Chapter 503: Stepping Stone?
Oh my God, I wrote a book, when did I know?"
Chu Li's mind was full of question marks, she had never heard of the relevant news at all, and suddenly learned that Mu Qianlian had written a book, and her eyes were full of admiration.
"A long time ago, of the three of us, you were the only one who didn't know. Bai Huang said truthfully.
"Ahhhh
Turning out a book from his bag, Mu Qianlian handed what he had written to Chu Li, meaning to let Chu Li take a look.
Bai Huang is her first reader, and Chu Li will be her second reader, both of whom are very important partners for her.
After receiving the hand from Mu Qianlian, Chu Li turned the first page with relative hesitation, and even blocked his eyes there, as if he was emitting golden light.
"Hey, why is the protagonist of this book called Ah Huang, Li'er, did you write Bai Huang as the protagonist?" Chu Li asked curiously.
Shaking her head, Mu Qianlian said no, she had written this book a long time ago, although the names of the protagonist Ah Huang and Bai Huang were very similar, they were not deliberate by her, just a coincidence.
Later, Bai Huang called a special car, and the three of them took the special car to a publishing house.
During this period, Chu Li, who was originally extremely naughty, had quieted down, and was engrossed in what Mu Qianlian wrote, she was deeply attracted by the content, and the whole person couldn't extricate herself.
After some time, the three of them came to the publishing house smoothly.
The publishing house in front of me is called Wanjuanshu, which is the most famous publisher in Wentian City, and many top writers have cooperated with this publishing house.
Without much hesitation, Bai Huang took the two girls into the publishing house, and had to talk to the staff inside about the publishing fee and so on.
As soon as the three of them walked into the hall, a female staff member stepped forward and asked softly, "Hello, do you need any help?"
"Hello, we have a publication that we want to publish, so let's find out about it. Bai Huang said.
After listening, the female staff immediately asked, "Have you cooperated with our publishing house before?"
"No, this is the first time we're looking for a publisher to publish it. Bai Huang replied.
When Bai Huang's voice fell, the female staff's face suddenly sank a little, "If you say that, you are all newcomers?"
"That's true. Bai Huang replied for Mu Qianlian.
Hearing the news, the female staff immediately showed a look of disdain, "I'm sorry, our Ten Thousand Books Publishing House is not a small family, and it is not a public welfare organization, it only cooperates with famous top writers, as for newcomers, then let's go find some small publishing houses, don't dream about building relationships in daytime." ”
The reason why the female staff dared to be so arrogant was indeed due to the extremely high status of the Ten Thousand Books Publishing House, which made her disdain to contact with new writers at all, as was the case with all the staff.
To take a very simple example, a first-line female star is surrounded by countless fans wherever she goes, but who will care about an unknown little actor?
In other words, newcomer authors who can't bring benefits to the publishing house, they won't even look at it.
Seeing the disdain in the eyes of the female staff, Chu Li's violent temper shouted directly: "What do you mean, if you can't do it, you can't do it, what do you mean if you have to belittle people, do you think you are very superior!"
Hearing this, the female staff immediately laughed, "I'm sorry, I don't think I'm superior, I just think that rookie writers are inferior, no matter how dissatisfied you are, but this is the reality, let's go, don't waste my time here." ”
"You!" With a puffing mood, Chu Li was about to lean over and beat someone.
However, Chu Li's movements were finally stopped by Bai Huang, and in this case, fighting would not solve any problems.
When Bai Huang and Chu Li each looked at Mu Qianlian, they found that Mu Qianlian's eyes had already dimmed, and they were holding what they had written tightly in their hands, and there was no movement at all.
Under normal circumstances, as long as a certain publication fee is paid, then the publisher will help to publish.
Which Cheng thought that this 10,000-volume book publishing house was such a big panache, and a low-level staff member was so arrogant, and his appearance was simply ugly.
Holding Mu Qianlian's arm, Chu Li said to Mu Qianlian in a soft voice: "Li'er, let's go to other publishing houses, don't be angry here, you write so well, you will definitely be loved." ”
Hearing this, the female staff laughed again, "Cut, don't deceive yourself there, a newcomer is just a newcomer, he can write any good-looking works, he can do whatever he wants, and he will only lose face when he goes to other publishing houses, I am panicking for you." ”
"Smack!"
"Ahh
With a scream, the female staff was directly fanned out, and flew several meters in the air before falling to the ground.
It was no one else who fanned the female staff away, it was Bai Huang's hand!
Although he stopped Chu Li's violent tendencies just now, and felt that fighting here would not solve the problem, if someone kept talking cheaply, it was deliberately looking for a beating!
Bai Huang's sudden domineering move made Chu Li stunned, and he said that he would be good citizens together, why did Bai Huang do it himself?
Do you want to be so cool?
Mu Qianlian was also very stunned when she saw it, she didn't pay attention to the surrounding situation just now, and when she came back to her senses, the female staff had already flown out, which caught people off guard.
At this moment, the other staff members in the hall quickly gathered, and in an instant, they surrounded Bai Huang and the two women, all of whom were fierce and vicious.
Those who don't know probably think that this is some kind of underground gang.
"What's the matter with you, why are you beating people for no reason, believe it or not, we asked someone to arrest you!"
"Everyone blocked the exit, don't let the three of them run away, dare to mess around in our Ten Thousand Books Publishing House, do you really think we are easy to bully!"
"Hurry up and take pictures to collect evidence, dare to beat us literary workers, and wait to be sanctioned!"
A group of people around them condemned Bai Huang and the two women, and they didn't care what the reason was.
On the other hand, the female staff member who was fanned away now seemed to be stunned and climbed up.
During the time she worked at Wanjuanshu Publishing House, even if she was only a staff member, all those popular writers were polite to her, because she was related to the owner of the publishing house, and this alone was enough to establish her status in the publishing house!
But now she was beaten by a group of nameless people, which is an unprecedented shame!
Touching the right cheek that had been slapped red, the female staff shouted like a shrew: "Dare to hit me! I will ask all the publishing houses in Wentian City to ban you! From now on, you don't want to publish any books!"
These words are said, but it is not that the female staff is boasting about Haikou, how can other publishing houses give Wanjuan a little face, and it is not easy to ban a newcomer with no background.
It can't be a billionaire daughter, don't be kidding, if it's really a wealthy person, then how can you write anything poor.
Ignoring a group of guys from the publishing house, Bai Huang led the two girls and prepared to leave, since there is no way to talk here, then change the house.
"Don't want to go!"
Shouting, those people immediately blocked the door to prevent Bai Huang and the two girls from leaving.
A chill flashed in his eyes, and Bai Huang shouted in a tone without any emotion: "Get out!"
“......”
For some reason, when they saw Bai Huang's eyes, their hearts all beat violently inexplicably, and an irrepressible fear quickly surged into their hearts, which instantly made their backs chill.
In this way, they all subconsciously retreated to the side, where did they dare to continue to block the way of Bai Huang and the two girls.
"Wait a minute!"
At this moment, there was a shout from behind, and a middle-aged man in a suit walked out.
Seeing the middle-aged man appear, everyone else greeted him respectfully, and it could be seen that the middle-aged man had a very high status in this publishing house.
"Uncle, you can figure it out, someone beat me just now, it was the three who stood at the door, and they dreamed of cooperating with our publishing house during the day!" The female staff member immediately stepped forward, looking pitiful.
Angry, the middle-aged man not only did not pay attention to the female staff's complaints, but shouted extremely unceremoniously: "Hurry up and apologize to the three guests, we are here for the publishing house, the guests are God, what kind of system have you become!"
"But... But they beat me, uncle, you have to call the shots for me!" cried the female staff.
"Shut up! If you don't apologize again, you won't use it tomorrow!" the middle-aged man scolded.
The presentation of this scene surprised the rest of the publishing house, the middle-aged man is the boss of this publishing house, and the niece who usually loves the female staff the most, has never been severely reprimanded once, but today's face has changed greatly, which is really incomprehensible.
The middle-aged man's attitude startled the female staff who were nieces, and hurriedly bent down to apologize to Bai Huang and the two daughters, not daring to slack off in the slightest.
She thought it was very strange, usually middle-aged men were disdainful of new writers, and they didn't even bother to look at them, after all, they couldn't bring profits to the publishing house, so why did they speak for new writers this time, and even scolded themselves angrily, it was too weird.
A few steps forward, the middle-aged man faced Bai Huang and the two women, and said politely: "Three, I am Xu Bo, the owner of this publishing house, I heard that you have a book that you want to publish, I think we can talk about it, how about moving to the office?"
"The upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, who knows what bad idea you are playing. Chu Li muttered.
"Misunderstanding, it was all a misunderstanding just now, it was because I was not strict with my subordinates, I sincerely apologize to you here, it doesn't take long to talk about a cooperation, and there is no better publishing house in Tianshi than ours, I only occupy the time of the three-in-one meeting, what do you think?"
After some brief discussion, under the condition of giving priority to Mu Qianlian, Bai Huang and the others decided to stay for a while to see how sincere Xu Bo was.
A moment passed, in the office of the publishing house, Bai Huang and the boss Xu Bo began to negotiate face-to-face.
With a flat face, Bai Huang said directly: "What kind of cooperation treaty your publishing house is, let's make it all clear here." ”
Without answering Bai Huang for the first time, Xu Bo first smiled silently for a while, and then replied: "I'll talk about the cooperation treaty later, before that, we still have a stepping stone to talk about." ”
"What are the stepping stones?
"No, no, no, this young lady, you're laughing, spread out the cards and make it clear, no matter which well-known publishing house, it is impossible to cooperate with new writers, unless you throw out the stepping stone, there will never be any publishing opportunities, about this, everywhere is the same!" Xu Bo smiled.
"It means that you want a red envelope. Bai Huang preached.
"Smart people don't talk foolishly, yes, if you want to cooperate with our publishing house, it is necessary to give a red envelope of hundreds of thousands, the more money you give, the more we will spend resources to help you push books, I think this money should not be much for you, right?" Xu Bo's expression gradually became playful.
To put it bluntly, the reason why Xu Bo deliberately brought the three Bai Huang to the office was because he saw that the Bai Huang three were rich people and could be slaughtered, otherwise how could he waste time talking about cooperation with new writers.
He Xu Bo is also a character with a head and a face, and he can see at a glance the brand-name clothes on the three of Bai Huang, all of which are the kind of tops that cost tens of thousands of yuan, this is the easiest way to distinguish rich people, just practice your vision more.
By the way, the clothes that Bai Huang is wearing now are the ones Mu Qianlian bought before, and Bai Huang himself doesn't know how much it is, so it's very comfortable to wear.
"It's really ridiculous, I have to give hundreds of thousands of red envelopes for publication this year, if this is the case, wouldn't new writers never have a bright day. Chu Li was indignant.
Hearing this, Xu Bo laughed approvingly, "That's right, this is the reality, you pay for us to do things, as for those low-level newcomer writers, they are just the cheapest labor, just like migrant workers, they don't deserve any sympathy." ”
Knocking on the table, Xu Bo continued: "I put my words here, as long as the money is in place, your will be published immediately, as for whether it can be popular, it depends on your own creation, and it has nothing to do with our publishing house." ”
"Ding! Infinite selection system trigger!"
"Option one, obey the unspoken rules of the industry, pay hundreds of thousands of red envelope fees, and let Mu Qianlian publish smoothly. ”
[Reward: Disgust bond, as long as you use this ability, there will be a great disgust between the two, it can be between people and people, it can be people and things]
"Option two, go to the unspoken rules of the fucking industry, there is no place to leave people here, and Mu Qianlian will leave directly, good books will naturally be loved, and there is no hurry for a while. ”
[Reward: Curiosity bond, as long as you use this ability, there will be great curiosity between the two, it can be between people and people, it can be people and things]
A virtual screen of the system appears.
"Let's go. ”
With a word in her mouth, Mu Qianlian took the lead in getting up and leaving, her face was very bad now, and she didn't want to continue to stay in this kind of smoky place.
didn't think much about it, Bai Huang got up and left, because Chu Li, the little girl, suddenly fell into a stupor, and in desperation, Bai Huang had to forcibly drag her away.
At this moment, Chu Li had only one thought in his mind.
Just now... Did Mu Qianlian speak?
(End of chapter)