Around three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhongli called.

Inform Shen Zhe that Finance has just settled a sum of money for him, mainly the serial manuscript fee and the follow-up share of the two published books.

Shen Zhe smelled a strange breath.

Sure enough, after waiting for about another hour, Su Wei contacted him and said that there was a deputy editor-in-chief from the editorial department.

I didn't know the details, so I had to guess wildly.

Shen Zhe has always had a good impression of Zhongli, the editor-in-chief, although he doesn't understand why he was so optimistic about himself from the beginning.

The magazine has been going very well recently, and sales have been rising, so it stands to reason that there should not be a major personnel change. Personnel changes? Shen Zhe's heart moved, the new deputy editor-in-chief was definitely not recruited by Zhongli, but should be appointed by the company.

Forgetting what the name of the competent unit of Jì Magazine was for a while, Shen Zhe dug out the previous contract from the drawer.

Ocean Culture Zhonghai Branch.

I won't be in the mood to read anymore, so I'll sit in a chair and think silently.

Lin Yuhan noticed that he was a little abnormal, and said with concern: "Ah Zhe, is something wrong?"

Shen Zhe shook his head: "I don't know, it's a matter of the magazine." ”

"Something to do with you?"

"It should be related to my column, I don't know exactly what's going on. ”

Lin Yuhan said: "Does it affect you a lot, do you want to call and ask my father?"

Shen Zhe shook his head again, asking Uncle Lin about this kind of thing is tantamount to asking in vain.

It didn't take long for the phone to ring.

Shen Zhe immediately picked it up, and Zhongli's voice sounded very calm: "Xiao Shen, if it's convenient, come to the magazine office?"

"Good. ”

I took a taxi to the three-story building, and Su Wei was waiting outside.

"Sister Su, what's the matter?"

Su Wei sighed: "It seems that the matter is not small, the company came to seven or eight people in the afternoon, in the past, the editor-in-chief was responsible for these things, and our editors only took care of the content of the magazine." But now everyone knows that the editorial department is going to add a deputy editor-in-chief. ”

"Brother Zhong agrees?"

"The magazine is not his, and he can't help the appointment of his boss, maybe the departure of a columnist has alarmed the company. ”

Shen Zhe was slightly relieved that if it was a problem of lack of authors, this matter could be easily solved for him.

"They are waiting for you in the small conference room. ”

When I walked into the editorial office, I saw five people sitting in a clear position with the editors, including men and women.

Shen Zhe said hello to Lin Yuanzhi and entered the small conference room according to the place pointed by Su Wei.

"Xiao Shen, here?"

Zhongli beckoned to him, and Shen Zhe nodded with a smile and walked over to sit on the office chair next to him.

There are also three people in the room, and you can roughly guess their identities without Zhongli's introduction.

At the top of the table was a middle-aged man in his forties, dressed in a white shirt with a button unbuttoned at the neckline and his hair meticulously combed.

"This is Manager Han of the company. ”

Zhong Li said a word to Shen Zhe first, but the two people sitting opposite him did not introduce him.

I heard that Manager Han smiled and said: "This is the champion Shen? ”

Shen Zhe was about to say a few polite words, but Manager Han immediately got up and said to Zhong Li: "Editor-in-chief Zhong, that's it, you can talk about the rest, I'll go back to the company first, there are still a lot of things to do." In the future, the content will be handed over to Xiao Li for exercise, and you will be good at multi-tube market development. ”

Zhongli nodded slightly, his face calm.

Shen Zhe's biggest fame seems to be the identity of the top student in the college entrance examination, and obviously some people don't care about it for the time being.

Manager Han got up and walked out of the conference room, and one of the people opposite him followed out, presumably the secretary.

I haven't tasted the feeling of being ignored for a long time, Shen Zhe laughed to himself.

"Classmate Shen Zhe?" The remaining man in the conference room, who was about the same age as Zhongli, introduced himself: "My name is Li Zhihong, you can call me Brother Li, I hope to have a happy cooperation in the future!" he said, getting up to shake hands with Shen Zhe.

Shen Zhe also stood up and shook hands with him, nodded and said, "Deputy Editor-in-Chief Li, hello." ”

Li Zhihong was stunned: "You know me?"

Shen Zhedao: "I heard that there is a deputy editor-in-chief of the magazine, it should be Deputy Editor-in-Chief Li, right?"

Zhongli put his arm on the table and didn't interject.

Shen Zhe suddenly turned around and said, "Brother Zhong, what's the matter with you calling me to come, can you say it now?"

Zhongli pouted Li Zhihong and motioned for Shen Zhe to communicate with him.

Li Zhihong said with a smile: "Shen Zhe, then I'll say it directly, the content direction of the magazine may change in the future, I hope you can cooperate." ”

"How to cooperate?"

Li Zhihong immediately said: "I see that you are also very good at youth literature, and you will create more works in this area in the future?"

"What about my martial arts column?" asked Shen Zhe.

Li Zhihong spread his hands and showed helplessness: "We are going to close this column, how about opening another youth column for you?"

Shen Zhe couldn't agree, in terms of popular literature, martial arts is the piece he attaches the most importance to.

The deputy editor-in-chief Li also looked uncomfortable, and seemed to be a little paralyzed, so it was better not to laugh than to laugh.

Sometimes, the first sight is very important and can make the difference between being friends or not.

"Student Shen Zhe, the number of books released in the first half of the year of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles is about to be announced, and you will definitely be a five-star author by then. Look at your two published works, they are also youth-oriented, why do you suddenly change to martial arts that are not in the stream? Ha, of course, I still admire you for getting such a high score. ”

Martial arts are not in the stream? It is true that it is not in the stream now, and the martial arts in the future may surprise you.

Shen Zhe asked calmly, "What if I want to continue writing martial arts?"

Li Zhihong was stunned for a moment, as if he was a little surprised by Shen Zhe's words, but immediately said: "The content direction of the magazine must return......"

The implication is that the closure of the martial arts column is a foregone conclusion.

Shen Zhe nodded, and suddenly turned his head to look at Zhong Li: "Brother Zhong, what happened to the flower season back then?"

Zhongli smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Li Zhihong smiled and said: "She was going to jump to a young man, but I persuaded her." ”

Shen Zhe really understands now, this is a top-down personnel change, and it is estimated that the magazine will be the leader of Li Zhihong in the future.

It's just that he didn't understand why for a while.

Zhongli has been the editor-in-chief for so many years, and the circulation of the magazine has doubled, and he is definitely an excellent helmsman.

But it was inconvenient to ask on the spot, and said, "Then turn it off." ”

Li Zhihong said: "Thank you Shen Zhe for your understanding, now let's talk about the issue of adaptation rights." ”

"Adaptation rights?" Shen Zhe paused.

"Yes, the company is ready to buy the adaptation rights of "Those Years". Li Zhihong opened a text folder on the table and said.

Shen Zhe said lightly: "I never said that I would sell the adaptation rights. ”

Li Zhihong frowned, took out a contract from the text clip, and said: "This contract has been stated that the company has the right of first refusal, Shen Zhe, you can't be emotional!"

Shen Zhe rolled his eyes in his heart, of course I have to be emotional!

Since he wants to be an author of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, it is impossible for him to forget to study the copyright system of this world.

"Now there is only one family to talk about, where is the priority?"

Li Zhihong looked at Shen Zhe, and suddenly felt that this young man was very annoying, frowned and thought for a while, and looked at Zhongli.

"Editor-in-Chief Zhong, I'll leave this matter to you to discuss. ”

The deputy editor-in-chief spoke to his boss in this tone, and Shen Zhe had a clear understanding of Zhongli's situation.