Back to 80: My Literary Life

"I've heard of this name. He is a doctoral supervisor at Central South University and the first doctoral supervisor to recruit doctoral students in the cultural industry. This news was published in the newspaper." Fang Minghua replied.

"Yes, he is a friend of mine. He is currently completing a project at the National Academy of Social Sciences called "Research on the Impact of the Internet on the Development of Literature and Countermeasures". He once found me and asked me for advice on online literature." Han Shaogong said

"Looking for you?" Fang Minghua was a little surprised. Han Shaogong didn't seem to have been involved in online literature.

Sure enough, Han Shaogong laughed: "Yes, he thought I was the president of Tianya magazine, and Tianya magazine cooperated with Tianya community, so he found me to ask for advice. In fact, he found the wrong person. I have never been involved in this research."

Here he paused, and Han Shaogong said: "On the contrary, you, Minghua, are said to know a lot about online literature, including the "Under the Banyan Tree" online literature website in Shanghai, which is closely related to you. So when you return to Changsha this time, can you meet my friend and talk to him about your views on this issue?"

If it were someone else, Fang Minghua would not agree.

But Han Shaogong.

You have to pay a little to stay and eat for free for three days here, right?

As for this topic, it is not a problem for Fang Minghua at all.

"Okay, I'll meet him." Fang Minghua agreed.

"Then I'll call him." After saying that, Han Shaogong entered the room.

He came out a few minutes later and said to Fang Minghua with a smile: "I have contacted Ou Youquan. He welcomes you very much. He said that you should call him when you are about to arrive in Changsha, and he will pick you up at the train station." After that, he handed Fang Minghua a note with a mobile phone number written on it.

Han Shaogong sent Fang Minghua to the village head, and when Fang Minghua got on a minibus, the two waved goodbye.

Sitting in the minibus, Fang Minghua looked at the surrounding scenery along the way, and thought that Han Shaogong's semi-secluded life in this place was really good.

How about we live like this in the future?

Find a beautiful place in Qinling Mountains and build a building. Go there to escape the summer heat. If you are interested, you can also grow some vegetables and live a life like Tao Yuanming. That life will definitely not be worse than Han Shaogong's here.

However, Qinling Mountains is a protected area. If you build villas there randomly, you will end up in trouble!

But in a small mountain village with better scenery in the northern foot of Qinling Mountains, buy a local farmer's house, renovate it and live there. This should be okay, right?

After returning, take time to go to Qinling Mountains to take a look.

Fang Minghua fell into wild thoughts.

Soon they arrived at Miluo County, and Fang Minghua took the train back to Changsha. While sitting on the seat, Fang Minghua took out his mobile phone and called Ou Youquan.

A man with an Hubei accent came from inside. When Fang Minghua introduced himself, the other party's tone immediately became enthusiastic. After a few pleasantries, he asked Fang Minghua to tell him the time to arrive at Changfa Railway Station and meet at the station.

An hour later, the train arrived at Changsha Railway Station. Fang Minghua walked out of the station with a travel bag and saw a man in his fifties holding a sign with the three words "Fang Minghua" written on it.

Fang Minghua walked over and the two shook hands with a smile.

"Chairman Fang, I have heard of your name for a long time, but I have never met you. Today I finally met you." Ou Youquan said with a smile.

"No, no." Fang Minghua said politely: "I heard from the young workers that you are very knowledgeable about online literature."

"Haha, not really, but I think this is a new thing that will have a considerable impact on traditional literature, so I am more interested. Please come this way."

The two chatted and got into a Santana. Ou Youquan personally drove Fang Minghua to a hotel near Central South University and booked a room. He arranged for him to stay first and let him rest for a while. At lunch, they could chat while eating.

Fang Minghua agreed.

The School of Literature of Central South University is located at the foot of the beautiful Yuelu Mountain. After Fang Minghua checked into the hotel, Ou Youquan left.

Fang Minghua took a bath and did not go out to wander around. He just took out the Longjing tea he brought with him and boiled water to make a cup of tea for himself. Suddenly, his mobile phone rang. He saw that the number was from Zhao Hongjun, so he picked it up.

"Minghua, I heard that you went to Changsha to attend the World Chinese Literature Award Ceremony. Have you returned to Xijing?" Zhao Hongjun asked.

"No, I'm still in Changsha. I went to see a friend who lives in the countryside a few days ago. What's wrong?"

"You have friends in the rural areas of Hunan Province?" Zhao Hongjun's surprised voice came from the other end of the microphone.

"It's Han Shaogong, the vice chairman of the Hainan Writers Association. You met him in Haikou. Now he lives in seclusion in a village in Hunan Province half of the time. There are beautiful scenery and a very good environment there, so I went there to stay for two days."

"Oh, you have a leisurely life. Let's put it this way. Don't rush back to Xijing after the Changsha matter is over. Come to Shanghai. There is a big quarrel over Shengshi Network Literature. Come and see it quickly."

"What are they quarreling about?"

"Dai Jiali and several vice presidents disagreed on the acquisition of a literary website. In the end, no one could say anything. The lawsuit was brought to me. You know I don't know much about online literature, so I need your help."

Huh?

There are several large companies under Shengshi Group. Shengshi Film and Television is managed by Song Tangtang. It has developed rapidly in recent years. Shu Bin is still the general manager of Shengshi Books, and the pace is relatively steady.

Shengshi Online Literature is managed by Dai Jiali, who has been very active in the past two years. As for the investments in Western Film and Television City and Tianya Community, they are only in the form of equity participation and do not participate in the specific operations of the company.

The strategic direction of the group is vaguely controlled by Fang Minghua, so Zhao Hongjun, the chairman and general manager of Shengshi Group, is actually a hands-off boss, allowing several companies under him to develop independently. Of course, he claims to be learning from Lao Tzu. Rule by doing nothing.”

Now that the internal leadership of Shengshi Online Literature Company has different opinions, Fang Minghua naturally comes to mind.

"Do you know which website they acquired and had a conflict with?" Fang Minghua asked again.

"Dai Jiali wanted to acquire a new literary website called Qidian that was just built last year, while Chen Wanning and several vice presidents wanted to acquire the more powerful Fantasy Sword Book Alliance, so there was a conflict between them.

That's right

Fang Minghua pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, after I finish my work in Changsha, I will come directly to Shanghai."

After hanging up the phone, Fang Minghua drank tea and looked at the scenery outside the window.

2002 was still an important year for online articles. In this year, many websites struggled to find a way out due to profitability issues. After all, there was no VIP charging model at this time.

As a result, most of the famous works were published in traditional Chinese in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The original Dragon's Sky followed the trend and turned most of its energy to physical books, so it neglected website operations. At this time, Fantasy Sword Book Alliance used free as a gimmick. Taking advantage of the situation, it took over the leading position in the online novel website industry.

Fantasy Sword Book League rose up for free and became a giant. However, in May of the same year, the later giant Qidian Chinese Network was established.

Fantasy Sword Book Alliance, Starting Point.

The Warring States Period of online literature has begun.