Silver Blue Library.
An office.
Editor-in-chief Lu Bei was about to go to the conference room for a meeting when he suddenly saw Lao Xiong running towards him, panting like a heavy tank.
"What's wrong?"
Lu Bei quickly moved away.
Lao Xiong held onto the door and gasped for breath. It took him a while to speak: "I just sent you Chu Kuang's new book. You must take a look!"
"Chu Kuang's new book?"
Lu Bei's heart moved and he nodded. Seeing that Lao Zhou started to breathe heavily again, he didn't say much and went straight to the meeting room.
This is an internal meeting.
A certain leader was pointing at a certain copy and talking at length, but Lu Bei suddenly remembered what Lao Xiong had just said, so he simply took out his cell phone and secretly opened the new book by Chu Kuang that he had just sent him.
Lu Bei likes Chu Kuang very much.
The short story "The Gift of the Magi" written by Chu Kuang last time moved Lu Bei so much that he even put down his work during the Chinese New Year and went back to spend the Spring Festival with his family. Since then, Lu Bei has been paying attention to the developments of Chu Kuang's works.
"Zhu Xian?"
The title of this novel is quite domineering, Lu Bei thought so and began to read it quietly. Anyway, this kind of high-level meeting is always long and boring, and it is impossible to end without an hour or so.
Just be careful not to be discovered.
This was not the first time that Lu Bei had been absent from the meeting room, and he had never failed because he would not keep his head down to read novels. Occasionally, he would pretend to listen carefully to the meeting report, nodding from time to time, and even seriously tapping on the keyboard of his notebook, as if he was taking meeting notes.
In fact, all the characters typed are garbled.
The kind that programmers dare not recognize.
But this time Lu Bei was careless. He didn't expect that "Zhu Xian" would be so magical. He was completely absorbed in it after only ten minutes. He even forgot to type the garbled code pretending to take meeting notes. He didn't even hear someone calling him:
"Editor-in-chief?"
"Editor-in-chief?"
Finally, the leader who had been talking loudly got anxious and slammed the table hard, saying angrily, "Lü Bei!"
"ah?"
Lu Bei came back to his senses at this moment. He couldn't help but smile awkwardly and put down his phone reluctantly. Most of the senior executives present were at the same level as him. If they were not extremely angry, they would not have called him by his name directly.
The meeting continues.
Lu Bei felt uncomfortable.
He really wanted to continue reading because his mind was full of the plot of "Zhu Xian" and he couldn't even help looking forward to what would happen next. He didn't hear a word of what was discussed in the meeting. He just wanted to end the meeting quickly so that he could go back and continue reading.
"The meeting is adjourned!"
Finally, the meeting ended.
Lu Bei hurried out of the meeting room, took out his cell phone and planned to call Lao Xiong, but found that Lao Xiong was standing at the door waiting for him, and his tone was quite anxious: "Should we mention Chu Kuang's contract?"
“How much before?”
"Seven percent."
"Ten percent."
Lu Bei spoke without hesitation. This was the price charged by many veteran best-selling authors. Chu Kuang's fame was still a little lacking for now, but Lu Bei was very sure that the popularity of Chu Kuang's new book would definitely not be lower than that of the previous "Prince of Tennis", even though he had only read a few contents so far.
"Understood."
The old bear was not surprised at all.
His first reaction after reading "Zhu Xian" was that this novel was going to be a hit.
Lao Xiong never thought that fantasy novels could be written like this!
He was shocked!
This was also the reason why he rushed out of the meeting room like crazy before!
He had to personally show up and greet multiple departments including the Propaganda Department and the Publishing Department, and also attract the attention of the editor-in-chief so that the editor-in-chief knew how good this novel was.
"That's right."
Just as Lao Xiong was about to leave, Lu Bei suddenly got a little angry and said, "I asked you to get Chu Kuang's autograph last time, why didn't you do it?"
The old bear paused.
He had completely forgotten about it, and he believed that the editor-in-chief had also forgotten about it, but the emergence of "Zhu Xian" made the other party remember it again.
…
Lin Yuan naturally didn't know the response that "Zhu Xian" caused in the editorial department, but he received a call from Yang Feng when he got home from school in the evening.
"Teacher Chu Kuang!"
Yang Feng obviously noticed that his tone of voice when talking to Chu Kuang was becoming more and more humble: "Your new book is simply great. The company is considering publishing the first volume of "Zhu Xian" next month. What do you think?"
It wasn’t like this before.
If it were in the past, Yang Feng would probably say: "Chu Kuang, congratulations, your novel has passed the review of our editorial department, and our company will arrange for the publication of this novel next month."
It means the same thing.
It's just that the attitude is a little different.
Lin Yuan naturally couldn't hear the subtle changes in the other party's attitude.
He was as concise as ever: "It can be published. When will the contract be signed?"
"That's it!"
Yang Feng smiled and said, "The company has decided to increase the royalties for your novel to 10%, which is a very high price in the industry. Is there anything else you need us to do..."
"very good!"
Lin Yuan subconsciously raised his voice.
Yang Feng was a little surprised. Didn't Chu Kuang not love money? Why did he look so excited when he heard that the royalties could be increased
Yes.
Money represents many meanings.
Perhaps what Mr. Chu Kuang cares about is not the increase in royalties, but the company's recognition of his writing ability and the sincerity expressed by the company through money!
Money has a price.
Sincerity is priceless.
Moreover, what he wrote this time was a fantasy-themed work, so he must have been under certain psychological pressure when creating it, so naturally he needed all kinds of recognition.
Think of this.
Yang Feng smiled and said, "As long as you are satisfied, I have to inform you that the company will soon start the pre-sale promotion of "Zhu Xian"!"
"Um."
"That's it?"
"That's it, then."
Lin Yuan hung up the phone in a good mood.
The Silver and Blue Bookstore always takes the initiative to raise prices, which makes Lin Yuan very satisfied.
It seems that choosing to continue cooperating with Silver Blue Book Library is indeed a good decision.
The price will probably go up in the future, right
I'll have to ask my sister what she said later.
My sister Lin Xuan is an expert in the publishing industry and should know more about it.
By the way, Lin Yuan also considered taking "Zhu Xian" to his sister's publishing house.
However, after some investigation, Lin Yuan found that his sister's publishing house was not big enough and was definitely not as profitable as the Silver Blue Bookstore, so Lin Yuan gave up.
Of course, making money is more important than boosting my sister's performance.
As for my sister, the worst that can happen is that I can just give her some of the money I make.
She worked hard to achieve results in order to earn a higher salary, and Lin Yuan understood this truth.
My sister must like money more.
Is there anyone in this world who doesn’t like money
And that was the night when Lin Yuan and Yang Feng finished their phone call.
The official website of Silver Blue Bookstore finally posted the news that writer Chu Kuang will release a new book in July, which can be regarded as a warm-up mode for the promotion of the new book.
As soon as this news came out.
Chu Kuang’s fans are excited!
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ps: I will continue to write the update after dinner. It may be slow, so don't worry.