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Chapter 136 Ask Cao Sheng to be a shareholder or consultant

Nanjing.

Chang Qingshu, who had just picked out a mobile phone in front of a mobile phone counter in a shopping mall, suddenly received a call from the headquarters. After listening to the content of the meeting relayed to him by his friend on the phone, he looked very surprised.

Want to hold me accountable?
Cao Sheng signed "The Days of Living with the Air Hostess" to the Adventurer? Now this book is competing with "God's Tomb" for the market?

After answering the call, he lowered his head to look at the Motorola phone he had just picked out on the counter.

This was the mobile phone he had specially selected for Cao Sheng according to the president's instructions.

I'm just planning to find a time to send it to Cao Sheng!

Unexpectedly, he suddenly received a call from a friend at headquarters, saying that the headquarters had just held a meeting and decided to hold him accountable.

I helped the company discover Zhongyuan Yidianhui and signed two popular works, "I Want to Become an Immortal" and "God's Tomb". It would be fine if you didn't reward me well, but you actually want to hold me accountable?
Just because I didn’t sign “Living with a Flight Attendant” first?
Is this my responsibility?
Didn't you tell me not to look for romance-themed works in mainland China? Did you say that romance novels from mainland China would not be accepted in Taiwan? Did you tell me to focus on discovering novels with novel themes and exciting stories?

You defined the scope of work for me, but now you want to hold me responsible for a work that was outside the scope of my job?

The female salesperson at the mobile phone counter saw that he looked a little gloomy and silent after answering a call. She was worried that the deal would fall through, so she couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Sir! Sir? Do you still want this phone?"

"Want it? I want nothing!"

Evergreen's anger was immediately directed at her.

Startled her.

Chang Qingshu then realized that he had lost his composure and quickly apologized: "Sorry! I was in a bad mood just now, and I didn't mean to offend you, please don't mind it!"

The saleswoman forced a smile and said, "It's okay! But do you really not want this phone?"

Changqingshu closed his eyes and adjusted his mood.

When he opened his eyes again, he smiled and said to the saleswoman, "Yes! Please pack it for me."

The female salesperson was a little surprised. She didn't expect that the deal could be done. She nodded and agreed quickly, and motioned for him to get the invoice and pay.

When the invoice was issued, Changqingshu paid more than four thousand yuan.

Because this is the world's first fully Chinese mobile phone produced by Motorola. It is considered a luxury item in this era and not something that ordinary people can afford.

……

It’s noon this day.

After lunch, Cao Sheng returned to his residence, turned on his computer, logged into his email, and finally saw Lin Baohui's reply.

"Don't ask what the reward is. I won't let you down. Guess the sales this month! By the way, I heard that your book is very popular after it was released in Taiwan, so you can guess bolder. Guess quickly!"

In her last email, she asked him to guess the sales of "Living with a Flight Attendant" in Taiwan.

There is a prize for guessing correctly.

When Cao Sheng replied, he did not guess the amount, but asked her what the reward was.

But in the email she replied to today, she still didn't say what the reward was, she only said that she would definitely not let him down.

This did arouse his curiosity.

He replied: "This is a bit difficult to guess. By the way, how many volumes of this book have you published? Are you asking me to guess the total sales of all the volumes added together? Or the sales of the first volume? Forget it! I will just guess the sales of the first volume this month! I guess that by the end of the month, the first volume can sell 10,000 copies. What is the actual sales range for me to be considered correct?"

After sending the email, he didn't think about it anymore.

For him, replying to Lin Baohui's emails is just a little pleasure in his daily life.

Who doesn’t like to interact with beautiful netizens?

What's more, Lin Baohui is not just an online friend, they have met in real life and will have the chance to meet again in the future.

……

this day.

Also held accountable by the headquarters were Kang Yuming, the person in charge of Hetulai in the mainland, and Bai Fengyin, who was also in the mainland.

Originally! Although Kang Yuming failed to sign Zhongyuan Yidianhui's new book, he signed a strategic cooperation agreement on behalf of Hetu and Rongshuxia as soon as possible. The headquarters was satisfied with his work results and not only gave him verbal commendation, but also a bonus.

But today Kang Yuming also received a call from headquarters for accountability.

"Why didn't you think of signing that book? Just tell me why you didn't think of it?"

Kang Yuming: “…”

After a moment of silence, he really wanted to ask: I didn’t think of it, but have you?

But the person who held him accountable was his boss, and he didn't dare to ask back.

I could only admit my mistake in a deep voice, "I'm sorry! It was my fault for not doing my job properly. I will learn from it!"

……

Bai Fengyin also received a call from headquarters.

"Manager Bai! You reacted very quickly. After learning that Zhongyuan Yidianhui's new book was signed by Xinchang, you were able to quickly think of using a large sum of money to attract him to contribute to our company. Although it was not successful, it also helped the company sign the work of his good friend Huang Qingya. Although the current sales of this book are not outstanding, the reputation is good.

However, your consideration is not thorough enough! Otherwise, if Zhao Guobin, the adventurer, could think of the book "Living with a Stewardess", you should also be able to think of it, but have you thought of it? The company hopes that you will consider things more comprehensively in the future. Do you understand what I mean?"

Bai Fengyin: "Understood! I will definitely try my best to avoid this happening again!"...

call ended.

Bai Fengyin's face looked a little ugly.

Although the headquarters only held her accountable verbally, it was still difficult for her to accept as she was so proud and arrogant.

She found it hard to accept that her work ability was actually surpassed by the adventurer Zhao Guobin.

She sat there with a frown, and began to think deeply.

Thinking about how to restore headquarters' impression of your poor performance?

This time she thought for a long time before finally coming up with an idea.

She thought of Huang Qingya's "The Little Woman in the Sword Sect".

Although the sales of this book were not outstanding, the word of mouth from the headquarters was quite good, which inspired her.

——Huang Qingya, who had never written a novel, let alone a novel about cultivation, was able to write this work with good sales and good reputation under the guidance of Cao Sheng. Then...what if there were more authors like Huang Qingya who could receive guidance from Cao Sheng?

Can we cooperate with Cao Sheng in this way?
Could it be that Cao Sheng doesn't even want to make this kind of money?
This time, he only needs to instruct a few authors and doesn't need to write anything himself. It's such easy money, she can't think of any reason why he shouldn't make it.

……

Two days later.

Changqingshu came to Huizhou.

In a private room on the first floor of the old street, he handed the Motorola CD928 he had recently bought to Cao Sheng.

Cao Sheng took the box, and at Chang Qingshu's signal, he opened the box and took out the black mobile phone inside. Looking at its antenna which was not much thinner than a cigarette, and its display which was slightly smaller than a matchbox, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

It was not because he was too happy, but because the design of this phone looked very retro in his eyes.

He actually knew that the current price of this phone was definitely not cheap.

But when he saw such a retro phone, he couldn't help but laugh.

However, such mobile phones are now regarded as status symbols by many people, symbolizing that people who own such mobile phones are rich or have high status.

If young people could have such a mobile phone, their success rate in picking up girls could be increased by at least 50%.

A man who could only date ordinary girls before, now has the confidence to date the goddess he has long admired with this phone.

"Brother! Do you like it? Our president asked me to pick this for you. It has a full Chinese display, and the phone book and text messages can all be in Chinese. I heard the standby time is 80 to 100 hours!"

Chang Qingshu introduced him to Cao Sheng with a smile.

Cao Sheng smiled widely, "Very good! Very beautiful, thank your president for me!"

Chang Qingshu nodded, "I'm glad you like it. I've already conveyed your gratitude to the president."

After a pause, he smiled bitterly, "Brother! When you have a work that you want to publish in traditional Chinese, can you ask me first? I am usually very busy with work and may neglect some things, but if you can ask me, maybe I will pay attention to it, don’t you think so?"

Cao Sheng was a little confused, and then he thought of the old book he had signed to the adventurer before.

He asked with a smile: "Are you talking about my book Flight Attendant?"

Chang Qingshu nodded. "Because of this book, I was held accountable by the headquarters. Did you know that? The bonus that was originally intended for me was cut in half!"

Cao Sheng put down his phone, leaned back in his chair, and said with a smile: "Can you blame me for this? My book has been published in mainland China for more than a year, and the simplified version has been published a long time ago. At the beginning of the year, many news reports said that the sales of this book exceeded one million copies. Don't tell me you don't know I have this book? If you never asked me about this book, I would definitely think that you Xinchang are not interested in my book! What do you think?"

Chang Qingshu raised his hand and patted his forehead, and the bitter smile on his face became even more intense.

His tone was helpless. "You're right! I really can't blame you. It was my own negligence at work."

……

Just when Cao Sheng was having dinner and chatting with Chang Qingshu.

Bai Fengyin, who was also talking frequently, also invited Huang Qingya to a banquet in a restaurant.

There were only the two of them in the box.

After a few glasses of red wine, Bai Fengyin began to persuade Huang Qingya, "Qingya! I want you to do me a favor. I wonder if you can agree. How about I tell you first? You listen first?"

Huang Qingya was curious and nodded, looking at her.

Bai Fengyin: "You and Cao Sheng should be considered good friends, right?"

Huang Qingya hesitated slightly and nodded.

Bai Fengyin: "It's like this, I have an idea, you know, my current task in the mainland is to collect manuscripts for the company, so I need a lot of high-quality manuscripts.

I recently came up with an idea. I think if you take the lead in setting up a company or studio, and then recruit authors yourself, or I can recommend you a few mainland authors, you will be responsible for arranging writing tasks for them, and then you can ask Cao Sheng to be a shareholder or consultant of the company, and when he is free, he can help guide the authors in your company.

As for the manuscripts written by your company! I will sign contracts first. For the works that cannot be signed, I will also inform you of the problems in the works in detail so that you can know the direction of revision. Do you have any interest? Are you willing to help me with this? "

Huang Qingya gradually frowned as she heard this.

(End of this chapter)