Zhang Chu did not have the consciousness of being a public figure, after sitting in the fast food restaurant for a while, he was immediately attracted by the aroma, and he didn't plan to eat, but he also went to buy a fin bucket.

This made him completely integrated into the atmosphere of the fast food restaurant, and it didn't look abrupt at all, I'm afraid that the reporter holding the photo might not be able to recognize Zhang Chu from the fast food restaurant.

Before he held the wing bucket in his hand, Zhang Chu heard his mobile phone ringing, this number was the Yanjing number he only changed yesterday, only the editor Gu Xinxue, his family, and a few good friends knew it.

The previous number was equivalent to a semi-announced state, many reporters can find it from classmates and school databases, and the phone and text messages are annoying every day, and it just so happens that there is such a phone card in the admission notice of Yenching University, and I will change it after coming to Yenching.

Seeing the word "Dad" on the caller ID, Zhang Chu knew that someone was asking for guilt, but he couldn't help but answer.

"Hey, Dad, have you had lunch? I'm still hungry and I'm going to eat. Is there something going on?"

Zhang Chu planned to strike first and show the enemy weakness.

Zhang Bowen didn't want to eat this, "You bastard boy, when did you go to the United States to fight a lawsuit without telling us? And contact such a powerful lawyer, if the news is not reported, when are you going to confess?"

"I'm just trying my luck, mainly because the lawyers have a sense of justice. And I'm not alone in it, you see all those Sherlock Holmes fans and fanwriters on the Internet are supporting me! Americans say I'm doing a good job. ”

"No matter how beautiful you are, you're a troublemaker, why can't you stop it, and now you're going straight abroad. Zhang Bowen's mood is complicated, he is very proud to have such an excellent son, but at the same time, it is also frightening.

Zhang Chu said into the mobile phone: "I'm just nominal, mainly because the three barristers helped to charge into battle." Dad, how is the family?"

"Not good, not good at all. Business can't be done today. ”

As soon as he talked about this, Zhang Bowen wanted to get angry, "The reporters are almost full of our bookstore, and some people dare not come in if they want to buy books." There are even several interview cars in front of our house, and I told you to go to Yanjing, but they are still guarding and have to interview me. ”

This is the price of fame, if you can't find Zhang Chu, you can find his family, anyway, Zhang Chu's bookstore has been exposed.

"Let's not talk about this for a while, my old classmate suddenly called me and said that he is now doing something as a literary agent, and he wants to be your agent, and you can talk to him later. ”

What Zhang Chu lacks most at this time is an agent to help deal with publishing houses, media and related film and television companies, and he knows that he can't do everything.

"Dad, are you a reliable classmate? Don't be a liar!"

"How do you speak? Your Uncle Zhou goes back to Jiangcheng every year for the New Year, and it is said that he used to be an editor in a publishing house, and he only came out as a literary agent last year or the year before last. But you also have to be careful about what he says, you have to have your own judgment. ”

Zhang Bowen also wants to find a literary agent for his son who knows the roots, so as not to be deceived.

"Alright then, I'll get in touch with him later. ”

"I've already given him your mobile phone number, and I'm sure I'll call you right away. ”

Now is the time to employ people, Zhang Chu can only look at Zhou Kang's real talent and learning.

Not long after the call between the father and son ended, an unfamiliar Yanjing phone number dialed in, "May I ask, is it Zhang Chu? I'm Zhou Kang." ”

"It's me, Uncle Zhou has changed careers to become a literary agent now?"

"In recent years, there have been more editors, but there are very few people who have been literary agents, after all, it is better for authors to focus more on creation, and after the creation is completed, productization and commercialization need to be handled by professional people. Whether it's a super-best-selling writer or a new generation of post-80s and post-00s writers, you need such professionals. ”

Zhou Kang was also a little emotional, who would have thought that the child of his high school classmates would become the top student in the college entrance examination, and he also became famous all over the world, although not because of his works.

This kind of young writer who can write and has topics on his body is definitely a potential stock, and the things he writes are also very suitable for copyright management, and the rest of the people have taken a fancy to this sweet spot.

Super best-selling writers don't have their turn to act as literary agents, those people start their own companies, and tapping into potential stocks is the best choice.

No one can contact Zhang Chu, fortunately, Zhou Kang has a relationship with Zhang Bowen, and he is the first to recommend himself, if he can really sign Zhang Chu, then he should not have to worry about performance in the next few decades.

The shelf life of a writer is very long, and the older he gets, the more valuable he is, and the more works he writes, the more valuable he is, as long as Jiang Lang is not exhausted, Zhou Kang believes that Zhang Chu will inevitably leave a place in the Chinese literary world.

Zhang Chu couldn't say clearly on the phone, since Zhou Kang Mao recommended himself, then simply meet, "Uncle Zhou is free at this time? I have an interview with Southern Weekend at two o'clock in the afternoon, why don't we meet now?"

"Of course, where are you right now? I'll come to you. Zhou Kang also knew that what he just said could not impress Zhang Chu, and he must be made to see his own value.

"I'm in the Golden Arches restaurant next to the Nanhai Publishing Company, on the second floor near the window. ”

Zhou Kang asked suspiciously, "What kind of restaurant is Golden Arches?"

"It's McDonald's, Uncle Zhou, come over as soon as possible. ”

Obviously McDonald's, why use this strange and somewhat down-to-earth name, Zhou Kang said that he couldn't understand the localization strategy of this multinational company.

In the European and American markets, literary agents are an important link in the publishing chain.

For writers, they are writing career planners.

For publishers, they are supernumeraries, middlemen in dealing with unpredictable writers.

In Zhang Chu's view, a literary agent is just a manager who maximizes the wisdom of a writer.

It's just that in recent years, the division of labor in China's publishing industry has not yet been clarified, and literary agents are just sparks, not yet popularized, which is a new thing.

Not to mention that ordinary people don't understand what this thing is, even many writers don't understand what it does and what role it can play in the publishing industry.

If the writer is 007, then the literary agent is Ms. M, or the writers are superheroes, and the literary agent is the director of S.H.I.E.L.D.

A literary agent is a writer who recommends manuscripts to publishers, negotiates manuscript fees, and negotiates contracts.

Generally speaking, manuscripts recommended through literary agents will be more loyal to the editors, many of whom are originally editors and have an innate vision for the literary and commercial value of the work, and the publisher trusts their recommendations very much.

Therefore, in Europe and the United States, most writers, whether they are fledgling or famous, will entrust literary agents to handle matters such as negotiation and publication, manuscript fees, and contracts, and even the film and television of their works are negotiated by literary agents in advance.

As a literary agent, I think more about the long-term development of the contracted author, not just the book in front of me.

As an editor, you may be more concerned about the book in front of you, because this author's next book may not be editing here. This is a very real problem.

Professional literary agents, not only cooperate with the publishing industry, but also cooperate with the entire IP industry related to film and television, animation, and games.

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It's a new week, but the author doesn't have any website recommendations, only relying on everyone's recommendations

If this continues, it is estimated that there is no money to go to the Golden Arches Hotel to eat the signature meat sandwich bun, big brothers and sisters, how about a few recommendations and rewards?