For Hu Yidao, today is naturally a day of raising eyebrows.

In the morning, the big sale of "Legend Magazine" instantly spread throughout the office of the publishing house.

Everyone was amazed by the 100,000 copies sold in one morning, and they inquired about the authenticity of the figure.

They don't understand why this issue has been so much improved when this magazine is usually half-dead.

A handful of other department heads even took a copy of the magazine in person, sat in their offices, and studied it all morning.

They tried to figure out the reason for the magazine's rapid increase in sales from its typography, fonts, content, and so on.

However, there is no reason for this.

In the afternoon, Hu Yidao walked on the road to the office of Mr. Ye, the deputy general manager of the publishing house, and people kept stopping to greet him warmly.

"Brother Hu, good afternoon, your complexion is much better. ”

"Brother Hu, have you eaten? ”

"Mr. Hu, the magazine is doing well, I have time to guide my department another day. ”

"Mr. Hu, there is still a shortage of people in your department, I applied for a transfer. ”

Hu Yidao greeted everyone with a smile, nodded his head, and swept away the gloom and depression of the previous few days.

Since that day, he patted his chest at the conference and said that the magazine would sell more than 100,000 copies.

The whole office was stunned, and the reactions of the crowd varied, ranging from those who persuaded him not to print 100,000 copies, to those who looked indifferent to the bystanders, but more often those who waited to see his jokes.

As a result, Hu Yidao was under too much pressure.

Walking a few days ago, he felt that the people in the office looked at him strangely, although he knew that most of this was just his imagination.

happily came to Mr. Ye's office all the way, and Hu Yidao knocked on the door and entered.

This Mr. Ye, named Ye Liang, is the deputy general manager of the legendary publishing house, that is, the person who called Hu Yidao in the morning, he is quite young, but he has become a high position around the age of thirty, and it is rumored that he is the son of a big man.

He saw Hu Yidao enter the house and asked him to sit down first.

He himself held a full sales report and looked at it with a frown.

When Ye Liang confirmed that the "Legend Magazine" had really reached 100,000 copies in the morning, he asked the following people to make a summary report, which analyzed the content of this issue, early publicity, sales methods, time, place and many other aspects.

This is different from other people's analysis, as the deputy general manager of the publishing house, he can easily call up any resources of the publishing house to conduct research.

So, he quickly discovered the similarities and differences.

The publicity and sales of this issue of the magazine are no different from before, but one of the serialized novels caught his attention.

This novel, which accounts for a very large proportion of this issue, was serialized in two chapters at once.

Ye Liang retrieved the information and manuscript fee of the author of this novel, and found that it was an astonishing high price of 1,000 words per 1,000.

This is equivalent to the price of a five-star or six-star artist, but this author Xiaobei is not.

Could this be the main reason for the high sales of this issue?

Ye Liang was a little reluctant to believe that a serialized novel could have such a big effect.

It must be that the signboard of the legendary publishing house is relatively large, and it has accumulated enough fans in the early stage, and with the accumulation of quantity, this has improved qualitatively.

Since novels are not the reason for the increase in sales, then there should not be such a high price.

Moreover, even if it is the credit of this novel, this manuscript fee has to be reduced,

Because, this Hu Yidao and he are not all the way, when Hu Yidao just accepted "Legend Magazine", he was still strongly opposed.

Now, Hu Yidao has made this magazine prosperous. Wouldn't it be a direct slap in the face?

If the manuscript fee drops, it will be Hu Yidao's words and untrustworthy.

The author of the novel must have had trouble with him, and even refused to contribute again, so the magazine's sales naturally declined.

Therefore, whether the sales have anything to do with this novel or not, the manuscript fee has to be reduced.

Well, it works.

Ye Liang made a decision, put down the report in his hand, looked at Hu Yidao, and said with a smile: "Old Hu, today's magazine sales are very good, congratulations." ”

"Thank you Mr. Ye for your concern, this is the credit of the publishing house. ”

Hu Yidao is quite modest.

Ye Liang asked again: "What do you think is the reason for the high sales of this issue?"

Hu Yidao thought for a while and replied. "I haven't changed the whole issue, but I've fine-tuned its content, serialized a novel, and for the sake of continuity, I serialized two chapters at once, which I think is probably the reason for the skyrocketing sales. ”

Ye Liang waved his hand undeniably, and said with a smile: "Lao Hu, you are modest, a novel does not have such great charm." ”

"This must be your good basic work in the early stage, and you are required to do your best in all aspects of the magazine, so the biggest credit for this must be you. ”

"It's my job, as it should be. Hu Yidao hurriedly said.

These days, he really breaks his heart for this magazine, and he doesn't leave work until after 11 p.m. every day. However, today's magazine sales have made all his efforts reported.

"Well, that's right, don't be humble if it's your credit, too modesty is pride. ”

Ye Liang looked at Hu Yidao, and then said: "Today, I also carefully read the content of your magazine, I have some suggestions." ”

"Mr. Ye said. Hu Yidao said.

"I think your content is good overall, but the proportion of this novel is not too much, I suggest reducing it, and, I took a look at the author's manuscript fee, which is already the price of 1000 words per thousand words, this price is too high, because I promised it before, and it's not good to reduce it too much, so halve the manuscript fee. ”

Ye Liang unhurriedly put forward his request.

Hu Yidao was still nodding his head when he heard it.

Xiaobei's "Dragon Babu" was serialized in two chapters at once, which was just his expedient measure, he wanted to use the audience of Xiaobei's novel and his excitement to attract the attention of readers at once, and the later serialization will definitely be reduced.

However, when he heard that Xiaobei's manuscript fee should be reduced, he disagreed.

"Mr. Ye, this manuscript fee is agreed, and it is not good to reduce it at will. ”

"That's why I said not to reduce too much, only by half, and it can be regarded as giving you an explanation. ”

"I don't agree with this, half of it is too much, and I think most of the reason for the increase in sales of this issue of the magazine is because of this novel, and I don't dare to take credit. ”

Hu Yidao had a straight temper, did not give Ye Liang face, and directly rejected him.

Ye Liang didn't expect Hu Yidao to be so faceless, and said toughly: "According to the regulations of the publishing house, this is a price that is only available to five-star artists, and the author Xiaobei, he is a few stars." ”

"As the head of the magazine, I have the right to give this price. ”

Hu Yidao was uncompromising, and his words were-for-tat.

Looking at Hu Yidao, Ye Liang was angry and shouldn't say anything for a while.

The office was temporarily thrown into an awkward atmosphere.

After a while, Ye Liang had a plan and spoke first: "Since you said that the credit for the promotion of the magazine's sales is mainly due to this novel. Well, the next issue of the magazine will pause the serialization of this novel and give another novel to see how it turns out. ”

"What do you mean? This novel has a contract, how can you not use it?"

Hu Yidao didn't understand.

"I didn't say no, I mean two novels at the same time, serialized every other issue, two novels PK, see which issue sells more, if it is Xiaobei's novel serialized, that issue will sell more, and I will add half of the manuscript fee to Xiaobei. ”

Ye Liang said with a confident smile.