Chapter 22: Disputes
Boulder Random House, a well-known, world-class publishing group, headquartered in Germany, focuses on popular literature, whether it is "Bones" or "Ice and Fire", it is undoubtedly the best choice to publish in Boulder Random House. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
It's a pity that after so many years of continuous mergers and reorganizations, Boulder Langdon is no longer the Boulder Langdon when Lance worked, in fact, it was not called Boulder Langdon at that time, it was just Jushi Random Publishing Company, and later merged with Random House to change its name to Boulder Langdon, and recently the newspaper just reported that Bertelsmann Media Group is seeking to acquire Boulder Langdon.
If the acquisition is completed, it will give birth to a giant in the publishing industry, and the Bertelsmann Group will have a number of strong publishing subsidiaries, and then it will be reorganized and integrated, and Jushi Random will have a larger channel and market.
There are not many publishing houses with this kind of strength, and Boulder Random is the best choice for Reims.
He had a bad relationship with Stanley, but at least he could get into his office and go to other publishers, and he had to wait for the long publishing process.
"Stanley, after all these years, your vision is still so bad." Lance scoffed that he hadn't come here to ask for alms, and there was no need to curry favor with Stanley.
"But it's me sitting here, not you!" Stanley looked at Lance with a victorious attitude, and said confrontingly: "And you, can only come to ask for my help, maybe you can go to the editorial department, maybe they will find the shining point of this book?" ”
"I still trust the vision of the editors at Boulder Random House, but after all, it is too long, and I know that there are so many manuscripts to be reviewed by the editorial department that I don't want to wait for a moment!" Lance said.
"Hah, what do you want to do? Let me help you pass the review and get the book published? Stanley didn't believe Lance's nonsense at all, he still insisted that it was a garbage novel, and Lance must have found a way to publish it before he had to beg himself, "Seriously, Lance, your temper hasn't changed much, and this is not the attitude you should have when asking for help." ”
"What attitude do you think I should have towards you? Humble? Or weeping and begging you? Lance pouted, "Don't dream, I'm not here today to ask for anything, I'm here to help you!" ”
"Help me? Haha, Lance, what are you talking about? Are you helping me?! Stanley was listening to a joke, and he looked at Lance incredulously, like a madman, "Help me with what?" You're making me amuse?! ”
"Stanley, I'm so disappointed in your eyes, I don't know how you got into the position of director! Such an excellent novel, you can't even read it, ha! Lance continued to taunt, then continued before Stanley could speak, "Think about it, Stanley, what does it mean that you've unearthed a bestseller, and possibly a phenomenal bestseller?" Bertelsmann is looking to acquire, and the Manhattan branch may be the headquarters in the future, where do you want to be a supervisor in the future? Texas? India? Before the acquisition is made, you have to find something to add points to yourself, right? Seriously, with what I know about you, it's probably not easy for you to be decent in the past few years, right? ”
Bertelsmann's acquisition was noisy in the newspapers, and Stanley was not surprised that Lance knew about this, in fact, what Lance said was exactly what he feared, but it was impossible for Lance to convince him with just a few words.
"Just this novel? Lance, I have to admit that you have a little better vision than I do, but no one can guarantee that a book will sell! "I can't, you can't, not even the huge publishing department of Boulder Random House, only God can, put away your little tricks Lance, you're just trying to get published in the novels you represent, aren't you?" But what's the use of that? How many sales will such a novel have even if it is published? The author's fee may not be enough for a month's rent in Manhattan, and how much commission can you, the agent, receive? Or enough for a few burgers? ”
"Shut up Stanley, you don't need to explain whether this novel is good or not, let's leave it all to the editorial department to decide, OK? I'm not here to discuss with you whether the novel is good or bad, and we don't have much in common in this regard. Lance choked.
Stanley felt a rush of fire rush through his head, and he glared at Lance viciously, "No common language? ****! Tell me, then, what are you doing here? Visiting an old friend? Don't pretend, Lance, put away your poor self-esteem, you have to beg for someone, don't you understand after all these years? ”
"Asking for someone?! Stanley, I tell you again, I'm not here to beg you today, on the contrary, about this book, you may need to come to me later, and I hope you can put down your self-esteem when the time comes! Lance also replied loudly, he grabbed the manuscript in front of Stanley, waved it a few times in front of his eyes, and said: "Look at this, Stanley, this book will be taken seriously by any publishing house, I came to you just to hope that you will use the humble power in your hands to advance the review order of the book, so that the editorial department can see the book immediately, so that it can be published faster, understand?" ”
Stanley glared at Lance, gasping heavily, he was really angry, in his opinion, Lance was simply unreasonable, with the bad friendship between the two, he came to beg him to do things and dare to be so justified and full of nonsense, finally, he took a deep breath, and sat in the office chair again, "Get out of Lance, we didn't have a relationship before, I used to be in the Boulder Publishing Company, you pressed me everywhere, and then you did something wrong and left, I haven't seen you for five years, and I don't want to see you again!" ”
Stanley gave up the idea of taunting and attacking Lance, in his opinion, Lance was simply a stinky stone, still as self-righteous as he was back then, it was too difficult to find superiority in him, even if he was now a supervisor, had a bright office, and was dressed more than ten times more valuable than the other party's body, these were useless, Lance didn't seem to care at all.
Stanley even felt like a beggar in costume in front of Lance, but the other party was a down-and-out aristocrat, and the other party didn't care about all his advantages, this feeling was really annoying.