Chapter 19: Xiangyu Comics
With the passage of more than two months, Xiangyu Daily has achieved leapfrog development with Li Guangyu's sufficient capital supply, and has topped the ranks of the top newspapers in Xiangjiang with daily sales of more than 100,000 copies, and is listed as the leading newspaper in Xiangjiang along with Oriental Daily, Ming Pao and Sing Tao Daily.
Last month, Xiangyu Publishing House was established, and the first volume of the novel titled "Rebirth of the Flood of Famine" serialized by Huang Yi in Xiangyu Daily was released by the publishing house with more than 250,000 words, and it has achieved more than 100,000 sales as soon as it was listed in Xiangjiang, and so far Xiangjiang has sold more than 200,000 copies.
At RB, Xiangyu Publishing Co., Ltd. cooperated with Iwanami Shoten, and Iwanami Shoten, which was responsible for the distribution of RB at a CIF price of HK$15, while Li Guangyu's cost less than HK$5 per volume.
Perhaps it is because Iwanami Bookstore has a wide range of distribution channels in RB, or it may be that Chinese myths and stories also have a certain influence in RB, and more than 1.5 million copies have been sold in RB in just one month.
Sold 500,000 copies in partnership with Crown Press in Treasure Island and 2.3 million copies in Southeast Asia with local publishers.
On July 4, Lee Guang-woo presided over a meeting at the Federal Building, which was attended by the senior management of the Xiangyu Daily, the publishing house, and the printing house.
Later, people defined this meeting as a landmark meeting of the Li Consortium Culture Group, which determined the formal establishment of the Xiangyu Culture Group, pointed out the way for the future development direction of the group, and laid the foundation for the development of the media group of the Li Foundation.
Li Guangyu said ambitiously at the meeting: "Dear colleagues, after more than two months of development, the company has achieved brilliant results under the leadership of the vice chairman. Today is a day worth celebrating, because of everyone's efforts and the great progress made by the companies, we will officially integrate the resources of each company and establish Xiangyu Culture Group. ”
"I will be the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Group, with Vice Chairman Li Xuemei as the Chief Executive Officer of the Group. ”
Ms. Huang Yanni serves as the chief financial officer, and Ms. Huang has worked in Lee's Taiping Apparel Company for many years and has rich financial experience. ”
Li Yangyang, the manager of the printing plant, served as the group's human resources director, and Zhou Yuanyuan served as the group's administrative manager. Li Chong is the manager of the group's security department. At the same time, Yang Xiu served as the general manager of Xiangyu Daily, and Pu Linbo served as the general manager of the printing house. ”
"As for the vacant position, President Li Xuemei decides, and I hope that you will complete the handover of your duties as soon as possible and better devote yourself to the new work. ”
"Yes, Chairman, we will work hard. The group of people below replied with high emotions.
Li Guangyu waited for the following to be quiet and continued: "President Li, at the same time as the next integration of the group, we will publish our novel magazine, and at the same time, you go to negotiate the acquisition with Xibao and establish our comic company, Shangguan Xiaobao is a talent, and you can promise the company to appoint him as the general manager of our Xiangyu Comics Company." At the same time, we will set up our branches in Baodao and RB so that we can better carry out business in both places. ”
"Okay, chairman, I will arrange the company's affairs in RB and Treasure Island immediately after the meeting. Exceptionally, I will personally go to Shangguan Xiaobao to talk about the acquisition of good news. Strive for a week to set up the group's comic company. Li Xuemei replied to Li Guangyu.
Li Guangyu said: "You register a toy company again, recruit a group of toy design talents, and design a batch of magic weapons in "Rebirth of the Flood Wilderness", such as the Qingping Sword of the Tongtian Sect Master, the Demon Emperor Bell of the Eastern Emperor Taiyi, and several large lotus platforms. At present, our factory has not yet been built, we can temporarily ask the toy company in Xiangjiang to produce some, and take advantage of the fact that our novels are selling well in Baodao RB, as well as the shareholder trend in Southeast Asia, to push out our toys and start our brand. ”
Li Xuemei listened to Li Guangyu's instructions again, and really felt that it was not easy to work with Li Guangyu. Starting from Xingyu Game Company, Li Guangyu's career has continued to expand in the past six months.
No family in Xiangjiang has ever ventured so aggressively towards Li Guangyu, and a new company is established almost every month. And Li Guangyu is often in charge of killing and buriing, only saying a beginning, and the following things have to be done by himself.
However, thinking that he had gone from a department manager to the president of the group in a short period of time, he was instantly full of motivation and all the hard work was left behind.
"Chairman, I will complete the establishment of the toy company as soon as possible, do you have any partners in toy OEM?" asked Li Xuemei.
"I don't know much about the toy manufacturers in Xiangjiang, so you go and investigate, pick a few reputable companies, which family industries are owned by the company, and then I will decide which one will manufacture our toys. ”
Li Guangyu sincerely sighed at Li Xuemei's ability, worthy of being a strong woman, and in just three days, he negotiated with Shangguan Xiaobao about the acquisition of good news, and changed its name to Xiangyu Comics Company.
At the same time, the Xiangyu Toys Company has also been formed, and the first issue of the company's novel magazine has been finalized, and six novels have been serialized at the same time, which is a weekly magazine priced at 3 Hong Kong dollars per copy. At this point, Li Guangyu's layout related to the cultural industry is basically over, and in the second half of 78 years, Li Guangyu will turn his attention to another industry, entertainment media.
In Xiangjiang in July, the TV industry is surging, the status of the wireless boss is unshakable, and Li's has the support of a British-funded consortium and is also ambitious to compete with wireless.
However, as one of the three Jiashi, Jiashi has reached the point of difficulty, and Jiashi's general manager Zhou Liang Shuyi launched the "July Offensive" on July 1, and is carrying out large-scale advertising throughout Hong Kong to make the last bet of Jiashi.
Although Li Guangyu has a 15% stake in Jiayi TV, Li Guangyu has no plans to take over Jiashi now. He is waiting, waiting for Jiashi to go bankrupt, waiting for the Hong Kong government to take over, and then he can negotiate terms with the Hong Kong government, so that the Hong Kong government can lift the restrictions on Jiashi's mandatory educational programs.
Of course, in the next two months, Li Guangyu will pay attention to the personnel changes of Jiayi TV and retain some useful talents.
After nearly half a month of discussions with Cheung Kong Infrastructure, the design of the industrial park was finally completed, and the cost of the industrial park is expected to be close to HK$200 million. Li Guangyu's real estate company has also been established, and Yuan Tianfan is currently the general manager.
Now Li Guangyu feels more and more that there is a lack of talents, the company is expanding too fast, resulting in a serious shortage of talents in his hands, originally wanted to transfer Gan Qinglin to the real estate company, and now the game company is too important, which is the root of Li Guangyu's rapid expansion, and the company can't find a talent who can take over Gan Qinglin's position, so he can only let Yuan Tianfan go to the top.
Mr. Li's secretary has been recruited, and Du Yuemei, 24, graduated from Harvard University with an MBA and has just returned to Hong Kong from the United States. Yuan Tianfan really selects talents for him, this is to have good looks, to have academic qualifications, as for ability, okay, don't mention it for the time being, just graduated from a famous university, the ability must be there, but the experience is seriously insufficient.
The development of enterprises in Xiangjiang is not as interest-oriented as in the United States, and the relationship network of major families in Xiangjiang society is intricate, and many cooperation projects are not the most powerful for you to cooperate with whom, often many times it is to first look at whether there is a need for cooperation between your own project and the family close to your family, and then consider cooperating with others.