Reborn in Hong Kong as a Tycoon

Chapter 6 A Different Way of Cooperation

Lin Baicheng had been listening carefully without interrupting Hu Zhiwen.

"It's already the middle of March. After these three months, the newspaper's business has not improved, but its daily circulation has dropped below [-] copies. The losses are getting bigger and bigger, and I can't afford it."

"As for me, I don't have much money, so I can't fill the big hole in the newspaper office, so the newspaper office is already facing the crisis of bankruptcy."

"At the end of this month, if there is no accident, I will close the newspaper."

"However, as long as there is a slight possibility, I still don't want to close the newspaper. This is not only because I like the job of editing and have been doing it for more than ten years, but also because if the newspaper goes bankrupt, my newspaper will definitely not sell much. price, so I want to save the newspaper."

"Everyone is trying to find a way to keep the newspaper going. After screening, I decided to take a gamble. That is to find a new novel to serialize. The circulation of the newspaper can be maintained through novels. It would be better if the circulation can be increased. .”

Lin Baicheng knew that when Hu Zhiwen said this, he should have something related to him.

"For the past half a month or so, I've been looking for novels to be serialized, but unfortunately, none of them have been negotiated."

Speaking of this, Hu Zhiwen felt a little helpless: "The reason is very simple. The newspaper is now operating at a loss, so it can no longer pay the writers."

Hearing this, Lin Baicheng couldn't help raising his eyebrows.If Hu Zhiwen wanted to prostitute his novels for free, serialize first and then pay for the manuscript, then he would definitely not agree, who knows when the money will be received.

Hu Zhiwen was able to guess Lin Baicheng's current thoughts, so he said: "Lin Sheng, the situation is like this. Now I want to serialize your novel, but I don't have cash for you. You need to take a gamble and take some risks. , I don’t know if you want it or not.”

"Editor Hu, please explain in detail, especially how I will be paid."

After hearing this, Lin Baicheng didn't mind continuing to listen.As long as he is not asked to contribute the novel for nothing, then everything is fine.

"As for Lin Sheng's manuscript fee, I won't give it here. Instead, it will be counted as an investment in my newspaper, and I will get the shares of the newspaper."

If you are willing to listen, you have hope. Hu Zhiwen immediately said: "As for the assets of my newspaper, it is not much, only about 10 Hong Kong dollars. I can give [-]% of the shares to Lin Sheng as a manuscript fee. Of course, The prerequisite for all this is that Lin Sheng, your novel is not too bad, otherwise I would not be able to take this risk to gamble."

The office space of a tabloid office is usually rented, so there are not many heavy assets. The most valuable assets may be the printing equipment and the daily circulation of the newspaper itself.

"Editor Hu, is this [-] Hong Kong dollars your net assets? You don't owe any money outside, right? Also, if the newspaper's business still doesn't improve after the novel is serialized, how much assets will the newspaper have left when the newspaper is closed? "

Lin Baicheng didn't immediately agree or refuse, but asked some questions.

"Of course it's net assets. You can rest assured about this, Lin Sheng, and the newspaper does not owe money outside. If you are worried about Lin Sheng, you can write it in when we sign the contract after we are all willing to cooperate."

Hu Zhiwen answered one by one, and then said: "As for the remaining assets after the newspaper office is closed, if there is no mass printing of newspapers, there will still be [-] to [-] Hong Kong dollars left. The severance pay for the employees will need a sum of money at that time." , so it only costs [-] to [-] Hong Kong dollars."

"I am still willing to cooperate, but the conditions of cooperation need to be discussed again."

Lin Baicheng only pondered for a while, and then he had a choice, but he did not put forward the conditions immediately, but took out the manuscript: "Editor Hu, this is the first volume of my novel, please read the next manuscript. If If you like my novel and are willing to serialize it, then we can discuss it later."

"Alright."

Hu Zhiwen didn't say much, and brought the manuscript over.If there are no conditions, it won't be too late when he is willing to serialize the novel, otherwise, no matter how much he talks about now, if he is not satisfied with the novel, it will be nonsense.

As for why he said so much before, the main reason is to let Lin Baicheng know how the situation is, and whether he is willing to cooperate without cash royalties.If you are not willing to cooperate, then there is no need to read the content of the novel.

Lin Baicheng didn't mind the cooperation method Hu Zhiwen gave.If the novel can bring the newspaper back from the ashes, then the shares he got will definitely be more valuable; if the newspaper is still on the street after serializing the novel, Lin Baicheng can still get the Hong Kong dollars corresponding to the shares after the newspaper is sold.

But what makes Lin Baicheng dissatisfied is that there are too few shares. Based on the current assets of the newspaper, it is only worth [-] Hong Kong dollars.

In the past week, although Lin Baicheng failed to negotiate with other newspapers, he did inquire about the newcomer's manuscript fee, which is about 20-30 Hong Kong dollars per thousand words.In other words, for a novel of 100 million words, the manuscript fee is about [-] to [-] Hong Kong dollars.

As for the "Feng Yun" novel, Lin Baicheng estimated that the first completed book will have about 200 million words.In other words, the manuscript fee for this novel is about [-] Hong Kong dollars.

There is no way to get the money right away, it has shrunk by one-fifth now, and it will shrink even more when the newspaper goes bankrupt. How can Lin Baicheng be satisfied with this.

Lin Baicheng is very clear about one thing, that is, after the novel is serialized in Xingxing Daily, if the newspaper goes bankrupt, even if the serialization is not finished, other newspapers will definitely not be willing to continue serializing it in the future.After all, if the novel really became popular, then Star Daily would not go out of business.

In other words, the newspaper closed down, and Lin Baicheng could finally get only a few thousand Hong Kong dollars. The price was that the novel "Fengyun" had no future.

Of course, if the novel "Fengyun" becomes popular, the newspaper not only keeps it, but also increases its circulation, then the shares will be even more valuable.In addition, it is the various copyrights brought about by the novel fire itself, and it is certain to make a lot of money.

In this way, Lin Baicheng was spared the trouble of finding serialized novels in newspapers.After more than a week, he already knew that given his age and educational background, it was very difficult to find a newspaper that was willing to serialize his novels, and it was hard to say whether he could even find one.

This obviously involves a 'gamble' element, and in the end it depends on whether it is worth it, but in Lin Baicheng's opinion, 10% of the shares are not worth it, and he needs more shares.

Hu Zhiwen read it for nearly an hour, which is good news for Lin Baicheng, at least Hu Zhiwen doesn't think his novel is bad, otherwise he will give an answer after reading it for a few minutes.

And Hu Zhiwen is satisfied with Lin Baicheng's novel, which means that the two parties have a basis for cooperation, and there is still room for discussion.

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