Before Wen Ying and Yuan Fenghui came to the publishing house, Bao Lixin had just talked with Xiao Niu about the second reprint of "The Starry Sky and You".
Xiao Niu was very angry and accused Bao Lixin of violating industry rules. Bao Lixin was calm and let Xiao Niu vent his emotions.
After Xiao Niu finished cursing, Bao Lixin threw out his bait, intending to win over Xiao Niu with benefits.
Initially, Editor-in-Chief Bao had considered using force to suppress Zou Weijun's trusted associates, but now realizing that this strategy wasn't working, he had to change his approach. After the first list of China's richest writers was released, Wen Ying received a tremendous amount of attention. Remember, Wen Ying's first novel was published in August 2005, and by December 2006, she had already earned tens of millions in royalties. This was a money-making machine, and any chance she had, other publishing houses would be eager to poach Wen Ying!
Bao Lixin became anxious.
After he figured out the "origin" of Xiao Niu and Wen Ying, he finally thought of the trick of emotional bondage.
The friendship between Xiao Niu and Wen Ying can be traced back to "Aige". The new editor brought out new authors, they fought lawsuits together, and supported the new magazine together. Along the way, the two formed a deep revolutionary friendship!
Xiao Niu's opinion is crucial to Wen Ying's choice.
So Bao Lixin promised Xiao Niu that he would let Xiao Niu become the editor-in-chief of "Xinghuo" as soon as possible.
Xiao Niu has always been in charge of the magazine "Xinghuo", but her qualifications are too young. The editor-in-chief of the magazine is also the editor-in-chief of the Literature and Art Publishing House. Xiao Niu is only the editor-in-chief. She can make decisions on small matters in daily life, but she still needs the approval of the publishing house for major matters.
Bao Lixin strongly recommended Xiao Niu to be the editor-in-chief. From then on, Xiao Niu would have the final say in "Xinghuo". She became the editor-in-chief of a magazine when she was only in her twenties, which was unique in Chengdu Publishing Group and the industry.
With this promotion, Xiao Niu is considered a middle-level leader in the Rongcheng Publishing Group. He has changed from receiving a monthly salary to an annual salary. To have achieved such a career achievement in his twenties, he is definitely a winner in life... Sure enough, when Wen Ying and Yuan Fenghui arrived, Xiao Niu said nothing, and Bao Lixin knew that Xiao Niu would be moved.
It's good that you're moved. According to Bao Lixin's plan, the next step should be for Xiao Niu to help say some good words. Bao Lixin should also lower his attitude and give enough face to Wen Ying and Yuan Fenghui, and the previous unpleasantness will be over.
But Xiao Niu was silent for a long time, and when he opened his mouth he wanted to report Bao Lixin for violating regulations.
"Editor-in-Chief Ni?"
Isn’t being the editor-in-chief of Spark attractive enough?
We can't ask him to give up the position of editor-in-chief of the Literature and Art Publishing House to Ni Sisi!
Bao Lixin secretly cursed Xiao Niu for being greedy, ungrateful, and a fool who couldn't see the situation clearly.
Xiao Niu didn't say anything to Bao Lixin, but turned and left the office.
"Ni Sisi, come back here!"
Bao Lixin was furious. Xiao Niu left without even looking back. Bao Lixin didn't bother to act like an editor-in-chief and quickly chased after him. Song Foxiang's sarcastic voice came from the corridor: "Editor-in-Chief Bao, where are you going in such a hurry? Are you going on another business trip?"
"Song Foxiang, get out of my way—"
"This is a public area. If you can walk, I can walk too. Why are you asking me to move out of the way? Oh, I get it. The editor-in-chief is bullying the junior editor!"
When it comes to being unreasonable, Editor-in-Chief Bao is not as good as Song Foxiang.
Because of Song Foxiang's interruption, Bao Lixin could no longer catch up with Xiao Niu.
Gritting his teeth, Bao Lixin returned to his office. Afraid that Song Foxiang might come in and cause trouble, he carefully locked the door before sitting down again.
"Director Yuan, we'll all be working together in the future, so there's no need to make things so awkward. I've read Xiaoyu's manuscript several times over the past few days. This subject matter is a new experiment for our publishing house. If Xiaoyu doesn't think it needs to be revised, then don't make any changes. I have great faith in Xiaoyu's talent and look forward to her new book achieving even greater success."
No need to change the article, Bao Lixin finally compromised!
However, Yuan Fenghui and Wen Ying remained indifferent.
Seeing that Yuan Fenghui hadn't been persuaded, Bao Lixin offered Wen Ying another bait. "A first print run of 300,000 copies is too few. How about this? We can increase the first print run to 500,000 copies and price it at 35 yuan. For a best-selling author like you, Xiaoyu, we can offer an advance on royalties."
The first print run is 500,000 copies, priced at 35 yuan, with a royalty of 15%, and royalties can be paid in advance.
As long as Wen Ying nods now, she can get an advance royalty of 2.4 million from the Literature and Art Publishing House without having to wait for "Xun Yong" to be officially published.
Together with the royalties from the two books "Teenage Idol" and "Starry River and You", she can get a total of more than 5 million... Even though Wen Ying was nicknamed "multi-millionaire" by Li Mengjiao, this is equivalent to half of Wen Ying's wealth.
Bao Lixin was very confident, but Wen Ying wanted to laugh.
This Editor-in-Chief Bao is so funny!
Sometimes she acted like a villain and withheld her royalties, and sometimes she acted like a hypocrite and took the publisher's money to act generous.
Is it a great condition to have an advance payment of royalties for the first print run of 500,000 copies?
Under Bao Lixin's confident and calm gaze, Wen Ying gently shook her head. "It's no use telling me this. The publishing rights for my novel have been given to Mr. Yuan for full agency. It's up to Mr. Yuan to decide whether to continue cooperating with you. If Mr. Yuan feels that we can still cooperate, there's no need to increase the first print run or prepay royalties. If Mr. Yuan feels that we can no longer cooperate, then I can only apologize to you!"
Yuan Fenghui is Wen Ying's agent. She tried to meet Bao Lixin several times, but was fooled by Bao Lixin using the excuse of a business trip.
Before, Bao Lixin thought he could control Wen Ying, and didn’t take Yuan Fenghui seriously.
Wen Ying now not only wants Bao Lixin to understand the importance of Yuan Fenghui, but also wants to send a signal to the outside world: Yuan Fenghui, her agent, can make decisions for her!
Sure enough, Bao Lixin's face turned ugly, but Yuan Fenghui's brows relaxed, and he secretly felt that he had not misjudged the person.
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