Start with the script killing shop

Shen Xi is an unlucky author who entered the industry to open a store when the script-killing industry was in a slump, and entered the industry as a publisher when the distribution industry was in a slump.

We can’t say that we are in the darkest place in the industry, but we can also say that we are doing a good job and doing a cool job.

Shen Xi University majored in screenwriting and is considered a writer. After graduation, I was introduced by my senior and sold the script to a grassroots team to make an online movie. The price was 50,000 yuan, which was pretty good for a new editor.

So Chen Xi faced all kinds of difficulties from Party A's father and accepted the script after one change, two changes, and three changes.

As a result, the crew's capital chain broke and they ran away. Shen Xi, who changed 11 versions of the script, only received a deposit of 6,000 yuan, which was not enough to pay a quarter's rent.

Shen Xi, who was cheated and lost all his money, deeply felt that the screenwriting industry was very risky, so he decided to go back to his hometown to find a job and at least save money on rent by living at home.

After returning home, Shen Xi found that there were not many jobs in small cities, so he worked at home for half a year. Through the relationship between his classmates, teachers, senior brothers, and senior sisters, he took orders online and made some money as a gunman. It just so happened that script-killing shops were booming at that time, and dozens of them were opened in small cities in the third and fourth tiers.

Shen Xi thought this line of work was good, and it happened that he had saved some money as a gunman and entered the line.

By the time his store opened, more than 30 script-killing stores had opened in his city.

It's winter when it opens.

Shen Xi, who was unable to make ends meet, decided to make some extra money to save his endangered script-killing shop. After discovering that opening a store was not profitable, but it seemed that distribution was more profitable, Shen Xi decided to return to his old business, instead of writing micro-movie scripts, he rewrote scripts and killed scripts.

Then he discovered that when people are unlucky, they really do a bad job.

Although I am a professional counterpart, the workload of writing a script is undoubtedly huge when I have never done distribution before and have no one to help me. I have to do everything by myself.

In the past few years, when the exhibition was still relatively primitive, many new authors would come to the exhibition with scripts that were completely unformulated, with only a rough gameplay and a simple story, to see if they could be bought by a more famous publisher to follow up. build.

Some of these new authors choose to share the profits and make a small profit in the end. Some publishers reduced the scripts to nothing, and then sold them to publishers at a very cheap price of 20,000, 30,000, or even several thousand. In the end, the publisher made a lot of money, and the author was even worse than Boss Shen.

Of course, this kind of thing never happened again after Boss Shen was tricked by his former boss and everyone became aware of it.

Boss Shen tells everyone through hard lessons not to sign a buyout, and to read the contract carefully when signing.

Shen Xi’s manuscript took half a year to write, and another half a year to revise. It took several months to figure out how to publish it, and it took several months to find connections. As a result, I missed the autumn exhibition last year and the year before last.

For small issuances that sell capital for the first time, big exhibitions bring both opportunities and risks. Small exhibitions are short in duration, low in cost, less in competition, with less distribution, fewer stores, and basically no ordinary tourists who come to join in the fun. It is not easy to become famous and the transaction volume is also low.

The exhibition takes a long time, the cost is high, there are many releases, and the competition is extremely fierce. It is easy to lose everything, but at the same time, it is possible to make a huge profit with a blockbuster.

After repeatedly weighing the pros and cons, Shen Xi felt that instead of pursuing stability, it was better to give it a try. This shabby store wouldn't be able to open anyway. It took more than a year to create a book. If it couldn't be sold, it would be a big loss.

If you really can't, you can buy it out to other issuers at a price of 20,000 to 30,000 yuan. How much is the amount of money. Anyway, his expenses for writing the book, excluding time and labor costs, were basically 0. He didn’t make the poster, didn’t draw the cover, and didn’t find a printing house.

Shen Xi brought a total of two sets of notebooks to the Autumn Exhibition this time. They were printed on A4 paper and were printed using the printer of his parents' company, which cost no money.

Give it a try and turn your bicycle into a motorcycle.

So Shen Xi, who only wanted to make money, came to Peiping with 14 stacks of A4 paper, a change of clothes and half a box of instant noodles.

I came alone because if I brought a store clerk, I would be reimbursed for the clerk’s round trip expenses and meal expenses. She brought half a box of instant noodles because Shen Xi was worried that the restaurants near the hotel were very expensive, and ordering takeout would be even more expensive. She brought more cheap bagged instant noodles bought from friends who did wholesale, and brought a bowl to save some food. fee.

7 days, you can save a lot of money!

And when did Chen Xi arrive at the hotel?

September 15th at 10:07 am.

At this point, there was no one in the lobby.

Normal tourists sign in, receive souvenirs, and then go straight to the exhibition halls on the 3rd, 6th, and 7th floors to watch exhibitions, make purchases, and wait for notification of lottery results.

Many of the first wave of tourists who came have left - taking the subway back to put away snack gift boxes.

This thing is really too heavy. One gift box weighs 6 pounds. If you forward it to your circle of friends and send another one, it weighs 12 pounds. Even a strong man cannot carry a 12-pound snack gift box around the exhibition.

Not to mention the store and publisher. Although the showroom is good, grabbing the bus and opening the book are more important. If you want to play, you can't play on the first day.

The exhibition lasts for 7 days! Just go shopping in the last two days.

In this case, when Shen Xi came to the lobby, he saw an empty check-in area. There were only two or three hotel staff and a few people who looked like exhibition staff chatting, which looked very deserted.

Shen Xi dragging a big suitcase:?

Isn’t it said that the Autumn Exhibition is the largest exhibition of the year? Why is it so deserted and his money is wasted? ? ?

Chen Xi only felt sad for a moment.

"Hello, are you going to see the exhibition on the third floor? If you are interested, you can log in to the mini program to grab the bus. Our exhibition ticket is a 7-day package, and the bus tickets are free within 7 days."

"Please show your ticket purchase number and come to us to sign in. We will give you the corresponding souvenir."

The staff member who has received countless bewildered tourists like Shen Xi stepped forward skillfully, motioned to Shen Xi to show the code, and at the same time took out the souvenir bag and snack gift box.

When taking out the gift box, the staff glanced at Shen Xi's suitcase, thinking that tourists who come late are good, come prepared, dragging their suitcases around the exhibition, 6.

Chen Xi said blankly: "I bought the issuance ticket."

staff member:?

"Are you a publisher?" the staff member exclaimed.

Whose publishing show didn’t arrive until it started? Don’t you have to arrive one day in advance at the latest?

It takes time to arrange the arrangements in advance, grab a spot to distribute flyers, and chat and gossip with colleagues to find out what’s going on!

"You...which publisher are you from? Did someone from your studio come in advance and register?" the staff asked.

Shen Xi replied: "It's just me, where do I register? Do I have to check in now?"

Staff: "...Forget it, I'll take you there. Have you registered for the mini program?"

"I registered. After buying the tickets, a customer service person added me and asked me to register. But I checked the backend of the mini program this morning and there was no change. Didn't the exhibition start?"

"...You came so late and didn't do any publicity at all. You're the only one there. There's not even anyone downstairs to hand out flyers. Who's going to steal your bus!" The staff couldn't hold it back for a while and complained wildly. "Don't we have a distribution group at the exhibition? You can see that everyone in the distribution group probably knows the process and knows that they must come in advance! How come someone didn't arrive until the exhibition started?"

Shen Xi knew that it was his own problem, and said honestly: "I joined the group, and I also asked in the group at first. One person added me and told me some nonsense. In the end, I found out that he seemed to be a liar. They defrauded me of money and got me to invest in projects, so I deleted them. Later, I felt that the people in this group were not very reliable, and there was a lot of content in their chats that I couldn't understand, so I blocked the group directly. "

Staff member: ...What a miserable newcomer to the exhibition.

"Come with me." The staff member shook his head helplessly and went to the check-in desk to pack his things. "I'll probably explain the process to you, and then tell you how to use the small program."

"Let me tell you, for a small release like yours, which is your first time, you have no fan base, no reputation, and you don't even know any friends. You must promote it in advance."

"There is a printing shop nearby. You go to the printing shop and ask the boss to make flyers for you. Then you go to several exhibition halls upstairs to hand out flyers to attract people. Don't go in, just hand them out at the entrance of the exhibition hall. There are many tourists who may want to play after visiting the exhibition hall. Ben, he might go and play if he takes your flyer."

"You have to let people play your copy first, and then some store may notice you and buy your copy. Is your new copy limited to the city, exclusive, or boxed?"

"Boxed."

"Then you have to promote it even more. Did you know that one of the store owners at the exhibition the year before last was also a newcomer, two novices who didn't know anything. But his name was good, and he took advantage of the popularity of the popular book of Galaxy Script Club at that time , Boss Jiang and his sister were attracted by Galaxy Script at the same time. The two played the same game and not only bought it but also helped promote it."

"You don't know how well the later book sold, and now there are four books in that series!"

Chen Xi's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Is it this year's organizer, the Galaxy Script Club from the Galaxy Script Theme Park?"

No matter how new she is, Shen Xi knows that there is a wealthy boss in this industry who opened an amusement park just for the script.

"That's it." The staff member raised his head proudly, but did not say the next words.

Hehe, our boss sold our studio to Galaxy Script Club, and now I am Boss Jiang’s employee.

Five social insurances and one housing fund, double salary at the end of the year, transportation subsidy, room subsidy and meal subsidy, and paid travel every year, and you can even go to the amusement park to attend the annual meeting!

"By the way, what's your name? I can help you find a car when I have time." the staff member asked.

"Wuming." Shen Xi said, "When I registered in the mini program, I didn't even think of a name, so I typed in Wuming."

Staff: "6."

After completing all the procedures with the newcomer at the exhibition and teaching him how to be a normal publisher, the staff felt that they could retire with success.

"Is there anything else you don't understand?" the staff member asked.

"Does our ticket really include a buffet for three meals a day? Is the buffet restaurant really open 24 hours a day and free of charge?" Shen Xi looked in disbelief.

staff member:……

Although when she saw this benefit, she felt that the boss really spent a lot of money to buy the cheapest tickets and give the most preferential benefits, but brother, this is not the point!

Isn't it usually the first time for a new issuer to come to an exhibition to worry about gains and losses, worrying that he will lose all his money and not be able to sell the copies, or that the store will close down when he returns home?

Why don't you play by the rules? First, he was the last to arrive, and he didn't understand the procedures. In the end, he was only concerned about whether he was taking care of the food.

Are you here to sell your business or looking for a job?

"Yes." The staff member said solemnly, looking at Shen Xi expectantly, "Is there anything else you want to ask?"

"Visitors who buy exhibition tickets can get snack gift boxes. Do we distribute them?"

"...You can get one if you want."

There is a buffet available 24 hours a day. Brother, what kind of snack gift box do you want?

The staff left in despair, feeling that this year’s exhibition had another unreliable new release that cost them nothing.

Alas, it can’t be fished out.

In fact, it's not that Shen Xi is unreliable, and he's not stupid. He only came that day because he had never been to an exhibition before, had no friends to guide him, and no one told him the process. He didn't know anything, so he came Will buy overnight train tickets to save money.

Apart from meeting scammers in the group, there is another reason Shen Xi didn't mention.

The group is full of advertisements, which are stinky and long. I wish I could post 9999+ advertisements in a day. I get a headache after reading them. There is no useful information, so it is better to block them.

Considering that the enthusiastic staff member was from the organizer, Shen Xi couldn't complain that the organizer did not restrict various advertisements for sale in the group, which affected normal people's chat, so he simply didn't say anything.

The staff member briefly explained the process to him, and Shen Xi understood it, so naturally he had nothing to ask.

On the contrary, such a cheap ticket with all-day buffet sounds more fake, so of course you need to ask more to be sure.

"It's not a loss at all." Shen Xi sighed, "In seven days, I can make back my money."

With the idea of ​​getting back her money, Shen Xi went to the room to put away her suitcase, instead of going to a nearby printing shop to print flyers immediately, she went straight to the cafeteria to start eating.

He happened to be in a hurry to rush to the hotel as soon as he got off the train, and he hadn't even had breakfast yet. What a bargain!

In the cafeteria, the performance had to wait until noon. She couldn't eat and drink in public, and she was extremely greedy, so she simply packed the meals in the name of helping the staff pack some food to fill her stomach. Wang Xinghua was surprised to find that this point Someone actually came to eat.

Which fellow person is he? !

"Beauty, I'm sorry to ask, are you serving breakfast or lunch now?" Shen Xi saw that someone was packing food in the cafeteria, so he quickly went up to ask.

"Breakfast and lunch will not be served until 11:30." Wang Xinghua said.

"Great, just in time to eat steamed buns!" Shen Xi was overjoyed.

Wang Xinghua:?

So strange, take another look.

"Beauty, you are also a staff member, right?" Shen Xi had already found Baozi.

Wang Xinghua thought for a while: "Yes."

"This is my first time coming to the exhibition. You did such a good job at the exhibition!"

"There is actually a buffet with so many varieties. Just now I thought it was a stir-fry buffet with only a few items."

"If I had known that the exhibition would be treated like this, I would have come to the exhibition two years ago when I opened the store."

Wang Xinghua, who had never been to an exhibition before and had no idea what a normal exhibition was like, nodded along in confusion.

Although I don’t know what this person is talking about, he seems to be praising us and just nods.