0552 [The literati are light, the dog bites the dog! 】
The New Year's Day party organized by Baodao's four major publishing houses has officially begun.
As the initiator of this party, Crown Group President Zhan Zhaotang spoke to everyone.
The content of his speech was very simple, that is, the Baodao literary world, especially the martial arts world, is developing very rapidly. He hopes that everyone can work together to make this cake bigger.
For this reason, Zhan Zhaotang proposed to select a martial arts writer with great influence, good writing skills and high sales of works to serve as the "martial arts leader" in the literary world, so as to lead everyone to reach new heights.
As soon as this proposal came out, it immediately caused a commotion on the scene.
For these literati, reputation is more important than profit.
Especially masters like Sima Ling, Wo Longsheng, and Zhuge Qingyun are bound to win the title of "Martial Arts Leader".
"I support Sima Ling! He became famous even though he was humble, and even Cha Liangyong praised his works!"
"I support Wo Longsheng! His novels are very down-to-earth! The sales volume is also good!"
"The leader of the martial arts alliance must be Gu Long! Now his works are the most popular, and his royalties are also the highest among us!"
For a time, the scene turned into a mess.
As a bystander, Shi Zhijian is not from Baodao nor a literary author, so he can see everything more calmly.
As someone who has experienced it, except for Zhan Zhaotang and other big bosses from the four major publishing houses, no one knows better than him how huge the profits of Baodao's martial arts novels are currently.
In this era when entertainment is extremely underdeveloped, martial arts novels are simply a panacea for people's spiritual emptiness, so they sell extremely well, and no matter how bad your writing is, people will still read it.
The works of famous martial arts masters such as Gu Long, Sima Ling and Wo Longsheng cost more than 100,000 to 200,000 yuan per work, which can directly buy a villa! Add in copyrights and other things, then it is not just a villa, but a villa.
villa!
The four major publishers have made a lot of money by sucking the blood of these martial arts masters.
However, the manuscript fees and copyright fees of these martial arts authors have been skyrocketing recently, and they have joined forces to negotiate with the publishing house, demanding equal treatment in terms of manuscript fees and copyright fees.
This is tantamount to asking publishing bosses to cut their flesh. How can you agree to this?
But if they don't agree, the relationship cannot be eased, and the unity of the martial arts writers is always a thorn in the throat, like a lump in the throat.
These big guys can't sit still anymore.
So Zhan Zhaotang came up with a plan to learn the moves in Jin Yong's "The Swordsman" and break them apart and break through them internally! Since a "Five Sacred Alliance Leader" can fool all the major sects, now a martial arts alliance leader can also
You can play around with these literati!
Sure enough!
Everyone cares about face!
Not to mention these noble literati!
Zhan Zhaotang just casually threw out the worthless title of "Martial Arts Leader", which caused these people to begin to break up internally and start fighting among themselves.
Shi Zhijian could see clearly, but it was difficult to say anything. His identity was displayed here, he was just a spectator.
Gu Long was very active. He was not short of money now, but he just lacked a recognized title. So he began to win over Shangguan Ding and Gao Yong to support him.
Over there, Sima Ling, Wo Longsheng, and Zhuge Qingyun also discussed and recommended Wo Longsheng as the leader of the martial arts alliance.
The reason for this is, firstly, because Wolongsheng is older, and secondly, Wolongsheng is more popular in the circle than Sima Ling and Zhuge Qingyun. In particular, many of Wolongsheng's works have been bought by TV stations for filming TV series, and their influence is also great.
relatively large.
As for the other martial arts masters at the scene, they each supported their own martial arts leaders.
For example, Yun Zhongyue and Chen Qingyun unanimously elected Liu Canyang, a master of the Iron-Blooded Jianghu Sect, as the leader of the martial arts alliance.
Lonely Hong and Yi Rong jointly elected Murong Mei from the Meiwen martial arts sect as the leader of the martial arts alliance.
Suddenly, four or five martial arts leaders poured out of the scene, which made people stunned.
Zhan Zhaotang and the other three publishing house bosses looked at the lively scene in front of them and glanced at each other.
These literati think they are smart, but they are as stupid as pigs!
A dog bites a dog with a hair in its mouth!
The more you fight among yourself, the less united you will be!
When the time comes to discuss royalties and copyrights, won’t it be up to us to make the final decision?!
Zhan Zhaotang's eyes passed over Gu Long, Sima Ling and others, but he felt a pair of bright eyes on the left looking at him.
Zhan Zhaotang looked over and happened to meet Shi Zhijian's eyes.
For some reason, Zhan Zhaotang felt like his conspiracy had been seen through, so he calmly smiled at Shi Zhijian.
Shi Zhijian also smiled at him.
Zhan Zhaotang stopped looking at Shi Zhijian and snorted in his heart, so what if you see through it?
A foreigner from Hong Kong!
Could it still be possible to set off turbulent waves on the treasure island?
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Due to disputes, by the end of the party, this year's martial arts leader was not selected.
However, it was Gu Long and Wo Longsheng who had the highest voices, so it was also called the "Two Dragons Struggle for Hegemony".
After leaving Jianjian Villa, Gu Long took Shi Zhijian and others to find a hotel nearby to stay.
The next day, at dawn, Shi Zhijian's door was knocked by Gu Long: "Ajian, are you awake?"
Shi Zhijian got up, got dressed, walked over and opened the door, only to see Gu Long with two big dark circles under his eyes. He could tell that he hadn't slept well last night. He didn't know whether he was working on a manuscript or thinking about yesterday's incident with the leader of the martial arts alliance.
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"Ajian, let's have breakfast together! I have something to tell you!" Gu Long yawned.
Shi Zhijian nodded and asked him to wait while he went to wash up first.
Soon, Shi Zhijian came to the hotel restaurant. Far away, he saw Gu Long, Shangguan Ding, and Gao Yong sitting together. When he saw him, he waved to Shi Zhijian: "Ajian, here!"
Shi Zhijian walked over and greeted Shangguan Ding and Gao Yong first, then ordered porridge and a plate of steamed buns, picked up the steamed buns and took a bite, then raised his head and asked Gu Long: "What do you want to see me for?
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"It's like this. I thought about it all night last night, and the more I thought about it, the more I felt something was wrong. This martial arts leader seems to be useless!"
"Huh?" Shi Zhijian almost spit out the stuffing of the bun in his mouth.
Gu Long held his cheek with his hand, blinked his small eyes, and looked thoughtful: "I fought with Wo Longsheng and the others, and it seems that I got an advantage over the grandsons of the four major publishing houses!"
"Cough cough cough!" Shi Zhijian really choked on the bun filling this time.
"So I want to ask you to do me a favor and make peace with Sima Ling, Wo Longsheng and the gang. Let's not fight! The key is for everyone to work together to make money!"
Shi Zhijian struggled to swallow the bun in his mouth and frowned: "Why do you want me to be the peacemaker? I'm not very familiar with them!"
Gu Long just laughed: "Who told you to be the mythical boss Shi Zhijian? You don't know, after Sima Ling and the gang found out your identity yesterday, their eyes were as wide as lanterns!"
"Yes, Mr. Shi, you were so majestic yesterday!"
"It's simply a blockbuster! No, it's an amazing one!"
Shangguan Ding and Gao Yong also gave thumbs up and flattered him.
Shi Zhijian, speechless!
At this moment, someone said: "Talking about people behind their backs will ruin your mouth!"
While they were talking, Sima Ling and three others came together!
