rebirth of change

Chapter 37 Anti-poaching

"Brother Ouyang, don't think about it yet, go to eat, I will show you the book I wrote for you in a while, and you can make a decision after reading it, can you see it?" Seeing that Ouyang Zhenhua's brows were deep Well, Chen Kangjie also knew that it was not appropriate for someone to make a decision in just a few words, so let's talk about it after he has read the book.

"Okay then, let's go to eat, you have to treat me here, haha", Ouyang Zhenhua really couldn't make a choice for a while, so he happened to ride a donkey downhill.

"Delicacy from mountains and seas, I think you have eaten them all. Today I will take you to eat our snacks, how about it?" Since the treat, it's not that Chen Kangjie can't pay for a big meal, but that he doesn't look close enough, since If you want to attract people to work for you, you have to be more friendly. It is perfect to invite others to eat snacks from your hometown.

"That's good, you can do whatever you want. I have been here several times, but I have never tasted the delicious snacks here," Ouyang Zhenhua said with a smile.

Chen Kangjie took Ouyang Zhenhua to the side of the street garden to eat fried pots. In the 80s and 90s, the sellers of fried pots were all on the sidewalks, a bit like the food stalls in Hong Kong or Guangzhou. Until the end of the century, with the consumption level The improvement and consumers' pursuit of a hygienic environment have gradually moved to the store.So Ouyang Zhenhua didn't feel that there was anything uncomfortable, and he would often go to the food stalls for consumption.

The frying pan is a unique snack in Qianzhou. It is a small coal stove with a casserole on it. There are two kinds of casserole: flat bottom and protruding casserole. Chen Kangjie ordered a protruding one.Pour some rapeseed oil on the casserole, put the food to be eaten on the casserole and cook it, dip it in the prepared dipping water or chili powder and you can eat it.Whether the frying pan is good or not, one of the key points is whether the dipping water or pepper powder is done well.Chen Kangjie likes to eat this very much. During the holidays, he would eat it with a few friends every now and then.

Chen Kangjie asked Ouyang Zhenhua to order something, but because Ouyang Zhenhua was not familiar with it, Chen Kangjie had full authority to handle it.Chen Kangjie ordered potatoes, stinky tofu, white tofu, beef, Liangpi and a few things.The two just ate and chatted like this. It may be that Ouyang Zhenhua's Mandarin is not up to standard. The older girl and the younger daughter-in-law would always look at this handsome guy in a suit and leather shoes and gold-rimmed glasses when passing by.At that time, Cantonese Pu (Mandarin spoken by people in Cantonese-speaking areas) was only seen on TV. Now that there is such a handsome guy who speaks Cantonese Pu by my side, naturally the rate of return will be higher.

After eating, Chen Kangjie gave Ouyang Zhenhua the English version of the first volume of "Twilight", "Twilight", and asked him to read it slowly in the hotel, and then continue talking tomorrow after reading it.

Chen Kangjie believed that Ouyang Zhenhua could understand it. Anyway, he heard that almost all the white-collar workers in Hong Kong could speak good English. By the way, he wanted to test his English writing skills.

Ouyang Zhenhua thought that Chen Kangjie wrote a Chinese book, but who knew that he was given a manuscript of an English novel. Before he was surprised, Chen Kangjie turned around and left. All questions can only be asked slowly tomorrow after reading the novel up.

The next afternoon, Chen Kangjie came to the Guest House to look for Ouyang Zhenhua.

"Xiaojie, is this a novel you wrote?" As soon as Chen Kangjie entered the door, Ouyang Zhenhua eagerly took Chen Kangjie's hand and asked.It could be seen that Ouyang Zhenhua was very excited. Looking at the circles under his eyes, he probably didn't sleep all night.

"Yeah, what's the matter? Do you think the writing is bad?" Chen Kangjie replied lazily.

"No, no, it's so well written, the storyline is very attractive, and the language is also very subtle. What about the second book, have you brought it? Hurry up and give it to me." Ouyang Zhenhua thought that Chen Kangjie misunderstood that he didn't like him Novel, quickly deny.I also want to ask for the following chapters immediately, and it seems that I am really attracted.

"Brother Ouyang, I will slowly show you all the next three volumes. Seeing how anxious you are, I spent two years writing this novel." Chen Kangjie returned to Ouyang Zhenhua slowly.

"Two years? Then you were only six years old when you wrote it? Why are you so good at English? Oh my God, I thought you were just good at writing songs." Ouyang Zhenhua was really shocked, and he hadn't thought about it before. As for the age of the author, now that I think about it, a genius is a genius.

"Yes, it started at the age of six, English, self-taught, genius, there are always differences, otherwise how can you call it a genius", Chen Kangjie said proudly.

"That's right, the first time I saw you, I thought you were a genius"

"Brother Ouyang, don't continue to praise me, or I will be proud. From your point of view, can this novel be published?" Chen Kangjie was numb after being praised too much, so let's get down to business.

"It can be published, but you wrote it in English, and the story is more suitable for Western tastes," Ouyang Zhenhua hesitated to say the key point.

"I originally wrote it for Westerners. To make money, of course I have to earn US dollars or pounds. That's exciting. Besides, I also finished the Chinese version and it can be published at any time." Chen Kangjie said the original intention of writing, and also Tell Ouyang Zhenhua that he not only wrote the English version, but also the Chinese version.

Hearing that Chen Kangjie still had a Chinese version, he hesitated for a moment, as if he had to make some important decision right away.

"Xiaojie, I plan to accept being your agent. I don't want the salary. I don't want a million annual salary. I have confidence in you. I will take 5.00% of the income."Ouyang Zhenhua finally made the decision that Chen Kangjie expected.

Chen Kangjie had expected that Ouyang Zhenhua would make such a choice after reading the book. The first was Chen Kangjie's confidence in himself, and the second was that he felt that Ouyang Zhenhua was not a short-sighted person, otherwise he would not have invited Ouyang Zhenhua to be himself broker.We have been together for almost two years. From the perspective of Chen Kangjie who had been in sales for many years before his rebirth, Ouyang Zhenhua is actually a good manager. , Ouyang Zhenhua never talked with him as if Chen Kangjie was a child, and always acted like an adult and an adult, so Chen Kangjie chose him.

The two communicated in the hotel room until the evening. Chen Kangjie asked Ouyang Zhenhua to find a publisher with channels in the United States and Europe, especially the United States. Chen Kangjie remembered that this "Twilight" was sold in the United States. 5000 million copies were sold, which is the largest market.After the talk, Ouyang Zhenhua hurried back to Hong Kong. He had to deal with Rolling Stone's affairs first, and find a suitable publisher in Hong Kong by the way.If Rolling Stone thought of sending the manager who wanted to persuade Chen Kangjie to turn around, he would be poached by Chen Kangjie, I don't know what would happen.

After Ouyang Zhenhua arrived in Hong Kong, he quickly submitted his resignation to Rolling Stone. The reason he didn't say directly was that the first condition for Chen Kangjie to let him be an agent was to keep the author a secret. Chen Kangjie didn't want to draw too much attention from the outside world.

Considering the possibility of cooperating with Rolling Stone in the future, Ouyang Zhenhua used "I am not in good health and want to take a break" as an excuse for resignation. After repeated efforts to retain Rolling Stone to no avail, Ouyang Zhenhua agreed to his resignation and promised to come back at any time in the future.For this reason, Ouyang Zhenhua also reported to Rolling Stone that Chen Kangjie did not want to continue selling songs, but he would not write songs for other companies, and Ouyang Zhenhua also hinted to Rolling Stone that Chen Kangjie might come up with an album in the future, if that is the case , he will try his best to bring Chen Kangjie to Rolling Stone.This also counts as a return of Rolling Stone's kindness to him.

After dealing with the matter of Rolling Stone Records, Ouyang Zhenhua asked his friends to inquire about publishers with American and European channels. Finally, under the introduction of his friends, he found a publishing house called "Hua Shang Publishing Culture Co., Ltd.", and they Although the company is not very big, it has a long history of working in the industry for more than 30 years, and has long-term cooperative relations with many institutions such as the United States and the United Kingdom.

Ouyang Zhenhua met Li Wendong, the general manager of Huashang Publishing Culture Co., Ltd. After greetings, Ouyang Zhenhua took out the English version of the first volume of "Twilight" "Twilight" and handed it to Li Wendong. At the beginning, Li Wendong just wanted to flip through it casually. After all, there are often authors who take their manuscripts to publishers in order to get them published. own office.