Chapter 23: The Rapidly Increasing Number of Tourists
After the notice was sent out by Situ, Su Zhen and others returned to Meng Xiang Net again, chatting idly while waiting for the revival of Meng Xiang Net's tourists. According to their speculation, today's number of tourists should not be too many, after all, it also takes time for online news to spread, and it is impossible for all readers to receive the message as soon as the notice is posted!
Taking advantage of this period, Su Jing started uploading the second half of "Doupo Cangqiong"! Su Jing estimated that he would be busier and busier in the future, and sometimes might not be able to update on time, so he decided to upload all the subsequent parts to the draft box at once, store them, and let Qian Ling and others help him upload when he was busy.
The original "Dou Po" has over 5 million words, but Su Yan naturally knows that the most criticized point of "Dou Po" is its dragging plot, especially in the second half, with serious water injection! The later generations' Tuber may have been unable to start a new book due to lack of inspiration at the time, so he dragged out the plot of "Dou Po". But Su Yan is not lacking in all kinds of inspiration! Thank goodness for being reborn in this era which is still a desert for online literature, this is the best era, countless gods have not yet emerged, many classics have not yet swept the world, at this time anything written can be chased after by people!
In view of this, Su Jian naturally would not let the potato incident repeat itself on him. Therefore, he made a large-scale modification to the second half of "Dou Po", cutting and reducing what needed to be cut and reduced, so that the original 5 million words were modified to 3 million words. For a long novel, this number should be just right, able to clearly explain all the plot while not dragging on. Su Jian's only concern was whether his writing could keep up with the potato's height. If the difference in writing style between the front and back is too large, it would give readers an unfair feeling compared to the original text!
However, after two months of continuous copying experience, Su Jian felt that his writing skills had made significant progress, especially in understanding the style of Tudou's writing. Although it is impossible to say that he can completely write out Tudou's original intention, under the condition of having the original text, refining the words and simplifying the article is still not a problem.
"Look, someone has entered our website!" Su Zhen was uploading chapters to the website when Qian Ling suddenly exclaimed beside her.
Qian Ling, who has been hosting the Dream Network for a long time, had already experienced the baptism of over 100,000 daily visitors. Now, seeing someone enter the Dream Network shouldn't be surprising at all, but what she didn't expect was that in such a short period after releasing the message, someone actually entered! This fully explains that there are always people paying attention to the news of the Dream Network, so they can rush over as soon as they get the news. As the creator of her own website, Qian Ling is naturally extremely excited about its popularity.
Affected by Qian Ling's excited mood, Pang Zong and others also gathered in front of the computer to watch with great interest! In the background data on the computer screen, the current number of website visitors is clearly displayed, but at this time, the data has changed from one to thirteen! And it continues to grow rapidly.
"Haha, it seems that the number of people paying attention to our website is not small, and there are already twenty or thirty visitors in just a short while!" Fat Zhang said with a smile.
Compared to Qian Ling's excitement, Su Jin was quite calm. The scene at this time was already within his expectation, and there was nothing surprising about it. The charm of "Dou Po" can even lead the way in the era when online heroes rise and lords compete for hegemony! Not to mention that the Internet is still in its chaotic and unopened period! Readers who have never been exposed to this colorful fantasy world cannot resist the charm of "Dou Po"!
Until he had uploaded all the chapters of "Doupo" in his hands to the storage box, he was free to walk to the backstage computer to view the data.
At this point, the data has changed dramatically. In just a few minutes, the number of visitors to the website has risen to over 1,000! And in the next second, the number will jump up by tens again!
"Haha, Su Jin, it seems your new book is really popular! If the current situation continues, the website's daily traffic will probably exceed 2 million!" Fatong said to Su Jin with a surprised expression.
It's not that the fat is always surprising, according to official statistics. In 1997, the total number of online computers nationwide was 299,000! The number of online users was 620,000! If this data can be truly achieved, it means that two-thirds of the country's computers have opened this website! One-third of computer users browsed this website! For any Internet company, this is an astronomical figure that makes them dizzy with excitement!
At this time, Boss Huang was no longer worried about the future of this website. He began to truly consider the feasibility of the beautiful blueprint that Su had described to him at the beginning. To be honest, when Boss Huang agreed to Su's request and exchanged 50 million for 20% of Mengxiang Network's shares, he was indeed tempted by Su. However, as someone who had been in the business world for many years, Boss Huang wasn't easily swayed by just anyone's words. What he considered more important was his relationship with Su Hangfeng. In his opinion, having Su Hangfeng on board made the 50 million seem insignificant. Wasn't the title of Deputy Mayor of Gucheng worth 50 million? If he really lost the 50 million, he would just consider it a favor owed to him by Su Hangfeng. Not only wouldn't he lose out, but he would also gain greatly from it. He even wished that Su Hangfeng would owe him 100 million or 200 million in favors.
A few days ago, Su Jin told him that the situation of Mengxiang Network was very good, and the number of tourists was increasing day by day. He was still skeptical, but later, Su Jin followed up with him again, saying that the website had crashed. He was almost certain that Su Jin's previous words were just nonsense, but he still happily handed over the money to Su Jin, thinking that it was just a gift for Su Jin to play with, and he didn't expect to see it again! Unexpectedly, today, in this ordinary two-story small building, he actually saw a miracle happening before his eyes!
He was well aware that the website's traffic was all drawn in by Su Yan's new book, and if it could attract a third of the country's computer users to watch, just imagine how much economic return it would bring if it were sold in real life! Fat Zhang knew it was an astronomical figure even if he used his toes to calculate! But this wasn't the reason why Fat Zhang was so excited. Even if "Dou Po" could sell like hotcakes, it was still just one book after all, and a book, especially a web novel, had a limited lifespan! What really got Fat Zhang excited was that he discovered a platform that could continuously provide bestsellers! As Su Yan said, in the future, if this website could really collect everything, let these works be tested by readers on the internet first, not only would the risk of publishing his own works decrease to the lowest level, but most importantly, he wouldn't have to worry about not having any bestselling books to publish anymore!
Even if we are weaker than those state-owned publishing houses, so what! Even if we don't have their connections and channels, so what! In this economic society, what is the most important thing? Money! Perhaps someone will say that money can't buy emotions, ideals, wishes, etc. But apart from these intangible things, money is omnipotent! Especially when it comes to interests, the status of money is undoubtedly higher than God by hundreds of millions of times!
If one really has a constant stream of bestsellers, then in the face of this irresistible financial advantage, so-called weakness and lack of connections are all just empty talk! With money, you can buy strength! With money, you can buy relationships!
As soon as he thought of this, Boss Wan's gaze at Dream Net became even more fervent! Of course, he also understood that if he wanted Dream Net to truly develop to that point, it would be useless for him. The one who could play a leading role was the young man in front of him. Suddenly, Boss Wan's gaze at Su Yan became even warmer, and the smile on his face became even brighter.
Su Jian looked at the expression in Fat General's eyes and suddenly felt a chill in his heart, thinking: "Fat brother can't have that kind of hobby, right? This young master is elegant and has a lot of wealth, there are still many people waiting for me to comfort them in the future! Can't fall into this demon's hands, one misstep will be a regret for eternity! Looks like I'll have to keep my distance from him from now on!" Thinking so, Su Jian unconsciously took two steps back away from Fat General.
The daily traffic of Mengxiang Network finally did not reach 200,000! There are many reasons for this result, perhaps some readers did not receive the news that Mengxiang Network was reopened, or some users temporarily could not find a computer to use, but even so, the final result still made Su Jin and others extremely satisfied. The total daily traffic on that day was 198,000! And the flow of 200,000 is only two thousand away!
Qian Ling indeed lived up to her reputation as a computer expert, the server she personally selected had impressive performance, and with nearly 200,000 hits, there wasn't even a hint of slowdown, instantly earning Qian Ling admiration from Su Jin and others. Su Jin was so shameless that he kept flattering Qian Ling until she couldn't take it anymore and got angry!
But since things have entered the right track, there is no need for so many people to stay here. Su Jin arranged Wang Fei and Li Mo to take turns watching the website, and then recruit two employees to replace them after two days. Then he handed over the full manuscript of "Dou Po" to Pang Zong, letting him arrange the physical publication matters. After that, a group of people found a restaurant and had a celebration banquet, and each returned home to find their mothers!
