Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Chapter 194 I am the master of my site!
Because Cao Zhiqiang pretended to be drunk, he did not participate in the following links, such as lottery programs and the like.

After the music ended and everyone left satisfied, Cao Zhiqiang secretly sent someone to find Yu Deli and asked him to quietly inform him that after the opening ceremony, everyone didn't have to go to work in the afternoon. They had half a day off and came back to work tomorrow morning.

Of course, you have to pack up the scene before you can have a holiday.

Because Cao Zhiqiang felt that the opening ceremony was so big and the fun was so exciting that people's hearts were wild. If they let people work in the afternoon, the work efficiency must be very poor, so they might as well have a holiday.

In this way, he is also free.

Then, when Cao Zhiqiang arrived at the office building of the publishing house after nine o'clock the next morning, he found that everyone had already arrived.

Not only Yu Deli and the six newcomers he had found were here, but also President Zhou Huai'en and five other old employees from the former Hongguang magazine department.

In other words, everyone is waiting for Cao Zhiqiang, the general manager, alone.

This made Cao Zhiqiang a little embarrassed, but it was impossible for him to go to work at seven o'clock in the morning.

As if seeing Cao Zhiqiang's embarrassment, President Zhou Huai'en was the first to say suddenly: "Actually, General Manager Cao has a lot to do every day, working hard for the publishing house's affairs every day, and yesterday, in order to deal with the leadership, he got drunk on the spot.

This body is a little unwell, so it's understandable to come a little later today, don't you think so? "

The president has said so, what else can everyone say, they are all right.

For this, Cao Zhiqiang could only smile and nod to everyone, expressing his apologies.

Next, Cao Zhiqiang announced in public that since everyone is present, let's go to the conference room for a meeting.

In this way, the first general meeting after the establishment of the publishing house officially began.

As soon as the meeting started, Cao Zhiqiang immediately proposed a new rule, requiring everyone to go to work at nine o'clock in the morning, and to leave work at five o'clock in the afternoon, with lunch break from twelve noon to two o'clock in the afternoon.

This is the so-called nine to five.

In addition, Saturday and Sunday can be closed.

This is the so-called weekend.

Originally, Cao Zhiqiang thought that this proposal must be welcomed by everyone, but who knew that there was a lot of opposition.

Many people feel that this is too loose. Failure to do so will easily lead to mental slack and reduced work efficiency.

This made Cao Zhiqiang stunned. He really didn't expect people in this era to be so simple. As a leek, they always think of capitalists.

What can Cao Zhiqiang do?
Although he is the boss who pays money, he can't fight against public opinion.

In the end, we discussed and discussed, and simply took a compromise.

新方案是，早上08:30上班，中午十二点到下午01:30午休，下午05:30下班。

The weekends are canceled, and we still follow the trend, and only have one day off on Sunday every week.

But on Saturday, the unit will not arrange important work, so everyone can relax appropriately.

In addition, this rule only restricts employees below the general manager, that is, the seven newcomers including Yu Deli.

Cao Zhiqiang, the general manager, and the six old employees who were originally sent by the Hongguang Magazine Department are not within the bounds of this working hours, and their working hours are arbitrary.

After this plan is passed, the next topic, which is also the most important topic, is to start a project!

That's right, the publishing house has opened, but it's just a shell, and there are no actual projects that have received money.

This is like a shell company with a company name but no entity.

If it is a regular publishing house in the nature of a public institution, it is okay, and it will send money as usual if there is any project, after all, there is financial allocation.

So that kind of publishing house, everyone can fish slowly. It is normal for the publishing house to have no money project for more than half a year after its establishment.

But Cao Zhiqiang's Hongguang Publishing House is a contracted operation system, which is purely self-financed.

If you are as slow and not in a hurry as other publishing houses, you may not be able to pay your salary soon.

Fortunately, Cao Zhiqiang had a plan for this matter.

After all, the so-called incoming money project is the content, and Cao Zhiqiang already has the content.

The reason why Cao Zhiqiang set up a publishing house deliberately is to get the distribution channels right first.

With your own distribution channels, making content is trivial.

"As for the project, please don't worry." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "Actually, I have already considered several projects before establishing this publishing house."

Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang paused, and then spoke out his project plan.

It turned out that Cao Zhiqiang already had three projects on hand, representing "far, middle and near".

That is, long-term projects, medium-term projects, and short-term projects.

The first one is the recent project, that is, the project that everyone will do immediately.

This project is to publish a book, but not a collection of poems, but Cao Zhiqiang's "Shattered Void".

The book "Shattered Void" was written by Cao Zhiqiang a long time ago, but Cao Zhiqiang kept it secret and did not find someone to publish it easily.

Well now, with my own publishing house, I can sign a contract with myself, and of course all kinds of discounts can be filled.

In this way, not only can I make a fortune from this book, but the publishing house can also make a fortune from it.

For this reason, Cao Zhiqiang had already investigated and made an estimate.

Assuming that the initial printing volume of this novel is 30 copies, the total printing price will not exceed [-] yuan, and the printing cost of a single book will not exceed [-] yuan, which still requires high-quality printed matter.

If the price of a single book is 25 yuan, then the share of this book is like this.

The first is the issuance cost, generally at 60.00% of the pricing.

In this part, the books are mainly sold in batches to wholesale organizations such as Xinhua Bookstore Publishing House. The share they ask for at this time is generally called a discount.

For example, if the issuer wants 60.00%, it will be 70.00% off, and if it wants [-]%, it will be [-]% off.

The bigger the publishing house, the bigger the discount. For example, the textbooks issued by the People's Publishing House can be discounted up to [-]%.

But for small publishing houses, [-]% off is normal.

And Cao Zhiqiang has a big leader as his backer, so I believe it will be no problem to negotiate a [-]% off wholesale price with Xinhua Bookstore.

Of course, if the publishing house does not sell the books to wholesalers, but engages in wholesale and retail, that is fine, but this is another cost, which is not suitable at present, and can be considered in the future.

After subtracting 25/10 of the distribution cost, a book priced at [-] yuan leaves only [-] yuan profit.

This part of the profit minus the cost of three yuan, there is only a share of seven yuan.

If the circulation can reach 70 copies, it will be an income of [-].

70, thirty-seven points.

The publishing house gets 21% and [-].

I personally take 49% and get [-].

For a publishing house, a book earns 21 yuan, which is really a lot.

Many publishing houses now have a gross income of 2 yuan a year, which is hard to say.

Even though the 80s was a boom in publishing, there were so many types and quantities of books on the market that many of them couldn’t be sold at all, so it’s not bad if you don’t lose money.

It's like the later authors of online novels, just looking at the big names on the head made money, but most of them are still the bottom-level people who are full-time.

The same is true for publishing houses these days. Most of them are Pujie Publishing Houses. There are only a few dozen well-known publishing houses that can really stand out.

Only publishing houses that can sell bestsellers can really make money.

To put it bluntly, in the publishing industry, if you want to make money, you have to win with the content.

In other words, once the book "The Shattered Void" is released, as long as it is priced at 25 yuan a book, it can sell [-] copies. Even according to the outrageous split method of [-]% gross profit, it will be enough for the publishing house to eat for several years.

As for whether this sharing method is scientific or not, is there a problem...

The publishing house is mine!

My game, my turf, my rules!
I said yes, that's fine, and it's okay if you don't!

That bald guy surnamed Zheng can start a children's magazine for himself in two years, and he can eat all the top and bottom, so why can't I?
As for whether "Shattered Void" will sell well, can it sell [-] copies?
Hehe, Cao Zhiqiang is saying less, the actual situation will only get better.

After all, this is only [-]!
At this time, the reform of state-owned enterprises had just begun, and the printing factories were basically state-owned, and they were not yet responsible for their own profits and losses.

This has also caused a phenomenon, that is, domestic piracy is not as rampant as it was later, and even if there is piracy, it is just a minor incident, and the number of pirated books is simply incomparable with genuine books.

Now is not the Internet age, it is so easy to read a pirated book.

But it is also because of this that everyone's entertainment methods are still very backward, and the enthusiasm of Chinese people for martial arts novels is extremely high, far exceeding that in the future.

To put it bluntly, in terms of attractiveness, the martial arts novels of the 80s are far less attractive than the martial arts novels and fantasy novels of the 90s or even after 2000.

Without him, the competitiveness is different.

For martial arts novels after the 90s, the competition is extremely fierce.

Martial arts novels that can stand out from those competitions can basically be judged as fairy grass, and they don't worry about sales at all.

So, a good book like "Shattered Void", which has been evaluated by the masses of the people, has a circulation of [-] copies?
Oh, the layout is small!

According to Cao Zhiqiang's estimate, if this book is really released, it must start with a million copies!
It's just that if one million copies are printed, the cost will be at least 100 million yuan, which Cao Zhiqiang can't afford now.

So he can only print [-] copies first, the purpose is not to test the water, but to quickly withdraw funds.

You know, Cao Zhiqiang decided to use the already famous pseudonym "Qiangzi" as the author's name of this novel.

Although "Qiangzi" is a poet, who said poets can't write martial arts novels?
On the contrary, with the blessing of a famous poet, I believe that the force of this martial arts novel will also be elevated. It will not be the peak when it debuts, but it should be possible to become famous after its debut.

With fame, as long as the content is good, sales will definitely not be a problem.

At the very least, the sales volume at the beginning was no problem, after all, it was blessed by the fame of a famous poet.

In other words, if the pen name "Qiangzi" is added and it is indicated that this is the new work of the poet Qiangzi.

Then the book "Shattered Void" is no longer the treatment of newcomers and new books, but a new work by a well-known author, with its own popularity halo. When it is published, it can speed up the distribution.

The fast issuance speed is equal to the fast return of money.

If you get back the money quickly, you can naturally use the money to continue investing and do a bigger business.

For example, Cao Zhiqiang will talk about mid-term projects and long-term projects next.

(End of this chapter)