"How?" President Wang Qiang was still sipping tea and reading the newspaper, without even glancing at the person in charge of the sales department.

"Judging from the latest feedback from all over the country, from 7 o'clock in the morning to 11 o'clock in the morning, 50% of the outlets have been sold, 20% of the outlets have been sold, and 10% of the outlets have sold out of the 619th issue!"

He spoke quickly, with a slight hint of excitement. After all, if the performance of the entire poetry magazine is good, the benefits of all employees in all departments will rise.

"What, it sells so fast!" Xiao Haitang, the editor-in-chief who had just said that he had figured it out, looked down on it, and wanted to be calm, stood up, his eyes widened, and he couldn't believe it.

Even Wang Qiang, the president who was sitting firmly in Diaoyutai just now, raised his head, his eyes were shining, and he took the report handed by the person in charge of the sales department and quickly browsed it.

This sales speed is also too fast to be shocking.

"Mr. Wang, Mr. Wang!" Another middle-aged woman came into the office. Thirty or forty years old, wearing a professional skirt and stepping on high heels, da-da...... Walk quickly to the president's desk, this is the head of the customer service department.

"Mr. Wang, the phone call of the customer service department is about to be blown up, and they are all asking for additional 619 issues! The middle-aged woman held her mobile phone in front of the president, "Look, the 619th issue of the best poetry vote!"

"There are already more than 40,000 votes for "Hoe He"?" Wang Qiang's eyes became sharper and sharper.

"yes, it's only been more than five hours. The middle-aged woman's tone was also full of excitement, "The other nine poems combined, not as many votes as the poem "Hoe He"! In the past, even if it took a full week, the highest number of votes for the best work was only about 70,000 votes!"

It's record-breaking rhythm!

In order to better collect feedback from readers, the customer service department will conduct a vote on the official website of Love Reading Poetry Magazine for 10 poems, "The best work of the first issue of the first issue", --- time is one week. Obviously, the best work of the 619th issue has been bagged by "Hoe He", and the other 9 poems are too far apart in terms of votes, and it is basically impossible to catch up.

......

"Add a seal, President!" the head of the sales department suddenly shouted excitedly.

It's been a long time since I've heard it in the poetry magazine. Love to read poetry magazines has been for more than half a year, almost unsalable, sellers call to return the goods, and it is very rare to ask for additional printing.

"I'm against printing!" Before the president could speak, Xiao Haitang expressed his objection, "Literature is priceless, how can you see money!"

"Why can't you add printing? If you don't make money, your brain is in water!" The fat man, the person in charge of the sales department, was also anxious when he saw Xiao Haitang's opposition to printing. He is engaged in sales, and he is the most sensitive to the reaction of the market, and he looks down on the editorial department in his bones, thinking that they advertise literati and, and they are all pretending to be high. Without my sales department to sell the products, there will be no profits, what do you eat and drink?

"Have you forgotten the concept of our poetry magazine when it was first published? Staring at money with only one eye in your eyes, isn't it making peers laugh and the world will be infamy!" Xiao Haitang looked directly at the fat man in the sales department and did not flinch.

If Lu Dongchen was here, he would definitely scold Xiao Haitang for having a sick brain, and his sales would go up, wouldn't it be natural to print more, sell more, and make more money in newspapers and periodicals.

However, many literati in this world are so high-minded.

It's not just that I love to read poetry magazines, but other poetry magazines are similar. According to a set of formulas such as sales volume and coverage of their previous issues, they calculate their own printing volume, and each issue is basically fixed and rarely printed. For example, in the past two years, the poetry magazine has been printed and distributed according to 100,000 copies per issue, which is very fixed!

If you want to ask what if you can't sell out? It's very simple, either donate to remote mountainous areas, Hope Primary School, or donate to libraries, cultural centers, or something. In the end, it was really bad, and it was destroyed on the spot. There will definitely be no clearance or price reductions. It stems from only one of their ideas: literature is priceless and cannot be defiled.

If it sells very well, there are no special circumstances, and it is rarely printed. Otherwise, there will not be a lot of people rushing to buy and collect. At this time, they came up with a set of ideas to explain: literature is priceless, and you can't see money.

"Notify Lao Liu of the Finance Department to come over!"

In the face of the dispute between the editorial department and the sales department, the president did not express his attitude on whether to print it, but asked the secretary to call the person in charge of finance.

Lao Liu, the person in charge of the finance department, came over quickly and said that it was "Lao Liu", but he was actually not very old, just in his early forties this year, but his hair was very bald, and he looked a little old.

"Lao Liu, briefly talk about the financial situation of our poetry magazine this year. The president picked up the tea again and tasted it slowly.

"President, recently, our circulation has been fixed at 100,000 copies a week, but basically the period is unsalable, and about 30% of each issue is unsold. After the seller returned the goods, we donated it directly to the Hope Primary School in the remote mountainous area!" said the bald old Liu, raising his eyes to see the president's expression.

It is a good deed of great merit to donate to Hope Primary School, so that children in remote mountainous areas can also enjoy the beauty of literature. The president's face remained unchanged, and he was still drinking tea slowly.

"But President! Our financial figures have been four consecutive months, and we can only keep the income and exit flat, and in the last two months, we have been unable to make ends meet, and we have already lost money!" The bald old Liu saw that the president was indifferent, and he was a little anxious.

As soon as the financial situation was announced, the hearts of everyone present sank, and even Xiao Haitang of the editorial department, who was resolutely opposed to printing just now, no longer said a word. To put it bluntly, literati want to be high, but literati are also people, and they also have to eat. Everyone is an adult, and they all understand that if the entire poetry magazine does not make money, let alone bonuses and benefits, it is estimated that they will not even be able to get a salary.

The fat man in the sales department spoke again: "President, in the past year, it has been the first time that sales have been so hot, and the 619 issue is almost sold out tonight." Let's print it in the afternoon and send it to all outlets overnight in the evening, which will not affect the continued sale tomorrow morning. We can make a lot of money with this, President, this is a rare opportunity!"

The president looked around at everyone present, and it could be seen that the fat man in the sales department, the bald old Liu in the finance department, and the middle-aged woman in the customer service department all supported the printing, and finally he set his eyes on Xiao Haitang in the editorial department.

"Lao Xiao, what do you see?"

The president's subtext, how can Xiao Haitang not understand. After all, the president is in charge of the overall situation, taking into account all aspects, and the president wants to be high and famous, but the interests that come to the mouth will definitely not be easily given up.

Xiao Haitang said helplessly: "It's okay to add prints, but we also have to follow the rules of the industry, so that the teacher is famous, and we can't let our peers laugh at it, saying that we love to read poetry and magazines to see money." ”

knew that his arms couldn't twist his thighs, but Xiao Haitang was still making the last insistence.

The so-called rules in the industry, in fact, are an unspoken rule about printing, to meet two conditions: first, all sales provinces require printing; second, in addition to the best work, there is a vote on whether to print, the number of votes must reach the number of issued.

In other words, 100,000 copies of the 619th issue were issued, and 100,000 votes must be required for online voting.

Many years ago, there was a situation similar to today's, a work was too good, which caused a national craze, but the publication of the poetry journal was to hold the literati's nobility and not print it, which caused strong dissatisfaction among the majority of literature lovers. A demonstration was held in front of the office building of the poetry magazine!

Yes, you read that right, it's a demonstration! This kind of thing is unimaginable in Lu Dongchen's original world, but people in this world are so fond of literature, so paranoid, and so crazy.

Since then, this is an unspoken rule that major poetry newspapers have tacitly acquiesced: if the two conditions mentioned above are met, the poetry journal can be printed. It is not said that literature is priceless, how can you see that the eyes of money are open.

On the contrary, he praised his own behavior: literature has no borders and no discrimination, and everyone should be able to enjoy the beauty of literature, so it was printed.

"How many provinces are required to be printed, and how many votes are printed online?" the president finally said, speaking with the unspoken rules of the industry.

The fat man in the sales department: "The thirty provinces that have been sold to all require printing!"

Middle-aged woman in the customer service department: "100,000 copies of 619 issues have been issued, and the number of votes required to be printed online has reached 60,000. If nothing else, there should be 100,000 votes tonight, which is eligible for printing. ”