Xia Qiu paced back and forth in the room, feeling very angry. After a few months of hard work, her business had finally started to improve, and now someone was robbing her. He wanted to earn enough money in the next few years, and then make a fortune during the second oil crisis. No one was allowed to cause trouble in the middle.
Boss, there's one more thing to report to you." Chen Liang seemed to be a little uncertain as he continued," Our book seems to have been pirated." After saying that, Chen Liang handed Xia Qiu a novel. The cover of this book was exactly the same as when he returned to the Ming Dynasty and became a prince. However, after opening the cover, the clarity of the printed paper and handwriting was obviously much worse than his own.
Xia Qiu's eyes lit up. This bad thing really came at the right time. She was banned just now, and now there was a pirated version. It seemed like she had to change her way of doing things." When did you find out about the pirated version?"
Chen Liang replied in a weak voice,"I saw it by accident in a bookstore three days ago. The owner said that the pirates had a social background."
Xia Qiu was a little angry. "You're only telling me about what happened three days ago now? I told you long ago to pay attention to two things. One is the matter of the publishing company, and the other is the matter of the pirated version. It's been a few days since the pirated version came out, but you actually hid it from me. You're really disappointing as a manager."
" Boss, they have a club background. If we encounter such a thing, we can either find someone with authority to talk about it or give them protection money to use to get rid of the disaster. I've been trying to find out which club these pirates belong to, so I didn't tell you about this."
Xia Qiu looked at Chen Liang for a while before sighing."" Even though you have good intentions, you have to remember that no matter what, you have to prioritize my orders. Don't interfere with other matters that you shouldn't be involved in. Alright, go do your work first. I'll think of a way to resolve this matter."
Xia Qiu stood in front of the windowsill and watched the crowd coming in and out of the building. She was thinking about how to solve these two problems. He even wanted to use force to solve these troubles, but it was obviously not going to work. This was not the martial arts world, nor the cultivation world. It was a civilized society now, and everything had rules and regulations. Besides, he was not that down to kill a group of scholars who relied on their pens to make a living. As for the club, Xia Qiu did not have so much psychological burden. If all methods could not be solved, he could only use force to eliminate them.
As for the club that was plagiarizing his novel, Xia Qiu could guess without thinking that it definitely had something to do with 14K. From the information he had read in his previous life, he knew that this organization was huge and extremely scattered. It had never been able to unite internally. Moreover, there were constant conflicts between them. No one was convinced by the other. They did almost everything. They even controlled the entire pirated industry in Xiangjiang City. They even had a shadow in the riots in Gangcheng in the 1960s. It was because of that riot that the Jiangying Organization increased the intensity of their attacks on them, causing them to become a pile of loose sand until now.
Putting aside these messy thoughts, Xia Qiu shouted at Chen Liang,"" Chen Liang, call the people at the printing company. When you return to the Ming Dynasty, you won't be printing for now. Bring a few people to the printing company and bring back all the manuscripts and molds for the second volume. Whether they're done or not, bring them back to the company and seal them. Don't leave a single piece outside. Remember, this is very important. Also, after you're done with this, start collecting information and contact numbers of all the editors. These things might be useful in the future."
Chen Liang nodded his head with all his might. Then, he found a few tall colleagues and left the company in a hurry.
" Xiaoxue, stop the publicity plans for the second volume first. Stop the advertising negotiations with those television stations and newspapers. All work related to the second volume should be suspended. Call the chief editors of Cheng Pao, Ming Pao, Oriental Daily, and Sing Tao Daily and ask them to have lunch at Mingtai Hotel at 11 o'clock tomorrow. Tell them that I, Xia Qiu, have something to discuss with them."
" Got it, Boss." From Chen Liang's face, she could tell that something must have happened. Therefore, as soon as Xia Qiu gave these instructions, Zhou Xue made a series of calls, not daring to be careless.
In a place like Gang City where money was the most important thing, Xia Qiu did not believe that the book publishing industry would not go against money. There were so many book publishing companies that they could not all listen to the novel association. No matter which industry it was, there would always be one or two independent troublemakers. Xia Qiu believed that there would be disobedient owners in the publishing industry. As long as she found these disobedient book publishing companies and let them make money, she believed that those who were still watching would pounce on them like sharks smelling blood. The ban from the Fictional Association was a huge joke.
Bang, bang, bang. The knocking on the door interrupted Xia Qiu's thoughts. Zhou Xue stretched her head out and said softly," Boss, Mr. Xu Wen is calling for you. He said that there's an urgent matter."
Xia Qiu was stunned. A bad feeling welled up in her heart. During this period of time, the Xu brothers had done a lot of publicity for him on many occasions for his book. Now that he called to say that there was an emergency, it must be something bad." Put him through."
Xia Qiu had just picked up the phone when Xu Wen said anxiously," Xiaoxia, did you offend someone recently?"
Xia Qiu had been prepared to accept the bad news, but when she heard Xu Wen's question, she couldn't help but feel a little surprised." Big Brother Xu, what do you mean? I've always been doing my own thing and haven't had any conflicts with anyone."
Xu Wen continued,"At a dinner party today, I heard from a friend that the publishing bureau is going to make a move on your novel. Does your book have a book number and is it not registered with the publishing bureau? Moreover, they have another reason that your novel has a lot of bad plots and is considered a bad and illegal book. Now, those people are already collecting evidence. I reckon that they will definitely take measures in a few days. Although because you are young, they won't make you take any legal responsibility. However, your books will probably be banned. When that time comes, you have to be mentally prepared."
Xia Qiu was stunned. He had not expected such a thing to happen. The entire cultural world in Gang City was in chaos, let alone the publishing world. Some people wrote high-class literary novels, while others wrote vulgar novels. Even a high-class gentleman like Akio, whose company produced a few erotic movies every year, had no cultural bureau or publishing bureau. That was why Xia Qiu did not care about these when he published his book. Everyone else did the same. Why do I still need a book number? Isn't this looking for trouble? But now, trouble had finally come knocking on his door. Xia Qiu knew that it was all because of his interests. Someone had their eyes on his novel, and it was not just one person.
Xia Qiu was stunned for a moment, then said into the phone,"" Big Brother Xu, is that friend of yours from the Story Association?
How do you know? You didn't offend them, did you?" Xu Wen sounded surprised.
Xia Qiu didn't answer. She just said," Big Brother Xu, thank you for telling me this news. I think I know who's behind this."
After putting down the phone, Xia Qiu was silent for a long time. Then she chuckled and said,"" The Story Association? What is this?"
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