Lao Miao probably didn't expect Chu Li to agree so quickly, not only agreed to Zhou Chuan's 350,000 first seals, but also agreed to Suo Heng's matter - after being stunned, he laughed, and posted Suo Heng on Q. Heng's contact information was sent to Chu Li: "Here you are, why are you shouting so loudly, you are afraid that I will repent... If you want this author, you can take it. What is so rare? It can be sold or not. Move, these years are getting worse every year."
"...Old Miao, it's not good to hand over Suo Heng to Chuli. After Cong Jiang and Cheng came to have more serials, Hippo's short stories were often rejected, and then two or three issues did not appear. Now, apart from Suo Heng And Niannian, you don't have too many other authors to contribute to—" Xiaoniao interjected appropriately, but before she could finish, she was stared back by Lao Miao.
The old Miao chair turned back to his cubicle: "I don't want to bring these things that can't be sold for a long time, and I'm discussing other projects with the agency recently... People, I can't just go to the dark one by one, what age is it?" , who would buy a magazine just to read an issue of a novel!"
While talking, he glanced at Chu Li.
With a blank expression on his face, Chuli murmured: "If you don't listen, don't listen, bastard chant the scriptures."
While thinking about it, I greeted Suo Heng on Q—unexpectedly, she was a gentle girl, and she didn’t say anything after being notified to replace her, she just sent a meaningful “ah” and then closed it Mouth... When the editor is suddenly replaced while walking downhill, it is natural to feel abandoned, right
Chu Li can only try to make Suo Heng reduce this discomfort, and the only way she can think of is to start discussing her new article with Suo Heng as soon as possible, so that she can forget about the things she was abandoned from time to time as soon as possible, and get into the habit of adapting. In the rhythm... However, what Chu Li didn't expect was that Suo Heng reacted very quickly when she mentioned the new series just now—
[Suo Heng: Ah, last time Lao Miao asked me to write a cute article about immortals descending to earth, I wrote the beginning.]
As soon as she said that, she sent the manuscript, there was only one beginning, and Chu Li glanced at it—it could be seen that she was trying to grow up, but... Suo Heng was the author who wrote ancient romances and became popular back then, and readers praised her as well. Praise her for the delicacy of her writing style, and I like the story of a golden horse and a heroine in her writing...
Why does such an author write cute articles
Chu Li suppressed the manuscript, and expressed his thoughts to Suo Heng tactfully. Who knew that just after finishing speaking, Suo Heng responded quickly and asked—
[Suo Heng: So what are the popular themes now? What do readers like to read? Interstellar Mecha? antiquity? Ancient wear today? Ah, it's still a cute novel where one of the protagonists is a small animal, I can try both...]
[The sailor invited by the monkey: ... Never mind what is popular now, do you have any subjects you want to write about?]
[Suo Heng: There are some, 23333, but Lao Miao said that the subject matter I want to write will definitely not be popular, so I won't be allowed to write... because few people read ancient romances now.]
[Suo Heng: Lao Miao said that for an author like me who is old and silent and can’t get up, it’s better to write a guaranteed theme with a hot spot—a red theme that newcomers can write, and I’m an old author, maybe it’s better Help me get back in everyone's sight... I think it's quite reasonable.]
[The sailors invited by the monkey: ... ]
[Saijun invited by the monkey: You are not responsible for editing him now, if you don’t want to accept this method, you don’t have to force yourself.]
[Saijun invited by the monkey: Think about why Yuanyue Society brought you here in the first place—we came to you because we wanted to see what only you had, not to ask you to write an article "It's not Suo Heng" It can also be "something...]
[Saijun invited by the monkey: I don’t know if you can understand what I said?]
Suo Heng was silent for a while.
—Probably because I was too shocked by the completely different requirements for soliciting papers from Chu Li and Lao Miao.
After being silent for a long time, she told Chu Li that she would make a few topic selections that she wanted to write, sorted them out and sent them to Chu Li, Chu Li readily agreed, and made an appointment with her on a precise time to submit the topic selections …
This agreement led to the last few words that Suo Heng said to Chu Li on this day—
[Suo Heng: Ah, when all the editors told me about the outline or topic selection, they always said: It’s okay, there’s no rush, take your time, and you can submit it at any time.]
[Suo Heng: Only you agreed with me on the delivery time with the tone of "no delay".]
[Suo Heng: 23333333333 It seems that it has been many years since an editor urged me behind my ass. I have reached the point where sometimes even when I watch others complain about being urged, I feel that the other party is showing off.]
[Suo Heng: It's amazing.]
[Suo Heng: I feel that I am needed.]
[Suo Heng: Thank you!]
First ceremony: "..."
This girl.
I'm really going to be bullied into the dust by these people who only know how to judge "whether this author can sell".
After sending off Suo Heng, Chu Li raised his head and glanced at Yu Yao, only to realize that the old man Yu Yao changed his usual concentration from sitting in his seat to concentrate on doing his own things and seldom raise his head. Today, he was actually a little distracted— And it was embarrassing to collide with Chu Li's eyes in the air.
Yu Yao smiled at Chu Li, which seemed to be a little pleading, as if to say: My children will be entrusted to you.
…
Suo Heng was sent away, and there was another flurry of chaos in the afternoon.
The marketing department sent a message, saying that the old Hua Bookstore that I had contacted originally gave a message. It was originally scheduled to be released at the same time as the "Luohe Divine Book" in late December. The new work "Bie Zhi Jing Magpie (*Chinese translation)" is about to be released, and the best stacking position in the bookstore is given to this level of masters. If there is a collision, "Luohe Shenshu" will definitely not get the best stacking position in the bookstore...
When Chu Li saw the news, he felt his stomach churn—the good things that were originally agreed upon were changed, and Hellman's "Farewell to the Magpie" came out halfway...
It was as if the whole world knew that she was betting with Lao Miao, and then came out to mess with her! ! ! !
Not to mention that Hiukawa's own celebrity is definitely not as good as the international director Jane's writer. Jiuhua Bookstore is a large bookstore with a national nature, and the largest partner of Yuanyue Club, let alone the marketing department, even Teacher Xia offended I'm sorry—at this point, it seems that the only way to go is to let the schedule, "Luohe Divine Book" be printed in advance and listed in advance!
Let alone 350,000 first prints at this time, today is the first day when the dealer responds to the order, and they have to rush to prepare for the print, and it will not be delayed for a few days. In addition to the stacked demand of Jiuhua Bookstore, the first The printing volume is at most overwhelmed, order 200,000...
Like Chu Li, the marketing department's connector guy came in for an interview at the beginning of the year and just became a regular, and now he is also asking pitifully on Q—
[Brother from the Marketing Department: Sister, what should I do T_T It seems that I have to give up the best stacking positions, or print a batch in advance to catch up with the best stacking positions at the beginning of next month? If you print a batch in advance, from the current order quantity, you can print up to 45,000, plus the stacked numbers required by the old Chinese society, let's add hundreds of thousands together! The cost is estimated to be quite high...]
[Brother from the marketing department: For such a big matter, our boss told us to handle it according to his tone, saying that if we mess up, we can get out.]
[The sailors invited by the monkey: ... ]
Stacking generally requires about 200 books to do.
Although Jiuhua Bookstore is a big business, there are more than 10,000 Jiuhua Bookstores across the country, but generally stacking only enters the bookstores near the school and super-large downtown bookstores, so the so-called stacking positions will only enter a few hundred in the whole country—
Just count as the largest of the 400 companies, and it will take 80,000 copies just to stack.
But it’s only 80,000 copies, plus the dealers’ purchases of about 100,000 a few days ago, this number will be held back by Yuanyue Society—the main problem is the 80,000 copies of Jiuhua Bookstore, because they are sold after stacking. The unfinished part has the right of return.
It is impossible for the bookstore to give such a good stacking position for free. It needs to be exchanged with points and the right to return... That means, for example, the usual book is given to the Jiuhua Bookstore at a 55% discount from the original price of the book. If you go to the Jiuhua Bookstore The stacking position can only be given to them at a discount of 40% or 50% of the price; in addition, the return rate of ordinary dealers is only 30%, and if the old Hua Bookstore gives the stacking position, the return rate may rise to 70%, that is, For such an advertising space, you have to bear a lot of risk of return!
To sum up, the society will hold back the 80,000 first prints very tightly, causing other dealers to purchase 50,000 copies. Originally, they might have directly printed more than 70,000 copies and printed 20,000 copies, but with Jiuhua Bookstore such a After the incident, I changed it to only print 5,000 more copies, and waited for the old Hua Bookstore to sell out a wave of withdrawals...
First ceremony: "..."
Chu Li counted the numbers with his fingers for a long time, and then pulled out the list of ordinary cooperative purchasers to read again, counting every corner and corner, and sent the salesman to contact them to see if he could write a part of the order in advance. eat it—
But no matter how she calculates, the combined first print volume will be a lot worse than the "350,000" agreed with Lao Miao.
At this time, Lao Miao heard the news from nowhere, and he was as happy as a little yellow dog, with a "doge" face while browsing Taobao: "Hey, I didn't expect it, I just made a bet on the front foot, It took a few hours for the result to be decided... There is at most one week for you to break the sales, Chu Li, what do you think should be done?"
Chu Li ignored him, stood up and glanced at his computer screen, at the moment Lao Miao was stuffing things into the shopping cart—
This action reminds me a little bit.
Chu Li clapped hands: "That's right! We still have the purchase volume of e-books sellers!"
"Forget about that," Lao Miao said with a smile. When Covey's book was launched by Xindun Society last month, it didn't sell more than 10,000 copies online. Whoever waits for your e-commerce delivery, the courier will send it to you slowly across the mountains, and when you get the book, people who bought it at the Jiuhua Bookstore will finish reading it first. Spoilers are overwhelming! ! "
Kou Wei is an author who basically belongs to the same level as Hirakawa.
Even because of the ace editor of the New Shield Society, the author's reputation and works have matured and formed earlier than Hiukawa.
First ceremony: "..."
Chu Li felt a headache—
It is true that in the Internet age, e-commerce shopping is very convenient... But the advantage of being able to touch, see and enjoy immediately after paying for the purchase is something that e-commerce companies that rely on express delivery and manual delivery cannot catch up with. The only reason for lingering so far.
While Lao Miao gloated, Chu Li felt that he was silent for a while.
noon.
…
until I got home at night.
Pushing open the yard door, I saw a guy in pajamas squatting in front of a brazier in the yard, hugging his knees and sticking his butt, shaking some paper products and stuffing them into the brazier—the flames devoured the things in his hands and burned them thoroughly He just let go and threw those paper products in...
First ceremony: "..."
Walking over and putting the bag on the man's back, Chu Li asked, "What are you doing? BBQ party?"
The man didn't look up, and let her use herself as a bag holder or a table: "Burn the draft paper."
Chu Li was taken aback for a moment, and when he took a closer look, he found that the paper in the man's hand was indeed the paper she had seen on his desk before, with the man's scribbled notes on it, and asked, "Why burn the draft paper?"
Is it over if you lose it
"The draft paper is full of fragmentary outlines and plots that came to mind suddenly. Such an important thing was thrown into the trash can, and some tramp picked it up and plagiarized it. He used his primary school diploma to write a story with a very poor writing style and an excellent plot. What if the book became an instant hit?" Zhou Chuan grabbed another stack of draft paper, "So, burn it.
First ceremony: "... ... ... ..."
Chu Li: "The brain hole is too big."
Picking up the bag from the man's back, Chu Li was about to turn around and go back to the house, when she saw the man pick up something that was definitely not a draft paper from the pile of waste paper—she paused and turned around: it turned out that It was the second half of the painting collection of Empress Yu who she saw at the door of Hiukawa's house a few months ago.
Chu Li rushed back in three or two steps, and took the album out of the man's hand: "Why did you burn this good album—"
"Don't worry about me, haven't you become a black fan!"
"Even if the fans turn black, this album is still a signed limited edition that someone on the Internet is asking for a thousand yuan. I think my friend and I stayed up late at night and waited for the pre-sale. We snatched it from a group of wolves, tigers and leopards. This limited edition of the first fifty autographs!!! You know how many thousands of copies the artbook sold that night—”
Chu Li's voice suddenly disappeared.
The man who was crouching in front of the brazier with his knees in his arms was stunned for a moment, and turned around with his hips moving: "What's wrong?"
Hiukawa didn't even understand what happened, the person who was standing in front of him to teach him suddenly threw away the album, squatted down and gave him a big hug—
The man fell into the soft embrace unexpectedly.
The tall nose tip slipped over the delicate skin of her neck.
Hiukawa: "..."
It was released in the next second.
Chu Li threw down the sentence "Being the deputy editor-in-chief invites you to dinner, lobster, abalone and dragon king meat", turned around and changed his previous look of dying, humming and rushing back to the room with wings fluttering.