Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Just when Cao Zhiqiang continued to rub his temples with his eyes closed, there was a knock on the door of the office.

"Come in!" Cao Zhiqiang, who was kneading his temples, said casually.

The door was opened, and it was Xiang Dongfang, Secretary Xiang who had gone and returned.

Cao Zhiqiang opened his eyes and looked at Xiang Dongfang, put down his hands and said with a smile: "Secretary Xiang, why did you come back so soon, didn't you have a good chat with your school girl?"

Xiang Dongfang smiled, walked towards Cao Zhiqiang, and said softly: "With Vice President Chen here, I don't need to say more, besides, I came here a few days earlier than her, let me tell you about the rules here, Not quite right."

Cao Zhiqiang nodded with a smile.

Indeed, although Xiang Dongfang came here earlier than Xu Jingli, it was indeed not a few days earlier.

Speaking of which, the reason why Xiang Dongfang and Xu Jingli were transferred here was thanks to Cao Zhiqiang.

It's just that the network that Cao Zhiqiang used was not Uncle Xu's thigh, nor Secretary Dong and Factory Director Li, but a new network re-opened through Yu Deshui's relationship.

Because since Cao Zhiqiang listened to Hao Shuwen's words, accepted Yu Yuanyuan temporarily, and bought a house in Jinwu Zangjiao, on the surface, he continued to maintain a relationship with Yu Yuanyuan as a sister and brother.

Regarding Yuanyuan's statement, it is because he has been very busy with work recently, and everyone needs a period of time to think about it, or in other words, it is to give Yu Yuanyuan a cooling-off period so that she will not regret it later.

Of course, Yu Yuanyuan didn't regret it. In other words, Cao Zhiqiang could buy her a house, continue to be like a brother and sister on the surface, and accept her secretly, she couldn't wish for it.

But Yu Yuanyuan and Yu Fangfang were easy to talk about, but Yu Yuanyuan's parents couldn't say so clearly.

So what Cao Zhiqiang told Yu Yuanyuan's parents was that Cao Zhiqiang was still young and wanted to spend more time on his career and studies, and put aside his children's personal affairs for the time being.

At the same time, I also hope that Yu Yuanyuan can test Cao Zhiqiang more during this period of time to see if it is suitable.

After all, Cao Zhiqiang is only 19 years old now, which is still far from the legal age of marriage.

Therefore, it is a buffer for both parties not to reveal the relationship first, but to communicate secretly first.

Ordinarily, this kind of rhetoric was not easy to convince Yu Deshui and Yao Guiying and his wife, but Cao Zhiqiang bought a house for Yu Yuanyuan, and what Cao Zhiqiang said was indeed reasonable, and Yu Yuanyuan was also willing, so she didn't say anything. what.

After that, although Cao Zhiqiang continued to call Yu Yuanyuan a sister and brother, Yu Deshui and Yao Guiying actually regarded Cao Zhiqiang as a future son-in-law, not a son-in-law.

During this period, Cao Zhiqiang really used Yu Deshui's relationship line, and used the excuse of Xiang Dongfang and Xu Jingli to transfer work, to connect with other leaders.

Under the recommendation of Yu Deshui, Cao Zhiqiang has been entertaining almost every night for the past half month, either having dinner with this leader or that leader.

It's hard work, but hard work is worth it.

Because Cao Zhiqiang made a lot of money and his net worth was clean, he soon got to know a group of leaders by eating and drinking.

Relying on the leader to introduce new leaders, he quickly became famous in the circle of local leaders. …

Although there are many officials in the capital, there is actually only a small circle of local leaders who are in charge of specific affairs.

So soon, the leader of Beijing Normal University was known by Cao Zhiqiang, and they had dinner together and gave gifts, so it was considered a relationship.

Since he had a relationship with Cao Zhiqiang and accepted the gift, it would be a breeze to transfer the two students of the school to work practice.

In this way, Xiang Dongfang and Xu Jingli successively came to Cao Zhiqiang's publishing house to work in the name of internships.

Relatively speaking, Xiang Dongfang is easier, because she is still a graduate student and does not have a specific internship unit. In other words, her current internship unit is the school, after all, she is a university counselor.

As long as it is a position in the university, it is easy to transfer, just a few words.

Xu Jingli is relatively troublesome, mainly because Xu Jingli has already practiced in other schools.

If you want to transfer Xu Jingli to an internship position, you must first accommodate with the unit where Xu Jingli is currently doing an internship.

Fortunately, this is not a difficult task. The relevant leaders of the university introduced the relevant leaders of the middle school where Xu Jingli was practicing to Cao Zhiqiang. Everyone sat down and had a meal together and gave a gift. It is done.

It can be said that after nearly half a month of eating and drinking, Cao Zhiqiang finally managed the transfer of Xiang Dongfang and Xu Jingli's internship. It was really not easy.

This is still a situation where there is money and connections. If there is no money and connections, there is really no connections.

Of course, looking at it from another angle, Cao Zhiqiang's continuous eating and drinking and attending dinners for more than half a month is equivalent to expanding the circle of contacts of him, Chen Jiabang and Yu Deshui.

Judging from the superficial results, it seems that it was only for the transfer of internships for two female college students.

But from a deeper level, Cao Zhiqiang, Chen Jiabang, and Yu Deshui all got to know many leaders in the circle during the process of continuously participating in the dinner, and everyone became familiar with each other.

This is of great benefit to Cao Zhiqiang and the future management of the publishing house.

On the whole, although these days were hard, Cao Zhiqiang himself made more profits.

It's just that he felt that he was almost at the limit, and if he continued to drink like this every day, even if he pretended to be drunk every day, his body would really not be able to hold on.

It seems that this dinner culture is really not suitable for him.

"President Cao." Xiang Dongfang, who came to Cao Zhiqiang, said suddenly, "Do you still have a headache?"

"Yes?" Cao Zhiqiang continued to close his eyes and massage his temples by himself.

"Last night, I had dinner with a few leaders in the city. Those people are very good at drinking. Although I have tried every means to avoid alcohol, but in the end... Forget it, it's nothing, I'm just a little hangover, after a while Enough."

Xiang Dongfang said: "President Cao, let me massage your head for you, you can't do this."

Cao Zhiqiang opened his eyes and looked at Xiang Dongfang, and found that she had a calm smile on her face. After thinking about it, he agreed.

"Alright, I'll trouble you then, Secretary Xiang."

Xiang Dongfang smiled: "As your secretary, this is what I should do."

After speaking, Xiang Dongfang came behind Cao Zhiqiang, gently placed both hands on both sides of Cao Zhiqiang's head, and leaned the back of Cao Zhiqiang's head against her stomach. …

Cao Zhiqiang frowned, and just about to speak, Xiang Dongfang suddenly said: "President Cao, it's about to start, please close your eyes."

Cao Zhiqiang then closed his eyes and stopped talking.

Then Xiang Dongfang really started to gently massage Cao Zhiqiang's temples and acupuncture points on the top of his head, which made Cao Zhiqiang feel refreshed.

"Hiss, it's comfortable!" Cao Zhiqiang snorted comfortably, "Secretary Xiang, I didn't expect you to be able to do this. Who did you learn from?"

"When I was young, I was with an old Chinese doctor." Xiang Dongfang said while rubbing.

"Really." Cao Zhiqiang closed his eyes and said, "I almost forgot that you are the son of an official, and you must have met many strange people since you were young. But then again, this is the craft of serving others, how can you learn it? It can't be for Do you want to please your parents?"

"You're half right." Xiang Dongfang said while pressing Cao Zhiqiang's head.

"Half right?" Cao Zhiqiang asked, "What do you mean?"

Xiang Dongfang said: "Actually, when I was very young, my mother was in poor health. She took medicine every day and often had headaches. I saw my mother was very sad, and my father was always away, so I learned this traditional Chinese massage method from others." , wanting to ease the pain of the mother.”

"Oh, that's it." Cao Zhiqiang closed his eyes and said, "It seems that you are still a filial girl."

Xiang Dongfang smiled slightly: "So, after I learned this, I only used it for my mother. Others, including my father, have never enjoyed my hand massage technique."

"Really?" Cao Zhiqiang chuckled, "Aren't I the first man to be massaged by your hand?"

Originally, Cao Zhiqiang just said it casually, but who knew that Xiang Dongfang smiled and nodded: "Yes, you are the second person who enjoys my massage after I learned massage and massage, and you are also the first person to enjoy my massage in person man."

"Um." Cao Zhiqiang moved his eyes, suddenly felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere, so he decisively shut up.

Seeing that Cao Zhiqiang stopped talking, Xiang Dongfang continued to press Cao Zhiqiang's head and said softly:

"President Cao, I know that these necessary entertainments are very important, but no matter how important the entertainment is, it is not as important as your health. You, you don't have to spoil yourself and wrong yourself for us."

"Yeah." Cao Zhiqiang closed his eyes and hummed, "I know what you said, but since I promised you, I must do it, so forget it, you don't need to know.

In short, since you are here, do well.

Do the work you like, don't worry about the rest, everything is mine. "

Xiang Dongfang was silent for a while, then said softly: "President Cao, you are so kind to me."

"Don't get me wrong." Cao Zhiqiang continued to close his eyes.

"No matter how good I am to you, I'm definitely not as good as your father to you.

I just think you are a rare talent, and the talent I need, and you are willing to work with me, so of course I have to do my best to keep you.

A thousand troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to find.

You have been here for a few days. You should know that my publishing house is just a grass-roots team, and I almost rely on me inside and out.

While it does put me in charge, it does wear me out. …

To tell you the truth, when I tried my best to start this publishing house, I just wanted to earn more money and benefits for myself.

After all, I was just a small writer at that time, and I had to submit articles to various magazines and publishing houses, and then earn a meager fee for the manuscript.

At that time, I thought, why can I only eat a small head of what I wrote so hard, and let others eat the big head?

So I wanted to start my own publishing house, or at least set up a publishing house with the final say.

In this way, I am the master of my territory, and I can finalize the remuneration for my works in my own publishing house.

For example, royalties are divided into manuscript remuneration. Although my publishing house cannot be said to be original, the current royalty share of our publishing house is indeed the most author-friendly and the most favorable, even if the current publications are only my own works. I am the only author who is divided into contracts.

But I believe that with my success and as the publishing house gradually grows, this sharing model will inevitably attract more outstanding authors.

After all, no matter how noble the author is, he won't be against money.

As long as more excellent authors are attracted and more excellent works are published, the publishing house can develop in a healthy way.

Unfortunately, this goal is still far away.

At present, the entire publishing house is really supported by my own works, and there are not many real talents in the staff.

To be more precise, the current people in my publishing house are all staff serving me. They don't have much experience in running a publishing house themselves, and everyone is groping. "

"Isn't that better?" Xiang Dongfang smiled, "Without experience, crossing the river by feeling the stones means that you have no shackles on your body, and you can have the courage to try new models and new ideas. Isn't this the purpose of reform and opening up.

For example, the author-publisher payment model you mentioned is very powerful in my opinion. This should be the only one in Beijing. "

Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "It's not necessarily the only one, other publishing houses probably have this kind of situation, but not many.

But no matter what, we dare not disclose this kind of royalties sharing model, so we can only sign a secret sharing contract in private. "

"Why?" Xiang Dongfang asked.

Cao Zhiqiang said: "Because our temple is too small and our foundation is too shallow, if we dare to openly sign a sharing contract with the author, our peers will definitely oppose us. We can't bear it now."

Xiang Dongfang nodded: "That's the truth, but if that's the case, why didn't you concentrate on publishing, and started a magazine and a music company in such a hurry? Isn't this a distraction?"

Cao Zhiqiang sighed: "It's very simple, Mu Xiuyu will be destroyed by Lin Feng, who made the "Journey to the Rivers and Lakes" we released before be so unnatural and aroused everyone's jealousy.

I told you that at present, the entire publishing house is supported by my own works, and only my own works.

The entire publishing house is operating around my own works.

The set of "Journey to the Rivers and Lakes" is a collection of poems in name, but in fact it mainly sells the accompanying martial arts novel "Shattered Void".

It is precisely because of the martial arts novel "Shattered Void" that it is so popular.

Otherwise, no matter how good my poems are, the number of people who like them is limited, and it is impossible to have such a terrible sales volume.

During this period, I also took advantage of the popularity of this book to establish an offline marketing network by myself.

Although this network is only in its infancy, it has already seen its scale.

In this case, it offended publishers like Xinhua Bookstore.

It's just that "Jianghu Xing" has an agreement with Xinhua Bookstore, and Xinhua Bookstore cannot easily breach the contract.

But if I continue to publish publications, if I don’t publish martial arts novels, and continue to publish poetry collections, let’s not talk about whether I have so many good poems, if the key is not hit, the rate of Lilan will be too low.

My stall is too big now. Not only do I have to support the publishing house, but I also need to allocate a large sum of money every month to subsidize the machinery factory and subsidize the wages of the workers in the machinery factory. Therefore, it must be supported by Gao Lilan's products.

Continuing to publish books, the turnaround time is slow, and the profit is low, which is far less fast than writing songs and releasing records.

By the way, did you bring the release data of "Red Flag Fluttering"? "

"Here I am." Xiang Dongfang said, "I wrote the sales summary data of "Red Flag Fluttering" for more than half a month yesterday and recorded it in my notebook. Do you want to see it?"

"Of course!" Cao Zhiqiang opened his eyes immediately, raised his hand subconsciously, and held Xiang Dongfang's hand massaging his head, "Show it to me!"