By the time they arrived at the restaurant agreed with Lilith, it was already half past six in the evening, and after the three of them had eaten a little casually, they went back separately.

The next morning.

Because he didn't have a British driver's license, Fok asked Anna to drive him to the bookseller manager company in the city of London, which Litt had founded.

Under the guidance of the beautiful front desk lady, when Huo Yaowen and Anna just walked into the general manager's office, they saw Litu sitting there flipping through something, and when he heard the knock on the door and looked up, he immediately stepped forward excitedly and said, "Oh, boss, you came at the right time!"

Huo Yaowen joked: "Yes, I thought that my coming to the UK would disturb your work!"

"Of course not, even if you don't come this time, I'll send a telegram to inform you. Ritu shook his head.

After saying that, he smiled at Anna and said, "Good morning, Miss Isabel." ”

"Good morning, Mr. Litt!" replied Anna politely.

"What do you mean by that?"

Huo Yaowen didn't understand what he meant by the words just now.

"BOSS, let's sit down first. ”

Wait for the three of them to be seated.

When it came to business, he changed his hippie smile and reported seriously: "After returning to the UK from Hong Kong, I have been dealing with the establishment of the company, and there are currently seven professional managers in the company, including me, and not long ago I have reached a cooperation with two publishing companies in Germany and France, and as of a few days ago, a total of three writers' books have been sold to the publishing rights in Germany and France......

Since January this year, after returning to the UK with the 100,000 pounds given by Huo Yaowen, Litu immediately contacted some former manager friends and established this bookseller manager company.

For almost two months, the company was in a state of loss, and it was not until a few days ago that Littor reached a cooperation with a German and French publishing company, and sold out the German and French publishing rights in Germany and France according to the value of each book.

It is considered that the company has made its first pot of gold, although it is not much, the three books together, after deducting the writer's share and the manager's share, the company can only get less than two thousand pounds, which is not counting the salary of the employees and the cost of renting office floors, but no matter what, it is a good start.

Hearing that the company began to make a profit, Huo Yaowen was also very happy in his heart, and praised with a smile: "That's very good, the company has earned the first pot of gold, and it will earn more in the future." ”

"Yes. Litu nodded seriously, then hesitated for a few seconds, and said: "But my idea is to expand the development of the company as soon as possible, there are many bookseller manager companies in the UK, some of which have developed for more than ten years or even decades, I think if you want to surpass them, you must speed up and make our company as well-known as possible, so as to cooperate with more writers and more foreign publishing companies." ”

Huo Yaowen pondered for a few seconds and asked, "Then what do you mean?"

"Invest more!"

"I've been talking to publishing companies in the Netherlands, Finland, Denmark, Italy and other countries about cooperation, but now the company's funds are very tight......

The job of a bookseller manager is, to put it simply, to help writers sell their publishing rights abroad, well-known writers sell their royalties, and ordinary writers directly sell out their manuscript fees.

It seems to be a very simple job, but in fact it is very difficult, not that it is difficult to sell, but at this time there is no Internet and no mobile phone, and every bookseller manager has to run around by himself, going abroad to sell the book copyright on hand.

If it is a well-known writer, it is fine, and some publishing companies come to the door, but at present, the dozen or so writers signed by Evan Manager Company are only some second-rate writers, and they are not too well-known in the UK, let alone abroad, so it is more difficult for managers to promote the books of such writers.

Hearing this, Huo Yaowen thought for a few seconds, looked up at Litu and asked, "How much do you want me to add?"

"One hundred and fifty thousand pounds. ”

"I'm going to set up a branch in France to radiate to the surrounding countries, attract more idle managers, and then sign more writers," he said directly. ”

150,000 pounds is converted into more than 1 million Hong Kong dollars, which is not a small amount for Huo Yaowen, but it is also an investment price he can afford.

Huo Yaowen thought about it for a while, and did not agree directly, but said: "I will think about it when I go back, I will stay in the UK for a few more days, and you can write a detailed plan for me to see." ”

Litu nodded: "No problem. ”

After chatting about business, Litu led Huo Yaowen and Anna to visit the company of the manager of the Egyptian clerk, the company is not large, the total area is only more than 200 square meters, remove the three offices, the staff area in the middle is much smaller, but fortunately, the purpose of renting this office floor is mainly for those outsiders to see.

Most of the people who really work are bookseller managers, who, like sales, usually don't come to the company, but are busy working with writers and negotiating contracts with foreign publishing companies.

...

Looks like I need someone to help me with the company's business!

After leaving the company of the manager of the Egyptian clerk and sitting in Anna's car, Huo Yaowen kept thinking about finding someone to help take care of the company's affairs.

The Yaowen Book Publishing Company and the Hong Kong University Press in Hong Kong are all fine, after all, he lives in Hong Kong himself, and he can rush over anything as soon as possible, but not the British side.

At about two o'clock in the afternoon, as soon as the two arrived at the house, they heard the phone ringing, and Anna ran over quickly to pick up the phone.

Seeing Anna answering the phone and chatting about something, Huo Yaowen ran to the kitchen, poured two glasses of water and walked out, turned on the TV and watched the British program.

It's a talk show.

In the black and white picture, a beautiful figure appeared, only to hear the host say: "Let us applaud the most beautiful lady in England, Elizabeth Taylor!"

"It's Elizabeth!"

Looking at the young Elizabeth Taylor in the picture, Huo Yaowen couldn't help but sigh, who would have thought that this beautiful lady would be as fat as a pig decades later!

Elizabeth Taylor, who was just 28 years old at this time, was in her prime, although she had been married five times, but she didn't see any shape in her figure on the TV, but she looked like a little girl about twenty years old.

"My dear. ”

After Anna hung up the phone, she walked quickly to the sofa, and suddenly got into Huo Yaowen's arms, and said, "Just now my cousin called and invited us to attend his last salon before his marriage tonight. ”

"Sharon?" Huo Yaowen raised his eyebrows, is it still popular in Britain to play this and this?

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