"Good morning, Director Lu!"
The beautiful front desk lady bowed, and her sweet voice made Lu Chen couldn't help but take another look at her.
The front desk of Lu Chen Studio had always been sister Xiao Mei. Not long ago, she was transferred to Lu Xi's assistant, which could be considered a Big upgrade. This front desk lady was recently recruited.
At that time, Lu Chen just went to Xiangjiang. It was said that the news of recruiting a new front desk lady was released, and there was an endless stream of beautiful women coming to apply for the job. The competition was very fierce.
It was a pity that he didn't get to see it, but this carefully selected new employee was undoubtedly very pleasing to the eye.
Lu Chen nodded: "Morning."
Although the studio was founded by him, the position of general manager was always held by Lu Xi. Lu Chen himself was originally the music director, and now he was the art director.
He asked one more question: "What's your name?"
The front desk lady smiled sweetly and said: "My name is Wang Yali, you can call me Xiao Li."
"Director Lu, Manager Zhang of Shan Hai Publishing House is waiting for you in the reception room. Do you want to meet him in the office, or?"
Lu Chen said: "I'll go see him directly."
Shan Hai Publishing House was one of the top ten private publishing houses in the country. Its headquarters was located in Beijing. When Lu Chen published the novel "Autumn in My Heart", this publishing house bought the copyright with a high price of 15% plus 500,000 yuan.
Later, the novel version of "Full House of Romance" was also cooperated with Shan Hai Publishing House.
So far, the total sales of these two novels by Lu Chen had exceeded 5 million. As a work adapted from a film and TV series, the results were very dazzling. Putting aside the influence of the work itself, Shan Hai Publishing House also contributed a lot.
Therefore, in the list of partners of Lu Chen Studio, Shan Hai Publishing House was the first.
Manager Zhang of Shan Hai Publishing House, Zhang Yaocheng, and Lu Chen knew each other. This deputy general manager cum chief editor personally ran to the studio to wait for Lu Chen. Of course, Lu Chen had to personally come out to receive him.
"Manager Zhang, long time no see!"
In the reception room, Lu Chen once again saw Zhang Yaocheng, a middle-aged man with a refined temperament.
Zhang Yaocheng shook hands with Lu Chen and said with a smile: "Director Lu, you are a busy man. It's not easy to find you!"
Lu Chen was ashamed: "Recently, I have been preparing to shoot a movie in Xiangjiang. I really can't be here."
Zhang Yaocheng said: "This time, let me directly sign the contract."
"This time, let's just sign the contract.
At this time, Zhang Yaocheng introduced the young woman he brought with him to Lu Chen. "This is Zhou Lu, my assistant editor. She is in charge of editing 'The Smiling, Proud Wanderer'."
Lu Chennodded to the other party and said with a smile, "Hello."
"Li".
Zhou Lu was in her twenties. She looked ordinary and wore thick glasses. Facing Lu Chen, she was obviously a little flustered. She wanted to reach out but retracted her hand. Her face was flushed.
Lu Chen said with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work. Let's talk in the office."
Let's talk in the office. "
Of course, Zhang Yaocheng had no objections. He silently glared at Zhou Lu, a little exasperated at her for failing to meet his expectations.
He brought his niece here today because he wanted her to see the world, get to know Lu Chen, a promising young man, and expand her horizons and contacts.
He didn't expect Zhou Lu to be so bad. She didn't have the confidence she usually had at work.
It could only be said that Lu Chen's charm was too great, or his halo was too dazzling. Zhou Lu, a young girl, couldn't keep calm.
After sitting in Lu Chen's office, Zhou Lu finally reacted. She took out a thick stack of books from her briefcase. There were five books in total, and she put them in front of Lu Chen.
Zhang Yaocheng explained: "This is a sample book specially made by our publishing house. The title was written by the famous calligrapher Mr. Fu Guangyuan. Please review it, Director Lu."
Lu Chen picked up the book on the top and looked at it carefully.
Although it was just a sample book, it was basically not much different from an official published book. The color laser printed cover was very high resolution. The four big black characters "The Smiling, The Proud Wanderer" were bold and powerful, showing the extraordinary skills of the writer. The strokes of the pen had an unrestrained chivalrous spirit.
Lu Chen was very satisfied.
The Smiling, The Proud Wanderer was the test of Lu Chen's big IP plan. In May and June of this year, he published the online version on Waves Reading under the pen name "Remembering the Present and the Past".
At the beginning, the performance of The Smiling, The Proud Wanderer was terrible. There were very few clicks, favorites, and comments. It was very bad.
But when Lu Chen continued to update the book to more than 200,000 words, the performance of the book improved greatly. More and more readers liked the book, and it was also invited to sign a contract with the book website.
Of course, it was impossible for Lu Chen to sign a contract with Waves Reading. Later on, he slowed down the speed of updating the book. When the book reached 500,000 words, he stopped updating and made a publication announcement.
At this time, the number of favorites of The Smiling, The Proud Wanderer on Waves Reading had exceeded 30,000!
Lu Chen was not in a hurry for the operation of this new martial arts novel. Unlike movies or TV shows, a good book's reputation needed time to be accumulated and brewed. Just like wine in the cellar, the longer it was kept, the more fragrant it would be.
Now that it was almost ready, Lu Chen would officially publish it and push it to the market. Then he would properly operate it to pave the way for a series of works such as The Legend of the Condor Heroes and Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils in the future.
There were five volumes of The Smiling, The Proud Wanderer, with about a million words. The design and binding of the book were antique, and the layout of the text was neat. Undoubtedly, Shan Hai Publishing House had put a lot of effort into it.
When Lu Chen was reviewing the sample book, Zhang Yaocheng was not calm.
When Lu Chen Studio brought the manuscript over, the publishing house had a dispute on the specific terms of the contract, because the author of The Smiling, The Proud Wanderer was not famous in the martial arts circle and had no previous works.
There was definitely a risk in publishing such a book. It was easy to lose a lot of money if the royalty and the guarantee were involved.
But after Zhang Yaocheng read The Smiling, The Proud Wanderer and knew the feedback of the readers who read this book on Waves Reading, he resolutely decided to sign the contract according to the highest level of treatment for authors.
This is not only the need to continue the good cooperation with LuChen studio, but more importantly, Zhang Yaocheng has a strong interest in this martial arts novel. His professional sensitivity tells him that in the traditional book reading market, "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer" definitely has a place.
Therefore, after knowing that Lu Chen had come back from Hong Kong, he immediately went to visit him and sent the sample book that he had carefully prepared, to ensure that he could get the publishing contract.
Zhang Yaocheng believed that his sincerity was enough to get this cooperation.
And in fact, he was not disappointed.
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