Chapter 524
"Student Yiping, please sit down," the stern-faced Manager Chen from the publishing department greeted, "You are the number one student in the college entrance examination of your province in your class. I heard that you did a lot of great things in high school, and now you have For a large-scale group company, the freshman year is already stressful, and you have written such a book, it is really not easy, and it is not easy!"
"Thank you, Manager Chen, for the compliment. To be honest, the family's financial conditions are not good, so I was forced to do so."
"Oh yes, look at your resume, you are an old revolutionary base area, and the development is indeed relatively slow,"
This manager Chen has a way of doing things, he didn't go straight to the point when he came up, first get close to Feng Yiping, get to know his family background, and by the way, his style of dealing with people, there are a lot of tentative meanings in his words, for example, what is your wealth? Yes, to pave the way for future negotiations.
However, Feng Yiping is no longer a rookie.
"The economic conditions are better now," said Shi Fangsheng, who is in the editorial department. "I heard that you now drive a Mercedes-Benz, which is better than the principal's car."
This time it was Feng Yiping's turn to be a little stunned, he really couldn't be judged by his appearance, he took a look at this person who seemed more friendly than Manager Chen, this topic seemed wrong?
"It's even more difficult now. In the past, it was enough to just take care of my own family. Now the company has more than 5,000 employees, and the number is still increasing. It is even more stressful to consider the jobs of so many people,"
The other party is considered an elder, maybe this is his speaking style, Feng Yiping didn't want to care about it for the time being, so he didn't confront him, but he didn't answer his question directly either.
Manager Chen took a look at Shi Fangsheng, and hurriedly said, "Student Yiping, I would like to know, which regions of your book are copyrighted by Harvard Business School Press?"
"Except for all regions except our mainland and Hong Kong and Macau. In addition, I have my own publishing house in Hong Kong and Macau, and I want to take this opportunity to operate it."
"Oh yes, we've also heard about your publishing house, and your cutting-edge book is doing well," Manager Chen praised again at the right time.
"The main reason is that the team at the publishing house is very capable. I don't need to ask about specific matters."
"Speaking of which, then only the mainland is left?" Seeing that the atmosphere had turned for the better, Shi Fang said another sentence that made everyone uncomfortable.
Teacher Jin also felt that this person in the editorial department seemed to be a little bit wrong, with a problematic attitude, so he helped Feng Yiping say, "Our mainland has a population of more than one billion, which is equivalent to many countries."
Manager Chen lowered his head and coughed, "The rest of the mainland is not bad. I know that Harvard people usually want global agency rights. It's not easy for you to retain such a big piece."
Shi Fangsheng didn't know what was going on, and added another sentence, "As a student of the school, since the book is going to be published, why didn't I think of my school's publishing house in the first place? Why should it be cheaper for outsiders, or a foreign publishing house?"
Feng Yiping glanced at Manager Chen, and Manager Chen called out, "Old Shi!"
Shi Fangsheng still looked at Feng Yiping with some complaints.
"I didn't think about publishing it at first, but wanted to serialize it in my own magazine. Harvard came to me again and again, and later my magazine was doing well. I thought about publishing it. Their conditions are very favorable. I I agreed.
The first few issues of my publication were sent to all the colleges of the school, the school leadership office, and many teachers. Of course, the publishing house was not left behind. Why did no one think of this at the time?
And with all due respect, Mr. Shi, the current focus of the school press is to focus on the domestic issue, that is, to represent all the global copyrights to you. Can we do as well as Harvard?
It took less than a month for Harbin Business Publishing House to achieve the current result. For the same result, Mr. Shi, do you know how to publish? How long do you think it will take us? Is it okay for a year? "
He looked straight at Shi Fangsheng, and then tapped his finger on the table to say these words, not very politely.
His attitude towards people has not changed with the rise of personal wealth. It is still the one taught by his parents when he was a child, "People respect me a foot, and I respect others."
It's not that I'm begging you, it's that you took the initiative to come to me. Once the leader leaves, is this the attitude of the person in charge?
Feng Yiping has a bit of a temper, and now he has some capital to lose his temper.
As far as this book is concerned, to be honest, when he wrote it, he never worried about publishing issues, so he deliberately kept part of the copyright in his hand.
What's more, now that Harvard is running so successfully, he has more confidence in the face of domestic publishers, and he estimates that in just a few days, many domestic publishing houses should come to him.
If Shi Fangsheng had a beard, his beard would be turned up with anger now, but this is all his own fault. Feng Yiping is not his student, nor is he an editor. If you don't want to give him face, you don't have to give him face .
Feng Yiping saw that his cheeks were trembling, and only the whites of his eyes could be seen behind the lens. He guessed that what he said next was nothing more than trying to show his qualifications to teach himself, so come on, face is given by people, but you If you want to step on it yourself, no one can stop it.
Shi Fangsheng also thought the same way, when will it be my turn for a fresh sophomore to act aggressively in front of me?
However, he couldn't say what he said. Manager Chen no longer reminded him vaguely this time, but directly patted him twice, and said in a deep voice, "Old Shi!"
"Yiping, listen to me. Lao Shi doesn't understand publishing affairs very well. You are right. In terms of global distribution, our publishing house, which was born in the 1980s, is definitely not as good as Harbin Business Publishing House. How to, like them, send your book to so many influential readers in such a short period of time.
However, you may not understand that we have also implemented the strategy of going out in the past two years. We have established strategic partnerships with many publishing companies in Europe and the United States, and have also exported a lot of book copyrights to foreign countries," stopped Shi Fangsheng, Manager Chen Hurry to the rescue.
"Can you show me the contract you signed with Harbin Business Publishing House?" It seemed that Manager Chen didn't have much deterrent effect on Shi Fangsheng. He leaned forward and asked a new question in a fighting posture.
this person! Feng Yiping was already unable to complain.
"Old Shi," Manager Chen next to him called out with emphasis, and the girl who participated in the reception also felt strange. Could this teacher Shi be an undercover agent sent by another publishing house? To think that the author whose opponent holds the copyright of the best-selling book has been making such sarcastic remarks, and now he is still making such a request.
"I'm sorry," Feng Yiping just wanted to say a few more bluntly, but the vibrating phone made him swallow those words, and he stood up, "I'll answer the phone,"
"Ah, what? Okay, I'll be there right away," he didn't bother to sit down, and didn't care whether a few people in the publishing house saw that they didn't want to talk anymore, and used this call as an excuse to talk to Manager Chen without looking at Shi Fangsheng. Said, "I'm sorry, there is something urgent in the company, I have to rush to deal with it immediately, I can only come here today, I am very sorry!"
"It's okay, if you have anything to do, go and do it first, and I'll make an appointment with you again." Manager Chen stood up to see Feng Yiping off. He knew that even if there was a next time, it wouldn't be in the conference room of the publishing house. He must have gone to Feng Yiping's site to find him.
He also made up his mind that the next time he looks for Feng Yiping, he must go alone without taking anyone with him, especially this Shi Fangsheng who has more than enough to reveal.
The good atmosphere prepared by the vice president himself was completely messed up by his few words.
Feng Yiping has already made it clear that business is about business, why are you still saying so many unnutritious things? He is just a student at the school, and he has not joined any of the school's research institutes. This book was written entirely by himself, and the copyright has nothing to do with the school.
Do you think that Feng Yiping's book is a personal monograph with little market for some teachers in the school to find a publishing house to find a way to publish it in order to fulfill their wish?
Feng Yiping walked cleanly, Shi Fangsheng was startled and then angry, "He is obviously an excuse, so let him go like this?"
The girl tidying up the notebook rolled her eyes at the table and didn't bother to talk to him.
Manager Chen sent them away, "Lao Shi has that temper, I apologize to you on his behalf, and don't worry, your book is so excellent, and this matter was personally assigned by the leaders of the publishing house. Will do my best."
"Thank you, Manager Chen. I'm really in a hurry today. Let's make another appointment. Please wait!"
I have to thank Teacher Shi who was rude to me for no reason. Feng Yiping, who was originally reluctant, simply didn't even have to find an excuse.
"I didn't expect them to have such a person." Teacher Jin looked at the publishing house behind him, "It's okay, you can do whatever you want, everyone can understand, don't worry, although the publishing house belongs to the school Yes, but they are two systems with us, and they cannot interfere with the work in our courtyard,"
"So what if it's meddling? Fire me? Or not give me a diploma? Teacher Jin, do you think I still care about these things now?" Feng Yiping put away his cautious look in front of the teacher all the time.
Although the school publishing house is not the ideal choice in his mind, because from the current point of view, like other university publishing houses, the school publishing house mainly focuses on the publication of teaching materials. Of course, there are also some monographs, but the proportion is not large. It also includes many books published by professors at their own expense.
In his opinion, the best domestic publishing house for this book should be a publishing house like the Commercial Press.
Even so, out of a sense of collective honor and respect for the school, he went to today's meeting with sincerity. He didn't expect that what the leader said was very good, but the people below were like this.
"Yes, of course you don't have to care about these things now. You are really at school to enrich yourself. You can rest assured that the situations you mentioned cannot happen.
Our school finally produced a student who became famous internationally during his first year of freshman year. A student who is remembered by those who hold huge amounts of wealth and power in the world. How could you be expelled? Isn't that smearing yourself? "
"I'm afraid that in the future, as long as you don't kill people and set fires in the school, the courtyard and the school will not investigate what you do," Teacher Jin said with a smile, "However, you must not be confident because of what I said. Whether you are really busy or not, you should go to the company now, so as not to embarrass them."
Not to mention, what Mr. Jin thought of, Feng Yiping really didn't think about it, but it is true, if a student like him is expelled from the school, then the school will really slap itself in the face.
"Thank you, mentor, you know me best!" Feng Yiping returned to his typical good student appearance.