Chapter 131 Zhoushan Literature and Development Planning

In August 2003, Liu Zhou formally merged the three websites, Under the Banyan Tree, Singularity Chinese Network and Hongxiutianxiang, into Zhoushan Literature.

At the same time, Liu Zhou also carried out a large-scale reorganization of the internal structure of Zhoushan Literature.

Liu Zhou serves as the president of Zhoushan Literature, Qu He serves as the vice president and general manager of Rongshuxia, Li Xunhuan, the former editor-in-chief of Rongshuxia, serves as the editor-in-chief, and Annie Baby is promoted to editor-in-chief.

Wu Wenhui serves as the general manager of Singularity Chinese Network, and Bao Jianfeng, one of his entrepreneurial partners, was transferred to Hongxiutianxiang as general manager.

In addition to personnel adjustments, Liu Zhou also put the development and maintenance personnel of the three websites into one department.

This technical department is responsible for the maintenance and subsequent upgrades of the three websites.

In order to facilitate work, Liu Zhou rented an entire floor of an office in a building in Zhongguancun and moved Zhou Shan Wenxue there to work together.

By the time all this was done, it was already September.

Sitting in the president's office in Zhongguancun, Liu Zhou looked at the employees who were busy outside, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly.

The establishment of Zhoushan Literature is the first step of Liu Zhou’s plan, and it now seems to be a very solid and steady step.

The Shanda Box proposed by Shanda Group in its previous life was a very forward-looking plan.

It was just that Chen Tianqiao was too anxious at the time, so he pulled the egg, and the fetus died in the womb.

But in the end, the plan was implemented by Penguin, and it was even better.

Liu Zhou didn't have big ambitions. He just wanted to try his rebirth this time to see if he could build a large entertainment group of his own.

Maybe it can't compare with Penguin's large entertainment section, but at least it will be able to compete with it in the future.

Twenty years later, Liu Zhou hopes that the mainland entertainment circle will not only have the Penguin circle and the Ali circle, but also a Zhoushan circle.

What's more, a three-legged tripod is more stable.

After get off work in the afternoon, Liu Zhou invited Qu He to his house for dinner.

Qu He was specially invited by Liu Zhou.

He has always been Liu Zhou's editor in "Mengya", and because of Liu Zhou, his status in the magazine has also risen.

Although my salary has been increasing, my position has been promoted slowly. After all, "Mengya" magazine is also an old magazine, and the positions there are also very specific.

If no one leaves, there will be no vacant seats.

Having been with Qu He for so long, Liu Zhou is very clear about his abilities.

So after Liu Zhou acquired Under the Banyan Tree, the first person he thought of was Qu He, and he invited him right away.

Qu He was also conflicted about Liu Zhou's recruitment.

Of course he knew the website Under the Banyan Tree. To a certain extent, it was quite similar to "Mengya" and could be considered a competitor.

Staying at Mengya magazine requires one to continue to accumulate experience, but going to Under the Banyan Tree will require one to face a new environment and challenges.

Many of my connections, relatives and friends are in Shanghai, and going to Beijing is like starting over.

Finally, after Liu Zhou's repeated invitations, Qu He gritted his teeth and submitted his resignation letter to the editor-in-chief of the magazine.

Qu He was not even forty years old yet, and he wanted to try again for himself. By going to the capital, he might be able to see a wider world.

So despite the editor's efforts to keep him, Qu He still packed his bags and boarded the train to the capital.

During this period, Liu Zhou was sorting out the affairs of Zhoushan Literature, and Qu He was also sorting out the internal affairs of Under the Banyan Tree.

He has more than ten years of work experience at Mengya and his professional ability is top-notch. In addition, he discovered the popular writer Liu Zhou, which made everyone under the banyan tree admire him.

Now both of their work has come to an end. Since Qu He joined the company, Liu Zhou has never had a good communication with him.

The two are also very good friends, so Liu Zhou took this opportunity to invite him to his home and talk about some future plans for the company.

When the two arrived at Liu Zhou's villa, the table was already full of dishes.

All of this was arranged in advance by Liu Zhou and Zeng Li.

The two haven't seen each other for more than two years. Although they often talk on the phone, they haven't met since Liu Zhou stopped signing books.

But despite this, it does not affect the friendship between the two at all.

After a pleasant dinner, Liu Zhou also invited Qu He to his study.

"Brother Qu, I am really grateful that you can come and help me this time. Otherwise, I really would have no one to use in this company. I am usually very busy, and I always feel uneasy without anyone of my own in the company.

Now that you, Brother Qu, are in charge of Zhoushan Literature, I feel much more at ease and can focus on making movies without distractions, haha!"

"Liu Zhou, I don't quite understand you now. You are so rich now, and your career is not small, why do you still want to be a director and make movies?" "I can't help it. This is my hobby and my childhood dream. In fact, I have been working hard to make money just to make movies."

In fact, what Qu He said is not wrong. It is still okay now. In the future, his wealth will be enough to make him one of the richest people in the mainland just by relying on the stocks he holds.

At that time, we continued to make movies, which was a bit putting the cart before the horse.

Therefore, Liu Zhou also plans to shoot two more films now, and focus on stabilizing his wealth and career in the future, so he can shoot fewer films.

"Forget it, you are my boss now, and I dare not say anything to you anymore. Otherwise, you will fire me in anger, and I will have no place to cry." Qu He said with a smile.

Liu Zhou couldn't help but laugh and said:
"How dare I? It was thanks to you that I made my first fortune. Brother Qu, you deserve at least half of the credit for my current success."

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, they got down to business.

"Brother Qu, I have high hopes for Under the Banyan Tree, so I may need you to work harder in the future."

"If you have any plans, just tell me directly. I came to Beijing from the Magic City just to do something."

Liu Zhou pondered for a while and said:
"First of all, I plan to publish a monthly magazine with the same name, and publish the better articles or novels on the Rongshuxia website in the magazine."

"Liu Zhou, publishing a magazine is not an easy task. Not to mention the complicated follow-up work, the publication number alone is not something that a private enterprise can obtain."

"I know that. I have already made preparations in this regard. Our magazine can be affiliated with the Central Academy of Drama. I have already negotiated with them. You just need to sign a contract when the time comes."

The mainland has strict control over newspapers and magazines. It is impossible and not allowed for private enterprises to publish newspapers and magazines.

Later, the regulation was relaxed a lot, allowing private enterprises to enter the publishing and magazine industries through affiliation, but newspapers were not allowed.

Many private publishing houses in later generations, as well as Guo Xiaosi’s own magazines and Jiangnan’s Jiuzhou magazine, were all legally operated through affiliation, and they only had to pay a certain fee to the affiliated units every year.

The decision to publish a paper magazine was also the result of Liu Zhou's careful consideration.

Now the brand of Under the Banyan Tree is very good, unlike later times, when it came into the hands of Shanda Literature, not only did it suffer a serious loss of editors and authors, but its traffic also declined sharply. At that time, it was even inferior to Singularity.

So a good brand was ruined like this.

Although Under the Banyan Tree has been on a downward trend for the past year, everything is still there, and Liu Zhou certainly wants to make it bigger and stronger.

Although online literature is becoming more and more popular, in everyone's mind, print media is still more prestigious.

There is also a lot of room for development of literary magazines in the future. Not to mention "Mengya", there are also "Readers" and "Youth Digest", which are all selling very well.

Even the "Island" series of magazines run by Guo Xiaosi and the "Jiuzhou" magazine run by Jiangnan and others had very good sales.

In addition, Under the Banyan Tree also has sufficient sources of manuscripts, and with the right time, place and people, Liu Zhou does not believe that Under the Banyan Tree magazine cannot be established.

"Since you have handled the most difficult thing, there will be no problem."

"Then you will need to pay more attention to the subsequent operation of the magazine. I will invest another 5 million in Rongshu, mainly for the establishment and distribution of the magazine."

Hearing that Liu Zhou provided such a large amount of financial support, Qu He smiled and said:

"Then I will have more confidence in publishing the magazine. The editorial department of Under the Banyan Tree is full of elites, and they are fully capable of editing the magazine."

"You decide on this matter yourself. I won't interfere. In addition to magazines, I hope to have Rong Shu Xia cooperate more with the Central Academy of Drama and Beijing Film Academy.

There are many works under the Banyan Tree, all of which are suitable for adaptation into dramas or even TV series and movies. Cooperating with these two institutions can also expand the fame of the works under the Banyan Tree.

In the future, when my film and television studio grows larger, I will also choose some of Under the Banyan Tree's works to adapt them into TV series or movies, and operate the copyright of the works in all aspects.

Therefore, we also need to pay attention to the copyright management of our works in the future, and have a reasonable copyright management system that can benefit both authors and websites. "

Qu He also nodded seriously and said:
"Any more?"

"Another point is to increase cooperation with major publishing houses. Authors create works and they certainly hope to have them published. If we can get through this link, it will also increase our appeal to authors."

"I see. Liu Zhou, you really have a good brain. You think so comprehensively."

"I've been guessing these days."

"I am so ashamed that you can come up with such an excellent solution without any clues."

"Haha, Brother Qu, please stop making fun of me. I don't believe you don't have any good plans."

"We do have a plan, which is that we can imitate the Sprout magazine. Didn't they organize a new concept essay competition?
We don’t have as strong connections as they do, and we can’t get in touch with those famous schools, but we can create our own original literature competition under the Banyan Tree.

As long as you have talent you can participate, and the prize money will be set higher. In addition to the prize money, we at Under the Banyan Tree can also promote the winning works in all aspects.

Let the award-winning author gain both fame and profit!"

This plan is good and has great potential. There are many great writers among the public, but they have no channels to publish. We have our own website, which greatly reduces the threshold for them to write. "

(End of this chapter)