"Are you...... Wen Xun? "An old man with a yellow nose and big hair...... Oh, a big-nosed, yellow-haired foreigner asked in very awkward Chinese.

"Ni...... Howe, the nest makes Wen Xun. Wen Xun smiled and stretched out his hand, saying in his mouth an accent that was more like a foreigner speaking Chinese than a foreigner.

"Haha, you're humorous!" The foreigner shook hands with Wen Xun and praised Wen Xun at the same time.

"Thanks, but forget it. I know that the word humor in Latin originally means bodily fluids......" Wen Xun said very cleverly at this time.

After greeting for a while, the foreigner began to ask Wen Xun curiously: "No offense, but what I want to know is, why did you come to my office with the person from the Yuqing District Publishing House next to you?" ”

"Because I'm his partner." Wen Xun shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile.

Hearing Wen Xun's words, the foreigner was obviously surprised. This foreigner is the manager of the book selection department of the legendary Bertelsmann China Company, and because of his work, he still knows about Wen Xun. Originally, he thought that Wen Xun was just a rookie author signed by the publishing house where Lan Yang worked. I didn't expect to hear about this shocking thing now!

Yes, the cooperative relationship between Wen Xun and Lanyang is basically unknown to the outside world. In the past, when Wen Xun was preparing to sign a contract, the editors of other publishing houses heard only the conditions offered by Lan Yang, and did not hear Wen Xun's request to repay the money in the end.

But at this time, the shocked foreigner suddenly thought of something, he looked at Wen Xun and Lan Yang in surprise, and slowly asked, "Could it be that the book you came to recommend this time is your new book?" ”

"Yes, but this new book is not my name, and I will use a pseudonym instead." Wen Xun went straight to the point and directly stated his plan.

"What? You...... You ......" The foreigner really wanted to say that Wen Xun was crazy at this time, and he didn't understand Wen Xun's actions at all. Why would a newcomer to fame abandon his byline in favor of a new pen name that is not well known? It's not a market at all! It's not capitalist at all! It's not profit maximizing at all!

"Just like Michael Jordan chose to retire to play baseball a few years ago, sometimes I need a new challenge. Note" Wen Xun shrugged his shoulders very easily and said.

Hearing Wen Xun's words, this foreigner didn't understand it very much, but he felt that he didn't need to persuade Wen Xun to anything. He thought for a while, and just said: "Then I hope you understand one thing, if you give up your already famous pen name, then even if we Bertelsmann choose to cooperate with the two of you, the purchase volume will be much less than using the pen name Wen Xun......"

This foreigner's words are really ...... In business! Wen Xun really can't hear this, as a more traditional Chinese, Wen Xun is really not used to hearing such direct words. "Well, then you should think about it, especially if you haven't read my new book yet, or you should really pray that your boss won't hear what you just said......"

Isn't it just cruel words, when Wen Xun can't still get it? Let go of the mouth cannon, scare people, threaten people, this is all what Wen Xun left back then!

Sure enough, after hearing Wen Xun's words, the foreigner was obviously stunned for a moment, he hadn't thought of this question yet. Originally, what he said was to warn Wen Xun about the consequences of giving up his pen name, but he didn't expect that this would make him look quite unprofessional! What should his profession be? It should be to judge the commercial potential of each book! While pen names are an important component, they are not the whole business potential! Otherwise, their American counterparts shouldn't have published any more books after Stephen King, the master of sci-fi horror, got into a car accident!

Speaking of which, Wen Xun didn't plan to continue arguing with the other party, he took out his first manuscript of 300,000 words from his bag, put it on the foreigner's desk, and then got up to say goodbye to Lan Yang.

Out of the office building, walking to the McDonald's across the street, Wen Xun found Lu Yuqing, who was waiting for him. The place where he and Lan Yang came was on Fuzhou Road, where Songjiang Book City was located. Bertelsmann China is headquartered here, in an office building on the 5th floor of the Cultural Mall.

"You're done talking so soon?" Lu Yuqing was surprised to see Wen Xun sitting next to her, and asked with wide eyes.

"What is there to talk about with a hairy man, it's over after three or two sentences, where are you going to eat with him?" Wen Xun said a little unpleasantly.

"Yo, full of hair? Male? Isn't this your favorite image of Elder Sun? Why, don't you want to be intimate with Elder Sun? Do you want to meet a female foreigner? Lu Yuqing was very keen to find that Wen Xun was in a bad mood, so she thought of ways to make Wen Xun happy.

"Forget it, the female foreigner also saw it in their office just now, and I went there, the pores on the face are thick, and the appearance is long...... Oops, that's cruel. I only think now, if Chinese is ugly, this is the Creator's omission, if the foreigner is ugly, it is really the Creator's bad taste......" Wen Xun thought of the few foreign girls he saw in the office just now, and said, "So I came back to you, you are still my favorite Elder Sun, who has clear eyebrows, fair skin, black hair and black eyes, is still my favorite......"

"You little slippery head, why are you so flamboyant now, huh?" Lu Yuqing originally wanted to tease Wen Xun, but she was surprised to find that she seemed to have turned on Wen Xun's transformation button, why did Wen Xun suddenly seem to be a lot broken? Will you still flirt with people?

"Hehe......" Wen Xun smiled a little awkwardly, not explaining anything. He also found that he seemed to have changed a little, probably because he was in a bad mood, which made his original character of poisonous tongue and chatter a little flare-up, if it was normal, he could definitely control this character.

"Forget it, don't talk about this, how are you, have you eaten well? Shall I go with you to pack your things? Wen Xun looked at Lu Yuqing very gently and said, his voice was quite low, with a bit of magnetism that is rare for boys of the same age.

This made Lu Yuqing burst into tears when she heard it. What did she leave her hometown to work in Songjiang for? Now that she has no relatives, that is, Wen Xun is good to her. For a while, she felt that Wen Xun was very kind, and she was as kind as family.

"En......" Although Lu Yuqing didn't want to go back to that sad place, she also knew that she still had to go back. So, he agreed to Wen Xun's request......

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Michael Jordan's first retirement was actually because his dad was shot, and I read Joe's autobiography back then.