In the afternoon, Zhang Zhong and Xu Yuhan first sent Pengpeng to school, and then Zhang Zhong drove Xu Yuhan to Meng Mu's Xiaozhu.
After returning home, Zhang Zhong called Lin Lin before going to bed to catch up on his sleep.
"Hey, it's really strange that a busy person can take the initiative to call me." As soon as the call was connected, Lin Lin's carefree voice came over.
"I want to talk to you about business," Zhang Zhong said.
"What's the business?" Lin Lin became serious when he heard that he was about to talk about business.
"Is that magazine of yours still in production?"
"If you don't do it, it will waste time. Why do you ask?"
"Lay an egg out of a shell." Zhang Zhong said four words.
Lin Lin is a smart man. After hearing what Zhang Zhong said, he understood, "Do you want to use my issue number?"
"That's right."
"It doesn't matter if I give you the issue number. Don't tell me that the magazine is not running now. Even if it is, if you want it, I will give you a word. But since you want to borrow my shell, can you tell me about it?
What eggs do you want to lay?" Lin Lin said.
"I want to lay a colorful egg. Now I have some stories in my hand. It might be better to serialize them in a magazine."
"If you want to serialize, those big magazines are rushing to get it, so why do you have to make a magazine yourself? It's not easy to make magazines now. The market has been saturated by those big magazines. It's very difficult to get a piece of the pie.
The difficulty is, you are now a great writer, you are at the top of your game, and your traffic is huge, but this is not the same thing as running a magazine."
Zhang Zhong laughed, "Didn't you say that this industry is a sunrise industry before?"
"You don't believe what my brother said, but you keep this sentence in your heart. In fact, I can't tell you. Just because I can't do it myself doesn't mean you can't do it either. Since you want to borrow a shell to lay eggs, I
I will definitely support you unconditionally. But I told you in advance that our company is very short of manpower right now. If you want to make a magazine, I can't spare any manpower for you."
"Don't worry, I will leave it to Chen Qing to do."
"Okay, later I will transfer the magazine directly to your company and let Chen Qing come and connect with me." Lin Lin said simply.
"Then didn't I take advantage of you?" Zhang Chong said with a smile.
"Exactly. It's cheap. You can definitely get the issue number yourself, but it will just take some time. You said you have some manuscripts in hand, what types are they?"
"There are more fairy tales for now."
"Oh, you want to take the children's literature route and create a magazine that looks at children?"
"No, there must be other types later."
"Walking on so many legs is not a good thing for running a magazine. The wider the coverage of content in a magazine, the wider the audience it can attract. In fact, if the content is too complicated, it will focus on one thing and miss the other. In the end, it will not be the same.
People of all levels don’t like to watch it.”
Lin Lin's serious attitude surprised Zhang Zhong.
This guy is usually very careless, even when it comes to his career, but now that he heard that he was going to publish a magazine, he was analyzing it very seriously.
"Don't worry about this. I have a good reputation in my heart. And I didn't say how good I wanted to make the magazine. It just needs to be passable. I will talk to the Chen Qing Branch about the magazine issue later.
Please tell him when the time comes."
"Don't say such troublesome words to me. I've been taking advantage of you. If I can do something for you, I'll feel more comfortable. Okay, I'll wait for Chen Qing's call here. Go ahead.
Bar."
"good."
After agreeing with Lin Lin, Zhang Zhong dialed Chen Qing again.
He told him that he wanted to make a magazine. After hearing this, Chen Qing said very tactfully, "Boss, the company still has a lot of things to deal with. If you make a magazine, you may be distracted."
Zhang Chong smiled and said, "Believe in yourself and don't be afraid of distractions. We can not only lay eggs on the shell, but also on the chicken. It's too slow to recruit people by yourself and train them slowly. Find some magazines to dig out ready-made people."
No, that’s it. You have to learn to use the power of money.”
Chen Qing admired his boss so much for being able to describe the behavior of the wealthy in such a fresh and refined way.
Since the boss wants to do it, let’s do it. Anyway, the company’s current cash flow is very strong.
And if the magazine can really take off, it will be a very good thing for the company.
In the book industry, channels are the most important. With channels, everything is available. Now it depends on whether this channel can be implemented.
The efficiency on both sides was very fast. On the last day of September, Lin Lin's company's magazine was transferred to Zhang Zhong's company.
The magazine was not placed under the company's editorial department. Chen Qing established a separate department to handle the magazine's affairs.
In the few days since the handover, Chen Qing has already recruited more than a dozen people, and in just a few days, an editorial department was organized.
What they have to do next is to make the magazine.
Regarding the content of the magazine, Chen Qing went to Zhang Zhong for advice.
Without saying anything, Zhang Zhong sent a folder to Chen Qing, which contained nine fairy tales and the beginning of a 5,000-word novel.
"If it's not enough, think of a way yourself." Zhang Zhong said this when sending the document to Chen Qing.
Chen Qing probably scanned it once and then showed it to Liang Han, the new editor-in-chief of the magazine.
Liang Han watched the story with great interest. Chen Qing asked from the side, "Editor Liang, are these enough for one issue?"
"One issue? If the magazine was thinner, two issues would be enough. Although there are not many stories here, there are still many illustrations. These illustrations can occupy half a page if they are larger, or a quarter of a page if they are smaller.
1. There is also the last novel. Although I haven’t read it yet, it probably has four to five thousand words. It can be four or five pages with pictures. Where are these manuscripts collected from? I didn’t notice that our company
There is a notice calling for submissions.”
"Call for manuscripts?" Chen Qing said with a smile, "These are all manuscripts written by our boss himself."
"The boss's manuscript?" Liang Han was stunned.
Chen Qing patted Liang Han on the shoulder and said, "Editor Liang, learn to get used to it. You know, our boss is not an ordinary person."
"What about these paintings?"
"I don't know about this, but feel free to use it. Since the boss has sent it, there shouldn't be any copyright issues."
"I'm not worried about this, but what about the signature issue?"
"Oh, this is a question, let me ask it."
After a while, Chen Qing came back again and said to Liang Han, "Sign it as Zhang Pengpeng, Cao Fanpeng."
"Who is this Zhang Pengpeng?"
"I don't know anymore, does it matter?"
Liang Han shook his head, "It doesn't matter."
"It doesn't matter. Let's finish the first issue as soon as possible. In addition, we will start collecting manuscripts from outside. There is no limit on the subject matter."
Chen Qing left after explaining.
In fact, he knew who Zhang Pengpeng was, but he just didn't tell the truth to Liang Han.