After seeing off Liu Yongqing, Zhang Zhong said to Chen Qing, "I will go to the east of the city for some business later. You come with me."
Chen Qing put the contract away, nodded and said, "Okay, do I need to prepare anything?"
Zhang Zhong smiled and waved his hand, "No, go to my friend's place."
Going to a friend's place?
Chen Qing was a little confused. Although he was an agent in name, he actually had the same status as an assistant.
However, Zhang Zhong rarely visits him, and even when he does, it's all about work. I don't know why, but this time he wanted to take him with him when he went to see his friends.
"My friend runs a newspaper." Seeing the confusion in Chen Qing's eyes, Zhang Zhong explained with a smile.
The 001 newspaper office is in the east of the city, just opposite the Zhang Chong family. Although they are both in Jiangyang, it takes nearly an hour to drive there.
Zhang Zhong had called Lin Lin before and made an appointment to go to his newspaper office in the afternoon.
Zhang Zhong drove over according to the location given by Lin Lin.
Standing in front of the door sign of "Zero One Literary Newspaper", Zhang Zhong and Chen Qing both had strange expressions.
The dark red building in front of us only has four floors, with mottled walls, old doors and windows, and every part of it shows its vicissitudes to people.
Lin Lin walked out of the building with a phone in his hand. He was still wearing the leather jacket he wore at the last party and high boots. He walked down the steps step by step. There was a fierce tension between him and the building behind him.
Sense of contrast.
"How about it? The place my brother has created is unique, right?"
Seeing Lin Lin's somewhat proud expression, Zhang Zhong couldn't help but laugh, "It does have its own characteristics, but it doesn't match your style, Mr. Lin, and it doesn't look like a newspaper office. If there wasn't a house number on the door, I wouldn't be here anymore."
From a distance, I thought it was a bathing center.”
"Hey, you have such a vicious vision. This used to be a bathing center. My dad ran it. Now I don't do it anymore. I've taken over it." Lin Lin patted Zhang Zhong on the shoulder and said.
"Your dad opened it, and you still want to buy it?"
"It's just an excuse to say how unpleasant the gift from my dad is." Lin Lin looked at Chen Qing again, "Who is this?"
"My friend, Chen Qing." Zhang Zhong gave a brief introduction and then said to Chen Qing, "He is my college roommate, Lin Lin, and he runs this newspaper."
"What roommate? Don't listen to his nonsense. He and I are brothers. Chen Qing, right? Chongzi's friend is my friend. Come on, let's go in and chat."
Zhang Zhong and the others followed Lin Lin into the building. Different from the shabby appearance outside, there was something special inside. Everything in the decoration was new.
Lin Lin's office is on the second floor. When passing by the first floor, he pointed to a room and said to Zhang Zhong and others, "This is our editorial department. I brought back several old employees from Yanjing and are now recruiting people."
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Zhang Zhong glanced at the room and found that there were indeed not many people there.
When they arrived at Lin Lin's office, the three of them sat down. Lin Lin leaned on the sofa and said with a smile, "Tell me, why are you here this time? There are many vacancies here. If you want to come, we can make arrangements at any time."
Zhang Zhong shook his head and said, "I just came here to take a look. It looks like it will take you a long time to get on the right track."
"No, the first issue will be printed in April. Didn't the newspapers I published in Yanjing cover all types of newspapers before? But now I have changed my strategy and plan to specialize in detective novels and science fiction novels."
"Why?"
"Isn't it just following the trend? These two types of books are the most popular recently. Do you know the fifth grade vegetable? Speaking of which, this guy has the same name as you. When I saw it, I thought it was you, but after thinking about it, I thought it was impossible.
, don’t I understand you guys? You are good at writing code, but I’m afraid you are not as good as me at writing books.”
Zhang Zhong smiled and said nothing, while Chen Qing on the side also looked at Lin Lin with a strange expression.
Looking at the two of them, Lin Lin's expression changed and he said in disbelief, "Chongzi, don't tell me it's you, I can't bear such a big stimulation."
In fact, when Lin Lin saw the news and found out that the fifth grader was in a vegetative state, he was actually a little frightened. After all, the names were exactly the same. The most important thing was that the pen name, fifth grader in a vegetative state, was somewhat consistent with Zhang Zhong's condition.
But he and Zhang Zhong had lived in the same house for four years, and he knew what Zhang Zhong was like better than anyone else, so he suppressed this idea forcefully.
It's just that people are always contradictory. While he told himself that this was absolutely impossible, he still had a little hope hidden in his heart, thinking what if it was true?
He brought up this topic just now, wanting to dispel the last glimmer of hope in his heart, but looking at Zhang Zhong who was smiling and saying nothing, the glimmer of hope in his heart rushed into his heart like a blazing fire.
Zhang Zhong didn't think about hiding it anymore. He said with a smile, "Otherwise, what do you think I'm doing here? I'm really here to ask for a job?"
He pointed at Chen Qing and said, "Chen Qing is my agent. I brought him here to discuss some business with you."
"Business talk? No, I mean, Zhong... son, you're going to drop a big bomb on me as soon as you come over. At least give me some time to calm down."
"You haven't seen big winds and waves. How can this little thing be considered a big bomb?"
"You can pull him down. If Daxiang knew about this, he would probably faint on the spot. Isn't my mental quality good enough?"
"Okay, let me get down to business. I want you to help me publish a book."
Lin Lin was stunned, "You still want my help? Are those publishing houses and cultural companies begging you to publish your books for them? Are you asking me to help you, or do you want to help me?"
Zhang Zhong curled his lips, "From what you said, do you mean you don't want to do it?"
"No, no, that's what I said. The matter of publishing is still very simple. Don't forget that I am a young person and haven't started it yet, but everything is complete. My father has several printing houses, which will definitely be enough for your needs."
"Is it convenient for you to buy a book number?" Zhang Zhong asked again.
"Buy? Chongzi, are you looking down on others? My own company can apply."
Zhang Zhong was a little surprised. Although the Chinese government's requirements for publishing houses are not as strict as those in China, it is still very difficult to set up a publishing house.
Generally, when an organization wants to publish a book, it goes through a cultural company, and then the cultural company obtains the ISBN from the publishing house.
Zhang Zhong didn't expect that Lin Lin's company actually had such qualifications. Moreover, his father's business was a bit too broad. He opened a bathing center and several printing plants. When he was in college, he heard that he was engaged in catering.
What?
"Then why are you running a newspaper? You can just sell book numbers." Zhang Zhong joked.
Lin Lin chuckled and said, "That's so boring. What book are you going to publish? Is it already online or a new book?"
"It's new, but it's not new either. I'm going to make a collection of my previous short stories and poems. Of course, it's not just these, there are also some new works that haven't been published yet."