Chapter 103: Blood and I Are Just Thugs

  "Garlic wood ear, braised eggplant, dry stir-fried beans, cashew nuts and shrimp. And add two bottles of beer, that's all for now." Su Jin closed the menu and handed it to the waiter.

  "It's too much, what if we can't finish it?" Liu Mei said worriedly.

  Su Jin smiled and said: "It's okay, I have a big appetite. If you can't finish it, I'll take care of it."

  Her eyebrows relaxed and she smiled, saying: "Good, now I can rest assured."

  Su Jin was very familiar with Liu Mei, and the four dishes she ordered were all Liu Mei's favorites. She would probably be reluctant to give up any of them.

  "Looking at how you founded the film and television company, are you planning to turn this into a film and television training base in the future?" Liu Mei asked with some curiosity, she had been thinking about this question for a long time.

  "Yes, I have this intention." Su Jin did not mean to hide it.

  Liu Mei frowned and said, "I don't quite understand this. If you say that the writing club is a training base for the Internet, it's still acceptable. After all, the Internet is a new thing, and everyone has to start from scratch. Having such a training base can quickly produce authors."

  However, the film and television industry is an old industry, and our country also has many film and television academies, and many universities have set up performance departments. If you want to enter the film and television industry, it's more suitable to recruit talent from here.

  Although it is said that the talents they cultivate are more reliable, after all, they are not professionally born and may have many gaps in quality. You're doing this, I'm afraid it's hard to please.

  Su Jian's eyebrows slightly raised, he was a bit unsure of how to respond to Liu Mei. Should he say that he dared to do so because he had the system backing him? The system's training could make these students become actors who were not inferior to professional actors, just like cultivating members of first-class writing clubs.

  But this can't be made public. He can do it, but he can't say it. Not even let people discover this point. Even if these students succeed, they can only attribute it to their personal talent.

  However, Liu Mei's words did remind him that one or two students could be attributed to talent, but if all of them were like this, even a fool would know there was a problem.

  At the same time, it's mainly that doing so is indeed a bit strenuous and uninviting. Having the energy to cultivate these students, what if I were to directly cultivate those actors who come from drama schools?

  In any case, you have to admit that actors from a performing arts school background are still quite good in terms of foundation. Of course, whether an actor can succeed depends on many factors. But actors with a good foundation undoubtedly have a higher chance of success.

  If I could recruit some future stars and train them, I'm afraid their acting skills would improve to a new level, and by then they might be able to directly enter the international market.

  But how can we get those future stars to come here for training?

  "The problem is not what you think, currently we have no reputation and no experience. Even if we barely scrape together enough money to start filming, it's far from being wealthy. In this situation, it's very difficult for us to find professional actors. Therefore, having school teachers and students act in the film is an unavoidable choice."

  As for the establishment of a film and television company, it can only be considered as a backup plan. At least we can consider this place as our recruitment center for extras when shooting films in the future. It's a win-win situation, which not only alleviates the problem of redundant personnel in the writing club but also creates another source of income for the students of the business school.

  It's actually also for the students of business schools, or similar vocational schools to find a way out, which is also one of the reasons. After all, this was what I promised Li Bing at the time." Su Zhen said calmly.

  She smiled and said, "If you say so, then there's no problem. Actually, I admire you on this point. Nowadays, people in society think that we vocational school graduates are just social waste, only capable of doing the most menial labor."

  They say that having a graduation certificate is the same as being illiterate in terms of treatment. Do you know, many students are now very grateful to you, not just those from your school, but also many from other schools. Because you have helped them find their value in life, and their dignity and status.

  Su Jin smiled and said: "Actually, you don't have to make what I said sound so great. I'm also doing it for my own personal gain, helping them is just incidental."

  "When poor, one is content with being virtuous; when successful, one helps the whole world. You are already very good, many people for their own benefit do not hesitate to harm others and profit themselves, compared to them, you are already a saint." Lvxing sighed and said.

  "Never mind, let's not mention this again. Is there anything new on the internet recently?" Su Yan said.

  Liu Mei knew that Su Jin was asking her about online matters, which meant things related to the internet culture circle. If it were technical issues, he would go ask Qian Ling.

  Liu Mei thought for a moment and said: "Recently there's a book on the internet that's quite good, with very strong reactions from netizens."

  "What? What book?" Su Jin asked with interest.

  "The book is called 'I am a Rogue', the author is... is..." Liu Mei furrowed her brow, trying hard to recall the name she had once seen.

  "Is it 'I'm a Rogue'? Is the author called Ryeo?" Su Jin hastily asked.

  "Is it Daybreak? That's right, it's him!" said Liu Mei with certainty. "How did you know?"

  "It's really him!" Su Jin muttered.

  Not many people know about Daybreak, but if another name is mentioned, it's believed that anyone who has been in the online community knows it, and it's like a thunderclap. That is Blood Red.

  Xue Hong can be said to be one of the earliest gods in the online world, the first online writer with an annual salary of over 10 million. A standard fast gunner, it is said that at its peak, it can reach a daily update of 20,000 to 30,000 words, not an occasional burst, but a standard maintained for several months or even more than a year.

  He was the first to establish the tradition of posting online without reviewing. His famous works include "I am a Rogue", "The Wind and Clouds of Rogues Reborn", "The Flower Sword Record Volume", "Dragon War Starry Sky", "Rising Dragon Way", "Reversing Dragon Way", "Evil Wind Melody", "God Demon", "Witch's Hymn", "Human Road", "Tianyuan", "Free Travel Records", "Evil Dragon Way", "Stealing Heaven", "Bright Era" and so on.

  Having an unattainable influence on the internet, Su Jin still clearly remembers that when he was reborn, this great god had just started a new book "Three Realms Blood Song", which had just reached 50,000 words and had already been recommended over 40,000 times, with 47 alliance leaders. What is this? This is popularity, this is influence.

  At that time, Su Jian, a street writer, opened the data of "Three Realms Blood Song" with an attitude of admiration, and immediately knelt down. This made him, who had written nearly 300,000 words, recommended just over a thousand, and fans at most apprentices, how could he bear it? It can be said that Xue Hong is the great god among the great gods, also known as the legendary supreme god.

  In the later years, it was said that Su Jing started writing in 2003, but now it seems he began writing as early as 1998. However, this doesn't seem to surprise Su Jing at all. The butterfly effect tells us that a single seagull flapping its wings is enough to forever change the weather. Moreover, Su Jing isn't just a small butterfly; his impact on the world, or rather, in the online literature community, is no less than a tornado.

  Su Jin even felt that soon, some of the great gods from his previous life would appear one after another. This is not strange, if you observe carefully, you will find that many of the great gods in later generations mostly appeared around 2003. Why did they choose to appear at this time? It's because this was exactly when the VIP system started to be implemented in later generations.

  Online writers can make money through this. Don't say it's vulgar, people are realistic, writing itself is a labor that consumes time, brain power and physical strength. If there is no sufficient reward, even if you love writing as a hobby, the reality may not allow it.

  Now, Su Jin's Dream Network has not yet implemented a VIP system, but through its combination with Pang Zong, it has developed another type of revenue stream. Although it cannot yet produce the kind of high-income earners that will be born in later generations, it is still better than nothing. Thanks to this book, I have satisfied my own hobby and can also earn enough to eat, which is passable.

  This inadvertently paved the way for the birth of many great gods in later generations. As for these great gods of later generations, Su Jing naturally did not intend to let them go. They are all resources, and very important ones at that. How important? Let's just say that if one could grasp all the great gods of later generations in their own hands, then even if the Dream Net were to collapse, it would be possible to rebuild a new Dream Net within one or two months.

  Later generations of websites competed fiercely. In fact, they were competing for these big gods. For those ordinary writers, the website was insignificant. Because these writers are easy to win over. As long as the treatment is slightly improved, these people will rush over with a smile.

  However, Su Jin hesitated when it came to Xue Hong. It couldn't be denied that Xue Hong was indeed a great god, and even among the great gods, he was the highest. But during this period, Xue Hong had one problem - the book he was currently writing, "I am a Rogue".

  This book is too familiar to Su, it's the pioneering work of the black way. It can be said that it was this article that caused the pursuit and triggered the birth of many black ways. Even the masterpiece of later generations "How to Make a Bad Guy" was influenced by him.

  But this is exactly what Su Jin was worried about. The black way was indeed very popular after its birth, but the good times did not last long. Due to the fact that most online readers were young people, the influence of these black ways was really bad. In the end, it led to a crackdown by the government, and overnight, all black ways on the internet disappeared, and all websites that published black ways were required to shut down for rectification.

  Su Jin has always been very careful, although the current national regulations on the web are not yet standardized. Su Jin is self-conscious and does not allow any obscene or black-related content to be posted on Dream Journal. This has been the case since the site was established and has been consistently enforced.

  Su Jin is worried that if he signs with Blood Red, he will bring "I am a Rogue" over. Actually, if it were just one book of "I am a Rogue", it wouldn't matter, but the most feared thing about this kind of thing is the star effect. If you want to come with "I am a Rogue", do you also want the other underworld books?

  If you don't want to, people will definitely scold. Su Jin is not afraid of being scolded, as a public figure, he has gotten used to it. What Su Jin is worried about is that people will say that Blood Red and Dream Net have a special relationship, which is why "I'm Just a Vagabond" can be brought into Dream Net. This will have a lot of influence on his future development.

  But if it were to happen, it would be even worse. Given the current status of the internet, if the restrictions on the black market were lifted, it would definitely become a place where the black market runs rampant. However, under the government's heavy-handed crackdown, it's hard not to die trying.