Start with the script killing shop

(The Autumn Exhibition is coming soon, the title is wrong...)

The rest of the trip went very smoothly.

Jiang Qi and his party traveled all the way down according to the travel plan they had made before. When they arrived, they visited tourist attractions, got in the car and played board games. The journey was a colorful one.

Even at the end of the game, it was clear that the journey was over. Everyone was still a little bit unsatisfied, so they postponed it for a day and went to the No. 1 script killing shop on Jinling Dianping software to buy a book that was said to be a hit recently.

While typing the notebook, Jiang Qi discovered that the DM who brought them the notebook had a colorful string tied on his hand.

Not to mention, it all depends on the support of peers.

I just don’t know whether this colleague supports the amusement park or the original script killing shop.

On October 13, Jiang Qi, Jiang Cha and Principal Peggy took the high-speed train to Peking with their suitcases.

Jiang Cha has illusions, and Principal Peggy has identification. It is more convenient for Jiang Qi to travel with these two. He does not need to rent a car or book a B\u0026B, which can save a lot of trouble.

Jiang Qi was one day late, but JC arrived on time on October 12th.

For this autumn exhibition, a total of seven people from JC came, including Jiang Jun, Cao Luoping, Li Liang and four key employees of the store. As a small publisher in a small city, the configuration of so many people is a super luxurious lineup.

Not to mention anything else, the travel expenses, food, and accommodation for 7 people in 7 days are a huge expense. If Jiang Jun hadn't been extremely confident in his two achievements this time, he firmly believed that he would become rich overnight and get the full payment for the wedding room after Qiuzhan. Otherwise, with this lineup and the early investment, if this Autumn Exhibition loses all its money, JC can close its doors directly after the Autumn Exhibition.

I'm afraid I can only get the full payment for the wedding house in my dreams.

Jiang Jun and Li Liang came to the train station to pick up Jiang Qi and the others.

For the convenience of communication, both parties stayed in the same hotel. Jiang Qi had already said on the phone that he would bring two people with him this time, but Jiang Jun did not ask specifically which two people they were.

In Jiang Jun's opinion, Jiang Qi most likely brought Liu Lan and the DM from the script killing shop.

When signing the contract, the division of labor between the two parties and the Autumn Exhibition was clearly defined. JC is responsible for all the tedious things. Whether it is "Class Reunion Murder" or "Meet Again", JC is responsible for the book layout and publicity. Jiang Qi is not responsible for these drudgery matters.

Being a bookkeeper at the Autumn Exhibition is definitely a hard job. Even if the hotel room is an executive suite, the space will be tight if more than a dozen people squeeze into it.

The small room was even worse, with no room for chairs. The last time Jiang Qi went to the Autumn Exhibition, the only book he played was in a small room. The players sat on the bed or carpet to read the book. The DM didn't even have to sit on the carpet and could only squat in the corner.

Be as aggrieved as you want.

There are only seven days in total for the Autumn Exhibition. Costs are placed here. Both large and small publishers hope to maximize profits. The store that buys the book may go to three stores a day, starting in the afternoon and printing the book until dawn the next day. This is not the case for the issuance of the first book. It is normal to open three stores a day.

If it weren't for their physical condition, publishers would have loved to have four games a day, running 24 hours a day, to earn back the room fees.

Jiang Qi didn't mean to make money by selling his books. He came here mainly to sell board games. To be honest, selling tables and lobbying is not for money, but for the promotion of the Magic Academy campus. Naturally, this kind of hard work can be avoided if possible.

Anyway, according to the contract, all costs and early publicity expenses will be shared equally between Galaxy Script Agency and JC. The money for ticket issuance, small money for hotel accommodation, and even DM's meal money are all included in these expenses.

Jiang Qi has three people here, and JC has seven people. Judging from the money, JC has the advantage. What Jiang Qi didn't know was that even if he didn't ask JC's people to help with the "Class Reunion Murders", Cao Luoping would take the initiative.

Cao Luoping, a veteran script killer fan, absolutely loves this book. If it weren't for the mystery, Cao Luoping would have posted 10 rainbow farts on Moments a day praising this book.

It can be expected that by the time the Autumn Exhibition is over, all the friends on the JC customer service account will be "Class Reunion Murders".

The train station was bustling with people, but the sharp-eyed Jiang Jun still caught sight of Jiang Qi and the other three who had just left the station, and waved excitedly.

"Boss Jiang, long time no see. Did your outing to the amusement park go well?" Jiang Jun enthusiastically took the suitcase from Jiang Qi's hand with a very natural movement. When Jiang Qi wanted to take it back, Jiang Jun turned around nimbly. blocked.

"Director Jiang, next...good afternoon." Compared to the flexible and natural Jiang Jun, Li Liang's attentiveness seemed a bit like a loser. He stared at the suitcase in Jiang Cha's hand and stuttered a bit when he spoke.

"I...let me help you get the suitcase." Li Liang took the suitcase unnaturally.

On the contrary, Jiang Cha was very natural. He smiled lightly and nodded slightly: "Thank you, I feel a little dizzy after riding the train all the way."

"Yes, I feel dizzy after sitting on a train for a long time." Li Liang agreed.

Jiang Jun looked behind to find the third person in Jiang Qi's team. It wasn't that she couldn't see Principal Peggy, but it was because a foreigner of Principal Peggy's age didn't look like he was here to participate in the autumn exhibition.

The script-writing industry is definitely an industry for young people. After all, only young people can stay up all night like this. Middle-aged people who stay up late every day may have long ago developed high blood pressure and died of a heart attack.

It was already an anecdote in the industry that Old John worked as a DM in Galaxy News before. However, Jiang Qi gave Old John the title of a university teacher, an artist, and someone who was looking for inspiration, so everyone could reluctantly accept it.

After the search was fruitless, Jiang Jun could confirm that Principal Peggy came with Jiang Qi.

"Hello, I'm Jiang Jun." Jiang Jun took the initiative to say hello and took the small suitcase from Principal Peggy's hand.

"I heard from the boss that my name is Peggy, and I am the person in charge of the research and development of this board game project. Originally, the Autumn Exhibition should not have allowed me, an old foreign lady, to come, but I am the only one in our team who knows every board game, and I was a businessman in the early years and had a sharp tongue, so I was sent here." Principal Peggy smiled kindly, "Everyone calls me Principal Peggy as a joke on weekdays, you can call me that too."

"You speak Mandarin so well!" Jiang Jun praised him sincerely.

"School... principal?" Li Liang was a little surprised, "Have you ever been a principal?"

Peggy smiled and said: "Once you play the series of board games developed by our team, you will know why everyone calls me Principal Peggy."

Li Liang nodded as if he understood.

Li Liang took Principal Peggy's small suitcase from Jiang Jun and walked at the back. Jiang Qi and Jiang Jun walked at the front. Jiang Cha and Principal Peggy had never been to the train station and walked in the middle, silently looking around. . Principal Peggy smelled the freshly baked bread in a small bakery that bought traditional bread, the so-called old-fashioned bread, and bought a bag to try it.

Li Liang, who was traveling alone and had to carry his luggage with both hands, held a small piece of bread in one hand and ate while waiting in line for a taxi.

"This time the organizer gave us a particularly good promotional space to place banners and posters in the exhibition hall on the first floor. However, the main poster can only be placed for "The Class Reunion Murders", and the posters for "Meet Again" and board games can only be placed Squeeze and hang on the edge."

"but……"

Jiang Qi noticed Jiang Jun's hesitation and asked, "Did something happen?"

"Lao Cao and I didn't know until we arrived at the exhibition hotel that the poster booth next to ours was a poster booth issued by one of the organizers, and the suite between our two suites was also a suite issued by this company."

Jiang Qi didn't think it was anything, he thought it was pretty good. They are all sponsors. It must be a well-known major distribution company, and the room and publicity space it occupies is naturally the best. Their rooms and promotional booths are next to each other, which shows that the organizer this time provided a particularly good location for Galaxy Script Club and JC.

"What's this?" Jiang Qi asked.

"Originally it was nothing, but this publisher is the publisher that the person Lao Cao contacted before worked for. Last night Lao Cao and I invited several publishers from the organizer to dinner. The person had a cold face the whole time. It seemed that he was offended. "

"Offended?" Jiang Qi reacted immediately after saying, "The one who took 20% of the profit to commit fraud?"

Jiang Jun's expression was quite awkward at first, but when Jiang Qi said this, he stopped laughing and started laughing.

"Boss Jiang, you can just say this in private, but don't say it outside. Otherwise, we would just offend him a little. If that person finds out what you said, we will be offended to death."

Jiang Qi nodded, of course he knew, mainly because when he thought of this person, he felt that the other person was a fraud, and he suddenly didn't say what was in his heart.

"I don't understand. Didn't you just consult him but didn't talk about it in the end? Why did you offend him?" Jiang Qi looked puzzled.

What kind of crime is this?

If this can offend the other party, then the other party will have too many enemies written in the small notebook, and even one small notebook may not be able to write them down.

Jiang Jun smiled bitterly: "I blame Lao Cao for not asking for information clearly. He..."

Just as he was talking, the car came.

There were five people on Jiang Qi's side, and they couldn't fit in one car. He and Jiang Jun were in the same car and chatting, and the other three were in the next car.

After getting on the bus, Jiang Jun continued: "He can be regarded as an old man in the industry. He was indeed at the top of the pyramid in the past few years. But haven't there been many people entering the industry in the past two years? He has a good vision and discovered the issuance industry as early as the year before last. It’s more profitable than opening a store to redistribute them, and as soon as there are more scripts on the market, their business will go down a little bit.”

"This guy did write a few good books in the past two years. If he had made this request the year before last, Lao Cao and I might have gritted our teeth and agreed. But now..."

Jiang Qi continued: "It's not worth the price."

Jiang Jun smiled and acquiesced: "Lao Cao mentioned this matter to him first, and then cooperated with you, Boss Jiang. He may feel that Lao Cao and I look down on him and do not give him face, and he also has something new this autumn exhibition. This year’s surprise release was originally his new book, but isn’t “Class Reunion Murders” a joint production between Galaxy Script Studio and Card Game Studio?”

"Card Game Studio has only been selling copies in the WeChat mini program in the past few years. The copies sold are all at sky-high prices. Apart from Mr. Jiang, basically no store dares to buy them. This time you two jointly publish a copy, and it is still a cheap box. It’s also the first show, so the Autumn Exhibition will naturally increase publicity.”

"It is said that...it was originally going to focus on promoting his new book, but now it has been changed to "Murder at the Class Reunion". "Meet Again" is a joint production of our two families, so the person naturally felt that there was something wrong with Lao Cao and me. It’s pleasing to the eye.”

Although the Galaxy Script Society itself did not carry out any publicity for this autumn exhibition, nor did it post on WeChat Moments or use other means to indicate that new books would be at the autumn exhibition this year, the organizers of the autumn exhibition took the time to promote it.

The method of production takes a mysterious route.

Super well-known store cooperates with mysterious publishing, mysterious new edition, quality assurance, so stay tuned.

Despite the publicity, as long as there is some relationship with the store, who doesn't know that this super famous store is the Galaxy Script Club.

Isn’t Jiang Qi’s crazy likes enough to explain everything?

It's because of the mysterious publishing in cooperation with Galaxy Script Club. With a little bit of association, you can guess that it is a card game studio.

The combination of these two names is not very attractive at the moment when the industry is not very prosperous.

Following this promotional technique of holding a pipa and half-hiding one's face, in the last period before the start of the autumn exhibition, the organizer sold a wave of tickets, which made everyone smile, and their respective publicity resources went to "The Class Reunion Murders" for free. 》Smash it up.

The script-selling industry has been in a slump in the past two years, and a large number of stores have redistributed it. They can't wait to hold 365 exhibitions a year.

The exhibition that followed became a business. At first, the store made money, then it made money from distribution, and now it has become a business to make money from exhibitions.

As a result, there are too many small exhibitions emerging one after another, and there are too few stores buying tickets. There are even ridiculous scenes where the organizers spend money to hire college student clothing stores to fill the scene, and they become the butt of jokes.

There are so many exhibitions that it is no longer uncommon. Distributors spend money to run exhibitions, and stores also spend money to run exhibitions. Now that everyone can't make money, they naturally have to save some money.

In addition, the store ticket sales for this year's autumn exhibition are indeed not as good as in previous years. Can the organizers try to publicize and attract stores to make the exhibition a success?

That's how "The Class Reunion Murders" came out.

After the contract was signed, Jiang Qi didn't care much about the subsequent publicity. He knew that Jiang Jun and Cao Luoping's publicity went smoothly, but he didn't know it was so smooth.

After Jiang Jun explained it, Jiang Qi understood it instantly.

Old and new grudges, the other party might just be a little unhappy with Jiang Jun and Cao Luoping, but they should be quite unhappy with themselves.

In addition, the publicity space and the folio room are adjacent to each other, so it is normal for Jiang Jun to be a little worried and remind himself in advance.

"It's okay." Jiang Qi said calmly, "I'm not here mainly to sell my money."

Jiang Jun:......

For some reason, Jiang Jun felt that the other party would be even more angry if he heard Jiang Qi's words.

"By the way, what's the publisher's name?"

"I don't know what his real name is. His surname is Shen and his pen name is S."

At this moment, Jiang Jun's phone rang.

The other party seemed to be a store owner too. Jiang Jun chatted for a while, hung up the phone and said, "Boss Jiang, are you interested in visiting my friend's store tonight?"

"She also wants to distribute new books for this autumn exhibition. She has gathered together a few stores to sell new books in the afternoon and our books in the evening."

“It’s better to open a book in a store than in a hotel.”

Jiang Qi nodded in agreement, this is the reason.

The store is not only spacious and comfortable for sitting, but also convenient for eating and drinking.

"You might as well go take a look. Which book will you open tonight?"

"'Meet Again'." Jiang Jun said, "'Murder at the Class Reunion' is the book that is the focus of promotion for this autumn exhibition. According to the organizer's requirements, this book can only be opened on the first day of the autumn exhibition. 'Meet Again' It’s not that particular.”

"You can bring two sets of board games with you when the time comes, and you can also promote the board games in advance."

"Okay." Jiang Qi agreed.

Double update tomorrow