool's Day has passed, Brother Fei, you can't make such a joke!"

Lin Xuanfei almost bit his own tongue when he saw the news that was constantly being posted on the group chat interface.

He hurriedly typed a line with one hand and sent it: No matter, misunderstanding!

So there will be more speeches from everyone.

"Hello, Mr. Lin, Mr. Lin?"

Hearing the voice from the mobile phone, Lin Xuanfei realized that he was still on the call, and didn't bother to reply to the messages in the group.

"Ah, I'm sorry Mr. Jiang, I was distracted by something just now. Can we meet and talk about the acquisition?"

"Of course it's okay. If Mr. Lin's time is convenient, why don't we make an appointment today?"

Lin Xuanfei quickly replied: "Okay! Where is Mr. Jiang's company? I'll come right now!"

"Hehe, no need, I'm just downstairs from your company."

Hearing this, Lin Xuanfei stood up decisively and walked out.

While walking, he said: "Mr. Jiang, I will come down to pick you up right away, and I will contact you later!"

After hanging up the phone, he quickened his pace.