"Xiao Zou, we are under a lot of pressure right now."
The boss was embarrassed. "If it sells well, we can print more. If it doesn't sell well, you will be under a lot of pressure at work. I am also thinking about you."
Zou Weijun thought about the mountains of inventory, which contained all kinds of books. He also didn’t see any editor who planned and published the books being held responsible for the unsold inventory books!
Not to mention the distant past, let’s just take the reprint of Song Chan’s book this year as an example. Didn’t it sell worse than expected? The person in charge of the planning was Editor Wan, who was still free to act as a “matchmaker” for Song Foxiang a few days ago. It can be seen that he was not affected at all. So Zou Weijun simply told his leader that he was not afraid of pressure or responsibility.
“……!”
Xiao Zou's temper really changed drastically.
The leader was about to say something, but Zou Weijun interrupted, "You might not know this yet. After five issues of serialization in the magazine, the book 'Teen Idol' has become incredibly popular. The magazine is planning to publish it as a standalone book, with an initial print run of 50,000 copies. Even with an 8% royalty rate, with such a large first print run, the author's income has increased fivefold. How can we compete with the magazine?"
Zou Weijun was originally thinking about whether to bring up Wen Ying's identity as the "first prize winner of the New Concept Writing Competition" to let the leaders put aside their concerns and strive for better publishing conditions for Wen Ying. But then he thought that Wen Ying had never said she wanted to take off her vest, so Zou Weijun resisted the urge to mention it.
The leader hesitated.
"Teenage Idol" is serialized in a magazine. If the magazine is interested in publishing a single volume for the author, it is common sense that the author will give priority to cooperating with the magazine.
Now they are trying to poach people from the magazine, and the conditions are too low. The author will definitely not choose to cooperate with Zou Weijun.
But Zou Weijun said that the magazine would give "Teenage Idol" a first print run of 50,000, and the leader was skeptical.
How could Xiao Zou find out about this kind of thing?
Printing 50,000 copies is a treatment that only writers of some fame can get.
Zou Weijun interrupted the leader's train of thought before he could ask a question:
"Are you worried that we'll end up with too many copies printed and leaving them in our hands? Why don't you give the author a tiered royalty based on actual sales?"
The tiered royalty rate means that the more books sold, the higher the author's royalty rate.
For example, if 10,000 copies are sold, the rate is 6%, if 20,000 copies are sold, the rate is 8%, if 50,000 copies are sold, the rate is 10%... If 200,000 copies are sold, it is possible for the publisher to increase the royalty rate to 12%.
In principle, 15% is the highest royalty in the industry. To get higher than 15%, you have to be a super-bestselling author to have room to negotiate further with the publisher.
The leader did not refuse outright, but told Zou Weijun that he would think about it again.
"Okay, go out first and leave the manuscript to me."
The leader needs to take another look at this book.
Alas, 120,000 words are too few. It would be better if there were more.
The leader hasn’t read the entire manuscript and is not sure whether the quality of the second half of the book will decline!
Zou Weijun didn't urge him either.
When she returned to the office, she found that her colleagues were still gossiping about Song Foxiang being beaten.
Just hit him, why keep harping on such a small matter?
Editor Wan, who was half bald, came back from outside and saw Zou Weijun. His expression was as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
Oh my God, he just found out that the person who beat Song Foxiang was Zou Weijun’s husband!
Song Fuxiang was beaten, will I be beaten too?
Then I didn’t know that Xiao Zou was married.
Editor Wan was feeling uneasy and wanted to find Zou Weijun to apologize again. He moved closer to Zou Weijun, but Zou Weijun didn't even look at him.
Editor Wan was about to cry.
Not everyone can be as tough as Song Foxiang.
If Song Foxiang wasn't the editor-in-chief, he still had two identities: a poet and a writer. He wouldn't starve to death if he lost his job, but that wasn't the case for him!
"Xiao Zou..."
Editor Wan leaned over with a shy face. Zou Weijun waved the information in his hand and said, "Sorry, I have something else to do. I don't have time to chat with you."
Zou Weijun walked away in her high heels, while Editor Wan stayed where she was, stamping her feet.
Editor Wan wanted to go to the police station to inquire about the situation, but he was afraid of being caught by Zou Weijun’s husband and getting beaten up. He felt that his situation was too difficult!
…
Editor Wan is thinking too much.
Zou Weijun’s husband Xie Jinghu is still in the police station.
Because he refused to apologize to the victim Song Foxiang, Xie Jinghu doesn't know how long he will be imprisoned.
The police station retrieved the surveillance video at the entrance of Songfo Township's unit and found that the black Mercedes-Benz that Xie Jinghu was riding in had been waiting at the entrance since after ten o'clock in the morning.
Song Foxiang also said that he received a call and someone was waiting for him at the unit, so he rushed back... Xie Jinghu's beating of Song Foxiang was a deliberate and premeditated act.
Song Foxiang's injuries were actually just flesh wounds, but he got angry when he thought of Xie Jinghu's arrogant look. On the way to the police station, he said he had a headache and insisted on getting an injury assessment.
The injury assessment required going to the hospital for examination. Song Foxiang said he had a headache and then a pain in his hands, and was prepared to spend a lot of money for Xie Jinghu.
Isn't it just two stinky coins?
cut!
Song Foxiang's behavior really disgusted Xie Jinghu!
Money is a small matter for Xie Jinghu. The big matter is that Song Foxiang has been staying in the hospital to delay time under the pretext of injury assessment. The victim is not in the police station, so he cannot pay compensation even if he wants to. Xie Jinghu has to be detained in the police station forever.
Zhong Yong was laughing like crazy inside, but he couldn't show it on his face.
He had to ask Xie Yuping what to do.
However, Xie Yuping could not be contacted whenever he wanted. He was busy with his daily official duties, so Zhong Yong's call could only be transferred to Xie Yuping after he finished the meeting.
By the time Zhong Yong contacted Xie Yuping, Xie Jinghu had been taken to the police station for almost two hours.
"I was negligent about this. Mr. Xie came to see Song Foxiang as soon as he got off the plane. As soon as he saw Song Foxiang, Mr. Xie... It was so fast. I couldn't stop him."
What can Xie Yuping say?
What a shameful thing, it brought shame to everyone from Beijing to Chengdu!
Are you afraid that others won't know?
Originally, it was only Song Foxiang who was pursuing Zou Weijun unilaterally, and Zou Weijun did not agree. You, Xie Jinghu, went to Chengdu to show up to scare off your rival.
This bastard first clamored to expel Song Foxiang, and then beat Song Foxiang when they met.
It was nothing at first, but after he did this, it turned into something serious!
Others would definitely wonder if Zou Weijun really did something in Chengdu that made Xie Jinghu so angry.
This idiot who took the initiative to cheat on me turned out to be my own brother?
Xie Yuping now wants to take Xie Jinghu to the hospital for a blood test.
I heard that the results of DNA tests are very accurate now, so he must test it with Xie Jinghu. Maybe the two of them have no blood relationship at all, and Xie Jinghu is not his biological brother.
——Is he an orphan adopted by his mother?
"Keep him locked up, and don't try to find connections for him. I can't educate him well, so let someone else educate him well!"
Oh no.
The leaders were all pissed off by Mr. Xie, and this time they didn't want to clean up after him.
The curve of Zhong Yong's mouth was too obvious. After hanging up the phone, he took a long time to adjust himself before regaining his serious facial expression.
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