That night, Ma Xiaolong came to Jincheng overnight. Since he had ten houses here, he was not afraid of having no place to sleep.
As soon as he walked out of the station, he took out this year's new Motorola cover phone, checked that his family was safe, and then chatted on the phone with Zhu Sha for a while. The cost of cross-regional mobile phone communication was extremely expensive, which meant that he was not short of money, and ordinary people could chat with each other.
It would hurt my heart to death within ten minutes.
After hanging up the phone, Ma Xiaolong contacted the editor-in-chief of the publishing house and told him to go to the publishing house early tomorrow morning and ask him to prepare the one thousand novels and comics that needed to be signed.
When the editor-in-chief learned that Ma Xiaolong was coming, he insisted on inviting him to dinner. He happened to be a little hungry, so he agreed.
I didn't go to any well-known restaurants, just an ordinary small restaurant.
Chinese delicacies are basically hidden in the streets and alleys. They may not be very hygienic, but they are economical, affordable and taste good.
"Teacher Xiaolong, I haven't seen you for a few months, you are so handsome again." The editor-in-chief back then has been promoted to editor-in-chief. The current editor-in-chief is a young man in his twenties and seventies who has just been promoted, but he has met him many times in the past few years.
They are very familiar with each other.
"She must be taller again!" Ma Xiaolong touched his crew cut: "You can't compare with how handsome you were before."
"Hahaha..." The editor laughed: "Teacher Xiaolong is still so naughty. Today I have to have a good meal with Teacher Xiaolong, and I will have to ask you to take care of me more in the future!"
"Look what you said, you are the editor-in-chief, it's too late for me to fawn over you!" Businessmen exchange compliments, hello, me, hello, everyone.
There is no need to eat more at night. I just ordered four dishes and drinks.
Ma Xiaolong is only thirteen, so if the editor wants to drink, he has to consider his age and think that a drink is the most suitable.
The editor and the author actually don't have much to talk about. Apart from the works, they basically have nothing to talk about. Moreover, there is a generation gap between the editor-in-chief and Ma Xiaolong. They are more than ten years apart!
Halfway through the meal, the editor-in-chief suddenly said something: "Teacher Xiaolong, your book "Sword Art Online" has been spotted by a bookseller from RB, and they want the exclusive Japanese copyright. What do you mean?"
"Oh?" Ma Xiaolong was a little surprised: "I haven't distributed this book yet! How did he see it?"
"We have business dealings with them here." The editor-in-chief explained: "Although "Legend of Sword and Fairy" was not released there due to subject matter issues, it still caused a great sensation in China and Southeast Asia. He happened to come here recently.
I'm negotiating business in China. After reading Teacher Xiaolong's new book, I expressed that I want the Japanese copyright. Do you want to meet him?"
"It's no problem to meet. As long as the price is right, it's no problem to give him the exclusive copyright of the Japanese language." Ma Xiaolong said.
Whose money is not earned? The little RB’s money is to make a lot of money.
The editor-in-chief smiled and said: "Don't worry, we will help you check it personally. If he dares to pay less, we will be the first to refuse."
Ma Xiaolong picked up Jianlibao and said, "Take one."
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Early the next morning, Ma Xiaolong came to the publishing house, dived into the pile of books, and wrote his specially practiced signature style on the title page of the book.
A thousand names, three thousand words, it takes a lot of time to write by hand!
After working hard for two hours, he finally signed a thousand books. Not bad. With his 30 points of physical strength, there was no pressure at all.
"Thank you for your hard work, Teacher Xiaolong." A young female employee handed over a glass of water, her eyes a little shy and her attitude a little enthusiastic.
"..."Sister, I'm only thirteen, don't touch me.
At the critical moment, the editor-in-chief came over: "Is Mr. Xiaolong finished? Mr. Kojima is here."
Ichiro Kojima, RB’s bookseller.
Ma Xiaolong nodded and stood up to meet.
Half an hour later, the conversation collapsed.
Ichiro Kojima used Ma Xiaolong's lack of reputation in RB as an excuse to lower the price desperately. Ma Xiaolong definitely couldn't accept it, but considering what the other party said was reasonable, he proposed an agreement to share different proportions according to the sales volume. He thought Ichiro Kojima would definitely
I agreed, but unexpectedly I was rejected.
There was no way to talk about it, and Ma Xiaolong would not spoil Little RB. He turned to the editor-in-chief and said, "I don't want to see this person in the future, and I won't sell him the copyright of any work."
After saying that, he waved his hands and left the interview room.
It doesn't matter if the talks fall apart. Anyway, he has the basic base in China and Southeast Asia, and with the international popularity of "Sword Art Online" in the past life, it will enter the European and American markets sooner or later. By then, it will take the general trend and see if little RB doesn't kneel down and beg him to buy the rights.
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The editor-in-chief didn't expect Ichiro Kojima to be so disgusting. If he didn't have enough power, he would have kicked this little RB out.
But Ichiro Kojima was very calm. He thought this was just Ma Xiaolong's negotiation tactic. He had been in the shopping mall for so many years, what method had he not seen before? Throwing the table and leaving? It was too immature.
However, this "SAO" is really an incredible masterpiece. It has a rich imagination and outstanding characters. It is very suitable for the reading taste of young people in RB. I believe that after getting the exclusive Japanese copyright, it will definitely bring me huge wealth.
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Ichiro Kojima was having a sweet dream and thought he could continue the conversation the next day, but the editor informed him: "Teacher Xiaolong has gone home and expressed that he does not want to see Mr. Kojima again. We have nothing to do and ask Mr. Kojima for your forgiveness."
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Ga!?
Kojima Ichiro was dumbfounded.
He seemed to see a golden mountain disappearing into the sea, which he could no longer touch.
A few days later, "Sword Art Online" was released simultaneously in China and Southeast Asia, triggering even more popular sales than "Legend of Sword and Fairy".
Before "Fairy Sword", there had already been fairy tale works such as "The Legend of Shushan Swordsman", so although the sales of "Fairy Sword" were booming, it was not very groundbreaking.
"Sword Art Online" is completely different. In this era when computers have just emerged and dial-up Internet access has only just appeared. The virtual online game worldview constructed by "Sword Art Online" is simply a groundbreaking work, and the number of settings that cannot be exited has increased.
In addition, this era is making great strides towards the world of network technology, and everyone is full of yearning for the Internet. Therefore, "Sword Art Online" that came into being instantly detonated the entire Asia, and even began to move toward Europe and the United States.
spread.
Just over the past year, "Sword Art Online" has landed in the European and American markets, and in a very short period of time it took the number one spot on the sales list, causing a huge sensation and the attention of the world's media.
At the same time, the author "Xiaolong" has also become the focus of the world's media, but Teacher Xiaolong has always refused to show up, leaving these foreign reporters very helpless.
In this era before the boy Harry riding a broomstick appeared, "Sword Art Online" created a world record in sales in just one year. Ma Xiaolong's hands almost cramped when he counted the money.
At this time, Ichiro Kojima regretted that he could not sleep all night, because "Sword Art Online" really took the trend and entered RB, and other libraries snatched the exclusive Japanese copyright, and then instantly detonated the RB sales list, and triggered a
With the huge "Sword Art Online" craze, Bunko, which obtained the Japanese copyright, made a lot of money, and the president was so happy all day long.
Thinking that all these benefits should be his own, but were robbed of them all by others, Ichiro Kojima felt so remorseful that he became ill and soon retired from his position as president and returned to the countryside to retire.
This is something to say later, so I won’t mention it for now.
Let's say that after Ma Xiaolong threw the table and left, he immediately went to the station to buy a ticket and took the earliest train home.
Because Jincheng is not the starting station, all you can buy are standing tickets, and more and more people are getting on the train at the following stations, and there are also migrant workers carrying heavy baggage getting on the train. It is crowded, not to mention how uncomfortable it is.
Ma Xiaolong thinks he should buy a car. He can't drive it now, so he can let his father drive it.
My father took the driver's license exam two years ago, but he never bought a car. He thought it was unnecessary before, but now that he is crowded into a small corner with a bunch of people, he feels it is necessary, very necessary.
When I got home in the afternoon, I took a shower first and looked through today's various documents in the study.
It was okay, overall stable, but one thing aroused his interest. Someone from Microsoft came and wanted to acquire his company.