Chapter 203: Jump Up

If the heat of June still carried a bit of the restraint of just stepping onto the stage, the sun in July was like a donkey that had gone crazy spinning in circles, rushing around in the human world, making everyone avoid it as soon as they saw it, and could feel its crazy threat from far away.

Being able to run out to meet people at this time is either a relationship that is good to the extreme, or there is really something that must be met.

Lu Yan He and Chen Siqi were sitting in a coffee shop next to the Guangmao Building, waiting for Xin Zixing.

They were going to communicate with Xin Zixing about the follow-up cooperation of this Mook today.

Compared to the first meeting just talking about intentions, the things to talk about today were more concrete and more realistic.

Chen Siqi saw Lu Yan He was a bit nervous and said: "Let me say it later, you have known her before and cooperated, many problems you are embarrassed to open your mouth, it's better for me to say it."

Lu Yan He looked at her gratefully when he heard Chen Siqi say this.

Thin-skinned is really a huge problem for him.

Must change.

"However, I actually always wanted to ask you a question."

"What question?"

"From the first time I communicated with Sister Zixing, I was very surprised. You don't seem to be nervous about such things as negotiation, nor are you unfamiliar, always confident." Lu Yan He said, "How did you do it?"

"Simulated many times long ago. When I was a child, I often followed my dad and saw him talking about business with others, a bit influenced by what I saw and heard. Later, Liu Weian came, and I often fantasized that one day I would inherit my dad's company, and then slap her face hard, often fantasizing about negotiating with people in various scenes, like what is played in TV dramas, fantasizing that I am a queen." Chen Siqi had a smile on the corner of her mouth, said, "Actually, I just didn't manage anything, and didn't think about any speaking skills. Many people think more and more and feel they don't know how to open their mouth. I just say whatever I think of anyway. Maybe others think I speak very straightforwardly, without skills, or say that my way of speaking is not the way suitable for negotiation, I don't care. Compared to whether it is a suitable way, I have always felt that what should be said should be said first, and speaking the words that should be said is more important than the face-saving 'you are good, I am good'."

Lu Yan He said: "Your mentality is much stronger than mine."

"Hmm." Chen Siqi nodded, "If you were born in a family like mine, you have an enemy to fight with every day when you open your eyes. After so many years of training, you will definitely be able to have such a mentality."

Lu Yan He couldn't help but laugh or cry when he heard Chen Siqi say this.

At this time, Xin Zixing came.

Xin Zixing had been busy building the filming team for *City Travelogue* these two days, and at the same time, she was hand-in-hand bringing Liu Yajing to do the fashion and clothing section.

Almost every day, the working time exceeded 15 hours.

However, Xin Zixing didn't feel difficult at all, but was full of motivation, and her energy was so abundant that the people around her felt incredible, and even hard to believe.

There were many people in the coffee shop.

However, she still saw Lu Yan He and Chen Siqi at a glance.

The two of them were sitting in a booth by the window, Lu Yan He was wearing sunglasses, presumably to try not to be recognized at a glance.

Xin Zixing raised a smile and walked over, "Sorry, kept you waiting."

"No, we just arrived."

"It's really a bit busy these two days, just had a video conference with someone in the car." Xin Zixing said, "The feedback from *City Travelogue: Langqiao Chapter* is much better than imagined, I am building a filming team, and after it is determined, we will start official recording of this documentary."

"Okay." Lu Yan He nodded.

Xin Zixing asked: "Regarding the Mook you want to make, is there any follow-up progress?"

Lu Yan He nodded and said: "The list I showed you last time, I have already contacted them all, everyone is initially willing to write and see, and didn't refuse."

Xin Zixing looked at Lu Yan He in surprise, "So fast?"

"Yes, we also want to make it as soon as possible."

"Then what you want to talk to me about today should be the follow-up cooperation method?"

"Yes." Lu Yan He nodded, and looked at Chen Siqi at the same time, "Regarding what form it will meet everyone in the future, and what kind of cooperation form, we need to communicate clearly first."

Xin Zixing nodded, not surprised at all that they would make such a request.

"It should have been like this originally. If you have any ideas, you can say them directly. I can decide what I can decide on the spot, and I will go back to communicate with my superiors if I can't decide." Xin Zixing said very frankly.

Chen Siqi said: "Regarding this Mook, if it is put on the shelves on Ye Mai Network in the future, what can Ye Mai Network do to promote this book?"

"If it is exclusively put on the shelves on Ye Mai Network, I can guarantee that the promotion intensity will not be worse than the documentary *City Travelogue: Langqiao Chapter*." Xin Zixing said, "I still have to repeat it again, our Ye Mai Network itself very much hopes to create our own book series. We have a special electronic reading section, but we don't have our own book series. When you proposed wanting to make an electronic magazine, Yan He, I was bright-eyed and felt it was a perfect match. Out of such positioning, as long as your Mook is exclusively put on the shelves on Ye Mai Network, it is conceivable that we will not treat it badly."

"Do you expect it to make money?"

"I'll tell the truth, the first year to two years may not necessarily make money, it must be losing money to shout, now the electronic reading market, especially this content traditional direction electronic reading form, does not have a mature market, a stable profitable industrial line, need us to open up ourselves." Chen Siqi said, "I don't even hope it charges, it is just a product we launch, let more people know, more people read."

Lu Yan He said: "Then what about the production cost?"

Xin Zixing said: "Ye Mai Network has its own profit points. This book may not necessarily be profitable from the input and output of this book alone, but I will say it directly, we want to launch such a book series, itself is not for profit, but for brand influence, to obtain a batch of stable reader users."

Chen Siqi nodded and said: "I understand, but in this way, the cost is all paid by Ye Mai Network? Including our remuneration? We can't work for nothing, right?"

Xin Zixing laughed, "This is of course. My idea is very simple. For the first issue, I apply to the company for 100,000 yuan as production funding. You use this budget to make this book. 100,000 yuan also includes the remuneration of the two of you. Look at the effect of the first issue first. If the effect reaches our expectations, we will sign a long-term cooperation agreement, and the production funding can also rise, but this increase must depend on how many readers it can convert itself."

"Does 100,000 yuan want all the copyrights, or just the network dissemination rights?" Chen Siqi asked cautiously.

Xin Zixing said: "I can't decide this point now, I have to report it and confirm it."

"If 100,000 yuan wants all the copyrights, we definitely can't accept it." Chen Siqi said directly, "To tell the truth, this price is not high."

"For an electronic Mook, it is not a low price."

"As you said, now electronic Mook has no basics, the market has not been opened, there is no comparison, who knows if it is a high price or a low price?" Chen Siqi shook her head, "Jiang Yuqian, Lu Yan He, Li Zhibai, Song Lin Xin, Liu Jiazhen, Mingyin... these names added together, put on any product, its publicity value is more than 100,000, not to mention brand influence, just the traffic brought by these names is not small. These traffic is not small for your Ye Mai Network's advertising revenue, right."

Xin Zixing looked at Chen Siqi in surprise.

Lu Yan He was the same.

Chen Siqi took a deep breath and said: "However, for the first issue of 100,000 yuan, as long as you agree that it is only for network dissemination rights, I think we can try first, see what degree the first issue can do, and then talk about the future. To tell the truth, 100,000 yuan is difficult to pay for the manuscript fees and design fees of these people."

"I know, of course I know that this funding has no comparability with the investment in the traditional magazine era, but I also tell the truth, except for our Ye Mai Network, no second company will take out 100,000 yuan of production funding to try such a thing that no one does now." Xin Zixing said, "As long as this Mook can get more than 50,000 subscriptions, from the second issue, we will add production funding, at least add to 150,000 per issue."

Chen Siqi said: "How to calculate the subscription number? Since you don't intend to sell, how to calculate the subscription number?"

"If the same user reads for more than thirty minutes, we count it as one subscription." Xin Zixing said.

Chen Siqi estimated in her heart, if it is free on the shelves, everyone doesn't need to spend money to subscribe to this book, 50,000 subscriptions is not much.

Just the loyal fans brought by Jiang Yuqian and the others are more than this number.

But there is a problem, they will read their own idol's articles, but can they stick to reading for half an hour?

Chen Siqi was skeptical in her heart.

In fact, if a person is willing to read for more than half an hour, it means that he accepts the content of this book, and is really willing to read it.

Calculated this way, 50,000 subscriptions is very high.

After meeting Xin Zixing this time, Chen Siqi and Lu Yan He were silent for a while, thinking.

How to do it, how to decide?

Lu Yan He didn't have many concepts about these things. Compared to these things, Lu Yan He paid more attention to the content itself.

So, after thinking for a while, he didn't think about it anymore.

Just leave it to Chen Siqi to think about it, anyway, she seems to be much more skilled than him in this matter.

Chen Siqi looked up at him and asked: "What do you think?"

Lu Yan He said: "I listen to you."

Chen Siqi looked at him in surprise and said: "This is the book you want to make."

"Hmm, but I find that I am really not good at these things. I just thought that as long as I don't lose money, it's fine. If I were to consider it, we might fail immediately because of my not thinking." Lu Yan He exposed his shortcomings and explained sincerely, "In things like who to cooperate with, how to cooperate, and how to distribute benefits, you are much sharper than me."

Chen Siqi: "... Don't be such a hands-off shopkeeper."

Lu Yan He said: "Suitable people do suitable things."

Chen Siqi was silent for a moment and said: "As long as Ye Mai Network doesn't open its mouth like a lion and want all the ownership of this book, I will tend to cooperate with them. Suitable books should be put on suitable platforms to achieve the effect of one plus one greater than two."

Lu Yan He laughed, and breathed a sigh of relief: "That's great, I was really worried that you wouldn't be willing to cooperate with Ye Mai Network."

"I'm not stupid, people are just a bit stingy, didn't reach my expected goal, but didn't pit us." Chen Siqi said, "Moreover, 100,000 yuan is enough to make this book, it's just that the two of us will probably have to pay for the ideal, and can't make any money."

"If this book can be made into a book series as Sister Zixing said, and start to make a profit, the income of the two of us will be divided five-five." Lu Yan He said.

Chen Siqi curled her lips, "So generous?"

This book is said to be done by two people together, but in fact, what really makes this book able to be done is relying on Lu Yan He's interpersonal resources and influence. Otherwise, Jiang Yuqian and the others cannot be invited to write articles, and Ye Mai Network will not be so straightforward to cooperate with them.

Chen Siqi never thought about dividing the income five-five with Lu Yan He.

Lu Yan He said: "It was originally done by the two of us."

Chen Siqi nodded and said: "Okay, then I believe it."

"Hmm." Lu Yan He nodded.

"Now we have to do one more thing."

"What thing?"

"Take a name for this book, and also take a name for this book series." Chen Siqi said.

Lu Yan He asked: "Do you have any ideas?"

Chen Siqi: "This is nonsense, I don't believe you have no ideas."

Lu Yan He laughed.

Indeed, since there is an idea of making a magazine, how could he not have thought about what kind of name to take for the magazine.

Lu Yan He asked: "What is the name you thought of?"

Chen Siqi: "You say it first."

Lu Yan He said: "Actually, it is a very ordinary name, *Jump Up*."

"*Jump Up*?"

"Hmm." Lu Yan He nodded, "I wrote a sentence when I wrote an essay before, I remember it quite deeply, at that time I wanted to change my mediocre life, I wrote, I don't want to look at the world map, boringly imagine the future of traveling around the world, I want to jump to the depths of the universe, go to the black hole and see if there is a new continent on the other side."

Lu Yan He saw that the moment he finished speaking, Chen Siqi's eyes changed.

"I like this sentence of yours." Chen Siqi said.

"I like it very much too, so I always remember it."

"Let's use this sentence as the introduction for the first issue." Chen Siqi said, "The name is *Jump Up*, it's quite good."

"Then what was the name you thought of before?" Lu Yan He asked.

Chen Siqi shook her head, "I like this one of yours better, don't say it."

She took out paper and pen, wrote this sentence of Lu Yan He just now on the paper, and wrote a "Jump Up" behind it.

"Lu Yan He, I suddenly have a little feeling for this name now. When I wrote it down, I especially hope it can go on for a long, long time."

"Then let's work hard." Lu Yan He smiled seriously.

In the following days, Lu Yan He started a troublesome journey of urging manuscripts.

Chen Siqi sent him a message: The manuscripts of those people will be urged by you, I have sent invitation letters to some authors I think are suitable, see if they are willing to contribute.

Lu Yan He asked: Which authors did you send invitation letters to?

Chen Siqi sent a list, Lu Yan He found that he didn't know anyone.

Chen Siqi said: They are all authors I saw online who tell their own student day stories, and the content of the posts is very popular. I want to ask them to write more detailed and richer student days, maybe I can receive good manuscripts.

Lu Yan He felt that Chen Siqi's idea was quite unconventional. Many people look for manuscripts online, but few people invite authors to create richer content through the content online.

What surprised Lu Yan He was that the first person to hand in the manuscript was Song Lin Xin.

Song Lin Xin only spent five days to send the article she wrote.

Lu Yan He didn't know why it was so fast, and was surprised.

Opening it, Song Lin Xin talked about her experience of playing in a band in high school.

Lu Yan He immediately took Song Lin Xin's article to find Li Zhibai: "She has already handed in the manuscript, and you haven't written a word yet!"

Li Zhibai: "Yan Liang hasn't written yet either!"

"He has already written half!" Lu Yan He decided to use the pestering tactic on Li Zhibai, "How about you write an opening for me today? Brother Li, Brother Bai, Big Brother!"

Li Zhibai looked worried: "Alright, alright."

Lu Yan He watched him sitting in front of the computer, unable to write a word for a long time, really tried, but couldn't, Lu Yan He realized that he might have to think of other ways.

He thought of a way, to write it for Li Zhibai himself, but thinking about it, it wouldn't work. This column, he also has to write his own, by then the styles of the two articles will be too similar, there is a problem.

Then change to interview style?

The problem is, who can interview?

Moreover, this column is more immersive in the first-person narrative.

Moreover, people who are not familiar with Li Zhibai can't hear any real stories from his mouth. He is just like this, people who are not close, even if it is a professional reporter, he just perfunctorily.

In the process of urging manuscripts, Lu Yan He also thought about his own book, now the content is too little, famous people are enough, but the content is not enough.

Besides the part of people Chen Siqi invited to contribute, other manuscripts are needed.

Lu Yan He suddenly thought of his classmates, Linyu and Bai Yu.

Linyu as a "hexagonal warrior" among students, being a class monitor and a top student, maybe he can ask her to write one?

And Bai Yu, she often writes novels, and was read paragraphs by Luo Zicheng in front of the whole class. In fact, everyone knows that Bai Yu has a dream of writing.

Lu Yan He hesitated for a moment and decided to invite them to contribute.

If the manuscript is really not suitable, talk about it later, but since he wants to make a Mook truly related to student days, how can there be no real students to create?

Lu Yan He immediately sent messages to both Linyu and Bai Yu.

When sending to Linyu, Lu Yan He was still worried that Linyu would refuse, because Linyu had a competition in August, and she was preparing, the time was very tight, but Linyu agreed immediately and asked if there was a word count requirement.

Lu Yan He said that about 2,000 to 4,000 is more suitable.

Because it is an electronic book, compared to paper books, there are fewer layout restrictions, and the control of word count is not so high.

Linyu agreed immediately.

Bai Yu's first reaction was: Me? Can I?

She didn't have much confidence in herself.

Lu Yan He didn't dare to say she could at this time, and would definitely use the manuscript: Try writing it first, okay? Now I can't promise that I will definitely use your manuscript. This is a formal electronic Mook. By then, Liu Jiazhen and Mingyin's short stories will also be published in the first issue, but I hope to be able to publish your creation on it, and I also need your support.

Bai Yu: Okay, then I'll try.

Lu Yan He breathed a sigh of relief.

Bai Yu put down her phone, and her whole person was numb.

Ever since the college entrance exam results came out, the atmosphere in her family had become very low-pressure, because she only got into an ordinary university, not reaching her parents' expectations at all.

Until now, her parents hadn't shown her a smile.

She herself had cried several times. Did she fail the exam? Not necessarily, her usual grades were like that.

But indeed, once the college entrance exam results came out, the pressure like deciding one's life in one exam came.

Bai Yu herself was also depressed, always staying in her room reading books, and didn't go out.

Suddenly, "dong dong" two knocks on the door.

"Your dad and I are not eating at home tonight, you get something yourself." Her mother said outside the door.

"Hmm." Bai Yu responded.

She heard her mother and father changing shoes at the entrance.

Knowing they were going out, Bai Yu felt relieved in her heart.

Can slightly relax from this low air pressure.

At this time, her dad's voice came from outside the door: "That ghost score, and still staying in the room all day without coming out, didn't read the book well, and the brain was read stupid."

"Alright, say less, it's already like this, what else can be done?" Her mother's tone was also good, persuading her dad.

The two didn't have any sound coming in again.

The door opened, and then closed.

Only she was left at home.

Bai Yu sat withered in the chair, dazed for a long time.

When she came to her senses, the sunset had already fallen, cutting obliquely into her room.

The room didn't turn on the lights, half of it fell into darkness.

The tears on Bai Yu's face had already dried.

She took a deep breath, created a new document, looked at the white document interface, and put her fingers on the keyboard.

The sound of fingers hitting the keyboard sounded.

"She knew she didn't do well in the exam, but when the result came out, a feeling of unbearable difficulty still rushed to her heart. The atmosphere at home was very bad, and when eating, no one spoke. She felt very sorry and didn't look up anymore. In such bad days, one rainy afternoon, at two o'clock, she walked into a convenience store wearing shorts and a T-shirt, and she met that boy behind a row of shelves."

For readers, reading is entering a dream, obtaining comfort from others' dreams. In fact, for authors, creation is also dreaming, obtaining comfort from the dreams they create themselves.

Bai Yu didn't know if her manuscript would be adopted in the end.

But at least this is an opportunity.

Failed the exam, couldn't get into a good university, then can the writing she always insisted on bring her a glimmer of new hope? ===== CHAPTER 204 =====