Chapter 312 Meet Princess Anne again

"Strategic alliance?" Boss Rong asked curiously, "What aspect are you talking about? We can't compare to you now."

Given the current size of CITIC, he really couldn't figure out why Xu Luo had such thoughts.

Xu Luo naturally has his own ideas.

Although CITIC is not very big now, the future is really promising.

In some aspects, the two sides can indeed reach a strategic alliance.

"If we can't compare now, it doesn't mean we can't compare in the future." Xu Luo said, "We can also reach a strategic alliance in some aspects in the future, what do you think?"

After Boss Rong thought carefully, he said: "That's true. We also look forward to having an alliance like this in the world."

He didn’t just come to London to see lithium batteries, he still had his own things to do.

So I said goodbye to Xu Luo on the way and made an appointment to have dinner together in the evening.

Xu Luo also went to Pinecone Publishing House.

The current "Harry Potter" volumes 1-7 have all been published.

In addition to publishing this book, Pinecone Publishing House is also using the reputation of the publishing house to operate other types of works.

Xu Luo leaves all matters in this area to Frank.

He doesn't have much time to read to other children, and he doesn't plan to be a children's book writer.

Carefully review the accounting firm's statements.

At this time, Pinecone Publishing House was no longer as shabby as when he came here.

Not only did he expand his department, he also bought the building where he is located to use as his headquarters.

Because the owner of this house went bankrupt last year, he sold the six-story building to the publishing house.

Last year, "Harry Potter" sold more than three million copies in the UK and more than five million copies overseas. It has been translated into English, French, German and Spanish.

The reason why the sales are so high is partly due to the fact that Pinecone Press insists on making interactive games and rewards readers with some money from time to time.

On the other hand, Xu Luo cursed the whole of Europe in France last year, which caused a huge fire.

Although this fire was only short-lived, most people knew about it, so it also boosted the sales of his works.

Sales in the UK exceed 5 million pounds, because in addition to books, there are also sales of derivatives.

The overseas sales volume in pounds sterling is over 5 million.

The biggest head is revenue from the Americas.

As Xu Luo knows, Americans yearn for Britain.

You may especially want to know about the places mentioned in the book.

The current Pine Cone Press is said by the media to be one of the most remarkable publishing houses in the UK, surpassing Jonathan Cape Press under the leadership of Mackler.

Because there are the best authors, the best books, and successful marketing.

Tom McKiller is known as "Britain's most important publisher; the most creative, adventurous and newsworthy".

He also believes that "he made the publishing industry full of charm, and the aura he created for this industry has never been wiped out."

Because in his publishing career of more than 40 years, he published García Márquez and Doris Lessing.

As well as the works of Neruda and other thirteen Nobel Prize winners in literature, he also founded the Booker Prize, an important award in the English literary world.

He once bought the rights to five future works by Latin American writer García Márquez in one fell swoop.

Although the sales of the first four books were not ideal, the appearance of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" gave the fifth book a complete turnaround.

However, since 1980, Cape Publishing House's annual losses have been between 100,000 and 200,000 pounds, sometimes even higher.

At this time, the total value of the publishing house's assets probably does not exceed one million pounds.

It’s simply that the better the business, the less money you make, and the more books you sell, the more money you lose.

But it’s not just Pinecone Press that makes money, the big publishing houses also make a lot of money.

Because Mechler ignored the commercial nature of publishing, Cape Press inevitably fell into a loss-making situation.

This is precisely due to his publishing philosophy of "rarely selecting books or authors for commercial reasons".

Frank is an out-and-out businessman. As long as it is a profitable work, he can probably publish pornography.

After all, publishing is about culture as well as business. To achieve a win-win situation between culture and business, this is the right way.

Review the report.

Frank asked from the side: "BOSS, I wonder what your thoughts are on the development of the publishing house next?"

"No idea, I believe you can run this publishing house well, just like we worked together before." Xu Luo said, "I think you can do better."

"Maybe it won't be long before we can become a big publishing group like Random Publishing Group."

"I believe there will be one day." Frank nodded and added: "But it is difficult to find good authors now, and many publishing houses have not found good authors."

Xu Luo also admitted that it is difficult to find excellent authors, so he then had to think back to which author's works would be best-selling in the next twenty years.

If you can’t think of it, you’ll have to rely on Frank to dig it out.

"Look as much as possible. Now that Songguo Publishing House has a large scale, as long as the price offered is high enough, there should be no shortage of authors submitting manuscripts." Xu Luo encouraged him.

Immediately told Frank of the operation mode of [Songguo Think Tank].

If you want others to do what to do, let others understand.

This is not a business secret, because the main core of the think tank is not researchers and research topics.

It is the source of the initiator's personal background and funds.

Frank is not a person with a deep capital background like Xu Luo. Although he can serve as the person in charge of the company, it is not conducive to attracting banks and foundations;

Secondly, in the candidates of the council, Perhaps Frank can invite outstanding people in various fields including academia, industry and commerce, etc., but it is not enough, and it is not convenient for the development of business in the future.

If the think tank is so easy to establish, there will not be only a few think tanks in the world.

After handing the content of the researcher to Frank, Xu Luo had to look for the staff of the council.

For example, Princess Annie.

Before leaving the UK, Princess Annie gave his own contact information.

Contact Princess Annie first, make an appointment to take a time to drink cups together.

"I only have time after three days. What about we met three days later?" Princess Annie did not want to agree with Xu Luo's invitation.

Xu Luo said: "Okay, I waited for Princess Anne after three days."

Once Princess Annie joins, maybe she can still invite outstanding people in various fields of Britain through Princess Annie.

I believe that the pine -frosterbar has the royal family to become a council. Those scholars in the United Kingdom or the Commonwealth should be interested.

Put down the phone and said to Frank: "You're busy, I don't bother your work, if there is anything, I'll find you again."

"Good boss." Frank nodded.

Leave Songguo Publishing House.
Chapter completed!