giants of the era

Chapter 23 Times Literature Publishing House

The next day, Li Chengzhi went to the relevant units in Taiwan to learn about the conditions for running a newspaper.However, it gave him a blow to the head!
Right now, Taiwan is in a period of martial law, and newspapers are banned. There are only 31 newspapers in Taiwan.Among them, there are [-] newspapers directly operated by the party, government and military; among the [-] private newspapers, most of them are also run by people who are close to the ruling party, but the management rights of the newspapers are completely controlled by the party, government and military. Manipulation, if the newspaper office suddenly has comments that are unfavorable to the government, the government may intervene and require the newspaper operator to transfer ownership.

Of course, the news Li Chengzhi heard was not all bad news. Taiwan Book Publishing House adopts the Western social system, and the threshold is very low. It is easy to register a publishing company!

After Li Chengzhi returned home, he told Li Zetian what he had found out.

Li Zetian was taken aback when he heard the words. In his impression, Taiwan allowed private newspapers to be set up. However, thinking about it now, it should be after Taiwan lifted the ban on newspapers.

In fact, the ban wasn't lifted until 1977!
The reason why Li Zetian first thought of establishing a newspaper rather than a book publishing house is because the newspaper is the mouthpiece and has great influence.With "Ming Pao", Jin Yong not only made him a rich man in Hong Kong, but also became a very influential figure in the Hong Kong government!

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Forget it, the meal needs to be eaten bite by bite, and the road has to be walked step by step!
Let’s set up a newspaper after Taiwan lifts the ban on newspapers!

It is also good to start a publishing house now!

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Li Zetian felt a little regretful in his heart. As a Chinese who loves the motherland, he wanted to own a newspaper in Taiwan that could uphold social publicity, press freedom, and maintain a detached independence without party affiliation. He hoped that the newspaper he created would become one of the many A breath of fresh air in the newspapers! ! !
"Dad, let's set up a publishing house! Instead of distributing the money to other publishing houses, we might as well earn it ourselves! I believe that I will write more and more new books in the future, and our publishing house will not worry about it." Good work! When our funds are strong, we can also sign other writers!!!”

"Well, that's all I can do!"

The start-up capital of the publishing house is enough. "The Devotion of Suspect X" earned Li Zetian more than 3 US dollars, and "White Night Journey" made Li Zetian even more, reaching 9.5 US dollars. In addition, he worked for DEC , Salary plus bonus is also $3.5. Xu Guanjie's new album was released at the beginning of this year, and then quickly became popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan, bringing Li Zetian nearly $4 in royalties.So, he's now worth a total of $20.According to the 1:40 exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and Taiwan dollar, there are 800 million Taiwan dollars, which is considered a huge amount of money in Taiwan.

In addition, Li Zetian's parents naturally made some money while working in Taiwan, especially Li Chengzhi, who served as the head of "Life" magazine, had a good salary and performance bonus, totaling 2.5 US dollars, or 100 million Taiwan dollars.

Li Zetian decided to give 10 US dollars to his father to start a business in Taiwan, and he left 10 US dollars to start a business in the United States!

The next morning, Li Chengzhi formally submitted his resignation, ready to start his own business.Even if "Life" magazine is not sold, but the uncle is gone, he is not willing to work for Li Yuan and Li Jian.Coupled with Li Zetian's encouragement, he is even more determined to stand on his own!

Hearing that "Life" magazine was going to be acquired by another large magazine, people in the company panicked.When Li Chengzhi left, there was no leader in the group. The key point is that he also took Mr.li's resources away, and "Life" magazine might become the second-rate magazine it used to be.

Then a dramatic scene happened. The company that originally planned to buy "Life" magazine at a high price heard that Li Chengzhi had resigned, and immediately cut the purchase price in half!
After Li Yuan and Li Jian got the news, they almost vomited blood.

The person they both looked down on on weekdays slapped them in the face severely, causing them a heavy loss!

However, what is more serious is that people from "Life" magazine resigned one after another, and they all switched to a publishing house called "Times Literature" registered by Li Chengzhi in Taipei!
The talent was gone, and the speed with which Life magazine was declining was astounding.

The company that said it would acquire "Life" magazine immediately changed its tune and said it would give up the acquisition of "Life" magazine!

Although the Times Literature Publishing House has just been established, although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs, including the art editorial department, publishing department, financial department, distribution department, proofreading department, review room, financial department, and administrative office.This was completely beyond Li Zetian's expectations. He never expected that there would be so many people willing to follow his father to start a business together. However, one more person means one more mouth, and the financial pressure is quite high.Li Chengzhi is a sincere and sympathetic person. Others are unemployed, and they come here to rely on him. No matter what, they must be taken in.Li Zetian thought about it, and decided to use the copyrights of "Suspect X's Devotion" and "White Night Walk" as collateral to borrow money from the bank in order to pay the employees' salaries!Fortunately, they also know that this is a start-up company with low salary requirements. After Li Chengzhi promised them that Times Literature Publishing House develops, everyone will have stock options, so they feel at ease and have more motivation to work.

Currently, the main task of the first phase of Times Literature Publishing House is to publish two books written by Li Zetian, "The Devotion of Suspect X" and "White Night Journey"!Of course, it would be even better if you can sign a contract with the works of well-known writers.

Due to lack of funds, it was impossible to print a large number of books, so Li Zetian suggested to his father to use the trick of empty gloves and white wolves!
First, get the money from the channel provider first, and then deliver the goods.

Second, let the printing factory print the books first, and then pay the money.

It is true that not every distributor and printing factory is willing to do this, and some distributors even rely on their own "channel is king" and ask to ship the books first, and then pay when the books are sold.However, there are always some discerning distributors and printing houses who are optimistic about "The Devotion of Suspect X" and "White Night Journey", and they are willing to do what Li Zetian said. Of course, for this kind of partner, Times Literature Publishing The agency can give them more profits.Next, on the one hand, they went to the distributor with the contract signed with the printing factory. When the distributor saw the contract, they naturally had more confidence in "Times Literature Publishing House", and more distributors were willing to pay first. On the other hand, they went to the printing factory with the contract signed with the distributor. The printing factory looked at the contract and thought, since you have found a sales channel, the printed books will have no place to sell. Pay later too!

Under this virtuous circle, Times Literature Publishing House can complete the large-scale publication of books without spending too much money! ! !

Li Zetian was just talking about it, and Li Chengzhi led the team to execute everything.

At this moment, Li Zetian decided to prepare a new book at home, taking advantage of the fact that the leave for leave had not yet arrived.

The more popular novels in this era are martial arts novels, and a large number of famous martial arts novelists have emerged successively. Among them, Jin Yong, Gu Long, and Liang Yusheng are collectively known as the three great masters of Chinese martial arts novels, and are known as the founders of new martial arts novels.

Li Zetian also wanted to be the founder of the mountain.

Once "Zhu Xian" comes out, who will compete with it! ! !

That's right, he plans to write Xiao Dingda's "Zhu Xian" this time, creating a fairy tale fantasy novel!Once this book was published in Taiwan, it soared to the top of the bestseller list in Hong Kong and Taiwan. With its unconstrained imagination and vigorous and magnificent narrative, it quickly became the pinnacle of Chinese fantasy literature and became famous overseas.Together with "Missing Journey" and "Legend of the Little Soldier", it is the only martial arts novel among the "Three Wonderful Books on the Internet", and it is regarded as a classic novel of the same level as the works of Jin Yong, Gu Long, and Huanzhu Louzhu on the Internet. Known as a new generation of domestic fantasy masterpiece with a strong Chinese style, it is comparable to "The Legend of Shushan Swordsman" by the master of Huanzhu!
However, Xiao Ding himself once said that this book has many regrets, including the description of the characters, the handling of the story, etc., which are not the best.

Li Zetian rewrote "Zhu Xian" this time, striving to create a more perfect "Zhu Xian"!
For this reason, Li Zetian retreated for three days and three nights, and wrote a 5-word outline! ! !

(All kinds of requests!!!)
　All kinds of requests! ! !

　　
　
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