几年前,霍华德担任一家出版公司的总裁,参加了一场大型拍卖会,拍卖物是一位作者的处女作。每个出版社都想得到那本书的版权,所以竞相出价,价格越抬越高,最后,超过了100万美元。竞标过程中,霍华德一直在修订盈亏账目表,他想也许他们不得不退出竞标了。“我不想失去这本书的出版权,但这些数字太让人难以接受了。”他把最新的盈亏账目表分发给同事。 A few years ago, Howard served as president of a publishing company, took part in a large auction, the auction is an author’s debut. Every publisher wanted the book’s copyrights, so competing bids made the price rise even higher and, finally, it exceeded $ 1 million. During the bidding, Howard has been revising the profit and loss accounts, and he thinks maybe they have to quit the bidding. “I do not want to lose the book’s copyright, but these numbers are too unacceptable.” He distributed the latest profit and loss accounts to colleagues.