After Bao Lixin left Rongcheng Literary Publishing House, he quickly found his next home with several poached authors.
Several authors poached by Bao Lixin were all selected through essay competitions. Wen Ying felt that the one with the highest level was a male author. His writing was unique and his novels were quite deep. It doesn’t matter if a book doesn’t become a hit.
Big, with his skills, he will occupy a place in the best-seller market sooner or later.
The poaching of this male author is the biggest loss for Rongcheng Literature and Art Publishing House.
Wen Ying thought that Bao Lixin would focus on creating this male author in the future, but she did not expect that Bao Lixin would introduce another female author to participate in the variety show this time.
The information given by Mrs. Wang is very detailed.
"Blue Whale, nineteen years old, currently studying at Shanghai University. In 2006, he participated in the "Tianjiao Spark Cup" and won the second prize in the novel category. In the same year, he published the novel "Gentle She"."
Wen Ying read the information carefully again and asked Mrs. Wang with a smile: "How many thousands of copies of Blue Whale's books have been sold?"
Mrs. Wang curled her lips, "The second prize in the long form category of the essay competition, the first printing was 50,000 copies, Bao Lixin printed an additional 100,000 copies for her. Anyway, I haven't heard of the second printing, and the total sales have not exceeded
There are 150,000 copies.”
In the current physical book market, a book has been on the market for almost a year, but the total sales volume has not exceeded 150,000 copies. Such results can only be considered so-so.
The male author Wen Ying liked was the first prize in the long-form category of the essay competition. The first printing of the novel was 70,000 copies, and later an additional 150,000 copies were printed. I have never heard of a second printing, and the total sales volume did not exceed 22
Ten thousand copies is not considered a hit either.
The male author just lacked the structure of the story. There was nothing wrong with the story itself, and the plot twists were innovative. After winning the essay competition, Tianjiao bought the film and television rights.
In the long run, Wen Ying is more optimistic about the development of the male author.
The Blue Whale, the writing is pretty good, but the story is a little less innovative, with a bit of a literary youth tone, so it only won the second prize.
Although "Gentle She" was published, Tianjiao did not buy the copyright. Such a book is more about expressing the author's own emotions, lacking a full plot, and has little film and television value.
There were two second prizes in the novel category, but the copyright of another second prize author was bought.
Perhaps because of this, Blue Whale was somewhat dissatisfied, so Bao Lixin poached Blue Whale without much effort.
Tianjiao and Wen Ying both felt that Blue Whale's book had no value for film and television adaptation. For this variety show recording, I don't know what kind of connections Bao Lixin had to put Blue Whale on the guest list. It seemed that he wanted to support Blue Whale.
Why do you praise Blue Whale but not the male author who won the first prize?
——Blue Whale may not have much talent for writing novels, but his appearance is very outstanding. There are photos of several authors posted on the information compiled by Mrs. Wang, and Blue Whale’s photo is very conspicuous.
The male author is not very good-looking, and his appearance on variety shows is not as popular as Blue Whale.
The photo of Blue Whale is not P. Wen Ying saw a real Blue Whale during the awards ceremony, and he looks like this!
If any publishing house discovers a female author like Blue Whale, it will definitely use the gimmick of "beautiful girl writer" to promote it and turn Blue Whale into an idol writer.
However, Zou Weijun was the editor-in-chief of Chengdu Literature and Art Publishing House before. Zou Weijun is a relatively pure person and hopes that the authors signed by the publishing house will focus more on the works themselves. It doesn’t matter if the works you write now are not good enough. Write two more books to practice and improve your skills.
The publishing house will naturally spend resources to promote it!
Blue Whale is capable of standing out from all the contestants and winning the second prize in the feature category.
Zou Weijun hopes that Blue Whale will concentrate on creation and spend a year or two to polish a work that is better than his debut "Gentle She"... Obviously Blue Whale himself does not think so.
"Aunt Dong, Blue Whale must have a new game coming out."
The tone of "Gentle She" has been set. It has been almost a year since its release and it has not become a bestseller. No matter how hard you try now, it will be difficult to become a hit. What's more, "Gentle She" was launched by Rongcheng Literature and Art Publishing House, and all the new employees of Bao Li have resigned.
How can you help Rongcheng Literary Publishing House promote it? If Blue Whale is to be on a variety show at this time, it must be to promote Blue Whale's new book!
Mrs. Wang pondered, "I don't know what the theme of Blue Whale's new book is yet."
This is a bit abnormal.
Since Bao Lixin wanted to push Blue Whale to the top, why did he keep the news secret?
Wen Ying was still smiling, "Don't worry, an ugly daughter-in-law always has to meet her parents-in-law. We will know when we record."
Wen Ying's journey was very smooth. Except for being asked for an autograph on the plane, there were no twists and turns. When she got off the plane, it was Director Fan who came to pick her up in person. Wen Ying couldn't hold back her laughter and said that Director Fan was too polite. Director Fan
Looking behind Wen Ying, she could not hide her disappointment:
"Director Yuan didn't come?"
Mrs. Wang pretended to be dissatisfied, "Director Fan, Director Yuan is not here, but I am here!"
Director Fan's eyes lit up.
"Manager Dong, you were the one who hosted the copyright promotion meeting for "Galaxy and You" last year, right? Oh, Director Yuan is not here, so the discussion with Manager Dong is the same."
For people like Mrs. Wang, she can accompany Director Fan on whatever he wants to talk about.
Wen Ying was sitting in the nanny car, listening to the two people chatting. Mrs. Wang agreed to whatever Director Fan said. When they arrived at the hotel, Director Fan asked Mrs. Wang when the contract would be signed. Mrs. Wang opened her innocent eyes: "What contract are you signing?"
?I’m only in charge of the public relations department, I can’t make the final decision on signing contracts.”
Director Fan:......
It’s weird if you can’t make the decision!
Director Fan maintained his demeanor: "It doesn't matter. As long as Manager Dong recognizes our cooperation, our station has a very good chance of signing a contract with your company. I can feel Manager Dong's influence in your company."
Mrs. Wang is thick-skinned, and Director Fan is no less generous.
Wen Ying was watching the excitement nearby when another car stopped, the door opened, and the person leading the car turned out to be Bao Lixin.
Behind Bao Lixin, followed by the Blue Whale.
This girl is really good looking.
She has long hair reaching her waist, fair skin, and looks delicate and artistic. She has the same style as Song Chan.
It was nothing but Bao Lixin and Blue Whale, but an old acquaintance of Wen Ying got out of the car.
"Aunt Dong, look -"
Wen Ying reminded in a low voice, Mrs. Wang looked in the direction Wen Ying pointed, and was also stunned: "How did they get together?"
Director Fan also saw the person coming.
Director Fan is a busy man and does not know Bao Lixin and Blue Whale, but Director Fan knows another person.
"Why is the person named Guan here too?"
Mr. Guan and Liang Dan have been quite honest during this period, and Director Fan doesn't care much about them.
Normally, it is inevitable to have to deal with Liang Dan, but there is always no need to meet him. Director Fan doesn't think much of this soft rice king. Now that the atmosphere of chatting with Mrs. Wang is just right, it is inevitable to feel resentful when meeting the soft rice king.
Director Fan withdrew his gaze. Wen Ying was also thinking about how Bao Lixin could get together with Mr. Guan. Then she thought about it, the only way out was for Bao Lixin to get together with Mr. Guan. Everyone knows that Mr. Guan and Tianjiao can't deal with them.
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Wen Ying suddenly had an idea: "Is Blue Whale's new book going to learn the operating model of "Galaxy and You"?"
