"The Sand Palace of Sky Axe" seems to be a fantasy novel, which begins with telling the birth of a kingdom.
It looks quite novel, but not much can be seen from this small part in the front. It just gives people the impression that the beginning is grand and the story should be very long.
The novel was not updated at once, and Chen Mobai did not give a detailed number, but it was only about 10,000 to 20,000 words.
After he read the updated part, he looked at the bottom of the post and saw that there were already many comments from netizens.
Longxiang Shengteng: [The beginning of this novel is very grand, and I am still looking forward to the follow-up. ]
Lao Zhu is a thin man: [I can’t see anything yet, but I have more confidence in Dong Qi, and I believe that the subsequent story will not disappoint me. 】
Wandering Disciple: [How many more chapters are there in this novel? How many will be serialized every day? When will it be finished?]
Huang Tian Zaikong: [It would be great if it were serialized every day. It would be much more exciting than reading magazines and chasing novels. 】
Dongfang Yixiao: [The official did not say what the contracted novel meant, which makes me still think about it. It seems to be no different from ordinary users publishing novels. ]
Fatty Li Zhuzhu: [There should be income from contracted novels.]
Dongfang Yixiao: [Income? How can we have income? We all read it for free. How can we get income from publishing novels online? I think it must be some kind of contract signed, such as subsequent physical publication. ]
Little White Rabbit’s Black Spot: [I think Brother Dongfang is right, we should follow up with a physical store and do a wave of publicity on the website first.]
Wandering Today: [What, isn’t Dongfang a woman? Why is she an old man? But I think it’s not enough just for the sake of physical books. Deep Space’s resources in the publishing industry do not make it necessary to put physical books online first.
,How many people do we have in total on this forum?】
Dongfang Yixiao: [Wandering brother, I am not a woman. Although there are not many people in the deep space forum now, there will be more and more people in the future. Many of my friends are now ready to come in and have fun. ]
Apache was very white: [Sister Dongfang, you are a woman, don’t think I don’t know. There are too few computers now, and it will probably take a long time for the number of people to grow.]
Dongfang Yixiao: [I'm really not a woman... Let's just leave it alone, the official will definitely give out the news later. ]
…
In the evening of that day, officials came out to answer everyone's questions.
Deep Space officially issued a post detailing the contract signing system of the Deep Space Forum.
Any work on the website or that hopes to sign a contract with the website is expected to sign a contract with Deep Space. Once signed, the website will be responsible for helping with the operation and promotion of the work and subsequent copyright operations.
The specific commission ratio will vary depending on the work.
In addition to the subsequent copyright operations that can bring income to the author, in the early stage when the novel does not generate income, Deep Space will also provide the author with a certain amount of guaranteed funds to ensure the author's creative passion.
This also means that as long as the work is signed by Deep Space, even if it is not published later, you can still get a part of the profit in advance, just like serializing it in a magazine.
In addition, this post also mentioned that the subsequent website will also hold an essay competition and invite well-known writers to serve as judges. Once you stand out in the essay competition, you will have the opportunity to receive considerable essay bonuses.
After this statement came out, it stirred up waves and once again aroused heated discussions among netizens.
In the past, everyone discussed literature in the forum, and occasionally netizens would publish articles for other people to read, but the scale was never large.
Now that the officials have directly stepped down and given this contract signing model, things have suddenly become different, and netizens like them have become closer to literature.
There is no need to go through a publishing house or magazine, everyone can also hope to publish their own works, and they can also make money from their works.
Dongfang Yixiao: [I said the official will give an explanation. Now it seems that there is a big move in deep space. 】
Tian Bo asked: [I still don’t quite understand how to make money. If you expect physical publishing in the later stage, what is the difference from offline publishing? 】
Shuqing Shuyu: [Will there be charges in the future?]
Tianbo asked: [Are there any charges online? I’m not very optimistic about it.]
Fatty Li Zhuzhu: [You don’t care how to make money in deep space. Now it seems that this also provides another way for the authors, which is a good thing for the authors and a good thing for us readers. 】
Tianbo asked: [If I don’t make money, I’m afraid they won’t be able to continue doing it.]
Little White Rabbit’s black spot: [There was no charge for the forum before, but Deep Space still did a great job, with so many people taking care of it.]
Tian Bo asked: [The rate of burning money is different.]
Apache was very white: [Just wait and see, time will give the answer, Deep Space Company will not fight an unprepared battle.]
…
As the netizen "Apache is very white" said, deep space companies will indeed not fight an unprepared war.
At this stage, the Deep Space Forum only has one contracted novel, and Deep Space has become independent, with a total of two departments, including fifteen people in the editorial department and ten people in the operations department.
The monthly salary for this team of twenty-five people is a huge expense, but Deep Space Company is now rich and does not care about this investment at all.
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“After Xiao Li’s novel was published on the website, the response was very good.”
On March 6th, just after the Waking of Insects, and the afternoon sunshine was just right, Hu Changqing came to Yu Dong's office with a tea cup to chat with him.
He is an old netizen and pays more attention to the deep space website than others.
Yu Dong smiled: "Why, Lao Hu, you are also interested and want to publish a novel on it?"
Hu Changqing waved his hands quickly: "Forget it, just post an article last time. From now on, I will chat with netizens on my account, brag, and do nothing else."
"Can you bear it?" Yu Dong smiled, stood up and poured some water for himself, "But if you are really interested, you can use the pen name of Fushui. Now that the website signing system has just come out, many people are waiting and watching. If
If you, a big science fiction guy, take the lead, you can also attract more authors to join."
"The main reason is that my output is low. If I had a high output, I wouldn't be able to publish it in Science Fiction World. I might consider dividing some and publishing it on the website," Hu Changqing said.
Yu Dong nodded, Hu Changqing said it very honestly, and the reality is also the same.
For an already famous author like Hu Changqing, there is actually no need to publish novels on the website. Although the website provides the author with early guarantees, the amount is definitely not large and cannot compare with the manuscript fees given by magazines.
Moreover, the website traffic is now small and the audience is small.
"By the way, talk to Fu Jing and the others later and publish the news about taking students to study in the United States so that they can publicize it." Hu Changqing added.
Yu Dong smiled and said: "I have asked Jiang Jie to do this, but this year's art exam has ended, so this news will not have much impact on this year's enrollment."
Hu Changqing laughed: "It's not like the school only recruits this year's students, and there may be others who will be missed in the future. The art exam can't be accurate either."
"Hey, Lao Hu, you are still in charge of enrollment."
"Hey, it's hard work for those who can do it. This time the art exam brought some good talents, but you weren't here so I didn't see them."
"How can I have time to take care of the art exam..." After thinking about it, Yu Dong asked again: "How many people are the performance department planning to recruit this year?"
"Twenty-five."
"So many?" Yu Dong was a little surprised, "How many certificates are we going to issue?"
"eighty."
"..."
Yu Dong pursed his lips, "Good guy, if you accept twenty-five people and issue eighty certificates, you won't be afraid of a bunch of invalid certificates later."
But Yu Dong also understands the school's concerns.
There is definitely a gap between the acting department of Jinyi and several schools such as China National Theater and Beijing Film Academy. It is not easy to receive good talents, so we adopted this form of widespread "hero posts".
"Lao Hu, do you have the list of these eighty students?"
"Yes." Hu Changqing nodded, and then looked at Yu Dong quite unexpectedly: "It's a little late for you to look at the list now. How about I show you the videos of these people's art exams?"
"Let's take a look at the list information first, and we'll talk about it after the video."
"Okay, this is easy to handle. I have a copy in my office. I'll go get it for you."
After a while, Hu Changqing left and returned with a stack of information.
At the top of the information is a table with a total of eighty-one people on it. The number is quite auspicious.
Yu Dong's eyes barely scanned two lines on the list before he narrowed his eyes and saw a familiar name - Mei Ting.
Is it the same name?
Yu Dong looked at the serial number and found Mei Ting's information.
It's really her.
Information shows that Mei Ting is a native of Jinling. He graduated from Jinling No. 1 Middle School. He joined the Military Arts Frontline Song and Dance Ensemble in 1988, joined the Jinling Frontline Song and Dance Ensemble in 1993, and retired in 1994.
There is no detailed information for the past year or so. She was probably preparing to take the drama school entrance examination.
Hu Changqing saw that Yu Dong had specially pulled out a piece of information, stretched his head over to look at it, and then laughed, "This little girl is a good prospect. She dances very well. She is already a platoon-level cadre, but she just doesn't want to dance, so she ran away
Come take the acting test."
Yu Dong nodded: "It's not bad."
He took out Mei Ting's information and put it aside, and then continued to look at the list.
At this glance, I saw many familiar names again.
Liu Ye, Chen Kun, Hu Jing, Yuan Quan...
Yu Dong probably counted more than a dozen names that were familiar to him.
Hu Changqing said next to him: "The quality of this year's batch is indeed good. I think it was probably influenced by the Deep Space Annual Conference. After all, every report about the Deep Space Company a year ago always mentioned our Jinyi."
"such a pity."
Hu Changqing sighed again, "These good talents may not be able to stay. Many of them will definitely be able to obtain certificates even if they go to other schools."
Yu Dong held the students' information with his hand and said, "Lao Hu, please go and get the art test videos of these students and show them to me."
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Chapter completed!