Fang Chengshi invited Su Wen to a teahouse, saying that he was eating breakfast by the way.

Here, Su Wen finally met the mysterious person in Fang Chengshi's mouth.

He is about the same age as Fang Chengshi, both in their early thirties, but his temperament and dress are very different from Fang Chengshi, although the latter is also polite and polite, but he is a little more capable.

This person has a little long hair, wears a pair of glasses, is more gentle than Fang Chengshi, his face is pale, and he looks a little weak; In addition, his hair is a little long, and he is full of artistic temperament, but fortunately, his face is relatively clean, otherwise people think that he is engaged in performance art.

"This is Ding Lin." Fang Chengshi introduced them, "Su Wen, Ding Lin is my college classmate. He asked me to introduce you, and I had no choice but to do so. Ding Lin, I don't think I need to introduce this Su Wen, right? ”

"No, no, no!" Ding Lin shook his head again and again, stood up, held Su Wen's hand with both hands, a little nervous, and a little excited, his eyes lit up, and he said heavily, "Mr. Su Wen, I have admired the name for a long time!" I like your article very much, especially the one "Haiyan", which I like the most. I can almost memorize it! ”

Su Wen was overwhelmed by his enthusiasm, and thought, "Is it a fanatical fan who wants to know me through a relationship?" ”

quickly overturned this speculation, if it was just that simple, then Fang Chengshi next to him would not be like he wanted to say something.

No matter how you look at them, they are all people with stories.

The so-called nothing is not to go to the Three Treasures Palace!

Patient, Su Wen greeted politely, and finally looked at Fang Chengshi directly with his eyes, wanting him to explain.

Fang Chengshi looked uncomfortable for him, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "Su Wen, I also want to introduce to you what Ding Lin does." He...... Uh-huh. Have you ever heard of Spring and Autumn Press? ”

"Nope." Su Wen shook his head directly.

"Uh......" Ding Lin was embarrassed.

"He's the president." Fang Chengshi directly pointed to Ding Lin, "the president of the Spring and Autumn Publishing House." ”

It turned out to be a president!

Su Wen suddenly arched his hand and said, "It turned out to be President Ding!" Long admiration! Long admiration! ”

Ding Lin's face was flushed, and he said with a wry smile: "What is the big president, you are laughing, we are just a small publishing house." ”

At this time, Su Wen didn't answer, and he knew what the other party was going to do. Presumably, he wanted to obtain the publishing rights of the work from him.

Previously, he cooperated with Fresh Culture Company to publish "Romeo and Juliet", and Su Wen learned a little about the rules of some publishing markets in the Chinese Empire.

Although Huaxia Company does not prohibit speech, it still has some control over the publication of texts, and has formed a very mature mechanism.

For example, a cultural company can publish a book at will, as long as it does not violate the law. However, cultural companies are more like operators, or content providers, that want to publish books. It is still necessary to go through the channels of the publishing house.

What resources does the publisher have?

First of all, they specialize in this part of the distribution business, and they may have a printing house under their umbrella, or they may cooperate with major bookstores. The most important thing is that they have the officially assigned ISBN in their hands!

Without a book number, the published book is illegal, and the book number is in the hands of the publisher. The publishing house has a book number, and it can sell the book number to a cultural company. publishing books; It is also possible to cooperate with cultural companies to share the risk of publishing a book.

In a word. With a book number, the publishing house is in an invincible position.

So, with a publisher with a book number, you can sit back and relax?

Neither is it!

Officially, the number of publishing houses is strictly limited on a provincial basis, with a three-year period. ISBNs are also assigned in accordance with the regulations.

How is it regulated?

Take the sales volume as the criterion, for example, on a certain ISBN base, you have a hundred ISBN this year, and within three years, you will publish the book. How much share of sales accounts for the province, then how much share can you share in the number of book numbers at the next time. If the sales volume is high, the number of book numbers will increase after three years; If sales are low, then I'm sorry, your book number should be reduced and assigned to publishers with high sales.

Such a regulation is very special, but relatively fair, and prompts publishers to strive to publish books with more commercial value, and having a book number in hand is a great resource in itself.

Su Wen guessed that Ding Lin came to him because he wanted to put aside the cultural company and directly cooperate with him to publish a book through the channel of the publishing house.

Thinking of this, Su Wen said directly: "President Ding, let's get straight to the point." Today if you're just going to get to know me and be friends, that's no problem. But if you have a business business...... I'm sorry, but I don't have any work on my hands to give you. "Romeo and Juliet" has already collaborated with Fresh Culture, and the new play "A Doll's House" is also a project of Matrix Culture. ”

"I don't want drama!" Ding Lin blurted out when he heard this.

"Huh?" Su Wen was stunned for a moment.

"Smack!"

Fang Chengshi slapped his forehead, looked at Ding Lin with a smile, he couldn't imagine him being so direct, he sighed, he could only say: "Su Wen, that's the case, Ding Lin came today to get the publishing copyright of your short works from you." Like your poems, essays, and short stories. He wants to publish it! ”

Su Wen scratched his head: "It seems that the number of my works is not enough." How many are there? ”

"Thirty-one!" Ding Lin immediately took what he said.

Su Wen's eyes burst out, saying that he hadn't counted how many things he had written, he didn't expect Ding Lin to be so attentive - he was soon relieved, since people came to these articles, they must have done their homework in advance.

Ding Lin stared at Su Wen with bright eyes, and said eagerly: "Mr. Su Wen, I have read all your articles, this is not a lie. I have read all thirty-one works carefully. My adoration of you...... It's just unspeakable! I admire your talent! Your works are too classic, and if they are published in a collection, they will definitely form a greater sensation and influence. ”

Su Wenhan is here, but I didn't expect President Ding to be so direct, so rude, and not tactful at all!

Fang Chengshi hurriedly explained: "Su Wen, Ding Lin is not flattering you, he ...... Let's put it this way, he is a literary young man who likes literature and writing. Literature is much more important to him than commerciality! Otherwise, he wouldn't have fallen into ...... Ahem! Where did I go? ”

Su Wen looked at Fang Chengshi's nervous and solemn expression, and suddenly felt that something was wrong.

"Yes, yes, yes! Literariness is much more important than commerciality! Ding Lin didn't seem to hear the meaning of Fang Chengshi's words, thinking that the other party affirmed his point of view, and nodded again and again. turned to look at Su Wen with blazing eyes, and said in an admiring tone, "Mr. Su Wen, your works are really classics, and their literary value is ...... Well, except for the relatively weak poem "Love of Life", the other works are very high in literary value! ”

What else can Su Wen say, he can only say thank you.

Ding Lin continued: "Mr. Su Wen. I have done some statistics, and it has only been three months since you published your article, and you have written 27 poems, three novels, and one prose, which is not a lot of creation. Oh yes. You've also written two plays of tens of thousands of words! It's not surprising that there is a lot of volume, but the key is that you still write so well. It's amazing. So, I adore you! ”

Su Wen could only blush and accept these praises, and he was so happy in his heart that he didn't want to, after all, the other party was the president of a publishing house and a literary young man, and he was so praised by him. To say that he doesn't speak is false.

This President Ding Da is so heartfelt, he even remembers how many poems and novels he wrote, if it was really for sycophancy, Su Wen could only say that this sycophant was really good enough!

Taking a deep breath, Su Wen said, "The copyright of the short work. It's all in my hands, working with others, and Fresh and Matrix have nothing to say. It's just that it's only 31 articles, do you think it's suitable for a collection and publication? In this book, there are more than 20 poems, but only one prose, and three novels, which is also weird, right? ”

"No blame, no blame!" Ding Lin shook his head again and again, "Although the number of words is a little less, if you tinker with some illustrations, you can make more than a hundred pages, it is a small book, and there is no problem with the price of six to eight yuan." If you don't think it's appropriate, Mr. Su Wen, then we don't want novels and essays, just a collection of poems! Didn't you just join the Poetry Society, and it doesn't seem appropriate to publish a collection of poems. ”

Su Wen's heart moved when he heard this, and said, "You can have a poetry collection." It's only twenty ...... More than 20 songs? ”

"Twenty-seven!" Ding Lin hurriedly added the data, "Twelve of them are new poems, and fifteen are ancient poems. ”

Su Wen suddenly panicked again: "New poems can be extended, ancient poems, no matter how you do it, one is also one or two pages, a collection of poems with less than 100 pages in total, it's too bad for readers, maybe people think I'm so poor that I'm going to cheat money!" ”

Ding Lin was anxious: "Why don't you ...... How many more songs do you write, enough to make up forty first? ”

Su Wen's face darkened.

Fang Chengshi hurriedly interjected and said, "Ding Lin, do you think that writing is not inspired? ”

Ding Lin was immediately deflated and said, "That'...... Let's publish it in a collection. ”

Su Wen listened a little strangely, how could it be as if President Ding urgently needed his works. It is true that he is now famous, the value of his works has soared, and it is normal for someone to want to grab the copyright.

However, that is a robbery, but this Ding Lin is in a hurry!

This is not normal!

After taking a breath, Su Wen looked at Fang Chengshi and asked lightly, "Teacher Fang, what publishing house did you just say President Ding from?" ”

"Uh......" Fang Chengshi paused, "Didn't I say that?" ”

"I didn't hear it for a moment." Su Wen said as he took out his phone.

"What are you going to do?" Fang Chengshi watched Su Wen's action of tinkering with his mobile phone, and was a little flustered.

Su Wen's face was solemn, and he said to Ding Lin with an apologetic look: "President Ding, please forgive me for being reckless, I ...... Let's get to know your publisher first, and then see how to cooperate. What kind of publisher are you? Spring and autumn? Spring in the spring? Autumn of autumn? It's a good name, atmospheric, poetic, and cultural! ”

Syllable!

Fang Chengshi put his hand on Su Wen's hand, preventing him from checking the situation of the Spring and Autumn Publishing House on his mobile phone, glanced at Ding Lin, whose face was flushed with embarrassment, let out a long sigh, and said in a deep voice: "Ding Lin, let's tell the truth." ”

Ding Lin smiled bitterly and nodded.

Su Wen laughed, so he had a good time.

Fang Chengshi let out another long breath, and then said slowly: "Su Wen, Ding Lin is indeed the president of the Spring and Autumn Publishing House. However, he didn't do very well as the president...... Uh-huh, very bad! Very bad! Extremely bad! Why? Because, Spring and Autumn Publishing House is about to go out of business! ”

"What?" Su Wen thought he had heard it wrong, "Going out of business? (To be continued......)