Chapter 161: Su Wen's Ambition
Su Wen tried to think of a lot of words that Fang Chengshi wanted to persuade him, but Fang Chengshi's suggestion was still beyond his expectations!
The other party actually asked him if he was interested in being a major shareholder of the publishing house, which Su Wen did not expect.
I have to say that Fang Chengshi's opinion is very attractive, Su Wen was very interested, he was surprised, and asked repeatedly: "Mr. Fang, what do you mean by being a shareholder, let me invest in Spring and Autumn Publishing House?" ”
On the other side, Ding Lin was obviously taken aback, his eyes were about to pop out, probably he didn't expect Fang Chengshi to suggest it like this, and the other party had not communicated with him in advance.
Fang Chengshi was unhurried, and said with a light smile: "Ding Lin's publishing house is very small, and with your Su Wen's fame, coupled with the hot sales of the physical book "Romeo and Juliet", a lot of big publishing houses want to cooperate with you. Then, no matter what conditions we offer in terms of royalties, you Su Wen will definitely not agree. Isn't it? ”
This looked like asking Su Wen, but in fact, it meant to explain to Ding Lin.
When Ding Lin heard this, he bowed his head slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.
Su Wen smiled but said nothing.
Fang Chengshi said again: "In that case, why not find an agreement that is beneficial to both parties? For example, Su Wen, if you buy a stake in Spring and Autumn Publishing House at a discounted price for the copyright of your work, then the two sides will share the same interests and will naturally be able to cooperate sincerely. Ding Lin, what do you say? ”
President Ding raised his head, his expression was a little strange, and he didn't know what to say for a while.
Fang Chengshi smiled and said, "Ding Lin, you don't have to have an expression that I sold you!" Why do you say that your publishing house wants Su Wen to cooperate with you? To be honest, you asked me to find Su Wen. I'm reluctant because I think your publishing house is a pit right now. I can't fool Su Wen! If it weren't for the sake of you and my classmates for many years, I wouldn't have gotten involved in this troubled water! Now that I've got a foot in it, come in. Then I'll have to do my best to help you with advice. Letting Su Wen take a stake in your publishing house is the best way I can ever get it! Of course, Ding Lin, if you have the perfect countermeasures, then it will naturally be better. ”
Ding Lin sighed for a while and said: "When the Spring and Autumn Publishing House was founded, my father still had a few partners, but later everyone had different ideas and parted ways. The father bought all their shares. Today, the Spring and Autumn Publishing House is the property of our Ding family. I...... I can't let my father down! ”
What he means is that if you can not let others join the shares, you will not buy shares, that is, you do not agree with Fang Chengshi's suggestion.
Su Wen was noncommittal, with a smile on his face.
Fang Chengshi hates that iron does not become steel. almost wanted to give Ding Lin a slap in the face, in fact, he asked Su Wen to take a stake in the Spring and Autumn Publishing House, in addition to wanting Ding Lin to get through the current difficulties, but also to help him develop in the future.
Fang Chengshi was the first literati to come into contact with Su Wen. Naturally, it is clear how wicked this young man's literary talent really is. The young Su Wen has made some achievements now, and when he matures in the future, his future is even more limitless.
Give him a little share, tie him to the chariot of the Spring and Autumn Publishing House, can his works not be published in his own publishing house in the future?
In this way, the Spring and Autumn Publishing House can also develop with the development of Su Wen, which is simply a profitable approach. It not only solves the current difficulties, but also takes into account the future.
Honestly. came up with this suggestion, Fang Chengshi himself admired himself a little, and he had the feeling of holding a pearl of wisdom and dominating the world.
Who would have thought that Ding Lin would actually deny his suggestion!
"Lack of erection and conspiracy!" Fang Chengshi finally understood what it was like for Fan Zeng to be helpless and resentful towards Xiang Yu back then.
"You ......" Fang Chengshi sensed Su Wen's gaze as if he was smiling, he was annoyed, his face turned red, and he pointed at Ding Lin and said, "Ding is a great talent!" You want my help, and you don't listen to me, what do you want? After more than a year, your publishing house can't get a single book number, and you are satisfied with watching it go out of business? You said that if you don't disappoint your father, if you don't let people buy shares and get the publishing house out of business, he won't be disappointed? ”
"I ......" Ding Lin looked at Su Wen with pleading eyes, and said sincerely, "Mr. Su, we will give you the highest royalty in the industry, twenty percent...... No, I'll give you twenty-five percent...... Even if we don't earn at all, give you 30 percent, it's okay! ”
Su Wen and Fang Chengshi glanced at each other.
They all know that Ding Lin is indeed out of the woods, with the scale and operational capacity of their company, the cost of publishing a book is a little higher than others, and they really give 30% of the royalty authors to sell to booksellers at wholesale prices, and they also have to remove the printing costs, it is estimated that they really don't make a penny.
In order to keep his ISBN, Ding Lin's current strategy is to rather not make money, or even lose money, as long as it sells!
Giving a young literati a 30% royalty breaks the rules of the industry, and may attract the dissatisfaction of those large companies, because even the big writers can hardly get such a proportional share.
Once someone breaks the rules, and those big writers use this as a reason to threaten those big companies, then Ding Lin, the initiator, will definitely suffer hostility, and even make people suppress everywhere, making it difficult for him to move forward.
If people knew that his company was pitifully small, maybe they would break him down and declare to everyone: Look, this is the end of extremely high royalties for writers!
In this way, it is also counted as telling everyone that this extremely high royalty is abnormal, and it will bring down a company or publishing house.
Therefore, Ding Lin is out of the way, a bit of a drink to quench his thirst.
"Ding Lin, you're crazy!" Fang Chengshi also thought of the seriousness of the consequences, and was so angry, "Are you so interesting?" It's just getting by, and it's not conducive to your long-term business. ”
Ding Lin said helplessly: "I don't want people to influence the direction of our publishing house, which is what my father meant back then." ”
Fang Chengshi laughed angrily: "It's because the publishing house is your hall, you can toss as much as you want, others can't control it, and you can't manage it, so you have fallen to the point where you are today!" Ding Lin, you have your literary dreams, that's a good thing, you stick to your ideals. I can't say anything. But, I have to admit that you have such a character. Not suitable for running a publishing house. Don't be in a hurry to argue, because the facts have proven it, otherwise you wouldn't be sitting here today! ”
When Ding Lin heard this, he was frustrated, disappointed, and discouraged, and all the negative emotions came up. His face was red and white.
Su Wen nodded slightly when he heard this, being a businessman, even if he is a cultural businessman. It is true that he can't be rash, Ding Lin is a scholar with an extreme temper to put it bluntly, and he is not suitable to be a boss at all.
Fang Chengshi continued: "Ding Lin, if the sales of your publishing house have not increased in the past year or so. At that time, there was no book number in hand. If you want to keep the qualification of the publishing house, it is nothing more than buying a book number from someone else to operate. How long do you think you'll be able to go on like this? Your family does have some money, but I think it's only three to five million, right? That's the asset your mother holds in her hands and doesn't dare to let you go down. She told me before, don't think about using this money to the publishing house, lest you end up on the streets in the future! ”
These words completely shattered Ding Lin's confidence, and his face turned extremely pale all of a sudden.
"Pity the hearts of parents all over the world!" Fang Chengshi sighed again and again. "What parent doesn't want their children to be well? Even your mother knows that you are not good at business. You can only hold some capital in hand, lest you don't even have living expenses in the future! You say, it's all come to this, what else do you have to insist on? ”
Ding Lin was completely devastated, he couldn't hold on to anything anymore, took a deep breath, and said slowly: "That...... Old man, how many shares do you think I should give up? ”
Fang Chengshi immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, it was not easy to get a second-year young man like Ding Lin to agree.
"How much is it...... Fang Chengshi pondered for a while, "If Su Wen's works can have twenty percent royalties, even if the book is thin, there is no problem with the price of five or six Chinese yuan, or even eight yuan, then if the sales volume is one million, it is also a royalty of more than one million." He uses this to participate in the shares, Ding Lin, how much do you say is appropriate? ”
Ding Lin had a clear mind at this time, and when he heard this, he gritted his teeth and said, "I...... How about Sancheng? Thirty percent of the shares! That's definitely not low! And I have another request, that is, under the same royalty, Su Wen's future works must be published and distributed in our Spring and Autumn Publishing House! ”
Fang Chengshi nodded and said, "It's fair. He took the shares, and he was also a part of the Spring and Autumn Publishing House, and the fertilizer did not flow into the fields of outsiders. ”
Su Wen smiled, glanced at Fang Chengshi deeply, and knew that he had been talking for a long time, and now this request is the most important, and helping him Su Wen to the broken ship of the Spring and Autumn Publishing House, that is Fang Chengshi's purpose today!
"Su Wen, what do you think?" Fang Chengshi asked Su Wen's opinion.
Su Wen didn't answer and asked: "President Ding, just now Mr. Fang said that how many assets does your publishing house have?" Three or five million? ”
"What do you mean?" Ding Lin frowned.
Fang Chengshi didn't know why, and looked at Su Wen in a daze.
Su Wenyou said: "If I want to be the major shareholder of the publishing house, then I want to be the largest shareholder!" ”
"What?" Ding Lin and Fang Chengshi were taken aback.
Su Wen said indifferently: "I mean, since President Ding, you are not doing well and you want to pull me to your ship, why don't you hand over the position at the helm?" I am the largest shareholder! ”
Ding Lin suddenly exploded angrily: "You...... You're going to buy our publishing house? ”
Su Wen smiled and said: "You don't have to buy them all, you can also take up seventy or eighty percent of the shares." ”
"You ......" Ding Lin's face turned extremely red, his eyes were wide, and he had the heart to eat people, he agreed to Fang Chengshi's suggestion to let Su Wen participate in the shares with royalties, which was already the biggest concession, he didn't expect Su Wen to be more greedy and ambitious, and he would take the Spring and Autumn Publishing House from him!
It's tolerable, it's unbearable!
"Impossible!" Ding Lin said fiercely, "Even if I let the publishing house go out of business, I won't hand it over to others!" That's our Ding family's family business! Lao Fang, I owe you a favor today, I don't think we need to talk about it anymore! Su Wen, since you are not sincere, then let's not talk about it! Leave! ”
After saying that, Ding Lin didn't wait for anyone to stay, Huo stood up, flicked his sleeves and left!
Leaving Su Wen and Fang Chengshi looking at each other.
Su Wen shook his head and smiled: "It is said that trading is not benevolent and righteous, and this President Ding is really not suitable to be a business operator." ”
Fang Chengshi was extremely speechless, thinking that you are going to take away the family's business, and people will give you a good face?
"Su Wen, you ......"
"Mr. Fang, I said that I want to take control of the Spring and Autumn Publishing House, which is really not a joke. I even want to ask you to jump out of the evening newspaper and help me take the helm! I think you're a perfect fit to be the president! ”
Fang Chengshi was dumbfounded.
Su Wen is ruthless enough, not only to take Ding Lin's family business, but also to dig up the great god of the other editor!
In other words, Fang Chengshi was a little ashamed, why did he feel moved?
What a shame!
Taking a deep breath, Fang Chengshi shook his head and said, "Ding Lin won't agree to your suggestion." Su Wen, I didn't expect you to be so ambitious at such a young age! ”
Su Wen shrugged: "You are the one who stirred up my ambition and gave me such a chance, can you blame me?" ”
"Is it our fault?" Fang Chengshi choked, but still shook his head, "Ding Lin will definitely not agree!" ”
Su Wen said leisurely: "Then it depends on whether you can convince him." Teacher Fang, I'm very optimistic about you! And he doesn't seem to have much of a choice, does he? ”
Fang Chengshi fell silent.
"We'll talk about that in a few days. That's when my advantage is even greater. Su Wen smiled indifferently and didn't talk too much about Fang Chengshi for the time being.
Why?
A few days later, the physical Romeo and Juliet book was released for a full month, and the monthly sales statistics were released! (To be continued......)
PS: There is still only one chapter today, then, I owe you thirteen chapters.
Fortunately, I have finished the work at hand today, and now I will adjust it and go all out tomorrow. Except for a Mid-Autumn Festival, just wait for the arrival of the National Day, and there should be nothing else. Thirteen chapters, I definitely can't pay it off this month, I can only say that I will try to complete the daily task, try to make up one more chapter, and keep making it up until I finish it. I've written down the number of chapters I owe on paper, and I cross out every chapter I pay off.
It's still the same sentence, bounced tickets are bounced tickets, and you always have to pay it back when you come out to mix!