"What did you write?"
"Let me hear it."
"Why don't you listen to me?"
"I won't make a fool of myself."
As for the composition department's annual assessment works, it seemed that everyone kept them very secret and was cautiously guarding against each other, as if their songs were very important. Few people made their songs public in advance, but as time dragged on to the end of the month, everyone still submitted their works.
Lin Yuan also submitted a song.
The mentality of many students in the composition department is understandable. Everyone who chooses this major has a dream of becoming a composer, and Lin Yuan is probably the person who knows the works of these classmates best, because he has participated in the arrangement and production of 70% of the students in the class.
To be fair.
Lin Yuan felt that several of his classmates' works were quite good. Qinzhou's music environment could easily produce great composers. Who knows, there might be one or two industry giants emerging from the class in the future.
Having said that.
Lin Yuan is still very confident about "The First Dream". As one of the most influential inspirational songs in China, the excellence of this song has been proven countless times. However, some people may not know that this song is not a local work of China, but a cover of the hit single of Japan's top singer Miyuki Nakajima by Taiwanese singer Fan Weiqi.
Song title: Riding on the Back of a Silver Dragon
No wonder there is a saying in China that Miyuki Nakajima supports most of the Chinese music scene. Many of the Hong Kong and Taiwan songs that we liked when we were young were only realized after we grew up that these songs were actually covers of Japanese works.
Also at the end of this month.
The publishing department of the Silver Blue Library is counting the number of pre-orders for the new book "Zhu Xian" from major booksellers one by one. Following the report from her subordinates, Shi Yun, the female director of the publishing department, is not looking very happy at this moment:
"Huaxin Bookstore has 80,000 copies."
"Longxiang Bookstore has 50,000 copies."
"Bafang Bookstore has 30,000 volumes."
"Elegant Bookstore, 20,000 copies."
"Ten thousand copies at Peak Bookstore."
"Shiguang Bookstore has 10,000 copies."
The statistics continued, but Shi Yun's face became more and more ugly.
The company's editorial department is very confident about the new book "Zhu Xian".
The order was given personally by the editor-in-chief, so the first print run of this book was as high as one million copies, and it seemed that he was certain that the sales of this book would not be bad.
But the market clearly doesn't think so.
The Silver Blue Bookstore printed a total of one million copies of "Zhu Xian".
But when Shi Yun looked at the statistical results, he found that the total number of orders placed by Qinzhou's large and small booksellers was only about 280,000 copies.
Some of these booksellers made the decision based on the performance of Chu Kuang’s previous book.
“Isn’t this too little?”
The subordinate on Shi Yun's left frowned: "Our promotion this time is very large, so the orders should not be so small. But the current order volume is too low. It seems that these booksellers, like many publishers in the industry, think that Zhu Xian will flop."
Chu Kuang’s new book is a fantasy novel.
When this news was first revealed, all kinds of discussions arose in the industry, and basically few people were optimistic about the fairy tale theme.
Many people think that Chu Kuang’s new book will be a flop.
The Silver and Blue Books were willing to publish the book, perhaps because they could not overcome Chu Kuang's insistence.
Even if this book hadn't flopped, its sales would definitely be far lower than Chu Kuang's previous work "The Prince of Tennis".
Someone even conducted a statistical survey on the Internet, targeting the readers of "The Prince of Tennis".
The investigators set up three options and asked whether they would support Chu Kuang's new fairy tale book.
The result was six to three to two.
Sixty percent chose not to support, thirty percent chose to support, and twenty percent chose to wait and see.
This result is not optimistic for Chu Kuang's new book.
It seems that all major booksellers have the same idea now. They are not optimistic about Chu Kuang's new book, so the order volume is very conservative.
This is a very dangerous signal for Shi Yun!
Of the million copies of the book, only 280,000 were sold. Wouldn't the remaining 720,000 be a waste of money
She decided to talk to the editor-in-chief.
Editor-in-Chief Lü Bei was sitting in his office surfing the Internet. When he saw Shi Yun coming over, he smiled and asked, "How is the order volume?"
"The total order is 280,000 copies." Shi Yun's expression was a little sad.
Lu Bei was stunned for a moment. This is the only amount they sold
He laughed and said, "It's not the bookseller's fault. If I were in their shoes, I wouldn't dare to order too much. What if no one buys the book?"
Shi Yun: “…”
Then why did you ask me to print so much
Why are you laughing so happily
Lü Bei didn't know what Shi Yun was saying, and his smile remained bright: "The top ten booksellers have all bought from us, right?"
Shi Yun said: "Jing'an Bookstore didn't take it."
Lu Bei nodded: "I will negotiate the order for Jing'an Bookstore."
After saying that, Lu Bei made a phone call.
Shi Yun didn't say anything and waited quietly.
The call was quickly connected, and Lu Bei's first words were: "Pei Du, do you want to play a big game?"
"How big is the game?"
Pei Du, the general manager of Jing'an Bookstore, curled his lips and said, "You want to persuade me to order more copies of Zhu Xian, right? I was planning to contact you, how about 100,000 copies?"
"You have so little confidence in Chu Kuang?"
"It's not that I don't have confidence in Chu Kuang, it's that I don't have confidence in Xianxia. Let's not keep it a secret. Just tell me what the Silver Blue Library is up to."
Lu Bei said calmly: "I sell super tonic pills!"
Shi Yun curled her lips. She was only responsible for publishing and sales and didn't know much about novels.
Pei Du smiled bitterly and said, "Jing'an Bookstore is the fifth largest bookstore chain in the country in terms of shipments. You know I've only been in this position of general manager for a year, and I'm not very stable yet. There are so many eyes watching me make mistakes. If you screw me over too much, I might have to move on next year."
"If you want to secure your position as the general manager of Jing'an Bookstore, trust me and order one million copies!"
Shi Yun really wanted to remind Lu Bei that the company did not have so much inventory.
But on second thought, the person in charge of Jing'an Bookstore is not an idiot, how could he let you fool him
really.
Pei Du laughed so hard. He and Lu Bei were good friends, so he didn't have many reservations when talking. "How dare you print a hundred copies?"
"Don't worry about this." Lu Bei said leisurely.
Pei Du gritted his teeth and said, "Then I'll play along with you and order 500,000 copies."
He didn't think the other party would cheat him.
If the other party dared to cheat him, he would have completely offended Jing'an Bookstore. Besides, their friendship still existed, and the value of this friendship was much higher than an order of hundreds of thousands of copies.
"It's a little too little. We've already called out 500,000 copies. Why not order 700,000 copies?"
"Are you crazy or am I?"
"Neither of us will go crazy. If anyone wants to go crazy, let those rational onlookers go crazy. This time I want the entire Qinzhou to know that those who believe in my Silver Blue Library will win the world, and those who believe in Chu Kuang will have eternal life!"
"You're like a shaman."
"Silver Blue Library has grown from a medium-sized publishing company to what it is today. I, Lv Bei, may not have made a great contribution, but at least I have made great contributions. What do you think I, Lv Bei, rely on to achieve this?"
Pei didn't say anything.
There was silence on the phone for three full minutes.
Lu Bei didn't say anything either. He had enough patience.
No one knew what kind of struggle Pei Du had gone through in his heart. Three minutes later, he growled, "Damn it, I'll trust you just once, seven hundred thousand copies!"
"Okay, wait for next year to get the bonus and performance, that's it."
"Don't talk about hanging up, it's unlucky, I have to go face the storm."
Shi Yun, who listened to the entire call, widened his eyes!
He opened the deal with an order of 700,000 copies and he actually made it
No wonder Lu Bei is the editor-in-chief. Isn’t his ability to deceive people terrifying
But…
The company’s inventory has indeed been cleared, but if "Zhu Xian" cannot be sold at that time, will Jing'an Bookstore put Yinlan Bookstore on the blacklist in the future
If things go wrong, Mr. Pei Du will be completely buried by the inventory squeezed by "Zhu Xian"!