Chapter 507

"Tell me about Flint Press."

Li Chencan said to Zhong Bufan.

"There's one here." Zhong Bufan pointed to a place on the paper, Li Chencan saw this thing, smiled a little apologetically, and then began to read.

Founded in 2007, Flint Press is a relatively young publishing house, and the momentum was quite good, various strategies have been slowly rolled out, their channels are gradually becoming diversified, and they have many connections in many directions, and even began to reach out to other media circles...... But it was at this time that they were before James. Byrne mistakenly read a book, bet a lot of his treasure on that book, and wanted to make a name for himself directly with that book.

So that both the flint press and the book were very profitable......

However, it turned out that the millions of dollars invested in the publicity investment were almost wasted, and the Flint Press also signed some other books at that time, and had to pay the authors at that time, and there was no more money for those books to be promoted......

So, a complete defeat!

At that time, I happened to meet James. Byrne's hapless mistake in some other areas of investment...... So many things happened together, so that the flint press was hit hard, and it did not slow down......

Before, he found Li Chencan and wanted to get the copyright of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", and he also hoped to borrow money to fight once, but now, Li Chencan did not give him this opportunity, and now it is difficult for this publishing house to find the motivation to continue moving forward under multiple blows......

Of course. This does not mean that the entire flint press has collapsed, at least, the publisher has maintained their distribution channels. And there are no problems in terms of contacts and channels, which make Flint Press still have some value.

In this way, the flint publishing house is also in Zhong Bufan's sight.

Li Chencan looked at the materials of the Flint Publishing House, and then read the materials of many other publishing houses, and slowly began to have a plan in his heart...... His plan was still to flint the Flint Press, which was not mainly because of the previous James Press. Bourne invited Li Chencan, mainly because Li Chencan felt that most of the things in this publishing house were more in line with his imagination. It's worth going over and talking about it yourself.

"Just Flint Press...... Let's have a chance to talk to James. Li Chencan said to Zhong Bufan.

"Okay, I'll go to him and arrange it!"

…… James. Byrne glanced at his publishing house, which already had a bit of a decadent atmosphere. It's not really dilapidated inside, but a lot of things here are like that, and there's already a kind of twilight.

A long time has passed since the beginning of the preparation of this publishing house. But recently. He also had to put an end to the publishing house that had been struggling for a long time, and recently because of the failure of his investments in other areas, he basically drained most of the funds of Flint Press, leaving the publishing house in a state of near collapse. If he can't deal with some follow-up issues as soon as possible, the publisher may need to file for bankruptcy, and then the government will auction off the bankrupt Flint Publishing House, and his hard work will be in vain.

He was very sad now, except for a kind of unhappiness that his hard work was gradually declining. It's more about nostalgia and unwillingness for this publishing house...... Yes, he was really not reconciled.

This publishing house still has quite good channels. These channels are relatively complete, and he is also ...... in terms of contacts Originally, as long as there was enough money and new books to inject into the new stuff, the publishing house would be able to revitalize.

Books like Harry Potter, for example......

Come to think of it, James. Byrne sighed again, he initially thought that the book "Harry Potter" was very interesting and had great potential...... It's a pity that Li Chencan didn't agree with him in the end, and now that "Harry Potter" has been published in Purin Press, it has really begun to sell well.

This makes James. Byrne felt even more regretful in his heart, if the book he was holding at the beginning was not a cheat, but this "Harry Potter", then he would not be like this now.

But it's useless to think about it...... It's more realistic to deal with the current difficulties.

He didn't have any resentment against Li Chencan, he just hated his initial miscalculation, which caused the entire Flint Publishing House to suffer a huge loss.

James. Byrne sighed at this time, closed the door of the publishing house, today he was going to talk to a guy with a relatively old qualification in the American publishing industry about the issue of Flint Press, and he would help him contact to see if there was a suitable person to take over.

After all, although it is said that if the flint publishing house is directly auctioned off by the government, it can be cheapened, but in that case, many of the publishing house's channels and distribution capabilities will be hit hard......

But at this moment, just as James's lonely back gradually turned away, his phone rang.

When I took the phone, I saw that it was Li Chencan's assistant Zhong Bufan last time......

"What is he looking for me for?" James answered the phone with some strange feelings.

"Hello, is this Mr. Bourne?" Zhong Bufan asked on the other end of the phone.

"Yes, I am...... Is there anything you can do? ”

"Do you have time now, if you have, we want to take up your time, we want to talk to you. We have some interest in your flint press. Zhong Bufan said.

Li Chencan was the one who asked Zhong Bufan to contact directly...... Although this kind of thing can be said to allow James to take the initiative to come to the door, that may be able to lower the price...... But Li Chencan still needs to borrow the channels and connections of this publishing house. Byrne was more willing to pass these things down to Li Chencan and them, for these goals, Li Chencan couldn't suppress the price too the issue of this publishing house, so in the end, he decided to contact him directly.

"Huh?" James. Bourne was immediately a little dumbfounded, he really didn't expect this to happen.

In the booth of the café, the three of them sat diagonally opposite each other, Li Chencan put the coffee down, and then smiled: "It's a good cup of coffee." ”

James. Byrne didn't have the habit of competing with Li Chencan for patience at this time, he directly said with a little anxiety: "Mr. Li, I prefer to get straight to the point, what I want to say is that Flint Publishing House really needs to be sold...... However, what I want to sell is at a reasonable price, and I also need a relatively good next home to take over...... So we're going to lay out our terms and then we're going to go down into the details, do you think that's okay? ”

"That's a good idea." Li Chencan nodded, and then he also said his conditions.

A publishing house is sometimes a little similar to a film company, but there are many differences...... The most valuable thing for a publishing house is their channel, but also the copyright of some of their books and things like that.

Now James. In fact, Bourne has many other channels for publishing books, and they are also connected with many authors, whose books may not be popular, but they are more than enough for the publisher to make a fortune.

Previously, they didn't have the money to pay these authors because of lack of funds, but if they buy it, they will have such funds.

James. Bourne silently listened to the price they offered, and when he heard that Li Chencan was willing to keep a certain amount of shares for him, James. Byrne stood up excitedly at once: "Mr. Li, is what you said true?" Why are you going to give me shares? ”

The news was so shocking that it made him a little out of shape for a while.

If you can really keep the shares of this publishing house that you have created by yourself...... That......

James. Byrne's face flushed slightly, and he stared at Li Chencan expectantly.

"Yes, you can...... However, in this case, we need to fully accept the channels and connections of the previous Flint Publishing House......" Li Chencan felt a little businesslike.

"Good...... Good. James Byrne paced slightly, and slowly understood Li Chencan's intention of giving him shares, obviously, they wanted to give themselves benefits and let themselves take out the channels, after all, although his shares have dropped a lot, he is still a member of the publishing house...... In addition, it should be to avoid some hidden xenophobia of Americans.

However, what can we do if we understand this?

He also has some presence in this publishing house, and that's the most important thing.

James began to look at the purchase price they gave Li Chencan...... The purchase price of $5 million is actually quite low, even if it is given to him, it is not high, but James is starting to think about this problem from other aspects.

After all, the presence of this publishing house anyway makes James excited enough.

"Mr. Li, can I ask you what you plan to do with this publishing house? Isn't it good that you've worked with Purin Press? After asking this question, he felt that it was a little redundant, after all, the publishing industry was still relatively clear about the matter of Roman and Sean of Purin Publishing House.

"I did have a little bit of a problem with my work with them." Li Chencan did not hide his plans: "I plan to do it myself now...... I can honestly tell you that I can invest even tens of millions of dollars in this publishing house, and I still have very good manuscripts on hand, and I am not worried about the development of the publishing house. When he said this, his eyes felt sparkling and full of confidence. (To be continued......)