Chapter 33 The Future of Xitang

Hayu sat on the bus, not participating in the discussion of the editors in the bus, but quietly looking out the window. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Shanghai is not beautiful at all.

High-rise buildings, traffic, hurried crowds, congested traffic, boring air, empty hearts.

It's the same as all cities, isn't it?

If there is a difference, it is that Shanghai is a little bigger.

She is one of the people who has made up her mind to leave, after all, the house she rented is in Pudong, if you go to Gutang...

She can see the distance shown on the map, 64.2 kilometers, and it takes two hours to take a taxi, still in the case of unobstructed traffic.

And the magazine company that I'm willing to pay for doesn't exist anymore, does it?

The car has already driven onto Gutang Road.

Ha Yu suddenly rubbed his glasses, and looked at a seven-story apartment building on the side of the road in surprise, the apartment building is very ordinary, but the sign hanging on it is surprising: Xitang Apartment!

Where do you want to go?

Xitang Building?

It should be just a coincidence!

Her lonely heart suddenly pounded.

Soon after driving again, the bus began to turn and entered a small community.

Well, this is an office complex, not a residential complex.

Building 3, stopped, and a group of people couldn't wait to get out of the car.

First I took a deep breath, this place is a little off, but the air is much better than by the Yellow River!

Then look next to me where I will be working in the future.

The fifteen-story black building, the style is almost exactly the same as all the high-rise buildings here except for the different directions, not to mention compared with the Kehui Building, Kehui can throw off the fifteen streets here!

But now they are a magazine that occupies fifteen floors!

In the past, as one of the departments with the worst efficiency of Kehui, they had a large number of people but only two floors, not to mention, every time I saw people from other departments, I still felt inferior!

Halu was surprised to find that the bus has been changing its label, no longer Xitang, but a variety of such as Huangpu, Xuhui, Changning, Jing'an...

"Your office area is on the tenth, eleventh, twelfth floor, science fiction painting on the tenth floor, science fiction literature on the eleventh floor, the twelfth floor of the new attitude of science and technology, hurry up and put the things you bring on, and then familiarize yourself with the environment, thirty minutes later, if you need to move colleagues, please take the corresponding vehicle, the company rented an apartment for everyone, just turn left about 600 meters after leaving the door of the community, if you want to live in an apartment, hurry down!"

Ha Lu wanted to laugh when he saw it, and shouted that this person is called Brother Lei in the editorial department, and his voice when he urged the manuscript can be heard by the whole magazine, and now he is actually holding a loudspeaker and shouting this?

Lei Jun was also puzzled, Li Shitang came to him after a few turns around their magazine and said that he had a special talent, and he thought that his talent that he had hidden for many years was finally discovered, it turned out that it was because he had a loud voice...

But it's a human effort, isn't it...

Li Shitang also worked part-time, and spent the summer vacations of high school and college in various factories and restaurants, and he understood the simple demands of a migrant worker.

And he still has more than 200 million left after buying the building and Kehui, and he can't be too capricious if he has money, but he is not willing to pick on his own people in this kind of thing.

After this busy day, the 420 employees of Kehui also got to know some about the new boss.

There is no plan to do things, people will not be arranged, and all kinds of inconsiderate considerations, such as renting a car but not telling them, resulting in many people coming by car.

But the advantages are also obvious, willing to think about employees.

Also, it doesn't seem to be bad for money!

At nine o'clock in the evening, the ordinary editors have been sent back by Li Shitang, and now those who remain are the heads of several departments, and Li Shitang wants to get to know him first.

First of all, Wang Yue, the editor-in-chief of science fiction literature and science fiction painting, is a middle-aged man with gray hair, but he is a bit like Lin Dongwen. Chen Xiangsheng, editor-in-chief of the new attitude of science and technology, a middle-aged man in his forties with gold-rimmed glasses who has been smiling, Li Shitang does not feel very good about him.

Su Xin, the minister of customer service, a woman who can't understand her age, has a charming appearance and a soft voice, Li Shitang is a little skeptical about the reason why she can become a minister, but now she is her own person, just look at the strength!

There are also Wang Xing, Minister of Distribution, Xiao Nanzhi, Minister of Justice, and Li Xintang, Minister of Information.

He doesn't have the idea that he must use his lineage, if he talks about relatives, then he is the most educated of all his relatives, and he is only afraid that these relatives will pit him.

And classmates, he doesn't think that anyone who is more outstanding can replace the work that others have done for decades.

Besides, he was willing to believe in the contract in his hand.

"What should we do next?" Li Shitang knocked on the table and asked.

After all, he is inexperienced, so it is natural to ask people at this time.

The people at the table looked at each other, and then at Wang Yue.

Wang Yue sighed and said, "Will our magazine change its name?" ”

Li Shitang nodded: "Of course the name has to be changed, Kehui is no longer allowed to use it!" ”

Wang Yue nodded and said, "Time is tight, but it's okay." First of all, we should arrange the accommodation of all employees and sort out the office space, secondly, the legal department should draft a new employment contract for the employees to sign, and thirdly, we should hold a press conference to announce the change of ownership of our company, after all, this is not a trivial matter..."

Li Shitang waved his hand: "If the company structure is concerned, let's follow your original set, as for the name, it will be changed to Xitang literature, Xitang literature and painting, and a new attitude of science and technology..."

Chen Xiangsheng pricked up his ears, this can't be changed to Xitang's new attitude...

"It's better to change the name to the future, and then the overseas version will be called Future!" Li Shitang decided.

The management is speechless, and the overseas version...

"What about magazine positioning!" Wang Yue asked again.

In the past, science fiction literature was only science fiction novels, but now the name Xitang... I won't stop it!

There is no need to think about this, Li Shitang has been thinking about it, and he immediately replied: "Xitang literature, only pure literary works, poems, essays, short novels, not allowed to reprint news articles, not allowed to appear in interviews with film and television celebrities, not allowed to appear in bloody stories, not allowed to appear in chicken soup for the soul..."

As soon as these four prohibitions came out, Wang Yue's heart hurt: "We buy fewer magazines now, if you want to do it like this again, it will be too high and low, besides, purely literary things, not many people read them at all..."

Li Shitang waved his hand: "It's not the fault of literature that no one reads pure literature, but the fault of this society, if you want to say that it doesn't matter if the song is high or low, I won't give you a quota for how much this Xitang literature can sell, but I can't miss any of the standards I said!" ”

Wang Yue really wants to pat the table and leave now, it's a shame that he was moved by this child's intimate behavior in the afternoon!

Now this kid is doing this?

"Then most of the people we signed are science fiction authors, if you are so determined, maybe most of the articles that appear in Xitang literature by then will be science fiction articles..."Su Xin stretched out his hand and asked.

Li Shitang frowned, he doesn't like science fiction very much, he prefers martial arts~

But there are dozens of authors on the science fiction side who are eating with science fiction literature, and he can't be so ruthless!

"Then open another issue?" Li Shitang asked.

Wang Yue was speechless, this really wants to come out of it!

"It's called Xitang Science Fiction!" Li Shitang decided immediately.

Wang Yue really wants to leave!

"As for the Xitang paintings, as long as it's an interesting anime, it's all on board, by the way, have you ever seen the Dream Eater?" Li Shitang asked.

A group of editors shook their heads in unison.

Li Shitang was speechless: "How can you not watch this kind of anime that tells about things in the industry, "Dream Eater", "White Box", "This is the Voice Actor", you all go and watch it, and we will study and study it in the future, and we will also go through this mode!" ”

"We're going to do anime?" Wang Yue asked in surprise.

"Yes, I've already contacted the animation company, and I guess I will be able to move in another half a month..."Li Shitang nodded.

Wang Yue finally made up his mind: "This, if there are so many departments, I feel that I am a little..."

"For the issue of our company's contracted authors, I think the rules should be changed, and the buyout agreement should be abolished in the future, and all of them will be changed to a fixed manuscript fee for the magazine, and a single book will be shared, and if it is a serialized long-form comic, it will be cut off when the grades are poor! By the way, Editor-in-Chief Wang, what did you just say? Li Shitang asked.

Wang Yueteng stood up with a voice: "You can't do this!" ”

Li Shitang was speechless: "What's wrong with this, isn't it good?" ”

"You're discouraging them!" Wang Yue said angrily: "Chinese comics are already struggling, we have to take good care of a few good seedlings, if you do this, if they have poor grades, they may collapse on the road of comics!" ”

Li Shitang's eyes also cooled: "So even if they don't draw bullshit, I still have to coax it?" ”

Wang Yue nodded: "No one is born to be a great cartoonist, they all need to progress and grow!" ”

Li Shitang shook his head, what is needed for progress and growth is not spring breeze and sunshine, but thunder and heavy rain!

"I prefer to believe that there are countless comic geniuses in China, and as long as they are given the opportunity, they can stand out!" Li Shitang said.

He's seen countless talented book artists.,That kind of drawing skills is not inferior even if it's compared to Japanese cartoonists.。

It's a pity that it seems to be in a crooked place...

Wang Yue sat down angrily, and never mentioned this kind of thing anymore, but he had already made up his mind to let those signed authors grow up and improve, and he must not let this arrogant kid be eliminated.

As for leaving?

He really didn't feel at ease about handing over the magazine he had worked for decades to such an irresponsible young man!

"Finally, there's Future, a magazine that's the focus, the focus of the focus!" Li Shitang said.

Chen Xiangsheng's smiling face shrank slightly.

"I'm sure you all know the magazines "Nature", "Science", "Mathematics", Li Shitang looked at everyone.

Everyone nodded hesitantly, but why mention people, the new attitude of science and technology was originally dedicated to reporting on the release and evaluation of mobile phones and computers...

"These authoritative magazines are the goal of "Future" to catch up with and surpass in the future!" Li Shitang's words are categorical.

"In the future, this journal only includes papers from physics, chemistry, biology, and mathematics, and I find that I don't want to see which professors in it will publish other people's manuscripts in our magazine after deleting and modifying them, and I don't want to see the evaluation of Redmi phones on it when no one submits, if no one submits, then even if there is only one article in this magazine, then send this one out, if there is no one, then stop one issue! Chen Xiangsheng, you can be an editor-in-chief, you can also have the ability to come, and when the time comes, you can make requests from all over the country and the world, as long as it is weighty, you can publish it! ”

Chen Xiangsheng now understands that this kid may be the three fires of the new official, no matter who he is, he is always full of interest when he does something at the beginning, and after experiencing ups and downs and seeing failure, he will naturally know how to retreat.

Chen Xiangsheng, who understood this, did not question it like Wang Yue, but nodded silently, indicating that he had accepted it.

Li Shitang nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand, and dismissed the meeting.

He entered the office that had already been decorated, stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looked at the bright moon outside the window, and suddenly wanted to say: "I am the king of the world!" ”

But it's just a matter of thinking.

With these reforms of the magazine, he actually didn't have any confidence in making money, but he used to read all kinds of strange contents of domestic magazines, the authority of foreign scientific magazines, and the pathological psychology of some professors who were proud to be featured in foreign magazines...

He just felt uncomfortable, really, he wanted to do something.

It's a pity that his own books have been hitting the streets at that time, so how can he have the ability to care about others?

But now it's different, at least, he has some capital!

He had the possibility to change all that!