My 1999

Xu Liang realized that he was being watched.

Just waiting to bite myself hard.

"Brother Wu, thank you very much for today. I'll treat you at Dongfeng Tower tonight."

"Haha, your brother is treating you to a treat, I will definitely be there."

After a few polite words, Xu Liang hung up the phone.

There was a look of thought on his face.

The current situation could not be solved unless he was willing to find Jiang Weiguo.

But Xu Liang also felt that he was overqualified for such a small thing.

"Lao Teng, we are not buying the land in District 798A. See if you can sign a long-term contract with them. Then contact Chaoyang District and ask him to find us a piece of land to build a training base."

Teng Huaming nodded.

Qixing Huadian Lion said loudly that he didn't want to buy it either.

After seeing Teng Huaming off, Xu Liang walked to the window.

Looking at the quiet park below, he sighed slightly.

He's used to this place and he really doesn't want to move away. But if we don’t move, when the rent in the 798 Art District increases in the future, based on New Dream’s future plan, the rent alone will be 200 million or more in a year.

It is better to find a place to build a campus on your own while land is still cheap.

As long as transportation is convenient, training schools do not necessarily have to be in bustling urban areas.

Inviting Wu Shaohua to a meal in the evening was a return of the favor.

In the afternoon, Xu Liang came to Chang'an Commercial Building not far from Wangjing Building.

This is a nine-story old building built in the early 1990s.

As the number of people in Wangjing Building increases, people from Hongmeng Music, Hongmeng Literature and Hongmeng Comics all come to work here.

Yihaodian and Pangu subsidiaries moved to the nearby Wuzhou Commercial Building.

Over at Wangjing Building, only Bing Company and Hongmeng Games are left.

These two departments are also currently the departments with the largest number of Hongmeng employees.

Bing, in particular, has more than 1,800 employees at its headquarters alone. If you include branches in various locations, the number is close to 3,000.

Hongmeng Games has three studios: Dijiang, Jumang, and Zhurong, with nearly 500 people.

Including the staff of the branch, there are less than a thousand people.

Xu Liang stepped into the office of Hongmeng Literature.

There are currently three websites under Hongmeng Literature.

Huanjian Shumeng, Hongxiu Tianxiang, and Oak Literature Network publish novels, novellas, short stories, essays, poems, essays and other serious literature.

With the strong financial support of Hongmeng, Huanjian, which has been continuously acquiring, has now merged more than half of the personal book sites on the market.

With its powerful library and sophisticated UI design, it changed the VIP system and attendance award system of the entire industry. In just over half a year, it has become the largest website in the online literature industry, accounting for nearly 80% of the entire online literature industry. .

"Mr. Xu."

"Mr. Xu, morning."

The employees at work saw him coming in and greeted him quickly.

Xu Liang nodded with a smile and went directly to the office of Hongmeng Literature President Wu Wenhui.

Yes.

With his outstanding work ability, he was originally just the director of Phantom Sword and has been promoted.

"Mr. Xu."

Seeing him coming in, Secretary Wu Wenhui stood up quickly.

"Are you, Mr. Wu, in there?"

"Here, I'll take you in."

"No, I can just go in by myself and get to work."

"yes."

Xu Liang knocked on the door.

"Come in."

Xu Liang pushed the door open and looked at his general who was lying in front of the computer.

"So focused so early in the morning?"

"Mr. Xu? Why are you here?"

"Why, you don't welcome me?"

"How is that possible? All of us at Hongmeng Literature welcome you to inspect."

With that said, Wu Wenhui hurriedly came up to greet him.

The two sat down on the sofa in the reception area.

"How is the company developing recently?"

"Thanks to the support of the head office, our Huanjian and Hongxiu have more than 200 new books added to the library every day, which is more than twice the amount when the website was first established."

"What about the contract signing rate?" Xu Liang asked.

Like some early developments, it was also difficult to sign Huanjian and Hongxiu.

After all, there are no competitors at this time, so of course we must concentrate our resources on relatively high-quality writers as much as possible.

"About 5%."

It is indeed difficult to sign five books out of a hundred.

“How many signed writers do we have now?”

"There are 249 Huanjian and 117 Hongxiu. However, the number has been growing rapidly. By the end of the year, the number of signed writers should double."

Xu Liang nodded.

As the number of Internet users grows rapidly, the number of Internet writers will also grow. This is a sure thing.

"How many registered users are there now?"

"The latest data is 5.57 million, but the number of people paying is only one-tenth."

This is normal. The domestic economy is still underdeveloped. Except for true fans, who has so much spare money to read novels?

"What was your revenue last month?"

"2.27 million Chinese coins."

Xu Liang didn't ask about the net profit, because it must be a negative number.

However, as the number of book readers and online writers continues to grow, the time when revenue will be balanced and even net profits will be generated is not far away.

"I can see from the monthly reports you submitted that the development of Oak Literature Network is not very good." Xu Liang said.

"Mr. Xu, serious literature is different from online novels. We have not accumulated it before and have few contacts with those serious literature writers. It is difficult to develop it in a short period of time."

Xu Liang nodded and pondered for a moment.

"If we can increase the number of books in the library, can we create attractions and accelerate the development of Oak Literature Network?"

"Definitely.

The more content a website can find online, the more attractive it will be to clients and, therefore, to web writers. "

Xu Liang nodded and said, "In that case, I will give you a task. Scan all the books currently available on the market and build the largest online library in the country within the Hongmeng Literature Network."

Wu Wenhui was shocked. This ambition was too huge.

"What, no confidence?"

Wu Wenhui had a quick idea and said quickly: "Of course not. Mr. Xu, if we want to do what you said, we need to add more servers and more manpower..."

Xu Liang interrupted him, "You don't have to worry about any of this. I will allocate funds to you. You just need to recruit people and let the hardware management department add servers for you."

Wu Wenhui nodded and continued, "There is also the issue of copyright. We are likely to face litigation."

Not likely, but certain to face litigation.

Many books published by publishers are still under copyright protection.

"Don't worry about copyright. We'll coordinate after they come to our door." Xu Liang said.

Ten years from now, he may still be hesitant. At present, domestic copyright awareness is poor, the cost of rights protection is high, and the compensation after penalty is small, so he basically doesn’t need to care.

Wu Wenhui nodded.

Just when I was about to ask the other party to show me around, my phone suddenly rang.

Picked it up, looked at it, and pressed the answer button.

"Mr. Xu, this is Hu Fang. Mo Manniang, a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts, came over just now and said that the portrait she painted for you has been finished."

"I know." Just as he was about to hang up the phone, Xu Liang thought of something, "Where is she now?"

"After putting down the painting, I went back to the studio."

"You can ask her what her mobile phone number is later and tell me when you're done."

"yes."

Xu Liang hung up the phone.

"Old Wu, come on, take me around."

Wu Wenhui stood up quickly.

After reading Hongmeng Literature, Xu Liang went to Hongmeng Comics again.

The current development of Hongmeng comics is slower than that of Hongmeng literature.

Anyone can write a novel, the difference is just a matter of quality.

But if you don’t have deep art skills in comics, you won’t be able to draw them well at all.

And in addition to art skills, you also need literary skills.

It can be said that successful cartoonists are composite talents.

Such people are too rare in China today.

It has been more than half a year since Hongmeng Comics was established, and so far it only has more than a hundred signed cartoonists.

Most of the comics on the website are Chinese versions of Japanese.

However, although there are few cartoonists who have signed contracts, there are many people who read cartoons.

There are more than 2 million registered users, and more people are willing to pay than for novels, more than 400,000.

Therefore, Hongmeng Comics’ revenue exceeded 4 million last month, achieving revenue balance ahead of Hongmeng Literature.

I stayed at the two companies until 11 o'clock in the morning, and then drove to New Dream.

Go into the office.

"Mr. Xu."

Hu Fang hurriedly came over to greet him.

Now he has more than just Lu Hui as his assistant. Now she is more like the office director, in charge of second secretaries like Hu Fang who stay in various companies.

After nodding towards her, Xu Liang opened his office.

At a glance, I saw a painting placed in front of my desk, sealed in kraft paper, and slightly larger than A2 paper.

"Mr. Xu, this is the painting that classmate Mo brought over."

Xu Liang nodded and walked over to remove the packaging.

A framed oil painting appeared in front of him.

The background color of the oil painting is black.

The content is that he is wearing black-rimmed glasses, holding a guitar, and singing softly.

A beam of light shines from the front, making the face appear extremely clear.

It forms a strong contrast with the darkness behind, making people subconsciously focus on Xu Liang, who is intoxicated in the singing.

Xu Liang could tell at a glance that what Mo Manniang painted was exactly him at last year's annual meeting.

It can also be seen from this that he left a deep impression on the other party at that time.

The level of painting is also extremely high. Not much paint is used, but the expression is accurate.

This proves that Mo Maniang is very good at mixing and using colors.

The design of the entire painting is also great, the contrast between light and dark, and the changes in light and shadow are all very distinctive.

If there are any shortcomings.

There are some issues with body shaping and perspective.

This shows that her sketching skills are not as good as her use of color.

But overall it's still great.

After looking at the time, Xu Liang took out his cell phone and called.

After a while, it was connected.

"Hey, who's there?"

Came a somewhat indifferent voice.

"I, Xu Liang. I have received the portrait you gave me, thank you."

"You're welcome, and thank you for sending me back that day."

Xu Liang smiled and said, "Would you like to come to my office and hear my evaluation of your painting?"

Mo Maniang hesitated.

"All right."

"See you soon."

After saying that, Xu Liang hung up the phone.