Director Huang was reporting the recent situation of the publishing house and the school newspaper with the principal Le Pinchun, when he heard a knock on the door of the conference room, and looked back at the person who opened the door was Huo Yaowen, got up with a smile and said, "Yaowen is here, come and sit, I just talked to the principal about you." ”

Huo Yaowen stepped forward with a smile on his face: "Principal, Director Huang." ”

Evan sat down and talked. The corners of Le Pinchun's mouth grinned, and he reached out and patted the table on his right.

Huo Yaowen nodded, walked to the right side of Le Pinchun and sat down, looked at the faces of Director Huang and Le Pinchun, and couldn't see anything with a smile on his face.

After he sat down, Le Pinchun picked up the school newspaper on the table and praised it: "Evan, I read today's school newspaper, it is very good, some of the articles and papers published on it are very interesting, it seems that you suggested a school newspaper at the beginning It is a great suggestion, I will inform the school finance office later, and pay the publishing house according to the cost price of the school newspaper printing." ”

Although the school has shares in the publishing house, the money for the printing of the school newspaper still has to be paid, but it can be more convenient, and only the cost price needs to be given, which is something that the two sides have discussed before.

Huo Yaowen touched his nose, looked at Le Pinchun's satisfied expression, looked at Director Huang with a light smile and said: "It's good that the principal is satisfied, Director Huang is responsible for the school newspaper, I am just responsible for letting people print it, and it is all the credit of Director Huang to say that it is done well." ”

Director Huang, who was sitting on the side, listened to Huo Yaowen give this credit to himself, and his heart was happy, starting from the school newspaper editorial business, except for Huo Yaowen who had formulated several school newspaper columns earlier, most of them were students or teachers who asked for manuscripts according to the positioning of the columns, and what Director Huang did was to mention the school newspaper to the people of the student union, and then told the teachers of various departments that the school would prepare a school newspaper, and all teachers and students were welcome to actively contribute.

Director Huang coughed twice, smiled and said to Le Pinchun: "Principal, I am also helping to prepare for the preparation, most of the first issue of the school newspaper is compiled and typeset by the students of the student union, and it is also beneficial to the cooperation and active contribution of the teachers and students of the school, otherwise I am afraid that the content of the first issue will not be so rich." ”

"George, I remember your efforts and diligence. Le Pinchun said a word to Director Huang, then sat up straight, looked at the two of them, and did not beat around the bush, and directly explained the purpose of calling Huo Yaowen: "Evan, the main reason for George to call you over this time is to talk to you about the publishing house, I read that the school newspaper said that the publishing house won the order of the Education Department for textbooks in Kowloon under your choice?"

"Well, that's good. ”

Huo Yaowen nodded, he wanted to tell the principal about it during the auction, but at that time, Le Pinchun ran back to the UK, and he didn't rush back until a few days before the school started. ”

"It doesn't matter, the contract signed by the publishing house is based on you, you will always have all the right to make decisions at the University of Hong Kong Press, and you, as the president of the publishing house, have the right and responsibility to make decisions that you think you should make. ”

Le Pinchun shook his head, saying that he didn't care if he didn't tell him about it, folded his hands in front of his chest, leaned back in his chair, and looked at Huo Yaowen with a puzzled face: "I asked you to come over this time, mainly to ask, you won the order from the Education Department at a price lower than the cost price, how should you deal with it in the future? I don't want the publishing house to close down again after only half a year. ”

The matter of money, Huo Yaowen actually has a solution, not to mention anything else, take the sales of "1999" in the United States, there must be 100,000 US dollars, although he can't get it now, but when the editor of Bantan Book Publishing Company comes to Hong Kong, he should be able to advance part of it in advance, and with this money, there is no problem at all to stick to the profitability of the publishing house, but he doesn't want to take too much personal money to fill the hole of the publishing house.

This time, Le Pinchun took the initiative to mention the financial situation of the publishing house, Huo Yaowen squinted slightly, licked his somewhat dry lips, and said what he had discussed with Wu Liande before: "President, I don't know if you remember what I said when I discussed with the school to win the right to operate the University of Hong Kong Press?"

Le Pinchun frowned, thought for a moment, and said in an uncertain tone: "You mean to be the No. 1 educational publishing house in Hong Kong?"

"Yes. Huo Yaowen sat up straight, glanced at the thoughtful Director Huang, and then looked at Le Pinchun: "It is very difficult to become the No. 1 educational publishing house in Hong Kong, there are currently more than three publishing houses in Hong Kong that print educational books, the largest of which is Oxford University Press, they own the copyright of all the academic, educational and other books of the entire Oxford University, and their second edition of the Oxford Dictionary sells very well in Hong Kong, and almost all students from English middle school to university have a copy." ”

Speaking of this, Huo Yaowen paid attention to the faces of the two of them, both waiting for him to continue, and then continued: "I have studied the reasons why the University of Hong Kong Press closed down before, and there are only two points, one is that the academic books published cannot be sold, and the second is that there is no fixed opportunity to maintain the publishing house to continue to publish books. Oxford University Press in Hong Kong, even if they don't publish any books, as long as they print the Oxford Dictionary, then they will be sold in Hong Kong.

I won the order from the Education Department at a price below cost, on the one hand, so that the publisher could have long-term orders to maintain the operation of the publisher, and secondly, to be able to open up sales channels for all primary schools in Hong Kong. I think the principal also saw a passage in the school newspaper that I had invited a dozen professors and lecturers from the school to compile tutorials for the main subjects from grades 1 to 6.

I have arranged for someone to discuss this matter with the principals and directors of the procurement departments of various government schools in Kowloon, and these tutorial books will be sold to students in all schools in Hong Kong under the name of the University of Hong Kong's primary school tutorial books, and this kind of invisible publicity will also bring more students to the University of Hong Kong in the future. ”

Le Pinchun was very interested in the tutoring book that Fok Yaowen said, but what he cared about was that the last sentence that Fok Yaowen said could bring more high-quality students to the University of Hong Kong and improve the popularity of the University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong.

Since 1965, when Professor Macpherson succeeded the interim president as the eighth president of the University of Hong Kong, he has been committed to vigorously developing the number of students and the number of young faculty members, in just three years, the number of students at the University of Hong Kong has increased by 60% compared with the seventh president, and the number of young faculty members of the school is also increasing.

Le Pinchun pondered for a long time, lifted his black-rimmed glasses, and looked at the young Huo Yaowen: "I don't understand the operation of the publishing house, otherwise I wouldn't have chosen to close the publishing house directly after becoming the principal in 65 years to reduce the school's financial situation, so Evan, tell me directly, is there anything you need me or the school to help you?"

Huo Yaowen shook his head, stared at Le Pinchun with burning eyes and said: "I don't need any kind of help from the principal or the school for the publishing house, but when the financial situation of the publishing house is not very good in the early stage, I will borrow from the bank with the land of the publishing house and a series of printing equipment to obtain the preliminary funds to operate this matter, which requires the support of the school." ”

Le Pinchun frowned, looked at Huo Yaowen with a confident face, pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "There is no problem with this, it's just that the school will arrange for someone to verify the place where this loan is used." ”

"Of course. Huo Yaowen laughed lightly, when he wanted to take a mortgage from a publishing house before, he had been thinking about it, and now listening to Le Pinchun's promise, it can be regarded as a matter of letting go of his mind.

"Evan!"

Le Pinchun suddenly shouted Huo Yaowen's English name, thought for a while, looked up at him and said, "I just asked George, and he said that you haven't passed the assessment period yet, but I heard from the students that you taught well, and the school will arrange for you to officially join the company in the near future." Secondly, I wonder if you would be interested in thinking about serving on the school's school board?"

The work of the school board is simply to be eligible to attend meetings of the school's faculty and staff to discuss various administrative tasks within the school, although not all faculty and staff are eligible to participate in the school board.

As soon as he heard that Le Pinchun promoted himself to be a member of the school council, Huo Yaowen wanted to refuse, this job was actually not very easy, he often heard Zhang Chengyi complain that at the committee, everyone had to express their expectations for the school's future planning and various administrative revisions, which was boring and boring.

"No problem, Headmaster. Huo Yaowen smiled and nodded and agreed.

Le Pinchun smiled and said, "Then it's decided, I'll let George handle the relevant procedures for you." Evan, next week's School Board for the new semester I want you to come up with some new ideas, and I love hearing from young faculty and staff, because being young is different. ”

Hearing this, Huo Yaowen's scalp was numb, he touched his nose, and thought about going back and asking how to write an article on a committee like Mr. Zhang.

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In the afternoon of the same day, after Huo Yaowen returned to the dormitory, he made a phone call to Wu Liande in the administrator's office downstairs and informed him to arrange for someone to apply for a loan from a major bank.

Wu Liande asked on the phone: "The school has agreed?"

Huo Yaowen hummed lightly: "The principal agreed, that means that the school agreed, and then borrow as much money as possible, we must rush to print the counseling books and hoard them when the people from the Education Department place orders for us." ”

Wu Liande said: "I have asked someone to take a look at the land of the printing house, according to the current price of real estate in Hong Kong, it is estimated to be worth about 300,000 yuan, and some equipment of the publishing house may not be able to give much loan by the bank, at most 100,000 yuan!"

Huo Yaowen frowned: "That's only 400,000, I think it may be a little insufficient." ”

Wu Liande pondered for a moment: "400,000 yuan should be enough, we buy equipment to buy some old equipment temporarily, which is enough to support the first fund we give to the Education Department, and when the time comes, with the funds of the Education Department, we will continue to buy printing equipment and materials." ”

"Then let's do it first, find someone to apply for a loan as soon as possible, don't let the printing house stay idle, it costs money every day!" Huo Yaowen chuckled.

Wu Liande laughed: "I will do it as soon as possible, it is enough for me to have a meal alone in the club, and I am afraid that the publishing house will not be able to hold on to it." ”

Huo Yaowen listened to what Wu Liande said interestingly, smiled and asked, "By the way, how is the ghost blowing lamp selling now?"

Wu Liande said: "President of the company, you scolded the war in the newspaper, the ghost blowing out the lantern has sold more than 3,000 copies in the past half a month, and the total sales have reached 35,000 copies, and more than 60,000 copies have been sold in Taiwan, but according to my estimate, it is basically difficult to sell the ghost blowing lantern anymore." ”

Hearing that more than 3,000 copies were sold, Huo Yaowen smiled in his heart, it would be good if he could sell it, and it would not be in vain for him to scold the people of the Emperor Daily in the newspaper for a week, but when he thought of the Emperor Daily and Gu Shu Zimo, he couldn't help frowning, this newspaper and this person are both annoying guys, I knew that Ma Rulong was silent when he said that he was going to burn down their newspaper, why bother now I am disgusted when I hear these two names every day.

Throwing out these thoughts, Huo Yaowen picked up the telephone microphone and turned around, glanced at the layout of Uncle Wang's room, and asked, "How many copies are there in the warehouse?"

"There are more than 2,000 copies left, and they will be sold out sooner or later. ”

"Well, then don't print it anymore and sell it out until it runs out. By the way, how much raw material is left in the printing house now?"

"It's not much, just now Editor-in-Chief Zhang came over and asked me if I wanted to replenish the stock. ”

"The replenishment must be replenished, but you can no longer buy it at the previous price, you ask the editor-in-chief Zhang to take the contract of the Education Department order and talk to the people of the paper mill and the ink merchant, and the publishing house will buy a large number of raw materials in the future, and then the price should be suppressed to the lowest as possible. ”

Wu Liande nodded on the other end of the phone and said, "I know this, I'm already making arrangements." ”

Huo Yaowen said: "I may be a little busy recently, and I have no time to take care of the affairs of the publishing house, so if there is anything in chief Wu, call the phone number of my dormitory directly, and I will call you back as soon as possible." ”

"Well, okay president. After Wu Liande finished speaking, he suddenly remembered the phone call in the morning, and also said: "By the way, president, in the morning, Li Hanxiang called and said that the movie had started filming in Hong Kong, and asked if you had time to go over and watch it." ”

Huo Yaowen was stunned, it was only a dozen days of work, and he had already prepared the crew and funds, which was really fast enough.

"Okay, I know, give me Li Hanxiang's phone, and I'll take a look at it then." ”

As his first work adapted into a movie, Huo Yaowen must have gone to the scene to take a look, but when he thought of the book, he thought of Mark of Bantan Book Publishing Company, the other party said that he would come to Hong Kong in April, although I don't know what time it is, but it is only a few days before April, who knows when he will come, I can't help but have a headache, it seems that I will be busy for a while.

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