The first newspaper published in Hong Kong was the Hong Kong Government Gazette, which was published in English on 1 May 1841 and was a gazette for circulation within the Governor's Government and among British citizens.

It was not until 16 years later, in 1857, that Hong Kong had a double-sided printed Chinese commercial newspaper, Hong Kong Bow Price Paper, which was not so much a newspaper as a price list, specially for businessmen to see.

It is precisely because of this that the newspaper did not sell well, and the next year it was acquired by Wu Tingfang, a famous diplomat and jurist in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, retyped and repositioned, and rented a new set of Chinese lead characters, which can be regarded as a real newspaper, that is, the first Chinese newspaper "Zhongwai Xinbao" that developed better and was recognized later.

Up to now, Hong Kong's newspaper industry has been diverse, including the Hong Kong Daily, which specializes in reporting factual news in Hong Kong, the Sing Tao Daily, which reports on foreign developments, the Mafang Daily, which reports on the Book of Horses, and the Ming Pao newspaper, which is famous for its novels.

Huo Yaowen looked at all kinds of newspapers and newspapers on hand, and had to admire Ming Zai's efficiency, in just one day, he collected so many newspapers and periodicals with different arrangements from different newspapers.

After screening out newspapers and periodicals that are not suitable for reporting news, horse classics, dog classics, etc., there are more than 20 copies left in front of Huo Yaowen, and almost all of the remaining newspapers have supplementary periodicals that provide readers with novels, articles, and essays.

"Hong Kong Chinese Poetry Daily", "Hong Kong Wen Wei Po", "Ming Pao", "Sing Tao Daily", "Hong Kong Literature Daily", "Hong Kong Writers' Daily", "Literary World", "Literature and Art Daily", ......

The name of the newspaper was almost the same, which dazzled Huo Yaowen.

He once again shaved out the list of some newspapers provided by Ming Tsai that did not sell well, and there were only five most suitable newspapers left in front of him, namely Ming Pao, Ta Kung Pao, Sing Tao Daily, Hong Kong Wen Wei Po and finally Literary World.

There are only five newspapers left, and the sales are all about the same, and Huo Yaowen also browsed them one by one.

Not to mention "Ming Pao", this newspaper has been serializing Mr. Jin Yong's latest martial arts novel "Smiling Proud Jianghu" since last year, and its sales have always been among the top three newspapers in Hong Kong.

"Hong Kong Wen Wei Po" is committed to serializing many martial arts, essays, romance, science fiction and other articles, with the famous Ni Frame, Yishu, Lin Yanni and others writing contributions, and the sales are not bad.

In the case of "Ta Kung Pao", the sales volume is much worse than the first two, but there is also Liang Yusheng who is writing his latest masterpiece "Hanhai Xiongfeng", this martial arts has not had a great influence in later generations, but it is more popular with readers than Jin Yong's "Smiling Proud Jianghu" at the moment.

Even Jin Yong praised this novel in "Ming Pao" and specially wrote a prose poem:

"The desert and yellow sand are boundless. A young man in white, riding alone. Going north to find his father, it was confusing. After several turmoils, the truth was revealed. Loved ones are gone, husbands and wives are separated. I don't hear the sound and books, and there are many rumors. The ends of the world are next to each other, and the hearts are intimate. The fog clouds will eventually disperse, hand in hand with the end of the world. ”

If this prose poem is put aside until now, there will definitely be some people who think that Jin Yong is ridiculing Liang Yusheng, after all, the storyline of this "Hanhai Heroes" and the hero's encounter are too bloody and routine.

However, as everyone knows, it is this kind of martial arts novel that is very routine in the eyes of later generations, but in Hong Kong today, it is the most novel and bloody martial arts masterpiece mixed with national hatred, family hatred, love and hatred, and confusion!

Similar to Hong Kong Wen Wei Po, Sing Tao Daily has a special supplement to print these martial arts, essays and romances.

"Literary World" is more concentrated, this newspaper is dedicated to publishing novels and essays, in addition to the more popular martial arts, romance, more is to publish some literary works that are loved by literati. In the early years, Sanmao published his thoughts on the study of the huge work "Dream of Red Mansions" in this newspaper, as well as essays such as "Alluring City" and "Lilies of the Plateau".

After reading the contents of these five newspapers, Huo Yaowen frowned, if it is about publishing novels, then it is undoubtedly "Ming Pao", "Hong Kong Wen Wei Po" and "Ta Kung Pao" are the most suitable.

But the part of the supplement of "Ta Kung Pao" that published the novels was too small, in addition to "The Heroic Wind of the Hanhai", which Liang Yusheng is still serializing, there are also several martial arts novels written by unknown authors.

"Hong Kong Wen Wei Po" has so many famous authors who have been famous for a long time, no matter how well Huo Yaowen writes, I am afraid that he may not be able to publish it smoothly, even if it is published, the manuscript fee will definitely be very low, after all, he is a rookie writer, and he has not been tested by the market, no matter how good he writes, it will not help.

The final choice of "Ming Pao", in fact, Huo Yaowen didn't think very much, first of all, "Ming Pao" is currently serializing Mr. Jin Yong's "Smiling Proud Jianghu", in this way, the front page of the supplement must be "Smiling Proud Jianghu", and the novel he wrote must be below no matter what the quality is.

Secondly, Ming Pao has always had the lowest fee for writers in Hong Kong!

Since its inception in 1959 by Mr. Kim Yong, Ming Pao has been developing rapidly and smoothly, not only expanding Ming Pao Monthly two years ago, but also creating a Ming Pao Weekly again at the beginning of this year.

With the subtle concept of industry leader, those literati who chase fame and fortune, as well as writers who hit the streets, have published their novels and essays on the column of "Ming Pao" as honor.

This also subconsciously forces these people who want to publish their articles in newspapers to pay little attention to the relatively low manuscript fees, after all, the concept of "gentlemen speak lightly" has been admired since ancient times.

Since ancient times, literati have valued righteousness over profit,

This also forced the "literati" who could not even eat enough to agree to the low manuscript fee given by Ming Pao that was difficult to support themselves.

Of course, it does not mean that "Ming Pao" is a black factory that exploits people, in fact, although the manuscript fee is very low, it is enough for a person to live a normal life. Think about it, most of the people who can publish articles and essays in newspapers are people of some age, all have families and children, and once they are rejected, they will face the embarrassing situation of lack of money.

To put it simply, publishing articles, novels, and essays in Ming Pao can gain a lot of fame in a short period of time, and can quickly open up the market with yourself as the core, such as Mr. Jin Yong, Mr. Liang Yusheng, etc.

But at the moment, Huo Yaowen doesn't need fame now, he just needs profit!

Fame is a thing, it is naturally good to have it, but now Huo Yaowen doesn't say the miserable thing that he can't even eat, at least he has to change to a new house to live in, how can he always live in cheap public housing if he is a time-traveler who has lived a heavy life!

Isn't this the name of the traverser?

I think so, but now there are so many newspapers that can be chosen, remove those that do not sell well, only the five newspapers and periodicals in front of him, Huo Yaowen scratched the back of his head, he really had a hard time choosing, thinking about whether to choose between "Ming Pao" or "Ta Kung Pao" first, write a little article first, improve his reputation, and then ask the other party to increase the manuscript fee.

Just when he was worrying about which one to choose, suddenly, Huo Yaowen's eyes were attracted by the newspapers scattered all over the place, and he took out the newspaper that attracted his attention and glanced at the name of the newspaper, which was "Hong Kong Commercial Daily".

Under the supplement dedicated to recruitment advertisements, I saw recruitment advertisements that attracted Huo Yaowen:

"The new newspaper is looking for professionals in editing, reviewing, and typesetting. In addition, a large amount of money is widely invited for literati writers to contribute. Address: No. 372, Guizhou Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong, contact person: Mr. Ma, contact number: ..."

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