I copied the wrong chapter when I uploaded it just now. Sorry, it has been corrected. ¡¡¡¡¡¡ Qi Mingyuan¡¯s face changed slightly. Ye Feng¡¯s words hit his weak point. Today¡¯s Zhuming Daily is indeed on the verge of bankruptcy. If we can¡¯t seize this opportunity, the newspaper will not be around for long. It will disappear, and then there will really be no chance. Thinking of this, Qi Mingyuan clenched his fist hard, gritted his teeth, nodded heavily and said: "Okay, I'll do the deal according to the method you said, but we, Zhuming Daily, must have the buyout after 180,000 words." Priority, at the same price, you cannot sell to other newspapers. ""No problem, I hope we can have a happy cooperation." Ye Feng stood up and extended his right hand to Qi Mingyuan with a bright smile on his face. Qi Mingyuan also stood up, shook hands with Ye Feng, and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Ye's business demeanor is really not like that of a young man, even compared to those old foxes." Ye Feng smiled humbly. Laughing, I am also very satisfied with this deal. The first issue of 180,000 words will be sold for 500 yuan per 1,000 words. When "Swordsman" becomes popular later, the price will at least double, and then the entire Newspapers on Hong Kong Island will compete with each other, not afraid of not being able to collect money. After negotiating the price, the two parties signed the contract on the same day, and Qi Mingyuan simply paid the royalties for the first 180,000 words of "The Swordsman". With the 90,000 manuscript fee in hand, Ye Feng originally wanted to treat Qi Mingyuan to another meal in the evening, but Qi Mingyuan hurried back to Hong Kong Island and took the flight back at four o'clock in the afternoon. After settling the Hong Kong Island copyright issue for "The Swordsman", Ye Feng's life has returned to peace again. Apart from occasionally discussing with Director Li Er to revise the details of the plot, there is basically nothing going on. However, this calmness must be short-lived, because It won't be long before the filming of "The Swordsman" will officially start, and by then Ye Feng will be following the crew everywhere. ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ Zhu Ming Building is located in a prime location on Hong Kong Island. Having such a building is enough to illustrate the glory of the "Chu Ming Daily". Unfortunately, as the old saying goes, no one is good for a thousand days. Flowers never last a hundred days. The "Chu Ming Daily" that dominated Hong Kong Island decades ago is now in decline. People in the industry know very well that if there is no miracle, this old newspaper with decades of history will soon disappear. . He Tianshang is the new generation head of the He family. Zhuming Daily is the core business of the He family. Therefore, He Tianshang wears two hats at Zhuming Daily. He is the chairman and general manager of the daily. manager. Under normal circumstances, He Tianshang, who is in his early twenties, would be very proud to sit in such a position. Unfortunately, since he took this position, He Tianshang has not been comfortable for a day. Recently, he has been even more anxious because "Zhuming Daily" has The sales volume has shrunk to the extreme, and it is losing money every day. As time goes by, instead of getting better, the situation becomes worse and worse. If this continues, it won't be long before "Zhuming Daily" will completely collapse. It¡¯s nothing if you can¡¯t make money, but seeing that his ancestral business was defeated by his own hands, He Tianshang was unwilling to accept it. Every time he thought about it, he wanted to bang his head against the wall. "Mr. He, the front desk downstairs saw that Editor Qi is back, would you like to invite him to your office now?" He Tianshang's secretary is very aware of his boss's troubles, and even more clearly what Editor Qi is doing in mainland China this time. That incident was likely to affect the life and death of the newspaper, so as soon as I received the news from the front desk, I immediately reported and inquired to my boss. "What? Are you back? Hurry up and call him over. I don't know how the conversation goes." He Tianshang couldn't calm down after hearing this, and later he couldn't help but worried and muttered to himself. How could he be able to do this in the past few months? I have thought of all the ways, but none of them have worked. This "Swordsman" is the last straw for the newspaper. Although this straw may not work, if you can't grasp this straw, you will definitely die. . "Okay boss, I'll notify Editor Qi to come over right away." Before the secretary could finish her words, He Tianshang interrupted: "Forget it, I don't need you, I'll call Editor Qi directly." He Tianshang said Then, he picked up the phone and dialed Qi Mingyuan's number. Five minutes later, Qi Mingyuan, who was tired of travel, arrived at He Tianshang's general manager's office. "Editor Qi, how was the discussion? Did you win "Swordsman"?" Seeing Qi Mingyuan walking into the office, He Tianshang couldn't help but stand up from his seat and asked Qi Mingyuan some anxious questions. In normal times, although He Tianshang was young, he would not be so helpless. However, "The Swordsman" was too important and related to the life and death of the entire newspaper. He could not pretend to be calm even if he wanted to. Qi Mingyuan used to treat this little guy like himselfThe boss was not very convinced. Usually when he saw He Tianshang like this, he might say a few words in a nonchalant manner and act like an elder, but today he didn't have such thoughts. He just kept on hearing the words. He nodded and said: "Although there were some twists and turns, I finally lived up to Mr. He's high expectations and won it." He Tianshang didn't pay attention to what Qi Mingyuan said earlier, and he heard the three words 'won'. "Okay, okay, okay." He Tianshang said three good words in a row, took several breaths, and then asked: "At what price did you get it?" "Five hundred for a thousand words." Qi Mingyuan smiled bitterly. "Five hundred for a thousand words?" He Tianshang raised his brows slightly, then relaxed: "It doesn't matter, although this is the highest price we have set, as long as we get it, it will be a good thing. By the way, we have signed the contract and everything." Okay? Nothing will go wrong again, right?" The bitter smile on Qi Mingyuan's face became thicker: "It's signed, but the other party has some unexpected conditions. Mr. He, please take a look." Qi Mingyuan said and handed over the briefcase. The contract document in it was handed to He Tianshang. After taking it, He Tianshang immediately opened it and read it. Of course, he saw that only the first 180,000 words were successfully bought out, and couldn't help shouting: "What's going on? I'm not Do you want to buy it all? Why did you only buy 180,000 words? Do you want our newspaper to publish only 180,000 words? What do you want me to do in the future? Don't be impatient, just keep reading the contract and it will become clearer," Qi Mingyuan said quickly. He Tianshang immediately flipped through the back of the contract, frowning more and more: "What a huge appetite, he is simply taking advantage of the situation. According to this contract, if the novel is really popular, then we will be extremely passive." The situation is completely dictated. " At this point, He Tianshang looked at Qi Mingyuan dissatisfied: "Editor Qi, you are also a veteran, how could you sign such a contract with him? " Qi Mingyuan grinned in pain: "There is no way. Otherwise, the other party will not sell the novel to us at all. With our current situation, there is not much room for bargaining. We have to take the novel now and then talk about other things." He Tianshang knows what Qi Mingyuan said. It's the truth. He sighed helplessly: "Forget it, just take it. We'll talk about the future later. Let's serialize the novel first." Taking another breath, He Tianshang looked at the contract and said to himself Said: "I hope you won't disappoint me, "Swordsman"."