Chapter 305: Keep talking
"First of all, I understand your offer to donate 5,000 books to the school, and I am very willing to support it, but in essence, the cooperation between you and me is a sale, a business act, even if the commodity that is our core is culture and books. There is a saying in the business world that it is said in business, so I hope you can understand, Mr. Lin, that I cannot agree to your request. First, the number of 5,000 copies is too much, we are not a good church, and the business activities mixed with charity will no longer be pure; Second, as for the 20 percent after tax that you proposed, I don't think any publisher would want to accept it. ”
It didn't take long for a text to appear in front of Lin Feng's eyes, which was Song Ye's explanation to him.
"Interesting, interesting, hehe, in business, when did the principle of businessmen change from profit to purity, businessmen are profit-oriented, and they also want face, and it is really true, there is no need to tear the skin. Leave a line in everything and see each other afterwards, they are all veterans, what they said is still reasonable, I can't take it if I don't get angry......" After reading the reason for waiting for a while, Lin Feng muttered to himself.
Knock knock, knock!
Three knocks on the door interrupted Lin Feng's thoughts.
"Enter." Lin Feng shouted a word.
"Brother Feng, you bought this breakfast again, right? Don't be so expensive, you're so embarrassed to spend so much money to buy us breakfast. Ning Le pushed the door in and said.
"What's wrong? Bad breakfast? Lin Feng asked with a smile with his arms folded.
"No, Brother Feng, the breakfast is very good, but you bought it for us with such a big bend, we should buy it for you!" Ning Le hurriedly said.
"It's just a breakfast, whoever buys it is the same, and I'm not an emperor, I don't have such a big shelf. Okay, let's go eat, hey, are the two of them up? Lin Feng smiled.
"Get up, Ying Hua is brushing his teeth, and Pan Wenjin is cleaning up the quilt and preparing to fold tofu cubes." Ning Le reported the general situation.
"It's good to get up, then you should quickly pack up and eat quickly, the food will not taste good when it is cold for a while." I'll have something to do with you after eating. Lin Feng nodded.
"Okay, I'll go tell them to go right away, speed up, and come over when I'm done eating." Ning Le hurriedly said, what did he mean when he was about to leave, and said, "Brother Feng, I promise you that I will get up early tomorrow, and tomorrow's breakfast will be handed over to me." ”
"Hehe, it's all the same, you guys go eat first." Lin Feng said with a smile.
"Hey, okay." Ning Le retreated and closed the door.
Staring at the closed door, Lin Feng frowned slightly and tilted his head in thought.
The door was closed, and everything inside the house had no connection with the people outside. There is so much outside the house that if the people in the house ask for something before the door closes, everyone outside the house will be satisfied. A door to close, a lot of things are very talkative.
Crackling, crackling...... After thinking of figuring out some key points, Lin Feng put his hand on the keyboard again and tapped it, what he wanted to say had already taken shape in his head, so it was naturally easy to say.
Drip, drip. After sending his explanation, Song Ye, who had always been a little apprehensive in his heart, finally waited for a reply in a somewhat anxious waiting, and he clicked on Lin Feng's reply in a little anxious.
"Mr. Song, you are very eloquent, this is not a counterstatement, I am not using a derogatory term, your explanation is very reasonable, my heart is persuaded by you, but my consciousness is still insisting on my idea, 5,000 donations, 20% after tax, I insist on these two conditions." After reading the recovered message, Song Ye was speechless and felt a trace of despair at the same time, it is terrible for people who are persuaded but still insist on their own ideas, and unfortunately there is such a person on the other end of the network. And what he insists on is something that he can't be satisfied with, so is it easy to slip away like this when there is a chance to turn over? At this time, Song Ye looked extremely confused, a desperate aura that could not see the direction of the road ahead permeated his body, and it was not easy to face despair after seeing hope. Although there were customers who used such means to try to increase the score or something before, but at that time, Song Ye was hopeful, or he didn't plan to rely on them to upgrade, but now it's different,
It's not a small deal. If you have a thought, you can't be chic. If you do what people like, you will be invincible in the world.
"Mr. Lin, your insistence will make it impossible for us to continue our conversation. I can do it right for you, but I also ask you to show your sincerity. Although there was no hope in his heart, Song Ye's professional ethics over the years still made Song Ye ready to end this conversation with words that were very in line with his negotiation identity.
"Sincerity, I naturally have it." Lin Feng's reply appeared in front of Song Ye's eyes three seconds later.
Then what do you mean by tossing around with that impossible condition just now? Song Ye roared with considerable dissatisfaction in his heart, full of resentment.
"That's right, I mean the conditions I ask for will not change, not a single cent, but what I give you will change." Lin Feng's explanation came quickly, allowing Song Ye to stop the resentment in his heart, and his hands tapped the keyboard again.
"Please elaborate on your thoughts." The words are very respectful, and the hope of a better life is rekindled, how can you not care for it.
"In your suggestion, the relationship between us regarding the publication of these short essays is only cooperation, and cooperation is only one, and the publication of this one, and the time of cooperation and the number of editions of cooperation are still to be discussed. Originally, the cooperation between publishers and authors was like this, and many people wanted to expand further, but they always wanted to go deeper. And my idea is related to this, I will give you all the publishing power of these short essay books, as long as your publishing house exists for one day, the contract is valid, and the book will be published. In other words, you're buying out the publishing rights of the book for a share. In addition, 5,000 donated books, you spread them out and give them away, and there are only a few hundred copies of each edition, so that even publicity is a good thing. Of course, if you give it away separately, the number of 5,000 copies will be a little small, and it must be increased. ”
Typing down the idea he had just thought of in the form of words, Lin Feng clicked on it to confirm and sent the message. Giving the permanent publishing rights to Jinghua Publishing House does not seem to be beneficial to Lin Feng, but in fact, it has no effect on Lin Feng at all, once a book is signed with a publishing contract, Lin Feng has no intention of changing it, human life is limited, to invest in meaningful things, there is no need to repeat too much of some dispensable negotiation content. If he hadn't suddenly remembered it this time, Lin Feng would not have thought of using it as a bargaining chip, and Lin Feng had already planned in his heart, if it was still due to the publishing house, then he would raise the conditions again, and then hand over all the copyrights after the book was completed, and exchange this illusory fruit for something affordable. The source of the short article "Chicken Soup for the Soul", the biggest feature of this book is that it is not easy to expand other copyrights, which Lin Feng knows. Can a book that can only be used for publication develop other things in some fields, if it can, Lin Feng is very happy to applaud the developers, anyway, he doesn't have this ability.
After reading the message sent by Lin Feng word by word, Song Ye was stunned again, signed the publishing right for a period of time, and put forward a request for the book to sign the future publishing right as the beginning of the book, which is an important means of communication between the author and the publishing house, and now what does this Mr. Lin mean, isn't he an old fritter? No, in the communication just now and the changes to the conditions, one thing has been fully proven, Mr. Lin is definitely a veteran, but what does this paragraph mean now?
After thinking about it carefully, Song Ye tapped on the keyboard again, first talk about love and enemies, and then talk about other things, if there is no problem, then you can naturally deal with it, the repercussions on the Internet have proved the power of short essays, and the single is like this, and after integration, it will be okay.
"Mr. Lin, I have understood a lot of your proposal, but I don't know what you mean by improvement? How many copies do you need? Also, do you have any other requirements? ”
"Hehe, it's really careful and careful, the place where the publishing house helps the spread and expansion of culture is just a shopping mall base." Lin Feng smiled and said with some self-deprecation, wasn't it the same back then? While talking to himself, Lin Feng's hands did not stop, typing on the keyboard, people let them mention, who is afraid of whom, although this Jinghua Publishing House does not have much consciousness, but it is not wrong that the initiative is in his own hands. Holding the hen that lays eggs in your hand, are you still afraid that there will be no eggs to eat?
"10,000 copies, 10,000 copies in five editions, each with a beautiful bookmark and a pen. In addition, five editions can only print a maximum of 200,000 copies, and you can understand the edition I am talking about in batches. This is my upper limit on how many copies I have, and this is what I request. Plus twenty percent, that's all I have. If we can, then we can draw up a contract at any time. ”
Looking at the message that the other party had just sent, Song Ye's brows furrowed tightly, and 100,000 books for 10,000 books can be discussed, after all, these are not a big deal compared to the permanent publishing rights, 10,000 exquisite bookmarks are not much of a problem, just a few pieces of paper of better quality, but this 10,000 pens is too powerful, this, I can say something, for the next generation can accept it, the leader is completely unacceptable, what a big loss of interests, every 100,000 books printed and sold 90,000 copies of the money is counted, I have to come up with 50,000 yuan in addition to taxes, why is this fountain pen so expensive.
Song Ye had a feeling that the conversation was about to collapse, the leader disagreed, and it was the leader who finally made the decision. He doesn't agree, the decision is still in his hands, why is the world so chaotic.
Frowning and thinking for a while, Song Ye looked through the only two blog posts on the One Bowl of Soup blog, and thought about his current life, he decided to take a gamble and persuade the leader. There is nothing left in the first place, and what can you lose if you lose a bet. When we have nothing and life is a little impatient, we often choose to fight against the water. After all, the dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, and the rabbit has the ability to bite when he is in a hurry.
"Mr. Lin, I think I have fully understood your conditions, I think it can be said that for every 200,000 copies printed by our publishing house, we will donate 10,000 copies to the students of the school, and the 10,000 copies contain bookmarks and pens, and at the same time, our publishing house will pay you 20 percent of the total sales, and your taxes will be borne by us." After typing this message and reading it several times, Song Ye clicked enter.
"Mr. Song, I don't think there is a little obstacle to our communication, that's what you mean, I don't know if your company is willing to accept it?" Lin Feng's reply arrived quickly. The question was straightforward.
"Mr. Lin, did you really decide to hand over the perpetual publishing rights to us?" After repeating Lin Feng's conditions, Song Ye replied solemnly as he asked.
"Yes, if everyone is satisfied, I don't plan to change the publishing house." Lin Feng replied with one sentence.
"Mr. Lin, when are you going to finish publishing these 400 articles?" Song Ye still didn't answer whether he was willing or not, and continued to ask in a confirmed manner.
"That's right, Mr. Song, these short essays that I am going to publish at random in my leisure time, on a whim, may take several or even ten years. However, if I can sign a contract with your company, I will naturally speed it up, maybe in a few months or a year. Lin knew the reason why Song Ye asked so much, so he didn't bother to continue to ask, and reported the time to an approximate time. Although this one is probably a little hazy.
Drip, drip. Seeing the message that had just popped up on the screen, Song Ye's hand that was about to continue beating stopped, and it stopped stiffly, how long is it ......
"Mr. Lin, I wonder if you can advance and determine this time? For example, three months, four months, otherwise you only have a few articles, and we are not easy to deal with. "Although I would like to say that you have only written two articles and it will take so much time to follow, it is a bit early to discuss publication and put forward conditions without hesitation. But Song Ye is still very polite in his words, and customers are also customers.
"Hehe, it's interesting, do you know that you know that you will win all battles? The teacher of society is too powerful, and the students he teaches are not simple. After synthesizing the few messages from that side just now, Lin Feng was speechless. This Mr. Song is finding out!
"Mr. Song is not embarrassed, it is difficult to say the time, it may be a month, or it may be four or five years." Lin Feng clicked enter. In fact, with the confidence to knock it out directly, with the speed of flying like a phantom, all this is not a problem, but Lin Feng still replied plausibly, he can't control the people of the publishing house, this is not a test, but there is already a cooperation object, and this cooperation object seems to be good at present, so you must give yourself a reason to change people. Give yourself a reason to be responsible for yourself, so that when we regret it, we can have a reason to forgive ourselves when we find out that the culprit is ourselves.
After watching the silence, Song Ye's expression was a little stiff, life is a game in the world, and he laughs and watches people perform every scene, but he doesn't allow people to laugh.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Lin, I'll reply to you later, I'll give you a reply at four o'clock this afternoon, I need to ask for instructions." After being silent for a while, Song Ye tapped and replied, now Lin Feng's request is completely beyond the scope of his authority, he must ask his superiors for instructions, and at four o'clock this afternoon, it is the restriction he has given himself, he has to convince the editor-in-chief before this moment comes. Why not ask for more time? There is a sense of urgency at the moment, and the power that people can explode can attract the attention of the world.
"No problem, there's Mr. Rauson. So, see you in the afternoon. After reading the message, Lin Feng smiled and replied.
"Goodbye, Mr. Lin."
"It seems that a bowl of soup is going to be handed over to this Jinghua Publishing House." Closing the EE's communication page, Lin Feng leaned back in his chair and muttered. He felt the power contained in Song Ye's silence, and if he didn't explode in silence, he died in silence, and it was obvious that this Mr. Song chose the former.
After thinking for a while, Lin Feng put the notebook to sleep, took the manuscript and opened the door and walked into the hall, it's been so good for a while, hasn't breakfast been finished yet?
"Brother Feng." Ying Hua, who was facing Lin Feng's side, greeted Lin Feng.
"Brother Feng, do you want to be together?"
"Brother Feng, please take a seat."
Ning Le and Pan Wenjin, who were facing Lin Feng on the side, also hurriedly turned around and said.
"I'm done." Looking at the eyes, Lin Feng didn't know what to say, the three of them were actually playing three-person landlord fighting, this is the first day of school, do you want to be so fast, the first day of sleep until you wake up naturally and then have breakfast to carry out the landlord fighting activity, how does this feel so awkward, but this is quite in line with the free atmosphere of Longteng University. O symbol of freedom!
"Ahem, Brother Feng, we have nothing to do, and we feel that we need to stay away from our mobile phones, so we ......" Pan Wenjin saw Lin Feng's appearance, looked at the card with two guns in his hand, and said. Although playing poker is free, it always feels a little awkward to be looked at with a speechless expression.
"Ning Le said that you have something to do with us, but he said that you are busy, so we use this to pass the time, and by the way, cultivate and cultivate sentiment. Brother Feng's real fight against the landlord is much more interesting than the game on the mobile phone, do you want to have two. Ying Hua invited.
"Yes, yes, Brother Feng has two handfuls?" Ning Le gestured and invited, this hand is not very good, and it is best to waste this game.
"Gentlemen don't take away people's pleasure, you have fun. I'll talk about things first, I prepared your manuscript in the morning, oh, Wenjin didn't have it, you have to help after you pay attention. Ying Hua is the stand-up comedy I promised, and Ning Le, you are an exercise that you can write when you enter the school magazine. Lin Feng said as he handed the manuscript in his hand to Ying Hua and Ning Le.
"Thank you, Brother Feng."
"Thank you, Brother Feng."
Throwing away the poker in his hand, he took the paper handed by Lin Feng with both hands, and Ying Hua and Ning Le were moved and grateful.
"You're welcome, it's okay to be idle, I'll get paid when you come out later." Lin Feng waved his hand and said with a smile.
"Hey, hey." Ying Hua and Ning Le laughed along, and didn't continue to say anything, just silently remembered it in their hearts.
Keep things in mind and don't forget. It's easy to lose the memory on the lips, so talk less.