On February 8, 1998, Wei Xiyue and Yan Ling's so-called methods appeared one after another, which made people dizzy.

"South China Evening News", "Xincheng Express", "Sanjiang Daily" and other newspapers that originally supported "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" have died down and reported other news. Everyone originally thought that these newspapers and several newspapers in the north would definitely be scolded for a while, but they were suddenly defeated in just one day, and the sudden change caught everyone off guard.

What is even more infuriating is that some newspapers in central China, such as "Zhongzhou News Weekly" and "Yangtze River Business Daily" and other newspapers, have also joined the northern camp and reprinted the remarks of several newspapers in the north, which made many readers who loved the Ming Dynasty feel very angry.

What the hell is going on? It seems that for a while, newspapers all over the country did not support the Ming Dynasty, and they all thought that the Ming Dynasty was distorting history and was not worth buying. But readers who have read the Ming Dynasty know that the Ming Dynasty was really well written, so that those who don't like to read history understand the face of the Ming Dynasty and understand that the Ming Dynasty was a tragic dynasty of "no harmony, no compensation, no land, no tribute, the Son of Heaven guarding the country, and the king dying in the community".

At the same time, the propaganda offensive of Xiling Publishing House about the Ming Dynasty also seemed to have stagnated for a moment. Only the original propaganda is still shouting weakly, and some of the publicity plans that have been set have been replaced by other companies at high prices.

Let the sales of the Ming Dynasty, which had been steadily rising, slowly decline, and a famous book reviewer in China predicted that the sales of No. 7 might be less than 60,000 copies.

"Then we can say that the film and television rights of Hawthorn Tree Love can be given to you. But at that time, the royalty share will only be given to Zhou Zixuan, and the remaining 5% of the royalty will be shared to Xiling. Then the publishing rights and film and television copyrights of "Spring Breeze Ten Miles is Not as Good as You" belong to us, and you Zhongzhou must cooperate with us in publishing and publicity. Wei Xiyue looked at the rolling Yangtze River outside the window, and felt a sense of complacency.

This is the editor-in-chief of a society, who is in charge of the jobs of hundreds of people in the company, and the channels through which authors aspire to be famous. Originally, looking at the face of Zhou Xuan as a genius, Wei Xiyue put away his previous careful thoughts. But with Zhou Xuan's strength, Wei Xiyue instead took out the means to join forces with Yan Ling, clean up Zhou Xuan, and prepare to be in the palm of the publishing house like those previous authors.

Yan Ling smiled and said, "Of course, our publishing house that promised you certainly counts." In the future, Xiling and Zhongzhou can help each other and deal with the Northern Publishing House together. ”

Compared with the old first-class publishing house of the Northern Publishing House, whether it is Xiling Publishing House, which has not yet entered the first-class publishing house, or Zhongzhou Publishing House, which is already a first-class publishing house, it is a strong rival.

The Northern Publishing House is one of the largest publishing houses in the country, while Zhongzhou can only rank eighth, which is weaker in terms of distribution channels and resources. If you add that you will immediately enter the first-class Xiling, Zhongzhou may also be able to compete with the north on a national scale.

The copyright dispute over "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" indirectly contributed to the cooperation between the two publishing houses, which Wei Xinyu and Yan Ling did not expect.

At this moment, Wei Xiyue's phone rang, and when he opened it, it was indeed a call from Zhou Xuan.

Wei Xiyue motioned to Yan Ling, and then pressed the answer button: "Hey, Zhou Xuan." ”

Zhou Xuan's very calm voice came from there: "Editor-in-chief Wei, I already understand the meaning of the phone call you made before." Let me ask you again, is this the end result of your publishing house? Hehe, I think you should be with Yan Ling from Zhongzhou now, right?"

Wei Xiyue didn't expect Zhou Xuan to analyze it so quickly, it seems that the matter of his union with Zhongzhou has been exposed. didn't hide it at the moment, and replied generously: "Hehe, it was too late yesterday afternoon, so I didn't rush back to Rongcheng immediately." I knew that when I lived in Kowloon, I met the editor-in-chief Yan of Zhongzhou, and then we chatted together. But now, I'm really with Yanling. I'm asking why Zhongzhou turned from neutrality to helping the Northern Press?"

"Oh, did you ask what came out?"

"Hey, it's not because of the publication of the film and television copyright of "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree". People are so good and sincere, but you don't sell it. Instead, he proposed a 20 percent royalty share, which was unlikely to be agreed to by that publisher. Now, people are looking for an opportunity, just to teach you a lesson. ”

Hearing these words in Zhou Xuan's ears, he felt more and more harsh. I didn't expect Wei Xiyue to be such a person, obviously partnering with Yan Ling to clean up himself, but he said on the phone that he was a good person.

At this time, Zhou Xuan had already made up his mind to wait for the first volume of the Ming Dynasty to be published, and the second volume would find another publishing house to cooperate. Xiling is really too unreasonable, and the methods of bullying newcomers have been used on him.

Zhou Xuan over there thought of Jiang Yun and the others, and thought in his heart: Since they were given a chance to make a fortune, then they should also contribute to themselves. In the process of communication, mutual help is the best.

"At ten o'clock tomorrow morning, outside the Jiangbian Building, I, Zhou Xuan, are waiting for the chief editor of Wei. Zhou Xuan hung up the phone after speaking.

"Doodoo ......"

"Damn, hang me up again. Wei Xiyue saw Zhou Xuan hang up his phone again, and couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth, "What are you still angry about tomorrow?"

Yan Ling also agreed: "It's okay, we have been defeated by us, and it is normal to lose a little temper." ”

On February 9th, the weather was fine.

At ten o'clock, Wei Xiyue walked to the three-story building outside the riverside building. Seeing a Land Rover worth one or two million parked at the door, Wei Xiyue exclaimed: "I didn't expect this kind of luxury car to exist in this small county?"

When I walked into the hall, I didn't see anyone, and I was wondering when I saw the waiter coming over: "You are Mr. Wei, right?"

"yes. ”

"Mr. Zhou, they are on the second floor, please come to me. ”

"They?" Wei Xiyue muttered very suspiciously, "Didn't Zhou Xuan invite me alone?"

Slowly walked to the second floor, looked up to a balcony, planted many flowers and plants, as if it had arrived in spring.

Turning a clump of one-person-tall dragon's blood trees, Wei Xiyue's eyes suddenly lit up, and he saw a few young people sitting on the tea table over there, while Zhou Xuan, who was too young, was looking at Wei Xiyue with a smile.

Stunned, Wei Xiyue's brain was shocked, the two people opposite Zhou Xuan looked so familiar?

"Damn!"

That is not Deng Cheng, the only son of Deng Tingan, chairman of Blue Sky Group, and the person next to him is even more amazing, that is Wang Ximing, the son of the Organization Minister of the Provincial Party Committee. As the editor-in-chief of Xiling Publishing House, he has certainly collected some famous figures in the province, and he will definitely not admit his mistake.

Looking at Wei Xiyue's expression, Zhou Xuan smiled and smiled happily.

Needless to say, the next thing naturally did not mean to introduce Jiang Yun and the others, but only informed Wei Xiyue that the publication of the second volume of "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree", "Spring Breeze Ten Miles is Not as Good as You" and "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" has nothing to do with Xiling Publishing House, because Zhou Xuan's friend introduced the University of Science and Technology Press to Zhou Xuan, and Zhou Xuan will cooperate with the University of Science and Technology Press in the future.

You must know that the University of Science and Technology Press is a first-class publishing house in China, and it is also state-run, which is not at all comparable to Zhongzhou and Xiling. However, Wei Xiyue had no way to deal with Zhou Xuan's request. Because he knows that there are some people who he can't compete with their publishers.

If there is one thing that Wei Xiyue wants to do most now, it is to find a box of regret medicine to eat.