What Should I Do If the System Forces Me To Copy Books?

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

Originally, "The Lord of the Rings" was brought to the Random House headquarters by Thompson from the distant Pearl of the East, Shanghai, and Caitlin, who was able to sit in the position of vice president, naturally knew that it was the most important thing to run as a leader to seek credit from employees. of.

Appropriate delegating power to subordinates is the correct way to govern.

"Thompson, the next task of negotiating and cooperating with the other party is left to you, and Peggy will cooperate with you."

As Caitlin's personal secretary, Peggy said she was cooperating with Thompson on the surface. In fact, it was more like she participated in the negotiation as Caitlin's representative, and with her presence, if she met Thompson, she couldn't make the decision. When she decides to make up her mind, she can also notify Caitlin immediately, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

And unlike other publishing companies.

Random House has its own set of very mature cooperation plans. There will be different plans for different authors, and these plans are basically marked with room for negotiation, such as signing fees, royalties, and publishing. area etc...

The more famous the writer is in the world, the more room for negotiation on the corresponding plan! For example, Li Chungang, who is excluded from the mainland of China, is almost unknown to the rest of the world to cooperate with new writers. Generally speaking, Random House does not even have a cooperation negotiation link, just send a copy to the contact email of the other party. Standard cooperation contract, those who are willing to cooperate in publishing will print it out and sign it and mail it back to Random House headquarters, and then wait for the long publishing schedule.

To put it simply: if you like to sign it or not, we at Random House are not bad for publishing your book and half.

It sounds like it is exactly the same model as when the domestic Longteng Chinese website signed a contract with a new author. The contract is issued to the author, and it is up to the author to sign the contract or not.

It's just that if Longteng signs a contract, at least one contract editor will follow up. After the contract is completed, the editor in charge will continue to be in charge. If this is the case with Random House, you don't want to have such good treatment. It would be good to let you know when it is actually published. .

but--

Nothing is absolute!

Li Chungang, a guy who is still a freshman for global authors, is here to break the rules. If Random House intends to deal with itself with contracts for general novice publishers, then he might as well simply wait for Dong Sicheng to expand overseas before making plans.

Negotiation is sometimes like a confrontation between two armies, except that the soldiers are fighting against each other, and the generals are the same.

Li Chungang obviously won't be involved in it, and now Caitlin is clearly handing over to Thompson to take full responsibility. It happens that both sides will go to a general, and the rest will be left to his subordinates to complete. The cooperative works of the bookstore are published overseas, and the cooperation with Manjinghua Publishing Company in China is completely different from the domestic publishing.

For example, in so many countries and regions around the world, in which countries will the first batch be printed and distributed;

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

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

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

Lin Meng's side naturally means that Li Chungang wants to get the greatest benefit as much as possible. It is also publishing a certain author's work. The effect obtained by pouring different resources is completely different, even if you write something good, but In the end, someone will publish it to you in a remote area in the mountains, and print only a few copies, 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 sides!

Fortunately, Lin Meng had guessed this situation long before he set off for the United States, and he also talked to Li Chungang in advance and mentioned this situation, so he was very prescient and asked the college to ask for an unspecified one. The number of days off leave.

It is said that there are no days off, but it should not be too much to say.

This is because from the leaders to the teachers of the college, they are not worried that Li Chungang will take a long vacation and fall behind in his studies. You must know that after the entire academic year of the freshman year, in fact, he is often hindered by various things. It is the best in the college, and when the final exam is due, the results are still well-deserved first.

Sometimes, a creature like a scholar can't be handled with common sense.

And at this time in the conference room.

Caitlyn left first because she had something to deal with. In fact, she didn't make any excuses, because the news of Kepel Ron's transfer to another faction was spreading rapidly throughout the Random House headquarters, and she still needed to hurry back. Take charge of the big picture while stabilizing the situation.

At least......

You can't make those 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, I am afraid it will be over.

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

Especially when he thought that Keepel Ron's new work this year will be published and sold globally in less than three months. It must be known that Caitlin personally nodded and approved this plan before, but turned his head and saw it. The "peaches" that are about to ripen have been picked by competitors, and even this original plan has not changed at all.

It's just that the executive has changed from Caitlin's subordinate to another vice president Osvid's subordinate; the benefit has also changed from Caitlin's to rival Osvid.

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

Before officially launching the cooperation negotiation with Lin Meng~www.readwn.com~, there is a precondition that Thompson must clarify first, otherwise the next negotiation work will need to waste more time.

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

"Mr. Lee, can you write the remaining two volumes of The Lord of the Rings in three months? If you can, there is a difference between publishing the first one and publishing the three neatly arranged volumes."

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

"In less than three months, I can finish it in a month!"

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

"If you work overtime, stay up late or something, you can finish it within a week or two!"

Thompson: "..."