Chapter 263 The Price of Greed (Part )
"Hello?" Liu Hongmin's voice came from the phone, making everyone alert.
Just as Jiao Dacheng was about to speak, President Zou stopped him.
Yang Guiren: "Brother Liu, I am Yang Guiren."
"Brother Ren! Are you here to ask for a manuscript for something?"
Liu Hongmin's teasing voice came from the phone, making everyone present a little embarrassed. But they didn't dare to say anything, and could only look at President Zou. President Zou motioned Yang Guiren to continue, and then pointed at himself.
Yang Guiren nodded, and then said to Liu Hongmin: "Brother Liu, please forgive me! If this matter gets out, I don't know how many people will say that I am blind!"
Jiao Dacheng glared at Yang Guiren. He felt that Yang Guiren was making a veiled accusation.
"How's it going? Is everything settled?"
Yang Guiren smiled and said, "It's almost all settled. I've resigned from Sanlian Publishing House and joined Ming Pao Publishing House."
"That's good. If I stay any longer, there's no telling what kind of trouble will happen."
Everyone's faces became even uglier. They always felt that Liu Hongmin was scolding them, but they couldn't find any evidence.
Liu Hongmin was indeed cursing them, even though he didn't know that Yang Guiren was calling from Sanlian Publishing House. Even if he knew, he would still have cursed them.
President Zou could tell that Liu Hongmin knew the whole story. When Jiao Dacheng and the others called him, it must have been Liu Hongmin who asked the nanny to hang up the phone.
He immediately made a look at Yang Guiren and then pointed at himself.
Yang Guiren nodded, then coughed lightly, "Ahem! Brother Liu, I'm at Sanlian Publishing House now!"
"Oh? Didn't you already resign? Why did you go there again?"
Yang Guiren: "Mr. Zou invited me here. He wants to talk to you. Look..."
"Mr. Zou is here too!" Liu Hongmin was surprised. "I heard that Mr. Zou no longer cares about it."
President Zou smiled and said, "It's true that I don't want to be in charge, but I have to! It's only been a short time! Sanlian Publishing House has been messed up by these brats."
Liu Hongmin smiled and said, "If it doesn't work, just hire a professional manager! Otherwise, if it falls into the hands of those losers, Sanlian Publishing House will go bankrupt sooner or later."
President Zou felt helpless, but what Liu Hongmin said was true. He had only been in power for a short time, but he had already offended the most powerful writer in the publishing house. If this continued, Sanlian Publishing House would decline in a few years.
"Hongmin, I apologize to you on their behalf. I hope you won't take it personally."
Liu Hongmin said with a smile: "Don't worry, Mr. Zou, I don't even know them, so why would I bother with them?"
Hearing this, President Zou had a bad feeling and said quickly: "Hongmin, let me tell you about the situation of "Manslaughter"..."
"Mr. Zou!" Liu Hongmin interrupted him. "I'm a little busy, so I won't chat any more. For the rest, please contact Zou Shifang directly. He will handle it on my behalf."
After saying that, Liu Hongmin hung up the phone.
Hearing the humming sound coming from the phone, President Zou sighed.
Jiao Dacheng quickly said, "Mr. Zou, what's going on?"
President Zou said: "No one should disturb Liu Hongmin from now on."
Jiao Dacheng was still puzzled, "Mr. Zou, what does this mean?"
Yang Guiren couldn't listen any longer and said in a cold voice: "Brother Liu means that we will not cooperate with Sanlian Publishing House in the future." Jiao Dacheng glared at Yang Guiren, "Mr. Yang, are you looking for death?"
President Zou smashed his cane on the ground with great force, making a loud thump. He shouted angrily, "You are as stupid as a pig. Why did your father give birth to such a useless thing like you? Get out of here and never show up at Sanlian Publishing House again!"
When Jiao Dacheng heard this, his face suddenly turned ugly. But he didn't dare to talk back to President Zou, so he could only point his finger at Yang Guiren and said, "Just wait for me."
Yang Guiren shook his head speechlessly. This bastard was so stupid and he didn't know where he got his confidence from.
Watching Jiao Dacheng leave, President Zou sighed heavily, "Old Jiao's fame has been ruined by this son."
He looked at Yang Guiren again, "Renzi, you go first too! I'll have someone transfer the money to your account."
Yang Guiren said goodbye immediately. As for the money, he believed that President Zou would not default on his debt given his reputation.
After Yang Guiren left, President Zou said, "You must control those writers in the mainland. Many of them are Liu Hongmin's friends. This is a channel for us to ease the tension with Liu Hongmin. If you can't even control them, follow Jiao Dacheng and leave!"
Everyone looked at each other with embarrassment on their faces.
They have always looked down upon the tiny profits made by mainland writers. If the combined profits of mainland writers were not considerable, they would probably have stopped cooperating with mainland writers long ago.
"We'll do it right away!"
President Zou said in a deep voice, "We must act quickly, and be careful of Yang Guiren. He was the one who contacted these people before, don't let him pry them into Ming Pao Publishing House."
"Yes!"
Everyone at Sanlian Publishing House immediately returned to their workstations to contact Chen Jiangong and others. However, the news they received was not good.
Chen Jiangong, Liu Zhenyun and others were all in cahoots with Liu Hongmin. Only a few people contacted by Yang Guiren himself expressed that they would stay outside Sanlian Publishing House. The rest all expressed their intention to stop cooperating with Sanlian Publishing House.
Although this job would bring them a considerable salary, they still stood on Liu Hongmin's side without hesitation.
Upon hearing the news, President Zou couldn't help but sigh.
"Forget it! You must remember the lesson this time. If you don't want Sanlian Publishing House to be destroyed in your hands, you must lower your attitude in the future. Publishing houses rely on writers to make money. Writers work for us, but they are not our subordinates, they are partners!!!"
Everyone stood in a row and accepted the scolding obediently.
On the other side, Yang Guiren returned to Ming Pao Publishing House and heard his colleague say, "Brother Ren, someone just called you. It was Mr. Zou from Tomorrow Film Company."
Zou Shifang?
Yang Guiren's eyes suddenly lit up. He rushed to the phone and called Zou Shifang.
"Brother Zou, did you just call me?"
Zou Shifang smiled and said, "Yes! Your colleague said you went out?"
"I went to Sanlian Publishing House!" Yang Guiren told Zou Shifang what had just happened. "This trip was a good deal. I'll treat you to a meal when I have time."
"Don't worry, let's do it tonight! I just finished my new book, so you can take it home directly."
"Really?" Yang Guiren was pleasantly surprised. Zou Shifang is now a well-known writer in Hong Kong. The sales of his novels in Traditional Chinese characters have reached millions of copies. There are countless editors in Hong Kong who are jealous of his manuscripts.
Yang Guiren was in charge of Zou Shifang's manuscript before, but after the manuscript request incident, Yang Guiren no longer had any hope for Zou Shifang's manuscript. Zou Shifang and Liu Hongmin have been friends for many years. As long as Liu Hongmin decides, Zou Shifang will firmly support it.
A glimmer of hope arose in Yang Guiren's heart. Since Zou Shifang gave him the manuscript, would he also give him Liu Hongmin's manuscript?
(End of this chapter)
