Chapter 44: Dig a corner
Murphy shook his head and said, "There must be something wrong with the data released by the publishing house, in this era, physical books are outdated, and it is impossible to sell so much!" Besides, there is also an online version of this book, which has long dispersed readers! ”
Carlos pursed his lips and said, "Murphy, you don't understand this. The book was published on the Oriental website in Chinese. Not well-known in the West. You haven't read this book, but if you do, you know where the charm of this book is! The book was translated into English in an authentic Western fantasy style, and this book was an absolute hit! ”
Murphy snorted lightly and said, "Show me, I'm here to see if there's the potential for a fire!" Although Murphy studied history predominantly, his literary attainments were no slouch. Therefore, he also has this qualification to taste it.
Carlos looked at Murphy's outstretched hand, slapped the book directly, and said, "What's the hurry, I'll talk about it after I finish reading!" ”
Seeing this, Murphy could only withdraw his hand speechlessly, studying history first, but he recalled the title of the book "The Legend of King Lanluo" in his mind.
Although Carlos doesn't like to study much, he is also a top student, and he never appreciates trash books that have no merits.
In this society where the Internet has entered the family, many things that can be replaced by the Internet have mostly been replaced by the Internet, and many industries are in a state of survival although they are deeply rooted.
Physical publishing has shrunk to a very low level in this society, and as the Zuihou generation of people who love physical books grows old, many young people of the new generation have become accustomed to reading e-books, so they will not have much interest in buying physical books.
Of course, there is shrinkage, and there are mergers and acquisitions.
The brick-and-mortar publishing industry, in the United States, is now the case with the most powerful Betas Group. The group firmly occupies the position of the leader of the Shijie publishing industry, and although it has also expanded its online business, it has never given up on the physical publishing line. Therefore, whether a book can sell well or not is mostly related to the Betas Group.
And now, a private company called Exile Press has come up with a book that sells tens of millions, which has shocked the Betas executives.
Today, the gold content of a book sold in 10 million copies is comparable to 20 million or even 30 million a few decades ago.
In fact, as long as it is tens of millions of books, it can be called a bestseller! The range of values is unimaginable.
Betas's intelligence services immediately launched an investigation into the author of the book, Exile.
The Knight of King Lanluo did not hide Xiao Fang's information at all, so Bertas's intelligence department quickly found out the details of the author of EXILE.
For the author of such a bestseller, Betas is very experienced, and if a book is not made, then sign a sequel......
However, when Betas continued to learn more about the EXILE publishing house, they reluctantly gave up on the jihua. Because, they know that this is a purely personal publishing house, a company built entirely for EXILE.
In such a situation, it is impossible for EXILE to sell the rights to other companies.
In the headquarters building of Diandian Literature Network, Very Coke Le sat at his large desk, his body tense, and his eyes were full of English news.
"The Legend of King Lanluo" sold tens of millions of copies!
Very Coke is very clear about who wrote the book and whose hands it is under whom.
The past is fluttering in the wind and standing in the editor-in-chief's office, and my heart is also quite apprehensive. He didn't know that Weishenme was worried, he only knew that something big must have happened.
"Look at this news, you know English, right?" Very Cola transfers the information from the computer to the wall-mounted display in the office.
The past was fluttering in the wind, and I immediately saw the information on the display.
When he saw this message, the past was fluttering in the wind and immediately showed a surprised expression.
"You don't know, do you?" Very Cola Le has reached middle age, has been in the position of editor-in-chief for many years, and his majesty has also been cultivated, under his gaze, although the past is fluttering in the wind and wind, although he has a lot of confidence, but at this moment he can't help but feel a little weak, after all, this matter is indeed his mistake.
"When his book was translated into English and sold, weishenme you didn't have any news at all? Are you still a qualified editor? "Very Cola stood up and slapped the table directly, it was obvious that the impact of this matter was too great!
"Editor-in-chief, maybe the last time the matter was too hard, so ......" said the past with the wind fluttering and stopping.
"Which thing? You make it clear to me! Very Cola immediately asked rhetorically.
"It's the thing about last month's monthly ticket war." Although he knew that he would be criticized for saying it, he still said that this matter was criticized anyway, and the worst was nothing more than that.
"Did he think he could win?" Very Coke said impatiently.
"It's not good to say whether you win or not, but if we press it on our side, he will definitely lose. Moreover, he retreated without a fight, which must have been a shame for him. So, he must have something in mind for us. The past was fluttering in the wind and explained seriously, he didn't believe that the editor-in-chief didn't expect this, but the editor-in-chief had the majesty of the editor-in-chief.
"I don't know how thick the sky is! He is afraid of himself, he has become a bad seed, who can blame? "It's not that I don't know what happened recently, it's just that he's in a bad mood right now, and what he says doesn't seem to be out of his head.
The past is fluttering in the wind and can only be speechless in my heart, after all, others are the first book to become popular, and they are still on your website, or have signed a contract, can you not back down!
seemed to realize that there was something wrong with his words, and very Coke Le immediately reacted, waved his hand, and said, "Since you are his editor-in-charge, the relationship should be good, right?" Contact him immediately and ask him to contact the small publishing company in the United States and buy the copyright at a reasonable price. Then we signed a contract with him to publish in various languages around the world. This book must be placed in the Dian Dian Press. Very Coke Le solemnly commanded.
"This ...... I'm afraid it's not easy! If it's okay in other languages, someone else has already published it......"
"Bang!" Very Coke slapped the table, anger came to his face, and he pointed to his nose that was fluttering in the wind and said, "I don't want to listen to your reasons!" Do it! If you don't do well, don't come to work! ”
The past is fluttering in the wind and seeing that it is very Cokele, a nameless fire also rose in my heart, and I wanted to go back, but, after thinking about it, the editor-in-chief has still taken care of himself all these years, and he is on fire at the moment, understand, understand! Long live understanding!
The past was fluttering in the wind, and all he could do was to leave the editor-in-chief's office in a gloomy manner, return to his office, and immediately call Xiao Fang.
"I said buddy, you're not interesting enough, you don't even notify me about the English version being published abroad!" The past is fluttering in the wind, and there are quite complaints.
Xiao Fang stood on the roof of his house, looked at the green mountains in the distance, smiled, and said, "I also said buddy, if you are interesting enough, will I be like this?" You yourself say that you have not done enough to treat my book! ”
"At least, we gave you a platform and a chance to make money famously. I won't talk about the above things, at least I'm not sorry for you, what is the news about your book, at least let me know it, okay? I was just reprimanded by the editor-in-chief, and I'm almost about to quit and leave! The past sighed with the wind and said directly to Xiao Fang.
"I admit the reasons you say! However, you Diandian.com is indeed a big bully. Moreover, it is also a bully of the writer staff who create value for them. No wonder Diandian.com hasn't been able to retain people over the years! As for you, buddy, I'm not sorry for you. Get out of that fire pit, good for you! Xiao Fang said in a slightly mocking tone.
"Don't talk about those useless ones, can you get back your English version of the publishing contract?" The past is blowing in the wind and going straight to the point.
"What else do you want? Go straight to that company, wow, even if I agree, they have to be willing to sell. Xiao Fang replied naturally.
"You're really forcing my brother to resign, aren't you?" The past is very hurtful when it is fluttering in the wind.
"I heard that you are not short of money, so why should you be angry there." Xiao Fang responded with a smile.
“…… I love what I do, okay. The past fluttered in the wind and sighed.
"Why don't you get a website, and I'll give you a show." At this point, Xiao Xin's head was also moved, anyway, after this book, I am afraid that he will not publish the book on this website, so he will have to consider the other whereabouts.
Hengtian is a good place, the gods are gathered, and it is very competitive. However, there are too many buyouts in this place, and although they are stable, they are not very competitive. If the graph is stable enough to go, it is okay to walk, but the problem is that Xiao Fang does not need this kind of stability.
It's not bad to be born.,But it's not popular.,It's worse than Yokoten.。
As for the Heavenly Sword, this is doing thankless things with banknotes, and it is still hovering at the door of the online literature world, it has one foot in, but the other foot is still trembling outside.
Since you have a more ambitious goal, it is more haode to open your own website. However, Xiao Fang must carry forward the profession of a writer, it is okay to be a boss, but it is a little powerless to be a CEO, so he must have someone to help him in everything.
After a few months of contact, Xiao Fang also found that the past is quite real, and it also meets his appetite, so it should be no problem for him to manage such a literary website.
"Are you joking or are you serious?" The past fluttered in the wind, his expression became serious, and he asked seriously.
"You don't think I'm still going to stay in Diandian.com, do you? It's true that it's the most popular, but there are also problems of one kind or another. Other sites are good, but they're not interesting to me, and I don't think I'm going to make one myself. As long as you want, we can start a joint venture to open a literary website, even if it is my personal book publishing website! Xiao Fang said with a smile.
"Your heart is a little bigger. Do you have enough money? It's easy to register a company, but if you want to operate and maintain your website, and prevent hacker attacks, your millions are simply not enough! The past is fluttering in the wind and wind, and he also knows Xiao Fang's income, so he directly poured cold water.
"It's a matter of people, and money will happen slowly." Xiao Fang said with a smile, paused, and said, "Moreover, aren't you rich?" I don't care how much it takes. ”
Xiao Fang's words made the past flutter with the wind, and he couldn't help but feel hot in his heart, and immediately blurted out: "Okay! As long as you partner with me, we will open this website. ”
"Hmm. That's it for now. ”
"Good!"
This time, the past fluttered with the wind and had a boldness, and it was almost immediately clapidated. Many years later, he said directly in public: "The most correct decision I have made in my life is probably to partner with Xiao Fang." ”