"Who is this?" Lao Hei asked the doubts in his heart for him.

At the same time, Wang Daolin noticed that Editor-in-Chief Sun, who had been very arrogant before, silently retreated behind the young man after he spoke.

This primary and secondary relationship has confused Wang Daolin again, who is in charge?

The young man smiled slightly, his temperament changed drastically, and he raised his head and said: "The planning editor-in-chief of the contemptible Changkong Publishing House, Liu Yongchao." ”

"Liu Yongchao!" Lao Hei suddenly exclaimed when he heard this.

Seeing that Wang Daolin was still a little ignorant, Lao Hei took the initiative to explain: "The importance of planning and editing in the publishing industry is equivalent to the executive director of an enterprise, with high market acumen and a wide range of information sources.

And Liu Yongchao of Changkong Publishing House, who is a celebrity in the publishing industry, is usually even more difficult to meet! I didn't expect to be lucky enough to see it today, and I admired it for a long time! ”

Hearing this, Wang Daolin immediately glanced at this Liu Yongchao, and saw that Liu Yongchao's age should not be more than thirty years old, but he had already become the planning and editor-in-chief of the industry giant Changkong Publishing House, and it can be said that he was a young man.

As a planning editor-in-chief who is a higher level than the planning editor, the top boss of the editor-in-chief Sun must have his advantages.

Liu Yongchao waved his hand and said, "What a celebrity in the publishing industry, I'm just a small editor, it's not enough!" ”

Lao Hei smiled bitterly: "If you are a small editor, how should we deal with ourselves, Editor-in-Chief Liu is young and promising, and I admire it." ”

Liu Yongchao smiled and turned his head to look at Wang Daolin: "I originally pretended to be the follower of Editor-in-Chief Sun today just to see what kind of capable person is who guides Lao Hei to write a strange book like Golden Bottle Plum, I didn't expect it to be such a little brother, when it comes to being young and promising, I don't dare to be in front of this little brother." ”

In the face of Liu Yongchao's praise, Wang Daolin did not get carried away, but just shrugged his shoulders and said, "Editor-in-chief Liu came today, don't you just want to see what I look like?" To make a long story short, I asked Lao Hei to contact your publisher mainly because I had a book that I wanted to co-publish. ”

"Oh?" Liu Yongchao's eyes lit up when he heard this.

If Lao Hei's Golden Bottle Plum didn't sell so well, he really wouldn't necessarily come, but the Silver Bottle Plum and the Golden Bottle Plum, although it was only a word difference, the content was very different, and he also wanted to see what kind of book Wang Daolin was talking about.

People say that Maxima often exists and Bole does not often have, but in the same way, Bole's thirst for Maxima will not be inferior to Maxima's thirst for Bole.

Even if he is the editor-in-chief of the planner, there is also assessment and pressure, the amount of variety, the amount of yards, and the amount of printing are directly linked to the bonus.

The book of Jin Zhumei alone is destined to multiply his prize money at the end of the year several times, and he is looking forward to what kind of works Wang Daolin can come up with.

Immediately asked, "I don't know what kind of book it is?" ”

Wang Daolin turned around and said faintly: "This book is called "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and listen to me slowly.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the eunuchs were in power, and the lives were devastated......"

"Wait, the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty?" Liu Yongchao was stunned for a moment and interrupted: "Listen to your beginning, it should be a book of historical classification, but why have I never heard of it in the late Eastern Han Dynasty?" ”

Wang Daolin was also stunned for a moment, and smiled bitterly in his heart, he forgot about this stubble, this is a parallel world, the direction of history is completely different from the earth in his previous life, he directly said the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, who knows which year the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty was?

immediately explained: "I am a fiction of alternate history......"

"Wait, alternate history?" Liu Yongchao and Editor-in-Chief Sun glanced at each other, what kind of subject is this?

Wang Daolin smiled bitterly again, he forgot that the cultural background of this world is completely different from his previous life, and the theme of alternate history has never appeared in this world.

Although the background of the golden bottle plum took place in the Song Dynasty, because the Song Dynasty also appeared in this world, it was not questioned by Lao Hei at that time, and then it was a big seller.

Although I was helpless in my heart, I could only patiently explain to the other party.

However, after listening to his explanation, Liu Yongchao's eyes lit up: "Okay, you, alternate history!" I've never heard of such a novel subject, which means that the market is still blank! If it sells well, it may even surpass the Golden Plum! ”

However, as soon as Liu Yongchao's voice fell, he said: "It's not ......."

"But?" The royal road is coming.

Liu Yongchao glanced at him and said leisurely: "But the blank market also means that everything is full of uncertainty, it is true that if it sells well, it may surpass the results of the Golden Bottle, but if the readers don't buy it, it is also possible to lose the whole market!" ”

"So what does Editor-in-Chief Liu want to say?" Wang Daolin's heart suddenly cast a shadow, and he had a bad guess.

Sure enough, Liu Yongchao took out a contract from the black briefcase in his hand and said: "You don't have to listen to the content behind, I believe that you who can guide Lao Hei to write a book like Jin Zhumei, this Romance of the Three Kingdoms should not be bad, but the risk can't be borne by our publishing house back then, you can take a look at this contract first." ”

Wang Daolin sneered in his heart, sure enough, the one who should have come is still coming, the businessman is profitable, Liu Yongchao saw the potential in him from the big sale of the golden bottle plum, and he began to bargain at this time.

And when he carefully read the contents of the contract, his face became even more pale.

First of all, in terms of the most direct income, the contract that Liu Yongchao gave him did not specify how much royalties, but directly gave a buyout offer of 1000 words, and it was all bought out!

At first glance, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms has a word count of 800,000, how can he get 80,000 yuan for a thousand words, which is also a lot of money, but this also means that if the Romance of the Three Kingdoms sells well, all the subsequent income has nothing to do with him!

Then there is the first printing, the contract clearly says that the first printing is 50,000 copies, if Changkong Publishing House really sings about the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, how can it give a super high first printing of 50,000 for the first printing?

Finally, there is the authorization period, a ten-year authorization period, and Changkong Publishing House can do too many articles in it.

If all the above clauses can be described as harsh, then the easy to ignore small print between those clauses completely shows the wolf ambition of Sky Press.

Within three years after the completion of the works under this contract with Party B (Wang Daolin), Party A shall enjoy the right of first refusal to sign the new works of Party B, and if Party B transfers or authorizes the above rights to a third party after receiving the written notice of Party A's exercise of the above priority rights, it shall be deemed to be in breach of contract.

All in all, this is not a reciprocal contract, this is a deed of sale with the word "contract"!

Although he doesn't know much about the publishing industry, he is not stupid.

Looking up at Liu Yongchao, his gaze had already become cold: "Since Editor-in-Chief Liu is unwilling to show sincerity, then go to the sky!" ”