Before leaving work that day, Chu Li was worried about Comrade Xiao Wang, so he took the printed sheet and looked at it again.
First, check that the inner pages are recorded as she requested in the morning;
Then the cover paper and craftsmanship of the first edition have been decided, but the plan of pre-selling the special edition online still needs to be discussed with Yuanyue Publishing House and its leaders, so it will be put on hold for the time being;
Finally, there were the gifts, gift types, colors, and binding order. There were basically no problems, except that the gift bookmarks were originally four but were recorded as three, so Chuli changed them...
"Make this version of the cover first, and we may add another version later. When I have news, I will notify you immediately to update the second version of the printing order." Chu Li returned the printing order to Comrade Xiao Wang, thought for a while and said, "You don't have to be nervous. We will take our time to do a good job. It's normal for you to be transferred from the assembly line and not familiar with the merchandiser's business. If you make some mistakes, we can correct them in time. Everyone is a novice..."
Chu Li was trying to comfort the merchandiser. At the end of the day, starting from the paper for the inner pages, he followed Chu Li closely with a notebook in his hand. When he checked the colour cards and selected the paper for the outer cover, Chu Li could almost see the mosquito coils in his eyes...
Don't expect him to make recommendations on cover paper like the old merchandiser did. It's already amazing that he can tell the difference between special paper and ordinary paper after embossing...
Chu Li was busy until around four in the afternoon. It was not until Zhuo Chuan sent her a message asking her what she wanted to eat in the evening that she realized that her work day was over... Looking up from a pile of special paper card albums, Chu Li packed up her things and left with Ah Xiang.
"First Ceremony."
"What?"
"I always felt that you looked particularly tall and powerful today, playing with your phone while directing Xiao Wang to write and distribute printing orders and correcting and supervising him to make sure he didn't make any mistakes. It was as if I saw the shadow of the old boss," Ah Xiang said. "A year is not too long or too short. Little Fairy is only your second book, but I always felt that you have become a big editor who can stand on your own."
Chu Li was walking forward in her high heels. She paused when she heard the words, turned around to look at Ah Xiang and smiled: "Don't let anyone else hear this, especially Lao Miao..."
"Really? You're well-known among the readers." Ah Xiang ran after her, holding his computer. "Everyone knows that Zhuchuan's editor-in-chief is very capable and cares about the readers."
"……Everyone?"
Ah Xiang raised his phone——
Chu Li then realized that it was because the work group that she had blocked from receiving new news notifications had a discussion. When the basic publication information of "Little God" was announced on the Internet, the splash among Suo Heng's fans was much bigger than expected...
[Meow Meow: They say Yuanyue Society has sent out a top editor. This time Suo Heng is saved...]
【啾啾肥啾: Also, I heard that the editor of "Luohe Divine Book" is very considerate of the readers' welfare, and "Luohe Divine Book" is very satisfactory... I think if "Little God" is well decorated, I will buy it back and put it on the bookshelf.】
【Scallion Flavored Langweixian: Our Chuli is already famous! 】
[Yu Yao: It seems that many old fans have expressed that if a good editor is really working on a book, they are willing to help Suo Heng win this comeback - considering that by heating up the atmosphere, "Little God" may really be a hit...]
【啾啾肥啾: Haha, Boss, among those “quite a lot of fans”, you might be one of them, right?】
[Yu Yao: No way, no way, don’t talk nonsense! ]
Chu Li read for a while, then took out her phone to check Weibo, and found that, as expected, Zhu Chuan's "Luohe Divine Book" not only made Chu Li stand out in the editing world, but even readers who bought books could smell her presence...
Chu Li put away her phone, not sure whether this was a good thing or a bad thing——
"You look paralyzed," Ah Xiang said with a silly smile, nudging her with his elbow, "Aren't you happy for a moment?"
"What are you happy about?" Chu Li said calmly, "Editing is supposed to be a behind-the-scenes job. If someone jumps out and people know the existence of such a person, it's fine if nothing goes wrong. But if something goes wrong, you'll be scolded to death..."
Ah Xiang: “?”
Chu Li twitched her lips and said, "Think about it, nowadays, celebrities will be scolded if they do something bad. Sometimes, these things may be caused by their agents... but they don't care. Just scold the celebrity directly, otherwise they don't know who to scold. However, some celebrity agents also open a Weibo account and get a certification to show their presence. That's different. If something goes wrong, the fans will be the first to blame you, the agent: It's not our Oppa's fault, everyone come and scold this idiot agent!"
Ah Xiang: "...I suddenly understand why you don't have a Weibo account."
"As a modern person, I do have a Weibo account, of course," Chu Li patted Ah Xiang's shoulder with emotion, "but I won't say who I am, otherwise I would have been killed by Jiang Yucheng's fans in the last movie ticket incident - after all, if I can only criticize the official Weibo, they will probably always feel that something is missing."
Ah Xiang looked at Chu Li as if he were looking at a new animal: "I think it's better for me to go back and watch Korean dramas. I can't keep up with the IQ of you adults."
Chu Li: "This is the subconscious self-protection behavior of small animals. Look at Mr. Chu Chuan, he is different. He completely lets himself go, just like Godzilla steps on the shore and doesn't care whether he steps on a Maserati..."
Ah Xiang: "Why are you praising him?"
Chu Li: “I don’t have any.”
【Chu Chuan: Have you returned home? 】
[The navy hired by the monkey: Get ready to board the subway. ]
[Zhu Chuan: I will pick you up tomorrow. I bought a very low-profile new car to ensure that outsiders cannot tell at a glance that the person sitting in the car is the top writer, Mr. Zhu Chuan. ]
[The navy hired by the monkey: …]
【Zhuchuan: Is it okay? 】
[The water army hired by the monkey: Don’t be surprised that you haven’t come for two days. ]
[Zhu Chuan: It should be fresh for at least ten days. Even if it is low-key, it will cost hundreds of thousands. It will still make a sound if you throw it into the water. How can it get boring so quickly?]
[The navy hired by the monkey: …]
After chatting with Zhuchuan all the way, Chu Li returned home and cooked.
After finishing my meal, I went into the study room with my computer and started working on my PPT. I made a simple and objective analysis of the current status of "Little Gods", the readers I could target, and the customized solutions I could modify based on the successful sales case of "Luohe Divine Book" for this type of readers.
After finishing it, I sent it to Yu Yao for review. After Yu Yao nodded, I put it in the large work group.
The revised plan is basically what Zhao Chuan mentioned yesterday, double cover, physical booksellers will all purchase version A; the online pre-sale version will uniformly use the special cover version B, so that the launch of online pre-sales will not affect the purchase and sales of physical booksellers at all, and it can even be said to be an upgraded version of the sales plan for "The Divine Book of Luo River"... After all, there were still some physical booksellers who complained about "The Divine Book of Luo River" at the beginning, saying that online pre-sales took away some of the readers' purchasing power.
In fact, Chu Li also thought of this method when Lao Liang proposed the double cover.
At this moment, Chu Li was sitting in the study, holding a computer and making a PPT. Zhu Chuan stood behind her with his arms folded like a goalkeeper: "You are trying so hard to promote a past author, but in the end, you may only sell a few thousand or ten thousand at most. What are you trying to achieve?"
Chu Li paused while typing, leaned back slightly, raised his head and looked at the man behind him: "Have you forgotten what I said in the cinema? Lao Miao is actually right. Instead of sitting on the shoulders of giants, it is better to build your own mountains. It is useless to just add icing on the cake. It is the real skill to help others in times of need."
“…”
The man said nothing, but raised his hand and rubbed her hair.
"Are you touched?" Chu Li turned back and continued to stare at the computer screen. "Does Wild Child suddenly want an editor?"
Zhuo Chuan glanced at her messed up hair and felt it was a bit unsightly. He reached out and combed her hair with his fingernails, and said in a somewhat vague voice: "The wild kid has been writing for a while and has been living quite well these years..."
Chu Li looked back at him and he shut his mouth.
After thinking for a while, he said, "What are you looking at? When we first met last year, it was someone who told me seriously that work is work and that you can't bring personal feelings and selfishness into work..."
Chu Li: "Who do you think is lifting a rock and dropping it on his own feet?"
Zhuo Chuan stared at her for a while, her face puffed up with anger, and couldn't help but reach out and pinch it: "Have you finished writing the PPT?"
Chu Li looked at him for a few seconds and did not press the issue - in fact, she was not disappointed at all with this answer, and it could even be said that it was expected. Zhuo Chuan was still the same Zhuo Chuan, and the fact that he liked Chu Li did not affect his original attitude towards his career at all. The two things were like completely parallel lines, each of which was very clear.
...This is indeed very similar to the first ceremony.
Even she herself couldn't refute it.
"Tell me how you act like you like me."
"Look at the clothes drying outside. If someone else asked me to dry clothes in the snow, I would ask him if he wants me to sign his name on the tombstone..."
“…”
"The curves of your clothes being blown up by the north wind are all the shapes of my love for you."
Chu Li sneered, rolled her eyes and sent the PPT to Yu Yao. The moment her left hand left the keyboard, it was immediately grabbed by Zhu Chuan. The man squeezed her hand, and Chu Li raised her head...
The two looked at each other for a moment.
The study was eerily quiet. The dim computer screen shone on Chu Li's profile. The north wind blowing snow outside the window hit the window, making a crackling sound... The moment Chu Li lowered her eyes, Zhuo Chuan let go of her hand, and after saying "I'll go see if the water is ready", he almost ran away.
Chu Li sat stupidly on the chair and looked at his back——
Suddenly I wanted to ask him a question that every woman would ask, but which men might think is particularly stupid: Do you like me or not? What do you like about me?
I used to think this question was stupid.
Now that I think about it, it was probably just an uncertain inquiry, right?
Although the hand holding mine is broad and warm, I feel uneasy all the time. Although I don't know what the so-called "love" looks like in detail, but...
At least it shouldn't be the case that "as soon as you get to the door, you immediately run away."
[The sailors hired by the monkey: Ah Xiang, do you think there are humans who just hold hands in love without any further actions? ]
【Flying elephant: primary school student?】
【The navy hired by the monkey: adults.】
[Flying Elephant: "A regretful emoticon" That is sexual dysfunction. With the development of modern science, you should seek medical treatment as soon as possible. ]
…
The next day, Chu Li and A Xiang arrived at the editorial department early in the morning, worked on the cover of the special online edition, and sent it to Comrade Xiao Wang at the printing factory in the afternoon.
The printout was updated to the second edition with a double cover, with the emphasis on the addition of the double cover version. As for the assembly sequence, Comrade Xiao Wang was directly told to continue using the first edition.
…
On the third day, Chu Li arrived at the printing factory and found that Comrade Xiao Wang had made a mistake with the vertical waistband of the entire A-version cover. The waistband and the book were originally connected to the lotus pond, but the waistband that was supposed to be on the left was placed on the right. The whole picture was cut in half, and the pavilions and towers were abruptly connected to the half-blooming lotus...
After Chu Li discovered this, he made some minor changes to the first version of the printing sheet, which had a more detailed assembly sequence, and noted in detail where the waistband should be placed. Then he slapped the printing sheet in front of Xiao Wang and said, "Remember to look at the printing sheet when you bind it next time. Use this."
Comrade Xiao Wang: "Okay."
…
Day 4.
Day 5.
On the sixth day of online pre-sales, the pre-sale situation was much better than expected. The book, which was originally scheduled to have a first print run of 8,000 copies, sold 16,000 copies just from pre-sales and pick-ups by physical booksellers, and the first print run was directly raised to 20,000. Suo Heng was so excited that he could not speak, and could only repeat: Thank you, thank you.
On the seventh day, Comrade Xiao Wang notified us that the bulk of the goods had been printed.
On the tenth day, Chu Li asked about the progress and was told that everything was proceeding in an orderly manner.
On the fifteenth day, there were still three days before the shipment of Little Gods. Chu Li fully entered the review stage of The Disappearing Amusement Park. He was so busy that he could only find time to call Comrade Xiao Wang to remind him to send several sets of sample copies of Little Gods to the editorial department, both versions.
Comrade Xiao Wang hesitated for a moment and subconsciously asked, "Two versions?" Then he seemed to be called by someone on the other end of the phone, and he said he got it and hung up.
Then there were two more days of short selling.
By the time Chu Li realized what was happening, it was already the next morning when all copies of "Little Fairy" were being shipped. At this time, the editorial department hadn't even received the sample copy yet, so they had no idea what the book looked like...
Chu Li called Comrade Xiao Wang and scolded him. Comrade Xiao Wang said aggrievedly that he had been so busy arranging the warehouse to ship goods to booksellers in the past two days that he really forgot to send the sample books. Why don’t you come and take a look yourself tomorrow?
After Chu Li hung up the phone, she felt a little flustered for no reason. She was mocked by Zhu Chuan as having "paranoia". Under the name of "paranoia", she called Yu Yao and said that she would go to Yuanyue Social the next morning to pick up the manuscript of "The Disappearing Amusement Park" for Teacher Xia to review, and then go to the printing factory to take a look at the sample book of "Little God". She could no longer bear the torture of these real gods who were always forgetful in the printing factory...
Yu Yao agreed.
So the next day at noon, Chu Li didn't even have time to eat lunch before jumping into Zhu Chuan's new car and heading to the printing factory. Sitting in the car, she felt like there were thorns under her buttocks. Zhu Chuan looked at her several times, then quietly locked the car door to prevent her from suddenly jumping out of the car in a frenzy.
Chu Li took out her phone and happened to be logged into the official Weibo of Moonlight. When she refreshed her private messages, she saw a private message from a reader ten minutes ago.
【Little Bear, don't run: QWQ official blog, this is G
City coordinates, I went to Jiuhua Bookstore early in the morning to buy the physical book of "Little Fairy", and then I just got home. Excuse me, isn't the cover of the online version of "Little Fairy" blue version B? Why did I happily open the express delivery today and found that it was version A... Ah, I bought version A, is this a wrong product? I clicked on a certain treasure and the seller said it was not wrong, what happened? 】
Illustration: Two copies of "Little Fairy", version A cover, placed together like twins.
At that time, Chu Li felt suffocated while holding the mobile phone. It is no exaggeration to say that her eyes went dark and the world was spinning. She wanted to order Zhaochuan to drive the car directly into the river under the bridge to end it all, as she might not survive anyway.