Writing Web Novels In America-Chapter 182 - 180 Not Enough Money

In New York, this dazzling center of world finance.

Wall Street’s elites, they show vastly different attitudes toward different people.

Of course, this has nothing to do with age, race, skin color, and the like, it’s all about interest.

Wang Jian, who once had only qualified to meet with junior partners at Goldman Sachs like Lehman.

Now, with the backing of Twitter, he’s dealing directly with middle and senior partners at Goldman Sachs.

Yet, this does not bring Wang Jian any joy.

Amidst the flattering from the manager of Goldman Sachs’ customer service, he sat in the car with a gloomy expression.

"Invitations to the Madoff Fund and Tiger Fund gatherings?" Wang Jian sneered and casually tossed away two exquisitely designed cards.

"Do I look like I have money to invest right now?"

"Wang, how is it going?" Tom turned his head and asked, "Does Goldman Sachs have any plans?"

"They still need some time to evaluate before they can officially kick off Twitter’s listing process," Wang Jian answered.

"But as for Dorsey’s side..." Tom trailed off.

Wang Jian rubbed the corners of his eyebrows, also feeling a wave of headaches coming on.

Although through the influence of several TV series and word-of-mouth from readers, the monthly income of wangwen.com has already stabilized at the ten million US dollar level.

Even after deducting various expenses, there would be a few million dollars in liquid funds left each month.

Yet Twitter is like a monster, crazily devouring these funds.

Moreover, the website needs to fork out one million dollars to subscribe to 15% of PayPal’s shares.

Indeed, you can never have enough dollars.

Wang Jian thought about the response from Goldman Sachs, frowning deeply.

A high user volume and activity do not just bring high valuation.

It also doubles the pressure on servers and the massive shortage of technical personnel.

So, forfeit the subscription rights to PayPal?

Wang Jian thought for a moment, quickly shaking his head.

Even by his judgment, online payment has great potential. freewēbnoveℓ.com

To give up now would mean losing a large amount of money.

"Tom, try to reduce the website’s expenses as much as possible before Twitter goes public," he pondered for a while, then continued, "and you and Dorsey need to raise some funds."

"We need to prevent Goldman Sachs from using the website’s financial pressures to gain more equity."

"For us, Goldman Sachs is not just a partner but also a competitor we need to guard against."

Hearing this, Tom showed a bitter smile.

"You have licensing fees, subscription fees, and more, but Dorsey and I..." he said helplessly, shaking his head.

"Besides, next month is tax season, and that’s another significant expense."

Tax season?

Wang Jian almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

"How much?"

"Three million dollars," Tom passed over a document, "and that’s after deducting the charitable tax offset."

Three million dollars?

Fuck the IRS!

Wang Jian closed his eyes, no longer speaking.

His mind started to silently calculate the necessary expenses for this period.

Half an hour later, the car stopped in front of an office building in Flushing.

Wang Jian and Tom quickly made their way to the office.

"Wang, this is Twitter’s backend data," Chen Shijun handed over a document.

"This..." Wang Jian inwardly sighed, "Do I have to spend money to hire those hackers again?"

Yet upon receiving the document, he unexpectedly found that Twitter’s data hadn’t plummeted.

"Weren’t those two Hollywood stars supposed to have reached some sort of tacit agreement?"

"Cough cough," Chen Shijun cleared his throat softly, "The First Lady and the real estate mogul are arguing even more fiercely now."

Uh...

Wang Jian opened his computer and began checking their Twitter accounts.

"70 messages? These two are actually tearing into each other this seriously online?"

Just moments later, Wang Jian burst into laughter.

"These two... truly deserve to be big shots."

"What’s going on?" Tom asked, puzzled.

"Take a look at their Twitter accounts, they’re changing their statements based on their followers’ political leanings."

"So, you’re saying they’ve already detected the anomalies, but haven’t reached a tacit agreement like Hollywood stars?" Chen Shijun inquired.

"No." Wang Jian shook his head and picked up his coffee.

"They have reached a tacit understanding, just in a different way."

"The more controversial the issue, the more these two big shots speak up."

"But..." Wang Jian pointed at the screen, "Mr. Donald must be about to buckle under the pressure."

"Ha!" Tom laughed, "After all, you’ve caught the attention of ’Harem Boleyn’s Story’ fans with feminism."

"And those fans have a wide base on Twitter."

Hearing this, a flash of lightning seemed to cross Wang Jian’s mind.

Fans, Twitter, hot topics...

He picked up the mouse and entered the backend of wangwen.com.

Sure enough, he found that the paid subscription numbers for the completed ’Harem Boleyn’s Story’ had started to rise sharply again.

This...

Drawing book fans into the heat of the moment could not only keep the topic alive but also boost subscriptions in reverse?

His fingers lightly tapped on the desktop as he started pondering.

If ’Harem Boleyn’s Story’, feminism, and Hillary could somehow be linked.

Then...

What could the real estate tycoon Donald be associated with?

A dozen minutes later, Wang Jian had finished a cup of coffee.

He thought bitterly, "This kind of hot topic... seems like there’s no book that can ride the wave!"

Unless...

Based on the tycoon’s bankruptcy experience, one stretched the connection forcibly.

Wang Jian opened the site’s paid rankings and scrutinized them.

Finally, his attention settled on ’Prison Break Special Forces.’

As for the connection between a rebirth after bankruptcy and the return of a king among special soldiers.

Holy shit!

Being the boss of Twitter, he just slapped on that connection.

Not happy?

Bite me!

Half an hour later.

Users who were eagerly watching the debate between the First Lady and the real estate tycoon found an advertisement amidst their back-and-forth posts.

Hillary’s was an image of a young woman dressed in Middle Ages noble attire.

Beside her, a sentence read, "The world is not ruled by men, even if he is a king!"

As for Donald, it was the image of a robust man.

"Betrayed by enemies, struck down by life, but... that man has finally returned!"

Users who clicked on the advertisements were redirected to the pages for ’Harem Boleyn Family’ and ’Prison Break Special Forces,’ respectively.

Tom, along with a group of editors, was racking their brains in the discussion area of ’Prison Break Special Forces’ to connect it with Donald.

For this, they even published some extremely derogatory and misogynistic statements.

One of the editors, who studied the history of various countries, even borrowed quotes from historical figures.

This included Nietzsche’s, "When you go to a woman, don’t forget the whip."

And Confucius’ saying, "Women and servants are most difficult to manage."

Since both the TV show and novel ’Prison Break Special Forces’ were utterly male-oriented.

These statements actually received a lot of approval.

Tom hurriedly took screenshots of these endorsements and posted them in the review section of ’Harem Boleyn’s Story.’

"Sisters, see for yourselves; this is the true face of Donald’s supporters."

"The fans of that ’Prison Break Special Forces’ are actually making such statements!"

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