Shen Xi is an unlucky author who entered the industry to open a store when the script sales industry was in a downturn, and entered the publishing industry when the distribution industry was in a downturn.

I wouldn’t say it’s a dark job in the industry, but it can also be said that it’s a good job.

Shen Xi University majored in screenwriting and was considered a literary worker. After graduation, on the recommendation of his senior, he 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 worked as a gunman to earn a little money. It happened that at that time, script sales shops were booming, and third- and fourth-tier companies There are more than a dozen stores in small cities.

Shen Xi thought this line of work was good, and coincidentally, 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 precarious script-killing store. After discovering that opening a store was not profitable, but it seemed that publishing would be more profitable, Shen Xi decided to return to his old business, instead of writing micro-movie scripts, he changed to writing script-killing scripts.

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

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 rely on myself for everything.

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 writers choose to sign a share and end up making a small profit. Some publishers reduce their scripts to nothing, and then sell them to publishers at a very cheap price of 20,000, 30, or even thousands, and finally make a lot of money from the publisher. , the author is 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.

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

For small publishers who are selling their books for the first time, large exhibitions bring both opportunities and risks. Small exhibitions are short in duration, low in cost, have less competition, have fewer distributions, and have fewer stores. There are basically no ordinary tourists who come to join in the fun, so it is not easy to become famous. Trading 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. Anyway, this shabby store would not be able to open anymore. It took more than a year to create a book. If it could not be sold, it would be a big loss.

If he really couldn’t afford it, he could just buy it out to another publisher for 20,000 to 30,000 yuan. It’s a certain amount of money. Anyway, his expenses for writing the book, excluding time and labor costs, were basically zero. He didn’t make the poster, and he didn’t draw the cover. The printing house was not found.

Shen Xi brought a total of two sets of notebooks to the Autumn Exhibition this time. They were printed on A4 paper. They were printed on 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 shop assistant, I would be reimbursed for the 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 was even more expensive, so she brought more from Qiangan Wholesale I bought cheap instant noodles in bags from a friend and brought a bowl with me to save some food expenses.

7 days, you can save a lot of money!

And when did Shen 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 their snack gift boxes.

This thing is really too heavy. One gift box weighs 6 pounds. If you forward it to a 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 exhibition hall 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 visit 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 seemed 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. Grab the bus and play books within 7 days for free."

"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 already 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.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Shen Xi said blankly: "I bought the issuance ticket."

staff member:?

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

Who doesn’t arrive until the publishing show starts? 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 peers 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 member 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 here. There's not even anyone downstairs to hand out flyers. Who's going to take your bus?" The staff couldn't hold it back for a while and complained crazily. "Don't we have a distribution group at the exhibition? You can see in the distribution group that everyone is chatting and they probably know the process and know 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: ...What a miserable experience for the newcomers 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 publisher like you, which is your first time, has 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, if he takes your flyer, he might go play."

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

"Boxed."

"Then you have to promote it even more. Did you know that one of the stores at the exhibition the year before last was also a newbie, two noobs 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, who were set up by Galaxy Script, were attracted by it at the same time. The two of them 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 already 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 sake of a script.

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

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

Five 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 just 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!

Generally speaking, when it’s the first time for a new release to come to an exhibition, aren’t they worried about gains and losses, worrying that they will lose all their money and not be able to sell the copies, and the store will close down when they return home?

Why don't you follow the rules? First, you are the last to arrive, and you don't understand any procedures. In the end, your main concern is whether you can take care of the food.

Are you here to sell money 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 issue 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. 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 I will buy overnight train tickets to save money.

In addition to blocking the distribution group because of encountering scammers in the group, there is another reason Shen Xi did not mention.

The group is full of advertisements, which are stinky and long. I can’t wait to post them 9999 times a day. I get a headache when I read them. There is no useful information, so I might as well block them.

Considering that the enthusiastic staff member is from the organizer, Shen Xi doesn't want to complain that the organizer does not restrict various advertisements for selling in the group, which affects normal people's chat, so he simply doesn't complain.
To be continued...