Huo Yaowen chatted with Huo Chengzhi about the publishing house, and the other party told him a lot of recent information about the Education Department's textbooks and books, which made Huo Yaowen feel a lot clearer.

"Nowadays, many secondary schools in Hong Kong have different textbooks, although the general content is according to the content planned by the Education Department, but each school has its own education method, and there are many choices in terms of textbooks.

If you really want to work on this, I think it's best to investigate some schools with similar textbooks, so that you can print them easily.

At the same time, when the government officially issues the document of free compulsory education for six years next year, it will also have the opportunity to run for the unified planning and publication of textbooks. ”

"Hmm. ”

Hearing this, Huo Yaowen pondered for a few seconds, nodded and said, "I know the uncle, I will make a detailed plan." ”

"Hmm. Huo Chengzhi was very satisfied with Huo Yaowen's attitude of planning and then acting, although he just talked about the legislation that the Education Department is still discussing, but it is not a strict and undiscloseable thing.

Huo Zongming didn't know much about what the two were talking about, but seeing that Huo Chengzhi and Huo Yaowen said a lot, he also smiled.

At this time, some voices were heard outside.

After a while, Huo's father walked in from the pawn shop in the front room with his grandmother.

As soon as Huo Zongming saw his grandmother, he walked over excitedly and said, "Brother and sister haven't seen me for a long time!!"

"Big brother, I haven't seen you for many years. ”

When Grandma saw Huo Zongming, her longing for her family also came to her heart, and almost twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Huo Chengzhi, who was sitting on the chair, also hurriedly got up and walked over, looked at Grandma and said, "Erniang." ”

"Cheng Zhi!" Grandma said happily after seeing Huo Chengzhi: "Cheng Zhi is so big now, I heard Cheng Cai say that Yao Zu gave birth to a male cub the day before yesterday, but I didn't expect that I haven't seen you for so many years, you are a grandfather." ”

"Yes. As soon as Huo Chengzhi heard this, he immediately smiled, his son got married and had cubs, not to mention how happy he was.

"Uncle, Brother Cheng Zhi. ”

Huo Chengcai also stepped forward to say hello to the two.

Huo Chengzhi also hugged him happily after seeing his cousin, only then did he notice that only Erniang and Chengcai were the people who came, and wondered: "What about my brother and sister and Tingting?"

"Tingting is still studying in school, there is no holiday today, and I will bring her over next time I am free. ”

Huo Chengcai said this, glanced at his son Huo Yaowen, and said with a smile: "Originally, Yiping said that she would come over together if she wanted to pack up, but there was a new batch of books in the bookstore, and many little girls from nearby schools came to buy them, and they were not available for a while. ”

The family stood in place for a long time to reminisce, and only went to Huo Zongming next to him to speak: "Okay, since everyone has arrived, let's go home for dinner, and the family has already prepared a meal." ”

"Good!" Grandma replied with a smile and nodded.

Soon, the group walked out of the pawn shop and walked towards a residential building next door.

When they arrived at Huo Zongming's house, after seeing the eldest grandmother, the eldest mother, and Huo Yaozu and his wife, the family once again asked for warmth and chatted for a long time.

Grandma may have seen Huo Yaozu's child chubby and very interesting, and while teasing, her heart was itchy, so she said to Huo Yaowen: "Yaowen, you see that your cousin has given birth to cubs, when will you get married and have a child." ”

"Grandma, this is not in a hurry. Huo Yaowen smiled bitterly, he didn't want to get married so early.

"What is early!" Huo Chengcai next to him was also a little envious of his cousin Huo Chengzhi as a grandfather, and said on the side: "When I was as old as you, you were already born. ”

In the face of Huo Chengcai's preaching, Huo Yaowen could only laugh twice, trying to get by.

Huo Yaozu on the side looked at Huo Yaowen's distress, but he was secretly laughing, he was also forced by his family to have no choice before he got married and had children, otherwise according to his temperament, he must still be thinking about being chic for a few years.

"Alright, eat, eat. The grandmother walked out of the kitchen with the dishes, and said with a smile to the few people sitting in the living room.

Half an hour later, after a full meal, the two families sat around the dining table and happily chatted about the past, and occasionally talked about the current situation.

Wait until after two o'clock in the afternoon.

Grandma then offered to take her leave.

Before leaving, Huo Zongming found Huo Yaowen alone and said to him: "Yaowen, if you want to set up a publishing house, grandpa, I will help you keep an eye on these equipment, but if there is a dead pawn, or other pawnshops are sold, I will help you buy it first." ”

Huo Yaowen hurriedly said, "Grandpa is bothering you." ”

"Haha, it should be, I can still do this. Huo Zongming laughed.

......

Literary World Newspaper.

Since he came to work this morning, he has not returned to his office, but has been walking back and forth in the office of the newspaper, listening to the current sales reports from the people below from time to time.

"Editor-in-chief, the bookstore on Nathan Road in Kowloon has just called for another 100 copies. ”

"Editor-in-chief, the scholarly bookstore in Central wants to add fifty more books!"

Editor-in-Chief ......

Since the official release of Huo Yaowen's "Sweet Honey" the day before yesterday, the sales volume on that day was only more than 800 copies, which is strictly speaking, this number is quite high, after all, the author name "Fusheng" is not yet famous, not as well-known as Jin Yong, Ni Frame, Yishu and others, and it is very high to be able to sell 800 copies under publicity.

But the next day, the sales suddenly exploded, directly rising to 3,000 copies, which made Dun McKee very happy, knowing that the 30,000 copies printed by the publishing house might not be enough, so he hurriedly asked the printing house to step up printing.

Sure enough, within a few hours of arriving at the newspaper office today, I heard many bookstore owners calling one after another, saying that they wanted to buy another batch of "Sweet Honey".

So far, according to Dun McKee's preliminary estimates, at least more than 5,000 copies have been added.

In the past three days, the sales volume has exceeded 10,000 copies, which is no worse than the books published by famous artists such as Jin Yong, and perhaps better than some writers who have already become famous.

"Editor-in-chief!"

At this time, the person in charge of the marketing department in charge of contacting Taiwan's Aoki Publishing House walked up to Deng McKee's side and said: "I just received a message from Aoki Publishing House, they said that up to now, more than 20,000 copies have been sold in Taiwan, and they are already asking the printing house to continue printing. ”

"Okay, okay!!"

As soon as he heard that 20,000 copies had been sold in Taiwan, Deng McKee affirmed that the book Sweet Honey would be a big hit.

"Quick, notify the people in the printing house, and print another 50,000 copies!"

"Still printing?" The people in the marketing department were stunned for a moment, and said busily: "50,000 copies have been printed, and if you print another 50,000 copies, the total number will be 130,000, editor-in-chief, are you sure that Hong Kong eats so many books?"

Hong Kong is different from Taiwan, which has a population of just over 4 million at this time, while Taiwan has exceeded 15 million, and according to the current sales of "Sweet Honey", at least this month will be the peak of book purchases.

If nothing else, at least 300,000 copies will be sold in this month!!

This is undoubtedly a big hit!

It stands to reason that the 130,000 copies in the Hong Kong market are still available for food, and excluding ignorant children, the elderly, and those who are illiterate and do not read often, at least 670,000 people can afford to read and buy books.

But the book "Sweet Honey" is different from Jin Yong's martial arts novels or Ni Frame's "Wesley Series", this book is a romance novel, which fundamentally puts an end to the desire of most men to buy, and most of the people who are willing to buy are mainly women, so in other words, Hong Kong can sell 100,000 copies is already very powerful.

At this time, the editor-in-chief actually wanted to reprint again, how could this not surprise the people in the marketing department.

"It's okay, keep printing!" Deng McKee said indifferently: "Now the market for romance novels in Hong Kong is very large, and I believe that 130,000 copies will definitely be able to eat." ”

"Okay. ”

When the people in the marketing department heard what the editor-in-chief said, they could only nod their heads and agree, and then turned around and went to notify the people in the printing house to print.

Deng McKee was excited, thought of something, and hurriedly returned to the office, ready to make a call to Huo Yaowen to inform the other party of the good news.

But unfortunately, Huo Yaowen was not at school at this time.

Even when Dunmckey called the public phone in the public housing, he learned from the operator that there was no one at home.

In this regard, Deng McKee had no choice but to give up.

...

The other side.

After Huo Yaowen's family left Huo Zongming's house, they prepared to go towards the study.

As soon as he got downstairs, Huo Chengcai hurriedly asked his son: "Yaowen, have you written another book?" What is it called "Sweet Honey"?" ”

Huo Yaowen was stunned: "How do you know Lao Dou?"

Immediately, I remembered that my family also opened a bookstore, and I thought that there should be a store, so I nodded with a smile and said: "Yes, the book written in September should have just been sold two days ago." ”

"Haha, your book is so good!!"

Huo Chengcai said happily: "Do you know how well this book has sold in the past two days, not much sold the day before yesterday, but yesterday it sold more than 100 copies directly, and many female students in the neighborhood came to buy it, I thought it was written by that famous artist at first, but as soon as I saw that the author on the title of the book was called Fusheng, I subconsciously thought of you, turned the page and saw the last page, only to be sure that it was you!"

Hearing this, Grandma asked suspiciously, "What? Yaowen has written a book again?"

"Yes, Mom, Yaowen's new book has been selling well recently, aren't there many people going to the bookstore to buy books today?

Early this morning, when the Chengcai Bookstore opened, business was as usual, occasionally one or two people came to buy books, but when it was more than eleven o'clock, the nearby middle school was out of class, and many female students came to the bookstore in groups to buy books, all of which were "Sweet Honey".

This time he was busy, and Huo Chengcai, who was about to close the store, was reluctant to do such a good business, so he left Huo's mother Li Yiping in the store to watch and sell books.

"Is the sales good?" Huo Yaowen also smiled when he heard his father say that it was selling well, he signed a sharing agreement with "Literary World", and the more he sold, the more he naturally earned.

"It's not just good!"

Huo Chengcai said happily: "I have been running a bookstore for so many years, except for the books of Jin Yong, Ni Frame, Liang Yusheng, and Zhang Ailing, your books sell the most in one day, which has sold so well for two consecutive days, I think as more people buy books, more and more will be sold!"

In this era, there is no internet, no mobile phones, and no chat software, so most of a good book is passed on by word of mouth.

As long as enough people buy the book "Sweet Honey" at the beginning, more people will flock to buy it later.

Huo Chengcai almost never reads romance novels, but after finding out that his son wrote them, he also began to read them, and after reading them, he understood why so many little girls came to buy this book.

There are many sentences in it, which are very attractive to the current girls, and even Huo Chengcai, who has never liked to read romance letters, feels that some sentences are indeed written with a poetic feeling.

When Grandma heard that her grandson's books were selling so well, she couldn't help but ask happily, "What kind of book is it?"

"Romance novels, it's ......"

Huo Yaowen was afraid that Grandma wouldn't understand, and was about to explain to her what a romance novel was, but he heard Grandma wave her hand and smile and say: "Isn't it the Mandarin Duck Butterfly Pie?" I also read this kind of book in my early years, Xu Zhenya's "Jade Pear Soul", and Zhang Hatshui's "The Family of Gold Powder" I have both read, and they are both very well written. ”

Huo Yaowen was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that Grandma had studied in a girls' school in Guangzhou in her early years, and he always thought that the old man didn't understand, in fact, many types of books were already popular in the Republic of China.

Grandma continued with a smile: "When I was 18 years old, I was studying in True Light Academy, and at that time, my classmates loved to read Xu Zhenya's "Jade Pear Soul", as well as Zhang Hatshui's "Gold Powder World", and the most impressive thing for me was that there was a female classmate who lived opposite me, she loved "Gold Powder World" the most, and wrote Jin Yanxi, the young master of the Jin family, in the book every day.

At that time, almost all girls' schools in the country were reading "The Family of Gold Powder", and I still remember that there was a young lady from a wealthy family at St. Mary's Girls' School in Shanghai at that time, and after reading this book, she went to find Zhang Hatshui and said that she wanted to marry him! ”

Thinking of the happy memories of studying in the past, Grandma smiled very happily, looked at the good grandson who grew up, and said happily: "Okay, good, my good grandson is about to become a big writer." ”

Huo Chengcai on the side smiled and said: "Mom, you said that someone watched "The Family of Gold Powder" and wanted to marry Zhang Hatshui, I think Yaowen's new writing is also very good, will there be a girl who says she wants to marry Yaowen." ”

When she heard this, Grandma's eyes lit up, and she said happily: "I think it's possible, I've seen Zhang Hatshui, and it's not as handsome as our family Yaowen." ”

Huo Yaowen listened to Grandma and his father's jokes, smiled, and didn't say anything, but he felt that Grandma was in a good mood today, better than every time he saw him before.

When the three of them arrived at the study, they found that there were not many guests in the study, only threes and threes.

Almost all of them are girls.

When Huo Yaowen walked into the study house, there was a girl who bought books, who happened to see him, seemed to think for a few seconds, lowered her head and opened the book in her hand, and in surprise, she hurriedly pulled her companion next to her and said, "Hey, Fangfang, do you see that person is very similar!"

"Baozhu, who are you talking about?" Fang Fang was asked inexplicably, and she couldn't understand what she meant for a while.

"Look!" Baozhu pointed to the black-and-white photo on the book, and then pointed to the man who was talking to the proprietress at the counter, "Like the author of this book??"

Fang Fang looked back and stared at the man with her back to her, because she couldn't see his face clearly, she was also a little puzzled, but when Huo Yaowen turned around, she almost screamed out excitedly, covered her mouth and hurriedly turned around and said, "It's him, it's really him!!"

Baozhu said, "Do you think we should ask him for an autograph?"

Fang Fang hesitated a little and said: "This is not good, it will be troublesome if someone recognizes it." ”

Baozhu glanced at the study, except for the two of them, there were only four or five people, and he also said: "What are you afraid of, this study house is so crowded, we have been in for seven or eight minutes now, and no one recognizes us!"

Fangfang thought about it, it seemed to be such a reason, thought about it, nodded and said, "Okay, let's go over together." ”

"Hmm. ”

When the second daughter walked up to Huo Yaowen, who was helping to move the book, she said with some stumbling: "May I ask if you are the author of Sweet Honey, Mr. Fusheng Huo?"

Huo Yaowen was stunned for a moment, got up and looked back at the two girls, some of them were familiar, as if they had seen them there, but they couldn't remember it for a while. frowned, I don't know how they recognized themselves, but when they looked at the "Sweet Honey" in their hands, they came to a trance, and their photo was printed on the last page of the book, as long as they are not blind, they can see it!!

Thinking of this, Huo Yaowen nodded with a smile and said, "Yes." ”

Baozhu hurriedly said, "Can you sign it for us? We like your book!"

"Okay. ”

Except for Uncle Wang, this is the first time Huo Yaowen has written an autograph for the girl, this time he believes that Huo's father said that his book is going to sell well, and he can meet his book fans in a trip to the bookstore, and he is still very happy.

Huo Yaowen thought that it was the first time to write autographs for the two girls, and after asking for a pen from the counter, he signed his name, thinking that he would leave a good impression on his book fans, so he asked for the names of the two.

"What's your name?"

The second daughter was stunned, but Fangfang whispered: "My name is Xiao Fangfang!"

"My name is Chen Baozhu!"

After Huo Yaowen asked what the words were, he wrote different blessings on the first page of the two books, and when he returned the book to the two, he looked at the somewhat familiar appearance of the two, and combined with the name just now, he looked puzzled and said in surprise: "Are you you!"

Chen Baozhu couldn't hide it, nodded and said, "Yes, Mr. Huo." ”

Compared with Chen Baozhu, Huo Yaowen knows Xiao Fangfang better, this later Fang Shiyu and his mother, can be said to have a very deep impression of her, but at this time Xiao Fangfang is only in her prime, her appearance is very delicate, and she is much younger than later generations, so no one came out just now.

"Mr. Huo has also seen the movies we made?" Xiao Fangfang said with a smile.

"Well, I've seen a little. ”

"Really?!" Chen Baozhu looked like a fan girl and said, "Which of my movies does Mr. Huo like to watch the most?"

"I like it. ”

After speaking, Huo Yaowen felt very embarrassed, he watched the film made by Xiao Fangfang after middle age in the later generations, and the film when he was young before was too long ago, so he hadn't seen it. As for Chen Baozhu, he doesn't even know anyone, he has only heard a little name, it seems to be one of the Seven Princesses, so where have he seen her films.

Afraid that the two would ask about the movie they loved the most, Huo Yaowen hurriedly picked up the pen, took out a notebook by the counter, and said to the two: "That, can you help me sign it?

"Okay!" Xiao Fangfang smiled heartily, took the pen and paper and signed her name.

Chen Baozhu on the side seemed to be even happier than Xiao Fangfang, in addition to signing his name, he also added a special sentence: "I wish Mr. Huo's book "Sweet Honey" is a big hit." ”

After signing the name, perhaps because the time was not early, Xiao Fangfang and Chen Baozhu said goodbye a little reluctantly, and before leaving, they repeatedly said that they would recommend this book to their friends.

Huo Yaowen nodded his head with a smile and thanked him, and waved goodbye to the two at the door.

"Those two little girls are your book lovers?"

Seeing that the people were leaving, Huo Chengcai came over, looked at his son with a smile and said, "Okay, Yaowen, this is all book fans, it seems that what your grandma just said is right." ”

Without waiting for Huo Yaowen to answer, the mother standing at the counter also smiled: "Yaowen, those two girls just now are very beautiful, why don't you leave a contact information? ”

Faced with his parents' words, Huo Yaowen was also a little helpless, so he could only make a haha and mix up the topic.

After the confusion passed, Huo Yaowen remembered Xiao Fangfang and Chen Baozhu just now, but he smiled a little in his heart, but he didn't expect that the two big stars now also like to read their own books.

But think about it, these two are only seventeen or eighteen years old, and it is reasonable to like this kind of romance novel.

...

At this time, Huo Yaowen didn't know that his book had sold 30,000 copies in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and he had been named the prince of romance by many girls.

There is even a girl in Jinling Girls' High School in Taiwan, who specially set up the Taiwan Fusheng Book Fans Association for him, and every day in class, she will recommend this book to many female classmates.

Huo Tingting, who was an afterthought in Diocesan Girls' High School, exploded excitedly when she saw the book "Sweet Honey" in the hands of her classmates, and after determining the pseudonym of Fusheng and the photo on the last page, she was busy taking advantage of the school period to sneak out of the school with Lu Suzhen, regardless of the fact that her home was a bookstore, and directly spent money to buy a copy in a nearby bookstore.

After returning to school, she bragged that the book was written by her brother, which attracted the attention of many girls at once, and they begged Huo Tingting if she could ask her brother for help and sign it.