The pretty and charming front desk lady bowed and saluted, and her sweet voice made Lu Chen couldn't help but take a second look at her.{(
The front desk of Lu Chen Studio used to be Miss Mei. Not long ago, she was appointed as Lu Xi’s assistant, which greatly improved her position. This front desk was recently recruited.
I happened to go to Xiangjiang in the morning at that time. It is said that the news of recruiting a new front desk was released, and there was an endless stream of beauties applying for the job, and the competition was very fierce.
It was a pity that he was not able to see it, but this carefully selected new employee was undoubtedly very eye-catching.
Lu Chen nodded: "Morning."
Although he founded the studio, the general manager position has always been held by Lu Xi. Lu Chen himself was originally the music director and is now the art director.
He asked one more question: "What's your name?"
The lady at the front desk smiled sweetly and said: "My name is Wang Yali, you can just call me Xiaoli."
"Director 6, Manager Zhang from Shanhai Publishing House is waiting for you in the reception room. Are you meeting him in the office, or?"
Lu Chen said: "I'll go see him directly."
Shanhai Publishing House is one of the top ten private publishing houses in China, headquartered in Beijing. When Lu Chen published "Blue Life and Death Love", this publishing house won the copyright at a high price of 15% royalty + 500,000 guaranteed.
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Later, the version of "Full House" was also co-operated with Shanhai Publishing House.
So far, the total sales of Lu Chen's two novels have exceeded 5 million. As a work adapted from a film and television drama, the results are very dazzling. Apart from the influence of the work itself, Shanhai Publishing House also contributed a lot.
Therefore, in the cooperation list of Luchen Studio, Shanhai Publishing House is at the top of the list.
Zhang Yaocheng, the manager of Shanhai Publishing House, knew Lu Chen. The deputy general manager and editor-in-chief came to the studio in person to wait for Lu Chen. Of course, Lu Chen had to come and receive him in person.
"Manager Zhang, long time no see!"
In the reception room, Lu Chen met Zhang Yaocheng again, a middle-aged man with elegant temperament.
Zhang Yaocheng shook hands with Lu Chen tightly and said with a smile: "Director Lu, you are a busy man. It's not easy to find you!"
Lu Chen felt ashamed: "I have been preparing to shoot a movie in Hong Kong recently. I really have no time to spare."
Zhang Yaocheng said: "Then let's finalize the contract this time!"
Lu Chen nodded: "Okay."
It was only then that Zhang Yaocheng introduced a young woman he had brought to Lu Chen: "This is Zhou Lu, my assistant editor. She is in charge of the editing and proofreading of "Swordsman"."
Lu Chen nodded at the other party, smiled and said: "Hello."
"Hello."
Zhou Lu was in her twenties, had an ordinary appearance, and wore thick glasses. Facing Lu Chen, she was obviously a little panicked. She wanted to reach out but then retracted it, her face turned red.
Lu Chenxiao said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, let's go to the office to talk."
"good!"
Of course Zhang Yaocheng had no objection. He glared at Zhou Lu calmly, rather hating that iron could never become steel.
He brought his niece here today because he wanted her to see the world, get to know Lu Chen, a promising young man, and expand her horizons and connections.
I didn't expect Zhou Lu's performance to be so poor. She didn't have the confidence she usually has at work.
It can only be said that Lu Chen's charm is too great, or her aura is too dazzling, making it impossible for a fledgling girl like Zhou Lu to remain calm and composed.
After sitting down in Lu Chen's office, Zhou Lu finally reacted and took out a thick stack of books from the briefcase she carried with her. A total of five volumes were placed in front of Lu Chen.
Zhang Yaocheng explained: "This is a sample book specially customized by our publishing house. The title of the book was inscribed by Mr. Fu Guangyuan, a famous calligrapher, and Director 6 was also asked to review it."
Lu Chen picked up the book on the top and looked at it carefully.
Although it is just a sample book, it is basically the same as the officially published book. The color laser-printed cover has a high resolution, and the four black characters "Swordsman" are vigorous and powerful, showing the writer's extraordinary skills and sweeping strokes.
There is also a bit of uninhibited chivalry in the world.
6 Chen is very satisfied.
"Swordsman" is a trial work of Lu Chen's big IP project. In May and June this year, he published the online version of Inspur Reading under the pseudonym "Yi Jin Gu".
At the beginning, the performance of "The Swordsman" was very poor. There were very few clicks, collections and readers' comments, which can be said to be extremely dismal.
But when Lu Chen continued to update to more than 200,000 words, the performance of the book improved greatly. He liked it more and more, and he also received an invitation from the book website to sign a contract.
Of course, it was impossible for Lu Chen to sign "The Swordsman" to Inspur Reading. It also slowed down later and when it accumulated to 500,000 words, it stopped updating and issued a publication announcement.
At this time, the number of collections of "Swordsman" in Inspur Reading has exceeded 30,000!
In the operation of this new martial arts book, Lu Chen is not in a hurry for success. Unlike movies or TV shows, the reputation of a good book takes time to accumulate and brew. Like wine, the longer it is stored in a cellar, the more fragrant it becomes.
Now that it is almost ready, Lu Chen will bring it to the market through official publication, and then operate it appropriately to pave the way for future works in the "Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "Celestial Dragon" series.
This set of "Swordsman" has a total of five volumes, with a total text of about one million words. The design and binding of the book are antique, and the layout of the text is regular. Shanhai Publishing House has undoubtedly taken great care.
When Liu Chen was reviewing the sample book, Zhang Yaocheng was not at peace.
When Lu Chen Studio took over the manuscript, the publisher had a dispute over the specific terms of the contract because the author of "Swordsman" had no reputation in the industry and had no previous works.
There is definitely a risk involved in publishing a book like this, and with royalties and guarantees, it’s easy to lose money.
But after Zhang Yaocheng read "The Swordsman" and learned about the huge feedback from this book, he decided to sign the contract according to the highest-level author treatment.
This was not only the need to continue good cooperation with Lu Chen Studio, but more importantly, Zhang Yaocheng had a strong interest in this martial arts book. His professional sensitivity told him that in the reading market of traditional books, "The Swordsman"
There's definitely a place for it.
Therefore, after learning that Lu Chen had returned from Xiangjiang, he immediately paid a visit and delivered a carefully prepared sample book to ensure that he could win the publishing contract.
Zhang Yaocheng believes that his sincerity is enough to achieve this cooperation.
And in fact he was not disappointed.
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