Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Chapter 220 I'm selling sheep's head and dog meat together
After eating breakfast at a roadside stall, Cao Zhiqiang played three rounds of human strength and went directly to Hongguang Publishing House.

There is no way, except for the publishing house, other places are not very convenient to go.

When I came to the publishing house, I found that there were only two people in the publishing house, one was Niu Shufen who was an accountant and personnel, and the other was Tian Huifen who was a cashier and an administrator.

Not to mention Niu Shufen, she was the old sister Niu, who was nearly fifty years old and belonged to the old school of Hongguang Machinery Factory.

Tian Huifen was found by Yu Deli. She is only 27 years old this year. She worked in a bookbinding factory before, so she is considered a newcomer.

This kind of distribution is actually very normal. After all, the accountant and the cashier cannot be the same person. This is the rule.

No matter how small the Red Light Publishing House is, it still has a national name, and everything has to be done according to the rules.

Of course, because the temple is too small, many people have multiple jobs.

For example, Sister Niu, her main business is an accountant who manages money, but she also has to manage personnel affairs.

When I get busy, I have to help with manuscript review.

And Tian Huifen, her main job is a cashier, but she also has to be responsible for internal administrative matters.

Such as pouring tea and water, purchasing office supplies, and paying wages and benefits.

Even when she was busy, she had to help with illustrations.

That's right, this Tian Huifen was originally an art student, and she is a good painter.

Not only Tian Huifen, but also that old Qian who belongs to the old school, is also very good at drawing illustrations.

Here, Sister Niu was originally an accountant, and Tian Huifen was a cashier, in fact, to drive ducks to the shelves.

Because when Yu Deli was recruiting people, he was looking for professionals in the industry, whether it was editors or artists, and none of them were accountants or cashiers.

The accountant can say that Niu Shufen can continue to work, and she is also willing to continue to use her spare heat.

After all, according to Niu Shufen, it is more comfortable to come to work, drink tea, read newspapers and knit sweaters. If she stays at home, she still has to do this and that, which is too tiring.

This is actually not wrong, because just look at the women in the courtyard who don't go to work, such as Qin Huairu and the third aunt.

In this era, if a woman does not go to work, it is impossible for a woman to be idle, but it means that she will be more tired, because she has to be responsible for the housework of the whole family, which is more tiring than going to work, and it is not flattering.

But if a woman goes to work, the housework can be shared, and no one can say anything.

For some, it's not just a matter of economics, but also a matter of custom.

You are like Niu Shufen. Even if she doesn't work, she still has money. It is said that she has a certain economic status, but so what?
As a woman, if she doesn't go to work now, she still has to do housework at home, otherwise she will be judged by her children, relatives and neighbors, and be regarded as a lazy woman.

This also explains why Niu Shufen could not go to work all day before, but she is still the most diligent one at work, and this is the reason.

It's really cool to work.

Of course, this also varies from person to person, and different families have different situations, so it cannot be generalized.

Originally, Cao Zhiqiang wanted Sister Niu to work as a cashier part-time, but he was unanimously opposed, including Sister Niu.

Because accountants and cashiers cannot be alone, this is a matter of principle.

So in the end, after many choices, Tian Huifen was chosen as the cashier.

The choice of her as a cashier is based on her shyness, she is a local, she is good at settling accounts, and she likes to be honest.

Of course, this is what Yu Deli said, but Cao Zhiqiang thinks there is nothing wrong with it.

Still the same sentence, everything in the current publishing house is newly established, and the accounts are all clear at a glance, so it is difficult to fake.

Moreover, people at this time are relatively more simple and will not easily commit crimes because the cost of committing crimes is too high.

Most importantly, the actual financial power is actually in the hands of Cao Zhiqiang.

When publishing houses need to spend money, Cao Zhiqiang basically specifies major policies first, and then Yu Deli draws up specific plans, including how much money to spend.

Next, Yu Deli showed the specific plan to Cao Zhiqiang. After Cao Zhiqiang signed it, he gave it to Sister Niu to make the account. Sister Niu stamped it here, and then went to the cashier to get the money.

Specifically, it is the printing cost and public relations cost of the two books "Journey to the Rivers and Lakes" and "Shattered Void".

These accounts are all clear and clear, and Cao Zhiqiang himself is clear, so there is no room for fraud.

"Hey, Manager Cao, why are you here so early today?"

It was Niu Shufen who took the initiative to greet Cao Zhiqiang. After all, with her age and qualifications, she could indeed speak in this tone.

"Sister Niu was joking." Cao Zhiqiang said with a chuckle, "It's not that there is something wrong with the recent book sales. I'm worried about something happening, so I came to take a look."

"An accident? Didn't it mean that the sales volume was good? What else could happen?" Niu Shufen asked while knitting a sweater.

Obviously, Niu Shufen didn't know about the sales problem at Xinhua Bookstore yesterday, nor did she know that Hongguang Machinery Factory urgently sent ten trucks to replenish the goods, and then sold books along the local street.

This is also normal, because Cao Zhiqiang was in charge of the overall situation at the Xinhua Bookstore, including calling people to replenish the goods. He also called the factory director Li of the machinery factory first, and then directly picked up the goods from the warehouse of the printing office through the factory director Li.

During the whole process, no one notified the headquarters of Hongguang Publishing House, so it's normal for the left-behind staff like Sister Niu to be unaware of this matter.

Hearing Sister Niu's words, Cao Zhiqiang smiled, sat down opposite her, and told her exactly what happened yesterday.

"That's the way it is. Now you know what's going on, don't you, Sister Niu?"

Sister Niu nodded: "So that's the case, no wonder! No wonder the Writer's Publishing House wants to do that."

"No wonder?" Cao Zhiqiang asked subconsciously.

"You don't know yet?" Sister Niu chuckled, "As for your original poetry collection, I mean your original owner, does the Writer's Publishing House know?"

"I know." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "My first pot of money basically depends on the Writer's Publishing House... No, what are you going to say, what's the matter with the Writer's Publishing House?"

Sister Niu chuckled, continued knitting and said, "That's right, my guy is very familiar with Lao Lu, the vice president of the Writer's Publishing House. He came to my house last night to play chess with my guy. Lu said, the Writers Publishing House has reprinted it again."

"Print again? What to print?"

After saying this sentence, Cao Zhiqiang suddenly thought of something: "You mean, the Writers Publishing House has reprinted my poetry collection, which is the book "The Farthest Distance in the World"?"

"That's the one." Sister Niu said with a smile, "Originally their third edition has not been sold out, but seeing that our new edition of poetry collection "Journey to the Rivers and Lakes" is selling so well, they also want to make money along with it." One stroke, so another 200 million copies were printed, which is a big deal."

Speaking of this, Sister Niu curled her lips: "Hmph, this is because we are jealous of making money, and want to compete with us for business, it's too shameless.

By the way, speaking of it, I was about to tell you about this, why don't you go and say hello to them first and tell them not to do this?

This is too disgusting. "

Hearing this, Cao Zhiqiang was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Don't worry, big sister Niu, they like to print, then print it, print as much as you like, anyway, I have a share in that book, they sell it The more I share, the more I will achieve.”

"No." Sister Niu said, "Aren't you worried that they will steal business from us?"

"Business grabbing? How is that possible?" Cao Zhiqiang smiled and shook his head.

"Sister Niu, you don't really think that our "Journey to the Rivers and Lakes" sells a collection of poems, do you?

In other words, you don't really think that our set of "Journey to the Rivers and Lakes" can sell so well because of those poems, right? "

"What do you mean?" Niu Shufen put down her sweater and asked, "Don't guess the riddle with me, tell me the answer quickly."

Cao Zhiqiang chuckled: "Sister Niu, our set of books is supposed to sell my collection of poems, but it's actually for the accompanying martial arts novel "Shattered Void".

The reason why they were sold together at the beginning was mainly to use the fame of my pseudonym to reduce the risk of distribution.

But in fact, things like poetry are very small stuff, no matter how well written, the audience is very limited.

Anyway, if it was really just selling poetry, my set of "Journey to the Rivers and Lakes" would definitely not be as popular as it is today.

If it is really so popular, the original "The Farthest Distance in the World", which is not much different from the beginning, can do it.

But in fact, although the book "The Farthest Distance in the World" sold well at the beginning, it couldn't achieve the current hot situation at all.

At the beginning, the collection of poems relied on the contacts of the writer's publishing house and the use of national distribution channels to achieve a distribution of hundreds of thousands, but it did not cause a large number of second-hand dealers.

But now our set of "Journey to the Rivers and Lakes" is already in short supply in the city of Beiping, and there are people queuing up to buy books everywhere, let alone people from other places.

Judging from the feedback from the market, the popularity of our set of "Journey to the Rivers and Lakes" far exceeds that of the original "The Farthest Distance in the World".

Here comes the problem. The collection of poems "Distance" has been published for so long, and the popularity has begun to decline. There is no reason for us to republish it. At most ten new poems have been added.

After all, as I said, poetry is a topic with a small audience and not many audiences.

So, what really made our products popular, and what everyone flocked to, was the book "Shattered Void".

Only this kind of martial arts novels that appeal to both refined and popular tastes can be enjoyed by all ages, and can have a wider market and burst out with such high enthusiasm.

In other words, even if we don’t sell the reprinted poetry collection “Journey to the Rivers and Lakes” and simply sell the martial arts novel “Shattered Void”, it will still be popular, but the popularity will be slower and later.

The reason why I agreed to bundling sales before was not only that I would borrow the fame of my pseudonym, but also to think about everyone's psychology.

You see, although martial arts novels are very popular in China today, they are still unrefined stuff and are not favored by mainstream literature.

On the contrary, poetry is now the top card and the most noble existence.

Poetry and martial arts novels are one heaven and one earth.

If a person goes to buy martial arts novels, he may feel ashamed and afraid of being criticized.

But if a person is buying a collection of poetry, it must be very face-saving, and everyone will praise you for your knowledge and connotation.

So, I bundled the noble poetry collection with the unpopular martial arts novel, selling poetry collections as my main business, but I actually carried a martial arts novel.

In this way, it will be very face-saving for others to buy a poetry collection, and at the same time they can get a good-looking martial arts novel.

You won't be looked down upon by others, and you can watch it even more enjoyable, so why not do it? "

"I said so." Sister Niu chuckled, "Are you trying to sell your feelings?"

"Don't speak so harshly." Cao Zhiqiang chuckled, "You can't say that you're selling dog meat, I can only say that I'm selling dog meat together. There are poems and novels, both refined and vulgar."

"I understand." Sister Niu nodded, "That is to say, the main reason why our set of "Journey to the Rivers and Lakes" is so popular is not the set of poems, but the set of gifts, that is, the "Shattered Void" ?”

"That's right!" Cao Zhiqiang nodded with a smile.

"I see." Sister Niu smiled, "It seems that the Writer's Publishing House is going to stumble this time.

They thought it was your collection of poems that became popular again, but they didn't know that it was actually another book that became popular.

Everyone rushed for the accompanying martial arts novel, not the collection of poems.

Oops, you are doing a lot of harm! "

"You can't say that." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "The quality of my poetry collection is still guaranteed. What's more, they made a lot of money before, and the loss is not enough."

As soon as I said this, I heard the phone ringing suddenly.

Niu Shufen was stunned for a moment, put down her sweater, and went to pick up the phone: "Hi, Hongguang Publishing House, who can I call? Ah, oh, yes, yes!"

Speaking of this, Niu Shufen covered the receiver of the phone, and said to Cao Zhiqiang, "Manager, I'm looking for you! It's the factory security department!"

(End of this chapter)