I, Sun Liancheng, have the universe in my heart, Zhong Xiaoai admires me

However, Xiao Weixin did not respond to Gao Yuliang's words, but pointed at the teacup.

"Hehe, Professor Gao, you finally came here, have some tea first."

"This is good tea. I specially asked a friend to bring it over from another place. It's the first batch of Mingqian tea."

Gao Yuliang had no choice but to pick up the teacup and take a sip. "Mm, it's really good. It's really good tea."

"Good tea, haha." Xiao Wei laughed first, "Professor Gao, if you like it, I'll bring some back for you after a while."

"No, no." Gao Yuliang quickly put down his teacup and declined.

"President Xiao, I see you are quite busy, let's talk about my novel."

"Oh, a novel." Xiao Weixian put down his teacup and looked as if he couldn't remember. "I remember you said what the subject of your novel was?"

Gao Yuliang quickly said, "Historical themes."

As he spoke, he took out a thick stack of manuscripts from his bag.

"President Xiao can take a look first."

Xiao Wei first glanced at the manuscript in front of him and said, "Haha, I won't read the manuscript. Professor Gao must have written it correctly."

Gao Yuliang looked at Sun Liancheng and said, "To be exact, I wrote it together with my student."

"Oh, you're talented, very talented." Xiao Weixian gave Sun Liancheng a thumbs up.

Sun Liancheng smiled and nodded, "President Xiao, thank you for the compliment."

Gao Yuliang asked, "President Xiao, I wonder if I can ask you to help with the publication."

Hearing this, Xiao Weixian looked embarrassed, "Professor Gao, you don't understand the current market, right?"

"Sun Liancheng is a young man, he should know what martial arts and romance novels are popular in the market now."

"I'm afraid this kind of historical subject matter is not very popular."

Gao Yuliang and Sun Liancheng had been mentally prepared for this.

And Gao Yuliang doesn’t care whether the products sell well or not.

I just hope the book can be published.

Gao Yuliang quickly said, "We all know what President Xiao said. To be honest, I didn't publish this book for money."

Hearing this, Xiao Weixiao laughed again.

"Professor Gao, if it's not for making money, why are you working so hard? Now it's a market economy, everything is for making money."

"Take my publishing house for example. If I don't make money, how can I pay taxes to the country? How can I pay my employees' salaries? Don't you think so?"

Gao Yuliang and Sun Liancheng were both smart people and had already understood what Xiao Weixian meant.

He would not publish historical materials like this that could not make money.

Gao Yuliang naturally understood what Xiao Weixian meant, and he had expected this a long time ago.

The reason why he came to see Xiao Weixin today was because he had another plan.

"President Xiao, how about this? I'll publish it at my own expense."

"Publish at your own expense?" Sun Liancheng was still surprised when he heard Gao Yuliang say this.

I didn't expect Gao Yuliang liked this book so much that he wanted to publish it at his own expense.

Sun Liancheng knew that his salary was not high and it might cost a lot of money to publish the book at his own expense.

Xiao Weixian laughed when he heard this, "Teacher Gao, you want to publish at your own expense?"

Gao Yuliang nodded, "Yes, it will be registered under the name of the First Publishing House, and I will pay for the publishing expenses myself."

Gao Yuliang has already thought it through. At worst, he can just take money out of his savings.

If you publish it at your own expense and print a few thousand copies first, it probably won’t cost too much.

Xiao Weixian smiled and said, "Teacher Gao, you don't understand the rules of our publishing house."

"It's not impossible to publish at one's own expense. A few days ago, a wealthy businessman wanted to publish his autobiography at his own expense and spent 200,000 yuan."

"Two hundred thousand?" Gao Yuliang opened his mouth wide when he heard the number.

"President Xiao, how can you spend so much money on self-publishing?"

"Did he print too many?"

Two hundred thousand is a huge sum of money for Gao Yuliang, and he definitely cannot afford it.

Xiao Weixiao explained seriously: "The printing fee is actually not much, the book number is what is really valuable."

"You know the book number, right? It's just like a person's ID number. The number of book numbers given to our publishing house every year is limited."

"The issuance of each book number is decided after a meeting and research."

After this explanation, Sun Liancheng understood.

Each book corresponds to a book number, and books that have obtained a book number are not considered to be illegally published.

The number of book numbers is limited.

In order to make money, publishers will naturally choose to publish some best-selling books.

At this point, Gao Yuliang had to give up the idea of ​​publishing at his own expense.

Two hundred thousand, he is a teacher with a monthly salary of only a little over a thousand, so he definitely cannot afford it.

So Gao Yuliang put away the manuscript and said, "President Xiao, if that's the case, I won't bother you anymore. I'm really sorry to waste your time."

As he spoke, he stood up.

Xiao Weixian stopped Gao Yuliang and said, "Wait a minute, Mr. Gao, I haven't finished speaking yet."

Gao Yuliang smiled helplessly, "President Xiao, I don't understand the rules of your publishing industry. I'm sorry to embarrass you."

"Two hundred thousand is really an astronomical figure for me."

"Liancheng, we are disturbing President Xiao."

Xiao Weixian forced Gao Yuliang to sit down, "Teacher Gao, please let me finish what I am saying."

"Two hundred thousand is the external price. With our relationship, can I ask you for that much?"

Then, Xiao Weixian put his head in front of Gao Yuliang and whispered:

"How about this number?"

Gao Yuliang saw Xiao Weixian hold up three fingers.

"Thirty thousand?"

Xiao Wei nodded first.

Two hundred thousand suddenly dropped to thirty thousand?

When Sun Liancheng heard this, he felt that there must be something fishy going on.

What kind of relationship can be so strong? This is no longer a fracture, it is a comminuted fracture.

Gao Yuliang also looked incredulous, "President Xiao, are you kidding me?"

Xiao Weixian smiled and patted Gao Yuliang's hand, "Teacher Gao, I sound like I'm joking with you."

"I know it's not easy for you to write a book, so I'll just help you out."

Gao Yuliang's heart suddenly warmed when he heard this. Could it be that Xiao Weixin was not as the rumors said, that he was a man with a dagger behind his smile and was only interested in profit?

However, before he could say thank you, Xiao Weixian said again:

"But Mr. Gao, you have to transfer the 30,000 yuan to a private account."

When Sun Liancheng heard this, he was shocked.

Oh my goodness, there is something fishy going on.

To a private account?

It turns out that this 30,000 yuan was the kickback that Xiao Weixian wanted.

Sun Liancheng immediately said, "President Xiao, I don't understand what you mean."

“Why isn’t the money transferred to the publisher’s public account?”

Xiao Wei first pointed at Sun Liancheng and said, "Look, young people are young people."

"I'm doing this to make it easier for you to operate. How can I operate if the money is transferred to a public account?"

Although Xiao Weixian explained it this way, Gao Yuliang understood it instantly.

From the moment he came in, Xiao Weixian had been laying the groundwork.

After all the preparations up to now, the fox's tail has finally been revealed.

As expected, the rumor that Xiao was the first to attack was ruthless and cruel, and it seems to be true.

What book number is valuable, everything is for the benefit of the publishing house.

Now it seems that it is entirely for his personal benefit.

Although Gao Yuliang really wanted to publish his book, he was not willing to bribe people in order to do so.

Gao Yuliang stood up and said, "President Xiao, thank you for your kindness. I'll think about it again."

When Xiao Weixian saw Gao Yuliang was so rude, he quickly said, "Teacher Gao, no publishing house will be willing to publish your book."

"If you come here again, the price won't be the same."

Gao Yuliang felt very disgusted by the blatant price asking.

"Liancheng, let's go."