Chapter 90: A New Fairy Tale?
"Editor-in-Chief Lu is here, what is the big thing on the phone is not the same, and I bother you to come all the way. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"It's been a good day, sit down and rest, I'll pour you a glass of water. It's hard to drive on the road on this rainy day. ”
As soon as they met, before Zhao Yiming could say anything, Ming Xiao greeted him warmly, and the polite greetings did not stop.
We had a great conversation last time. This time, I got the news from my daughter, and let her know that Lu Zecheng came for such a good thing as publishing a book for her son. Ming Xiao is naturally very satisfied with Lu Zecheng, and of course the level of welcome is obviously a notch higher than last time.
On the other hand, Lu Zecheng also smiled and said politely and politely. And Lu Ping was pestered by Zhao Yatong to whisper, and when she entered the door, in addition to saying hello to Ming Xiao, she was busy dealing with Zhao Yatong.
It seemed harmonious at first, no problems at all.
However, if you observe carefully, you will find that whether it is Lu Zecheng or Lu Ping, their faces are a little unnatural. Lu Zecheng is annoyed, and Lu Ping is embarrassed.
The reason for this is still in the two phone calls they had made before.
On the way to Jingxing, Lu Zecheng and Lu Ping called Zhao Yiming's mobile phone and Zhao Yiming's landline respectively. The first person to call was Lu Ping, and when the call reached Zhao Yiming's house, it was Zhao Yatong who answered. Lu Ping knew from the phone that Zhao Yiming was no longer home, and she was about to hang up the phone to call Zhao Yiming's mobile phone, but Zhao Yatong pulled her to chat. She has a good relationship with Zhao Yatong, of course, she can't not give no face at all, so she can only chat with her a few more words.
It doesn't matter if Lu Ping doesn't talk about this, he is a little anxious to talk about Lu Ze's achievements.
Zhao Yiming is not at home, you said that you didn't call Zhao Yiming quickly, what is it to chat with your cousin?
Lu Zecheng was too anxious, and he was a little unreasonable.
Lu Ping chatted with her cousin a few more words, and it was human nature to talk about everything. Besides, it's only a few minutes, what can you delay?
Lu Zecheng also knew that the complaint in his heart was wrong, so he didn't say it. But he was in a hurry, and he always wanted to do something, so he didn't care about the car he was driving, and without waiting for Lu Ping to hang up the phone, he personally called Zhao Yiming.
The phone called, got in touch, told the matter, and sold the guanzi.
After Lu Zecheng hung up the phone, he felt comfortable, especially when his mind flashed, he temporarily changed his words, and did not immediately say the matter of publishing a book to Zhao Yiming, but deliberately sold a pass.
Publishing a book is his biggest bargaining chip in the negotiation with Zhao Yiming this time, how can it be revealed to Zhao Yiming so easily? Good steel should be used on the blade, and the most important weight must of course be thrown at a decisive time, so that the final word can be made.
However, his pride was soon broken by Lu Ping.
After Lu Zecheng hung up the phone, before he could show a smug smile, he heard two conversations from the side that were not very clear, but they were enough for him to understand what they meant.
"Sister Pingping, you ...... Find Mingming...... Thing? ”
"Our editor-in-chief wants to serialize a collection of fairy tales on "Fairy Tale Kingdom" for him."
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Hearing Lu Ping say this, Lu Zecheng's face showed a pride that had not been around for less than a minute, and slowly solidified, and then the whole piece fell, and finally fell into countless pieces. For the next two hours on the road, he was only annoyed, he should first communicate this idea to his subordinates, and then talk about it after unifying his voice.
Lu Ping saw that the editor-in-chief was like this, and he didn't know why, and he looked ignorant. She thought he was not feeling well, and she asked about it several times. Lu Zecheng had no choice but to tell her the reason. Knowing the reason, Lu Ping was embarrassed. It wasn't because she was embarrassed by what she did, and Lu Zecheng didn't inform her in advance, so she couldn't blame her for this. Her embarrassment is that she suddenly found that she had a problem with her position, with relatives on one side and a unit on the other, and it seemed that it was not good to favor either side.
When she arrived at Zhao Yiming's house, Lu Ping finally met her savior, Zhao Yatong. She immediately came up with a plan: I want to chat with Tongtong, and I won't mix today's affairs.
Lu Zecheng didn't know Lu Ping's careful thoughts. Of course, it doesn't matter if he knows, there are some things that must be done by him, the editor-in-chief. Lu Ping can hide, but he can't hide.
After the greetings, everyone sat down separately.
Lu Zecheng spoke first: "Classmate Zhao Yiming, I came to discuss with you this time, I think you are already very clear." Originally, I wanted to sell you a pass, but Xiao Lu recruited first. Let's get straight to the point, let me talk about the specifics. ”
He paused, looked at Lu Ping, and made a helpless look.
When the matter is exposed, do not quibble, do not cover up, admit it generously, and then pass the mistake aside, focusing on what to do after the mistake. The whole process of crisis public relations can be regarded as being used by Lu Zecheng.
In just a few words, I know that he wants to calculate you, but I still can't help but have a good impression of him. If Zhao Yiming didn't have some social experience, these few words would have led him to the ditch.
Listening to Lu Zecheng's seemingly straightforward opening remarks, Zhao Yiming just smiled slightly, did not speak, but continued to wait for his next words.
Ming Xiao wanted to say a few kind words, but seeing that her son didn't speak, she didn't have any words to her mouth. It's been more than two months, and Ming Xiao feels more and more that her son has grown up, and many times what he does has his own reasons, and she doesn't plan to drag her son back. And Lu Ping and Zhao Yatong are still sticking together and biting their ears, but if you are careful, you can find that both of them have their ears erected high.
Lu Zecheng was a little disappointed. He paused after saying a little, just to see what Zhao Yiming's attitude was towards his opening remarks. If he was deceived and forgave him, Lu Zecheng would naturally make some remarks next; If Zhao Yiming is still angry, he will naturally say something else.
But what made him really feel helpless was that Zhao Yiming didn't say anything at all. Don't look at him smiling, Lu Zecheng can't tell at all whether he is happy or angry. Because Zhao Yiming didn't seem to hear the content before his sentence "I'll talk about the specifics" at all, he only seemed to be interested in the content after this sentence.
However, he had to decide the content after the sentence "I'll talk about the specifics" according to Zhao Yiming's reaction. Now that Zhao Yiming has no reaction, what should he say?
Difficult! Difficult! Difficult!
Lu Zecheng muttered in his heart.
But his time was running out. It's okay to pause, but you can't just drag it out, people are waiting for you to talk about it. What's the matter if you're so old and don't talk?
There wasn't much time to think, so Lu Zecheng simply put his mind down.
"Zhao Yiming, our "Fairy Tale Kingdom" is going to publish a collection of short fairy tales that you have serialized in our magazine. We plan to include 26 short stories that you have already published. If you agree, and all goes well, the book will be available in mid-November. ”
"Regarding your remuneration for classmate Zhao Yiming, we offer you two choices. The first is to buy out, our magazine is willing to buy the copyright at a price of 300,000 yuan. The second is the agreed royalty, you as the author, we will give you 15% of the agreed royalty. ”
After saying his offer in one breath, Lu Zecheng felt that his heart was dripping blood. He offered the best offer he could have agreed to.
Lu Zecheng never thought that he would immediately open the hole cards. According to his initial thoughts, he planned to offer a lower condition and slowly bargain with Zhao Yiming. If Zhao Yiming is not satisfied with the price and has to raise it, he can take advantage of the trend to put forward some new requirements, such as the most important one, asking Zhao Yiming to come up with a new fairy tale.
But he didn't fool Zhao Yiming at the beginning, which made Lu Zecheng feel bottomless. He didn't know if Zhao Yiming had become wary of him, and he was even more unsure if Zhao Yiming was annoyed with him.
Lu Zecheng is like this, in the final analysis, Zhao Yiming is the seller's market.
The fairy tale level of Anger's fairy tales is obvious to all. Zhao Yiming is no longer mixed up in "Fairy Tale Kingdom", there are a large number of "Fairy Tale King" waiting to treat him as a guest. But what about "Fairy Tale Kingdom" without Zhao Yiming?
Therefore, Lu Zecheng was destined to not be able to straighten his waist in front of Zhao Yiming. So no matter how well he planned before, as long as he wasn't sure, he didn't dare to take risks.
Zhao Yiming doesn't have as complicated thoughts as Lu Zecheng.
Although I can't believe that "Fairy Tale Kingdom" can give such a generous treatment. But Lu Zecheng said that Zhao Yiming had to figure out which of the two options was more cost-effective.
"Editor-in-Chief Lu, how much are you going to price this book?"
"$18."
Zhao Yiming silently calculated in his heart, 18 yuan a copy, according to a 15% share, I can get two yuan and seven cents if I sell a copy, and I can earn 270,000 yuan by selling 100,000 copies. This is already about the same as the buyout price.
It seems that it is still more profitable. Zhao Yiming is confident that his fairy tales will definitely sell more than 100,000 copies.
However, you won't be able to get the money for a while, and it will take a while for the book to be published and sold. You can't expect the book to sell tens of thousands of copies a day as soon as it goes on the market. And the buyout of 300,000 must be recorded immediately, and Zhao Yiming's skill value will immediately rise, and he will no longer have to be nervous, and he will not need to deduct the rope to redeem this skill book, and he will want to go to the old for a long time.
"I'll divide it."
But after thinking about it for a long time, Zhao Yiming finally didn't choose to buy out.
The skill value immediately increased dramatically, which was of course what he wanted. If in order to solve the urgent need, it is not impossible to lose a little future benefits. However, at present, although his skill value is tight, it is still enough, not to the point where he can't afford to buy a skill book. Moreover, if the book sells well in the future, he only takes 300,000 yuan, and he will regret it when the time comes, and maybe others will laugh at him.
This is a double loss of material and spirit. This kind of thing that outweighs the losses, Zhao Yiming doesn't plan to do it.
So the matter of publishing the book was so happily determined.
However, the time to celebrate is not yet time.
Because Lu Zecheng spoke again: "Classmate Zhao Yiming, the matter of publishing the book has come to an end. So, can we talk a little bit about your new fairy tale? ”