Chapter 912: New Magazine's Profit Distribution
Editor-in-Chief Zhang immediately began to make changes after taking over the magazine.
First, throw out all the unwanted things from the magazine, and then redecorate it.
Afterwards, we asked people from the newspaper to come and report on the incident.
The theme of the report was that the magazine went bankrupt due to poor management by the former owner Wu Hongcai.
The magazine was heavily in debt, owed employees wages, and had a lot of mess to deal with.
The former editor-in-chief of the magazine extended a helping hand out of past friendship and took over the original magazine to clean up the mess for Boss Yuan.
Even Chief Editor Liu spoke out and praised the gentleman's righteousness.
Then more and more people came out to support Editor-in-Chief Zhang.
As soon as this report came out, the magazine became an instant hit.
Editor-in-Chief Zhang also struck while the iron was hot and used previous resources and experience to publish the first edition of the magazine.
This time the magazine took a different approach and published only novels and novellas.
They prepared the content of the novel for a long time, and all of it was carefully selected.
Each of the four editors-in-chief of the magazine wrote a novel himself.
They are all experienced editors, and the content they write is very eye-catching.
In addition, Jiang Wan shared his experience with them and even gave them some simple ideas.
Not only that, Jiang Wan also found an author who was good at writing long novels in his previous life.
These authors are just starting out now, and since long articles are not popular, no one is interested in their articles.
When they were in the most pain, Jiang Wan extended a helping hand to them.
Jiang Wan's appearance at this time was like a life-saving straw for them.
Some authors have great talent but have to borrow money to make ends meet because they cannot publish their manuscripts.
These people are depressed, and if this continues for a long time it will have a great impact on their health.
Jiang Wan found them first and signed a long-term contract directly.
The content of the long-term contract is very simple. As long as they can ensure the current quality, each manuscript submitted will be approved directly without any review.
To put it simply, Jiang Wan needs to make them responsible for the quality of the manuscripts they write.
As long as you maintain the original level during the serialization period, you will earn corresponding income every month based on the number of words.
In other words, as long as the magazine exists, their novels can continue to be serialized.
This is equivalent to obtaining a stable income, and their subsequent lives will also be guaranteed.
Most importantly, Jiang Wan also promised them that as long as the articles they wrote were of high quality and received good market response, he would spend money to help them publish them later.
After publication, they can get corresponding shares and gain fame, which can be said to be killing two birds with one stone.
Although this magazine was in a mess under Wu Hongcai's leadership and its reputation was completely ruined.
But Zhiji Magazine has now made a name for itself, which shows that the magazine's leaders are capable.
Originally they had a concern: could the magazine really rise?
What if it's still as half-dead as before, then will my submission to them be in vain?
In order to allay their concerns, Jiang Wan added one more thing.
If their manuscripts cannot be published due to the magazine's operational reasons, they will be transferred to Zhiji Magazine for submission.
Although this is the worst plan, at least there is a way out.
They are really desperate now and have no choice but to take this step.
If they had not experienced the beating of reality, they would never have compromised so easily.
Because there is no other way out, we have to seize this opportunity.
Although they have to sign a five-year contract at one time and cannot submit their work to other places afterwards, at least the price offered is reasonable and can allow them to make a normal living in the future.
The temptation of publishing is also irresistible to them.
All writers not only want to earn a little money, everyone has a dream of being published.
The conditions Jiang Wan offered were all very reasonable and hit the spot right on their minds.
So when faced with this temptation, everyone agreed without hesitation.
After Jiang Wan signed them, he started to commission articles, and then followed the routine of custom-made articles, asking them to write according to his requirements.
Sure enough, the author did not disappoint Jiang Wan, and the novels he wrote were of very high quality.
Although they are now unknown and do not have much experience, the novels they write are only slightly inferior to those of a few editors-in-chief.
Jiang Wan has great faith in their abilities, but he knows that genius is not something that can be achieved overnight.
They are now in the blooming stage, and we must give them some time.
She provides them with not only a platform, but also a stable life.
In this way, they can grow faster in such a relatively stable environment.
As long as Jiang Wan trains them well, does not treat them harshly during the whole process, follows the contract completely, and fulfills all the promised conditions, not only will they not resent her tyranny, but they will also regard her as their mentor and be grateful to her for the rest of their lives.
They are not reborn and do not know where the future will lead.
They only knew that when they were most helpless, it was Jiang Wan who reached out and gave them a hand.
This grace of rebirth will be remembered by everyone.
Although the other editors didn’t quite understand what Jiang Wan meant by this move, they still gave him unconditional support.
They all knew that Jiang Wan was a very opinionated person. Even though she always acted in an unconventional way, the final result was always good.
They believed in her abilities and were willing to let her run the magazine.
Jiang Wan could actually have eaten alone and started her own business, but she didn't.
Through this period of time together, Jiang Wan discovered that several of his editors were very capable.
They are not only capable, but also very righteous.
Jiang Wan knew that this was just the beginning. If she wanted to make the magazine bigger and stronger, she still needed their help.
Zhiji Magazine has made a lot of money recently, and everyone has received their fair share.
Now everyone is pooling their money together to invest in a new magazine.
Jiang Wan still holds 51% of the shares, and they can divide the remaining shares among themselves.
Jiang Wan was in charge of all matters of the new magazine, and the staff was also reshuffled.
She was the one who contacted all the authors, and even the subsequent typesetting and layout were finalized by her.
Apart from a few necessary statements and reports to build momentum for the new magazine, it handled almost everything else on its own.
In the end, after their discussion, Editor-in-Chief Zhang took 30% of the shares because of his strong financial resources.
Editor-in-Chief Chai had just arrived at the magazine and had limited funds on hand, so he held a 15% stake.
Editor-in-Chief Liu did not receive any dividends from Zhiji Magazine and was the poorest of all. He took out all his savings and even sold his house in his hometown at a low price, and gritted his teeth to get the last 4% of the shares.