Start with the script killing shop

"Branch?"

If it was within Jiang Qi's expectation that Feng Zhiqiu would invite Galaxy Script Society to be the organizer of this year's autumn exhibition, then inviting him to open a branch was completely unexpected.

Scripts kill this industry. It is easy for scripts to become famous, for authors to become famous, and for certain capitalist bosses to become famous, but it is difficult for a store to become famous.

Under normal circumstances, the reputation of a store only spreads within the local area. A more famous store may spread to surrounding cities, attracting many script-killing enthusiasts to visit.

But if you want to find a store that is truly famous all over the country and is known to everyone...

I’m afraid there’s only Galaxy Script Club.

But this does not mean that Galaxy Script Agency can open branches across the country.

The downturn in the script killing industry has been going on for a long time. Many small shops opened in alleys, communities and remote areas have been on the verge of bankruptcy since the year before last.

If it weren't for the two popular new books released by Galaxy Script Society at last year's autumn show, and the dozens of board games sewn by Principal Peggy that gave small shops a breath of fresh air, I'm afraid many small shops wouldn't be able to wait. This year’s Spring Exhibition failed to hold up before the Chinese New Year and collapsed one after another at the speed of dominoes, falling into the darkness before dawn.

It is the consensus of people in the industry that opening a store does not make money.

The era of making money by opening a store has passed; now is the era of making money through publishing.

Jiang Jun and Cao Luoping's JC is already considered one of the largest stores in Xuncheng, and its actual profitability is about this. Otherwise, the two couples would not have taken a chance on getting married. They asked a friend to make a new book and sell it to make money. Finally, they asked Jiang Qi for help and made a lot of money.

"Meet Again" and "Class Reunion Murder" released by Galaxy Script Agency last year have sold more than 150,000 copies so far, and Galaxy Script Agency's commission is close to 10 million. The astonishing quality of the script itself and the astonishing appeal of Galaxy Script Club in the script industry have made many pirated copies shops that only buy 50 yuan a copy tearfully buy a genuine copy to show their respect.

It only takes one year to make a profit of tens of millions from writing and selling books.

If you rely on opening a store, and only open one store...

Probably dreaming is faster.

"Why did Feng Zhiqiu invite me to open a branch?" Jiang Qi asked curiously.

Faced with Jiang Qi's question, Jiang Cha said she couldn't answer it. After all, she couldn't read minds, Principal Peggy didn't have truth serum, and Feng Zhiqiu didn't have the habit of hiding things in the safe or under the floor like the others who went in.

Before Jiang Cha could answer, Jiang Qi realized that he had asked a stupid question and smiled: "I'll ask Feng Zhiqiu directly on WeChat later."

With that said, Jiang Qi took out his mobile phone.

"Boss." Jiang Cha interrupted Jiang Qi's actions, "You don't need to ask on WeChat, just ask offline."

"ah?"

Principal Peggy smiled like Jiang Cha: "Miss Feng is in the amusement park now."

"ha?"

"Ms. Feng participated in the second round of closed beta of Wild Star Adventure. She came to the amusement park at the end of May and wrote 15 long reviews for the closed beta."

"She stayed in the Train Dada theme hotel for one week and stayed in the Snow Village the rest of the time. If nothing else happens, she should still be in closed beta testing. You can go to the Snow Village to find her directly in the evening."

Jiang Qi:......

Jiang Qi didn't know for a moment whether he should lament that Feng Zhiqiu had made a lot of money doing publishing in the past two years, or lament that she was really free.

Jiang Qi didn't go to work and went out to hide from people and travel for more than a month, all under the guise of accompanying the theater troupe on tour, at least on the surface it was a business trip.

Feng Zhiqiu was just absent from work.

"Damn it, doesn't she even go to work?" Jiang Qi murmured.

Jiang Cha \u0026 Principal Peggy:...?

Are you qualified to speak to her? ? ?

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At 6 o'clock in the evening, Jiang Qi and Feng Zhiqiu made an appointment to have dinner at Jasmine Restaurant.

After Ji Xue resigned, Shen Lirong found a way to recruit a Cantonese chef from Guangdong Province to take over the position of chef at Jasmine Restaurant. Although the new chef can't cook Wa Tan Huadiao Chicken, his cooking skills are above Ji Xue's, and he can cook many Cantonese dishes that are both authentic and delicious.

If the new chef hadn't brought his own apprentice to the amusement park, Master Bai's reputation as the chief chef of the amusement park would have been lost.

But Master Bai doesn't care. It doesn't matter whether he is the chief or not, as long as he can fish without reducing his salary.

There are no private rooms in Jasmine Restaurant, so Jiang Qi and Feng Zhiqiu sat at a small table by the window on the second floor.

The two of them were just sitting in the restaurant talking carelessly, surrounded by tourists eating. The environment was noisy and full of people. No one would have thought that there was an amusement park owner among the people sitting at the table by the window.

Thanks to Jiang Qi, Feng Zhiqiu also tasted the white sugar cake made by Master Bai himself.

"Boss Jiang, is your troupe's tour over?" Feng Zhiqiu asked while eating sugar cake.

"Not yet." Jiang Qi shook his head, "Qiuqiu, Jiang Cha said you want to invite Galaxy Script Club to open a branch."

Feng Zhiqiu originally wanted to talk about some things first and then get down to business. She didn't expect Jiang Qi to get straight to the point. He almost choked to death on the sugar cake when he was so excited.

"Cough cough cough, yes, cough cough cough." Feng Zhiqiu nodded repeatedly and drank a large glass of water, "I originally thought that you were on a business trip and touring, and you were very busy and didn't have time to ask about such a trivial matter, so I contacted Miss Jiang Cha. , I didn’t expect you to come back today.”

"I would like to invite you to open a branch in Shanghai, buy my store, and ask if you are willing to be the organizer of this year's autumn exhibition."

“This year’s autumn exhibition will most likely be held early, expected to be in mid-September.”

"Why early? Did something happen?" Jiang Qi asked.

Feng Zhiqiu smiled sheepishly: "There is a big hotel opening in Beiping at the beginning of September. There are opening rewards. It is cheaper to hire it to hold the autumn exhibition."

Jiang Qi:......

Okay, what a simple and unpretentious reason.

Jiang Qi took a bite of the food and said, "You just said you would take down your shop. Are you...?"

"I won't open a store anymore." Feng Zhiqiu said briskly. "I have made enough money in the past few years. Opening a store is too tiring and I have to take care of it all the time. My schedule is disrupted day and night. I don't plan to do publishing. I plan to be a publisher now." Pure author, write one book a year and retire."

Now that we have gone straight to the topic, Feng Zhiqiu fortunately said everything.

Unlike Boss Shen, who worked hard for 5 years and reached the top of the industry and came back still poor, she has really made a lot of money in this industry.

Although Feng Zhiqiu's store is not located in a bustling business district, the store is now large enough, with the upper and lower floors totaling three to four hundred square meters.

You know, this is a magical city where every inch of land is precious.

Over the years of opening a store, writing and publishing books, Feng Zhiqiu has accumulated a very good reputation, and her store is one of the best in Shanghai. Although the location is not good, it brings its own traffic. There are about 5 people in this group, and the customer base is very large.

Since Feng Zhiqiu revealed her intention to close the store and retire, countless colleagues have contacted her about buying a script store, and the prices offered are also very generous.

If it were Boss Shen, he might have nodded in agreement upon hearing the quotation.

But Feng Zhiqiu is a rich woman.

She doesn't care about money or the future of the store. What she cares about most is where the store's employees will stay after she closes the store and leaves.

There are many people who can take over her store, but few who can take over her studio.

Feng Zhiqiu's store not only has DMs, but also authors who she has brought out in recent years to specialize in writing books, and employees from the publishing studio. All the employees are scattered together, there are more than 40 people, which can barely be regarded as a small company.

Feng Zhiqiu originally wanted to contact Jingjing’s boss Li (one of the three organizers of last year’s autumn exhibition) to see if he could take over. However, Boss Li has been wanting to enter film and television for the past two years. In addition, the script industry is not as profitable as in previous years due to the recession. Boss Li has no intention of expanding the scale.

Boss Shen Feng Zhiqiu actually considered it, but Boss Shen had no money and was weak-minded. The relationship between Feng Zhiqiu and Boss Shen was not good enough to donate the studio and store directly to him for charity, so he did not consider it.

After contacting several well-known large distribution studios in the industry, Feng Zhiqiu decided on Jiang Qi.

Jiang Qi is different from other distribution and script killing shop owners. Jiang Qi's main business is amusement parks. He has a big family and a big business, and he has a backer.

A script store can be closed down easily, but a prosperous amusement park cannot be closed down so easily. The amusement park provides various benefits including five insurances and one fund, which are relatively stable.

Feng Zhiqiu has Jiang Qi, Jiang Cha and Principal Peggy's circle of friends, and knows that employees of the Galaxy Drama Club can be promoted to the amusement park through internal channels. I also know that there are many graduates of the Galaxy Script Club now, and the pretty and smooth DMs are actually DMs who applied with the idea that they could not get into the headquarters, so they would first work in the subsidiary for two years and then find a way to be transferred into the headquarters.

Now that Feng Zhiqiu has made enough money, she plans to quit the industry and do what she likes, and retire to enjoy life. But she can't ignore the migrant workers in the store who started from scratch with her and have been working for so many years, but the money they make is far less than hers.

She has to find a good way out for everyone.

Amusement parks are great, with many jobs, good benefits, and high wages. There are five insurances and one fund, including food and accommodation, various subsidies, and overtime pay.

Crucially, it complies with labor laws!

"Boss Jiang, are you interested in taking over my store and turning it into a branch of Galaxy Script Club in Shanghai?" Feng Zhiqiu looked at Jiang Qi with bright eyes, "The price is easy to say, you can give it tens of thousands as you wish. Just 1 yuan. I just have a merciless request. If you take over the store, can you please stop firing the previous employees in the store. The people in my current store, including DM, have basically worked with me for two years. Above, with work experience.”

Seeing that Jiang Qi had no intention of refusing, Feng Zhiqiu thought it was interesting and continued: "I remember during the autumn exhibition last year, you said that you were considering continuing to publish new books in the future."

“We have 17 employees in Guoguan responsible for the publishing business, including three full-time writers and two part-time writers. All DMs are professional DMs with more than three years of work experience.”

"If you are interested in taking over, I can provide you with all the design, printing, publicity, store and platform resources. Of course, you may not really need the platform resources, but it is better than nothing."

Jiang Qi was a little moved by Feng Zhiqiu's words.

He has no interest in publishing, but plans to release two boxed copies every year.

He maintained a good relationship with Boss Shen, who was neither cold nor cold, and told Boss Shen that if necessary, he could ask Mr.

Jiang Qi originally planned to follow last year's model, where a dedicated author would produce the first draft, a script writer would produce the finished product, JC would help with distribution and exhibitions, and Galaxy Script Club would sit back and enjoy the results (not), saving worry and effort.

Although this will bring a lot of benefits, it saves trouble. Jiang Qi doesn't expect to make money by killing scripts. He only made the script to prevent the industry from dying so quickly and live up to his reputation as a bright light and conscience in the industry.

But now Feng Zhiqiu gave him another path.

A whole team has been prepared for him here, waiting for him to take over.

Jiang Qi thought for a while and thought it was okay.

Now that the amusement park has a comic group in Peking, it seems reasonable for Galaxy Script Club to have a branch in Shanghai.

Speaking of the comics group, Xue Shaoheng took a leave of absence for a month in May to treat his illness. In the past month, he has been in great condition. He is swishing out pictures every day. The people in the comics group almost died suddenly trying to keep up with his progress.

"Let's do this." Jiang Qi licked his lips and paused, "I can consider it, but..."

"I need to see the strength of your store and studio first."

Taking over a store is easy, but taking over employees is a hassle.

More than 40 employees can say more but not more, and even less can say less. Jiang Qi and Feng Zhiqiu are also friends. He believes that Feng Zhiqiu will not leave a mess to trap him, but if something goes wrong, it will not look good on both sides.

"Of course." Feng Zhiqiu smiled until her eyes turned into crescent moons, obviously very happy, "That's why I thought of inviting you to co-host this year's autumn exhibition. I just want you to see the capabilities and efficiency of our studio."

Jiang Qi smiled and said: "So, do I have to be the organizer this year?"

Feng Zhiqiu chuckled: "Win-win, win-win."

"If you are free, you can go to Magic City to see the situation of my store. Although I want to take action now, the store and studio are still operating normally. The employees of the studio will go to the exhibition this month and next month. Deadline By September, our studio may release two new volumes. If you are interested, I can send you the specific sales and profit information from time to time."

Feng Zhiqiu really wanted to find a reliable new owner for her shop and studio, and transfer the profitable studio at a low price. Her behavior was no different from charity.

Of course, Feng Zhiqiu only sold it to Cai Jiang Qi for a low price. Who told her to fall in love with the big tree in the amusement park and want to enjoy the shade?

"There's no rush." ​​Jiang Qi waved his hand, "It just so happens that Boss Shen has a new copy and asked me to ask Mr.

"After Mr.

"Boss Shen's book was jointly published by him and Galaxy Script Publishing House. If possible, I would like your studio to be responsible for publishing this part, just so I can see my capabilities."

Jiang Qi thought that if he did this, he would have to make an agreement with Jiang Jun. After all, it was JC who was supposed to get paid for working for the Galaxy Script Club.

"No problem." Feng Zhiqiu agreed, "Leave the autumn exhibition and new release to our studio!"