Liu Hanghang was also very motivated and said immediately, "I'll call Chen Hongheng now. He should be in the office today."
Zhou Yan nodded in agreement, and then Liu Hang made a call.
After a while, the call was connected. Liu Hang briefly exchanged greetings with Chen Hongheng, and then brought up the topic of work.
Liu Hang roughly said that they had a position that was more suitable for him. He didn't say the specific content. He just said that if he was willing, he would talk to the boss.
After hearing this, Chen Hongheng said decisively: "Of course I am willing."
After jumping out of his original company, Chen Hongheng opened a company in Shanghai, but the development was average. Although there was business and he could make a living, it was far from his previous plan.
Now he also realizes the fact that no matter how experienced he is in this industry, it is useless as he still needs resources and connections.
Zhou Yan's studio obviously has both resources and connections, making it a good platform for him.
Therefore, after Liu Hang finished speaking, he agreed to further communication without any hesitation.
Liu Hang was a little surprised to hear Chen Hongheng agree so quickly. He glanced in Zhou Yan's direction and said, "Then I will let the boss talk to you directly now."
"Okay, no problem."
Liu Hang covered the microphone and said to Zhou Yan, "Boss, you can tell him now."
Zhou Yan nodded, walked over and took the phone, "Hello, I am Zhou Yan."
Hearing Zhou Yan's voice, Chen Hongheng smiled and said, "Hello, Mr. Zhou, it's been a long time."
Zhou Yan and Chen Hongheng haven't been in touch since they contacted each other because of Shueisha's collection. It has indeed been a long time.
Zhou Yan did not exchange greetings with Chen Hongheng, but went straight to the topic, "Our studio is now planning to set up a literature department to handle the book business of me and several other writers, so we are in urgent need of someone who understands publishing, so Liu Hang told me I recommended you. Since you are willing to work in Yanjing, let’s not beat around the bush and talk about the conditions directly. There are not many jobs in the Literature Department at this stage, and the salary will definitely not be particularly high.”
Chen Hongheng thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Zhou, actually I don't care much about salary. What I care about more is, Mr. Zhou, the purpose of establishing this literature department. If you say it is just to handle the copyright business of you and several other writers, , then I can’t go there.”
Zhou Yan's reputation is great, and he must have a lot of book copyright business, but no matter how much business he has, he can't just rely on Zhou Yan and a few other writers to grow the department.
If it is just to ensure the harvest during droughts and floods, there is no need for Chen Hongheng to go to Yanjing to work. Wouldn't it be better for him to continue to run his company in Shanghai?
And although the company is developing slowly, it has been making progress. In the future, it will definitely be better than a bad department.
Zhou Yan also understood that this Chen Hongheng was very ambitious and looked down on petty troubles.
This is also understandable. If Chen Hongheng was not an ambitious person, he would not change jobs from his previous company and start his own company.
Zhou Yan thought for a while and said, "If you are really capable, I will leave this department to you, and you will decide how it develops. I want to know how much you know about the publishing business. Can you tell me about your details?" You can also tell me about your work experience and what plans you will have if you really come to take charge of the Literature Department.”
Chen Hongheng did not get into Zhou Yan's rhythm. He asked Zhou Yan, "Before we talk about this, Mr. Zhou, I would like to ask you first, what is the cooperation model between our studio and writers? Are we acting as writers' agents?"
"Well, that's probably true."
"Mr. Zhou, I'm not pouring cold water on you. In China, the functions of writers' agents are broken down by the writers themselves, publishing houses and some copyright agencies. In such an environment, the prospects of writers' agents are not good, let alone setting up a special one. Specialized departments. Today’s domestic publishing industry It is not mature enough, commercialization is not enough, and the income is not high. It is difficult for the writers themselves to make money, so why should they give us money? Mr. Zhou, what do you think the advantages of our studio are, and why can we do this? How to find a way out of a bad environment? ”
Hearing Chen Hongheng's words, Zhou Yan twitched his lips. This guy was really interesting. He was so interesting in what he said.
"The domestic environment is indeed not good, but there are always some writers who can make money, and some writers have the need to expand abroad. You also know this. The collection that Yu Hua and I have done is what you have done before. In addition, Our studio covers music, movies, and TV series, and has a wide range of business, and has the ability to help writers manage their works. This is our advantage. ”
Chen Hongheng was silent for a while and said, "Mr. Zhou, can we talk in person? If possible, I will go to Yanjing to find you."
"No problem." Zhou Yan also wanted to talk face to face with Chen Hongheng.
It’s not convenient to talk about many things on the phone.
"Okay, then I'll check the tickets and go to Yanjing as soon as possible."
"Well, just ask Liu Hang to reimburse you for the travel expenses."
……
After agreeing to meet and chat later, Zhou Yan hung up the phone.
Liu Hang smiled and said, "Boss, are you satisfied with him?"
He knew Zhou Yan, and if he was dissatisfied with Chen Hongheng, he would not let anyone come to Yanjing at all.
"Yeah, not bad." Zhou Yan nodded.
Although the two of them didn't talk about anything too detailed just now, Zhou Yan could tell that Chen Hongheng did know a lot about book publishing and was professional.
There are very few talents in China who know about book publishing because there are no private companies in this field. As Chen Hongheng said, the functions of domestic writers’ agents have been decomposed.
Among them, the best substitutes for writers' agents are various publishing houses.
Most writers will choose to establish a cooperative relationship with a publishing house, and later book promotion and copyright transactions will also be handled through the publishing house.
Since this kind of talent is rare, Zhou Yan will certainly not give up easily.
Another thing about Chen Hongheng that attracts Zhou Yan is that he also has some knowledge of the Neon book market. If their works enter Neon in the future, it will be much easier for Chen Hongheng to handle it.
"Boss, when will the new department become administrative?"
This is their company's charter. If you want to establish a new department, you must go through an administrative process. After the process is completed, it means that the department has been officially established.
After the department is established, human resources and finance must be connected with the new department.
"No rush, wait until Chen Hongheng's matter is settled, but you can ask the logistics department to get two rooms in Building 3 to serve as offices for the new department."
"Okay, I understand."
After finishing the matter, Zhou Yan was about to leave when he suddenly thought of something and turned around and asked, "How is the implementation progress of the short film plan that was previously planned?"
"Preparations have been made, and collection orders will be officially issued to several schools in three days."
For their studio's first short film, they plan to solicit suitable scripts from various schools.
Because it is for schools, only school students are eligible to submit it. Once the script is approved, the studio will assist the other party to shoot the short film.
As for the specific investment amount, it depends on the studio’s internal evaluation results.
The higher the evaluation level, the more investment you can get.
"Where's the deadline?"
"The total time is one month, and it will automatically end after one month." "Have the review team been selected?"
"There are eight people in the selection team, headed by you, boss, and there are also Huo Jianqi, Wang Xiaoshuai, Li Hong, Xiao Can..."
"Forget it about Xiao Can. He is busy with his own movie. Don't arrange other jobs for him."
Liu Hang nodded, "There are also Gao Jinwen, Shen Yan and Tian Youliang."
"Well, let's add another Liu Qing."
"No problem. The eight judges are divided into two groups and will conduct a total of two rounds of screening."
It was impossible for Liu Hang to let Zhou Yan spend a lot of time reading the scripts submitted by the students. He would definitely have to go through a round of screening first, and then let Zhou Yan review them after the scripts were released.
"Okay, let's do it."
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Wang Zuxian stayed in Yanjing for five or six days, but she was not idle. Most of the time she and Zhou Yan went to visit the elders.
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The Zhou family has many good friends in Yanjing. It used to be inconvenient to move around. Now that Zhou Yanren is in Yanjing, they have gradually come into contact with each other more and more. It is embarrassing not to miss them during the New Year.
Some even called specifically to invite him to come and play, such as Wang Junhua’s family and Huo Siqi’s family. While calling to invite Zhou Yan, they also invited Wang Zuxian.
In particular, Aunt Chen Lian from Wang Junhua's family specifically asked her to bring Wang Zuxian as a guest.
When Wang Zuxian left, he was still very resentful, saying that he and Zhou Yan could not live a good life together this time.
However, she won't stay long when she returns to Taiwan this time. She should be able to come to Yanjing again next month. By then, the weather will gradually warm up and they will be able to go out and play more.
The day after Wang Zuxian left Yanjing, Chen Hongheng came.
Zhou Yan chatted with Chen Hongheng for more than an hour and decided on the affairs of the Literature Department.
He doesn't just come alone, he brings his team with him.
However, his team is not very large, only four people in total.
When Chen Hongheng proposed to bring the team with him, Zhou Yan agreed without any hesitation.
The Department of Literature had just been established and it was necessary to recruit people, and Chen Hongheng was originally responsible for recruiting people.
Since he can bring people over directly, why not skip this step?
They are all acquaintances of Chen Hongheng, which saves time for the team to work together, and the efficiency is improved by no means.
The efficiency of the studio is also very fast. After the matter was settled, Chen Hongheng had not even brought his team over, but they had already completed the department establishment process and made arrangements for the office of the Literature Department.
Other departments in the studio were very curious when they heard that a new department was being established. Especially when they heard that the new department was the Literature Department, there was a lot of discussion.
When the TV drama department was established, everyone knew that the new department was mainly responsible for producing TV dramas.
But everyone doesn’t quite understand what the Literature Department is going to do. This new department seems to have no connection with other departments.
Moreover, the people in the new department were all recruited from outside, and no one was transferred from other departments.
Everyone is also speculating when this new department will have business.
The TV drama department, the last new department, is still not in operation yet.
However, what everyone didn't expect was that the department head of the new department had already started business before he arrived, and all subsequent matters regarding Zhou Yan's new book "Don't Let Me Go" were handed over to the Literature Department.
In addition, the Literature Department also signed two writers, namely Yu Hua and Shi Tiesheng.
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Chen Hongheng was obviously a resolute person. He returned to Shanghai and settled down briefly. He ignored the rest of the team and came to Yanjing again with his luggage.
After arriving in Yanjing, he spent half a day briefly communicating with the Human Resources Department and other departments, and then directly took over the business of "Never Let Me Go".
His first job was to contact the people from Yanjing Publishing House.
Yanjing Publishing House sent a special person to contact the studio. When the other party learned that Chen Hongheng was the director of the literature department, they were very surprised. They did not expect that Zhou Yan Studio actually had a dedicated literature department.
Then Chen Hongheng's professionalism surprised the other party again. This supervisor obviously knew more than the people in their publishing house.
What surprised the other party the most was that Chen Hongheng was already considering the follow-up foreign language publication of "Never Let Me Go".
Although Liu Yang, who was responsible for connecting with Chen Hongheng, was surprised by Chen Hongheng's professionalism, he was also somewhat disapproving of his being too "forward-looking".
The first part of "Never Let Me Go" has just been serialized. Although the response has been good, it is still too far away from considering entering the international market.
In his opinion, Chen Hongheng was just singing a high-profile song.
After chatting with Chen Hongheng for a while, Liu Yang hung up the phone and said to his colleague sitting next door, "Zhou Yan is indeed a big star. Novel publishing has a dedicated department responsible for operations."
"Really? How is their department? Is it professional?"
"The professionalism is pretty good, but I am a bit too ambitious. I started thinking about entering the international market so early."
"Haha, it's understandable. The employees below must want to flatter the leader. Besides, Teacher Zhou is already very famous internationally, so it's normal for them to think so."
"Music movies are different from literature. Zhou Yan's works are very good, but..."
Liu Yang didn't say what he said next, but the meaning was obvious. Although Zhou Yan was famous in foreign countries, that fame was brought about by music and movies. Can this fame be transferred to literature?
Literature is always different from music and movies.
The man next door smiled and didn't say anything.
Liu Yang lowered his head and continued his unfinished work. However, not long after he started working, the president opened the office door and shouted to him, "Liu Yang, come here."
Hearing the president's call, Liu Yang stood up and walked over with a puzzled look on his face.
As soon as he entered the office, he heard the president say, "Liu Yang, please contact the printing house. We need to print 300,000 more copies of "Never Let Me Go." (End of Chapter)