Ming Pao.

Shen Baoxin sat in the publicity office, looking at the recent newspaper sales report in his hand, and couldn't help frowning slightly, starting from September 1, in the thirteen days since then, the sales of the newspaper have declined significantly, from 60,000 to 56,500 copies.

There are more than 3,000 fewer newspapers, which means more than 3,000 fewer readers.

Generally speaking, the sales of a big newspaper like Ming Pao, basically unless there is a big change, otherwise, the daily sales are almost the same as yesterday, and the sales have fallen by 3,000 copies in 13 days, which does not seem to be a lot, but in fact it is very serious, and it is almost rare to fall so quickly in the past.

"Jingle Bell ......"

At this time, suddenly the phone rang in the office.

Shen Baoxin subconsciously picked up the phone with one hand and said, "Hey, hello, that one?"

"Hello, is this Mr. Shen?"

"Hmm, I am, may I ask who you are?" Shen Baoxin was stunned.

Huo Yaowen said: "Hello Mr. Shen, I'm Huo Yaowen, you called just now, I don't know what is going on." ”

"Oh, it's Mr. Huo. When Shen Baoxin heard that it was Huo Yaowen, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Hello Mr. Huo, let me introduce myself, I am Shen Baoxin, marketing director of Ming Pao." ”

Huo Yaowen said politely: "Hello Director Shen. ”

Shen Baoxin listened to Huo Yaowen's answer very usually, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart, it stands to reason that his fame is still quite big, ordinary writers are very respectful when they hear their fame, why did the other party answer so plainly?

Shen Baoxin thought so in his heart, but he still said in his mouth: "Mr. Huo, that's the case, I read the "Ghost Blows the Lantern --- Tomb Robbery Notes" written by Mr. Jin and the editor-in-chief Jin, and we both like this novel very much, so here I want to strongly invite Huo Shengneng to come to our newspaper to write, whether it is in terms of manuscript fees or the eye-catching position of the column, it must be the best!"

Huo Yaowen was slightly stunned, wasn't it for that paper? But it seems that he used a pen name to write "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" by himself, how did the people in Ming Pao know his name and phone number? Could it be that the people in the Oriental Newspaper revealed it themselves? Think about it, this is probably the case, after all, no matter what era it is, there are also many people who sell company information.

Huo Yaowen grabbed his hair, looked at Uncle Wang's excited face in front of him, thought for a while and said, "Director Shen, I'm afraid I don't have much time to write recently. ”

Shen Baoxin on the other end of the phone frowned, pondered for a moment, and then changed the topic and asked, "Huo Sheng doesn't know if you are free tomorrow?"

"Yes. Huo Yaowen raised his eyebrows.

Shen Baoxin smiled and said, "I wonder if Huo Sheng can come to Mingbao tomorrow?" After Jin Yong read your book, he has been praising you for writing very well, and he especially wants to meet you and talk to you about the Tianxing Green Capsule Technique in the book. ”

Huo Yaowen pondered for a few seconds and agreed, "Okay, Director Shen." ”

"That's great! I don't know what time Huo Sheng will be free tomorrow? I'm ready to wait for you to arrive. ”

"How's the morning?"

"Yes. Then I will sweep the couch in the newspaper office to greet each other. ”

The two chatted a few more words, and Huo Yaowen hung up the phone.

"Teacher Huo, the people from Ming Pao invited you to write a manuscript?!" Uncle Wang, who was listening clearly, looked at Huo Yaowen with a happy face and asked.

Huo Yaowen nodded: "Hmm." ”

"It's amazing!" Uncle Wang raised his thumb and praised Huo Yaowen again and again, and even the people from Ming Pao took the initiative to call and invite you to write a manuscript.

Huo Yaowen smiled silently, Ming Pao called to invite him to write a manuscript, he really didn't expect that it stands to reason that a newspaper with such a big newspaper would take the initiative to invite people to write manuscripts, but his fame doesn't seem to be so big.

Under Uncle Wang's excited gaze, Huo Yaowen walked out of the door of the management room and went back to the dormitory on the second floor.

Back in the dormitory, Huo Yaowen lay on the bed, pondered, and kept thinking about the invitation to Mingbao.

Now although the first part of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern --- Tomb Robbery Notes" is almost over, there are still seven more than 1.6 million words in the back, if you agree to write Ming Pao, the progress of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern --- Tomb Robbery Notes" may be delayed for a long time.

didn't agree to Ming Pao's invitation, Huo Yaowen was a little reluctant in his heart, this is Ming Pao, the top three newspapers in Hong Kong in terms of sales, and almost all the literati writers who can write on them are the most well-known people in Hong Kong today.

Huo Yaowen's original idea of writing novels was to make money, but in the final analysis, he still recognized himself as a literati writer in his bones, after all, he was engaged in this kind of work in his previous life, and he also liked to write essays.

Now I have the opportunity to publish my article in Hong Kong's largest newspaper, which can be said to be not only an honor, but also a way to increase my popularity more quickly.

After thinking about it for a few minutes, Huo Yaowen is not a hypocritical person, and he roughly has the idea of agreeing to write for Ming Pao, but he has been struggling with what to write!

"Ghost Blowing the Lantern -- Notes on Tomb Robbery" is definitely not good, since it was written in the Oriental Daily, it must be finished, and once they hear that they are going to write for Ming Pao, the people of the Oriental Daily will definitely greatly increase their manuscript fees, so that they can stay in the newspaper office and continue to write "The Ghost Blows the Lamp".

In addition to the theme of tomb robbery, Huo Yaowen can write about many, many novel themes, so many genres in later generations, and there are many torrential streams, fairy tale streams, fantasy streams, and science fiction streams.

There are too many sample books to be drafted in front, and Huo Yaowen can write many books with the help of these ideas.

But throwing out some of the books on fight scenes, it seems that there are not many left.

Scratching his hair, Huo Yaowen had a headache.

Ming Pao, Jin Yong, Martial Arts ......

When Huo Yaowen thinks of Ming Pao's label, most of them are Jin Yong, and when he thinks of Jin Yong, he must think of martial arts.

Thinking of martial arts, Huo Yaowen couldn't help but think of a book that was popular in later generations, if this book is written, it will definitely be able to make a sensation in Hong Kong even more than the tomb robbery novel, but this doesn't seem to be what he is good at, should he write it or not? !

...

The second day, around 10 a.m.

Fok Yiuwen sat on the bus to Ka Yip Street in Chai Wan, looked at the high-rise cars driving all the way, and soon came to Ka Yip Street in Chai Wan.

After getting off the bus, Huo Yaowen glanced at the address of Ming Pao in his hand, looked up and swept the surrounding house numbers, determined the direction, and walked along the right road towards the east.

After a while, I came to the gate of Ming Pao Newspaper Office.

At the door, after tidying up his clothes and holding his glasses, Huo Yaowen walked into the newspaper office with his head held high.

When she came to the front desk, the little girl sitting inside saw Huo Yaowen and immediately stood up and said, "Hello sir." ”

"Hello, I'm Shen Baoxin, Director Shen, I have an appointment. Huo Yaowen said.

"Director Shen?!" The girl at the front desk was stunned for a moment, then opened the notebook, looked at the contents of the schedule, and looked up and asked, "Sir, please ask your surname." ”

"Huo. ”

"Yes, Mr. Huo came to visit in the morning. The girl at the front desk saw the schedule in the notebook, and hurriedly made a phone call to the director's office, and after making sure that the director was not busy, she also hurriedly walked out of the front desk and said, "Mr. Huo, please come with me." ”

"Good. ”

The two walked one after the other, towards the director's office of Ming Pao.

Along the way, Huo Yaowen noticed that the office of Ming Pao was very large, almost as big as the two Oriental Newspapers, and there were a lot more personnel.

Soon, the two came to the door of an office with the words "Marketing Director" hanging on it.

The girl at the front desk knocked on the door.

Wait for the people inside to shout: "Come in".

The girl at the front desk opened the door, walked in first, and said, "Director Shen, Mr. Huo is here." ”

At this time, Huo Yaowen also walked into the house and saw two people sitting in the small office, one of them was sitting in a sliding wheelchair behind the desk, it should be Director Shen Baoxin Shen who called yesterday, but who was the man sitting in front of him, with his back to his back, but he couldn't see his face clearly.

"Huo Sheng is here!" Shen Bao said, immediately got up and walked over, and said with a smile: "Welcome, welcome, I didn't expect Huo Sheng to come over so early." ”

"Hello Director Shen. Huo Yaowen shook hands with the other party and smiled.

Shen Baoxin looked at Huo Yaowen, who was so young in front of him, and was very surprised in his heart, if he hadn't gotten the phone number from the mouth of the Oriental News before, and knew that the author of the ghost blowing the lamp was a young man, otherwise he would have thought that this person was an impostor!

Immediately, thinking of something, he turned his head and smiled: "Lao Jin, haven't you always wanted to talk to the author of the ghost blowing lamp about that Tianxing Green Capsule Technique? Now that Huo Sheng has arrived, why don't you come over and take a look." ”

Huo Yaowen looked at the person with his back on his back, and couldn't help but be stunned, thinking that it couldn't be him!

The man with his back turned around slowly, and after seeing the handsome Huo Yaowen, his brows subconsciously furrowed, but he walked over with a smile on his face and said, "Hello Huo Sheng!"

Sure enough, it's Jin Yong!

Huo Yaowen said with a smile on his face: "Hello Mr. Cha, I didn't expect to see you in the newspaper today!"