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"Why can't you do that? They're all businessmen, and they're chasing profits. Do you think they're coming here from the other side of the world to do charity?" Sid asked rhetorically.

"What about you? You're an American imperialist, why should you help them deal with their own people?" asked April.

"As you said just now, St. Martin's biggest problem is bloat, and it's useless to change anyone if you don't solve this problem. If the publishing house goes out of business, everyone will lose their jobs. Wouldn't it be better to weed out those who don't work well and leave opportunities for those who really need the job?"

April was silent, she knew Sid had a point. But emotionally she couldn't accept the result, and those people were her colleagues.

"For the company to grow, it has to get rid of some people, but it doesn't fire everyone. According to the plan, twenty to thirty percent of the people will be left. These people must be elite, people who are willing to pay for the publishing house. Sid continued.

"What good did they give you to work for them so desperately. April asked suddenly.

"......" Sid gave her a surprised look, not expecting her to suddenly ask such a tricky question. But when I saw her sharp gaze, I knew that if I lied, today's persuasion work might fail.

“ceo。 If I can satisfy them with my work, I will be the CEO. ”

“ceo。 Oh, no wonder. April said sarcastically. If it weren't for such an opportunity, he would never have climbed to such a height in his life, no wonder he would work so hard.

"We are all small people with limited abilities, and only by protecting ourselves first can we have the ability to help others. Let go of your unrealistic pride and look down at your feet. Sid tried his best not to be angry, but he was sure that his face must be very ugly at this point.

Tao Yingshuang promised him the position of CEO, but only if he showed sufficient ability. What is the ability? Manage the publishing house well. One person can't do it, so he needs a team of his own.

But in the past, he was only a small leader in the propaganda department, and Tao Yingshuang was only temporarily promoted to manager when he came. There are simply no one available under him. With his current influence, it is unlikely that he will find people from the outside world, so the only thing left is to find people from his colleagues. April was the first person he was looking for.

There are many reasons to choose April. First, she is very well connected, having worked at St. Martin's Press for more than nine years, and almost everyone knows her. Second, she is the editor-in-chief, her status is neither high nor low, she can help a lot, but she will not fight for power with herself.

Third, she has her own small team, the editor-in-chief is the leader of a group, and the editors and trainee editors in the group are under her management. Fourth, as a senior editor, she has the contact information of many writers.

The fifth and most important point is that she was selected by Tao Yingshuang to be responsible for the verification of "Harry Potter", which shows that she is trustworthy.

That's right, it's the ability to work for people, not for people. Verifying a book doesn't require much outstanding ability, and an editor with a little experience can do it. At such an important moment, what can be entrusted with heavy responsibilities is not necessarily how strong the ability is, but the character must be very strong.

That's why Sid is looking for her, and if he can pull her in, his small team will have a prototype. And with her, it's much easier to win over other people.

That's why he wasted so much saliva and endured the other party's ridicule. But there is a limit to this patience. If April really doesn't go to the Tao, then he won't be polite.

"Either everybody dies with those who don't want to work well, and then all of us lose our jobs. Either weed out the black sheep and give the innocent who are willing to work a chance to be reborn. Heaven and hell are in your mind, April, please think about it. Sid tried to make his tone seem more sincere.

"Why are you looking for me, I'm just an editor-in-chief. ”

"Because you are the one who really wants to be good to St. Martin, and your efforts these days have proven it all. And all I have to do is bring all the like-minded people together and get the company back on track. This is a heart-wrenching statement, because only when the publishing house develops well, can he be the CEO of the same weight.

"I need time to think about it. ”

"April, you're running out of time to think. Today, on the 25th, the 27th, the company will take action. ”

"So fast, aren't they afraid of influencing the publication of Harry Potter?"

"Now many people are not optimistic about the future of the company and want to change jobs. The company took advantage of this opportunity to get rid of these people, and they won't say anything as long as they do it right. When "Harry Potter" is sold, those who eat inside and outside will be cleaned up, and there is conclusive evidence, and the guild will not come forward to help them, and the government has no way to do it. ”

"That's how you believe this book will be a success?"

"This book is verified by you personally, and you should have more say than I do. ”

April was silent again, yes, no one knew the book better than she did. Based on her many years of experience, it is not difficult to judge that this book will be a great seller. Add to that the tens of millions of publicity costs, and the chances of failure are slim. The difference is just how much it sells.

Tao Yingshuang asked for a first printing of five million copies, and many people thought he was crazy. But she thought that if it worked properly, it wouldn't be a problem to sell them all. It just takes some time.

Because of this, she hesitated. promised to cooperate, but I couldn't get over the psychological hurdle. The company's practice is deliberately inducing employees to go astray and is unethical. If you agree, won't you be in the same boat?

If you don't agree, the company will go out of business, and everyone will lose their jobs. Now that the competition is so fierce, I don't know when I will be able to find a suitable new job if I lose this job. Several of her employees rely on this job to support their families, and the consequences of losing their jobs are unimaginable.

Even if you don't think about others, don't you need this job? No, you have parents to support and children to raise. There is no way to maintain such a good life with her husband's salary alone.

Her children will be sent to public schools because they can't afford expensive tuition, and their families will move from large apartments to low, cramped houses because they can't afford to pay rent...... Is this the kind of life she wants?

(Here is a word about the difference between public and private schools for pre-university education in the United States.) Private schools, also known as aristocratic schools, have better teaching facilities, not the best, and of course the price is also super expensive.

As for public schools, I won't talk about it, lest someone say that I deliberately smeared it. Just one word, in the United States, private schools are also called white-collar schools, and public schools are also called blue-collar schools. White-collar and blue-collar workers don't need me to explain. ）

Moreover, for ordinary employees, if the company goes out of business, it will be replaced by another one. For a manager like her, who is neither high nor low, it is a stain. When I go to the interview, when someone looks at the resume, the result is: I'm sorry, you don't meet the company's requirements.

The more people have, the more afraid they are of losing, and April is no exception, so she hesitates. What to do, she struggled inwardly.

Sid didn't continue to persuade him, because he could tell that she was already moved. In the end, he was confident, she would give an answer that would satisfy everyone.

"Okay, I agreed. After a long time, April finally made a difficult choice. Originally, she thought that she would be very sad, but she knew that she had really made this decision, but she felt a sense of relief in her heart.

"Great, April, you will be proud of your choice today in the future. Sid said happily.

"But I have to have the power to decide who to let go and who to stay. "Aprili quickly stepped into the role to fight for her own benefit.

"Of course, my dear lady. You are the most important member of our team, and this is your most basic power. ”

Just when Sid was going around in tandem to win over people, the outside world's ridicule of St. Martin's Press, about Tao Yingshuang, and about "Harry Potter" became more and more intense. It should be said that how fierce the hype was some time ago, and how loud the voice of scolding them is now.

Ordinary people, celebrities, all kinds of media...... None of them spoke for them. Almost all of them are scolding. Of course, this has something to do with Tao Yingshuang not continuing to spend money.

"Whether it's one-sided praise or one-sided scolding, it won't last long. In a few days, people will lose interest. Only by coming and going can everyone stay interested for a long time. When Wei Zhixing asked Tao Yingshuang why he didn't continue to buy the media, he replied like this.

"Isn't it good to keep paying attention for a long time?" Wei Zhixing couldn't figure it out. Isn't spending so much money just to get everyone's attention and arouse everyone's interest? How to listen to your meaning is not ready to do this.

"Praise alone or scolding alone will cause rebellion in everyone. Now everyone's scolding is so fierce, and it has a lot to do with the one-sided boasting a few days ago. In the same way, the current one-sided scolding will also cause many people to resent it. ”

"You don't want to wait for word of mouth to bounce back, do you?"

"No, that's too passive, and the end result is not a rebound, but a complete stink, and we can't wait until that time. But fortunately, New Year's Day is still five or six days away.

Scolding for five or six days in a row is almost the limit, and everyone's interest in this book has reached its peak. And then it just so happened that this book went on sale, and presumably many people couldn't help but buy a copy to see what the book that they praised and scolded looked like. ”

"I see. After reading the book, everyone found that this book was so good, which caused a great contrast. And then you're throwing money at the last wave of publicity, right? Wei Zhixing finally figured out his train of thought.

"Clever. But that's not all. You think, those who scolded us found that it was too good after reading the book, and we actually scolded such a beautiful book, which is so undeserved. Out of guilt, will they take the initiative to help us spread the word?"

"High, really high. ”

Tao Yingshuang's plan was very successful, and Harry Potter and St. Martin's Publishing House began to dominate the screen again. But the difference is that a few days ago, I spent money to buy people to praise, but now I don't spend money and all of them are scolding.

At first, it was just the media and ordinary netizens who scolded, and the famous people in the back were not willing to be lonely and scolded. And then some very famous people couldn't help but get into the water as well. The fiercest and most merciless scolding is the other publishers and writers. No way, competition.

The most famous of these writers is a man named Adelaide, a regular on the American imperialist bestseller list, whose multi-step work has been turned into a movie. So he is not only famous in the literary world, but also in the entertainment industry.

Unfortunately, his new book "Save the Earth 2" was also sold and released on New Year's Day. In this way, it is inevitable that people will be compared together. Of course, it is the media and ordinary people who compare the two side by side. Adelaide himself had no intention of comparing at all.

It's not how generous he is, it's that he never thinks that an inexplicable book is worthy of being compared to himself. To put it bluntly, in his eyes, comparing the two together is an insult to himself.

So when a reporter asked him if he felt pressure in the face of the menacing "Harry Potter", he replied: Harry Potter?

This sentence can be turned into countless words after passing through the reporter's mouth. So Edlaide looked down on Harry Potter, Edlaide didn't take Harry Potter seriously, and Edlaide thought that reports such as Harry Potter grandstanding soon appeared on important pages of major media.

Then the reporter who was afraid that the world would not be chaotic soon found Tao Yingshuang: Mr. Tao Yingshuang, do you have anything to say about Adelaide's words?

Tao Yingshuang, who had been waiting for the arrival of reporters for a long time, came directly: The results are not blown out of the mouth. Mr. Edlaide would dare to make a bet that whoever has the highest sales will win for half a year. The losing side apologizes to the other party in public, admitting that it is not as good. (To be continued.) )