The North is cold, and phones often freeze and shut down, causing a lot of trouble for users, especially at critical moments.
For example, when negotiating business, needing to contact a client, but the phone freezes and shuts down!
After a meal, needing to pay the bill, but it's frozen and won't turn on!
Another example, outdoor workers, when checked by their supervisor, need to take photos to report their location, but the phone won't turn on...
How truly awkward it must be.
Xingyi Phone will go on sale after New Year's Day, right in winter.
If this pain point can be solved, while other phones freeze and shut down in the cold, Xingyi Phone remains safe and sound, it will definitely sell like hotcakes!
If this problem really cannot be solved, Wang Yi can only pick the best of a bad bunch and randomly choose a battery.
Or solve it indirectly through other means.
But in the end, this only treats the symptoms, not the root cause!
"Boss, I'll contact them shortly,"
Zhu Changlin quickly noted.
Facing a large order for five million batteries, those several domestic battery giants would probably go crazy!
They might even achieve a technological breakthrough.
After all, high-end batteries work normally even at minus twenty degrees Celsius; it just depends on whether they're willing to go all out!
Making phones is much more complex than making clothes; even assembling a phone is a lengthy process.
Wang Yi communicated with Zhu Changlin for a long time again, finalizing other component suppliers.
Many non-core components were sourced from excellent domestic suppliers.
This also counts as supporting the domestic industrial chain.
In the future, apart from chips, all other components will be dominated by domestic supply chains!
After finishing this matter, Wang Yi went to the Meiyou Novels department again.
Since moving to the capital city, recruitment efficiency has greatly improved.
Without failing Wang Yi's expectations, Jian Ziyan established the editorial department, operations department, and technical department.
She also recruited a batch of experienced senior editors.
Actually, regarding Meiyou Novels, these experienced editors were initially not confident and didn't want to come.
But Boss Wang was simply offering too much!
Other platforms offered a base salary of 5,000 plus performance pay, totaling 10,000 yuan per month, which was already considered top-tier compensation in 2011!
Wang Yi directly offered a base salary of 10,000 plus performance pay, potentially reaching 15,000 or even 20,000 yuan!
Even the base salary was higher than the monthly salary at other websites, not to mention the high performance pay Boss Wang offered.
Furthermore, Meiyou Novels was just starting and lacked experienced editors, so these editors could easily achieve results and earn high performance bonuses!
In addition, Chunjiang Xiaoshuo hadn't fully grown into a major platform at that time.
Although Meiyou Novels was just starting, it was backed by Meiyou Technology, promising a bright future!
So, after some hesitation, they still chose to prioritize money!
They chose to embrace Meiyou and join Meiyou!
"Welcome everyone to join us. The future of Meiyou Novels will entirely depend on all of you!"
Wang Yi shook hands with each of these editors.
Such humble and respectful treatment made everyone greatly pleased.
There was no denying it; these experienced editors were the foundation for the website's growth.
Moreover, they weren't just changing jobs themselves; they were bringing their grandmaster authors and some elite authors with them, moving together to join Meiyou!
This was absolutely an indescribable treasure trove of resources!
Wang Yi continued,
"Starting today, we're launching the Bo Le Award! As long as you recommend a capable editor-in-chief or grandmaster author who successfully signs with Meiyou, in addition to excellent compensation, both the referrer and the referred person will each receive a bonus of 50,000 yuan!"
"For recommending a capable managing editor or mid-tier author who signs with Meiyou, both the referrer and the referred person will each receive a bonus of 30,000 yuan!"
"For recommending a senior editor or junior author who signs with Meiyou, both the referrer and the referred person will each receive a bonus of 10,000 yuan!"
"The above Bo Le Awards start now and run until the end of October, with no cap on the bonus amount!"
Upon hearing this, all the editors in the room were eager to act.
Recruiting one editor-in-chief and one grandmaster author would mean a 100,000 yuan bonus, nearly a year's income at their previous company!
Isn't that just too good?
All at once, many editors wanted to go to Chunjiang Xiaoshuo and poach all their managing editors, senior editors, grandmaster authors, and mid-tier authors!
At this moment, several employees responsible for administration and contracts looked over and couldn't help but ask:
"Boss, can we participate?"
Wang Yi smiled and nodded,
"Of course, all of you can participate! The Bo Le Award standards are the same as for the editorial team!"
"Thank you, Boss!"
The employees beamed with joy.
They also had resources and could poach people!
Wang Yi then looked at the editorial team:
"Likewise, your performance pay will be structured this way. Starting next month, signed books with over 50,000 words will undergo promotion testing on the Meiyou App! Based on the test results, they will be classified into D, C, B, A, S, SS, and SSS grades!"
"For every B-grade book by an author under an editor, the editor's performance pay increases by 200 yuan! For an A-grade book, it increases by 1,000 yuan! For a moderately popular S-grade book, the editor's performance pay increases by 5,000 yuan.
For a very popular SS-grade book, performance pay increases by 10,000 yuan! For an SSS-grade book that becomes popular across the entire network, the editor's performance pay increases by 50,000 yuan! Again, with no cap!"
Upon hearing this, many editors were stirred.
A hugely popular book might not appear even in three months, but a moderately popular book offers hope, still bringing in 5,000 in performance pay.
As for A and B grade books, they are even easier; 200 for one, 1,000 for another, and several books combined can still result in several thousand in performance pay!
It can be said that at Meiyou Novels, earning 20,000 yuan per month would not be too much pressure.
Wang Yi continued,
"Furthermore, some books might be slow-burners, not performing well in the first month, perhaps only reaching B-grade, with the editor receiving only 200 in performance pay. If it becomes an A-grade book in the second month, the editor can receive an additional amount to bring it up to 1,000 in performance pay. If it reaches S-grade in the third month, the editor will then receive another 4,000, bringing it up to 5,000 in performance pay!"
Upon hearing this, the editors were all excited.
If their authors' performance improves, their performance pay also increases; it's not a one-time deal!
They can significantly focus on cultivating authors for long-term development!
After all, the performance bonus for one S-grade book is equivalent to 5 A-grade books or 25 B-grade books!
If cultivated into an SS-grade book, it's a direct 10,000 yuan bonus, pure delight!
This performance-based pay system is open, transparent, sustainable, and motivates editors even more!
Immediately, all the editors were full of fighting spirit.
Someone else asked,
"Boss, when will the first batch of novels begin promotion?"
"The first batch of novels can be prepared now. The Meiyou Novels website will begin internal testing tomorrow at 8 AM. Authors can directly register and upload novels, which will be reviewed by the auditing department.
Those reaching 50,000 words, with subsequent stable updates, will begin distribution and promotion testing starting October 1st! Those with good results will continue to receive traffic and increased exposure.
Those with poor results will have traffic reduced, or even stop being pushed. Finally, performance bonuses will be calculated for editors based on the end-of-month results!"
Wang Yi said.
As for author royalties, Meiyou Novels currently has no revenue.
All are premium buyout contracts ranging from tens to hundreds of yuan per thousand words, with Meiyou fronting the money.
During the initial internal testing phase, readers can read for free, primarily to filter out quality books and establish a book repository.
After some time, when Meiyou users develop a habit of reading novels and the book repository is established, Meiyou Novels can officially launch and begin a paid subscription model.
After all, charging immediately would only scare people away and easily draw criticism.
Like Meiyou E-commerce, Meiyou Novels will also burn money in its initial stage before becoming profitable later on.
But it doesn't matter; it's all part of the process!
Before, Wang Yi could afford to burn money even when he had nothing; now, being wealthy, he can afford it even more!
"Everyone, let's put in our best effort. Meiyou Novels will first undergo internal testing and trial operation. The day the user base and book repository are fully established will be the day Meiyou Novels officially launches! Let's work together!"
"Good! Let's work together!"
"Let's work together!"
Everyone was full of fighting spirit.
There was no way around it; Boss Wang offered high compensation and excellent performance pay.
Not working hard wasn't an option!
The opportunity to earn 20,000 yuan a month was right before them; no one wanted to only take a 10,000 yuan base salary!
More importantly, if other editors achieved results and earned big money, while they only took the base salary, they would easily be laid off!
No matter how wealthy Boss Wang was, he wouldn't keep mediocre people.
Subsequently, Wang Yi held a meeting with the technical and operations departments to discuss the deployment plan for tomorrow's Meiyou Novels website internal testing.
Previously, the Meiyou Novels website had already been completed!
Meiyou App version 4.0, which integrated Meiyou Novels, was also ready, but Wang Yi didn't plan to launch it directly.
Instead, he would first launch the Meiyou Novels website, and then have the operations and technical departments import the novel repository into Meiyou version 3.1, distributing it to users through tag pushes for promotion testing.
Based on user reading data, the quality of books would be judged and graded.
High-quality novels would receive strong support, to be developed into Meiyou's hit web novels.
Low-quality novels would be cut or have their authors revise them promptly, avoiding wasted buyout money and author time.
Finally, Wang Yi called Jian Ziyan out again:
"Also, the Meiyou Jeju Branch should act in sync. Especially the custom hit novels written by the in-house writers they recruited, they should all participate in the promotion testing!"
"Understood, Boss,"
Jian Ziyan nodded:
"Only through testing will we know which types of writing are most popular and which books have the most potential!"
"That's right, exactly. Similarly, here in the capital city, we can also arrange for several senior editors to recruit some in-house writers to create custom hit novels!"
During this period, Meiyou Novels recruited many editors and signed many authors.
Currently, authors under the twenty-plus editors on both sides have over eighty new books in reserve.
The custom novels written by the in-house writers in Jeju also number twenty.
In total, there are over a hundred books.
Although they all went through editorial review during signing and are considered quite high quality.
But Wang Yi doesn't know how many books can truly reach A and S grades.
After testing in a few days, if there are forty B-grade books, thirty A-grade books, and five S-grade books, Meiyou Novels will be considered to have a decent collection!
By next month, if that number doubles, plus the copyrighted books acquired (even if they are older, already popular books), they can also fill the book repository!
By then, with over ten S-grade books, over a hundred A-grade books, and over one hundred and fifty B-grade books, Meiyou Novels' book repository will be considered complete!
Then Meiyou Novels can be officially launched!
As for the writer for "Mo Dao Zu Shi," Wang Yi plans to wait until after the October 1st testing to see if there's a suitable candidate among the custom writers.
If a suitable person is found, Meiyou Novels will have its first SSS-grade novel that becomes popular across the entire network.
Its future development will then be completely secure.
"Ziyan, find me a capable managing editor, or even an editor-in-chief, as soon as possible. What you recruit will also be counted as performance pay for you according to the awards!"
Wang Yi patted Jian Ziyan's shoulder.
"That's so great! Thank you, Boss!"
Jian Ziyan was overjoyed, never expecting such an immense fortune would involve her, a small secretary!
This is truly good.
But what did patting her shoulder mean?
Did he really treat her like a brother?
Jian Ziyan's expression was somewhat complex, but Wang Yi had already gone downstairs.
Liu Shishi's Zhenyou advertisement shoot would take all day, and she would have to come back tomorrow for a magazine shoot.
Wang Yi said hello and left directly.
Now that he had enough money and a capital city hukou, Wang Yi planned to go look at houses after a simple lunch.
Houses in the capital city would become increasingly expensive.
Especially since Wang Yi preferred privacy and wanted to buy a luxurious villa in a rare location, the prices were getting even higher.
With the introduction of purchase restrictions, no matter how rich one was, they could only buy one property.
The wealthy would surely buy the most expensive and largest ones.
As a result, prices for economical villas in the capital city decreased, while prices for luxurious, top-tier villas soared!
Like the detached villas in the Xishan Villa Complex — Yihe Yuanzhu.
Launched in 2007 for around 30,000 yuan per square meter, by 2011 it had risen to 70,000-80,000 yuan per square meter!
Ten years later, it would be 180,000 yuan per square meter!
There was no denying it; Yihe Yuanzhu was backed by the foothills of the Yanshan Mountains, bordered the Summer Palace Kunming Lake to the west, and was located at the core of the three great imperial gardens of the Qing Dynasty!
Other luxury homes were just reinforced concrete.
But Yihe Yuanzhu had mountains, a lake, and three great imperial gardens.
Such rare resources were scarce across the entire country.
More importantly, the location was excellent; next to Tsinghua and Peking Universities and the Party School, it was very safe...
It was only three kilometers from Zhongguancun, and Wang Yi could drive there from Xingyi Technology Park in ten minutes!
It was not just ordinarily convenient.
If the price was right, buying Yihe Yuanzhu would really be a good option.
As for other luxury homes, like Wanliu Shuyuan and the like, they wouldn't be launched for several years!
Currently, the only new villas available for purchase that were also close to Xingyi Technology Park were those at Yihe Yuanzhu.
He wouldn't consider anything too far; Wang Yi didn't want to commute for an hour every day, which would be too tormenting.
Ten minutes later, Wang Yi arrived at Yihe Yuanzhu.
Nestled by mountains and water, with pleasant scenery, it immediately calmed Wang Yi's restless heart.
Walking into it, it felt as if the pace of life had slowed down.
It was separated from the Summer Palace by just a wall.
Through the reasonable layout of vegetation and water features, the landscape of the villa complex became an extension of the Summer Palace's back lake!
Besides the Summer Palace (Qingyi Garden), one of the three great imperial gardens, there were also Changchun Garden and the Old Summer Palace nearby, making it a veritable geomantic treasure land!
Wang Yi didn't delve deeply into Feng Shui.
But the surrounding environment, the three great gardens, and Kunming Lake were truly captivating.
Wang Yi walked into the sales office, and a property consultant smiled and greeted him:
"Hello, sir, welcome to Yihe Yuanzhu."
Wang Yi nodded and looked at the sand table model.
The polite consultant lady said,
"Our Yihe Yuanzhu covers an area of 147 mu, with 91 official-style mansions, 9 types of layouts ranging from 900 to 3000 square meters, and 18 exterior designs. What type do you prefer, handsome, I can show you around!"
Wang Yi didn't answer directly, but instead asked,
"What is the price range?"
"As for the selling price, it varies depending on the layout and area."
The property consultant pointed at the sand table model and explained,
"For example, the prime unit with the best location, an area of 2,500 square meters, usable area of 3,300 square meters, and a 1,000-square-meter courtyard, is approximately 80,000 yuan per square meter, currently priced at 200 million yuan."
"However, other villas, not as well-located as the prime unit and not as large, are more reasonably priced, with total prices ranging from 60 million to 200 million yuan, covering all options."
(End of Chapter)