All 12.2 million novels online are free to read？ Reading official emergency response

IT House May 3 news In response to recent questions from netizens about the reading contract and whether it is completely free, the new team of Reading Group also answered related questions through the official WeChat WeChat official account yesterday.

IT House learned that the contract that attracted widespread attention was launched in September 2019, and the new management team of Reading said that they would communicate with the writers and modify the contract accordingly. In response to the rumor that "all reading is free", the reading team said that this statement is "impossible and unrealistic, please don’t believe it".

Respond to the original:

Dear fellow writers:

Hello everyone! We are very concerned about the reading contract that has been discussed and questioned by everyone since April 28 and whether it is completely free. We also explain it to you here:

1. At present, the contract we are discussing is a contract that was launched in September 2019, not a new contract that was launched on April 28, 2020 as rumored by the outside world.

2. As a new management team on April 27th, 2020, we received many criticisms and opinions on this old contract. We attach great importance to it and have begun to re-examine it. We will have extensive communication with writers, and we will make corresponding amendments to unreasonable terms. Please rest assured.

3. From the beginning of the new team, we firmly believe that we must consolidate and maintain the payment model and explore innovative models. It is impossible and unrealistic to say that "all free reading" is carried out in reading articles rumored by the outside world. Please don’t believe it.

4. Wechat reading is one of the partners of reading channels. About the limited-time free operation of WeChat reading for reading copyright content, which everyone is concerned about, it is the improper operation of the channel itself and the management error of our channel work. We have communicated with WeChat Reading and reached a consensus that the operation activity has been offline and will not have any impact on the author’s income.

5. Writers are the foundation of reading platform. Content ecology is not only for reading, but also for everyone. Now everyone’s opinions and criticisms are not overnight, so it is a very important gain to know everyone’s true feelings. On May 3rd, we will announce the arrangement of a series of talks between the new management and writers, hoping to get your outspoken suggestions on the development of reading and discuss the future together.

After fumbling all the way to today, we have made mistakes and detours. We will face the challenge and hope to create a common future with you.

Cheng Wu, Hou Xiaonan and the New Reading Team

2020-5-2