"I think you are just dreaming." Zhang Zhong pouted, not taking Song Xiang's words seriously at all.
"Hey, I'm going to ask for the price all over the place, but I'm going to let you sit down and pay back the money." Song Xiang laughed, "If you don't want to pay, I'll buy the book myself. All you have to do is put pen to paper, it won't take any effort at all.
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Zhang Zhong's eyes widened: "What! You originally wanted me to buy books?"
"No, no, you heard wrong."
"Don't even think about having so many signed books. I'll get a postcard later and you can make a few hundred copies."
"How can this work? Besides, I'm also a boss. Although the company is not big, it can't be so shameless."
"You want the cards. I see a lot of people online selling my signed books. You can buy them yourself. I don't believe you can't get more than two hundred copies."
Song Xiang laughed mischievously, "The cheapest signed book of yours on the Internet costs seven to eight hundred. I've also seen expensive ones worth tens of thousands. Of course, no one seems to buy the tens of thousands book. If you really buy it online,
I must not go bankrupt."
Zhang Zhong smiled, Song Xiang was exaggerating. Although hundreds of thousands was not a small amount for him, it would definitely not go bankrupt.
As for the price of signed books he mentioned, Zhang Zhong also knew about it. Chen Qing had told him about this matter before.
Zhang Zhong's signed books are considered high among writers, but they are not the highest.
The selling price of a writer's signed books is not only related to his fame, but also to the number of his signed books in existence.
Nowadays, the most expensive signed book in China is probably Zhuang Yu. The starting price of his signed books is one thousand, and many of them are tens of thousands, and the transaction volume is not low.
A large part of the reason why the price is so high is because Zhuang Yu rarely signs autographs for people. He has not even held a signing event, and very few signed works have been exposed.
Things become more expensive when they are scarce, so the price becomes higher.
However, there is also a lot of chaos in the signed book market. Although the price of Zhang Zhong and Zhuang Yu's signed books is relatively high, it is at least the norm because their works are of high quality and the books themselves are valuable.
Many idol stars also publish books, but the content of many of their books is relatively empty. A few days ago, a female star published a book, which contained a large number of illustrations and only a small part of the text, and this small
There are many parts that are not original and are plagiarized from Chicken Soup for the Soul on the Internet.
Even for such a book, her fans still buy it.
Normally, their books are sold through autograph sales.
Fans don't go to buy books, but to "buy fame."
This phenomenon of "buying books" instead of "buying names" [Biquge www.biqugeso.me] is actually a market choice and is understandable.
However, this situation is not very good for the development of the literary world. A large number of such works have entered the market, and the sales volume is not low, which will give people a bad feeling about the book market.
After coming back to his senses, Zhang Zhong bickered with Song Xiang for a while, and finally agreed to sign a book for everyone in their company. In fact, he never had any stubborn principles for this kind of thing, and Song Xiang was his best friend.
My friend, as long as he asks for this matter, I will definitely help him.
As for Song Xiang, although he was exaggerating at first, he actually wanted to ask Zhang Zhong for a few autographed books, but he didn't expect that Zhang Zhong actually agreed to his initial request.
He clapped his hands and said happily, "Let's go to Restaurant No. 9 tonight."
Zhang Zhong was not polite, "That will cost Boss Song a lot of money."
Hu Huifang asked curiously from the side, "Where is Restaurant No. 9? Is it famous in Yanjing?"
Zhang Zhong waved his hand and said, "It's just an ordinary restaurant."
Hu Huifang didn't believe it and looked at Song Xiang again. Song Xiang smiled and said, "Auntie, it's really just an ordinary restaurant."
But for Zhang Zhong - Song Xiang added in his heart.
After eating, the few people were not in a hurry to leave, but chatted without a word.
Hu Huifang and the others were not familiar with Song Xiang. Zhang Zhong had been in college for four years, but his parents had never seen him. However, when Zhang Zhong was lying in the hospital, Song Xiang and Lin Lin went to the hospital to see Zhang Zhong, so his parents did not care about him.
It's too unfamiliar.
When we were chatting just now, Hu Huifang also mentioned this matter, saying that when Zhang Zhong was in the hospital, few people went to see him. Song Xiang went there more than once, so they remembered it.
It is easiest for people to build relationships when they are in trouble. Even though Zhang Zhong was lying in bed, he didn't know it, but his parents always remembered him.
After chatting for a while, we talked about Pengpeng. He heard that Pengpeng was learning to paint. Song Xiang said, "Hey, this is just a coincidence. There is an art exhibition in the mall downstairs in the afternoon. Since Pengpeng is learning to paint,
, can you go and have a look."
"What kind of art exhibition is held in a shopping mall?" Zhang Zhong asked.
"You are old-fashioned, why can't shopping malls hold art exhibitions? Many shopping malls now have this kind of thing if they want to improve their style, and I can tell you, the paintings in these art exhibitions are all by well-known painters
The works are different from those liars selling them on the street." Song Xiang said.
Zhang Xingjun asked curiously, "Can I buy the paintings in this exhibition?"
"You can buy it, but the procedure is complicated. You can't take the painting away after paying the money. In fact, how many of the customers in the mall know art? Most of them just watch the fun, and they may not even have the names of the painters.
I’ve heard that generally no one would buy a painting on the spot. After all, the price is not clearly marked, so it would be embarrassing if you asked for a price that you couldn’t afford.”
"That's true. Let's go take a look later."
Song Xiang smiled and said, "Okay, I'll drive you there, and you can take the time to sign the two hundred books for me."
"Oh, you killed two birds with one stone."
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After sitting for a while, they set off to Song Xiang's company.
Song Xiang's company is located in a relatively less prosperous location, but the transportation is relatively convenient, as is the case for general IT companies.
Although this place is not as prosperous as Taikoo Li, the shopping mall downstairs is quite lively. This is the difference between big cities and small cities. As long as you don't go out of the third ring road, there are people everywhere.
His parents took Pengpeng shopping in the mall, while Zhang Zhong followed Song Xiang to his company.
Song Xiang now has two companies. The one they are going to now is the first company, which is the head office. It has more people, with more than a hundred or dozens of people. The new company has just been established, so the number of personnel is much smaller.
When Zhang Zhong passed by, he saw his boss leading a man wearing a hat and sunglasses into the office. The employees were a little strange.
After arriving at the office, Song Xiang poured Zhang Zhong a glass of water, "Have a try. I usually don't want to drink the tea I brought from Nanhuai."
"Then you can drink it yourself. I live in Nanhuai and drink it every day. I'm not as rare as you."
"Tch, if you're embarrassed, you can send me a few bags of good tea later." Song Xiang looked at his watch and said, "The book delivery will be here in a while. Just wait a moment."