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Lin Tao has too many reasons and excuses to make his life more exciting, rather than a person who cares about every day and walks through this world in a hurry.

With the closing of the 2005 year-end commendation meeting of the Songtai City Education Bureau, the winter vacation has also officially begun.

But for Lin Tao, this is just a prelude to another busy time.

On the second day of the official start of the holiday, he stepped on the long-distance bus to Ning'an, and the purpose of the trip was not easy.

But Lin Tao didn't mind making such a long trip.

Not long ago, Wang Dongdong had sent him a formal invitation to attend the annual meeting of Dongjiang Literary Magazine, but he had politely declined.

This time, it was an invitation sent by Dongjiang Literary Magazine in the name of Jiang Yan, inviting him to attend a celebration banquet to celebrate the sales of "Kung Fu Panda" exceeding 5 million copies.

As the author of Kung Fu Panda, he simply had no choice.

Cars are speeding down the road.

It was cold at the beginning of February.

The thick mist covered the glass with a thick layer of dew, wiping away the water traces, even through the glass window, the scene of depression in winter along the way still made Lin Tao want to shiver a little.

It's only a few hundred miles from Songping to Ning'an, but at the beginning of 2006, even if you catch an early morning ride on the fastest bus, it will take nearly five hours to bump.

By the time we entered the city, it was already the end of the day.

"Master, what car should I take to go to Dongjiang Magazine on Guangzhou Road?"

In 2005, traffic in Ning'an was even more complicated than it was ten years later, with motorcycles roaring back and forth on the streets.

At the coach station near Fuxing Road.

After Lin Tao got out of the car, he immediately asked the driver about the route to Dongjiang Literary Magazine.

"Guangzhou Road, young man, there is no direct car here, you can take a taxi, five yuan." ”

"Okay, thank you!"

Since it has been close in recent years.

The city of Ning'an seems to be a lot busier than usual.

At this time, Ning'an City was not as developed as it was in the future, and the buildings on the street were old and in disrepair.

The Dongjiang Literary Magazine in Guangzhou is as busy as ever, if not more so.

With the hot sales of "Kung Fu Panda" in China.

The atmosphere of the entire magazine seemed to be very high.

In 2005, Kung Fu Panda unexpectedly overtook Harry Potter and became the bestseller of the year with 2.09 million copies.

And in the month that just ended.

According to the statistics of "Novelist", the most authoritative in China, in the whole of January, "Kung Fu Panda" completed the amazing monthly sales of 3 million copies with an average daily sales of 100,000 copies.

This not only means that "Kung Fu Panda" has exceeded the total sales of 5 million copies, but also means that this work, which is generally favored by the domestic literary circles, is very likely to win the best-selling title of the year in 2006 at the beginning of the year.

This is undoubtedly exciting news for the entire magazine, and it is precisely because of this surprise that the magazine agreed to host a celebration banquet to celebrate the sales of "Kung Fu Panda" of 5 million.

This is good news for Dongjiang Literary Magazine.

But for the entire domestic literary circle, such an achievement as "Kung Fu Panda" undoubtedly slapped many people in the face.

Immediately after The Novelist magazine released its sales figures for January, some people began to jump out and point fingers.

It's just a cliché.

In the face of the horrific sales of 5 million copies in just over a month of official release, no amount of rhetoric would pale in comparison.

And this is where Wang Dongdong's self-confidence lies.

After all, in the publishing market, whether it is children's literature or popular novels, only sales are king.

Even the top management of the Dongjiang Literary Magazine had to relent, and agreed to contact a European publishing house to publish the work in the name of the magazine.

It also agreed to independently fund the completion of the preliminary translation work.

In addition to participating in a small-scale celebration banquet, the main purpose of Lin Tao's trip was actually to talk about the overseas distribution of "Kung Fu Panda".

For him.

This is undoubtedly a leap forward and breakthrough.

Although Jiang Yan and Wang Dongdong had already contacted European acquaintances in their personal names to start the translation of their works, their personal strength was too thin compared to the mature and professional operation team of a magazine.

It's just that the only thing that makes him a little dissatisfied is that this time Dongjiang Literature seems to be intent on banning Wang Dongdong's position in this commercial operation.

Lin Tao didn't know if it involved a struggle for rights or interests within the magazine, but Wang Dongdong could be said to have appreciated it for him, and he naturally couldn't stand idly by.

In the conference room located on the third floor of the magazine.

Wang Dongdong's face was indeed a little gloomy.

He didn't expect the higher-ups to make such a move in person.

"This matter won't just be settled, I don't believe that you can have fun without me, Wang Dongdong. ”

"You are an editor, who gave you so much power to make you do this, since "Kung Fu Panda" has signed a contract with the magazine, then we have the right to decide who will translate and who will publish. ”

Things also start with Wang Dongdong's intention to target the overseas market of "Kung Fu Panda".

Back in early January.

That is, after "Kung Fu Panda" won the annual sales championship, Wang Dongdong began to seek overseas distribution.

Although the data on the distribution of domestic literary works abroad has always been unremarkable, and even somewhat bleak, Wang Dongdong still boldly predicts that "Kung Fu Panda" is very likely to become an exception for the overseas distribution of domestic literary works.

This led him to spend a lot of time looking for translation agencies and publishers in the following period.

Originally, there was no accident in this matter, until the senior management of Cheng Magazine suddenly took out a contract and promised to find an overseas distribution channel for "Kung Fu Panda".

Xu Yuan, the magazine's vice president in charge of this business, did not agree to continue to use the translation route that Wang Dongdong had already carried out.

And this means that Wang Dongdong's previous personal efforts will be in vain.

With his character, it is naturally impossible to passively accept it, but his dissatisfaction and resistance naturally gave Xu Yuan an excuse, accusing him of disobeying the company's strategy and trying to completely kick Wang Dongdong out of the operation team of "Kung Fu Panda".

For Wang Dongdong, this is undoubtedly a joke.

From the first review to the decision to release "Kung Fu Panda", he basically managed it single-handedly.

Now those brain-dead high-level executives want to kick him out because of selfish interests, although Wang Dongdong is a little helpless, he still pins his expectations on Lin Tao.

Xu Yuan thought that with the contract in hand, Lin Tao could not oppose the decision of the publishing house at all, but in Wang Dongdong's opinion, these people underestimated Lin Tao's skill and ability.

"Editor-in-Chief Wang, Lin Tao has arrived in your office. ”

Leaned to Wang Dongdong's side.

Yang Min leaned over and said.

Xu Yuan is a middle-aged man who does not look very old from the outside, but in fact, he is only in his early forties.

The reason why Wang Dongdong was kicked out this time was actually due to the lucrative translation contract of "Kung Fu Panda".

When Yang Min walked into the conference room, Xu Yuan was extremely keenly aware of something.

"Assistant Yang, is the author of "Kung Fu Panda" here?"

Xu Yuan didn't know Lin Tao, from a certain point of view, this was Jiang Yan and Wang Dongdong's biggest reliance, but he knew this very well, so he had been trying to find out who Xiaobai was.

As soon as Xu Yuan's words were finished.

The entire conference room suddenly became noisy, and the rest of the people in charge turned their heads to look at Yang Min.

For the author of "Kung Fu Panda", they are naturally also curious.

Yang Min was suddenly a little overwhelmed.

"Yang Min, since Vice President Xu wants to know, then you tell him the truth. ”

Wang Dongdong's face was extremely calm.

He pursed his lips.

Yang Min nodded before saying.

"I'm sorry, Vice President Xu, Xiaobai said that except for Editor-in-Chief Wang and Editor-in-Chief Jiang, he will not meet anyone, nor will he talk to anyone else about cooperation. ”

Rumble!

As soon as Yang Min's words fell.

The entire conference room suddenly became noisy, and then all eyes looked at Xu Yuan, who was at the top.

Undoubtedly.

As Xu Yuan worried at the beginning, the relationship between the author of "Kung Fu Panda" and Wang Dongdong has reached an extraordinary level.

It even far exceeded their expectations. (To be continued.) )