After Dong Jiacheng took over the manuscript, someone in the office area finally reacted at this time. The conversation between Dong Jiacheng and Ning Zhichu was not long, just three or four minutes. Originally, the girl who got together to talk about the better cosmetics dispersed in a hurry, especially the female front desk, she knew that her relatives shoehorned herself in, she was a relation, and she was usually careless at work, and came to work with the attitude of being a monk for a day and hitting the clock for a day. But that was when Boss Dong was not on the scene, after all, she was not small, and she knew some things that should not be done on the surface, so she was not at her post in front of Boss Dong, although she was not worried about being fired, but she would always be embarrassed and uncomfortable in her heart.

However, Gu Qinglan's face turned white. Ning Zhichu and Jia Junpeng, one of them is not suitable for the current environment, only Ning Zhichu is looking forward, and only sits in his position and stares at the coffee table; The other ignored Gu Qinglan's face and sat on the sofa contentedly, holding the teacup brought by Gu Qinglan, while silently looking at Dong Jiacheng's face, and figured out the changes in Guò's face to determine how to negotiate in the future.

To tell the truth, Dong Jiacheng has seen countless self-recommendation or finding connections to put the manuscript in front of his eyes, either arrogant or domineering, but he has never been as confident as today's child, who is only about fifteen or sixteen years old. Therefore, he was also curious whether the manuscript in his hand was as warm as jade, hiding a large gold mine.

Dong Jiacheng opened the manuscript composed of student notebooks, on which were written the three big characters of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", and after turning the first page, he saw two big words written in the middle of the top of the first page, "Introduction", and then the introduction content:

"Tomb robbing is not sightseeing, not poetry, not painting and embroidery, not so elegant, so leisurely strolling, affectionate and silent, so heaven and earth. Tomb robbing is a technique, a technique for destruction...... The great warlord Sun Dianying wanted to dig up the Dongling, use the treasures inside as military salaries, mobilize a large number of troops, and it took five or six days to dig and blow up, and its sturdiness can be imagined....... if you want to find those ancient tombs that have been hidden in the ground for a long time, and there are no marks on the ground, then you need certain technology and special tools, iron drills, Luoyang shovels, bamboo nails, drilling dragons, probing claws, black folds and other tools came into being......... There are also a very small number of people who have mastered the secret arts, can interpret the veins of mountains and rivers through guò, and use the ability to look at feng shui to find tombs. I fall into the last category.

I have traveled all over the place, during which I have experienced many strange and bizarre events, if one by one confessed, it is enough to make the audience shocked, and the listener is shocked, after all, those dragon-shaped tiger hides, uncover the sky, and turn the sea and the river are extraordinary.

These deeds must start with a remnant book left by my grandfather, "The Secret Art of Yin and Yang Feng Shui", the second half of which was somehow torn off, leaving only this chapter on the secret art of Feng Shui, most of which are unique secret techniques such as interpreting the feng shui pattern of the tomb......"

Dong Jiacheng was fascinated all of a sudden, and read seven or eight chapters in a row. It's not that he didn't expect that maybe the publication value of the manuscript in his hand would be very high, but he didn't expect to pick up a treasure, and he just thought that the manuscript of this book might be more personalized prose or poetry than ordinary people, who would have thought that it would be such an imaginative novel. For this kind of thing, he has encountered it, for example, Lin Shilang, who is now in the second year of junior high school in Xinyang City, has shocked him. There is no one who has read Lin Shilang's manuscript who does not admire, especially the famous writer of Xinyang City, and the vice chairman of the Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles, who once praised "the pen is alone" and "mourns the pear and cuts". However, these are sincere praise or flattery, Dong Jiacheng would rather choose the latter, after all, not everyone has a father who is a deputy mayor, although Dong Jiacheng feels that Lin Shilang's article is much better than that of his peers.

When Dong Jiacheng saw half of it, he decided to hold the copyright of this "Ghost Blowing Lantern: Exquisite Ancient City" in his hands, on the one hand, from the perspective of the readability of the novel, this "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" is a good article; On the other hand, from the perspective of market and profit, this "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" is just right for Xinyang City and even the surrounding environment of Xinyang City.

Xinyang City, located in the Fengjiang Delta, was established after the reform of the national system, and it has only been 56 years since the establishment of the city, and there is no ancient tomb or emperor burial place in the jurisdiction. On the contrary, because Xinyang City is located in the land of the Southern Barbarians in terms of geographical location and history and humanities, it is particularly interested in wild words and ghosts. Although "Ghost Blows the Lantern" tells the story of three contemporary tomb robbers who use feng shui secrets to find underground treasures, what is presented to readers is a bizarre and bizarre adventure story, Dong Jiacheng is sure that as soon as this book is published, it will definitely cause a reading frenzy in Xinyang City and even Fengjiang City, Xinshui City, Daning City and other cities next door in the Fengjiang Delta.

Since he made up his mind to get the copyright of this novel, Dong Jiacheng didn't care about Ning Zhichu on the other side, he was bored, no longer reading it, but sinking into his mind and reading it paragraph by paragraph, and by the time Dong Jiacheng finished reading half of the manuscript, it was already an hour later.

After reading it, Dong Jiacheng, who still felt endless aftertaste, didn't see the following at the end, and couldn't help but say: "Hey, what's next?" Why is it gone? ”

Ning Zhichu, who was awakened by Dong Jiacheng's sound of closing the manuscript, rolled his eyes: "Boss Dong, this is just the first half of the first volume of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp". As for the full text, it depends on what you and I talk about. ”

Dong Jiacheng smiled awkwardly, and asked Gu Qinglan at the front desk to fill the teacups in front of Ning Zhichu and Jia Junpeng with tea, frowning and thinking for a few seconds, as if thinking about how to quote to maximize profits: "Mr. Ning, I will pay 500,000 to buy out the copyright of this book." ”

Hearing this offer, Ning Zhichu sneered in his heart, "Boss Dong, if you are so insincere, then we don't have to talk about it." ”

Dong Jiacheng immediately retorted: "Mr. Ning, I am very sincere, 500,000 is a lot. Besides, no one has ever written a novel like this before, and the market outlook is very unclear. Our publishing house is willing to offer such a price, on the one hand, we want to train new talents, and on the other hand, we also want to understand the market. ”

Ning Zhichu shook his head: "Boss Dong, that's not what you said. Our Xinyang City has a population of nearly 7 million, of which at least 500,000 or 600,000 are spent on books every year, plus the surrounding cities such as Fengjiang City, Daning City, and Xinshui City, I think even if my novel is only sold in cities within the Fengjiang Delta, the audience will be at least one million. Then if the price of the book is set at 25 yuan, you can earn more than 20 million. But look at it, you are only willing to pay 500,000, are you calling Hanako? ”

Dong Jiacheng said bitterly when he heard this: "Hey, Mr. Ning, this is not the case. Labor costs, logistics costs, printing costs, etc., are all big expenses. Besides, whether we can sell 1 million copies, we don't know if we have any questions. Well, I'm adding a hundred thousand, six hundred thousand. This is also for the sake of my liking this novel, if we don't publish a novel in Xinyang City, it will only be more than 400,000 at most. ”

"600,000 is still too little," Ning Zhichu shook his head, although he knew that the newcomer price that Dong Jiacheng just said was indeed the same thing, but the price of this novel involved the cost of treating his grandfather, but Ning Zhichu refused to let go, "I still have a later episode, a total of 8 volumes, it is good for your publishing house to cultivate readers, do you only want the copyright of the first part?" ”

………

Ning Zhichu and Dong Jiacheng had a verbal battle, arguing back and forth for more than half an hour, and then a consensus was reached: Dong Jiacheng, in the name of Shiai Book Publishing House, used 700,000 cash + 5/10,000 of the shares after exceeding 700,000 copies to buy the copyright of the first and second volumes of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" written by Ning Zhichu, and has the right of first refusal to purchase the copyrights of the following parts. In addition, Ning Zhichu also needs to hold two signing meetings at Shiai Bookstore, and the specific time is subject to the actual negotiation.

Dong Jiacheng, who finally bought this book in his arms, asked the company's legal counsel to draft the copyright contract, touched the sweat on his head, and laughed: "Hey, Brother Ning, you are the first person I have met who can bargain so much." Later, we will sign the contract, brother, please you and your brother, go to the Belle Seafood Restaurant for a drink. ”

Ning Zhichu was also very happy to be able to negotiate cooperation, but when he heard Dong Jiacheng say this, Ning Zhichu couldn't hide his age: "Boss Dong, although I really want to have a whole drink with you, I can't sign this contract yet." ”

PS: The plot of this chapter to discuss the copyright of book publishing is fictional, please do not take it seriously.