After the audio copyright contract for "Ghost Blows Out the Lamp" was signed, word quickly spread around the station. As a result, Liao Yuan often received enthusiastic attention from colleagues in various departments on his way to and from get off work, and Liao Yuan's popularity increased rapidly.
Soon, with the deliberate publicity of the second part of the program, someone also made relevant reports on Weibo, so every night the FM107.7 frequency late-night slot once again welcomed an influx of listeners.
As a late-night anchor, Mi Maodian's new program "Late Night Strange Talk" dissipated in pieces under the impact of people's firm will. Although it still bears the name "Late Night Strange Talk", after the broadcast time, "Late Night Strange Talk" has
It automatically changes to "Light Night Ghost Blows Out".
At this moment, it is also the time when the listening rate is growing the fastest, and most of the positive feedback from listeners is related to "Ghost Blowing the Lamp".
Gradually, the listening rate of "Late Night Strange Talk" also reached the top among the nine major program chains of the second part of the program due to the rebroadcast of "Ghost Blowing Out the Lamp".
But no one would think that this is Mi Maodian's credit. After all, this is a program that the station spent 1.5 million to buy.
If it has no effect, it is simply an insult to the decision-making leaders.
Three days later, Liao Yuan followed Lai Yibai to a hot spring resort on the outskirts of Donghai City.
"The strength of Changhong Publishing House in the industry is obvious to all. It is headquartered in the imperial capital and has published many popular novels. It is very influential in the domestic publishing circle. If it were not for the reason of working with the famous writer Pi Jianzhou this time, it would not be possible.
Well, we still have to run to the Imperial Capital."
While driving the car, Lai Yibai smiled at Liao Yuan and said, "My college classmate is the editor-in-chief of this publishing house. He is in charge of all the signing arrangements with Pi Jianzhou."
Liao Yuan listened quietly and suddenly asked: "Is "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" incidentally signed?"
Lai Yibai was startled, then smiled and said: "You can't say that. "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" is also very popular at the moment. Changhong Publishing House has also heard about it. When I contacted that classmate, the other party also said that it was very popular.
Interested, but unless it is a well-known writer like Pi Jianzhou, Changhong Publishing House will generally not take the initiative."
Lai Yibai thought for a while and then said: "After all, Donghai and the Imperial Capital are far apart from the north to the south. Although you are well-known in the radio circles of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, in the north, Donghai Radio Station is not the first choice for people to listen. There are many listeners in the Imperial Capital.
Due to the existence of radio stations with extremely high rates, coupled with geographical reasons, it is understandable that our radio station is slightly inferior in the imperial capital."
Liao Yuan nodded and stopped talking.
To put it bluntly, you are still not popular enough. In the era of fan economy, popularity is the only criterion for measuring whether a public figure is popular.
Popular writers can wait for publishers to come to them, but ordinary writers can only choose to submit manuscripts proactively.
Liao Yuan expressed his understanding of this. As long as the signing goes smoothly, other things are not worth mentioning.
Soon, after arriving at the hot spring resort where the leather writer stayed, Lai Yibai took the initiative to talk on the phone with his old classmate.
After a while, a slightly fat man in his thirties appeared in front of the two of them.
"Hou Jie, let me introduce to you. This is Liao Yuan, the author of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp". He is a very popular anchor on our radio station, and his Weibo followers will soon exceed one million."
Later, Lai Yibai introduced to Liao Yuan: "This is the Hou Jie I told you, the editor-in-chief of Changhong Publishing House and the Nobel Prize winner Chang Wu. His works before he won the award were all his.
Responsible for signing contracts."
Hou Jie seemed to be very proud of having signed a work by a Nobel Prize winner. He pretended to be modest and said: "Hey, that's all old history. Now, don't I have to rush to find writers to sign new books? It's all hard work.
!However, it is an honor for our industry to be able to serve writers. Writer Liao, when we first met, you are much younger than I expected."
"Hello, editor-in-chief."
Liao Yuan shook hands with Hou Jie and said nothing more.
Hou Jie seemed a little surprised by Liao Yuan's reticence, but he didn't pay too much attention.
There are many solitary people in the writer's profession. Although Liao Yuan is a language anchor, he is still a writer in the final analysis and cannot do without some professional characteristics.
"Many writers are upright and don't care too much about the conditions and treatment during the contract signing period. As long as the contract content meets expectations and is decent, they won't interfere too much. But today's leather writer is different. His character is not upright or withdrawn.
It's so simple. You can say that he is extremely tactful in his behavior. I used to be most afraid of coming into contact with this kind of writer."
As Hou Jie led the two of them into the resort, he sighed and said: "This signing trip was not so smooth. The leather writer raised the price and the originally negotiated contract temporarily reneged on it. Now we are all very worried about this and are urgently contacting the headquarters.
Negotiations will be held..."
After explaining the situation at the scene to Liao Yuan and the other two, Hou Jie led them into a living room in the resort.
When he opened the door, he saw several men and women sitting together, discussing something.
In front of the floor-to-ceiling windows with a wide view, a man with a mustache was leaning against the sun, lowering his head and reading a book. In the backlight, he looked quite holy. This kind of scheming immediately aroused Liao Yuan's attention.
Notice.
But the entry of Liao Yuan and the others did not attract their attention.
A publishing assistant at the reception table got up immediately, ran to Hou Jie and whispered: "Editor Hou, Pi Jianzhou has made another appointment with Tang Dynasty Publishing House and Huaxia Book Company, what should I do?"
Hou Jie was shocked and asked: "What's going on? Didn't you agree that we will be the exclusive agent?"
The assistant smiled bitterly and said: "You don't know what Pi Jianzhou is like. He puts profit first. As long as there is a sufficient price, he can easily break the agreement."
Hou Jie waved his hand to indicate that the other party should stop talking. He walked up to the middle-aged man who was sitting cross-legged on the tatami and reading a book. He frowned and said, "Writer Pi, what do you mean by this? We have already negotiated the contract on the phone.
As for the details, when you come here, you can just sit down and raise the price, so why are you looking for other publishing houses to get involved?"
The man reading the book smiled and said: "It's all for fairness! Editor-in-chief Hou, I don't go out often and don't understand the current market conditions. Compared with the previous two years, your bid is indeed good, but the other two publishing houses
They are also very optimistic about my new book, and both of their publishing houses have publishing channels overseas. Although your Changhong Publishing House is a time-honored brand, its strength abroad... I don’t need to say more, right?"
Hou Jie choked on his words for a moment.
Pi Jianzhou is right. Although Changhong Publishing House is at the top of the country and is one of the three major publishing houses in the country along with the other two publishing houses, looking at the details, whether it is Tang Dynasty Publishing House or Huaxia Book Company
, has more or less market development capabilities overseas, which cannot be matched by the self-proclaimed Changhong Publishing House.
Pi Jianzhou is a famous detective novel writer. His works have been adapted into film and television more than once or twice. This type of novel also has a large audience overseas.
Relatively speaking, the income and popularity effects brought by signing contracts with the other two publishing houses are indeed much higher than those of Changhong Publishing House.