Chapter 217 This software is called one day
Yang Xiao actually doesn’t like betting, it’s just that boys of this age are all damn stubborn!
The only simplest and most direct way is to bet.

Only then can the desire to win be aroused among them.

Of course, only in this way can Zhang Jun be truly convinced.

Besides, the bet with Zhang Jun was just a bonus after all.

Yang Xiao is looking for this so-called "little time" for real business cooperation!
Although it is just a preliminary idea.

But it is also a good experience to communicate with these young writers who can barely be considered as "in the same industry" at the moment.

Also as a content creator.

In today's Internet, he can truly be considered a talent.

the next day.

There is only one advanced mathematics class in the morning, and it doesn’t start until ten o’clock.

The teacher who taught advanced mathematics was a middle-aged female professor in her late 50s, and her lectures were quite rigid and boring.

As a result, many people still have little interest in this course, and they just listen to music or play with their mobile phones in private.

Yang Xiao quietly slipped out of the back door of the classroom halfway through the class.

It's eleven o'clock now.

On his mobile QQ, he had already made an appointment with Li Zhuofan from the literature club.

Came to a cafe near the school.

There was only one booth occupied in the cafe, a tall and thin boy wearing glasses.

Yang Xiao didn't even need to confirm again at this time, he just walked over and sat down.

"Student, did you go the wrong way?"

Li Zhuofan looked at Yang Xiao who sat down directly, his face full of surprise, and asked in doubt.

"You are Douban's 'Little Time', right?"

"Yes, it's me. My name is Li Zhuofan. Could it be that you are the boss of time?"

Li Zhuofan felt a little awkward because the person he was trying to get close to was right in front of him and it seemed a bit awkward to say so, so he took the initiative to introduce himself.

Yang Xiao smiled faintly and nodded.

Li Zhuofan, who was originally leaning on the booth, suddenly sat up straight, looked at Yang Xiao carefully again, then lowered his head and flipped through his phone. After a few minutes, he suddenly sighed:

"It turns out that the previous revelations about you were true!"

"I never denied that they were false."

Hearing this, Li Zhuofan fell silent. The screen of his phone was still on, showing a photo of Yang Xiao that Han Yang had exposed on Baapi.

The boy above is wearing a school uniform, talking and laughing with a pretty girl whose profile is revealed. The photo is filled with a strong youthful and sunny atmosphere.

Li Zhuofan had seen this post before.

This incident was reposted everywhere on the forum at the time and became a hot topic for a while.

After all, behind a series of titles such as "lyricist of popular songs", "Weibo celebrity", "emotional story writer", etc., there is actually a high school student. For Shi Guang's fans, the news was very sensational and caused an uproar on the Internet.

It even attracted a lot of passers-by who were eager to verify the matter.

Li Zhuofan remembered it very clearly. He happened to be in class that day and was browsing the forum out of boredom. He saw this link on the homepage of the forum and learned about the revelation.

But he didn't know why it was withdrawn so quickly.

Not long after, Shi Guang issued a statement on all platforms.

There was no positive response to the photo.

Instead, it was a vague concept that was sensational, and then it immediately promoted the news of his new book's release, as well as Wang Sulong and Xu Liang's new song "See You Tomorrow".

Then there were a lot of posts that spread widely on the Internet.

[Shi Guang’s hype is outrageous! He even deceived the public and lied that he was a high school student! ]

[The hype is too low-level. After analyzing his works, I find that it is impossible for him to write them without the accumulation of age! ]

[Is it necessary to promote new books and songs? ]

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These posts were naturally made by the Internet army of Shiguang Culture Media, with the purpose of diverting public attention. In addition, the moderators of several major forums were contacted to delete the posts, and the influence of public opinion at the time was eliminated in a very short time, and those who were there to watch the fun were sent away.

So much so that after reading the news, netizens all agreed that it was fake news and did not take it seriously at all.

The most he could not forget Luo Yao’s “striking side profile” at that time.

In fact, if Yang Xiao had gone with the flow and openly acknowledged his identity as a "genius boy" at that time, he would have been able to gain an unprecedented wave of traffic, and his status in the Internet would definitely have been more popular than it is today.

But that would inevitably affect his college entrance examination and disrupt some of his subsequent plans.

For Li Zhuofan, the face-to-face dating now has really overturned his cognition.

From his ID “小小的光” (Little Time), you can tell that he is a die-hard fan of Yang Xiao.

Moreover, as an eyewitness at the time, he felt like he was being fooled.

Like many netizens, he acted so outrageous when something was so outrageous that no one questioned its authenticity anymore.

Everyone thought that he wanted to emulate Han Han and become famous as a writer.

But not everyone is Han Han, and Shi Guang’s team is just using this to “hype” things up.

So, isn’t the next book published by Shi Guang a proof of this?
This was the conclusion reached by some passers-by afterwards.

But who would have thought that it was actually true!
What would happen if I were to reveal the information myself?
I don’t know if anyone believes this.

After thinking about it with evil interest, Li Zhuofan no longer had the nervousness of facing the big boss, and took the initiative to ask:
"Are you really a high school student?"

"No."

After Yang Xiao finished speaking, he looked at Li Zhuofan's puzzled eyes and explained with a smile, "Now I am a college student. To be precise, you and I are alumni."

"Ah? Are you a freshman at Shenzhen University?"

Li Zhuofan was even more surprised by the news. He was actually an alumnus?

"Otherwise, this is why I want to find you."

"."

It turns out that it’s not because my article and story are well written.

A slight sense of loss welled up in Li Zhuofan's heart.

Yang Xiao saw his expression change and said with a smile:
"But as the president of the literature club, you are quite capable. You write very good stories."

Well, now I feel comfortable.

Li Zhuofan pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose and immediately smiled like a student who had been recognized and praised by his teacher.

Soon, Li Zhuofan asked about the topic of their meeting today:
"Boss, the business cooperation you told me about on Douban yesterday, were you just kidding me?"

"Just call me Yang Xiao."

Yang Xiao smiled and said, "Besides, if I tease you, what good will it do?"

Li Zhuofan nodded and thought so too.

What he was originally worried about was that Yang Xiao would cause trouble for his ID. He had already found an excuse in his mind, but he didn't expect the other party to never mention it.

But after thinking about it, he felt relieved. He only had a few thousand fans now and was really worthless. Why would Yang Xiao need to meet him specifically?

Besides, what he wrote did not involve plagiarism, so he was not really afraid.

So he asked again: "What about business cooperation?"

Yang Xiao avoided answering and said:

"I saw in your profile that you are a programmer. Are you a computer science major at Shenzhen University?"

"Yes."

"How are your professional grades?"

"I think I'm in the top three in the class." "How much do you know about the young adult literature writers currently active on the Internet?"

Li Zhuofan was a little surprised by Yang Xiao's questions, which went from school performance to literature in the blink of an eye, which was very inconsistent.

But he knew that Yang Xiao must have a deeper meaning behind asking this.

So he answered every question.

But the last question was too broad. He pondered for a moment and said:

"The top young writers on the Internet right now are those people, such as Han Han, Guo Jingming, Annie Baby, Duzhou, Tong Hua, etc. Of course, you are not much worse than them."

At the end, Li Zhuofan flattered Yang Xiao at the right time.

In fact.

In terms of status in youth literature, there is actually quite a gap between Yang Xiao and these people.

But this gap was made up by the popularity, sales and fame of the book "Passing By Your World".

Because the sales of this book exploded.

The online word-of-mouth and reviews are very good, and both fans and passers-by are buying into it.

So, over the past six months, it has been reprinted countless times!

It has become the best-selling book in major bookstores!
none of them!

When the list of richest writers comes out next year, the royalties from Yang Xiao's book are estimated to reach 20 million, easily allowing him to squeeze into the top five.

This data is no joke.

The original author Zhang Jiajia earned hundreds of millions in royalties from this book, and other film and television copyrights sold for hundreds of millions more.

Even in 2010, Dangnian Mingyue, the author of "Things about the Ming Dynasty", also made money by publishing a physical book.

The authors of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" and "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" are Tianxia Bachang and Nanpai Sanshu!

This is still a situation where piracy is rampant and only true fans are paying for it.

It is conceivable how profitable the book publishing industry was before.

It is not unreasonable that Dangdang.com was able to go public in the United States and that Li Guaqing, who had strong capital at that time, could act as a big boss on the Internet and make bold statements to the outside world.

But this is the glory of the last few years!
In other words, all of this will be impacted since the rise of smartphones.

At this time, Li Zhuofan looked at Yang Xiao with envy.

He achieved financial freedom with just one book. Who wouldn’t be envious?
However, Yang Xiao was not satisfied with Li Zhuofan's answer and said:

"I'm not asking you about those top authors. How much do you know about some of the well-known young authors on Douban?"

"Well, as for Douban, I'm quite familiar with it, and many of them are my mutual friends."

"Then tell me, which ones are they?"

"Well, there are Liu Tong, Zheng Zhi, Zhang Haochen, etc. There is also a Mr. Zhang who comments on football and also reviews Jin Yong's works."

"How's the relationship?"

"Well, many of them are my mutual friends."

"Then it seems that your thousands of fans are still powerful."

Li Zhuofan mentioned a series of names, and Yang Xiao had heard of two or three of them.

Then, Yang Xiao asked again:

“You are currently writing articles online. Do you make any money?”

"No, but a publishing house contacted me and said that if I write something long, they could try to publish it, but I would have to pay part of it myself."

Li Zhuofan answered honestly, feeling very annoyed.

To put it nicely, it is self-publishing. To put it bluntly, it is just using your own money to test the waters, and there is a high probability that it will fail!
At most, it’s just some fans on Douban who will pay for it.

You also have to go to the fan group you created to promote it.

income?

Difficult!

However, since Yang Xiao asked such a sensitive topic, he also heard some meaning. After telling the truth, he looked at Yang Xiao with anticipation.

Yang Xiao thought about it, then changed the subject and said with a smile:
"Have you ever considered starting a business while you are at Shenzhen University?"

"No, I spend my free time writing articles. I'm planning to give up my position as the president of the Student Literature Club to someone else."

Li Zhuofan smiled awkwardly, fearing that Yang Xiao would think he had no ambition.

Yang Xiao didn't care about this point and said:

"It just so happens that you are a computer science major. I am planning to start a new entrepreneurial project on youth literature and would like to invite you to be a partner. Do you want to join?"

Li Zhuofan's face lit up immediately, and then he asked, "About youth literature? What exactly is it?"

"Well, calling it youth literature is a bit inappropriate. To be precise, I want to make a mobile phone app with the theme of 'literary life'."

Yang Xiao began to explain this concept.

“For example, the line you wrote, ‘You don’t have to be stubborn, time will heal your wounds’, I think you must have a lot of fans who like this line, right?
And now, I want to put it into a separate text column in a concise APP.

Then we will open another column for articles.

Or, start another column to share photographic images.

But we only share one picture, one sentence, one article, or one short story every day.

We will be the content creators and users will be the sharers. What do you think of the creativity of this project?
I even thought of a name for the app.

How about calling it one day? "

"This is a great idea! Boss!"

Li Zhuofan clapped his hands excitedly, especially when Yang Xiao used his words as an example, which really touched his sore spot.

Because he knows Yang Xiao's influence!
Once it is made into a mobile app and promoted, you don’t have to worry about the exposure rate!
This is much better than spending your own money to publish a book!

What's more, he also knew that being a writer was just one of Yang Xiao's many identities.

Yesterday he did a thorough investigation into Yang Xiao's background overnight.

The currently known information is that Shiguang Culture Media was founded by Yang Xiao, and it also cooperates with another new media video company, including the two major platforms of Youku and Sohu, as well as the Internet company of WIFI Master Key. Although no specific information can be found, through Yang Xiao's repeated promotion, he naturally knows that the two must be related.

Music, movies, books, and the Internet are all involved
Well, the top boss is trembling.

Yang Xiao found it funny that Li Zhuofan looked excited and a little nervous.

Although they were all flattering, Li Zhuofan was more straightforward in his words compared to others and couldn't play any tricks in front of Yang Xiao.

Of course, Li Zhuofan was originally a junior student.

Compared with some of the old-timers that Yang Xiao had come into contact with in society, he naturally seemed much more immature.

Li Zhuofan was happy for a while, then thought of the key issue.

"Boss, if it's just about sharing pictures and texts, it shouldn't be difficult to make this app, but what about the content? If I have to provide content every day, I won't be able to do it."

Well, difficult things won’t come to you.

Yang Xiao rolled his eyes inwardly.

"So, I need you to find other talented young authors and buy the copyrights of their works. It would be best if you could sign all of them. Well, forget it. You don't have to buy the copyrights and sign the contracts. I'll find a way. You just need to help me recruit a group of excellent creative teams. I'll give you 20% of the shares. How about that?"

"Are you paying for all this, Boss?"

"Well, I plan to invest 30 yuan in the early stage to test the waters first."

Li Zhuofan's expression became a little panicked. After thinking for a while, he shook his head and said:

"Since you're the one paying for it, then don't give me any shares. Helping you recruit people is a piece of cake. Just give me a small salary. I'm already satisfied to know you."

Yang Xiao was stunned when he heard this.

This is the first time I have encountered such a situation.

Is this boy so generous?
Damn, he doesn’t even want the shares I gave him?
Is it true that literary youths are a little bit stupid or what?
(End of this chapter)