Ten years ago, there were three literary websites: Gaowan.com, which mainly focused on male channels, and Huayu.com and Nanlin.com, which mainly focused on female channels.
In the last life, Jiang Baige signed a contract with Huayu.com, one of the leading female channels.
Even if she is not destined to write online articles, she can still sign on to good websites.
But it was not easy to sign, but it went bankrupt quietly. It even owed Jiang Baige a royalties that were almost enough to withdraw cash, but it has not been settled.
It’s also her fault for being inexperienced.
In fact, before the website closed down, her editor often "disappeared", and it was common for her not to reply to messages. But because the speed of reviewing articles has not changed much and the deposited manuscripts can be sent out on time, she didn't think too much.
Looking at the editor’s updates, it seemed that he was in love, so she thought that was the reason.
"What are you thinking about?"
Wen Mian was afraid of embarrassment to Lin Xingran who had given a lot of serious suggestions, so she reminded Jiang Baige.
Jiang Baige came back to his senses and said: "It's okay. Xingran, I wasn't dissatisfied with you just now. What you said was right, and I will change it again. I just... Hey, again We've encountered a problem."
"Li Bingyang is here to see you?" Wen Mian's voice suddenly raised an octave, as if the word "Li Bingyang" was some kind of disaster switch.
Jiang Baige was amused by her: "No, the editor sent me the signing document, reminding me to sign it and send it back within fifteen working days."
Still here There is no electronic signature, all signing documents are in paper form.
"Isn't this a good thing?" The other three were puzzled.
Jiang Baige was silent for a while and made up a reason: "I'm still hesitating whether to sign this website. Because if it fails, all my work will be in vain."
Losing the royalties is a trivial matter. Losing readers and losing motivation to continue is a bigger problem.
"How could it fail..."
Yes, Jiang Baige still can't figure out why a good website failed!
"If you don't sign the contract, will you be blacklisted?" Zhou Ling was a little worried - it was in line with her future development direction, because she later took the master's degree in law during the postgraduate entrance examination.
"She doesn't want to write there anymore, is she still afraid of being blacklisted?"
"But now she is just worried that the website will not be able to open, right? What if it does? It will get better in the future, but she regrets it and wants to go back?"
Well, if fate didn't have to play tricks on her again, this kind of thing shouldn't happen.
"Actually, I have received some inside information... Moreover, the website is signed by someone. Once you sign for ten years, I will sell it. I don't think it is cost-effective."
The second half of the sentence is indeed true.
Although "signer" is better for maintaining a pen name, ""Book signing" is more friendly to ordinary authors. They don't have to worry about "selling out". If the book is really popular, they can also be turned into "signing books".
"Then since you have thought about it, why are you still hesitating? Woolen cloth? ”
Lin Xingran asked about the idea again.
— Because of one person.
In the last life, although the website collapsed, she also lost her love because of her first book. After signing the contract, Jiang Baige was drawn into the group of authors, and Linlang was also there. .
Linlang was already a master-level author at that time. He had written many books for many years and published several books.
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The best thing about her is that there is no "window period". Once the old book is finished, a new one will be released within a month, whether it is a bestseller list, a subscription list, a completed list, or a new book. She was on both the list and the author list.
Therefore, even if she knew that Linlang was in the same group, she did not dare to take the initiative to hook up with him.
At first, it was because she was in the same group. For newcomers, Jiang Baige will ask for some tips on posting, such as the frequency of updates, how to interact with readers, etc.
On weekends, everyone is more free, and more people reply on weekdays. Many people have no time to talk to her because they have to go to work.
But Linlang is online almost all the time. She will reply to questions whenever she sees them, and she is very meticulous and not condescending at all.
Over time, the two became familiar with each other
But it didn’t take long for Jiang Baige to discover that some people in the group liked to form cliques and flatter others, which she hated the most. Yes, it is the male author who is "regarded as a treasure" in the group.
Once everyone held a coding competition. Jiang Baige was obviously the fastest, but because there was a male author, If you participate, everyone will say that the man is the first.
The so-called "reward" is just that other authors participating in the competition will leave messages and send gifts to the first-place novel page (gifts can also be obtained for free). ), Jiang Baige didn't care at all.
She just hated the trend of "licking men and hating women", so she got into a quarrel with a few authors who particularly loved men in the group, and got angry. She left the group.
Before her anger subsided, she received a friend reminder from Linlang.
The two of them had only chatted in the group a few times. Linlang added her through a temporary private chat.
Linlang didn't say anything to comfort her, she just said: Just write your own novel, everything else is empty.
The friendship continued like this
Unlike Jiang Baige, who was still a student, Linlang had been working for several years, but was not happy with it, so after his income from online writing became stable, he ResignedFreelancing.
Later, the website closed down, and editors from other websites approached Linlang.
But at that time, she had just taken out a loan to buy a house, and she really needed money. Her income from online writing was unstable, so she mainly wrote commercial articles. After writing online articles became a side job, a new website robbed me of my royalties, and I ended up in the same way as Jiang Baige - I stopped writing online articles.
But Jiang Baige was reluctant to let go of this friend, not because he wanted to gain the glory of the "great god".
But every time Jiang Baige was short of money, Linlang would introduce her to the job of writing commercial manuscripts, so that she would at least not starve to death.
Linlang also expressed her desire to come back and write online articles.
But like Jiang Baige, she did not dare to try and make mistakes easily due to the pressure of life. Until Jiang Baige's sudden death, he could not see Linlang return to the world of online literature.
Compared to Li Bingyang, who deliberately develops a "common language" with her just to take advantage of her, Linlang's resonance with her and her love for online articles and writing are real.
So this time, since she had a chance to come back, she also wanted to help Linlang.
But if she doesn't sign the contract, she won't be able to meet Linlang again... Of course, she can also pretend to be a reader, but will Linlang come to her for discussion when she's in doubt?
"Hey——"
Jiang Baige sighed heavily.
She really didn’t understand why she was so entangled when she had the correct answer?
At this time, Wen Mian spoke - she usually also read some online articles for leisure.
"Xiaobai, if you want to change your website, do you have to hurry up? You have to re-submit the document and apply for the contract. If you have time, you can still go back to this website. If you continue to delay, by then Other websites can’t pass, and the contract period for this website has also passed, so it’s really a waste of time.”