The three of them drank tea in the private room and talked about the recent events. They were not in a hurry to talk about serious matters, and neither was Xia Qiu. At this time, Hu An asked Xia Qiu," Xiao Xia, if I'm not wrong, the other three chief editors didn't come to look for you for the two favors you mentioned yesterday, right?" After saying that, he even took a sip of tea." I don't know what's wrong with this Shao Daheng. Why does he always like to come here to drink tea? I don't think there's anything special about him."
However, Boss Fu chuckled and said,"This tea isn't drunk like you. That's not drinking tea. That's pouring tea." Xia Qiu was suspicious. Why was he asking about the three exceptions? However, he was also curious as to why there wasn't any news about them." Chief Editor Hu, they haven't contacted me. From Chief Editor Hu's words, is there something that I haven't figured out yet?"
Hearing Xia Qiu's question, Hu An chuckled and said," Xiao Xia, you just arrived in Gang City not long ago. Actually, the two things you said yesterday are basically known by everyone in this industry. Even Boss Fu, who's beside you, knows about them. Hur hur, if you knew the truth, you would regret inviting us over yesterday because they wouldn't be able to help you.
Hearing Hu An's words, Xia Qiu was even more confused.""Chief Editor Hu, what's going on?”
At this moment, Boss Fu interrupted,"Let me tell you. I'm from Wancheng. I'm not afraid of the twists and turns here."
Xia Qiu quickly filled their cups with tea. This action made Boss Fu very satisfied. He was young, calm, and not arrogant. " Who's the one who's making things difficult for you? It's Mi Ming. He's the head of the Association now. Ever since Jin Ming focused on the newspaper, the Association's influence has been getting worse and worse. The older generation of martial arts readers are tired of reading them. Only Mi Ming's sci-fi genre still has some influence, so he's the one calling the shots now. Even if the Fictional Association was not as strong as it used to be, it was still a big tree. Moreover, there was still Jin Ming behind it. Since Mi Ming had spoken, everyone naturally had to give him some face.
In fact, at first, he wanted you to join the novel association. That way, the association would take 10% of the profits from your future books. They didn't expect you to suddenly pay for your own books. This was something they didn't expect. At first, they were also watching to see how your book sold. In the end, you knew that it sold very well. It was also because it sold too well that they were determined to ban you. Why did you say that? In the past few years, the novel association has recommended novels that they think are good to us, but after these novels were pushed to the market, the readers didn't buy them. As a result, we lost a lot of money.
And within the association, there were some people whose novels weren't recommended by the association, which made many people unhappy. Now that you've made such a scene and even earned a lot of money, those dissatisfied people have seen another way out. Mi Ming was afraid that these people would bypass the association and publish their own books like you. If that really happened, the association would really become a decoration, which they didn't want to see. The result was that if you broke the rules of the industry, they wouldn't mind if your novel didn't sell well. They would even try their best to rope you in and help you contact a bookstore to publish a new novel. However, the result was the exact opposite. They had no choice but to suppress you. Firstly, it was to tell others that the Fictional Association was still the ruler of the industry. Secondly, it was to warn those ambitious writers to listen obediently. Otherwise, it would be difficult for you to move forward.
After hearing this, Xia Qiu finally understood where this inexplicable hatred came from. Although his face was calm, he was furious inside. What was wrong with Mi Ming? If you wanted to cooperate, you should have said so earlier. It was like guessing riddles all day. Who had the time to guess with you?
At this moment, Boss Fu continued," Actually, your self-production and self-selling method is fine in Gangcheng, but it won't work outside of Gangcheng. Gangcheng is too complicated. There are forces, there are forces from Jili, and there are forces from Wancheng. Therefore, no one cares about such a small matter like you. However, if you can't even get a book number outside of Jianghai, you might be labeled as an illegal publication of books.”
Xia Qiu quickly agreed. In fact, Xia Qiu had no intention of doing it in Jiangwai at all. The reason why she did it in Gangcheng was to show the value of the book to the editors. If they followed the old rules, it would be good if the editors could give you a million yuan. However, after doing this, they could at least get tens of millions. Xia Qiu really broke the rules of the industry.
Boss Fu continued," As for the reason why the other three companies didn't help, Ming Pao has a lot of connections with the novel association. Jin Ming is the honorary president of Ming Pao, and Mi Ming has a long-term novel column in Ming Pao, so he has a good relationship with Jin Ming. The people under him naturally wouldn't slap the boss in the face, so they ruled it out. Normally, the Oriental Daily wouldn't care about these things. According to their past practice, they didn't care if you were a Fictional Association or a Fictional Alliance. As long as it could increase sales, they would dare to do it. They used to do this often. However, it was not possible now. Those who were outside knew that the Ma family was not having a good time. The Ma family was the founder of the Oriental Daily. Their other identity was the largest Bai family in Gang City. Recently, some police officers had gone crazy and called the Ma family to the police station for tea. During such a sensitive period, they naturally would not offend a group of people who held pens for you, so they were excluded. As for the Sing Tao Daily, ever since the economy of Gang City improved this year, their boss, Hu Xian, was now fully focused on the real estate market. It was said that she had already invested hundreds of millions of Jiangyuan in it. At this time, he did not have the mood to care about the situation of the Sing Tao Daily. The people below couldn't understand what their boss was thinking. They didn't know if their boss would be willing to offend Mi Ming and his group of literati for you. But in my opinion, he definitely wouldn't. Because of Jin Ming's relationship, this matter was dragged on. In the end, it didn't matter if he couldn't help.”
Xia Qiu smiled bitterly in her heart. This novel association was really involved in many things, but it didn't matter. They didn't have the ability to make me lower my head.
At this time, Hu An chuckled." Xiao Xia, your two books are destined to be owned by Cheng Bao. I used to envy Sing Tao Daily for picking up a big bargain, but now it seems that Cheng Bao has picked up two big bargains. The three of them have their own reasons for not being able to help you solve your problem, but our Cheng Bao isn't afraid of these. The people from the Fictional Association rarely publish novels in our newspaper, so we don't have to pay attention to their threats. As for the matter with the publishing bureau, that's a small matter. You can rest assured that those yamen won't cause you any trouble. The first matter, we've helped you solve it. As for the second matter, I've also brought people over."As for whether or not it can work out, it depends on how you negotiate. We, Cheng Bao, naturally hope that you can cooperate successfully. This will be beneficial to everyone, right?"
As soon as Hu An finished speaking, Xia Qiu stood up with a teacup and said to the two of them,""Thank you for helping me clear my doubts. I'll drink tea instead of wine.”After saying that, he drank all the tea in one go.
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