Chapter 105: The Name of a Famous Master
After Mama Tea finished speaking, the deputy editor-in-chief next to him Sanjie also nodded and said: "The recent number of submissions from our magazine is limited, and the quality is uneven, and our contracted writers are very famous, I have also talked to him for a long time over there, although he is an old writer, but recently he himself said that he is under a lot of pressure, and he has discussed to finish his serialized "Spirit Sword", if Qixi's work is finished ahead of schedule, then there is no manuscript that we can get our hands on at all. If there are no good works in the future, I'm afraid our efficiency will continue to decline."
"Don't I know that you are telling me this. 'I'm not listening to you complaining here, I'm going to listen to your rectification! Listening to the analysis of the people below, Shang Zhiyang's face turned cold and he said in an aggravated tone.
Listening to the anger of Shang Zhiyang, the editor-in-chief of the magazine, the small editors below were even more silent, and the editor-in-chief of the fantasy column, Sunshine, frowned and hesitated for a long time and said: "In our magazine, many well-known old writers will not contribute to us, and the new manuscripts received are all small white texts, and there are no good manuscripts at all.
Listening to the sunshine's construction, Shang Zhiyang nodded slightly, and said: "It is not advisable to increase the manuscript fee, after all, many well-known writers choose to serialize in the magazine not for that little manuscript fee, most of them are still for their pen names to accumulate popularity, easy to publish, with the circulation of our magazine, even if the manuscript fee is raised, they can't look down on it." Another one about poaching well-known writers can be implemented, after all, this is a good way to increase circulation immediately! ”
After a pause, Shang Zhiyang continued: "In this way, all of our editors will mobilize their own relationships and find those well-known writers to make appointments, although the manuscript fee is mentioned, as long as someone is willing to come, the manuscript fee is definitely not a problem!" ”
Deputy editor-in-chief Sanjie is an old veteran of the magazine, and his contacts are relatively wide, at this time, when he heard that the editor-in-chief Shang Zhiyang decided to poach, he was a little prescient and said with a proud smile: "Speaking of this famous writer's manuscript, I have a writer here who is talking, and the other party also wants to come, but I don't have much authority in terms of manuscript fees, so"
Sanjie said and stopped, and the editor-in-chief Shang Zhiyang heard Sanjie's words and raised some interest and said: "Oh, who is it, as long as it is famous and the price is negotiable, our top priority now is to stabilize the decline in circulation, and as for profitability, it is secondary!" ”
Shang Zhiyang is right, now their magazine sales channels are already a little big and don't want their own subscriptions, after all, it's not easy for anyone to squeeze most of the goods in a batch, if their magazine is not improving, don't wait for someone to cut off the channel, I'm afraid they will close their doors early.'
"Oh, it's Gu Qingyang, the author of "Lin Xian", who is quite a big writer in fantasy literature, and a copy of "Lin Xian" has made him famous in the novel world!" Speaking of Gu Qingyang, who he had made an appointment, Sanjie said with a superior pride on his face. After all, I have done a really good job in this matter, and other editors have not considered it, and I have already laid out the situation early, so my impression on the editor-in-chief has improved a lot.
"Gu Qingyang, his fame is not small, but the one he can get his hands on is the book "Linxian", it was all a few years ago, in recent years, I heard that several of his new books have not been released very well, I am afraid of his current level" When the editors heard what Sanjie said about Gu Qingyang, Mama Tea on the side couldn't help but analyze.
As soon as Sanjie heard Mamacha's words, his face that was smiling just now suddenly became a little unsightly, hehe, Gu Qingyang is not good, can you? You are Chi Guoguo's jealousy, you don't have the ability to make an appointment with a famous person to know how to hit others.
Thinking like this in his heart, Sanjie's face was a little embarrassed, and his retort was somewhat angry: "Hehe, Editor-in-Chief Li, you said that Gu Qingyang's level is not good, then you are recruiting one!" ”
Mama Tea is his pen name, his real name is Li Gang, at this time hearing the cynicism of Sanjie, Mama Tea couldn't help frowning slightly, and her heart was also a little uncomfortable, her original intention was to talk about things and not have any prejudice against his Sanjie, and this Sanjie's heart is really too small, you can do this for a simple normal discussion.
Hearing him choke, Mama Tea couldn't help but explain with righteous words: "Sanjie editor, I don't mean anything else, I'm just a normal analysis, please don't be emotional!" ”
Mama Tea and Sanjie belong to two columns, but there are more or less competitive relationships, and there are inevitably some small frictions on weekdays, listening to Mama Tea's riposte, Sanjie over there immediately exploded: "What love do I bring, I"
Seeing that a good meeting in the office was about to turn into a vegetable market, Shang Zhiyang, as the editor-in-chief, couldn't help but line up the table and shouted: "Okay, this is a meeting, what are you doing!" ”
Seeing that the editor-in-chief was angry, both of them stopped the intention of fighting, and each swallowed the words back into their stomachs.
"What is Gu Qingyang's level, you have a specific check on the three precepts, but his reputation is beyond doubt, in terms of price, you can boldly talk to the other party, even if it is a thousand words, we can afford it!" Shang Zhiyang waved his hand, but said with a somewhat broken posture.
"We have talked about these problems directly, his new book is his meticulous work, according to his own prediction that the quality is definitely the same as the popular "Lin Xian", as for the price, the meaning he revealed has to be at least 00 up!" After listening to the editor-in-chief Shang Zhiyang's decision, Sanjie here took a provocative look at Mama Tea on the opposite side and then told what he had learned.
The manuscript fee of the nineties magazine is not much different from that of later generations, and the price rarely changes for decades, like the first-line old magazines, such as "Story Club", the price of newcomers can be given 100 words per 100, not to mention nominators, "Bosom Friend" can even give a newcomer price of 200 words per 1,000 words.
And like the second-tier magazine "Sprout" and the like, it is slightly inferior, after all, there is a gap between the income and the first-line, and most of them are 0~200 words per thousand.