Rebirth of the Powerful

Chapter 131 Plagiarism Success

Taking advantage of Wang Meng's happiness, Chen Chaoqun decided to strike while the iron was hot, and said, "If you want to publish a book later, can you write a preface?"

Asking this sentence, Chen Chaoqun was also very disturbed, because he knew that the old man was devoted to creation, and he kept it simple. Awards ceremonies, not fashion parties".

This time, Chen Chaoqun spent a lot of effort to be a judge this time, and tricked the old man over in the name of "prosperous Chinese literature".Asking him to agree to write the preface really didn't bother me.

Wang Meng thought about it for a moment, chuckled, and said, "You're a shrewd boy! However, if I agree, I'll make an exception! Maybe more than ten years later, this author named Xia Xiaoluo won't be proud because I wrote the preface for him. , but I, Wang Meng, should be proud to have written a preface for such a genius author!"

Chen Chaoqun looked around, and said, "Everyone, please help out. Is everyone making firewood?"

Everyone smiled and agreed, after all the leading figures in the literary world readily agreed, and it would be too shameful for him to put on airs, and this "Illusion City" really made them all appreciate it very much.

At night, under the siege of several publishers, Chen Chaoqun decided to drink too much. He cried, crying, "Oh my God——I have been publishing for more than ten years, and today I finally found a book. A book that makes me proud!"

Chen Chaoqun woke up the next day, rubbed his sore head, and drove his big Mercedes straight to Luoshui County.

Who knew that the person who found Xia Xiaoluo before him was Jean-Pierre, the president of Bloom###urybooks publishing house in the UK. This blonde publisher is in contact with several readers including Yu Hua about the overseas publishing of their novels , I heard that they were all fooled by Taishan Beidou in the Chinese literary world to come to Chengde Mountain Resort to be the judges of the novels in this literary competition.With a keen sense of the market, he immediately saw that this was a business opportunity.

In the eyes of Westerners, the distant China in the 90s is a mysterious place. They all know China through the films of Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige. Whether it is "Red Sorghum" or "Yellow Earth", both are images of poverty and backwardness.Huaxia youth's works are already a huge selling point.

After the banquet, he quickly became friends with the members of the organizing committee. The Huaxia Tong, who graduated from Oxford Chinese College in the UK, managed to figure out where Xia Xiaoluo, the first prize winner of this literary competition, was located. address and contact information, and also read Xia Xiaoluo's "Illusion City". As a scholar of Han culture who is proficient in Chinese, he immediately felt the huge commercial value of this novel.

Moreover, this novel has the feeling of a Western fantasy novel, and it can be eaten by both the Eastern and Western markets. In addition, in the eyes of Westerners, China has always been a poor and backward image. The market impact of such a beautiful and exquisite book is self-evident.

Since the work of the first prize is so excellent, he read the entry of the second prize winner Chu Xiuhan. He thinks that this person's work is also good. The book "Love and Exam-Oriented Education Contradictions" should also have a good selling point.

Therefore, when Chen Chaoqun was lying on the bed and chanting "I finally found a book that can make me proud". Jean has already traveled thousands of miles to Luoshui County No. [-] High School.

When a foreigner with blond hair and blue eyes and a muscular body like a big bear appeared in a small closed county in the 90s, the effect was bound to be sensational.

This foreigner is very familiar with Huaxia's business procedures. He first contacted Chen Shuixian, the principal of the No. [-] High School in Luoshui County. When old Chen saw this tall, tall, full-mouthed foreigner who was full of birdsong and Chinese, he was a little embarrassed. He told Su Jiang Lip is in charge of the whole reception work.

After Jean introduced her background, Su Jiangchun was very puzzled, how could our school have nothing to do with a publishing house far away across the ocean.

Jean quickly explained in stray Chinese: "I want to meet one of your students, his name is Xia Xiaoluo, and the other student is Chu Xiuhan, is it convenient?"

When Su Jiangchun heard Xia Xiaoluo's name, she thought to herself, what is this kid fussing about?They all went abroad.Asked: "Why did you see Xia Xiaoluo?"

Although Jean has been in China for a long time, he still can't change the mentality of the boss of the British Empire. He has a bit of narcissism of a superior nation, and said: "This is a private matter between the two of us, I think I can not talk about it." .”

Su Jiangchun became angry when she heard it, but Xia Xiaoluo was involved, and she was afraid of delaying his affairs, so she had to inform the teacher to call Xia Xiaoluo and Chu Xiuhan over.

Xia Xiaoluo's scalp became numb when she heard it, and she thought, could it be that she misses me?Do you want an office?Do you want a car shock?Do you want to stop being so unrestrained.

With infinite yy and apprehension, he walked into Su Jiangchun's office. As soon as he entered the door, a tall white man opposite him warmly embraced him—"Hello, my name is Jean! It's bloom### President of Urybooks Publishing House."

"Oh, hello, can I call you cheap?" Xia Xiaoluo was a little confused by this enthusiastic uncle, but still said sincerely.

"Cheap! What a good name, it's very loud!" Jean said happily. After coming to Huaxia, he kept thinking of a Chinese name, and it took no effort to come up with it.

Su Jiangchun was about to take the door out, and smiled "poof".Looking at Xia Xiaoluo coquettishly, that expression seemed to say, "You are so bad".

"I came here to ask you to publish a novel. In the Huaxia Literature Newcomer Competition, your "Illusion City" can be published. Although it is still very naive and has no commercial value. However, our publishing house has always hoped that we can become a bridge between the East and the West. A bridge. Your book can make Western society understand the East."

Xia Xiaoluo was stunned for a moment, thinking, I didn't participate in this literature competition.Immediately, he realized that it was Chu Xiuhan who did the trick.Looking at the faint smile on the corner of Chu Xiuhan's mouth next to him, he immediately confirmed that she should have done it.

Wanting to understand this, Xia Xiaoluo narrowed her eyes and looked at Jaan in front of her and said, you are not honest!If there is no commercial value, will you come to our small county town from the corner of the capital?In Xia Xiaoluo's previous life, as a top-level securities practitioner, she was naturally good at fooling clients into opening accounts and trading. Those who have studied "Consumer Behavior" and "Negotiation Psychology" have always been the only ones who fooled others. Come to fool us?

Xia Xiaoluo wanted to fight this "dishonest" foreigner, and said, "I'm sorry, I'm not going to publish this book."

"What? Do you think you don't have the ability to adapt a novel? Don't worry, we have professional teachers of 'creative writing' to teach you step by step!"

"No, I have the ability to adapt a full-length novel, but I don't want to publish this book. This is a book written for myself." Xia Xiaoluo thought, this fucking book is my "town toilet" Treasure" can already be memorized backwards.

Jean has been in the publishing industry for many years, and knows that many writers have many eccentricities, and their lives cannot be judged by ordinary people's concepts, just like the melancholy Austrian novelist Franz Kafka who once burned his works, you said it is not true Are you sick?

"Our publishing house is going to offer 1 yuan to buy the copyright of your book. Are you not tempted?" Jean asked Xia Xiaoluo with wide eyes. As a Huaxia hand, he knew that Huaxia's annual income is only a thousand piece.

In his opinion, this number is undoubtedly astronomical for Xia Xiaoluo.

Who knew that Xia Xiaoluo was completely indifferent, and said, "I'm sorry, I don't sell it."

This made Chu Xiuhan anxious, and said, "Isn't it still for sale? It's quite a lot."

Jean said: "Yes, quite a few."

Xia Xiaoluo shook her head confidently, twitched her thumb, and said, "No, no, no, I will offer 300 million RMB."

Jean made an exaggerated expression and said, "How is it possible? You robbed..."

Xia Xiaoluo said: "I know about your publishing house. Your publishing channels cover more than 20 countries with English as the main language in the world, and you are now preparing to open up the Eastern market. You have already recruited a large number of British and American novelists. His works are sold to Japan and South Korea, and the English versions of Japanese works are also sold all over the world. Under the influence of your huge channels, the sales volume of a book will increase by more than 20 times."

Jean had to admit that the kid in front of him knew everything and was speechless.

Xia Xiaoluo talked eloquently, and said: "More importantly, after you buy the copyright, you will buy out the author's adaptation rights or the agency rights of the adaptation rights, so that your income will increase by another four or five layers!"

Saying this, Jean was dumbfounded, as if he saw a huge prehistoric Tyrannosaurus Rex appearing in front of him in 1990, his blue eyes widened, and he thought, this kid ran from Journey to the West Did Sun Dasheng come out?How do you know everything?

In fact, this is not surprising. When Xia Xiaoluo compiled the "History of Private Enterprises in China", he found that in 2011, the local retail industry in China was almost completely wiped out. I am very interested in all channels and retail. "Channel is king" can be applied to almost all fast-moving consumer products, and books are no exception.

When he studied the publishing industry, he first studied the Penguin Publishing House in the United States and the bloom###urybooks Publishing House in the United Kingdom, and the latter is the publishing house of the famous "Harry Potter". The main summary of this publishing house is natural It is clear to the chest.

At that time, Bloom###urybooks Publishing House’s operation methods were mainly aimed at Asian writers. There were two reasons. The first was that the cultural industry chain in Asia was not very developed at that time. Excellent works that are suitable for adaptation are often purchased for film and television adaptation rights as soon as they debut, so the laws and regulations on intellectual property rights are very sound; secondly, the copyright awareness of Asian authors is not yet clear, and many do not know what film and television adaptation rights are.

bloom###urybooks publishing house has a certain color of contract fraud, which is also the core secret of the publishing house. Jean can't figure out how this young man in front of him knows so much?

Jean wiped the sweat off his forehead, and said, "Wait for me." He took out a penis-like "black brick" brother and went out to make a phone call...