Just when Cao Zhiqiang secretly praised his wit and was secretly proud of it, a young man with glasses who was thinner than Cao Zhiqiang but had slightly darker skin suddenly raised his hand.
"General Manager, I have something to say, I don't know whether I should say it or not."
Upon hearing the thin black man with glasses raise his hand to speak, Cao Zhiqiang was slightly startled, but still nodded to him kindly: "It's okay, just say what you have to say."
After receiving Cao Zhiqiang's approval, the dark, thin young man with glasses smiled shyly, then put down his hand and said seriously again:
"General Manager, if I heard you correctly, what you just said is to ask each of us to be your...writers, record the martial arts stories in your heart, and then serialize these martial arts stories. , published in a journal you are about to establish, right?”
"Yes, yes, that's it." Cao Zhiqiang smiled, "What, is there a problem?"
"There are many problems." The thin black man with glasses nodded seriously, "And I take it for granted."
Upon hearing this, Yu Deli immediately reprimanded: "Zhao Shouwen, what did you say? How did you talk to the general manager?"
Cao Zhiqiang frowned, waved to Yu Deli, and then looked back at the thin black man with glasses.
"Your name is Zhao Shouwen, right?"
"Yes, general manager, I am Zhao Shouwen."
Seeing the answer that was neither humble nor overbearing, Cao Zhiqiang nodded and continued with a smile: "Then tell me, what's the problem with my plan?"
Zhao Shouwen said: "First of all, I know that you are a very famous poet. I have read your works, which are very good. The popularity of your poetry collection has once again proved your talent in poetry.
I personally think that, at least in terms of modern poetry, your fifty-one poems, the first of which are classics, can already be regarded as the top poets among the new poets.
But being able to write poetry does not mean being able to write, especially martial arts.
But even if you think that the martial arts you wrote is good, this is just your own opinion and has not been verified by the market.
Without market validation, it seems too risky to ask all of us to write with you right from the start.
Yes, you are somewhat famous now, but your fame is all for your poetry.
To be blunt, although it cannot be said that there is no overlap between the poetry circle and the martial arts circle, the overlap is actually not big.
Therefore, although your pen name is very famous in the poetry world, if you use this pen name to write about martial arts, I am afraid that it may not be accepted by the market and may not be a big seller. "
After hearing what the other party said, Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly, and just as he was about to speak, Zhao Shouwen spoke again:
"Actually, general manager, our publishing house has just been established, it is responsible for its own profits and losses, and has no reputation. The more it is at this time, the more important it is to find some reliable projects to bring in money.
In this regard, I personally have reservations about your short-term project, which is to immediately go all out to publish a martial arts book written by you.
However, I fully agree with your desire to publish a journal focusing on martial arts and science fiction.
But, it’s still the same sentence.
Our publishing house has just been established, everything has just begun, and everything needs to be stable.
In fact, I can tell what you mean from your words, General Manager, that is, you are very optimistic about the domestic martial arts market and think martial arts can be a hot seller, right? "
Cao Zhiqiang nodded subconsciously: "That's right."
"I think so too." Zhao Shouwen smiled.
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Shouwen's face straightened and he said: "General Manager, I personally think that you have made the wrong positioning now!"
"Wrong positioning?" Cao Zhiqiang frowned slightly, "What do you mean?"
Zhao Shouwen said: "You confuse the ordinary authors who write books and submit manuscripts with the position of the general manager of the publishing house that publishes books.
Yes, you have a problem in your heart, and you want to write down and publish what is on your mind, and that’s okay.
But this kind of high-risk behavior, which is just like playing tricks, seems to be something that should be done after our publishing house is on the right track and has sufficient strength, but it is definitely not the time when it has just opened.
In other words, when you are still an ordinary author, it is understandable that you only want to write more and then submit it to others to win with quantity.
But you are now the general manager of a publishing house. What you are responsible for is to see which publishing project can make money, rather than focusing on writing your own book.
For example, the author of a book is like a soldier. As a soldier, he naturally has to think about his personal martial arts so that he can fight the enemy face to face on the battlefield.
The general manager of a publishing house is like a general. He does not need to be very good at martial arts. What he needs is the ability to coordinate and command.
A high-ranking general who spends all day thinking about going into battle to kill the enemy, and a front-line soldier who spends all day thinking about commanding a large corps to fight, are not doing their job properly. "
Upon hearing this, Cao Zhiqiang smiled indifferently and simply asked: "Then what is your so-called righteousness?"
Zhao Shouwen said: "We are a publishing house. What is the advantage of a publishing house? It is that we have a book number and the right to issue publications.
In a sense, our publishing house is a factory, just a factory that produces cultural works.
Since it is a factory that produces cultural works, it is necessary to choose which product sells more money.
For example, the martial arts you mentioned, general manager, is a very good product.
As far as we are concerned, we don’t need to create our own works at all. We only need to find the works of famous writers, use them directly, and print and publish them directly. "
"Oh?" Cao Zhiqiang frowned slightly, "Tell me specifically how to do it."
Zhao Shouwen smiled softly: "General Manager, do you know "Wulin" magazine?"
Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "Of course I know."
Zhao Shouwen also nodded and said, "It's good to know."
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Shouwen continued: "The magazine Wulin was originally just a periodical in Guangzhou that mainly introduced martial arts.
In the beginning, this journal was not very eye-catching. What is the reason why this humble martial arts journal suddenly became popular all over the country?
It was based on the serialization of a martial arts drama called "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".
Although the serialization of this magazine was later discontinued, its popularity has become popular due to the serialization. Coupled with the craze for martial arts, the magazine now sells more than three million copies, making it the number one magazine in circulation in my country.
If they can do it, why can't we?
To be honest, I have a manuscript of "Books and Swords", a complete series of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and even Mr. Jin Yong's "Flying Fox in the Snow Mountain".
These books have all proven to be good enough to attract people to buy.
We have ISBNs, so we can rebind these contents into books and publish them directly.
Or, our newly established journal will directly serialize the complete "Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "Snowy Mountain Flying Fox" which has not yet been released inland.
Publish this content and you will definitely make money without losing money, so why not do it?
When our publishing house makes money and gets on the right track, we will publish your personal works as general manager. Is this safer? "
Upon hearing this, many people below couldn't help but started whispering among themselves, but the meaning behind the words was that they all agreed with Zhao Shouwen's statement.
After frowning for a while, Cao Zhiqiang waved his hand: "Quiet, please be quiet first."
When everyone calmed down, Cao Zhiqiang looked at Zhao Shouwen with a serious face: "Comrade Zhao Shouwen, do you know what you are talking about?"
"Of course I know." Zhao Shouwen was stunned and said, "Is there something wrong with what I said?"
"It's a big problem!" Cao Zhiqiang said, "You said you want us to publish Mr. Jin Yong's "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "Books and Swords" and "Flying Fox in the Snow Mountain", right?"
"Yes." Zhao Shouwen nodded, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes and the Book of Swords and Enmities have actually been circulated in the mainland of our country for a long time, but they are not widely circulated and most of the manuscripts are incomplete.
The Snow Mountain Flying Fox has not yet entered the country, and is only spread in a small area in Guangdong.
But it is not difficult for us to collect these.
We will sort out these contents and publish them serially in our newly established journal. This will definitely become a hit.
Once the journal becomes popular and famous, it will be much easier for us to find other people to invite manuscripts to be accepted.
Of course, you don’t actually need to find anyone else to ask for a manuscript.
When our publishing house has money, we can directly send people to Xiangjiang to bring back all the famous martial arts in Xiangjiang, such as Mr. Jin Yong's, Mr. Gu Long's, and Mr. Liang Yusheng's, and then directly copy them into simplified Chinese. version is fine.
Once we publish these people's works, our publishing house will not have any risks and will definitely become prosperous! "
"Don't talk about this in a hurry." Cao Zhiqiang waved his hand.
"If you do this, how will the copyright be calculated?
Let’s just talk about Jin Yong and Liang Yusheng. Do you know how high their current copyright fees are?
If I want to publish their book, I can't afford their copyright fees now! "
Zhao Shouwen was stunned: "Copyright fees? Why should we pay them copyright fees?"
Cao Zhiqiang was also stunned: "You, you don't want to just publish their book without paying royalties, do you?"
"Yes." Zhao Shouwen nodded.
Cao Zhiqiang blinked: "This, isn't this piracy? This, this will cause a big problem!"
"What's the big problem?" Zhao Shouwen asked.
"Sue us?" Cao Zhiqiang said, "What if Mr. Jin Yong and the others find out and sue us for piracy and copyright infringement and ask us to compensate for the losses?"
Zhao Shouwen looked at Cao Zhiqiang, then smiled and shook his head: "General manager, are you worried about this? You are worried that people like Jin Yong will sue us for piracy and infringement because we publish their works without permission, and then ask us to impose legal penalties on them. Make compensation?”
"Yes!" Cao Zhiqiang nodded.
Zhao Shouwen sighed: "General Manager, what you said makes me...I don't even know how to answer you."
"What do you mean by that?" Cao Zhiqiang asked with a frown, "Can you tell me what you have to say?"
"Let me tell you." Yu Deli suddenly glared at Zhao Shouwen, "Zhao Shouwen, please say a few words first. You are the only one who can say it! You are the only one who knows more!"
Zhao Shouwen was stunned: "Editor-in-Chief, I actually..."
Snapped!
Yu Deli suddenly slammed the table and said angrily to Zhao Shouwen: "Shut up!"
After the other party remained silent, Yu Deli said to Zhao Shouwen with a livid face: "Zhao Shouwen, what do you want to do? Huh?
How old is the general manager? He was not in our industry before, so it is normal for him to not understand this industry.
However, what’s so great about knowing something?
There are many experts who know the business, but how many experts have you seen who can open a publishing house at his age?
Therefore, the general manager can build a publishing house from scratch and make all aspects smooth. This is his ability!
And neither you nor I can do this.
As for being an expert or not, does that matter?
Who is born knowing everything?
Once you get into the industry and gradually get in touch, won’t you gradually understand everything?
However, it takes time for the general manager to become knowledgeable, and it also requires some patience from us.
Even if you have to remind the general manager, you must also pay attention to methods.
For example, can't you discuss these suggestions with the general manager in private?
Why do you have to tell the general manager directly at this meeting?
Or, do you think I don’t know what you’re talking about?
But why didn’t I object before?
Am I not as good as you?
That's because I know the way and know that even if I want to object, I have to talk slowly and privately.
You have to show respect to our general manager. Do you understand respect?
It's during a meeting, and you directly contradict the general manager, making it difficult for him to step down, and making everyone think that the general manager doesn't understand anything. Does this show your ability?
I take it you don’t want to do this anymore, right?
If you are really like this, then our temple here is too small to accommodate your statue..."
"Stop!" Cao Zhiqiang suddenly interrupted Yu Deli in time, "Stop talking!"
"General Manager!" Yu Deli looked at Cao Zhiqiang with a livid face, "I'm sorry, it's my fault. I didn't control him strictly, so this happened. Don't worry, I will tell him to pack up and get out immediately. This kind of self-righteousness cannot be tolerated here. guy!"
"Okay, okay, stop talking." Cao Zhiqiang shook his head, "I think that Xiao Zhao is very good, at least he dares to speak. Is it possible that my subordinates are all a bunch of sycophants?"
Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang smiled kindly at the earth-colored Zhao Shouwen: "It's okay, Xiao Zhao, Lao Yu is joking with you, don't worry."
Zhao Shouwen laughed a few times: "Yes, yes!"
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Shouwen suddenly stood up and bowed deeply to Cao Zhiqiang: "I'm sorry, general manager, I am self-righteous, it's me..."
"Stop!" Cao Zhiqiang frowned, "Can't you understand people? Sit down!"
Zhao Shouwen jerked up after being scolded by Cao Zhiqiang, and then sat down again, but he sat upright.
Cao Zhiqiang waved his hand, and then said to Yu Deli: "Lao Yu, look at you, you are scaring people."
Yu Deli frowned and said: "General Manager, you cannot be humbled by your superiority. If he doesn't give you face like this, where is your prestige?"
Cao Zhiqiang chuckled: "What's the matter of prestige or not? There are just a dozen people, how can they be superior and inferior? It's boring, life is too tiring."
Immediately afterwards, Cao Zhiqiang reacted: "By the way, I almost went off topic when I was interrupted by Lao Yu."
After clearing his throat, Cao Zhiqiang looked at Zhao Shouwen again and said in an elegant and easy-going manner:
"Xiao Zhao, don't be afraid.
You're right, I don't understand many things, so I have to ask you.
There is no need to give me any methods or private suggestions.
I'm impatient and don't have the time or effort.
Speaking directly is what suits my temper best.
So, what about you, tell me the truth now.
If I listen to you and directly pirate Mr. Jin Yong’s work, what should I do if he sues us for infringement and asks us to compensate for the infringement, but we can’t pay it? "
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