Chapter 0161: A Journey to the Deep City
Zhou Lin went over to say hello to Geng Yunhe first, and then walked up to Liu Tao under his stunned gaze.
"Sister, why are you here?"
Zhou Lin really didn't expect Liu Tao to come.
"Got a friend to pick you up?" Liu Tao didn't answer, but glanced at Geng Yunhe.
"Well, it's my partner." Zhou Lin said.
"Since someone picks you up, I'll go first." Liu Tao said and turned around.
Zhou Lin grabbed her: "Sister, I'll go with you." ”
Well, Zhou Lin had to admit that he was a guy who forgot his friends, but Geng Yunhe understood it very well, and when he left, he joked that he finally knew why Zhou Lin agreed to come to Shencheng so happily.
Liu Tao came by car. Compared with her current fame in the entertainment industry, the car she drives is very low-key, just a very ordinary Hualong brand MPV with hundreds of thousands.
Zhou Lin sat in the co-pilot, not knowing what to say all the way.
When he arrived at the hotel that Geng Yunhe had already booked, Zhou Lin said, "Sister, go up and sit?" ”
Liu Tao shook his head: "I'm taking the time to pick you up, and there are still two scenes at night." Do you have time tomorrow afternoon, can you accompany me to meet a friend? ”
"No problem." Zhou Lin felt very sorry for Liu Tao in his heart, not to mention that he was just going to meet a friend, even if he was asked to go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire.
Zhou Lin arrived at the hotel room, and after sorting out his luggage, he called Geng Yunhe.
Within a few minutes, Geng Yunhe came up, and as soon as he entered the room, he stepped around a few times before he said in surprise: "What about people? ”
"She has other things to do." Zhou Lin said.
Geng Yunhe sat down and said, "I thought you wouldn't be looking for me tonight...... By the way, I saw that the woman was a little familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere. ”
Zhou Lin said: "You don't even know her? She is Liu Tao, and she is acting in Director Shang's "Wulin Gaiden". ”
"Liu Tao!" Geng Yunhe's eyes widened, and the man in his forties was very disrespectful to the old man, "Why did you get her started?" ”
"I said Editor-in-Chief Geng, you are also an intellectual, can you not speak so badly. What does it mean to get started...... We're friends. Zhou Lin said depressedly.
Geng Yunhe was still very surprised: "Zhou Lin, I can remind you." Liu Tao is a woman who has been married once, and she has a child, can you ...... You have to think about it! ”
Zhou Lin was speechless: "You don't have to cāo for me." ”
"Forget it, don't ask about you young people." Geng Yunhe said with a smile.
"What's on tomorrow's schedule?" Zhou Lin turned the subject back to business, "Did those shareholders react when they heard that I was coming?" ”
Geng Yunhe sneered: "They heard that you are only eighteen years old, and they all treat you as a child, thinking that they can get it by giving you a higher salary, and they want to trick you into signing a long contract." ”
"It's a beautiful thought." Zhou Lin said.
"These bastards!" Geng Yunhe said hatefully, "I admit that there is a problem with my management level, but if it weren't for these shareholders holding each other back, "Wuxia Weekly" would not have fallen into the same situation as before." They all wanted to sell their shares when the situation was bad a while ago, and recently their sales have skyrocketed, and these guys don't mention selling their shares, which is exactly what you expected! ”
"I'll let them sell it willingly." Zhou Lin said with a smile.
Geng Yunhe sighed: "Actually, Weekly is like my child, and I am really reluctant. But instead of letting the child grow up in an unhappy family, it is better to put it in the hands of someone who really appreciates him and likes him. One day, if you really become the owner of the weekly, he will definitely become more brilliant. ”
Zhou Lin said: "Don't be sad, no matter who the owner is, the editor-in-chief will still be you." ”
"I'm old." Geng Yunhe said with a lot of emotion.
"Don't be so quick to get old, what else do I need to rely on you in the future? It's not just a "martial arts weekly" in my territory. Zhou Lin said lightly, "I also took a fancy to "Science Fiction Literature" and was raising money to acquire it. ”
"You have such a big appetite!" Geng Yunhe was startled.
Zhou Lin said: "How about it, are you interested in being the first mate of a cultural empire?" ”
The first mate is the first mate of a ship, and the captain is naturally Zhou Lin himself.
Geng Yunhe is also an old fritter who has been in the society for more than ten or twenty years, and has experienced a lot of the world, but when he heard Zhou Lin's plan, he couldn't help but gasp.
After thinking for a moment, he finally said, "I'll give it a try!" ”
At nine o'clock in the morning of the next day, Zhou Lin came to the "Martial Arts Weekly" magazine.
I heard that the person who wrote "Liancheng Jue" flew to the clouds, and all the employees of the magazine, from the editor-in-chief to the cleaners, volunteered to line up at the door to welcome them.
They are grateful to Zhou Lin from the bottom of their hearts, if it weren't for Zhou Lin, "Wuxia Weekly" could only barely maintain the balance of payments, although there are bonuses every month, the numbers are very pitiful.
As soon as Zhou Lin's "Liancheng Jue" came out, the sales of the weekly magazine increased several times, and everyone's bonuses also increased several times.
If Weekly can maintain such sales all the time, it will not be a dream to buy a house or a car.
And when they saw Zhou Lin, who was accompanied by Geng Yunhe to the magazine, although they were already mentally prepared, they were still startled.
Too young! The 18-year-old I heard about and the 18-year-old I saw with my own eyes are completely different psychologically.
Zhou Lin was also a little flattered to receive such a grand welcome, and quickly bowed and said, "I have always been taken care of by everyone, so I came to visit today." ”
As he spoke, he opened his bag, took out the local products he brought from Songjiang, and asked Geng Yunhe to share them with everyone.
"Mr. Chai was so polite and brought us gifts."
"Mr. Chai can you sign me later?"
"Mr. Chai is very fond of you."
Everyone was already grateful to Zhou Lin, and when they saw him posing as a junior and bringing gifts, they liked him even more.
Zhou Lin visited a magazine under the guidance of Geng Yunhe.
The Martial Arts Weekly magazine is a little smaller than Zhou Lin expected, with more than 30 employees, including text editors, photo editors, managers and propagandists.
Because it is a weekly, the magazine is almost always in a continuous atmosphere, and everyone chatted with Zhou Lin for a while before starting the intense review, editing, and typesetting work.
Zhou Lin did not delay everyone's work, and walked straight into Geng Yunhe's office.
Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the office, looking at the rows of high-rise buildings in the deep city, Zhou Lin asked, "Is next week's magazine ready, and what is the expected sales?" ”
Geng Yunhe said: "Because of you, the magazine has been selling well recently, and it has also attracted many authors to submit, but there are still not many high-quality manuscripts. In the next issue, I have tried my best to arrange a few high-quality manuscripts to take over "Liancheng Jue", but I am still not optimistic. ”
After a pause, he said, "You should hope that the sales will be as low as possible, right?" ”
Zhou Lin smiled.