Writing Web Novels In America-Chapter 173 - 171: Not Discovered

The next morning, Wang Jian rubbed his sleepy eyes as he arrived at the office.

He saw Tom with a "come ask me what happened" expression, "Sorry, Wang. I went to the apartment next door for a drink yesterday and didn’t come back to the party."

"How was your night?"

Wang Jian rubbed his slightly sore nose and replied, "Not bad, just the apartment’s heating wasn’t very good."

"That’s not true." Tom said proudly, "After exercising, it was actually a bit hot."

"But," Wang Jian sat in his office chair, "if you sweat too much, you quickly start to feel cold."

Hmm?

Tom pondered for a moment, looked at Wang Jian’s innocent face, and flipped him off.

He pulled out a document, changing the subject, "This is a fax from ABC."

"It contains information about some actresses interested in auditioning for the female leads in ’Anomalies.’"

Wang Jian took the document and glanced through it, noting many familiar stars listed.

Most of them were eyeing the role of the Vampire.

The remaining few wanted to play the role of a Husky.

It must be said, the two women yesterday knew exactly what they wanted.

Naomi, who had already starred in a hit series, was eligible to compete for the role of the female Vampire.

And the lesser-known Vera, had chosen Catwoman, a role with less screen time.

Wang Jian thought for a moment, then picked up the phone to call James.

"Is today the initial selection for the female leads of ’Anomalies’ by ABC?"

After receiving an affirmative response, he continued, "Then, could you send a Broadway actress named Vera Farmiga directly to the final audition for Catwoman?"

"Vera Farmiga?" James’s voice came through with a sleazy laugh, "The role has very few scenes, if her acting is above the line, there shouldn’t be a problem."

Then, his tone became more serious, "But with other roles, we can’t do this."

"Although you’re only 18, but Wang, we must remember like the people in Hollywood, business is business!"

Uh...

Actually, having Naomi Watts as the female lead in ’Anomalies’ would indeed be a highly profitable business for the website.

As for the relationships, those were just minor embellishments in business!

But Wang Jian felt that if he gave this reason, it might be better for ABC to think he was a guy who acted on his emotions!

"Wang, we need you to evaluate which actress is suitable for the female lead from the readers’ perspective!"

After hanging up the phone, Wang Jian looked at the actresses’ profiles and started feeling a bit troubled.

Nicole Kidman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie...

Although these people currently had a fame similar to Naomi Watts.

But the reality that movie actors are naturally a notch higher made it not easy for Wang Jian to reach his goal.

As for forcefully making Naomi the lead?

Considering the cooperation on ’Prison Break,’ ABC would likely think it was due to a personal relationship.

Shit, not being the chief producer really ties my hands!

Wang Jian tapped his fingers on the desk lightly, beginning to think about how he could secure the leading role for Naomi.

At that moment, Tom spoke again, "Dorsey’s girlfriend and her classmate are in another office."

"Do you want to meet them?"

Wang Jian took a sip of coffee, feeling that he didn’t have a good plan at the moment, so he nodded in agreement.

Moments later, Tom and Dorsey walked into the office with two other people.

Wang Jian immediately focused his attention on the woman, curious to see what Dorsey’s girlfriend looked like.

Uh...

It was hard to believe that this Caucasian named Marissa Mayer was actually quite attractive.

However, the two of them were clearly led by the man.

"Mr. Wang, I am a loyal reader of yours," the young Caucasian said as he shook hands with Wang Jian, "I’m a student at Stanford University, Larry Page."

No wonder Dorsey didn’t mind his girlfriend working with this man; he looked even sleazier than Dorsey!

Wang Jian smiled and shook hands, silently making his assessment.

"So I heard you want to learn about entrepreneurship and get some investment?"

"Yes, Mr. Wang," Larry Page replied nervously as he sat in the chair.

"My friend Sergey Brin and I, after some time and effort, have further perfected the search technology of Yahoo and Netscape."

Hearing this, Wang Jian couldn’t help but sigh; the New York Times was absolutely right: the internet was now all about who could boast the best.

Just any college students daring to claim they’d improved the technology of two internet giants and were seeking investment!

Wang Jian glanced at Dorsey and nodded noncommittally.

Larry Page continued, "We admire Yahoo’s technology and the business model of wangwen.com."

"Your site has grown and even achieved stable profits without significant investment."

"Therefore, we hope to get help and investment from your site," Larry paused, then added, "Sergey has already gone to Yahoo to seek investment."

Wang Jian looked at this young man about his age and almost laughed out loud.

Go to Yahoo and say, ’We’ve improved your technology; please invest in us’?

The audacity!

But being intensely stared at by Dorsey’s sincere eyes, Wang Jian could only continue to humor him.

"Well... show us this so-called new technology of yours."

Larry pulled out several floppy disks, approached the computer, and asked, "May I?"

After receiving an affirmative answer, he inserted a floppy disk into the computer and rapidly began typing.

"Mr. Wang, please look, this is the website search result for the same keyword by Yahoo, and this is our search result."

Wang Jian curiously looked at the screen.

Yahoo’s search had produced over 300 websites, whereas Larry’s search yielded over 700.

"More websites mean more information," Wang Jian commented, "but sometimes more information means no information at all."

Larry countered, "We will rank websites based on the volume of visits."

Wang Jian nodded and casually typed in the name "Arcane Throne."

But then, an embarrassing thing happened; the first result was a book summary from Random House.

Wang Jian looked at Larry and shrugged.

With an embarrassed look, Larry typed on the keyboard, and wangwen.com moved to the first position.

"Isn’t it supposed to be based on visit volume to determine the site ranking? Can it still be adjusted at any time?" Tom asked.

Wang Jian quickly added, "Wouldn’t this cause objections from other websites?"

Larry Page’s face turned a bit red, "Such ranking should be considered normal commercial behavior."

"However, in the initial phase of the site, we will still rank based on visit volume," Larry looked eager to secure the investment, "Even if we adjust the rankings through fees, at this stage, few people would notice."

At that moment, Dorsey spoke up, puzzled, "What kind of technology are you using?"

"PageRank," Larry replied, "Currently, it’s a brand new patent."

Wang Jian listened as the two programmers discussed technology, bored to death.

He pretended to pay serious attention while he started browsing celebrity profiles.

A few minutes later, an idea suddenly struck Wang Jian.

"Larry, if we hosted a vote in our site’s book review section or Twitter topics, could we secretly alter the results?"

"And do so without anyone noticing?"

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