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  Su Jianmu watched Li Bing leave the classroom, silently sighing in his heart: "It can't be denied that there are some rotten apples among teachers, but overall, most teachers are still respected."

  The teacher's role is to impart knowledge, teach skills, and resolve doubts! What is meant by "imparting the way" refers to teaching people about life's principles, helping students establish a correct outlook on life and values. It wasn't until many years later that Li Bing joined the market, not without having this sense of responsibility as a reason!

  After leaving school, Su Jian went straight to Pang Zong's publishing house. He had already made an appointment with Pang Zong, and today Pang Zong would settle the second payment for "The First Time". At the same time, he also wanted to discuss with Pang Zong about the issue of the second book! Pang Zong had urged him many times.

  If I had to describe Boss Huang's current life in one sentence, it would be "counting money until his hands cramp up"! As for sleeping till he wakes up naturally, I reckon that's something he can forget about achieving in this lifetime. After all, someone like Boss Huang who is a career-oriented talent values nothing more than the development of his own career!

  When Su Jin entered the office of Boss Pang, Boss Pang had just finished a meeting with sales staff from the publishing house. Today's focus was on how to further promote "The First Time" nationwide. It has to be said that Boss Pang has an extraordinary talent in this regard, within two short weeks, he had already opened up channels with eighty percent of large bookstores in twenty-five first-tier cities across the country, rapidly expanding the sales of "The First Time".

  Such a swift and fierce speed left Su Jian stunned! He could understand that even if it was a bestseller, getting nationwide distribution wasn't an easy task! To know that in this era, Xinhua Bookstore is the largest sales channel for books! No exception!

  All other bookstores combined cannot compare to the scale and influence of Xinhua Bookstore! But Xinhua Bookstore is a state-owned enterprise! And it's a state-owned enterprise that hasn't undergone corporate restructuring! This kind of enterprise will never be like those private bookstores, aiming for profit! Just like traditional scholars, Xinhua Bookstore is the undisputed leader in the sales channel of Chinese books. It naturally has biases against web-based works like "The First Time"! And yet, Boss Huang was able to get "The First Time" onto the shelves of every Xinhua Bookstore within just two weeks, a testament to his incredible PR skills!

  Boss Wang saw Su Jin walk in and immediately put down the documents in his hand, warmly inviting him to sit down. The female secretary brought over a cup of tea for him.

  Boss Wang exchanged a few pleasantries before getting down to business.

  "Xiao Jin, this is the second batch of dividends calculated by the accountant, a total of 2 million. Take a look and see if there are any errors!" Fat General handed over a piece of paper and said.

  Su Jin took over the paper, glanced at it, and put it on the tea table beside him, smiling and saying: "There's nothing good to see, do you think I don't believe you, Brother?"

  Fat Zhang burst out laughing and said, "Xiao Jin is indeed very generous, tens of millions are nothing to him. No matter what, we'll have plenty of opportunities to cooperate in the future, so don't worry about me taking advantage of you! Xiao Jin, how's your second book coming along? When can it be expected to come out?"

  To be honest, I didn't have high hopes for Su Yan's new book. Generally speaking, an author of a bestseller probably writes one book per year! This is assuming they don't have any other work and can focus on writing full-time. Considering Su Yan is still a student, she must also devote some energy to her studies, so this time may be extended!

  "I've already written a part of it, but this book is somewhat different from 'The First Time', and I have some new considerations!" Su Jin said with a faint smile.

  "Ah!" Fatong responded with a single word and didn't say anything else, knowing that Su Zhan still had more to say.

  "This book is different from 'The First Time', this book will be very long, I initially thought it might have 40-50 million words! However, this book is a network fast food style, just like 'The First Time', mainly for young students, so I think it should still be updated on the internet first, and after accumulating some reputation, then publish!" Su Jin said calmly.

  "Online update, you mean this time upload on the online forum first and then publish?" asked Fat General.

  "That's right, this way also helps to reduce the risk of the publishing house. After all, if we can get widespread recognition from netizens, that will lay a foundation for real-world publication. Even if sales are poor later on, there will be a bottom line!" Su Jin said with a smile.

  Fatong nodded and said, "That's true, but that's only for new authors. For you, with your current popularity, I believe any book of yours will be fine!"

  "Hehe, it's better to be safe than sorry!" Su Jin said with a smile.

  Boss Wang thought for a moment and said: "Then where do you want to upload it, or is it still on Sina Weibo?"

  "No, if it's a short story of tens of thousands of words, uploading to the forum is fine, but for four or five million words, if you still upload to the forum, it's a bit unrealistic. This is also my main reason for coming to find you today, I've already found someone to create a website dedicated to collecting and publishing online literature! How about it, do you want to join in?" Su Jin said with a smile.

  This is the real purpose of his visit to Boss Huang today! Although Qian Ling swore to him that no server was needed at present, it was only because she had not correctly estimated the prospects of this website! How could Su Jin from a later generation not understand that the first website dedicated to collecting and publishing web novels, plus the support of his own masterpiece, would make the website extremely popular in a very short time? If there were not enough servers at that time, it would cause the website to open extremely slowly, and at that time, it was likely to lose a large number of readers and create opportunities for follow-up websites!

  And setting up a server for the website is a huge project! And this project is very difficult to rely solely on Su Jing's support. At the current stage of the Internet, although it only takes a few people to create a website, almost all websites have not yet found a profitable point!

  Literary websites are no exception, and for a long time to come, this website will be in a state of only entering but not exiting! So it's very necessary to find a good backer for Su. This is also the inevitable trend of future website development, where new network industries combine with traditional real industries, network industries rely on the funds and resources of real industries, while real industries rely on the channels of network industries for publicity. Only then can they form a complementary relationship! Even if it's some point in the future, it will be after receiving almost unlimited financial support from Shanda that it will move towards monopolizing the entire country!

  Of course, getting support from the real industry is not just about considering funding, but also whether it can provide more help for the development of the website in all aspects! The main profit method of the website in the early stage is to sign an agreement with the excellent works inside the station and then publish them in physical publishing houses, and the website will take a part of the share.

  In this way, if the website can reach an agreement with a publishing house and form a win-win cooperative relationship, it would be the best choice! And under such consideration, Boss Huang naturally entered Su Jing's line of sight!

  "Build a website? Is it really necessary? Just for one book, isn't that overdoing it?" said the boss with some hesitation.

  "It's just a book? Brother, when it comes to business, you have to look ahead and have strategic vision. You need to see the trend of how things are developing in order to become a leader of the times!"

  With the online promotion of "First Time" and the success of physical store publishing model, I believe it has triggered a lot of people's thinking on how to make use of emerging internet to be considered by more people. Specifically in literature, I believe there will be even greater changes!

  In the past, literature was a very serious topic. For an author to publish a book, they had to first submit their manuscript to a publishing house, then go through the editor's screening and proofreading, and finally be confirmed by the chief editor before it could truly be published! This has already raised the threshold in a subtle way! Many authors were rejected at the door!

  But in fact, are those books that were rejected really without any value? Will the books selected by editors and publishers necessarily be well-received? I'm afraid no one can guarantee this! No one can say they have the power to decide a book's fate!

  In this economic era, who can decide whether a book is excellent? The market, the market is the only standard to test whether a book is good or not! Of course, it's not that if a book doesn't sell well then it's not a good book, but for people like you and me, between a popular but mediocre book and an unpopular but great book, which one do you prefer?

  But how can you tell if a book is popular? Probably nobody knows before it's published! But now there's a new way! On the internet!

  With the success of "The First Time" being uploaded online, I believe that more literary authors will soon publish their works on the internet. The best part is that uploading works online does not require publisher's review, which means as long as you want to, anyone can upload, including elementary school students, middle school students, white-collar workers, people of all occupations, and even unemployed vagrants!

  This has already lowered the threshold for authors to zero! I believe that soon there will be countless works flooding the entire network, and the emergence of specialized literary websites will become a necessity!

  Although these works are mostly rough and lazy, there are also some sought-after masterpieces! When the time comes, these masterpieces will definitely be coveted by real publishers. Who can get their hands on these works? Rather than competing with numerous publishers in the future, it's better to start a literary website. This way, you'll have an unparalleled advantage when publishing your works on your own site!

  If we can set up a literary website, I believe that with our first-rate reputation, I have the confidence to make it stand out from the crowd! I'm sure it will provide great help to the development of your publishing house in the future.

  To put it another way, your publishing house, although a leader among private publishers in the ancient city, has fallen into a bottleneck situation. Traditional resources are limited! Facing the People's Publishing House of the Ancient City, the Youth Publishing House of the Ancient City and other large state-owned publishers, you are hard-pressed to compete with them in terms of reputation and various resources, which is also the reason why you are struggling to move forward now!

  At this time, the best way is to open up new resources! The Internet is a revolution that affects the entire society, it will change everyone's lifestyle, and any revolution will always benefit some people at the expense of others. How to get your own piece of the pie is now the best opportunity!

  The current network requires few resources, just a few servers and tens of millions of funds, but the profit it brings in the future is invaluable!

  To encourage Boss Huang to invest, Su Jin launched a three-inch tongue that was not rotten, and spoke wildly. However, Boss Huang had long passed the age of hot-blooded impulsiveness, and as someone who had been in the business world for many years, he was more cautious and guarded when faced with new things!

  Su Jin's lengthy argument, he only heard the last part of it, which was about the publisher seeking new resources. For Fatong, who is single-mindedly pursuing career advancement, only this part could form a fatal temptation.

  Boss Wang thought for a moment and said cautiously: "How much money do you need?"

  Su Jinkai smiled and said: "50 million, I'll give you 20% of the shares. However, we may need to add more investment later depending on the situation, but at that time, I won't dilute the shares. At most, it will be a resource swap!"

  "Twenty percent of the shares..." Boss Wan hesitated for a moment, indeed, under current circumstances, a website that hasn't even been established yet wants 50 million for 20% of its shares, it's really too much. Boss Wan isn't stingy with money, according to his relationship with Su Zhen, if Su Xingfeng wanted to borrow 50 million, he would directly hand it over without saying a word. But since they're doing business together, in terms of commerce, he naturally has to consider the economic benefits!

  Su Jin smiled and said: "Fat brother, nowadays websites can be designed by just a few people. What do you think is the key for a website to stand out in its industry?"

  Su Jin didn't wait for Pang Zong's response and continued, "When others don't have it, I do; when others have it, I'm better! To get more traffic, the most important thing is to have solid works! And I believe I can achieve this!"

  Su Jin can certainly say this, after all, his works are all market-tested!

  Boss's eyes lit up and he firmly said: "Alright, 50 million is 50 million, I trust you! Secretary, bring the contract!"