Rebirth of Rural Literary Life

Chapter 59 Sales are gratifying

Qu Jingnan and Director Wu are about the same age, and they are both engaged in cultural and educational work. They both have a strong bookish atmosphere, but different from the kindness of Director Wu, Qu Jingnan has a serious face and an aura of calm and prestige. , it can be seen that he is an unsmiling person on weekdays.

But after listening to Director Wu's introduction, he couldn't help showing a smile on his face, "Hello, Comrade He Ping. If it weren't for Old Wu, I wouldn't know that there is still such a literary worker in Ping County as you who is enthusiastic about education. .”

"The two of you have won the prize, but it's just a little bit of effort."

"Comrade He Ping, you are humble, and you do your best to do things. You are really a role model for contemporary young people!"

"Okay, stop flattering each other, Xiao He came here today to tell you something serious." Curator Wu interrupted their compliments.

"Two sit down first, I will listen carefully."

After being seated, He Ping briefly recounted the process of printing the copybooks, and then said that he wanted to promote their set of pen copybooks to all primary and secondary schools in the county through the county education bureau, and of course he did not forget to mention the commission.

Qu Jingnan was stroking the pen and copybook that He Ping had brought over. After listening to He Ping's introduction, "It's really a good handwriting. It was really written by a primary school principal?"

He Ping understood Qu Jingnan's thoughts. He was also very surprised when he saw Principal Wang's words.

Compared with the long history of brush calligraphy in China, the fountain pen calligraphy that emerged since the Republic of China is undoubtedly immature. The few accomplished masters who have emerged are far more famous than the calligraphy masters of brush calligraphy. Not as good.

But this does not mean that pen calligraphy is worse than brush calligraphy or has lower aesthetic value. On the contrary, just because pen calligraphy has a shorter history, the methods of imitating objects and copybooks are far from being comparable to brush calligraphy. The difficulty of its practice is even higher.

Since China produced its first fountain pen in 1928, those who can afford a fountain pen are all senior intellectuals who have studied abroad at that time and have learned both Chinese and Western. Calligraphy with a brush often lacks a sharp edge. At that time, people often said that the nib of the fountain pen is not flexible, and it is not easy to make a sharp edge, which is difficult for everyone.

In 1949, Deng Sanmu and Bai Jiao wrote China's first pen copybook "Pen Character Fan". In this copybook, you can still see the strong flavor of the brush.Between the stippling, the most traditional Chinese aesthetics is followed, that is, the aesthetics deeply embodied in various brush characters.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, due to the relatively backward printing industry and the lack of popularization of computers at that time, the definition of a pen calligrapher is only that the writing is uniform and easy to recognize.These calligraphers are not unable to write beautiful characters, but they are limited by the limitations of brush calligraphy and printing, and cannot create a genre that belongs to fountain pen calligraphy.

Qu Jingnan took the copybook and looked at it carefully for a long time, "This block script is dignified, neither soft nor flattering, neutral and peaceful. The only fly in the ointment is that it lacks variety and is a little dull. But this is also a good thing, easy to learn , easy to promote."

After listening to Qu Jingnan's summary, He Ping knew that he should be quite accomplished in calligraphy. When he saw President Wang's handwriting, he felt better than the handwriting of Pang Zhonghua and Tian Yingzhang he copied before, but he couldn't say how good it was. , Qu Jing can hardly see the advantages and disadvantages of this copybook at a glance, which shows the profound attainments.

"Okay, don't show off your little ink, you can play tricks." The old friend curator Wu didn't save face, and said.

Qu Jing didn't feel embarrassed, and retorted: "I have no culture."

The two old men who were nearly [-] years old still bickered like young people, and it is conceivable that the relationship between the two must be good. He Ping pretended that I didn't hear anything.

"Comrade He Ping, there is indeed something extraordinary about your copybook."

With the approval of Qu Jingnan, the head of the Education Bureau, the promotion of the Education Bureau will no longer be difficult. The two agreed that the Education Bureau will promote it to all primary and secondary schools, and the commission will still be [-] cents per set of copybooks. As for the Education Bureau and schools How to distribute profits among them is not something He Ping has to worry about.

After leaving the Education Bureau, curator Wu politely declined He Ping's invitation to have lunch, and went back to the cultural center to eat in the cafeteria alone.

He Ping was thinking about copybooks, and hurried back to Hongqi Commune. With the help of the County Education Bureau, the promotion and sales of pen copybooks will inevitably usher in a period of explosion in a short period of time, except for samples placed in libraries, cultural centers and Hongqi Middle School. Of the 126 sets of copybooks, he only has more than [-] sets of copybooks left in his hand, which is far from satisfying the market for primary and secondary schools in Ping County. He has to call Liang Yuejin quickly and ask him to print the second batch of pen copybooks as soon as possible. The printing volume will be increased this time.

He Ping rode his bicycle to the gate of the commune compound, just as Zhang Guoqiang came back from outside on his bicycle.

"He Ping, where have you been? I went to Hantun to find you." Zhang Guoqiang, who was riding in the cold weather, was sweating, and it seemed that he was riding fast.

"What's the matter? Are you in such a hurry?"

"A man named Liang Yuejin called you and said that the copybooks are all sold out."

He Ping was overjoyed. He didn't expect that Liang Yuejin's side was already sold out just as his side was about to open. It seemed that the decision to bring him in couldn't be more correct.

Without saying a word, He Ping quickly used the commune's phone to call Liang Yuejin back.

"Hey! Brother He Ping, our copybooks are sold out, and they were sold out within two schools." Liang Yuejin's voice on the phone was a little distorted, but he could still hear the joy and excitement in his heart.

"Okay, Yuejin, I just sold more than 100 sets here, and I got online with the County Cultural Bureau and asked them to help promote the publicity."

"Brother He Ping, you are still amazing. With the help of the County Education Bureau, this copybook can't be sold to the sky?"

"You are out of stock, and I will be out of stock in two days. The first priority now is to print copybooks. I have to hurry up. This time I plan to print [-] sets of copybooks. The county and the two places are enough to absorb this amount."

"Listen to you, then I will arrange someone to start work tonight."

"Okay, I'll go there tomorrow."

After a phone call, the two of you finished talking and hung up. It took a total of 2 minutes.

This is the case in this era, where communication resources are very tight, and everyone has developed the habit of speaking quickly, which is why there are stories like "Father returned from a critical illness".

When He Ping made the phone call, Zhang Guoqiang was listening at the side, confused. He was from the County Education Bureau and from Yingchengping County.

After hanging up the phone, seeing Zhang Guoqiang looking confused, He Ping explained to him what he had done.

Zhang Guoqiang gave a thumbs up with admiration on his face: "It's amazing, you cultural people are the best."

(End of this chapter)