Back to 1997, I became the originator of online literature

Chapter 88 Three Design Drawings

Zhu William really couldn't keep his composure.

In the following period of time, I bargained with Cao Sheng, and finally reached an agreement on the following terms: Cao Sheng promised to serialize at least 800 million words for free from the date of signing the agreement. As a reward, I would give Cao Sheng 15% of the original shares for free. In addition, when raising funds and expanding shares in the future, Cao Sheng has the right to make additional investments to ensure that his shareholding ratio is not diluted.

There was no rush to sign the agreement that night, and both parties agreed to sign the contract the next morning.

After dinner, Zhu William and others went to the hotel to stay.

Cao Sheng walked back to his residence along the Xin'an River as if he was taking a leisurely stroll. After all, the old street was not far from his yard.

I returned to my residence, made a cup of Maofeng tea, and went to the study on the second floor.

Turning on the computer and watching it starting up, Cao Sheng smiled and felt that his life was comfortable. Out of nowhere, someone came to give him the company's original shares.

He had no intention of leaving before Qidian was established.
Simply a surprise.

What's there to leave?

The memories before rebirth clearly show that after Qidian launched the VIP subscription service in 2003, all other novel websites were trampled underfoot and could only survive.

So, even though he knew that there would be more and more novel websites in the next few years, he was too lazy to change places.

Anyway, I'll just serialize it for free and won't earn any royalties.

It would be better to wait patiently for Qidian to be established, and then go directly to Qidian after it launches its VIP subscription service to save yourself the hassle.

As for the next few years, which websites will overshadow them?
He still didn't care.

Because he believes that the popularity of works on the Internet in the next few years will be fake.

What really determines an author's strength and status in the industry is whether he can publish physical books in simplified and traditional Chinese, as well as the amount of publishing fees.

Cao Sheng's works have already opened up channels for simplified and traditional Chinese publishing on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, and his royalties have also been raised. Do other authors want to surpass him in royalties and sales of their works?
Is it that easy?

In addition, its popularity was surpassed by other similar websites in the following years. That was what happened in the original time and space.

And now at this time and space, Cao Sheng is about to become a shareholder. Although his shares only account for 15%, he already has a say.

What is there to say?

If you think your hometown is not good, why don't you build it up?

He has experienced multiple versions of Qidian.com.

Know what those versions of the page look like.

He can try to make suggestions and modify the page and functions.

It doesn't have to be too good, as long as it's not worse than the pages of other novel websites in the next few years.

In this way, coupled with the first-mover advantage, the accumulated group of authors, and Cao Sheng's works, will they be easily surpassed by other novel websites?
He wanted to give it a try.

He would feel a great sense of accomplishment if he could completely change the status and development trajectory of the circle because of his contribution.

This is a testament to his personal worth.

Moreover, if he can develop better than the original time and space, the shares he holds will be more valuable.

It's a win-win!

The computer started up successfully, but Cao Sheng took out a draft book and a pencil, and lowered his head to draw the homepage of a simple online website on the draft book.

In the upper left corner is the name of the website.

The following are the types of works, such as fantasy, science fiction, fairy tales, history, military, supernatural, poetry and short essays, etc.

Below that are several rows of recommendations, below these are update lists, and on the far right of the webpage are several rankings.

From top to bottom, they are the flower list, click list, collection list, new book list, and new books in storage.

He didn't make a monthly ticket list because that was the list after the VIP subscription service was turned on.

There is no best-selling list because the current Internet environment is not suitable for launching subscription services. Without subscription services, how can we talk about best-selling lists?
He also doesn't want to start a subscription service right now.

Firstly, there are not enough readers, and secondly, the current website recharge service is very inconvenient. Even if readers are willing to subscribe, the inconvenient recharge service will curb their interest in subscribing.

Therefore, instead of charging for online literature now and making a few dollars, it is better to continue to provide it for free for a few years and continue to cultivate the online literature market.

As an online writer, Cao Sheng hopes that this market can grow as soon as possible.

After drawing a simple diagram of the website homepage, he drew a simple diagram of the author's background and a simple diagram of the page of each book.

He was used to using Qidian's pages and author background, and was not used to the current pages and author background.

I just hope to become the person I like.

When drawing these simple diagrams, a thought flashed through his mind: If the page can really become like this, perhaps in the next few years, other novel websites will become like this, and when Qidian is created, it will most likely borrow from web design.

When he thought about it this way, he found it interesting.

want to laugh.

……

The next morning.

Cao Sheng came to the hotel where Zhu William and others were staying, met with Zhu William and others and signed the contract. After the signing was completed, he took out the three simple drawings he drew last night and handed them to Zhu William.

"Mr. Zhu, please take a look at these three pictures and see if there is anything worth learning from them."

Zhu William, Wang Jing and Lao Zhang were all very confused.

I don't understand what Cao Sheng is trying to do?
What chart should we let them see when they just become shareholders?

Zhu William took the three simple diagrams, and Wang Jing and Lao Zhang both leaned over to take a look out of curiosity.

The more I looked, the more surprised I became.

Soon, Wang Jing looked up and asked, "Cao Sheng, is this the page design of the website?"

Cao Sheng smiled and nodded.

Zhu William and Lao Zhang also looked up at Cao Sheng.

William Zhu: "You want our website to be like this?"

Cao Sheng: "Yes! I don't know much about running a business or operating a website, but as an author and reader, I feel that the current page of our website is not very convenient to use, whether it is to publish works or to find books on the website. These three pictures show what I want to see, you can refer to them."

Zhu William nodded thoughtfully, then looked down at the design in his hand.

As he watched, he noticed that Cao Sheng had subdivided the works into categories when designing the website's homepage.

These classifications made him feel uncomfortable.

Because the categories divided by Cao Sheng include fantasy, science fiction, fairy tales, military, history, supernatural, as well as poetry and short essays.

The main categories on his website, poetry, diaries, essays, etc., only occupy one position in the categories divided by Cao Sheng, and it is ranked at the last place.

Did he see that we had to transform?

This doubt flashed through Zhu William's mind, and he looked up at Cao Sheng with mixed feelings.

At this moment, he felt that his thoughts were seen through by the young man Cao Sheng, and suddenly he felt that Cao Sheng seemed a little unfathomable.

There seemed to be two voices speaking in my heart.

A voice said: Cao Sheng is just a novelist, what does he know about website design?

Another voice said: The web pages designed in these three pictures seem to be much better than our current pages. Is this guy really an accounting major? Did he also study web design?
(End of this chapter)