The matter of starting a magazine called the Solo Singing Group was thus decided, and after the four people raised funds, the two main directors acted separately, the editor, the artist and legal counsel, Shangguan Jin, continued to use his strengths to apply for the issue number, and the editor-in-chief Hongdou was busy choosing a location for the magazine.

Li Yue decided from the beginning that he would only contribute money and not contribute, while Zhang Qiuxi was busy copying ...... Writing a novel, this is not a problem for her at all, in fact, it is just a course with nothing to do, after all, she has only been enrolled for a short time, and if she starts to skip classes, it is easy to become a problem student who is taken care of.

The courses of the Chinese Department of the two time and space are not much different, they are all ancient and modern Chinese, ancient and modern literature, except for some modern literature that needs to be paid attention to, other courses are no different from high school knowledge for her, very familiar.

Hongdou quickly chose an address for the magazine, not far from the university town, only about 100 square meters, although the area is not large, but there are not many things to put in it, and all the staff are only four, and the desks and the like still seem a little empty.

"After so many days of work, you chose such a place? I thought I'd at least find a decent place in the city center. Zhang Qiuxi looked around and expressed puzzlement.

Hongdou said: "Please, those office buildings in the city center, such a large area of the place has at least one million rents a year, is it okay, our joint venture is to run a magazine, not to rent a floor to play." Besides, it's not good here and there, sitting south and facing north, with plenty of light, the dragon in front and the clear water and green mountains in the back, it only takes you ten minutes from the school, isn't it good? ”

"Hey, don't say that things that don't have zài are the same, but it seems to be really good to be in school."

"Don't talk nonsense, our application will be approved in two days, and it's the right thing to use your celebrity effect to promote it." Shangguan Jin directly pressed Zhang Qiuxi in front of the computer.

Although the slogan of red beans is shouted very loudly, but in fact, this magazine was founded completely with the nature of fun.

With Zhang Qiuxi's current popularity, the news of her founding a magazine will spread soon, and the media will definitely be happy to report this as a news event, and it is not difficult to promote it, but it is not so simple to make it as well-known as "Jianghu Night Talk".

If you want to let everyone know, the best way is to advertise overwhelmingly, TV networks and outdoors, media consulting is so developed these years, it is guaranteed that everyone knows, but how can 1.2 million dollars be enough to toss so much, and no magazine has ever done this.

And there is no need for this, now I only need to let Zhang Qiuxi's fans know, so that there can be a certain sales guarantee, and then let all kinds of literary and artistic young people understand the situation of the magazine, so that they can receive submissions, and the rest must be accumulated slowly.

People who have become writers and want to become writers are very sensitive to what happens in the industry, and the impact of publishing Weibo is enough for them to know.

Zhang Qiuxi just opened the Weibo mobile phone and it rang, and after answering the phone twice, the mobile phone stood up, and Shangguan Jin immediately said: "If you don't send Weibo, where are you going to run?" ”

"I have to go to see a foreign guest, let the family wait for a long time, it will cause a diplomatic incident, I will tell you the password of Weibo, and you can operate it yourself if you need it in the future."

It was Liu Jianyuan who called, but the person who really wanted to find him was someone from Acewell Company, anyway, there was nothing to do here, and the other party proposed to meet Zhang Qiuxi and agreed, and went out and took a taxi directly to the Western Union University Publishing House.

Although it can be said that it is a peer, the Western Union University Publishing House is obviously not comparable to the grass platform team like them, they rent a place of 100 square meters to work, and they have a luxurious office building.

In the reception room, Liu Jianyuan was chatting with a foreigner, and after she entered, the two stood up at the same time, and Liu Jianyuan first introduced: "Teacher Xiqiu, this is Mr. Jonathan of Acewell Company." ”

"Hello Miss Xiqiu, I didn't expect you to be so young and beautiful, I'm very happy to see you." Jonathan said that he put his right hand on his chest, bent down and bowed a gentlemanly salute, and paused in front of Zhang Qiuqiu.

Jonathan's Chinese is surprisingly good, but isn't this thing waiting for me to reach out and let her kiss it? Feeling goosebumps on his body again, Zhang Qiuxi smiled and said, "I have admired Mr. Jonathan's name for a long time, and I am very happy to see you, you're welcome, let's sit down and talk." ”

No matter what Jonathan's reaction is, anyway, Zhang Qiuxi sat on the sofa first, kissing his hand or something, if Jonathan really did this, Zhang Qiuxi would definitely be able to smoke him, could he really make a diplomatic incident.

"Let's talk slowly, I'll make you a cup of tea." Although this is Liu Jianyuan's territory, but he acted as an introducer at this time, when Zhang Qiuxi signed the contract, Zhang Qiuxi only gave them the copyright of the Chinese version, and the English copyright that Jonathan wanted was in Zhang Qiuxi's hands, and the conversation between the two obviously had nothing to do with him, so he found an excuse to avoid it.

"It's really impressive that Miss Xiqiu can write so many wonderful works at such a young age." Jonathan also sat down as he spoke, this guy not only learned Chinese, but also learned the polite words of the people of the Celestial Empire, and Zhang Qiuxi has never heard these words.

"Haha, Mr. Jonathan's business talent also impresses me, has he made a lot of money during this time?"

Jonathan still kept smiling and said: "I also know about Miss Xiqiu and Huaguang Publishing Group, maybe you have complaints about our company because of this, but I hope this will not affect our future cooperation, I am a businessman, I have to stand in the position of the company to consider things." ”

To say that Zhang Qiuxi has no complaints is false, but Jonathan is right, businessmen seek profits, how can this kind of thing be missed, people send money to themselves to earn it, it is a fool, she understands these things, so she can't talk about any resentment towards Acewell, otherwise she wouldn't come to meet, if you really want to hate, you also hate Yang Cheng's goods, let foreigners pick up cheap.

"Mr. Jonathan is very honest, in that case, let's get straight to the point." Zhang Qiuxi is also very refreshing.

Jonathan smiled again and said, "Miss Xiqiu's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series is humorous and funny, and it is also very popular in the United States, the fourth part of the latest publication by Western Union Press, thank you for reading the fish too, I am still so wise, I am here for this book today." ”

"If I'm not wrong, you seem to have published the End of the Universe restaurant in the United States not long ago, right?"

The "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series was published in the United States at a long time, and Acewell's strategy was to wait for the popularity of the first part to subside to a certain point before the sequel would be published.

And "I, the machine qì people" is a completely different work, so there is no need to pay attention to this, Acewell bought the copyright and it was already on the market soon after, and now it has become popular in the United States.

"That's true." In the face of Zhang Qiuxi's question, Jonathan said: "Our company has been digging out the literary works of the Celestial Empire since the eighties of the last century, and the literature of the Celestial Empire is the most important. ”

"Long-term efforts allow us to have more mature channels and markets, more than 90% of the overseas publishing of Celestial Empire literature is our company is responsible for the operation, although there is an absolute advantage, but who can guarantee the things in the shopping mall? Everyone knows that Miss Xiqiu's works can be sold in the United States, and if I had a little bit, other publishers might have taken the lead, and I can't guarantee that there will be a misunderstanding between us, so I came to the Celestial Empire to meet Miss Xiqiu as soon as possible. ”

Jonathan was frank and at the same time, he was showing Zhang Qiuxi their advantages, and he also knew a little about Zhang Qiuxi of Acewell Company, and they did make the greatest contribution to the promotion of domestic literature overseas, and his words were not wrong.

"I see, but I'm very honored." Zhang Qiuxi said: "Then I won't beat around the bush, Mr. Jonathan, in the future, as long as you want, my works can cooperate with you, of course, this is under the premise of not buying out the copyright." ”

"That's nature, Miss Xiqiu is worthy of our long-term cooperation." Jonathan smiled again and said, "I came with the greatest sincerity at the beginning, and we are willing to pay 5% of the royalties......"

"Mr. Jonathan, don't worry, I have something else I want to confirm with you." Zhang Qiuxi interrupted Jonathan's words after hearing the figure of 5%, and said: "Domestic media reported that the sales of I, the work of Jiqì Ren, have exceeded 600,000 in just two months in the United States, and it has also appeared on the New York Times bestseller list, this news has excited me for a long time, so I wonder if this is true?" ”

Although it is not explicitly stated, Zhang Qiuxi's meaning is actually very clear, her works are so popular, Eswell is only willing to give 5% of the royalty is too little, she is not satisfied with this number, Jonathan is a shrewd businessman, and there is no language barrier, of course he can understand the meaning.

Both sides have the intention to cooperate, so all that remains is to bargain and negotiate terms, which is also normal.

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