Pioneer Publishing House originally mainly lived on the orders of Huang Yulang, but since Huang Yulang founded Yulang International Co., Ltd. half a year ago, and had its own publishing house, Pioneer Publishing House has been greatly affected. In the past six months, the business has not even been able to maintain the most basic business.

The owner of Pioneer Publishing House is an old man over 70 years old. He wears a pair of reading glasses on his nose, and his eyes are full of fatigue. The publishing house has not had a good life recently. As the owner of the publishing house, the old man thinks about solutions every day, but he just can't come up with good ideas. In addition, he is old and has difficulty maintaining his energy. It can be said that the old man has been living a very bad life during this period.

After Zhao Chen and his wife expressed their intentions, a hint of joy appeared in the old man's eyes, which made Zhao Chen and his wife, who had been observing him, feel moved. There is a chance!

The old man concealed his inner joy. As the boss of Pioneer Publishing House, he naturally knew the situation the publishing house is currently facing. To put it bluntly, it can't last long. Pioneer Publishing House, which lost Huang Yulang's order, could not fill the huge gap in a short time, and could only sell it.

However, the old man still has some thoughts about Pioneer Publishing House, especially the employees who are reluctant to part with them. Most of these employees are older employees. If they lose this job, it will be difficult to find another job at their age. Although they want to sell Pioneer Publishing House, they are afraid that Zhao Chen will lay off employees after the publishing house changes hands!

"It's OK to sell, but there's a requirement!"

Hearing the old man say this, Zhao Chen couldn't help but look at Shangguan Xiaobao, but Shangguan Xiaobao was the first to ask: "Old man, don't you know what the requirements are?"

"These old guys are very skilled workers. If you want to acquire Pioneer Publishing House, the premise is that you cannot lay off employees at will. In this way, I can agree to sell Pioneer Publishing House!"

"This..." Shangguan Xiaobao also hesitated for a moment and couldn't help but look at Zhao Chen. This decision could only be made by Zhao Chen, and he couldn't make the decision.

Zhao Chen did not speak, but instead turned his attention to the employees. Perhaps Pioneer Publishing House has been relatively idle these days, but these old employees did not act lazy and were very skilled in operating machines. They were better than Broadma Publishing House in terms of quality.

If you want to maintain a publishing house, the younger the employees, the better. Young representatives are energetic, but in terms of experience, it is undoubtedly better for old employees.

"It's OK as long as they don't make mistakes, but if they are older than the retirement age, that's another matter."

The old man was obviously surprised. He didn't expect Zhao Chen to make a decision so quickly, but because of this, he felt relieved. After all, with Zhao Chen's reputation, it was impossible to be perfunctory.

"If you really want to acquire it, I can give you two plans, because the land here is mine. If you want to buy it with this land, I can give you a discounted price; if you don't bring the land, if you are really sincere, you can just pay 3.5 million."

The old man held up his glasses and felt nervous. He was afraid that the price would be too high and scared Zhao Chen away, so he did not say the price of the first plan.

Zhao Chen looked at Pioneer Publishing House. Pioneer Publishing House is about the same size as Bengma Publishing House. Not only is the machine relatively new, but the bid is also lower than Bengma Publishing House. If you want to choose, it is undoubtedly Pioneer Publishing House. But Zhao Chen still wanted to ask about the price of the first plan. After all, renting a factory is too troublesome. In addition to the period of Sino-British negotiations, the land will continue to rise in the future.

The Pioneer Publishing House land is located on the edge of Chaiwan, but Chaiwan is one of the best choices for running a factory after all, and the land will not depreciate. Moreover, it will be fine if you want to do it after you have the land, at least it will be much more convenient.

Zhao Chen also had some plans in his mind. After more than two months of development, the studio of Tianxia Comics Company has begun to appear a little small, and it may soon become quite crowded. If it has the Pioneer Publishing House, Zhao Chen can build another floor and move Tianxia Comics Company here. This not only makes office work convenient, but also solves the hidden dangers of the expansion of the comic company!

"Sir, how much does the first plan cost?"

The old man was obviously stunned for a moment, but after thinking about it, he said, "This place is remote, and the price of the land is naturally not expensive. However, this land is more than 200 square meters. Even if it is cheap, there is a limit! Let's do this, because you just agreed to the request, as long as you pay another two million, it will be all yours in the future!"

"Add another two million, that's five million!" Zhao Chen said in his heart, his thoughts entered into contemplation. Such a high price would be a big burden for him.

In fact, because he was eager to get rid of it, the old man really gave Zhao Chen a considerable discount, otherwise even if it was remote here, the land would not be so cheap.

Zhao Chen finally decided to buy the land together, but the price still needs to be negotiated slowly, and it can be reduced a little bit.

He gestured to Shangguan Xiaobao next to him with his eyes. Shangguan Xiaobao understood it and began to use his eloquence to bargain from all aspects of his shortcomings.

The old man has been struggling in the mall for so many years and is also good at verbal criticism. The two tried their best to use their eloquence and finally set the price at 5 million!

This price is still very expensive for Zhao Chen, but it is less than 500,000 yuan. Moreover, having a publishing house in his hand is of great help to his wealth. As long as he is given a certain amount of time, the money will be earned soon.

"Mr. Can you pay in two batches? I'm really short of money and can only pay three million first. The other two million will be paid next year. Please forgive me!"

As Zhao Chen said, he could not pay so much money for the time being and was reluctant to borrow money from others. This would inevitably lead to favors, so he had to use the trick of installment payment.

The old man was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a smile. As the boss of Pioneer Publishing House, he naturally knew Zhao Chen's ability. It was impossible for mere two million to defeat the evil boy in front of him.

After the two signed several contracts, Pioneer Publishing House successfully changed hands and became Zhao Chen's own.

After having Pioneer Publishing House in his hand, Zhao Chen immediately took over the magazines and daily newspapers of Tianxia Comics Company, which greatly saved costs and of course also cheated the publishing house that originally published at its own expense.

After the acquisition, Zhao Chen went to various departments for some procedures before finally starting to build another floor based on the original Pioneer Publishing House.

But this happened, Zhao Chen's pocket became even more and more cash-strapped. It was because of these big moves that he not only invested all the money he had earned in the past few months, but also owed a lot of debts.

In the following days, "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" once again brought Zhao Chen a great surprise, but this time it was Nanyang and Baodao. The novel versions of these two regions were sold more significantly. Four single-line novels sold a total of 600,000 copies in two places. The royalties and agency fees alone brought Zhao Chen more than one million benefits. If more than 300,000 copies of the comic version, even if the tax is reduced, Zhao Chen would have nearly 1.5 million yuan in cash. It can be said that he made a lot of money, greatly delaying the shortage of the capital chain.

As for the sales of the island country, it will take a long time to come out. After all, ShueiShe first serialized "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" in the form of a weekly magazine in order to accumulate fame first, and then release a single comic book after the serialization reaches a certain level.

Zhao Chen didn't know how "The Legend of the Two Dragons in the Tang Dynasty" was in the island country. He held an indifferent attitude, and it would be good to make as much as he could.

In other words, "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" has been hyped several times in a row and made money several times. This is basically impossible in the era of advanced information and Internet development in later generations, but there are such benefits in this relatively closed era.

However, these are only sold in the number of genuine editions, which seems to be a lot, but these are four single novels and comics after all. With the reputation of "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", they would never get such a "bad" result. The combined income of Nanyang and Baodao is just slightly higher than that of Xiangjiang. I have to say that this is a satire.

But this is indeed the sales volume of the genuine edition of "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty". The main reason for this is that piracy is rampant in these two places. Some greedy publishers secretly published "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" to make huge profits, and the pirated versions sold alone are far more than the genuine editions.

Zhao Chen naturally hated this, and piracy greatly damaged his interests, but what measures could he do at this time? Even if he had a high reputation, Jin Yong's level would be difficult to control the trend of piracy. Besides, he is not a local tyrant.

However, even so, Zhao Chen felt relieved. Although he had lost a lot of benefits, it was really a slight witch for the later Chinese countries. Jin Yong's martial arts novels alone had pirated over 100 million in the future in China. By then, the authentic version could be sold in tens of thousands of yuan, which would be a great god. It could not help but make people think about how much love it would be.

It can be said that basically the more underdeveloped the place, the more pirated the pirated versions are. At least compared with Nanyang and Baodao, Xiangjiang is the third largest financial city in the world, so there are much less pirated versions. In addition to the increased awareness of buyers, the most important thing is undoubtedly to have enough money to buy the genuine version.

In addition, it has a lot to do with the policies of each country. Among them, the island country is undoubtedly very good at protecting copyrights, and it is a paradise for creators. Therefore, the comics sold there are so many novel sales.
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