Chapter 158 The Madness of the Publishing House

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Although Xiao Yunhai has countless fans in both music and martial arts novels, in terms of film and television dramas, he is not famous at all. Several movies and TV series have been made, but none of them have been released so far.

Therefore, people's interest in "The Swordsman" is far greater than that in "The Legend of Zhen Huan", which makes Xiao Yunhai feel speechless for a while.

Compared with these martial arts fans, those publishing houses are more concerned about "Swordsman".

The crazy sales of "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang" and "Little Li Feidao" made all the publishing houses in China look red. So far, the sales of the two books have reached 40 million copies and the profits are in the hundreds of millions, making Minsheng Publishing House a lot of money.

Now, seeing that Xiao Yunhai's "Swordsman" has been completed, the major publishing houses are naturally unable to bear it, and they have called Xiao Yunhai through various connections, hoping that he can hand over "Swordsman" to them Come to publish, and even some small publishing houses are open to 8:2.

When Xiao Yunhai finished sending the message, he discussed with Su Yingxue, told her his own limits, and then handed over all matters related to the publication of "Swordsman" to Su Yingxue.

Therefore, on the phone, Xiao Yunhai told these publishing houses that if you want the publishing rights of this novel, go to Su Yingxue.

The only thing that surprised Xiao Yunhai was that Minsheng Publishing House did not call, which made him wonder: "Could it be that something happened to Zhang Liye."

Xiao Yunhai's guess was not wrong, there was indeed a problem within Minsheng Publishing House.

When Xiao Yunhai published "Swordsman" on his homepage, Zhang Liye quickly learned about it, and without saying a word, he hurried to find the president.

The previous president, Yan Qingfeng, was old and in poor health, so he reported his illness to his superiors, and he was replaced by the original vice president, Ma Wenfa.

Originally, Zhang Liye thought that with the huge sales of Xiao Yunhai's two martial arts novels, Ma Wenfa would definitely agree with both hands, but he didn't expect him to answer on the spot, but called some high-level officials to come over to discuss it.

At the meeting, Zhang Liye stood up first and said, "Leaders and colleagues, today Xiao Yunhai, also known as Tianwaike, posted a message on his personal homepage, saying that his new work "Swordsman" has been finished. Everyone. I also know that his first two novels have brought great benefits to our publishing house, which made other publishing houses jealous. I heard that many of them have already contacted Xiao Yunhai. cooperation, the relationship between each other is also very good, so as long as we have sincerity,

The hope of getting the publishing rights of "The Swordsman" is the greatest. "

Li Wenjun, the newly appointed vice president, asked: "Mr. Zhang, I don't know what kind of conditions can be considered sincerity?"

Li Wenjun is a middle-aged man in his forties, with a round face and bald head. When he smiles, his eyes are narrowed into slits, giving him a feminine feeling.

He and Ma Wenfa have always been very good friends, so the first thing Ma Wenfa did when he took office was to promote Li Wenjun.

Zhang Liye frowned and replied, "I estimate that the profit ratio is at least 6:4, and Xiao Yunhai has the majority, so we can get the publishing rights."

Zhang Liye has always been unaccustomed to Li Wenjun's virtue of having a honey belly sword and hiding a sword in his smile, so his relationship with Li Wenjun is usually not good.

Li Wenjun laughed and said, "Mr. Zhang, isn't the joke you made a bit too big. I have worked in a publishing house for almost 20 years, and I am an old man here. I have never heard of any author who can Getting 60 percent is simply a fantasy."

"What if his "Swordsman" can sell more than 20 million copies? Will Vice President Li still think he is not worth the price?" Zhang Liye argued.

"I have also read Xiao Yunhai's novels seriously. I have to say that he creatively combined martial arts and detectives to create a bizarre and unpredictable arena, which is very whimsical. If this time he still writes this Of course, I have no objection to such novels. But this time I heard that he changed his style, and he said that he could open up a new form. Haha, Mr. Hu, to be honest, I don’t believe it.”

The head of the propaganda department, Sun Qingxing, nodded and said, "I also agree with Vice President Li's opinion. However, Xiao Yunhai has tens of millions of die-hard book fans. Even if he encounters Waterloo this time, he can still sell several million copies. So I think Teacher Zhang should still talk about it, but the bottom line needs to be studied together by everyone."

Fan Xiaoyu, the head of the finance department, said: "From the perspective of our finance department, I absolutely disagree with Teacher Zhang's opinion. Everyone should know that even if Xiao Yunhai succeeds again this time, the 60% profit is too high. , what do you want other excellent writers to think? You must know that among the writers we have signed, the highest teacher, Wang Ping, only gets 32%. Once Xiao Yunhai gets 60% of the profit, other writers will probably Asking for a price increase. This is shaking the foundations of our publishing house."

The heads of various departments expressed their opinions in turn, and all agreed with Li Wenjun's statement. Some radical colleagues even criticized Zhang Liye, thinking that he paid too much attention to Xiao Yunhai and ignored other excellent writers.

This made Zhang Liye suddenly feel an unprecedented loneliness, as if overnight, the publishing house he was familiar with had completely changed and became so unfamiliar.

Just when he was about to stand up and debate with everyone, his old friend Wang Wenxuan pulled his clothes and said softly, "Old Hu, stop making unnecessary fights. It's useless, the atmosphere of the publishing house has changed. "

Looking at Zhang Liye, whose face was a little pale, Li Wenjun was very proud: "Let you, this old guy, usually pretend to be arrogant and dare to ignore me, and see how I deal with you."

Seeing that everyone had finished speaking, Ma Wenfa, who had been silent all along, took a leisurely sip of tea and said calmly, "Old Zhang, I'm afraid we can't agree to your suggestion. It is said that it is 60 percent, that is, 100 percent. We can't even give 40 percent of the profits, otherwise, other writers will rebel."

"I just received a call from Mr. Zhang Ping Zhang. His "The Great Qing Dynasty" has been completed and is ready to be handed over to us for publication. With Mr. Zhang's influence in the field of literature, I think we should focus on this Above. As for Mr. Xiao Yunhai's "Swordsman", Mr. Zhang can continue to follow up, but at most 30%, this is our bottom limit, otherwise we can't explain to Mr. Zhang. "

When Zhang Liye heard Ma Wenfa's final decision, he knew that he could not win it. He suddenly felt tired all over his body, and said a little indifferently: "President Ma, forget it, Mr. Xiao Yunhai is absolutely 30% of the profit. I won't agree. Oh, age is not forgiving, I'm old and my health is a little bad, so I want to apply for retirement, and I also ask President Ma to agree. "

Ma Wenfa's eyes lit up, but he said, "Why should Mr. Zhang retire in a hurry? Our publishing house still needs a veteran like you to guide us."

How could Zhang Liye not hear the hypocrisy in Ma Wen's French words, and he was even more discouraged. He waved his hand and said, "President Ma doesn't need to persuade him any more, it's settled as it is. I will entrust someone to hand over the retirement application to you tomorrow morning. Yes, after working for a lifetime, it's time to enjoy the happiness. Colleagues, I hope you can make Minsheng Publishing House better and better. Goodbye."

Zhang Liye returned to his office and saw a trace of reluctance and sadness in his heart when he saw the place where he had worked for so many years.

But there is no way. Although he has a straight temper, he is not blind. Today's Minsheng Publishing House can no longer accommodate him.

Just as he was packing up, his old friend Wang Wenxuan suddenly came to his office with a cardboard box, and said with a smile, "Old Zhang, wait for me, let's go together."

Zhang Liye asked in surprise: "Pharaoh, why are you leaving?"

Wang Wenzuan smiled and said: "Why can't you see it. The so-called emperor and courtier, we two have become their thorns in their eyes, and they are thorns in the flesh. Rather than being angry with them in the future, we might as well just leave."

Zhang Liye nodded and said, "Yeah, we're blocking their way. It's a pity Minsheng Publishing House, I don't know what happened to these people?"

Wang Wenxuan said, "Don't worry about it. I already have a new place, do you want to follow me there?"

"A new place? Where?"

"It is the newly established Sunshine Publishing House this summer. The president is Hua Mingquan. He is a very courageous person and has very strong assets. After half a year of hard work, his stalls have been spread all over the country, but he lacks rich experience. The editor and influential works of the editor. Lao Zhang, I just mentioned you to Mr. Hua, and he really hopes you can go there. The position is still the director of the martial arts editorial room, how about it?"

Zhang Liye smiled, pointed at Wang Wenxuan and said, "I didn't expect you to have the ability to pimp. However, I'm not a fool. I'm afraid Mr. Hua really doesn't like me, but the works of Tianwaiker. He saw I have a relationship with Mr. Xiao, and that's why I want to get the publishing rights of "Swordsman", right?"

When Wang Wenxuan heard this, he shook his head and said with a wry smile, "The one who said you were stupid in the past is really stupid. That's right, Mr. Hua really wants the publishing rights of "Swordsman", and he can pay any price for it, even if it is It's okay to lose money. His purpose is very simple, it is to make the name of Sunshine Publishing House."

"Hehe, I know that's the case. Old Wang, you are eight years younger than me, and you can fight for at least ten years when you go there, and I'm almost sixty years old, so I really don't want to do it. Well, anyway, Minsheng Publishing It is impossible for the company to obtain the publishing rights, so I will help you to call Mr. Xiao and ask him to come out. It's just that he is now a big star, can you give me this face and talk about it? "

Wang Wenzuan said happily: "It really is an old brother, I know you will help me. No matter whether he will come out or not, this time I will accept your love."