Tianjie Entertainment Media Company

Chapter 126

Different from the era of Internet novels before, after 2010, a large number of authors poured into novel websites, registered, wrote articles, and became Internet novelists.

Different from serious literature, the entry threshold for online novels is very low. It can be said that as long as you want to, you can become an online writer, because you only need to register on the website and post a few plausible articles.

But if you want to go further and become a signed author who can make money, it's a bit difficult.

Editors will also pick authors, they can’t sign a rookie whose article is not readable at all. A few years ago, as long as the author is diligent enough and writes enough words, he can be signed, but now, even the male frequency is not Probably did.

There are only so many positions on the list, and editors need to spend time on articles that are accepted and loved by netizens. In addition to the number of words, the number of favorites, and the content of the plot, they are all important indicators.

If there are only a few collections of an article, it is simply impossible to be signed.

Gu Li is one of the editors of Shidian Chinese.com. Compared with his peers, his achievements can be said to be more than the top and the bottom.

The editor's performance is linked to the author's performance. If you are lucky and have one or even a few phenomenal masters under your command, then the editor's status will definitely rise accordingly, and the number of bonuses will be cramped.

But if there is no master under his command, then the editor's performance will be very poor. With only a basic salary, even life will be tight.

All in all, the status quo of their industry is the same as that of Internet writers. Those who are rich are very rich, and those who are not rich are also very poor. They are simply two extremes.

As for Gu Li, who is the middle party, he doesn't have any phenomenal masters under his command, but there are a few lesser masters. These lesser masters are good enough for him to be better than most of his peers.

The root cause of this situation is that he was young and entered the industry relatively late.

It takes about ten years for an internet writer to go from a rookie to a great master who writes a book, but Gu Li, he has only been in the industry for 3 years, and the little masters under him are all grown up under his escort. The saplings, after three years of careful carving, they finally grew from transparent to pink.

If you're lucky, and take care of them for another two or three years, some of them should be able to become master reserve.

Before he entered the industry, it was not that he did not think that he would be very lucky, bump into a great god who was named a god, and then hugged the thigh of the great god, and embarked on the smooth and smooth road of super editing. However, after understanding the current situation, he knew clearly Realize that your dreams are just dreams.

In this day and age, it is basically a myth to enshrine a god with one article.

There is no way, the strengthening of competitiveness has made the level of online novels uneven, and the overall level cannot be said to be rising or falling, but one thing is certain, in the past, when there were few readers and few writers, good writers could lead to online novels. lead to uproar.

This is the same as the drama "Han Zhu Ge Ge" more than ten years ago. The ratings are not comparable to the current TV series.

There are two reasons for the high ratings of this drama. One is to capture the audience's psychology. It becomes very easy.

But now, with so many articles, there are so many options. When book lovers go online, they can read masterpieces by famous authors. The writing style is mature and the content is also interesting.

The combination of several reasons has fully explained the difficulty of conferring a god.

It was his luck that Gu Li noticed "God of War".

He always likes to dig out young cabbages that have not yet grown from the pit. Although his colleagues also dig newcomers, they usually dig once a week or two, or once a month.

But he doesn't. After work every day, he always hangs around on his own channel to look at the newcomer list and monthly list to see if there are any fish that slipped through the net and haven't been signed yet.

Then one day, he saw "God of War".

It was clearly an unsigned article, but it was on two natural rankings at the same time.

Gu Li looked at No. 11 on the newcomer list and No. [-] on the monthly list, and fell silent. If he remembered correctly, he hadn't seen this article yesterday.

The rule of Sidian Chinese.com is that you can be on the newcomer list on the 15th day after you start an article, and the monthly list is also the same number of days. The difference is that only the first article on an account can be on the newcomer list.

When he saw this ranking, he was a little suspicious that the author of the article had swiped the collection, but even though he thought so in his heart, he decided to click in and have a look, because Gu Li knew that if it was a pure newcomer, it would be difficult to start buying from the first article. It's too obvious to collect and brush data, and it's still a new article.

However, after clicking in, the well-informed editor was shocked by the number of favorites and clicks.

Looking at the number of hits, although it is not as good as those little gods who have been on the Internet for several years, they are still good enough to watch, and the favorites are so high that it is infinitely close to 1:1 with the first chapter.

The most frightening thing is that the clicks of the following chapters have not dropped much.

If it's the data of swiping, it's nothing, but if it's real data, then Gu Li can guarantee that as long as he persists in this way, he will definitely be a rising god in the future.

With the heart that he would rather kill by mistake than let it go, he clicked on Chapter 1 and started to read chapter by chapter.

A colleague said, "Gu Li, are you not leaving?"

He said, "I'll leave later." After a pause, he continued, "I have some work to do."

The colleague shrugged and said, "Then I'll go first."

Gu Lidao: "Success, I will lock the door today."

At 6 o'clock, he was the only one left in the editor's office, and Gu Li was busy going in from the backstage to check the information left by the author.

Suddenly he let out a "huh".

He said, "Why didn't you deduct the number?"

The mysterious wife only left her email address and mobile phone number.

Gu Li thought: Email?If you send it, it won't be spam, right?

Not many modern people are used to checking their mailboxes every day.

However, the phone number is even more mysterious. After all, there are many people who leave fake phone numbers on the Internet.

He thought about it and decided to call first to try it out.

as an editor.Gu Li has read countless articles, and he has developed a pair of sharp eyes long ago. He can tell what is popular in literature and what is not.

Can attract him with 11 photos, "God of War" is definitely a good article!

Although he has only written more than ten chapters, Gu Li has already seen signs of a big fire from this article, which makes him urgently want to contact the author.

Someone answered the phone: "Hello."

It was a young man, or rather, his voice was very young.

Gu Lidao: "Hello, is this Taibai who wrote "God of War", I am the editor of Shidian Chinese website."

The man said: "I am."

There are almost fireworks blooming in Gu Li's heart, it's not a fake call, it's so wonderful!

Gu Lidao: "That's it. Do you have any intention to sign a contract? I read your article and the conditions for a contract have been met."

Li Changgeng paused for a while and asked inexplicably, "Sign the contract?"

Gu Lidao: "It is the author who can get paid for the manuscript after it is put on the shelf. You can get money by subscribing to the VIP chapters from readers, and you will also have the opportunity to publish or even sell film and television copyrights in the future."

Li Changgeng's goal is to become an Internet guru, signing a contract is essential, so he directly asked, "How to sign a contract."

Gu Li said happily: "Just fill out the signing documents and send them to us."

He said: "Excuse me, do you have a Koukou number? Next, I will send you the electronic version of the signing document. It is better to use Koukou to receive it."

Taibai paused for a moment and said, "Then give me your Koukou number, and I'll add you right away." Li Changgeng changed the phone to the public release mode, freeing his hands, and he began to temporarily register the Koukou number.

After Gu Li reported his Koukou number, he received the invitation quite quickly.

The note sent by the account is Taibai.

He immediately passed the friend verification, and by the way, he took a look and found that this is a newly registered account.

Gu Li didn't think there was any problem. Some of his writers were also like this. When editing at home, they registered a work account, which was separate from their daily account.

He thinks this is pretty good. After all, if the author becomes popular, he will face a series of problems such as stripping his vest. If he protects his private life well from the beginning, he doesn't have to worry about these problems.

He didn't think about the fact that Taibai hadn't deducted the number before.

After reading his article, I knew that it was definitely not a child, at least about my own age. As long as someone over 15 years old, unless they lived in a small mountain village isolated from the world, how could it be possible that they did not have a QUQUAN number?

However, Li Changgeng, who had just descended from heaven not long ago and was very homely, really didn't exist.

After adding friends and sending the electronic signing documents, Gu Li hung up the phone, waiting for Taibai to pass the documents to him urgently.

On the other hand, Li Changgeng did some research and found that he had to use his real name to sign the contract, and he also had to issue a copy of his ID card.

His ID card was prepared with the help of the Heavenly Realm Government before he came down to earth, and it was not a fake ID card, it was a real ID card.

If there is any difference between his ID card and most people, it is probably because his hair is white.

He heard that people in the human world have to dye their hair black before taking ID cards, but because he is a god, even though his hair is white, the government of the human world has also given it to him.

The age on his ID card is 21 years old, he has been an adult for a long time, and it is not a problem to sign a contract for himself, so he quickly copied the ID card, filled it out, and sent it to Gu Li.

He still sent the air freight of SF Express, which was so fast that it arrived the next afternoon.

When Gu Li saw his courier in the mail room, he was shocked, thinking that Taibai was so fast?

He wasn't worried that the one who came was someone who made him happy for nothing. He didn't shop online recently, and he didn't sign contracts with other authors, so it must be Taibai who came.

However, after taking out a copy of his ID card and seeing what Taibai Dada, whose real name is Li Changgeng, looked like, Gu Li was "fucking shit" all his life, and was almost stunned by the photo of the other party.

Not to mention the white hair, the photo requirement of the ID card is the hair color is the natural color, is it possible that his hair is really white?

After searching the Internet, Gu Li found that if he is an albino, then white is the natural color of his hair, so he can take photos like this.

But what shocked him the most was definitely not the white hair of the other party, but his age and face.

Gu Li said that he finally understood today what it means to "obviously rely on face to make a living, but rely on talent".

The headquarters of Shidian Chinese.com is in Beijing, and the Beijing Film University is nearby. When I walk by the school gate every day, Gu Li feels that I have seen a lot of handsome guys, but there are not many who can surpass Taibai.

But after that, he became excited. An online writer has grown up like this. If he can get involved in the physical publishing industry in the future and hold a signing event, then the topic level on him must be many times higher than that of ordinary writers.

This is a typical young, promising, talented, and good-looking winner in life. It doesn't cost money to attract fans!

Thinking of this, he opened the button and sent a smiley face to the other party.

Yun Qi: The contract has been received.

Taibai: That's good.

Yun Qi: Da Da, I have a question for you.

Taibai: What.

Yun Qi: Your ID card hasn't been passed, right?

Half a minute later, Taibai directly replied with two photos of him, the front and back were taken for his identity verification, and another half minute later, he also attached a selfie from a mysterious angle.

Everyone is at a 45-degree elevation angle, but Taibai Dada, as if he is not afraid of being ugly, sent a photo of his face, which is at the same level as the camera.

He has the ability to explain what it means to be "good-looking and self-willed". As long as the face value is high enough, you can take pictures from any angle.

After seeing Li Changgeng's selfie, Gu Li's last trace of doubt was dispelled. He sent a series of ok, ok, ok, ok, ok, and then disappeared.

In front of the computer screen, Gu Li was full of energy. He said in his heart that when the time, place and people are right, he must present a phenomenon-level Internet guru who can become a god with a single article.

For his performance, fight!

Facts have proved that Gu Li did not misunderstand the person. About a few months later, Li Changgeng, who had pinned all his hopes, was firmly on the gold list of Shidian Literature City, and he had never been in the top five.

For established websites, this is simply an impossible miracle, because the authors on the gold list, except for Taibai, have written at least three or more works.

Experience, writing style, writing experience, readers' taste, writing style, these are basically things that have to be honed over time before they can be grasped. If you are a newcomer, it is almost impossible to achieve all these points in the first novel.

But Taibai just did it.

As for Gu Li, because he became Bole, his status in the editorial department has risen. He is an editor who has only been in the industry for three years, but he is able to sit on an equal footing with those old editors who once made great gods.

And these editors are very clear in their hearts that this is the first novel. If Taibai can maintain the same level after the end of "Battle of Gods" and write for another two years, then his future is absolutely limitless.

Once the physical book is sold, the economic benefits generated by this author alone will be enough to last Gu Li for a lifetime.

For editors, as long as they have an author whose physical book can exceed one million in their lifetime, they will be able to live comfortably for the rest of their lives.

However, after enjoying the happy days of hugging his thigh for a while, Gu Li discovered another problem, which was simply a sweet torture for him.

His thighs are too white and big, he is a terrible manuscript deposit maniac, and he is the kind who is unwilling to release the manuscript after the deposit is over.

Taibai updates [-] characters every day, which is the standard number of words on the Shidian Chinese website, neither too much nor too little.

Gu Li said that if he was a normal writer, he would not push him to write so much every day, but after observing for a period of time, he was particularly surprised to find that Taibai updated [-] words a day, and it was like this every day.

He wrote [-] characters and saved [-] characters.

Gu Li poked Taibai many times and asked him if he could update a little more, [-] a day would do.

Taibai said that he just likes to save manuscripts. Even if he can write [-] words a day, he will only update [-], which is not self-willed.

Gu Li looked at the revenue rankings in the background and felt a little distressed.

If you update [-] words more, Taibai will firmly sit at the top of the gold list.

Oh, what a pity.

……

Within a few months, Li Changgeng's "War of Gods" caused a sensation on the Internet. Not only people who started the Chinese website, but also readers from other websites would come to recharge their money just to read his articles.

After the copyright of the fan was opened, many excellent fan art emerged on Lofter and Weibo, including bg, bl, and gl.

The vast background and colorful characters can satisfy the tastes of all readers. No matter what type of text you like to read, you can find your favorite plot and your favorite cp in "God of War".

Li Changgeng calmly finished reading the fanfiction with the highest number of votes in this issue of the forum, and said in his heart that the integration of wild monkeys with the background of "God of War" really does not feel inconsistent.

The most important thing is that the writing is not bad, and the plot is also logical. He watched it, and felt that other people's writing of the plot of falling in love was more reasonable than his writing.

Yes, that's right, the cp written by this person is "I X Monkey King".

Li Changgeng thought, he saw some kind of bright spot in this person, a bright spot in writing.

Wild Monkey's forum essay competition has never stopped, and it is held one issue at a time, and the No.1 of each issue can get a limited matching card "big monkey and small monkey".

This is the only combo card in the whole game. The little monkey is Yin Shou and the big monkey is Sun Wukong. Both of them are dressed up as Monkey King. In the arena, the combo card’s attack is stronger than other cards, and It also has a recovery function.

This combo card is good for taking it out, and it can abuse people in the arena.

However, participating in the forum call for papers and sending cards is just one point. In fact, there is another idea for organizing this event.

After Tianyu Media decided to make their own TV series, a group of executives felt that it was time for them to set up an editorial team. They could help write TV series scripts when they were filming TV series, and help write game scripts when they were not filming TV series.

Although Li Changgeng's personal ability is very strong, Jiang Hongfei knows that he still has an ideal of becoming an online novelist. It is a bit inhumane to ask him to help the company write scripts every day under the premise that the other party writes online novels every day.

Even if Li Changgeng himself agreed, Jiang Hongfei felt a little bit guilty on his conscience.

Of course, at this moment, he didn't know that Li Changgeng had achieved his first goal and became a very good online novelist. Li Changgeng didn't tell anyone that he was the author of "God of War".

Taibai Jinxing said that it wasn't that he didn't take the initiative to say anything, but that no one asked him.

Jiang Hongfei, who knew nothing about it, told Li Changgeng about the idea of ​​forming a screenwriting team, and Li Changgeng agreed after thinking about it.

He said, "Okay."

Taibai Jinxing said again: "But whoever is chosen, I have to check in the end."

He is currently the No. [-] script writer and No. [-] screenwriter in Tianyu Media.

Of course Jiang Hongfei agreed, and he couldn't thank Li Changgeng enough just for agreeing to be the screenwriter.

Jiang Hongfei said: "Thank you so much, Teacher Li."

Li Changgeng said: "It's nothing, anyway, being a screenwriter is quite interesting."

He said: "Moreover, it will also facilitate the dissemination of my works more widely."

The dreams of writers are quite similar. One is to write excellent works, and the other is to let most people see their works.

Compared with novels, film and television is definitely a better way to expand the popularity of works.

Li Changgeng was planning for a rainy day. Looking at the popularity of "God of War", he would definitely be able to make a film and television film after it was finished, and in terms of effect, it must be the best film and television film in his company.

He thought to himself, if that's the case, then the change must be made by himself, and he doesn't want to be a screenwriter.

A little earlier or a little later is fine for him.

Li Changgeng is not a person who takes care of everything, he also knows that forming a team will be beneficial to him but not harmful, so he nodded in agreement with Jiang Hongfei's words.

Then when recruiting talents before, we also recruited many screenwriters, but unfortunately, none of Li Changgeng stayed.

None of them met Li Changgeng's request.

Jiang Hongfei was a little worried, what should he do if the recruits could not meet the requirements.

In the end, it was someone from the art department who gave him advice.

Wu Yue, director of the art department, said, "Should we try to recruit people online?"

Jiang Hongfei said, "Online recruiting?"

Wu Yuedao: "We often use this method to recruit painters, pay attention to non-commercial painters on lofter, Weibo and Twitter, and then send invitations to them."

She said: "These websites are all non-commercial. The painters who post paintings on them are generally non-professionals. The paintings are generated by love, or they are part-time statements."

"We will invite the skilled painters among them, and if they agree, they will become our company's non-staff painters and provide them with a stable salary."

She said: "If you want to find talented screenwriters, this method may be effective."

Although Tianyu Media has a big name, there are still few people who come for interviews. The Internet is different. Even on non-profit platforms, there are countless Internet writers. The larger the population base, the higher the possibility of talent. up.

Jiang Hongfei felt that it was quite feasible, so he relayed Wu Yue's words to Li Changgeng, and the other party had no objection, so in the second month, Wild Monkey started a long-term essay solicitation activity, and Li Changgeng also went to several forums for nothing. Shop around and see if there are any talents who can hit his spot.

Of course, when reading it, Li Changgeng directly skipped the profitable commercial novel websites. Once online novels can sell words to make money, their nature will become different. Websites that can only make money by selling books after the fact, the overall quality of articles is higher than that of Novels.com, which has a VIP system.

Of course, as far as fan fiction is concerned, relying on love to generate electricity is really powerful.

After Li Changgeng read the fanfiction of "God of War" again, he finally made up his mind. He said to the humanity of the mobile game department: "Help me contact the author."

He said: "Ask for me, if she has any intention of becoming a member of the screenwriting department."

The people in the mobile game department were all shocked. Although they knew the reason for the essay competition, after so long and after reading so many articles, Li Changgeng was still unimpressed. Now a qualified author appeared, and they were all surprised Extremely.

Gao Hanyue nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go right away!"

……

Cao Jing is a new senior graduate.

Currently, she is working as an editor in a small newspaper office.

She is a graduate of the Chinese Department. If she hadn't studied in graduate school, her jobs would be pretty much the same. She would be a teacher, an editor, or a civil servant. Basically, she would be a clerk.

Cao Jing feels that her job is actually quite unchallenging, and the salary is not very high, but this is already the best job she can find, so even if she is not satisfied, she will not be able to change jobs for a while idea.

Until one day, an opportunity presented itself to her.

Cao Jing doesn't have many hobbies, reading and writing count as two, and the common hobby of modern young people is playing mobile games.

She is the first batch of players of Wild Monkey, and she has a lasting love for this game. In the later stage, playing games can no longer satisfy her. Only by cutting her own thigh meat can she slightly suppress her desire.

Cao Jing can eat anything, but if she is born, she can only write the third-person perspective text of "I X Monkey King" in the game, or the real-life friendship between Monkey King and Yang Jian.

She has very little love interest, because Cao Jing feels that if the character is not OOC, it will be very difficult to fall in love according to the character design of the Great Sage. Didn’t you see that the heroine in the game has a low sense of presence?

Her style of writing made a bloody breakthrough among the delusional and silly and sweet ones, and brought Cao Jing a large number of fans.

Cao Jing quite enjoys this feeling, writing her favorite cp, watching fans screaming because they have eaten food, and the hobby of writing makes her ordinary life a little more colorful.

After get off work, Cao Jing returned home, took off her coat and lay on the sofa. She leaned against the back of the sofa in Ge You's lying position, holding the phone in both hands, and entered the wild monkey.

It has become her reserved item to get wild monkeys after get off work.

Cao Jing entered the game interface and found that there was a new call to her mailbox. She thought to herself, could it be that the wild monkey has some new activities?

However, after opening the letter, she was shocked. She was speechless for a long time after reading a few lines.

The letter said that her fanfiction not only won the first place in this essay competition, but also impressed the plot team members of the game with her rich plot and beautiful writing style. Therefore, the mobile game department of Tianyu Media sent her an invitation, hoping that she can come Day entertainment work.

The letter also kindly pointed out that if it is a foreigner, the company can provide her with free accommodation for a period of time before she finds a house.

Cao Jing stayed there for a long time. After she regained her senses, she checked the time first. Today is not April Fool's Day. Then she looked at the person who wrote the letter. It is really Tianyu official!

She was silent for a while, and found the front desk number of Tianyu Media on the Internet and called directly.

The lady at the front desk said: "Hi, this is Tianyu Media."

Cao Jing told her experience upside down, and the lady at the front desk said to her after listening patiently: "Let me help you transfer to the mobile game department."

Cao Jing said: "Yes, please, thank you."

After another 30 seconds, the person from the mobile game department answered the phone: "Hi, hello."

Cao Jing swallowed and said, "Hi, I'm Lun Shisan."

On Thirteen is the pseudonym she used to participate in the debate.

The people in the mobile game department have been informed about the essay competition for a long time, and they were very enthusiastic after hearing her say: "It turns out that it is Teacher Shisan, have you received our invitation?"

Cao Jing thought in a daze, it was not a prank, but the invitation was genuine.

She said: "I received it, but I don't quite understand what you mean." She said with difficulty, "Because I won an award for my fanart, can I enter the mobile game department of Tianyu Media?"

She just checked the salary level of Tianyu Media while feeling dizzy, and was taken aback by the figures mentioned on the Internet.

Are the salaries paid by entertainment companies so high now, or is this just nonsense from netizens?

The employee said: "Yes, that's what it means."

He was very considerate and said: "If you have the intention to join our company and have doubts about it, you can come to our company for an interview, and the round-trip transportation and accommodation expenses will be borne by our company."

Cao Jing: So good? !

Cao Jing said: "Your company is in Ning City, right?"

The employee said: "That's right." He paused and continued, "Where are you from?"

Cao Jing said: "Shanghai stock market."

The employee said: "Please wait a moment."

A few minutes later, Cao Jing hung up the phone in a daze. Her Alipay account had an extra transportation fee from Tianyu Media.

She also sent money to Wild Monkey before, so the company easily found out her Alipay account, and then transferred the money.

The company with deep pockets is very generous. We will reimburse the transportation expenses if we say so. If she goes to Ning City, she will just use the money to buy a train ticket.

So will Cao Jing go to Ning City?

Of course I will.

She thought, since this matter was not a scam, and the round-trip transportation expenses were reimbursed, it would be a fool not to go.

Her heart was pounding, beating very fast.

Cao Jing vaguely felt that an opportunity appeared in front of her.

A chance to change his destiny.

At the end of October, Sun Wukong finally finished his two-month closed-door filming, and returned to Ning City with his several big boxes.

Before going back, the children in the class spontaneously prepared a grand farewell party. With uncontrollable tears and smiles that the teacher wanted to see, they sent him away from school, and made the work of the class teacher for the past two months complete. full stop.

Sun Wukong was also very emotional when he left. Although he had gotten along a lot with monkeys and monkey grandchildren before, it was the first time he had stayed with a human child for so long, and his identity had also changed.

Monkey King never thought before that he would become a figure like Tang Seng. Of course, this does not mean that he became as verbose as his master, but he did not expect that he would become someone else's teacher.

It felt strange, and it was nice.

He thought about it for a while, and felt that he still liked being with the children very much.

After Monkey King returned to Ning City, the four monkeys of Monkey4 got together, and they could finally get together and practice dancing.

Next month, Tianyu Media will release their first official album for them!

Zhao Wuming looked at Sun Wukong and showed a malicious smile: "I have been a teacher for two months, are my limbs rusted?"

"Can you still dance?"

Sun Wukong raised his eyelids and said, "I have a dancing mat."

The dance used in their new album was compiled before Sun Wukong left, and the four monkeys compiled it together. After confirming that the dance would appear in the mv, the remaining three monkeys rehearsed several times, but Sun Wukong did not Did not attend rehearsal.

That's why Zhao Wuming asked him cheaply if he could still dance.

Hey, there is no way, the six-eared macaque is naturally fond of provoking people. Although he admired Monkey King after going to heaven, he still wants to provoke people from time to time.

It can be said to be very boring.

Facing Zhao Wuming's provocation, he took off his coat and said, "Try?"

Zhao Wuming: "..."

Have a good dance, why take off your clothes.

Do you think that I will be like your fans shouting that I want to help you give birth to monkeys?

I'm not Yang Jian, this suit of undressing is useless to me!

Zhao Wuming proudly puffed out his chest.

Sun Wukong looked at the ever-changing expression on his face and fell silent.

What's wrong?