Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Chapter 62 It's my dream to run a publishing house where I have the final say!

"What? You want to start your own comprehensive publishing house? Are you kidding me?"

After the preliminary condolences to Cao Zhiqiang, Editor Yu was very surprised to hear Cao Zhiqiang's purpose for coming to him.

"Of course I'm not joking with you." Cao Zhiqiang said with a serious face.

"Editor Yu, I've thought about it, I want to open my own publishing house, publish books, magazines, and even records.

Only in this way can I maximize my interests and minimize the exploitation of my personal talents by others. "

Editor Yu frowned: "But, although it has been changed now, this field has not been opened yet.

Especially for a unit like a publishing house, individuals are not allowed to open it.

Don't talk about publishing houses, you can't open a magazine by yourself, so you have to find a unit to be affiliated with. "

"It depends on human effort." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "How will you know if you can do it if you don't try?"

"Besides, I didn't say that I must open a personal publishing house, did I?
I just want a publishing house where I can have the final say, what I want is power.

That's why I discussed with you to see what can be done. "

Editor Yu frowned: "If you say you want to start a magazine, I can help you figure out how to do it, but you say you want to run a publishing company that can publish books, magazines, and records on your own terms. Society, this may be difficult.”

"How difficult is it?" Cao Zhiqiang asked.

Editor Yu shook his head: "It's hard to go to the blue sky!"

Cao Zhiqiang frowned, looked at Editor Yu, then shook his head with a smile, and said quietly: "Then what if I have a leader to help?"

"Leader? What leader?" Editor Yu asked.

As soon as he asked who this was, when he saw Cao Zhiqiang's half-smile smile, Editor Yu quickly slapped his mouth: "Look at my mouth."

Immediately afterwards, Editor Yu asked: "Well, you, do you really know such a big man?"

"Don't worry about it." Cao Zhiqiang shook his head, "I'll ask you, if I pay for it myself, and with the help of such a leader, can I open a publishing house?"

Editor Yu frowned: "If there is...that kind of leadership, then this thing will be done.

As long as the Publishing Bureau nods and is willing to issue us a license, we will be able to operate easily from now on.

At that time, we only need to find a supervisory unit, and then find an affiliated sponsoring unit, and then you can negotiate a share price with these two units in the form of a contracted operation. If there is a formal business place, this publishing house can be listed operated.

In short, as long as the Publishing Bureau approves our establishment of a publishing house and promises us a license to start a publishing house, everything else is easy to talk about.

But let me remind you that it is very difficult for a publishing house to do it, and the risk is particularly high.

Especially in the form of contracted operation like yours, where you have to be responsible for your own profits and losses, the risk is even greater.

You are big enough like our Poetry Magazine and the Writer’s Publishing House behind it, but you still lose money every year and ask for money from the top every year.

Publishing a book for you this time is a rare way to make a lot of money. I heard that they are planning to buy a new car.

But you are responsible for your own profits and losses, and you have to pay for everything yourself, so it is difficult to do.

Regardless of whether you make money or not, you have to pay the supervisory unit and the organizer above on time, which is a typical thankless task.

In fact, when it comes to making money, if you have confidence in your own work, you might as well talk to the publishing house directly about self-funded publishing, so that you can make a lot of money, and the publishing house bears a lot of risks, which is great.

If it’s not possible, you can set up a magazine by yourself, with less risk, less responsibility, and faster money, which is much better than a publishing house. "

Cao Zhiqiang shook his head and said: "No, no, I do things, or I don't do them, and I just do what I say!
A magazine is not enough to support my ambition, at least a publishing house will do.

In other words, it is my dream to set up a publishing house with the final say! "

"Dreams?" Editor Yu shook his head, "How can dreams be used for money?"

"That's right." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "Dreams also need to be realistic. After all, money is not everything, but without money, nothing is impossible."

"That's right." Editor Yu nodded in agreement, "Since you want to make money, why do you still want to be a publishing house?

In fact, if you contribute to a publishing house, or cooperate with a publishing house, and publish books at your own expense, you can make steady money. Why do you have to start your own publishing house?
Publishing houses have to deal with various government offices, support a lot of people, and pay a lot of taxes, which is very troublesome.

If you publish a book at your own expense, all the money you earn is your own, and you don’t have to pay taxes. How good is it? "

Cao Zhiqiang sighed and said, "Didn't I say it? You have to dream a little bit!
For me, making money is not the first priority, I am also a person with ideals and ambitions, and the publishing house is the boat that carries my dreams and ideals.

This is not only a matter of money, but also issues such as disseminating ideas, entraining private goods, promoting national culture, rebuilding national self-confidence, building multicultural industries, resisting cultural plunder, and consolidating the hegemony of Chinese culture.

Forget it, I can't explain to you for a while, so I won't talk about it.

In short, I just want a publishing house where I have the final say.

Only in this way can I maximize the benefits of the beautiful articles in my mind, and let everyone hear my voice, see my words, and understand my thoughts.

In short, this is a rare opportunity, and I have decided on this publishing house.

Moreover, others may lose money if they make a publishing house, but if I do it, this publishing house is definitely a goose that lays golden eggs!

Lao Yu, trust me again and help me again.

Just like when you and I first met, when you saw my first poem, you trusted me to help me without hesitation, did it work? "

After hearing Cao Zhiqiang's words, Editor Yu frowned and fell silent.

Seeing that Editor Yu and Cao Zhiqiang didn't speak, they just looked at each other silently.

He believed that the other party would be convinced by him.

Not for anything else, just because he still has an aggressive spirit in him, and he doesn't have a lifeless temperament.

In other words, he also has something called ambition.

Ambitious people are unwilling to be lonely and want to change the status quo.

Editor Yu, whose full name is Yu Deli, is a middle-aged man who is just over 35 years old, and the hair on his head is still very black and lush.

He usually wears a pair of silver-rimmed glasses, and likes to wear a suit and tie. His face looks a bit ruffian, but he is actually a very elegant, easy-going and warm-hearted man.

At least Cao Zhiqiang personally thinks so.

However, he is now just an ordinary proof editor of the Poetry Magazine, not the editor-in-chief.

So strictly speaking, he is just an ordinary small editor, very inconspicuous, with little energy.

But Cao Zhiqiang valued him very much.

The reason is simple, because he was the first editor Cao Zhiqiang met when he first went to the Poetry Magazine.

Cao Zhiqiang's original "Seeing and Not Seeing" was submitted to him in an internal vote. After he read it, he immediately made a decision and decided to publish it for him. He also gave Cao Zhiqiang a high price of five yuan per line.

In a sense, this editor Yu is Cao Zhiqiang's Bole and nobleman, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he is indebted to Cao Zhiqiang.

(End of this chapter)