Chapter 58: Stepping Stones

Liu Xubing was speechless, and his face was a little red. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Indeed, Liu Xubing came to Liu Qing to apologize this time, purely because he couldn't wait, and there was really no second way. Otherwise, he would not have given up his face to beg Liu Qing.

But he didn't expect that although Liu Qing was young, he was so smart that he saw through his plan on the spot.

"Teacher Liu Qing, then what do you say, what do I want to do before you are willing to forgive me?" Liu Xubing said in a low voice.

"I have three conditions."

On the way here, Liu Qing thought about it, he raised his finger, and said: "First, terminate the work contract with my Oriental Publishing House, and besides, the publishing house must not ask me for compensation under any pretext. ”

"That's fine." Liu Xubing immediately nodded, "What about the second condition?" ”

Liu Qing said: "Second, all the copyrights of Xun Mengji will not be repaid to me. ”

"That's fine."

Liu Qing said: "Third, due to your reasons, my reputation has been damaged, so I will be compensated for mental damage, reputation fees, lost work expenses, etc., all of which add up to two million Huaxia coins!" ”

"Two million?" Liu Xubing's eyelids jumped, and he gasped, "Teacher Liu Qing...... Can these two million be less? You see, 500,000 is okay? He can also see that Liu Qing has made up his mind to slaughter himself.

"Impossible." Liu Qing shook his head and refused, and said categorically: "Two million, not a penny less." ”

Liu Xubing's face changed, his palms clenched tightly, and he loosened it, repeating it several times, but he still couldn't make a choice.

"Editor-in-chief Liu, think slowly, I won't accompany you if I have something to do." Liu Qing stood up, "But I'll tell you in advance, the next time you come to me, it's not two million but three million!" ”

"Wait a minute!"

Liu Xubing was finally moved, he let out a long breath, made up his mind, and said: "Okay, I promise you, two million mental damages, however, I also have a request." ”

"Say it and I'll listen."

Liu Qing was very happy in his heart, originally the two million mental loss fees, he just tried to put it forward based on Liu Yun's previous hints at himself. If Liu Xubing agrees, it will be regarded as a surprise, and if he does not agree, it will be disgusting to him.

I didn't expect Liu Xubing to agree, if he had known, he should have asked more.

"I promise you these three conditions, but you have to make a statement on your personal Weibo on the Internet, that is, there is a copyright dispute about the book Xun Mengji, which ends here, and there is no longer any contract copyright dispute between Oriental Publishing House and you."

"No problem."

Liu Qing nodded, even if Liu Xubing didn't say it, he would do it. This is a good thing for him, which means that the copyright contract of the book Xun Mengji has finally returned to his hands after going around in a circle.

"Okay, then I'll draft the contract now, and if there are no objections, we'll finish these three things today." Liu Xubing couldn't wait to say, he now hopes that this matter will be resolved as soon as possible.

"Okay." Liu Qing didn't want to rub it off.

So the two came to the Oriental Publishing House, Liu Xubing drafted and printed the contract, stamped the official seal of the unit, this time, Liu Qing carefully read the contract, confirmed that there was no greasy, and waited until the bank text message reminded Liu Qing that two million had arrived, he signed happily and left.

After Liu Qing left, Liu Xubing finally couldn't help but break out.

Smash the cups on the table to pieces!

It's so embarrassing!

originally planned to make a lot of money from the copyright of Xun Mengji, but not only did he not make money, but he lost a lot!

……

"Come Liu Qing, toast to celebrate your return to freedom."

In the evening, Liu Qing and Wang Xiaobo had dinner in a private room of a restaurant.

Liu Xubing's movements were very fast, Liu Qing just left the office with his front foot, and then, not long after, the official Weibo of Oriental Publishing House released a notice on the Internet, the content was very simple.

"The author Liu Qing has reached an agreement with the Oriental Publishing House on the copyright of the book Xun Meng Ji, and all the copyrights of the book Xun Meng Ji will belong to the original author Liu Qing from today, and in addition, the Oriental Publishing House agrees to Liu Qing's application for resignation."

Similarly, Liu Qing also posted similar content on Weibo: "After negotiation with the Oriental Publishing House, all the copyrights of the book Xun Mengji belong to me, and I have resigned from the Oriental Publishing House, and I have nothing to do with it from now on." ”

"Cheers!"

Liu Qing and Wang Xiaobo touched each other, and the two drank it all.

After knowing that Liu Qing had resigned, Wang Xiaobo took the initiative to contact him for dinner, which was called the last dinner. Of course, the purpose is to celebrate Liu Qing.

"Liu Qing, what has happened in the past few days has changed too fast." Wang Xiaobo said with some emotion.

"Yes, a lot has happened." Liu Qing was also a little emotional, and immediately, he asked: "By the way, is Editor-in-Chief Liu Yun going to resign?" ”

"You're well-informed!"

Wang Xiaobo was stunned for a moment, and then a strange smile appeared on his face, "Tell me honestly, how do you know?" Do you have a leg with Editor-in-Chief Liu? Hey. ”

"you, don't talk nonsense."

Liu Qing smiled dumbly, but in his mind, he unconsciously remembered the charming and slender Danfeng eyes.

Liu Yun is different from Jiang Wenwen, Jiang Wenwen is the kind of person who is very stunning at a glance and thinks it looks good, but Liu Yun is more beautiful the more she looks at it, and she is a very attractive type.

In addition, Liu Yun's steadyness, ability, and prudence all made Liu Qing admire.

"Well, that's right, Editor-in-Chief Liu has indeed applied for resignation." Wang Xiaobo restrained his smile and said seriously: "I estimate that Liu Xubing will definitely agree." ”

"Why?" Liu Qing was a little strange, he had heard before that Liu Yun was recruited by Liu Xubing from other places to be the editor-in-chief, and it turned out that Liu Yun was indeed very capable, such a person, logically speaking, Liu Xubing could not let her go easily.

"Hehe, it's easy, because of you."

Wang Xiaobo glanced at him and said, "You were recruited by Editor-in-Chief Liu, and now that so many things have happened, do you think that according to Liu Xubing's temper, you will not be angry with her?" Therefore, her resignation is the best result, and I believe that Liu Xubing will not keep her. ”

Liu Qing suddenly realized.

He felt a little strange in his heart, why was Liu Yun able to judge that Liu Xubing would agree to other additional conditions? However, this matter can only be asked specifically if there is a chance to ask Liu Yun.

"Tell me about you, what are your plans for the future?"

Wang Xiaobo looked at him with some curiosity, "Are you planning to look for a new job, or are you planning to become a professional writer?" By the way, I saw from the author rating website a few days ago that you have risen to the top of the fifth-tier authors, and if you want to be promoted to the fourth-tier author, then you must win the Best Newcomer Award of the Kyoto City Cultural Association this year. ”

"This Best Newcomer Award, in addition to increasing your popularity, is that without this award, you can only become a third-tier author at most, and you will never be a second-tier author, and if a second-tier author does not win the 'Golden Pen Award', he will never become a first-tier author."

"These honors are like a stepping stone, it seems useless, but it must be had, otherwise, you look at so many kinds of awards parties, to put it bluntly, the trophy can't be eaten, why do many people want it? That's why! By the way, didn't the Kyoto City Cultural Association send you an invitation letter before? Looks like it's coming up next week, right? ”

After Wang Xiaobo's reminder, Liu Qing remembered that there was such a thing, and he nodded and said, "Well, that's right, I remember that it seems to be January 7th." ”

Wang Xiaobo said seriously: "Well, you must win this Best Newcomer Award." ”