Choose a day to become famous

Chapter 203 True Friend

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 and I write it for him?"

Chen Siqi said: "You already 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 The concept of electronic magazines may be an outdated concept for platforms. With Mook’s concept, people will be more accepting of it, and I can easily create a benchmark product.”

"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."

"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 Linxin. Let’s ask these three people first.

However, when the names of these people are put together, except for Song Linxin, they all belong to Xingyu, just like the Xingyu special show.

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"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 Yemai.com yesterday and reached a preliminary cooperation intention. By then, the book will be available for sale on Yemai.com ”

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 looking back at the past era from a different perspective? I’ve 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 a lot of your fans who want to read this article about your memories of your school days. I believe Sister Yuqian must also miss a lot of people and things." Lu Yanhe said, "Yemai.com is a place with many real users. Many people write diaries and write about their lives on it. Sister Yuqian, you can also check out this website when you have time. Post the article on this website, and everyone will know more about you."

"I know Yemai.com. None of the dramas I starred in on this website has a score of more than 8." Jiang Yuqian said with a smile.

"Then let them know more about you." Lu Yanhe said quickly, sweating all over. He didn't expect this to happen.

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After chatting with Jiang Yuqian, there were Tu Song and Song Linxin.

Lu Yanhe called one by one, explained the reason for the matter to them, and invited them to write an article.

Tu Song heard, "Oh my god, I haven't written an article for several years."

"Just write something on the social platform."

"There's nothing to write about. I didn't pay attention in class, and I always wanted to sing. I participated in various singing competitions. My parents stopped me at first, scolded and beat me, but I had to sing, and finally they agreed."

Lu Yanhe's eyes lit up and said, "Then write about the time when you had to sing?"

Tu Song: "Ah? What's there to write about? They are all unbearable memories."

"It can let everyone know how much you love singing."

"Can you understand it through an article?"

"An article is a record. Your fans will know it, and people who have listened to your songs and want to understand you will also know it." Lu Yanhe said, "When others want to understand you, if there is an article written by you, they can understand you through this article instead of what others write."

"What you said seems to make sense. I am a little convinced by you."

"Write an article."

"I'll try it." Tu Song said.

Lu Yanhe ticked Tu Song's name and breathed a sigh of relief.

The only person left was Song Linxin.

Lu Yanhe had wanted to call her directly, but when he was about to call, he reflected on his relationship with Song Linxin and thought that calling her suddenly would be very presumptuous and would be awkward for her, after all, they had only met twice before and had hardly ever talked.

After thinking about it, Lu Yanhe sent her a paragraph of text, roughly describing what he was doing, and finally expressing his hope that she would write an article on her 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 widened his eyes in shock.

Shit?

Agreed just now?

No hesitation at all!

Lu Yanhe had never expected Song Linxin to respond so readily.

He was stunned.

-

After Chen Siqi got everyone's response from Lu Yanhe, she was a little surprised and said, "So, everyone is basically willing?"

"Yes." Lu Yanhe nodded.

"You have good relationships with people." Chen Siqi couldn't help but say.

Lu Yanhe was also a little surprised. Although there were some rejections during the communication process, he finally agreed and didn't refuse directly.

Chen Siqi thought about it and said: "For the celebrity artist section, if Jiang Yuqian is really willing to write and writes an article for us, then with her in charge, this section is enough. Now we have to invite writers. Have you talked to Liu Jiazhen and Mingyin?"

"No, they are writers. Inviting them to write is different from inviting 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."

"But now there is basically no market standard, and there is not much to refer to." Chen Siqi said, "Since we don't want to make a book just for fun, we have to consider the cost and benefit issues. Have you considered how many copies of our book can 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 of one thing. We didn't make a detailed budget sheet. I made one first. Take a look."

Chen Siqi sent the budget sheet she made to Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe opened it on the computer.

The production cost is 50,000 yuan.

The manuscript fee for the fiction section accounts for 20,000 yuan. It is expected that the number of novels to be published is five, and the average manuscript fee is 4,000 yuan per article.

The student days of celebrity artists are expected to be between 1,500 and 3,000 words, and the manuscript fee is 2,000 yuan per article. It is expected that there will be six articles, a total of 12,000 yuan.

There are also various other manuscript fees, about 10,000 yuan.

The manuscript fee alone is 42,000.

The remaining 8,000 will all be used for 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 does not include any editing and other labor costs."

Lu Yanhe hesitated and said, "The production cost of 50,000 yuan is definitely conservative."

"Yes." Chen Siqi nodded, "That's why I asked you, how many copies do you think you can sell on Yemai.com, 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 10 yuan, we need to sell 5,000 copies to cover the production cost of 50,000 yuan." Chen Siqi said, "With the single channel of Yemai.com, we can sell so many copies. ?"

Lu Yanhe said: "But apart from Yewei.com, are there any other channels through which this book can be put on the shelves?"

"Mooks 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 Yemai.com 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 Yemai.com to exclusively list this book."

"If it is exclusively on 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 Yemai.com, 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.

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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 in 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 nineteen years old, I can do whatever I want. This 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 to treat artists 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 100% 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, rather than packaging and labeling, and only pursuing simple popularity.

Chen Ziyan feels that Lu Yanhe wants to make a magazine and 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 roles. In the film and television drama market, the mainstream male characters are still between thirty and forty 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.

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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 will write an article to him. Don't look back and blame us for not reporting it to you."

Zhou Ping'an 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 to them and said, "Don't write some inappropriate content and send it out. Lu Yanhe is doing this. We need a gimmick, you are the eldest brother and the younger brother, I am too lazy to advise you, 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 be in your hands at the same time." Stay down there, and if you want to take care of him, stay out of my business."

Zhou Pingan 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 with Ma Zhiyuan under me?"

"Yes." Li Zhibai said, "Master, I have never been so angry! 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 kill him every day."

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. I'll tell you again. I brought you up with my own hands. I took over Ma Zhiyuan halfway. The boss asked me to Accept it, I have no choice but to accept 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, 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 Pingan said, "Even if I keep telling you not to associate with Lu Yanhe, you If we really keep going back and forth, what will happen to me?”

"What can you do?" Li Zhibai asked back, "After I 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 like 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, and you can't sow them. They are gone, so don't worry about them anymore." Li Zhibai said.