Chapter 22 Publisher

Three days later.

For Liu Chengan, it was a long three days.

Every time the phone came to his mind, he answered it immediately, for fear of missing any phone call that might be opened by the publishing house.

This feeling of expectation made him a little restless and worried about gains and losses. Even his father noticed the abnormality and comforted him not to worry. He was the top scholar in liberal arts and could go to Qingbei.

His father really guessed it right. During this period, he actually received a call from the admissions office of Tsinghua University.

However, this was not what he expected. After he declined the offer, he felt lost for a while.

Fortunately, he did not wait in vain, and several publishing houses soon came to him. According to what Chen Zhihe taught him, he did not refuse or agree, he just asked the other party to give them their contact information, and he would come to visit them later for a personal discussion.

After receiving the call, Liu Chengan immediately contacted Chen Zhihe.

Listing the names of several publishing houses, Chen Zhihe analyzed them carefully.

First of all, exclude professional publishing houses. They have deep pockets. They can only buy textbooks and other books. They are not short of three melons and two dates. They have little room for negotiation and the process is slow.

Secondly, excluding small private publishing houses with poor distribution capabilities and limited channels makes it difficult to turn works into bestsellers.

In the end, there are only large and medium-sized publishing houses that mainly produce teaching aid books. They each have their own advantages and disadvantages. The big ones may not necessarily be willing to cooperate with you. They have no shortage of excellent books, and you have to guard against the other party bullying the small ones. But

First-class operational capabilities; medium-sized ones are actually the most suitable, but they have excellent publications and are good at a single field.

After such an analysis, there are only a few.

Together with Liu Chengan, Chen Zhihe selected the Education Hubei Provincial Education Press, Jiangcheng Children's Publishing House and Social Publishing House.

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the next day.

The two met.

Chen Zhihe specially bought a dark striped Polo shirt, put it on with khaki shorts and leather slippers, so that he would not look too young.

After meeting, the two decided to visit one by one according to distance.

The first place I went to was the Provincial Education Press.

After entering, the security guard at the door stopped them and refused to let them in. Liu Chengan had to call the person who contacted him to confirm.

There was no other way, Liu Chengan could only call the other party.

After a while, the other party came downstairs, and after introducing each other, the three of them walked into the publishing house.

The person who led them in was an editor. He saw the news in the newspaper and contacted Liu Chengan.

After entering, the editor took them to a reception room. After a while, a middle-aged man with a beer belly and a white shirt walked in.

Sitting down, he looked at Chen Zhihe and Liu Chengan.

"Hello, this is Mr. Huang, who is in charge of the teaching aid book business in our club." The editor introduced the two of them, and then said to Mr. Huang: "This is Liu Cheng'an, our province's liberal arts champion this year, and this is his cousin.

elder brother."

Chen Zhihe pulled Liu Chengan to stand up, walked towards Mr. Huang, and shook hands.

"You are young and promising. I wonder if you have brought your information?" Mr. Huang went straight to the point without being polite.

Chen Zhihe took out the information from his bag and handed it to the editor on the side, who then handed it to Mr. Huang.

Mr. Huang browsed for about three minutes, raised his head, looked at Chen Zhihe and the others and said, "This form of information is quite new, but I don't know if there is a market for it."

Chen Zhihe explained: "I have also taken the college entrance examination for a few years. I think this information is very valuable and it is definitely unique on the market. It is different from the test questions and has various types. For students, it can be used once

It reduces the burden on students and prevents them from being overwhelmed. Secondly, it marks the key points, is targeted, and the learning efficiency is very high. The most important thing is that the knowledge is systematic, making it easier to understand and integrate."

After listening to Chen Zhihe's words, Mr. Huang was noncommittal and replied: "It's new, but the specific effect depends on the market. What we say doesn't count. In this way, we take some risks ourselves and it can be regarded as supporting us."

Number One Scholar. Fixed price, buyout price of 100,000 yuan, what do you think?"

Liu Chengan was a little excited, but Chen Zhihe complained silently in his heart.

100,000 yuan? How high is the profit of teaching aid materials? He has not studied it, but if you say anything to support the number one scholar, just listen to it. How can you do a loss-making business? Moreover, buyout is impossible, he has no confidence in himself

confident in the results.

"Thank you very much for your support of my cousin. We have also visited other publishing houses before, and 100,000 yuan is indeed lower than our psychological price. Some of them offer prices as high as 300,000 yuan. Moreover, we are not considering a buyout.

I wonder if you would consider cooperating by paying royalties?" Chen Zhihe said without changing his expression.

"300,000? How is it possible? Which publishing house's fool came up with the price? Tell me? The royalty method is impossible. Although your cousin is the top scorer in the college entrance examination, which is indeed a selling point, he is a newcomer after all.

We have no such precedent." After listening to Chen Zhihe's words, Mr. Huang shook his head and said with a smile.

"It's not convenient for us to disclose which publishing house. If you don't have any other plan, then we can only say that we are sorry." Chen Zhihe has refused to pass this publishing house. He obviously has no sincerity and bullies their youth.

Woolen cloth.

"Then you go find that publishing house. Anyway, we can only offer such conditions." Mr. Huang didn't pay attention and looked at his watch after speaking.

Chen Zhihe stood up and said: "Benevolence and righteousness do not make a deal possible. I hope there will be a chance to cooperate next time."

After saying that, he pulled Liu Chengan away who was hesitant to speak.

After leaving the publishing house, Liu Chengan said anxiously: "100,000 yuan, why didn't you agree?"

When he thought that he might be able to get 30,000 yuan right away, he just wanted to agree on the spot. His mother probably wouldn't be able to earn so much money even if she worked odd jobs for a year.

Chen Zhihe glanced at Liu Chengan and said, "Why are you so anxious? This is the first one. Let's at least compare it. Besides, their publishing house is right here. If it doesn't work, we can just come back. Anyway, we have plenty of time.

"

Sighing silently, it was because his background was too low and he could not see much money. Chen Zhihe thought about how it was not like this when he first came out of society.

Sometimes, poverty not only refers to lack of money, but also to vision.

Pulling Liu Chengan, who was still a little frustrated, Chen Zhihe hurried to the next publishing house.

The second company is Jiangcheng Children's Publishing House. Their attitude is similar to that of the Provincial Education Publishing House. They are only willing to buy out the book but do not agree to pay royalties. However, the price is twice as high as the former.

Liu Chengan calmed down at this time. He finally saw that these publishing houses were actually very optimistic about this information and his reputation as the provincial champion.

It's just that the other party sees them as young and bullies them because they don't understand.

Then there is the last one left.

The two of them, who had probably figured out the routine, arrived at the Society Publishing House in a hurry.

With experience, Liu Chengan called the other party in advance.

By the time they arrived, it was already 12 noon.

Under the building, there stood a middle-aged woman in professional attire and a girl who looked like a student. They were far away, so they couldn't really see them clearly.

Seeing the two approaching, the middle-aged woman quickly came over to greet them.

After introducing each other, the other party was the vice president of Social Publishing House, whose surname was Li Mingwan, and the girl was her daughter, who was about to be a senior in high school.

Because it was dinner time, Li Wan invited them to have lunch together, intending to talk while eating.

Li Yan took the lead, and the four of them walked into a home-cooked restaurant in the alley next to the publishing house.

After sitting down, Li Wan handed the menu to Liu Chengan.

"Xiao Liu, Xiao Chen, what food do you like to eat? Order whatever you want, you're welcome." Li Wan greeted with a smile on her face.

This might be Liu Chengan's first time encountering such an occasion, so he was a little nervous and didn't know what to say.

Chen Zhihe replied: "President Li, you are too polite. I am here to visit you at this time. I am causing you trouble. We are all from Hubei Province and we are not taboo." After saying that, he kicked Liu Chengan with his leg.

Liu Chengan quickly replied: "Yes, yes, President Li, I have no taboos. You can order whatever you want, and I can do it." After that, he handed the menu to the other party.

Seeing this, the girl sitting opposite laughed softly.

"Don't call me president, just call me Aunt Li. My daughter is almost the same age as you. Auntie's invitation to you to dinner today is not just for official business. We will eat and talk in a while." Li Wan glared at her daughter.

, looked at Chen Zhihe and smiled.

Private matter?

Chen Zhihe murmured in his heart, he couldn't catch his son-in-law from a low official.

I looked at the girl opposite. She was wearing a white dress and had short, ear-length hair. She was pure and cute.

Chen Zhihe thought to himself, "It's not that big of a deal. He's so young, so he's too anxious."

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