Chapter 522 Who Do You Look Down on, Brother

As the saying goes: one thing does not work, two masters.

In the beginning, "The Lord of the Rings" was brought to the headquarters of Random House by Thompson from the far away Oriental Pearl Shanghai, and Caitlin, who was able to sit in the position of vice president, naturally knew that as a leader, it was the worst thing to do to grab the credits of employees. of.

Appropriate delegation of power to subordinates is the correct way to control subordinates.

"Thompson, the task of negotiating and cooperating with the other party will be entrusted to you, and Peggy will cooperate with you."

As Caitlin's personal secretary, Peggy said she was cooperating with Thompson on the surface, but in fact it was more like participating in this negotiation as Caitlyn's representative, and with her presence, if she really met Thompson, she couldn't make the decision. Caitlin can also be notified as soon as she makes up her mind, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

And unlike other publishing companies.

Random House has a complete set of very mature cooperation plans. There are different plans for different authors, and these plans are basically marked with negotiable areas, such as signing fees, royalties, publishing region etc...

The more famous the writer is in the world, the more room for negotiation on the corresponding plan will be! For example, Li Chungang, who is excluded from the mainland of China and is almost unknown in the rest of the world, generally speaking, Random House does not even have the link of cooperation negotiation, just send a copy to the other party's contact mailbox Standard cooperation contract, those who are willing to co-publish, print it out by themselves, sign it and mail it back to Random House headquarters, and then wait for the long publication schedule.

To put it simply: whether you like to sign or not, we at Random House are not short of publishing half a book of your work.

It sounds exactly the same as the domestic Longteng Chinese website when signing a contract with a new author. The contract is sent to the author, and whether to sign or not depends on the author's preference.

It's just that if Long Teng signs a contract, at least one signing editor will follow up. After the signing is completed, the editor in charge will continue to be in charge. If this is Random House, you won't be able to get such a good treatment. It would be nice to let you know when it is actually published up.

but--

Nothing is absolute!

Li Chungang, who is still fresh and new to authors around the world, is here to break the rules. If Random House intends to deal with itself with the contract that it treats ordinary novice publishing authors, then he might as well wait for Dong Sicheng to expand its overseas territory before slowly drawing it.

Negotiations are sometimes the same as two armies confronting each other, but soldiers against soldiers, generals against generals.

Li Chungang obviously won't be involved in it, and now Caitlin is also clearly handing over to Thompson to take full responsibility.

It just so happens that both sides will go to a general, and the rest will be handed over to the subordinates to complete. In addition, it is completely different from publishing works in cooperation with Random House overseas, and in cooperation with Manjinghua Publishing Company in China. magnitude.

For example, there are so many countries and regions in the world, in which countries will the first batch be printed and placed;

For example, there are so many different languages ​​in the world, how many language versions should be published;

For example, the number of first printings in each region, etc...

Too many details and terms need to be negotiated by both parties.

Lin Meng's side naturally represents Li Chungang's desire to obtain the greatest possible benefits. The same author's work is published, and the results obtained by devoting different resources are completely different. Even if the things you write are the best, but In the end, when someone publishes for you to a remote area in the mountains, and only a few copies are printed, what's the point? ?

It can be expected that this negotiation will be a protracted "tug of war" that will test the endurance of both parties!

Fortunately, Lin Meng had already guessed this situation before he set off for the United States, and he had also communicated with Li Chungang in advance to mention this situation, so he had the foresight to invite an unspecified person from the academy. The number of days off the holiday.

It is said that there is no number of days of leave, but it should not be too much. If it is too long, it will not be called leave, and it will be called a suspension of study!

This is because the college's leaders and teachers are not worried at all that Li Chungang will take a long vacation and drop his studies because of this. You must know that after the whole school year of freshman, in fact, he is often hindered by various things in his studies, and the number of leave is even higher. It is the best in the academy, and it is still the well-deserved number one when the final exam results are not yet.

Sometimes, a creature like Xueba cannot be judged by common sense.

And at this time in the conference room.

Caitlin left first on the grounds that she still had things to deal with. In fact, she was not an excuse, because the news that Keppel Ron had switched to another faction was spreading rapidly throughout the Random House headquarters, and she needed to hurry back Preside over the overall situation while stabilizing the situation.

At least......

You can't let the people who support you feel that you are completely finished. If you don't stop the birth of this bad idea in time, once it spreads, even if you can successfully reach a cooperation with Li Chungang, it may be the end of the world.

And Thompson, who was entrusted with important tasks by Caitlin, was also unceremonious. He knew very well in his heart that time was very tight for everyone in the Caitlin faction at this time, and he must take the young man in front of him in the shortest possible time. Take it down, take down the book The Lord of the Rings.

Especially when he thought of Keppel Ron's new work this year, which will be published and sold globally in less than three months. You must know that Caitlin personally nodded and approved this plan before, but when he turned his head and saw The "peach" that was about to ripen was unexpectedly picked by a competitor, and even the original plan remained unchanged.

It's just that the person who executed it changed from Caitlin's subordinate to another vice president Oswald's subordinate; the person who benefited also changed from Caitlin to competitor Oswald.

"Before the formal negotiation, there is one thing I want to confirm with Mr. Li Chungang."

Before formally launching cooperation negotiations with Lin Meng, there is a prerequisite that Thompson must first figure out, otherwise more time will be wasted in the subsequent negotiation work.

"Mr. Thompson, we are also old friends. If you have any questions, you can ask them directly. I can answer you as long as you can answer them."

"Mr. Li, can you finish the remaining two volumes of "Lord of the Rings" within three months? If possible, there is a difference between publishing the first volume and publishing the three volumes together."

"Three months!?" Li Chungang almost laughed out loud. You must know that he is a professional. If it wasn't so funny, he wouldn't be able to help it. It's really Thompson's question that makes people can't help it. Yue, who are you looking down on?

"It doesn't take three months, I can finish it in one month!"

"If you are really in a hurry, it is not impossible to squeeze in two or three weeks."

"If you have to work overtime, stay up late or something, it can be completed within a week or two!"

Thompson: "..."