ps: This chapter is free on Teachers’ Day.
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"Well, yes. I'm going to bring one more person with me. It's not Haiyuan. You'll know when the time comes."
Lu Ren hung up the phone and glanced at Bei Dao, who was already handing over work to Sentonshi, knowing that he would definitely not be able to go there without taking her with him this time.
It's just...it's not fun to stay on an uninhabited island for two or three days.
If we wanted to go somewhere else to play together, Lu Ren would never refuse.
But on an uninhabited island, not to mention safety, the living environment is terrible.
Mosquitoes are a given, and maybe even snakes.
In addition, this so-called Koshien project is completely made up. If you really run there with certain expectations, you will end up with nothing but empty joy.
Lu Ren felt that Bei Dao's purpose for this trip was nothing more than a few.
Detective Koshien is such a big gimmick that once I hear it, I can write a few articles and put them on the Internet.
Especially if netizens have different views on the final champion, the more intense the discussion, the greater the traffic it will bring.
But that's not what happened. The plan itself was fake. Lu Ren was also prepared to put an end to the murder case that was supposed to happen in advance.
Even if he did go there, it would be a wasted trip.
Forget it, let’s talk about it later.
Lu Ren vaguely remembered that there were not enough rooms on the uninhabited island.
Anyway, Maori and the others didn’t follow him to the island in the end. As long as there are good reasons, leaving Beidao there shouldn't be a big problem.
"Brother Ren, I've taken care of it here."
"Okay, then I'll drive you there."
Bei Dao shook his head, "No, give me the car keys and let me drive."
"Are you driving?" Lu Ren was stunned. He used to be the one driving when we went out together. What happened today?
"I have a driver's license."
"But the shoes you're wearing are not very convenient, are they?"
Bei Dao wears business attire when working. In addition to a suit jacket and skirt, he also wears a pair of high heels.
Although the heel of the shoe is not particularly high, it is still dangerous to drive in high heels.
"Yes, wait for me a moment." Bei Dao turned around and walked into his office.
When she walked out after a while, her feet turned into a pair of flat sneakers.
"I have spare shoes in my office."
"Okay." Seeing that Bei Dao had already done this, Lu Ren didn't insist anymore and handed her the key.
After leaving the newspaper office, Lu Ren breathed a sigh of relief as he watched Bei Dao skillfully reverse the car, opened the door and sat in the passenger seat.
After fastening his seat belt, Lu Ren said: "Let's go to Tokyo Bay now. I made an appointment with them to meet there."
"OK."
The car started slowly and drove smoothly, which made Lu Ren completely relieved.
Although North Island has a driver's license, having a driver's license and being able to drive are actually two different things.
After being together for so long, Lu Ren had never seen Bei Dao drive, so naturally he didn't know how good his driving skills were.
There is also the problem of the car. His Porsche is positioned as a sports car. If it were an SUV, such as his durable Lexus, Lu Ren wouldn't even say how worried he was.
Fortunately, Bei Dao's technology is really good. Thinking about it, after knowing him for so long, Lu Ren has never seen Bei Dao take the initiative to do something he was not sure about.
If I have to say it, the only thing that is more risky is to engage in new online media. This was what he proposed to do with Bei Dao.
It's just that Bei Dao is extremely devoted to his work, but he seems to be a little bit hands-off. The few manuscripts he handed in were requested by Bei Dao on his own initiative.
He is mostly preoccupied with one thing and cannot devote all his energy to writing.
But no matter what, this is not always good.
"After the official release, I will write a few more manuscripts every week. You can choose the suitable ones and upload them to the website."
"Let's talk about this later, don't be in a hurry."
This answer was completely beyond Lu Ren's expectations, and he began to wonder if Bei Dao was speaking out of anger. Just because he had been dragging out manuscripts before.
"I wrote a little less in the past, but I will definitely submit more manuscripts in the future."
"Brother Ren, you misunderstood me. I also thought about this later. Although new media is a matter between the two of us, this matter cannot be done by just the two of us. We have to find more helpers."
"Didn't I tell you that the interns and newcomers of Dongbao can use it as they please?" Lu Ren frowned, "Sato Kiyoshi won't let you use it? Or is Sato Masayoshi, the second generation, causing trouble behind the scenes?"
Masayoshi Sato is the son of Kiyoshi Sato and the next successor of Toho. Lu Ren didn't have much dealings with him. But judging from the feeling, he is a better person than Sato Kiyoshi.
"No. What we lack is not people who do chores. We need people like you, Brother Ren, who can output content. I have been thinking about this and the future development direction of our website."
"Although we have the brand of Dong Bao, I also know that what we want to do has little to do with Dong Bao itself. Brother Ren, you are also thinking about your own interests, not the interests of Dong Bao."
"right."
Lu Ren admits this without any psychological burden, "With the development of the Internet, new media is the future direction of media development. I don't want our efforts to end up being a wedding dress for Dongbao."
Of course, Bei Dao is doing most of the hard work. Lu Ren actually didn't care.
In his previous life, he had been involved in traveling to another world, and in this life he just wanted to lie down and fish.
Others come back and build business empires from scratch. Lu Ren didn't have the ambition, and he wasn't sure that he would be 100% successful.
The warrior is the first to eat the crab, but he is not necessarily the one who laughs last.
If a business model really proves to be profitable. In terms of the profit-seeking nature of capital, predators will definitely swarm in and squeeze in one after another.
In a brutal fight, the one who survives will have the last laugh.
It does not mean that having foresight will guarantee success.
Others may not be able to do it, so why not copy it?
Otherwise, how could a certain Penguin make a fortune and grow bigger step by step?
But there's no need to tell Bei Dao about this. It's not that she doesn't understand, she just believes that she can succeed and has been working hard for it.
This is a good thing.
Bei Dao: "Since it is for our own benefit, we have to create something of our own, rather than completely relying on Dongbao. Otherwise, if we really become big in the future, we will still be just the spokesperson of Dongbao in the new media field."
"That's right."
"Besides, President Sato and the others are actually very good to me. Although it is for my own benefit, I cannot harm their interests. I cannot directly copy the news of the day for the sake of content output."
"You need to pay to buy the newspaper to read the news of the day. But for the sake of click-through rate and traffic, the website can only be free for everyone to read. On one side, you have to pay to read the newspaper, and on the other side, it is free. Then everyone should read the newspaper for free. Sales will drop.”
"What you said makes sense." Lu Ren also agreed with Bei Dao's idea. Although Sato Qing was not a human being, he was not a thing. But it must be admitted that Sato Kiyoshi really had nothing to say to him.
Lu Ren didn't want to be picked off by Dongbao, but he also didn't want to harm Dongbao's interests.
The website needs to output content, and at the same time, Dongbao's interests cannot be harmed, so we can only think of a win-win solution.
"Have any advertisers approached you to place ads?"
"Publishing ads? This matter is not within my scope of responsibility. Brother Ren, what do you mean..." Bei Dao quickly reacted, "Publishing ads on the website?"
"That's right. Whether it's ads in newspapers or on TV, they are all meant to be seen and attract potential customers. Ultimately, what our website currently lacks is the ability to monetize traffic."
"We can talk to some advertisers and let them place ads on our website. Once we have actual income, we can sign a contract with Dongbao."
"We can buy the online sales rights of Dongbao News at a relatively suitable price. In this way, we will have content output, and Dongbao News will not suffer any loss."
Bei Dao thought about it for a while, "Brother Ren, you are actually right. It's just that we can't do it at this stage. The background data of the website is not very ideal. It can only be said that it has just improved. I'm afraid it will be difficult to attract advertising with such data business."
"And advertising needs to be carefully considered. When we watch TV, we are equally disgusted when we see commercial breaks. I think this principle can also be applied to websites."
"If we start advertising now, I'm worried that we will lose the few users we already have."
"That's true. In the early stage, you still have to accumulate word-of-mouth. You can then consider monetizing it later."
"But what you said about signing a news contract with Dongbao, Brother Ren, I think can be done. Not only that, we can also open up channels for readers to contribute and let them act as creators. Once adopted, corresponding rewards will be given."
"After my research during this period, I found that the biggest advantage of the Internet is the speed of information dissemination and the ability to express one's thoughts without any scruples at almost zero cost. Many people who are silent in reality change their appearance once they go online."
"In this case, it is better to let them directly act as creators and encourage them to express more valuable content. The uploaded manuscripts can be reviewed by Dongbao interns. This can also train them in advance instead of serving tea to their seniors all day long. Pour water, clean up.”
"In addition to letting users upload their own content, I would also like to invite some already successful authors and ask them to authorize their works to us and post them on the website. I visited Ms. Qikawa Murako last time. Even if you don't go, Brother Ren, I will prepare Find some time to visit.”
Lu Ren fell into silence for a while.
Bei Dao's idea is not wrong, and it can even be said that he is on the right path. All major news apps or web pages in previous lives did this.
“If you just do this, the upfront investment will be huge.”
"It's okay. I already have some savings, and I usually don't have much use for money."
"About how many?"
"More than 100 million."
"..."
After thinking about the numbers in his bankbook, Lu Ren realized for the first time that he was so poor.
How much money does the editor of Dongbao make?
Then his asking price of RMB 50,000 per manuscript is a bit too low?
Even if there is one article a day, it will only amount to 1.5 million a month, and less than 20 million a year. In Lu Ren's impression, Bei Dao had not been working at Dongbao for a long time, right?
"Is this more than 100 million earned from being an editor?"
"Only a small part. I earned part of it through investment, and part of it was given by my family in the past. It's just that they didn't agree with me being a reporter, so they gradually stopped contacting me."
So, that's fine. But I still have to discuss it with Sato Kiyoshi after I go back. Increase the price of each article.
Of course, these are small things.
"You can buy news reporting rights and creator incentives. You have to think carefully about buying physical books."
It’s too expensive to buy the copyright but make it available for free reading. You can pay to read it, wouldn’t it become a website?
What they want to build is a comprehensive news website. Although many news comprehensive websites or applications can also be used. But after all, this is not the main purpose for users to use them.
There is no need to invest too much in this area. Of course, it is necessary to have it.
"We can find some world classics whose copyrights have expired, and anyone can use them."
Copyright generally only lasts fifty years after the creator's death, after which time it becomes jointly owned.
"Of course, some works that were once relatively classic but have now disappeared, such as Ms. Saikawa Murako's, can also be taken into consideration. You buy these books, and I will be responsible for writing the manuscripts and using the Dongbao channel to make them available again. Become popular."
"You don't have to do this yourself. I think the Labyrinth Publishing House where editor Tono is working is a good partner. Their boss and employees work together and they can still manage poorly. There must be a lot of inclusions. These are books that don’t sell.”
Moreover, the president of the publishing house is indeed a good character and is a trustworthy partner.
Even if he is not trustworthy, it is easy to deal with him...
"Yeah, okay."
"Since we want to achieve this step, we have to formalize it and we can't be like before. My relationship with the lawyer is not bad. I can ask her to help when the time comes."
"Let's set up a company, clearly divide the equity and responsibilities, and then sign the contract. Finish this matter as soon as possible. When I come back from the uninhabited island, we will finish it."
"Yeah, okay."
Bei Dao is not opposed to signing a contract. She believes in Lu Ren, but many times if you want to succeed, just believing is not enough.
What is more needed is a formal process and standardized operations.
Rather, signing the contract made her truly feel how serious Lu Ren was about this matter.
"Brother Ren, we will definitely succeed."
"Um."
There is one more goal to work towards.
Not to mention that failure would disappoint Bei Dao's expectations and squander all the savings she had saved up to now, which was still unacceptable.
"Hey, we're in Tokyo Bay. I saw them."
Familiar sharp corners and familiar charcoal face.
"Brother Ren, I'll park the car first."
"OK."
…
After parking the car, Bei Dao did not get out of the car immediately. Instead, he took out his mobile phone and pressed the callback button.
The call was quickly connected, and Bei Dao's voice was a little low, "I'm sorry, Xiao Ai."
"What's wrong with Sister Xiao? What happened to Brother Ren?" The voice over there was a little more nervous than expected.
"That's not..."
Bei Dao told Haiyuan what happened. He said that Lu Ren is now going to film a program on an uninhabited island.
"I saw that he wanted to go, so I offered to go with him. Then I came to drive. I originally wanted him to rest for a while on the way there. But..."
"result?"
"We were chatting about work, and we were a little too immersed in the conversation." Speaking of this, Bei Dao felt a little embarrassed, "When we came to our senses again, we were already in Tokyo Bay."
"..."
