1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 593 Damn this guy! ! !

If it was before, Lin Weimin would have to go on a business trip to Xiangjiang by himself.

But now he is both the editor-in-chief of the Guowen Society and the president and editor-in-chief of the Tongwen Society. He is too busy with work to spare time.

He promised Li Xuegang the foreign exchange, and he brought it to the agency the next day. The [-] Hong Kong dollars, plus Li Xuegang’s daily subsidy of [-] Hong Kong dollars for his business trip, was enough for him to go to Xiangjiang this time.

Two days later, Li Xuegang set off for Xiangjiang, and there were only three kittens left in Tongwen News Agency.

As soon as he left, the feedback from the first issue of "Kyushu Heroes" came back.

Yu Hua went to Lin Weimin's office emotionally, "Mr. Lin, bookstores around the world are now out of stock, please ask us to print more immediately."

"Is there any summary data for the subscription?"

"Yes." Yu Hua hurriedly handed over a piece of paper, which contained the underwriting data of Xinhua Bookstores in various places this time. "This is the result of the summary in the past two days, nearly 30 copies."

"30 copies? That much?"

Yu Hua grinned at the boss, "Yeah, no one would have thought of that. The bookstore called and said that the readers had very good reviews of "Kyushu Heroes", especially our headline work "No. [-] in the World", which received rave reviews. , Many readers went to bookstores to buy after listening to other people’s recommendations.”

Lin Weimin was very pleased after hearing this, "Okay, once the word-of-mouth effect is formed, the sales of our publications will not worry about it."

"It's because you are far-sighted and strictly control the quality of Toutiao's works that readers welcome it."

"Stop doing this with me! Xue Gang is not here, you should contact the printing factory quickly. The number of additional prints... 40 copies, it only takes three days, and there is such a high order number, there is plenty of time to print more Some."

"Okay, I'll make arrangements now!"

Yu Hua left alive and kicking, and Lin Weimin was equally happy sitting in the office.

He is very confident in "Kyushu Heroes". This publication has condensed the painstaking efforts of the editorial department for nearly half a year. Several editors almost harassed well-known domestic martial arts novel writers for this. Wrote a "No. [-] in the World".

But what he didn't expect was that the first issue was loved by so many readers only a few days after it went on sale.

Tongwen News Agency is a subsidiary company of Guowen News Agency, so the distribution of "Kyushu Heroes" is also handed over to Xinhua Bookstore, and it is normally shipped according to the order quantity.

But sometimes publishers estimate the popularity of books or publications, and they will print a little more to ensure that the follow-up will not cause confusion and mistakes because the books or publications are too popular, but this situation is limited to popular books or publications.

"Kyushu Heroes" has only been released for a few days, and the number of secondary subscriptions from Xinhua Bookstore has reached nearly 30 copies.

It didn't take half a day for the Xinhua Bookstore to report the second subscription number of "Kyushu Heroes", and the number of subscriptions this time has become a well-known news in the Guowen Press.

Less than a week after its release and listing, the 30 copies of the first issue have not yet been sold out, and another [-] copies of the publication have been ordered by other bookstores. What is the concept?
Anyway, in the history of Guowen Society, there has never been such an exaggerated figure.

It is true that "Contemporary" can sell 200 million copies per issue, but it has been done over many years, and it took more than ten years to stabilize this sales volume, and in the past two years, it will sometimes ride a roller coaster and decline.

Compared with "Contemporary", the rise of "Kyushu Heroes" can be called rapid.

This is the first issue!
According to the current situation, I am afraid that 50 copies will not be able to be sold. If there is a third subscription within a month, no matter how much the third subscription is, then the sales volume of "Kyushu Heroes" after the third issue will There is no suspense to break a million.

For any publication that can survive, the sales volume of its first issue must be the lowest in history, and the sales volume of some publications in its heyday may be ten times or eight times that of the first issue. A million is not difficult.

We are not imagining it out of thin air, but summing it up based on years of experience.

It has only been half a year since the establishment of Tongwen News Agency. As their first publication, "Kyushu Heroes" has achieved such results as soon as it was launched, which is amazing.

This originally inconspicuous sub-brand club once again made the colleagues of the Guowen Club look up to each other with admiration.

The sales of "Kyushu Heroes" no longer need Lin Weimin's worries, and his energy is temporarily put on the work of the Guowen Society.

Colleagues from the editor-in-chief's office sent the final manuscripts of several books, including two novels by Liang Fengyi.

The introduction of three works including "Drunken Red Dust", "Oiran Robbery" and "The Dream of a Rich Family" has been successful, and the Guowen Society decided to introduce Liang Fengyi's other works.

In addition, there is also a sample booklet of "Cultural Journey". Yu Qiuyu just resigned from his post as the dean of the Shanghai Theater Academy this month.

Yu Qiuyu is a well-reputed scholar in the theater circle in Shanghai, and at the same time the dean of the Shanghai Academy of Drama. This resignation is due to his resignation several times, and the superior department was forced to agree.

As soon as the news of his resignation came out, there was an uproar in Shanghai's literary circles.

In the literary and art circles in China, it is extremely rare for a cultural official at Yu Qiuyu's level to resign on his own initiative, not to mention that he was determined to resign in spite of repeated obstacles from his superiors.

When Lin Weimin heard the news of his resignation, he immediately urged the editorial office to quickly produce the sample booklet of "Cultural Journey" and print it on the market as soon as possible.

So after a bunch of manuscripts and sample books were sent to him, the first thing Lin Weimin read was the sample booklet of "Cultural Journey", and then he immediately asked the printing factory to hurry up and print it.

This is the first time Yu Qiuyu has published a collection of essays. He is well-known in Shanghai's cultural circles, but not well-known in domestic literary circles. Therefore, the first printed volume of "Cultural Bitter Journey" is not many, only [-] copies.

Lin Weimin has a prophet, but his colleagues in the Guowen Society do not, and he does not want to be too radical, anyway, he can print it again in the future!

A few days later, Li Xuegang, who had gone on a business trip to Xiangjiang, returned to Tongwen News Agency, and gave everyone a few small gifts as soon as they met.

Hearing that "Kyushu Heroes" had been on the market for a few days, the bookstore had ordered another 30 copies. Li Xuegang yelled in surprise, chatted with everyone for a while, and then ran to Lin Weimin to return his life.

The main task of his trip to Xiangjiang this time was to sign a publishing contract with Liang Yusheng. Liang Yusheng had already closed his pen, and Tongwen Press wanted to publish a collection of works for him. Because Jin Yong's works were selling well, Liang Yusheng did not have any resistance.

The only dissatisfaction is that Tongwen Society is not as famous as Guowen Society. He and Jin Yong were famous in the world of martial arts novels in Xiangjiang. Publishing company, dissatisfaction is normal.

But this problem, Lin Weimin had already solved it when he communicated with Liang Yusheng on the phone.

It's very simple, the royalties are a little more than Jin Yong's, and the old man agreed immediately.

So literati, besides loving money, have better face.

In addition to the publishing contract for Liang Yusheng's collection of works, this time Li Xuegang also met the writer Lin Weimin asked him to meet under the recommendation of Liu Yichang.

Among the four writers, Nan Gongbo is the oldest and the earliest to become famous. He started writing at the beginning of the 60s and is good at historical novels. He has published more than [-] novel collections and other works in his lifetime.This time Li Xuegang went to Xiangjiang and did not meet him, because Nangong Bo was invited by Wandao University to give lectures there.

Among the remaining three writers, Wen Rui'an became famous the earliest. In the early 70s, he became a celebrity in the world of martial arts novels in Xiangjiang with the series of "Four Famous Catchers Shocking Guandong". series, "White Clothed Fang Raises Eyebrows" series, "Today's Heroes" series, "Commoner's Appearance" series, "Shenzhou Qixia" series, "Goddess Catch" series, "Ranger Nalan" series...

In a word, this man should be damned! ! !
This time Li Xuegang did meet Wen Rui'an, but he was very shrewd and only handed over the publishing rights of the series "The God of Commoner" to Tongwen News Agency.

The quality of the "Buyi Shenxiang" series is above average among Wen Rui'an's works. Li Xuegang got the publishing rights of this set of works, which is a good harvest.

Huang Ying is the youngest of the four writers. He became famous because of Gu Long, and then worked for ATV. The "zombie series" that many people in later generations are familiar with was created when he was at ATV.

Huang Ying was somewhat similar to Gu Long in terms of creative style because he was fighting for Gu Long in his early years. Some people who liked him believed that his talent was better than Gu Long. "Series etc.

This time Li Xuegang went to Xiangjiang and found out that Huang Ying was suffering from cancer at this time. Hearing that the mainland publishing house wanted to import his works, Huang Ying immediately agreed.

All the works are packaged and published, and there is only one request, the royalties must be paid as soon as possible. He is waiting for the money to save his life!

The last one, Huang Yi, became famous the latest and published his first work in 88. His writing style is different from traditional martial arts, so his reputation in the world of martial arts novels in Xiangjiang is a bit polarized.

In the past two years, I lived in seclusion on Lantau Island and devoted myself to writing. This year, I set up my own publishing house to publish my own works.

Hearing that a mainland publishing house wanted to introduce his works, Huang Yi couldn't wait for it, so Dang even readily agreed.

Among the four writers, Nangong Bo didn't meet, Wen Rui'an won a series of novels, Huang Ying and Huang Yi's works all won, and Li Xuegang's trip was brilliant.

Of course, he went this time only to meet and talk about his intentions, and he had to come back to ask for instructions before finally signing the contract.

After listening to Li Xuegang's report, Lin Weimin's face was full of smiles, he praised him a few words, and then said: "But there is a problem here, some content in Huang Ying and Huang Yi's works is too large. You must check it out. Get their consent first, and if the content is inconvenient to modify, it will not be published. If they need minor repairs, they will modify it themselves if they are willing to modify it.

Li Xuegang nodded, "I understand."

"Okay. I've been out for more than a week. Don't go to work today. Take a half-day rest and come back tomorrow." Lin Weimin said with a smile.

Li Xuegang laughed immediately. Working under Mr. Lin is quite stressful, but it is also very comfortable, and he knows how to care about people.

After Li Xuegang left, Lin Weimin also showed a smile on Lin Weimin's face.

With this achievement, coupled with the success of "Kyushu Heroes", the basic situation of Tongwen News Agency in the next few years is as stable as Mount Tai.

(End of this chapter)