In the open-book publishing company, Lai Feiyu was sweating profusely in a hurry.

"Why doesn't the boss answer the phone! For such a big matter, can we make a decision directly?" he turned his head to look at Chen Long, the deputy general manager who was leisurely on the office chair, "The meaning of the walker culture is that let's hurry up and sign the contract, and then open a pre-sale with these cooperation with Dengdang.com." ”

Chen Long shook his head and said, "Tens of millions of lists, if you mess up, can you be responsible?"

Because of the urgency of time, Shen Xu did not ask for a high price from the side of the open book, but negotiated the terms according to the publishing agreement of "Dragon Family".

The royalty is still 12%, the number of first printing is reduced from 800,000 to 500,000 copies, and the manuscript fee is required to be paid 50% in advance.

If Qin Chuan's new book is of the rest of the genre, then Chen Long will definitely agree without saying a word.

But it's reasoning, which makes him a little shrunken!

Lai Feiyu was speechless, he was a small clerk, what should he be responsible for?

At the critical moment, Lu Manqing, the boss who can pay attention, can't be contacted, just need her words, and the company is absolutely running at full speed.

"But this is Qin Chuan, you see that there are so many people discussing on the Internet, and there are many fans before, even if you write reasoning, it won't be bad. Lai Feiyu has become Qin Chuan's number one book fan, and if such an opportunity slips away, he will definitely be disappointed.

Chen Long shook his head, "I know he is Qin Chuan, but the reasoning is really a big hole. You won't forget where is the biggest heel of our open-book publishing company in the 21 st century? That's the reasoning! Even if he is the king of heaven, he must not sign this kind of contract until he has seen the specific contents!"

At the mention of the past, the office was silent.

Lai Feiyu is a veteran employee of the open book publishing company, and he naturally knows that in 2002 he was also an extremely best-selling author, ambitiously transitioning to writing suspense and reasoning.

At that time, the book market was extremely huge, and the writers were popular, so the company offered a sky-high price, wanting to build it into the first person to reason about the raptors crossing the river!

The first print went straight to the million, and then there were 900,000 in the warehouse.

In order to save storage fees, I had to take the 900,000 brand new books and sell them for scrap.

For every ton of waste paper pulped, it can produce 850 kg of recycled paper with good quality, save 3 cubic meters of wood, save 300 kg of chemical raw materials, save 1.2 tons of coal, save 600 kWh of electricity, and reduce a large amount of waste......

The semantics of this board and glance of waste paper recycling propaganda are correct words, and the benefits of waste paper recycling are clearly explained, but in the tons and tons of waste paper pulp, there are countless books of "bones".

In the mountains of inventory of various publishing houses, many books have to be destroyed and pulped because they cannot be sold.

900,000 books turned into worthless pulp, which was a heavy blow to the booming open-book publishing company, and then began to decline.

Now it's like a reincarnation!

Chen Long actually met the reasoning again!

Even Qin Chuan, even if the first printing is only 500,000 copies, but the current reasoning market is far less than twenty years ago, how dare he take a huge risk to sign this contract?

There is only one title of the book, and there is not even a content outline, how can this be used for pre-sale?

It's all child's play!

Lai Feiyu also knew the difficulties, and he muttered to himself: "If we don't sign this contract, Qin Chuan is afraid that he will go further and further away from us." ”

Qin Chuan's several works are the key to the resurrection of the Open Book Publishing Company.

Now that his vitality has not recovered, he is about to part ways with the biggest hero, and Lai Feiyu no longer wants to return to the previous state of being dead and alive.

Chen Long is not a bad person, but he thinks in a different direction.

This deputy general manager tends to have a conservative personality, but whenever there is a little risk, he has to think about it.

"The reason why the boss didn't answer the phone was enough to delay a day to keep the walker culture calm and calm. Reasoning is really a popular Adou who can't be supported, and I've never seen a publishing company make money with this type of book!"

Lai Feiyu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said categorically: "We can sign a floating contract with Walker Culture! According to the pre-sale status of "Suspect", the number of first prints is double or triple the number of pre-sales. In this case, there should be no loss. ”

The pre-sale volume represents the level of market expectation for this type and the true appeal of Qinchuan.

No matter how hot Weibo comments and Douyin music are, they are all empty if they are not converted into consumption power!

If 20,000 are pre-sold, then 40,000 or 60,000 will be printed, and some can be sold in the ordinary market.

If 100,000 are pre-sold, 200,000 or 300,000 copies will be printed.

That way the risk will be minimal!

Chen Long was surprised by Lai Feiyu's whimsy, "I haven't heard of this type of contract in the book market, is this reasonable?"

"How unreasonable, Mr. Chen, you have to know that Shen Xu and they definitely don't want to see that "Suspect" has too much inventory and can't be sold, so it is necessary to properly engage in hunger marketing. ”

Lai Feiyu himself couldn't believe that he could come up with such an excellent solution.

He saw Chen Long's hesitation, so he spoke again: "Mr. Chen, everyone is engaged in reform in the new era, why do we still have to keep the tradition! Why can't we lead the trend of the industry, and we have to wait for others to do it? Anyway, with pre-sale support, we will not lose money no matter how bad we are!"

"Then I'll reply to Shen Xu, you hurry up and put this in the contract, if Qin Chuan agrees, we will immediately sign the electronic version of the contract, and then find Dengdang.com and Goudong Book City These large book websites to do pre-sales. The art team is also ready to stay up all night, and now I just hope that Qin Chuan will quickly give us a few keywords or slogans, otherwise we don't know how to do publicity. ”

After Chen Long agreed, the small ship of the Open Book Publishing Company began to operate in an orderly manner.

……

When the hustle and bustle of the night returns to silence, when the land of China escapes into darkness, there are still a very small number of people who stay up late and struggle.

Qin Chuan withdrew from the overclocking state of his brain.

The whole person is a little dizzy.

Fortunately, I just wrote 8,000 words, and counting the content written during the day, there are a total of 16,000, and the progress is faster than expected.

At this time, Shen Xu sent the content of the contract change of the open book through WeChat chat.

Qin Chuan took a serious look at it twice and replied with a good word!

The other party just wants to resist the risk, and after the two-week pre-sale, the number of first prints is directly three times the total amount of pre-sales.

Anyway, Qin Chuan was only about to finish writing at that time, and he didn't enter the printing stage at all.

Not everyone knows the readability and attractiveness of "Suspect X", and the pit of reasoning is a common pain for many booksellers in China.

Everyone thought it was an area that no one had set foot in, and they all wanted to give it a try.

What if it really opens up a market, what if it really gets a foothold!

As a result, one publishing company after another has lost money in this area.

It's too hard to see good reasoning, so readers just look at short stories to solve their cravings.

Press your fingerprint on the top of the mobile phone screen with your finger and write your name, and Qin Chuan's special publishing agreement will be considered complete.

He's trying to help with the slogan.

How to attract the curiosity of readers without revealing the plot.

If such a good opportunity can't attract readers, then in the end, there is really only the road of Zhou's reputation counterattack, and it is also the most difficult road.

There are other options, never that one!

……

"I obviously want to start health preservation, why do I still stay up late to cultivate immortals?"

"If you're ugly, you sleep first, it doesn't matter if I'm handsome. ”

"The night is too beautiful, cultivating immortals is too dangerous, there are always people cultivating immortals with black eyes~~"

Bi Siyuan not only stayed up late, but even sang while reading a book.

Living alone is the advantage of being alone, and I am still full of energy after three o'clock in the morning.

Anyway, I can go to the library tomorrow to read a book and take a nap on my stomach.

Sleeping at work is the most cost-effective thing, both earning money and sleeping, provided that it is not discovered by the leader.

Bi Siyuan's family has a mine and doesn't care about being deducted from his salary, he just needs a career to stop his family's chatter.

He is not an ordinary reader, but the actual operator of the well-known Weibo account "Book Shortage Alliance", and once recommended Qin Chuan's "People Grow and Hate Water Changdong" and "Zhu Xian" on Weibo.

Recently, it has been a fake public and private benefit, so that the library has purchased a new "Love", not only can I watch "Dragon Family", but also benefit the students of Xingcheng University of Science and Technology.

Under Bi Siyuan's care, the library has a good reputation, and the books, magazines, and periodicals that students want to read can basically be found.

"The dragon doesn't feel like it's a good fit for a big guy like me, and I don't know how his reasoning performance in his new book "Suspect X" is. This teacher is really bold. ”

He has never revealed his identity, and he can hear Qinchuan-related news from colleagues and students from time to time.

For example, the story of "Metamorphosis", as well as attending the award ceremony.

Bi Siyuan is a very lazy person, but he can become very diligent and even willing to use his brain in order to read.

The few reasoning in the library were all read by him, and even some works were read over and over again, trying to find some details and foreshadowing.

For Qin Chuan's "The Dedication of Suspect X", Bi Siyuan is indeed looking forward to it.

This writer has always been confusing, and since he dares to promote his new work with such fanfare, it must be very exciting.

Bi Siyuan looked at a Weibo post that Qin Chuan had just updated, and said to himself: "Yo, it seems that I am not the only one who stays up late to cultivate immortals, and I will get the pre-sale so soon, and I will buy a copy too!"

Following the Weibo link to the bell network, Bi Siyuan looked at the predetermined number, and thought he was dazzled!

At three o'clock in the middle of the night, more than 4,000 copies were sold!

"I'm afraid this pre-sale is going to explode!"

Bi Siyuan rubbed his eyes, refreshed the page again, and found that it had risen by a few hundred copies.

He has read books for many years, and he really doesn't have any reasoning in his impression that dares to open a pre-sale, and not everyone can afford the dismal pre-sale figures.

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