Since Guangxu came to China in the 28th year, Wu Hai started as a reporter for the Linxi Daily and became the editor-in-chief of the Beijing-Tianjin Times during World War I.

From his hands, the newspaper entered its heyday, and its Chinese newspaper form and Chinese business service objects made its efforts close to readers and had a certain progressiveness.

Many upper-class Chinese are its subscribers and readers, and it is almost everywhere north of the Yangtze River.

Therefore, in the face of Chinese, Woodsea inevitably has a sense of superiority.

However, he never expected that the young Chinese in front of him had indeed only contacted him as the editor-in-chief of a domestic newspaper, but he had also submitted articles to major newspapers in Britain and the United States. And these editors-in-chief also responded to him enthusiastically, as evidenced by these reporters in China.

As a celebrity in the press industry, Woodhead was naturally familiar with these reporters, and seeing their fanatical eyes, Woodhead already understood that the bread of Cheslin was free, but one person could not eat a few.

Of course, the eyes of these reporters were full of fanaticism, because their editor-in-chief sent telegrams in China or in Hong Kong, repeatedly reiterating, solemnly confessing, asking them, reporters stationed in Pingjin, to do a good job of winning over Feng Zhou, his works are too suitable for readers in the English-speaking world, especially readers in the UK, if they can't serialize such wonderful works, then they will simply not be able to get along with sales.

At this time, not to mention that this person is a Chinese who has been in the United States, even if he is a female slave of a black tribe in sub-Sahara, they have to treat him as a bishop.

The reporters felt that the closure of the boat was fragrant, but the closure of the boat was only regarded as leisure.

In his previous life, he had killed people, robbed people, and been a billionaire, and he was surrounded by foreign reporters countless times, so he did not lose his square inch because of the crowd of reporters in front of him.

What's more, if it weren't for the fact that he wanted to get the money as soon as possible and gain fame with the help of foreign newspapers as soon as possible, he would not have disdained to submit children's fantasy novels like "Harry Potter".

At the beginning, as a college student from an orphanage, in order to learn the seven Chinese languages well, he used the stupidest and fastest method, that is, desperately memorized the original literary works, this "Harry Potter" is just the last work he memorized, because of his unparalleled influence.

In fact, he prefers the works written by Nobel writers who are extremely ideological and literary.

So he calmly responded to these people one by one.

The reporters all came by car, and after some fighting, Woodhead finally got on the road and asked Feng Zhou to get into his car.

At this time, where did Woodsea still have half of his pride and sense of superiority in his heart? If he had a slight discount on manuscript fees or related royalty income, the Chinese teenager in front of him could find other newspapers and magazines in a minute.

With his work, he could have made a huge fortune and fame anywhere in the English-speaking world, and if he did not care about the future for a small profit, he would have hung on the pillar of shame in the history of the newspaper.

In the second half of his life, he may be ridiculed as a background board.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at Feng Zhou, who had a flat face, and set off a monstrous wave in his heart.

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"Harry Potter" belongs to fantasy literature, at this time the English-speaking world has not yet risen modern fantasy literature, its originator "The Lord of the Rings" will not be published until more than 20 years later, but its prequel "The Hobbit" has been born under the pen of writer John Ronald Riel Tolkien, which shows that although this is a blank, it is already being developed.

As journalists with a keen sense of smell, of course, they noticed this huge treasure trove that had never been seen before, and the magnificent wizarding world of Harry Potter in a very British style made everyone's eyes light up.

In the luxury single room of Cheeseline, many reporters competed for the serialization rights of "Harry Potter", and in the end, the British "Guardian" and the American "New York Post" won the competition, and won the serialization rights of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" in their respective countries for 10 pounds and 15 dollars for 1,000 words respectively. The South China Morning Post, an English-language newspaper in Hong Kong, paid Feng Zhou 20 silver dollars for 1,000 words.

In the face of these well-pocketed old newspapers and periodicals, as the editor-in-chief of the "Beijing-Tianjin Times", he had to give 10 silver dollars for 1,000 words.

You must know that in this era, the top literati in China, such as the world-famous Lu Xun, Yu Dafu, Tian Han, Ba Jin and others, have a manuscript fee of only 6 yuan per thousand words.

The reason why Feng Zhou's manuscript fee is so high is entirely because his works are more popular with people in English-speaking countries, and in their opinion, this money has been earned.

After "Harry Potter" began to be serialized, the manuscript fee was still secondary, and the most important thing was his influence!

Whether it is the Guardian in the United Kingdom, the New York Post in the United States, or the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong, they all have a high influence in their respective distribution regions, covering 80% of the English-speaking places.

Although the Beijing-Tianjin Times is a Chinese newspaper, it can be said that it is pervasive and influential among the upper class people in the entire northern China, and it is conceivable that with the fermentation of the influence of the novel, the influence of the sealing boat as the author has been revealed!

After signing the contract, in order to win over this great talent, these guys generously paid a deposit.

Among them, Wood Hai bleed the most, and in order to be able to become the only Chinese newspaper serialized in the mainland, he directly gave 20,000 silver dollars.

After a night's rest, he called the front desk of the hotel and asked them about the nearest bank near Nankai University, and the hotel recommended Jincheng Bank, one of the "North Four Lines" in Jinmen.

Jincheng Bank was founded by Zhou Zuomin, a well-known figure in the modern financial industry, in the sixth year of the Republic of China, and is one of the important private banks in China. "The name is Jincheng, and the meaning of building Jincheng soup pool is permanently solid", due to the operation of the law, the business has developed rapidly.

The deposits given by these newspapers to Feng Zhou amounted to 80,000 silver dollars, which amounted to one-tenth of the annual deposits of Jincheng Bank, so after Feng Zhou showed the promissory notes of major foreign banks, the entire bank hall suddenly became a sensation.

When General Manager Zhou Zuomin heard the news, he immediately received Feng Zhou in person and welcomed him into the VIP room; the administrative staff poured tea for Feng Zhou and the president and closed the door and withdrew.

"Mr. Feng is the first time to come to Jinmen?"

"Yes, it's the first time I've been here, but I'm going to live here for a few years, and I'm going to have trouble with Mr. Zhou in the future. ”

"Mr. Feng is polite, the bank's philosophy is 'customer first', and it is our aim to provide customers with satisfactory services. ”

After a polite gesture, Feng Zhou expressed his intention;

"I chose Jincheng Bank this time, mainly because your bank is relatively close to Nankai University, and I will live here in the next four years, so I want to make it easier for you to do business here. ”

"Mr. Feng, please rest assured, I will try my best to provide you with all kinds of convenience. ”

"Okay, there's one more thing that might bother you. I have heard of Mr. Zhou's name since I was a child, and I heard that you have been in Jinmen for most of the year since you founded Jincheng Bank in the sixth year of the Republic of China.

"Yes, Mr. Feng is really knowledgeable, since the establishment of Jincheng Bank, I, the general manager, naturally also run around for the banking business, this Nankai University business has also been won by us, and I am also familiar with Mr. Zhang Boling, the president. I also know a few teachers in it. ”

"That's great, I'm just in time for you to help you run it. ”

Feng Zhou smiled and slowly said his plan.