Jiang Baige did not answer directly, but pulled out a book from the bookshelf: "This is from her, right?"
Lin Xingran took the book and understood what Jiang Baige meant - —This is a feminist book written by an Italian scholar.
The publisher and the content of the book are consistent with what she described. It is not surprising that Jiang Baige would make such a guess.
"What a coincidence." She was a little surprised.
Only Jiang Baige knew that the two had a similar conversation in their previous life. It was just that Lin Xingran saw Jiang Baige reading this book and said with some excitement that the editor of this book was her editor.
Only then did Jiang Baige notice the editor's name - Duguhe. Because it was very special, he had a little impression of it.
But other than that, they didn't talk so much in depth, so Lin Xingran had never mentioned Meng Ping's name before.
But she knew what happened next.
Because they met once after graduating from college.
Lin Xingran came to Anjing on a business trip for work reasons.
At that time, Jiang Baige’s job was not going well because what she really liked was writing, but she did not dare to try full-time work easily.
She thought that Lin Xingran would have a better life if she chose a job she liked after graduation and followed her favorite editing teacher. However, she did not expect that Lin Xingran would complain bitterly to her.
"Teacher Dugu left the company half a year ago."
Because their company has undergone a major business adjustment, and they have to shift the focus of books from the introduction of copyrights to independent development of topics. .
Duguhe is interested in the rich subject matter of online articles and the large number of authors, and believes that this market has huge potential. At that time, the copyright fees for online articles were also very cheap, and there were even discounts for "package purchases"... So I decided to start in this area.
Everything went smoothly at the beginning. She even sold the film and television rights for several novels she signed.
After the TV series was released, it could also drive secondary sales and reprints of the book, making her instantly famous.
For this reason, their department needs new staff. The leaders were also afraid of Duguhe's "superior achievements", so he placed one of his confidants into their department.
Lin Xingran did not name this person, but kept referring to him as "that man".
When the man first came to their department, he did not behave strangely. Duguhe and Lin Xingran were both busy with work and had no time to care about him.
Duguhe is very smart. Although he is doing well in the country, he has not given up copyright to introduce books.
She knew that Lin Xingran had good vision, was good at foreign languages, and liked to write copyright books, so she gave all the department's books to Lin Xingran. Lin Xingran did not live up to her expectations and did produce several best-selling books with good reputations.
But similarly, Lin Xingran didn’t pay much attention to the online writing aspect, thinking that the development had been good.
Until one day, their department was called to talk by the leader, saying that because their department had caused huge losses to the company, Duguhe was going to take the blame and resign. Lin Xingran didn't come back to his senses.
After get off work that night, Duguhe had a deep talk with Lin Xingran.
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It turns out that in the past year or so, the books she signed were fine when it came to topic selection. However, as soon as the contract was signed, or even the entire process was completed, the book number and printing were still missing. Suddenly, that book will be maliciously reported online.
At first she thought it was a coincidence, but as more coincidences occurred, it caught her attention. In the end, she found out that the man arranged by the leader was secretly setting a trap for her - in this case, it must be the leader. It was a deliberate arrangement, and it was useless for her to argue.
She was disheartened and wanted to give it up, but then another publishing house offered her an olive branch, so she decided to resign and leave here.
Hearing this, Jiang Baige was a little puzzled: "Since she values you so much, why don't you leave with her?"
"At that time, she said, if I want , if she was doing well there, she could take me there. But at the time, I just thought that this might be a struggle between their superiors, and it wouldn't actually have much impact on me. Of course, I didn't refuse directly. , just like she didn’t say she was going to take me away immediately.”
The adult world is not black and white, and Jiang Baige can completely understand what she said.
But the development of things was different from Lin Xingran's expectation.
After Duguhe resigned, she was quickly transferred to other departments and never had the opportunity to choose the topic she liked.
Even the topic she applied for would be forcibly assigned to the man.
No matter how hard she fought, it was useless - just like Duguhe said, if the leader intentionally made her a stepping stone for others to rise to power, then it would be useless no matter how hard she resisted.
So she changed her mind.
She observed how the man pleased the leader and wanted to "copy" his success, but soon gave up.
“His idea is not to please the leader and then do the books he wants to do, but to manage upward and please the leader - that is really a job, he picks up and drops off the leader’s children, and even includes I went to a cram school on the weekend, and the leader had a headache. He would get up in the middle of the night to deliver medicine..."
Lin Xingran brought the topic back: "He pleases the leader just so that he doesn't have to do anything. Book. I have a good topic and he grabs it., and then allocate it to the editors and interns below, and let marketing put the greatest effort into promoting it. The funding leader will approve it anyway... Some time ago, he was promoted to deputy director. "
Speaking of this, Lin Xingran gritted his teeth: "Although we have been in the company since we were interns, he still came later than me. It's better now that he makes me look like his control group. , every time someone mentions that we are alumni, I...hey, I won't say it anymore. "
Later, Lin Xingran seemed not to want to talk about these unpleasant things, and the topic ended here.
But her last words made Jiang Baige in this life, Connecting "that man" in the previous life with Meng Ping in this life.
Of course, Jiang Baige couldn't let Lin Xingran make the same mistake again.
Because of the end of that conversation. , although Lin Xingran said that she would work hard and try new fields, Jiang Baige never saw the new book she edited on the market again...
Jiang Baige cleared his throat and asked : "Xingran, I know you like this job, but Meng Ping's existence is like...like a time bomb. After all, this is not the first time he has ruined your business..."
Wen Mian also helped, saying that there are so many publishing houses in the world, but this one is not the only one that can do it.
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But Lin Xingran was just silent, seeming to be thinking about something.
Suddenly, she looked at Jiang Bai Ge: "Bai Ge, do you remember. You asked me – what kind of female stories do you want? He also said that you will write more in the future and let me publish it for you..."