Chapter 328: Are you corrupting cadres like this?

Li Ye, Pei Wencong and others arrived in the island city and were warmly received by Dong Yuejin for three or four days in a row. The hospitality was so warm that Li Ye almost couldn't stand it.

So much so that Li Ye couldn't help but laugh and said, "Boss, haven't you exceeded the limit in terms of hospitality these days? We are here to visit friends, not to cause you any trouble."

"Who are you looking down on? What's the matter? Do you think I treated you too well? Then I'll just serve you pickles next time you come?"

Dong Yuejin laughed and scolded: "You, Qicundaofeng, are a wealthy man, but our magazine is not a poor unit!

I finally waited for you two big Buddhas to come, but you can't even enjoy the seafood? I am not Dong Yuejin's person, so if anyone dares to say that I exceed the limit, I will slap him in the face. "

Li Ye couldn't help laughing. Dong Yuejin today has indeed changed a lot compared to Dong Yuejin two years ago.

He is more stylish and arrogant than before.

After all, Dong Yuejin has created hundreds of thousands of dollars in foreign exchange income for Blue Ocean Publishing, and even more RMB profits. It is no longer the company that had to squeeze into a hard seat on the train.

However, when Dong Yuejin faced Li Ye, his honesty remained unchanged.

During the three-day contact, Dong Yuejin thanked Li Ye and Pei Wencong many times for their help, and said frankly, "If I hadn't made the right bet that time, there would be no Xinfeng today, and there would be no me today."

Based on this honesty, Li Ye felt that Dong Yuejin was at least better than many people in the world.

Although it was indeed because of Li Ye and Pei Wencong that "Xinfeng" magazine went from a half-dead state to the leader of popular literary magazines in the mainland, and Dong Yuejin also went from a small editor to a somewhat famous figure in the mainland literary world.

But Li Ye has met many people, and he is afraid that others will know that he succeeded with the help of others, so as not to affect his image of "working hard to counterattack".

There are even cases where someone turns the tables and stabs someone in the back.

After several days, Pei Wencong and his party flew to Chang'an to visit some acquaintances at Chang'an Film Studio and check on the progress of the film and television city project.

Li Dayong was not eligible to take a plane, so he could only bid farewell to Pei Wenhui and returned to Qingshui County with Li Ye in a depressed mood.

However, when leaving the island city, Dong Yuejin gave Li Ye a lot of specialty gifts, which made Li Ye feel a little embarrassed.

"Boss! If you have anything to say, just say it. I have a problem. I never say anything. If you don't say anything, I'll leave!"

"Now that you've said that, I must make some requests,"

Dong Yuejin smiled and said, "The Lone Soldier Looking Back at Hometown has been completed, and your North Wind Flying has also come to an end. When will you start writing the new book? When the time comes, would you consider publishing it here, brother?"

Li Ye said, "I'm in charge of a short story in the school's literature club, and I don't have any plans to start a new book for now. Besides, you, the editor-in-chief Dong, have so many followers now that you should not be short of manuscripts, right?"

"There is always a shortage of people like you."

Dong Yuejin said: "Now New Wind has become a bimonthly magazine, but it still cannot withstand the market demand. The publishing house has decided to increase the number of issues further, and increase the length of each issue by 30%.

Last time you told me about the drawbacks of blind expansion, I sent someone to conduct a detailed market survey and found that there are indeed many journals of varying quality and poor management.

So as you said, be prepared for danger in times of peace. I need a well-known author like you right now. I need high-quality long works to increase sales and expand influence. "

In the 1980s, many journals flourished, but only a few survived. Although there were many reasons for this, shoddy workmanship was definitely one of them.

Li Ye thought about it, and finally shook his head and said, "I have too many things to do recently, and I really don't have time to write a new book, but I can give you two suggestions."

"Then tell me about it, brother, this is definitely your vision."

After hearing what Li Ye said, Dong Yuejin was not disappointed and gave Li Ye a thumbs up.

He knew that Li Ye was now in charge of the Lone Army Literary Society, and at the same time he had to go to school, prepare for debates, etc. A student was busier than him as the editor-in-chief, so it was really inconvenient to force him. Otherwise, why didn't he take the initiative to talk to Li Ye about the new book in the past three days?

"First, you should significantly increase the remuneration for articles. Second, you should regularly hold essay competitions with prizes, and the prize money must not be too low."

Dong Yuejin was stunned for a moment, feeling a little disappointed and thoughtful.

The two suggestions made by Li Ye are not actually uncommon, but as the editor-in-chief, he does not have the authority to implement them.

Although "Xinfeng" is now independently operated, it belongs to the island city's Blue Ocean Publishing House after all. Any financial changes are not decided by Dong Yuejin, the editor-in-chief.

Moreover, Dong Yuejin felt that Li Ye's "money-only" approach was a bit simplistic and crude, and was not the only way to solve the problem.

But in fact, what Li Ye said is "talking from experience", because all the magazine media that survived in later generations have proved that if you want to attract outstanding authors to submit their works, you must come up with real money.

You trick the author into doing it for love? Then the author fools the readers? In the end, you will only lose both the author and the readers. If you don't go bankrupt, who will?

Of course, if "Xinfeng" eventually went bankrupt, Li Ye would never regret it. Instead, he would be happy as it was exactly what he wanted.

Dong Yuejin is a very capable person with a good character. Wouldn't it be perfect to recruit him and build a media giant?

Dong Yuejin, who had sent Li Ye away, was thinking about Li Ye's two suggestions, when he suddenly felt a chill all over his body for no reason and shuddered.

He really didn't expect that the righteous brother Li Ye had already started to plot against him.

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Li Ye and Li Yue drove for most of the day and returned to Qingshui County when it was almost dark.

This speed is already quite fast, because in the early 1980s, the transportation company's mission time from Qingshui County to the island city was only three days round trip.

However, as soon as Li Ye's car turned into the main road west of the county town, he saw the little girl standing on the side of the road waving at him.

Li Ye quickly stopped the car and opened the window.

Li Ying, the younger sister, said to Li Ye: "Brother, Dad asked me to wait for you here and told you not to go home now. Many relatives have come to our house and they are all waiting for you to come back and help them get into the joint venture factory."

Li Ye asked curiously, "If you want to join the joint venture, you should go to Grandpa. Why are you looking for me?"

Li Ying shook her head and said, "I don't know either, but they just stayed at home and refused to leave, eating and drinking for free and complaining that grandpa didn't care about family affection."

Li Ye was surprised and asked, "Who is so arrogant? How dare they show off to our grandfather? Grandma didn't say anything?"

Generally speaking, given Li Zhongfa's prestige in the entire family, no one has ever been heard of doing anything wrong with him.

Even though some grandfathers are difficult to talk to, grandma Wu Juying is not a pushover. She is good at making indirect accusations and is good at dealing with all kinds of blind people.

"My grandma said that the recruitment this time is managed by foreign investors, but they specifically asked for a talk with a junior like you!"

"And I heard from my parents that two of these old relatives had helped us in the past. It's hard to refuse, but some of them are really treacherous."

Li Ying counted on her fingers and told Li Ye: "There is an old aunt, a second cousin, and an uncle from my aunt's mother's family."

“.”

"Okay, I understand. Get in the car first and let's find a place to eat."

After listening to Li Ying for a long time, Li Ye finally understood.

The more distant the relative is, the less understanding they are. They treat a little bit of family ties as an imperial decree, and act as if you would be committing treason if you don't help them.

But it is these relatives who are the most difficult to deal with, because they are so desperate that they have no bottom line. You can't just beat them out! The one who has the worst influence is definitely Li Zhongfa.

On the contrary, those who are close to the Li family and familiar with Li Zhongfa know the limits better and will never do anything that forces others to do something against their will.

Now from what Li Ying said, some relatives who really did favors for the Li family came here, and those difficult ones came along as well, which made the situation complicated and difficult to deal with.

Li Ye drove to Li Dayong's house, but Li Dayong said, "Brother, I'll stop far away first. I'll go over and take a look at the situation."

A few minutes later, Li Dayong also ran back in a panic, got in the car and said, "Hurry up, hurry up, my family is in the same situation."

Li Ye was speechless.

How come those who ask for help are all demons? I have to hide from you guys? How shameless are you?

Li Ye said nothing, turned the car around and headed home.

Li Dayong saw that the direction was wrong and said, "Brother, what are you doing? It's hard to explain to them."

Li Ye said coldly: "Dayong! If you want to be a manager, you must first learn to say no, say no to those self-righteous people, say no to those messy things. Don't worry, if you offend some people, you will be offended, and you won't lose a hair."

As Li Ye was talking, he drove the Volga to the doorstep of his house, honked the horn on purpose, and then asked Li Dayong to help him move things into the house.

The sound of the car horn attracted the people in Li's yard, and several of them came out at once.

"Hey, this is Li Ye, right? He has grown so tall after not seeing you for a few days?"

"Isn't it? He has grown into a big boy now. I remember the last time I saw him, he was stumbling when he walked!"

"How much did he buy? It seems that this guy really made money. I have never seen such thick hairtail."

"This kid doesn't look bad in any way. He's just not easy to talk to. Look, he didn't even call us."

The last time you saw me fall? That was 20 years ago? I don't even know you, why would I call you that?

Moreover, Dong Yuejin sent a lot of things, and Li Ye and Li Dayong couldn't move them all even after several trips.

But the people around were just pointing and talking, except for a half-grown child who was only interested in helping with his head down, the others just shoved their hands into the sleeves of their cotton-padded jackets and didn't even extend their hands.

What? Is this your attitude when asking someone to do something for you?

But there was one person who said in a very arrogant manner: "Hey, Xiaoye, I'm your second cousin, do you still remember me?"

Li Ye raised his head and said with a fake smile: "I don't remember! The last time you saw me, I was still stumbling when I was walking. How can a two-year-old child remember things?"

“.”

The second cousin was stunned and a little embarrassed, but he immediately took out two dollars and stuffed them into Li Ye's pocket.

"Here, your cousin is giving you New Year's money. Do you remember it now?"

Li Ye was stunned when he looked at the green two-yuan bill.

The college and technical secondary school students in the 1980s were all at cadre level!

You just use two dollars to corrupt officials?

(End of this chapter)