You guys might not know about Noodletown cuz its quite small, but I just want to get some facts out there for you guys so you can think about whether you are taking the right side:

1) 200 old chapters to 4000 American Kaching Kaching Qidian bought the 200 chapters the Galactic Dark Net (ik, its just an ok novel, im getting bored translating it now but dw i wont stop though, and i will negotiate with author for better ending of the novel). Anyways, they bought these 200 chapters for $4000 USD. Like why, I would honestly give it to them for free, but they said they want to thank us for our hardwork in the past. I think any translating groups can verify that Qidian even offered to pay for the old chapters to be used on their site.

2) USD$35-40 base rate pay per chapter Right now Qidian is paying me $40 per chapter. In the future, they will enable ads and share that revenue with translators and editors as well.

3) Survival of this community I don't think it depends on WXW or Qidian, but the translators and editors. It's important to get their point of view on which environment they would like to work in and who they like to work for. Believe it or not, WXW is also a corporate-like entity, and it actually represents China's pirate style more vividly than Qidian lol. You guys should all know which side owns the copyrights. The Chinese authors of these books we all love entrusts Qidian to protect their rights, and you guys should really ask how much WXW is paying those Chinese authors for their hard works.

4) Slave? More like sugardaddy: you set your own quota. Being the lazy bum you guys know, noodletown sometimes don't have stable release speed cuz of exams and stuff. In those cases, I would just msg the qidian guy on wechat and let him know. You know, the quota stated on my contract is 5 chapters per week, and I actually never once met the quota until summer started a few weeks ago. I wasn't fined or anything. Qidian just does contracts with translators to maximize stability, but there is a lot of flexibility.

5) No quality no pay? NO SHT IF YOU ARE PAYING SOMEONE 40$ TO TRANSLATE, DO YOU WANT QUALITY? But its not that strict. My translation of GDN's quality is so bad that my editor wants to cry whenever he edits, but I'm still getting paid. For it to be rejected, it probably have to be at google translate level and Qidian can't use. If Qidian cant use it and have to find someone else to translate, then why pay the translator? You guys want quality too right?

6) WXW's Claim: the material they are using is honestly the very first draft of Qidian's contract. So ya, if you are gonna talk in 2017/05/24 i think you should talk about the contract that's being used right now between Qidian and its translators.

7) Opinion on WXW: I honestly feel that WXW is just trying everything to ensure that it can still make the same amount or more money like old days, without having to pay anything for the copyrighted material they are using. But you know how many people make fun of China using pirated shit without copyright, and you see how easy it is to side with the pirate's side? But this time i honestly don't get why, because both sides offer free sht. I like how he keeps mentioning somethings cannot be mentioned due to NDA, if he really cares about some NDA stated by Qidian's contract, why is he still using Qidian's novels, doesn't it seem sketch to you guys?

8) Opinion on Qidian: keep the money coming. It's not even the readers' money they are paying us, but their own investment. Readers still gets to enjoy free chapters, while Qidian invests heavily to make sure apps and sites are optimized. Honestly, what had Qidian done to you guys that so many ppl want to shit on them and blindly follow WXW? Both are free mangggg, now we just have to look on the legal and rational side.

Conclusion: 8 is a lucky number so i will stop there. Ask any questions about the translator's perspective and i will reply.

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