"Old Mo, I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't agree to your request." Editor-in-chief Xiao finally clarified his attitude.

"Oh? Why? ”

"Because, next year's spring and summer volume of our magazine's special issue of novels will also rely on the main part of "Brothers", if you let you launch a single book at the same time, I am afraid it will have a huge impact on us, this, can you understand? Old Mo. Editor-in-chief Xiao explained.

"But, but, it's all for the training of young writers! They are all units of the state, whether it is Harvest Magazine or our writers' club, they are all fraternal units, and they attach too much importance to interests, right? Vice President Mo said a little unhappily that he was very unhappy.

How so?

I talk to you about friendship, and you talk to me about interests.

What a discord!

"Huh!" Editor-in-Chief Xiao smiled again, "Old Mo, it's not okay if you don't talk about interests!" If we don't sell a few more magazines, how can our magazines survive and develop? You have to figure this out, we can't compare with your writers' club! ”

She used such a sentence to block Vice President Mo back.

It's all in this era, and you still talk about style, isn't that stupid?

"Editor-in-Chief Xiao, I think that even if we publish a single book at the same time, it won't have much impact on you, right?" Vice President Mo was angry for a while, and it took a long time to say.

"It's not big, at most, let's sell one or two hundred thousand fewer magazines." Editor-in-Chief Xiao said with a faint smile.

One or two hundred thousand copies of a magazine, that is, one or two million yards of ocean, a profit of hundreds of thousands, for a big society like the writers' club, that is also a lot of money.

Vice President Mo was speechless for a while.

He didn't know what to say.

He didn't expect that just a simple request would be pulled into a conflict of interests by the other party.

However, Vice President Mo thought about it carefully, why didn't he see the hot sales of the "Harvest" 97 novel special issue autumn and winter volume on "Brothers", and wanted to grab a large piece of meat to eat?

Plainly. I'm the one who wants to stretch out his chopsticks and put meat in someone's pot to eat.

It's no wonder that Editor-in-Chief Xiao is so unkind.

"Old Mo, if it's okay, I'll hang up." Editor-in-chief Xiao said.

"Oh, okay. Then Xiaomin, I won't bother you. Vice President Mo scratched his head in embarrassment and said.

Hanging up the phone, Editor-in-Chief Xiao was very annoyed, and she was pacing around in the living room. muttered to himself: "This old Mo, why is this like this?" How so? If you want to grab the benefits of the harvest, you have to use high-sounding words to oppress people, which makes me angry. ”

"Harvest" is a very special existence in the domestic literary world.

Because of the insistence of the old man Ba Jin, he did not want a penny of the state's funds for running the magazine, and refused any commercial sponsorship and advertising. It is sticking to the pure high ground of literature.

Therefore, after so many years, "Harvest" has actually stumbled and not smooth.

"Harvest" is already like this. The writers' club also came to fall into the ground, which is really unbearable.

And over there, Vice President Mo hung up the phone, and he was also full of unhappiness.

Although he realized that his motives were not pure, and it was normal to be rejected by others, he was still a little unwilling. As Editor-in-Chief Xiao just said, if a single book is launched at the same time as the magazine, it will be the magazine that suffers. However, if a long article that has been published in a magazine, especially a sensational long article, it will be published in a single book. In fact, the sales of single books will be greatly reduced.

After all, before the single book, the magazine has been published, and the readers who should consume have also bought the magazine and read it, so it is no wonder that the sales of the single book are not affected!

Unless there is a case where the magazine publishes a long, abridged version. The single book is launched in the full version, so the single book may be less negatively affected.

However, when "Harvest" published "Brothers", it didn't even cut a word, it was all published in its entirety......

This is also the main reason why Vice President Mo wants to launch the lower part of "Brothers" at the same time as Harvest.

"No! Gotta figure figure it out. Vice President Mo couldn't swallow this breath.

What if the writer himself asked for a retraction from the harvest, he thought? Wouldn't it be better to withdraw "Brothers" from "Harvest" and hand it over to the publishing house to launch it?

He naturally knew that if he did that, he might tear his face with Editor-in-Chief Xiao.

Vice President Mo hesitated.

In the end, he gritted his teeth and decided that he still wanted to give it a try.

He picked up the phone on the table again, and he wanted to call Li Tianran, let Li Tianran contact Xiao Fei, and promise Xiao Fei a high remuneration to see if Xiao Fei could be withdrawn from the harvest.

Just a business friend.

If you offend, you will be offended.

Vice President Meng thought.

He originally wanted to call Xiao Fei in person, but then he thought that he would not be able to turn around, so it would be better to let his subordinates do it.

Li Tianran is also unlucky.

As soon as he got home, the paging in his waist rang.

When I took it out, it was sent by Vice President Meng: Hurry back to the office.

Li Tianran wailed: "My Sunday! Does this still make people live in peace for a while? Why is there so much to do? ”

Complaining is complaining, Li Tianran hurried home and immediately called Vice President Meng's office: "Hello Mr. Meng, do you have something to look for me?" ”

"That's right! That, Xiao Li, you can call Xiao Fei, and you will tell him that our writers' club will give him a remuneration of 1,000 words and 100 yuan, and then give him 9% of the royalties, and there is only one requirement, he needs to withdraw the manuscript from Harvest Magazine, and "Brother" will be directly handed over to our club for publication and distribution. Vice President Meng commanded simply.

"Huh? Mr. Meng, this, isn't this okay? I heard that Xiao Fei has a very good relationship with Harvest Magazine, so to speak, Xiao Fei was praised by "Harvest", will doing this cause Xiao Fei to be more disgusted? Li Tianran was taken aback and hurriedly said.

"The most important relationship between people is the relationship of interests, "Harvest" is kind to Xiao Fei, but it has also won a lot of benefits by launching Xiao Fei's works, do you think, "Harvest" has sold so many magazines by relying on Xiao Fei's works, did they give Xiao Fei an extra penny for the manuscript? Didn't you? Or 80 yuan per thousand words, and there are no other extra rewards, right? It is estimated that Xiao Fei has already complained in his heart. Vice President Meng said eloquently.

Li Tianran felt that Vice President Meng seemed to be justified to a certain extent.

But he was still a little uneasy.

"Mr. Meng, judging from media reports, Xiao Fei is the kind of person who attaches great importance to feelings, and he is also very sincere and trustworthy." Li Tianran said.

"Okay, okay, don't say so much, do as I say, go and give Xiao Fei a call, market competition, this is also very normal." Vice President Meng said.

"Okay, I'll go fight." Li Tianran agreed with a sad face.

Putting down the phone, Li Tianran hesitated for a long time, sighed, and called Xiao Fei on his mobile phone, he felt that doing this by himself was like being a thief, and his heart was not steady.

He dialed Xiao Fei's mobile phone.

While dialing, he muttered in his mouth: "Can't get through, can't get through, it's good if the mobile phone is turned off, it's better not to get through." ”

However, it backfired, and Xiao Fei's mobile phone was connected as soon as he made a call.

And, soon someone picked it up.

At this time, Xiao Fei was sitting in the library with Xu Fengjuan reading a book.

As soon as he saw that an unfamiliar number had come in, he patted Xu Fengjuan, picked up his mobile phone and walked quickly to the door.

"Hello? Who is it? ”

"Teacher Xiao, I'm Li Tianran." Li Tianran said apprehensively.

"Oh, hello Mr. Li, what's the matter?" Xiao Fei had a headache for a while, this is how big it is, and he called again, there are too many things, right?

"That's right, Mr. Xiao, that, that, our deputy editor-in-chief Meng just called me and explained to me something, to be honest, I'm really embarrassed to say it." Li naturally swallowed.

"Huh!" Xiao Fei smiled, "I'm embarrassed to say it, so I won't say it." ”

He thinks Li Tianran is quite interesting, and he is quite sincere and honest.

"Ahh That's not good, the task assigned by the leader must be told to you. Li Tianran hurriedly said.

"Then let's talk about it!" Xiao Fei laughed.

"That's the case, our deputy editor-in-chief wants me to ask you, if our club gives you a manuscript fee of 1,000 words and 100 yuan, and then gives you 9% royalties, can you withdraw the lower part of "Brothers" from "Harvest" and directly hand it over to our agency for publication?"

Li Tianran said with difficulty what Vice President Meng had confessed.

"Huh!" Xiao Fei laughed again without sarcasm.

Before, the writers' club didn't give him such a high manuscript fee, but only gave him a manuscript fee of 30 yuan and 1,000 words and a 5% royalty.

To be honest, Xiao Fei didn't pay attention to this manuscript fee at all.

But now, the writer's club uses the trick of manuscript fee to force itself to withdraw from the harvest, which is too inauthentic!

"How? Xiao Fei, is it okay? Li Tianran was even more worried, for this young man, he had heard too much of his deeds, and knew that Xiao Fei was not a person who played cards according to common sense.

"Mr. Li, let me tell you the truth, no matter how high the manuscript fee is given to me, I will not withdraw the manuscript from "Harvest", you can report it to your leaders, and I think that the behavior of the writers' club is a bit unatmospheric, and I am a little disappointed in this." Xiao Fei said unabashedly.

"Oh, I know, our Vice President Meng is also passionate about love, so I have such an idea, I hope Mr. Xiao will not take it to heart!"

Li Tianran got the expected reply, and Xiao Fei's answer was quite tough, so tough that it made people uneasy, which made Li Tianran very startled, and hurriedly said.

"Hmmm! Mr. Li, I hope this will not happen again. Xiao Fei said.

After hanging up the phone, Li Tianran called Vice President Meng.

While speaking, he was very apprehensive, afraid that Vice President Meng would be angry.

But what he didn't expect was that after listening, Vice President Meng just smiled: "This young man is affectionate, righteous, and has a lot of personality, yes, I appreciate him very much." ”

Li Tianran was stunned, it seems that Vice President Meng is not angry, what is going on? (To be continued.) )