At two o'clock in the afternoon, Li Yangshu drove his little aunt to the Oriental Press Center.

The girl at the front desk was still the same girl as when Li Yangshu first came to submit "Jiuding Ji". When she saw Li Yangshu and Lin Qingxia coming in hand in hand, she immediately cheered up and straightened out her not-so-busy butt.

"Hello, Brother Shu." Then the little girl shifted her gaze and looked at Lin Qingxia happily, "Sister Qingxia, can I take a photo with you?"

The little aunt's usual personality is to be lively and make friends. She is also very enthusiastic towards fans. She agreed with a smile.

"Thank you, Sister Qingxia. Please wait for me. I'll borrow a camera."

The newspaper office lacks everything except cameras.

Before the girl at the front desk could walk away, Li Yangshu called out to her, "Little girl, by the way, help me with Editor Zhang."

"I know, Brother Shu." The younger sister looked back and smiled sweetly.

At this time, only Li Yangshu and Lin Qingxia were left in the reception area of ​​Oriental Newspaper. Lin Qingxia hugged Li Yangshu's arm and asked: "Husband, do you want to take this opportunity to make our affairs public? Since Wanwan already knows about it, I must

It will also spread to Xiangjiang soon. Why don't we take the initiative to announce it? The provincial media will block me every day and ask questions."

Li Yangshu was shocked when he heard that his aunt was preparing to disclose their relationship, and his body went from a relaxed state to tense up.

He hurriedly dissuaded her, "Sister, please go around me. I don't want to be chased by the media all day long. During the interview, you can say one more sentence and just say that you feel that you and Qin Han are not suitable, so we broke up. As for others,

Whatever nonsense they say, let them go.

But don’t be too optimistic. Even if you just talk about your breakup with Qin Han, those unscrupulous media will stop you from asking questions."

"Okay, I'll listen to you. Let's start with this."

The little aunt gave Li Yangshu a resentful look, as if she was unhappy because Li Yangshu chose not to disclose their relationship.

Seeing that the little aunt agreed to his proposal, Li Yangshu finally put his doubts in his stomach.

Although some people in the industry already know that Li Yangshu is dating Lin Qingxia, including Man Shen and Hong Gu, the meaning of publicity and non-publicity is very different. For example, a public relationship in the entertainment industry is like an engagement ceremony for ordinary people.

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If Li Yangshu chooses to make his relationship public, he cannot guarantee whether Manshen will leave him, but he can guarantee that Zhong Chuhong, who is not deeply involved in the relationship, will definitely leave. After all, she has no hope.

"Li Sheng, let's go to the editor-in-chief's office to talk. Wanwan's publisher is waiting there." Editor Zhang shook hands with Li Yangshu.

"Don't worry about Editor Zhang, let's help Sister Qingxia do a report first."

"It's a small matter, I'll arrange it."

Editor Zhang thoughtfully went to the editorial department and called a female editor to handle Lin Qingxia's affairs, and he accompanied Li Yangshu to the editor-in-chief's office on the fourth floor.

Following Editor Zhang, he came to the office of Oriental Daily Editor-in-Chief Zhou Shi. There were three people sitting inside, two men and one woman. After introducing each other, Li Yangshu realized that the background of Wanwan Publisher sitting in front of him was not simple.
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In addition to Zhou Shi, the other two are staff members of Wanwan Crown Culture Group. The man is mediocre in appearance, named Fang Yongchang, and the woman is pretty, but slightly older, named Qin Lihong.

Li Yangshu, who was a reporter in his previous life, knew this colleague very well.

Wanwan Crown Cultural Group was established in 1954 and is located in Songshan District, Wanwan Province.

Starting from the earliest "Crown Magazine", it has developed into a diversified artistic and cultural undertaking including text publishing, audio publishing, film, television, gallery, small theater, dance classroom, modern dance company, etc.

It also has many subsidiaries related to culture and entertainment development under its name.

1. Crown Magazine: Founded in 1954, it is the oldest local private magazine in Wanwan and still maintains its mainstream status. Its distribution areas are spread all over the world and its readership is extremely broad.

2. Crown Culture Publishing Co., Ltd.: Its book publishing originated in 1954. In the early days, it mainly focused on translated works, and now it has developed various publishing routes.

Among them, Crown Culture Publishing Co., Ltd.’s publishing route is mainly literary, and it is the most important and largest literary book publishing house in Taiwan.

It owns many well-known writers, such as Qiong Yao, Zhang Ailing, Sanmao, Huang Chunming, Ni Kuang, Gao Yang, Liu Daren, Zhang Manjuan, Hou Wenyong, Wu Danru, Liao Huiying, Huang Mingjian, Zhang Xiaoxian, Li Bihua, Ono, Kuling, etc.

Crown Culture Publishing Co., Ltd. is also the most important publishing house in Taiwan that translates and introduces foreign literary works. Writers it has published include: Milan Kundera, Umberto Eco, Hsu Si-jin, Camus, and Alexandra Barry.

Coe, Jimmy Harry, Peter Mayer, Laura Esquifer, Bill Bryson... to RB's Jiro Akagawa, Yukito Ayatsuji, Shinzo, etc.

Film novels include "Dances with Wolves", "The Silence of the Lambs", "Forrest Gump", "Face/Off", "Contact the Future" and many other masterpieces.

3. Ping An Culture Co., Ltd.: Mainly publishes non-literary books, such as Chen Anzhi's "Success Learning", as well as some psychology books.

After shaking hands, Qin Lihong took the initiative to speak first, "Mr. Li, Editor Zhang must have mentioned to you that we are here to publish your novel "Jiuding Ji" in Wanwan. I wonder what you want."

Li Yangshu is actually very willing to cooperate with the big tree of Crown, but he knows very well that he cannot act too hastily, lest Qin Lihong lowers the price too harshly. You must know that these elites who run business for large companies have to go through wind and rain every day.

, has long since become a human being.

He calmly took out a cigar from his pocket and lit it, then slowly said: "Ms. Qin, as a writer, I would definitely like to see the novel published."

"Okay, since Mr. Li agrees, let me talk about the specific matters next.

First of all, our publishing house’s royalties for new writers are the same as other publishing houses, which is 8%.

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Secondly, if Mr. Li agrees to publish "Jiuding Ji" by us, then you cannot find other publishing houses to publish it in the Wanwan area.

The main issues are these two aspects. We will write down the other details clearly in the contract."

After speaking, Qin Lihong handed Li Yangshu a contract template and asked him to read it.

Li Yangshu took the contract and did not watch it, but asked: "Ms. Qin, I would like to ask, can you buy out the copyright of "Jiuding Ji" in Wanwan at one time?"

Qin Lihong was surprised when she heard this. She knew that the income from directly selling off the copyright would definitely not be as high as the long-term option to pay dividends. After all, she had seen this kind of thing too many times.

But she didn't remind Li Yangshu, and still showed a calm look, "Oh, it's not impossible. How much do you want to sell off the copyright?"

Li Yangshu calculated in his mind that the total population of Wanwan at this time was more than 19 million. After decades of influence by Wen Ruian, Gu Long, Liang Yusheng and other martial arts novel masters, there were at least hundreds of thousands, or even millions.

A loyal fan of martial arts novels.

But considering that he is a new writer and has no foundation in Wanwan, he quoted his price based on 200,000 book fans and 100 yuan for books.

"1.6 million Hong Kong dollars."

"No." Qin Lihong almost jumped up when he heard the quotation and said angrily: "Mr. Li, you are talking like a lion."

Seeing the old woman's furious look, Li Yangshu smiled contemptuously and began to reason with her.

"Ms. Qin, my "Jiuding Ji" is a full-length novel with more than 2 million words, not some bullshit short article. Do you know how much Ni Kuang's "Wesley Sequel" sells in Xiangjiang now?

Let me tell you, it’s 30 Hong Kong dollars, and it’s only a mere 84,000 words.

Although I am not as famous as Ni Kuang, my novel is definitely popular with the public. It has actually increased the sales of Oriental Daily by 40,000 to 50,000 copies. I believe you have learned about it through Editor-in-Chief Zhou.

Besides, I am not the only one with this novel. I also wrote "Yangshen" serialized in our Hong Kong Sing Tao Daily. In the past few months, it has also increased the sales of Sing Tao Daily a lot.

If you agree, I can sell you the copyright of "Yangshen" in Wanwan."

After listening to Li Yangshu's analysis, Qin Lihong was no longer angry and turned around to mutter a few words to Fang Yongchang.

"Mr. Li, I will give you an answer later. We need to call the company."

Li Yangshu is very confident about the novel market in the Wanwan area. After all, there are examples of Master Jin there.

In early 1975, shortly after Wan Wan Shen Dengen established Yuanjing Publishing House, a friend came from Hong Kong and gave him an old edition of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

In less than a day and a night, he had read them all, and the shadows of Hong Qigong, Guo Jing, Huang Yaoshi, Huang Rong, Zhou Botong, and Ouyang Feng were all in his mind.

At that time, he thought: "Such a beautiful novel, Wanwan has not been published?".

Since 1977, Shen Dengen has been striving to publish Master Jin's books in Wanwan. After many twists and turns, in September 1979, he received an official document agreeing with Yuanjing Publishing Company to publish Master Jin's works in Wanwan. Shen Dengen was overjoyed. .

Even the two major newspapers "China Times" and "United Daily News" launched a fierce battle for the serialization rights of Jin Yong's novels.

In 1979, Yuanjing finally published the "Collection of Jin Yong's Works" officially authorized by Jin Yong, which aroused enthusiastic response in Wanwan, and the big fans of martial arts books were very happy.

After a while, the two finished the phone call. Qin Lihong looked at Li Yangshu and asked: "Mr. Li, are you sure you will also sell us the copyright of "Yangshen"?"

"Yes, and the copyright is sold off at once."

"Okay, in that case, we agree."
Chapter completed!