Chapter 203 True Friends
The process of inviting manuscripts was much more difficult than imagined.
Lu Yanhe originally thought that no matter what, Li Zhibai and Yan Liang would definitely agree. Who knows, Li Zhibai refused without hesitation.
"You want me to write an article? Come on, the article I wrote has illogical sentences and a bunch of typos. Who will read it?" Li Zhibai shook his head without hesitation, "Look for someone else."
Lu Yanhe said: "Who else can I look for?"
Li Zhibai: "Don't do this, you don't just know a few of us."
"But if you don't write it, who will write it for me?" Lu Yanhe said.
Li Zhibai: "..."
Lu Yanhe: "Please help me."
Li Zhibai: "I really can't write it. If I write it, I will definitely be laughed at by everyone."
"We will definitely help you revise it and we won't let you be laughed at." Lu Yanhe said, "How about you write a first draft and I will make revisions and supplements based on your first draft?"
Li Zhibai: "How about you just write it for me and sign my name."
"That's not how you steal when you're lazy."
"Xiao Lu, it's not my brother that I won't help you, it's you who really found the wrong person." Li Zhibai looked helpless, "I really can't write."
Seeing that Li Zhibai was in such a difficult situation, Lu Yanhe couldn't continue to persuade him.
Fortunately, Yan Liang agreed without any hesitation.
Only then did Lu Yanhe breathe a sigh of relief.
Lu Yanhe told Chen Siqi about Li Zhibai's reaction and said, "If it doesn't work, he dictates it and I write it for him?"
Chen Siqi said: "You have a lot to do, is that okay?"
"OK, the first issue has to be written anyway." Lu Yanhe said.
"Okay, today I plan to modify our plan and change it according to the format of Mook." Chen Siqi said, "I went to sort out some relevant information. Our domestic publishing house still has quite a lot of Mook books, and they have been launching them. The concept of electronic magazines may be an outdated concept for the platform at first glance. With Mook’s concept, everyone will be more accepting of it, and I can also make a benchmark product conveniently.”
"Okay, it's all up to you. The form doesn't matter, whether it's a magazine or a Mook, it's actually the same content." Lu Yanhe said, "I will contact everyone I can contact today, and then you say."
"it is good."
Lu Yanhe hung up the phone and started looking for his address book.
Cheng Hai, Chen Jing, and Tu Song were all artists from the same company. They had a relatively good relationship with him and could ask them for help.
Song Linxin, a talented female singer who became famous overnight when she sang "Remember" in "A Song Comes to Respond", has also interacted with her.
Peng Zhixing, the contracted host of Northern Lights Video, has dealt with the graduation party.
Jiang Yuqian and Huang Kairen, the protagonists of "The Golden Age", are also among the most popular stars in Lu Yanhe's opinion.
As for Wang Yunfan and Li Qian, their relationship is too ordinary to talk about this, so forget it.
It’s all about these people.
Who else do you know?
Should we invite them all in the first issue?Let’s not say whether they will agree to it or not. If they do agree, the first issue will be the swan song, because Lu Yanhe will have no one else to invite.
The column "Student Days of Star Artists" is a direct swan song.
Lu Yanhe thought for a long time and finally left three names: Jiang Yuqian, Tu Song, and Song ’s ask these three people first.
However, when these people's names are put together, except for Song Linxin, they all belong to Xing Entertainment, just like the Xing Entertainment special show. - "Invite me to write an article about my student days?" Jiang Yuqian was stunned for a moment, "Yan He, you are so good, why do you suddenly ask me to write an article?"
Lu Yanhe explained to her what he was doing.
"You want to make an e-book?" Jiang Yuqian's tone revealed a tone of disbelief, "What are you going to do, be the editor-in-chief?"
"Yes." Lu Yanhe said, "My classmates and I want to do this together this summer vacation. We also met with yesterday and reached a preliminary cooperation intention. By then, the book will be available for sale on .”
Jiang Yuqian hesitated for a moment and said: "Yan He, I'm really embarrassed to agree to this. I have never written anything like this. I am very willing to ask me to write this, but this - "
Lu Yanhe understood Jiang Yuqian's hesitation.
He said: "Sister Yuqian, I know that you usually accept interviews and others write the interview content into articles, but we want to make such a book and invite you to write this article because we want to completely draw from your opinions. How about reviewing the past era from a different perspective? I have compiled a few similar articles written by other actors for you. Can you read them first and then think about them?"
"Okay." Jiang Yuqian smiled helplessly, "Who asked you to come to me to write? I can't refuse directly. I'll take a look first, but let me make it clear first, Yan He, if I really If you think you can’t write it, I will still refuse.”
"There must be many of your fans who want to read this article. Regarding the memories of your student days, I believe that Sister Yuqian must also miss many people and things." Lu Yanhe said, " is a place with many real users. , there are many people writing diaries and writing about their lives on it. Sister Yuqian, you can also check out this website when you have time, and publish your articles on this website, so that everyone will know more about you."
"I know . No drama I starred in has scored more than 8 points on this website." Jiang Yuqian said with a smile.
"Then we need to let them know more about you." Lu Yanhe said quickly, sweating after speaking, he did not expect such a thing to happen. - After chatting with Jiang Yuqian, there were Tu Song and Song Linxin behind.
Lu Yanhe called them one after another, explained the cause of the incident to them, and invited them to write an article.
When Tu Song heard this, he said, "Oh my god, I haven't written an article in several years."
“Just think of writing things on social platforms.”
"I don't have anything to write about. I didn't listen carefully in class. I always wanted to sing. I participated in various singing competitions. At first, my parents stopped me, scolded and beat me. I had to sing. In the end, they agreed."
Lu Yanhe's eyes lit up and he said, "Then you will write about the incident where you insist on singing?"
Tu Song: "Ah? What's there to write about? These are all unbearable memories."
"You can let everyone know how much you love singing."
"Can you understand it from just one article?"
"An article is a record. Your fans will know it, and people who have listened to your songs and want to know you will also know it." Lu Yanhe said, "When others want to know you, if you have an article about yourself If you write an article, they can understand you through your own article, not through what other people have written.”
"What you said seems to make sense. I'm a little convinced by you."
"Write one."
"Let me write and read." Tu Song said.
Lu Yanhe checked Tu Song's name and breathed a sigh of relief.
There is only one last person left, Song Linxin.
Lu Yanhe originally wanted to call her directly, but when he was about to call, he reflected on his relationship with Song Linxin and felt that it would be very presumptuous to call her suddenly, and others would find it very abrupt. After all, he had just called her before. After meeting each other twice, we almost never chatted.
After thinking about it, Lu Yanhe sent her a text, roughly describing what he was doing, and finally expressed his hope that she would write an article on the theme of his student days.
Less than five seconds after sending it, Song Linxin replied: OK.
Lu Yanhe was stunned.
Song Linxin asked again: When will I give it to you?
Lu Yanhe's eyes widened in shock.
wipe? Does this agree? No hesitation at all!
Lu Yanhe never expected that Song Linxin would respond so readily.
He was shocked. - After Chen Siqi got everyone's responses from Lu Yanhe, he was a little surprised and said, "So, basically everyone is willing?"
"Yes." Lu Yanhe nodded.
"You are quite popular." Chen Siqi couldn't help but say.
Lu Yanhe was also a little surprised. Although there were times of rejection most of the time during the communication process, he finally agreed and did not refuse directly.
Chen Siqi thought for a while and said: "If Jiang Yuqian is really willing to write about celebrities and artists and writes an article for us, then this section will be enough with her in charge. Now we have to send invitations to writers. You Have you talked to Liu Jiazhen and Mingyin?"
"No, they are writers. Inviting manuscripts to them is different from others. I also want to ask you, what is the standard for manuscript fees?" Lu Yanhe asked.
Chen Siqi said: "That must be the market standard."
"However, there is basically no market standard now, and there is not much to refer to." Chen Siqi said, "Since we don't want to make a book just for fun, we must consider the issues of cost and benefit. Have you considered our How many copies of this book can I sell?”
"No." Lu Yanhe shook his head.
Chen Siqi said: "Then have you ever thought about the upper limit of our production budget for this book?" "No." Lu Yanhe continued to shake his head.
Chen Siqi said: "Xin Zixing reminded us one thing. We did not make a detailed budget sheet. I made one first for you to take a look at."
Chen Siqi sent the budget sheet she made to Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yanhe clicked on the computer.
The production cost is 5 yuan.
The fictional novel section accounts for 2 yuan in manuscript fees. It is expected that the number of novels published will be five, and the average manuscript fee will be 4000 yuan per article.
The student days of star artists is expected to be between 1500 and 3000 words, and the remuneration is 2000 yuan per article. It is estimated that there will be six articles, totaling [-] yuan.
There are also various other royalties paid, which are about 1 yuan.
The royalties alone are forty-two thousand.
The remaining eight thousand will be spent on layout design, which is not enough.
Chen Siqi said: "This is very unprofessional. I just wrote down whatever I could think of and estimated a number myself. This did not include any editing and other labor costs."
Lu Yanhe hesitated and said, "The production cost of 5 yuan must be conservative."
"Yes." Chen Siqi nodded, "That's why I asked you, how many copies do you think you can sell on , and what price should we set?"
"It's better to communicate with Yemai Network for this."
"We need to make an estimate ourselves. If a book costs 5 yuan, we need to sell [-] copies to cover the production cost of [-] yuan." Chen Siqi said, "With the single channel of , we can sell so many copies. ?"
Lu Yanhe said: "But apart from , are there any other channels through which this book can be put on the shelves?"
"Mook can be put on the shelves in many places, and there are many platforms for selling e-books." Chen Siqi said, "If it is sold exclusively to or sold together with multiple platforms, the market we have is different, so I I think we need to have an estimate and a base price before discussing this matter with Xin Zixing."
"I heard what she meant. She definitely wants to exclusively list this book."
"If it is exclusive to the shelves, they will provide us with more favorable conditions." Chen Siqi said, "Now that we can come up with such a creative lineup, at least the book we produce will not go unnoticed. We also have something to follow. Each platform has the confidence to talk about cooperation. If an e-book has sales prospects, many platforms will definitely be interested."
Lu Yanhe nodded.
Chen Siqi said: "Do you think we should contact other platforms first and then talk to , or should we talk to Xin Zixing again and see what happens?"
"Let's talk to Sister Zi Xing again first. I asked her for help before, and she gave me feedback immediately. When it comes to cooperation with her, it's better not to be too businesslike."
"Okay." Chen Siqi nodded. - Because of this incident, Lu Yanhe suddenly had a lot to do these days, and even had less time to live broadcast.
Lu Yanhe went to a second-hand bookstore and bought a lot of old magazines, read them locally, and took various notes.
The same goes for Mook. If it is just a stack of articles, it is just a portfolio. Compared with a regular portfolio, there is a big difference between a magazine and Mook. There is a significant concept of "theme" and "topic".
In the live broadcast room, everyone was a little confused when they saw Lu Yanhe suddenly started reading old magazines. They didn't know why Lu Yanhe suddenly started reading old magazines. - When the prompt for Lu Yanhe to start the live broadcast popped up in the background of her mobile phone, Chen Ziyan was still driving. She clicked on it and kept it as the background. Until she drove home, Lu Yanhe kept flipping through the magazines in his hand. Because the sound was muted, there was only the picture. .
The fact that Lu Yanhe wanted to create a magazine with his classmates sounded a bit unbelievable, but Chen Ziyan felt that no matter how unreliable it was, she did not stop it.
At 19 years old, I can do whatever I is Chen Ziyan's idea.
No matter how hard it is, it is a valuable experience for Lu Yanhe.
Chen Ziyan does not want Lu Yanhe to become an artist who only has acting work in his life, nor does she want him to stay away from real life from now on.
Chen Ziyan has the style of an old-school manager. She does not want artists to be treated as commodities, nor does she want them to be assembly line products. She hopes that they have their own style and characteristics.
If Zhou Pingan hopes that his artists will be less tossing and be [-]% obedient, then Chen Ziyan hopes that her artists will be able to toss as much as possible on non-principled issues.
These are agents who grew up in different eras and have different characteristics.
Although the current environment has undergone great changes, Chen Ziyan still hopes that her artists can release their own personality charm and maximize their charm like those superstars in the past, instead of packaging and labeling, and only pursuing simple popularity.
Chen Ziyan feels that Lu Yanhe wants to make a magazine and a Mook, which are both good things. It is good to be able to work hard. It is good to succeed and it is good to fail. Having more experience in life is very helpful to enrich a person's personality.
Chen Ziyan just felt that Lu Yanhe was a bit too "three good students". He was excellent, but he seemed a bit meek and not so clear-cut.
Chen Ziyan would rather he put in more trouble.
In fact, how much trouble could Lu Yanhe have endured during his four years in college?Lu Yanhe is too young. For an actor, being too young is not a particularly good thing. There are not so many suitable the film and television drama market, the mainstream male characters are still between thirty and 40 years old.
Young male characters are either in genre films or idol dramas.
Chen Ziyan does not have any hope that Lu Yanhe will win awards in the past four years, so it is better to use this time to do more other things and accumulate life experience for herself. - When Zhou Ping'an heard that Lu Yanhe was going to make a Mook, he was stunned and asked, "What is a Mook?"
Li Zhibai said: "Magazine books."
When Zhou Ping'an heard the word "magazine", he felt that he had understood a little bit. He asked in surprise: "Is Lu Yanhe really planning to transform and develop in the cultural field?"
"Of course not." Li Zhibai shook his head, "Anyway, let me tell you first. Yan Liang and I are going to write an article to him. Don't look back and blame us for not reporting it to you."
Zhou Pingan was speechless and said, "You two have such energy, why not record one more show."
"Anyway, we have both agreed to this matter. Don't try to stop us. Didn't you say it yourself? You have no personal grudge against Lu Yanhe?"
"I have no personal grudge against him, but that doesn't mean I'm happy to see you two following him all the time. How come you two still have such a good relationship with him?"
"We have been teammates together for three years and lived in the same house for three years. Can we have a bad relationship?" Li Zhibai asked back.
Zhou Ping'an had nothing to say.
"You two can write, but the manuscript must be read by me before it can be sent." Zhou Ping'an looked very worried about them and said, "Don't write some inappropriate content and send it out. Lu Yanhe is doing this. We just need a gimmick, you are the eldest brother and the younger brother, I am too lazy to persuade you anymore, anyway, let me take care of it."
"talk later."
"What are you talking about? This matter is not negotiable!"
"If you have the energy, why not take care of your thoughts?" Li Zhibai rolled his eyelids, "You still expect me to believe you after taking Ma Zhiyuan, so throw it away."
Zhou Pingan was choked for a moment.
"How many times do you want me to emphasize this? Even if I bring Ma Zhiyuan, it won't affect you." Zhou Pingan said sincerely.
Li Zhibai chuckled, "You can coax Chenghai into this. I'm too lazy to tell you. Anyway, I'll tell you in advance that I will find a new agent. If Ma Zhiyuan and I don't deal with each other, there is absolutely no way we can both be in your hands at the same time." Stay down there, and if you want to take care of him, don't mind my business."
Zhou Ping'an was a little annoyed and said: "This is not your decision! I have taken you with you four years ago. Don't act like a young master. To be fair, I am not good enough to you?"
"I don't think so now." Li Zhibai said confidently, "He will take Ma Zhiyuan's work if he likes it, and if he doesn't, he won't take it. When have I ever had this kind of treatment?"
Zhou Pingan: "..."
"Let's go." Li Zhibai said and was about to leave.
"Wait a minute!" Zhou Ping'an stopped him angrily, "Li Zhibai, I ask you seriously, do you really want to change your agent and refuse to stay under me with Ma Zhiyuan?"
"Yes." Li Zhibai said, "I have never been so angry before! Don't you know how much I hate that idiot? Let me tell you, I haven't asked anyone to slander him so far, so I'm giving you face. I'm too lazy to make trouble for you, otherwise, I'll find him every day and kill him."
Zhou Ping'an's forehead veins popped out, "Don't mess around!"
"I'm not kidding you." Li Zhibai said.
Zhou Ping'an was silent for a moment and said: "I only took him for two years in two years. Don't be stupid. Let me tell you again. I brought you up with my own hands. I took over Ma Zhiyuan halfway. The boss asked me Take it, I have no choice but to take it, but I promise you that I will only take him for two years, and when the two years are over, I won’t take him anymore, okay?”
"Who knows whether what you said is true or false." Li Zhibai sneered.
"I admit that I'm not a good person, and I don't tell the truth to everyone, but I shouldn't have deceived you, right?" Zhou Pingan said.
Li Zhibai: "Who knows."
"In two years, I will praise you to be more popular than Ma Zhiyuan. In fact, you can do it a long time ago. If you weren't lazy, you would definitely be no worse than Ma Zhiyuan. Think about it for yourself, where have I wronged you? You are so lazy. If you want to rest, I will let you rest. I will not let you take the job that you are extremely unwilling to take, right?" Zhou Ping'an said, "Even if I keep saying that I won't let you have contact with Lu Yanhe, you If we really keep going back and forth, what’s wrong with me?”
"What can you do?" Li Zhibai asked back, "Now that I have left you, I am in trouble. No matter how popular Ma Zhiyuan is, Lu Yanhe will be invited to the Beijing-Taiwan party. Will he invite Ma Zhiyuan? Social image It’s just different.”
Zhou Pingan: "..."
"However, since you can show such sincerity and promise a two-year agreement, it's not that I can't compromise." Li Zhibai said, and then added, "But as long as you do something for the benefit of Ma Zhiyuan, If something harms our interests, I will change my agent immediately."
Zhou Ping'an looked at Li Zhibai who didn't care at all. He was so angry that his teeth itched, but he was helpless.
Li Zhibai had the confidence to say this, but he had nothing to say.
"Also, don't sow discord in the future. We and Lao Lu are true friends. You can't sow discord. They are gone, so don't worry about them anymore." Li Zhibai said.
(End of this chapter)