Zhuang Yan did not fail Li Boyuan in the end, and still took on some preamble.

"I said in advance that if the preface is not well written, Mr. Li should not be blamed. Zhuang Yan said with a smile.

"Whatever you want to write, as long as the speech does not violate the law, I don't care if you write well or not, as long as you sign your name when the time comes. Li Boyuan waved his hand, saying that this was nothing, what he wanted was Zhuang Yan's name.

Zhuang Yan gritted his teeth, I treat you as a master in vain, I didn't expect you to be so worldly, and the master's demeanor is a lie.

"No matter how you write it, try to hurry up anyway, I hope to see it by tomorrow. ”

As soon as he took it, Li Boyuan urged him to make progress, and Zhuang Yan did not return to the dormitory after saying goodbye to the two old men, but went directly to his office.

There was no one in the office, and he sat alone in it flattening the paper.

However, he did not rush to write the preface, but opened the newspaper samples given to him by Li Boyuan.

It is said to be a newspaper, but it is actually similar to a magazine, and the A4 paper is bound into a thin book, and the thickness is about the same as that of ordinary weekly magazines.

The first few pages are all news, and they are all about the school, including the name change of the school, Zhuang Yan as the principal, and which teachers are coming, all of which were written by Li Boyuan into a press release and put in the front.

It seems that Li Boyuan is not just thinking about running his own newspaper, but also thinking about the school.

After the news, there are all kinds of short stories at the beginning, each of which is only one or two thousand words, and there are a lot of articles.

I picked up two articles and looked at them, most of them are market stories, and some are some officialdom stories of the previous dynasty.

This is not surprising, after all, Li Boyuan and Wu Zhaoren are both condemning famous artists, and writing these things is like a joke.

flipped through and flipped to the back, Zhuang Yan also flipped to the articles of Duan Qirui and Liu E.

Duan Qirui wrote some short stories on the battlefield in the past, which can be regarded as another form of autobiography. And Liu He wrote two or three articles, all of which were miscellaneous talks, one moment talking about calligraphy, one moment talking about tea art, and one moment talking about the law.

In addition to Duan Qirui, there are other people, such as Yan Fu's experience in translation, Luo Zhenyu's knowledge of agriculture, and Wang Guowei's poetry appreciation.

It's heavy!

Zhuang Yan couldn't help but sigh, this magazine is not very well typeset, but I can't bear to have too many bigwigs in it, just ask, who can read Duan Qirui, Liu He, Wang Guowei, Luo Zhenyu, Yan Fu in one magazine at the same time?

Such a magazine, not to mention the content, just rushing at the names of these few people may make many people break their heads.

Zhuang Yan didn't expect Li Boyuan to pull Liu He and them over as pen sticks without making a sound, he had never heard of this before.

In this case, Li Boyuan should have said this matter just now, if he just said that he wanted to say anything to bear the cost himself, Zhuang Yan would definitely rush to seal him.

I don't know what Li Boyuan thinks.

But no matter what Li Boyuan thinks, since he has the support of these bigwigs, Zhuang Yan is full of confidence in this newspaper that looks like a magazine, and he has already decided that adding 5,000 copies is not enough at all, and it will be directly added to 10,000 copies, excluding the 2,000 copies digested by the school, there are still 8,000 copies, and it is estimated that it will not be enough to sell.

He doesn't want to make money from this, but he can create a brand through the newspaper, which has a very positive impact on Shizhong College.

The name of the newspaper is the same as that of the college - Shizhong Newspaper.

The school and the newspaper are closely linked.

Big things can be done.

Li Boyuan is really making the best use of it, Zhuang Yan never thought that he could do this before, maybe he didn't dare to think so, let these masters come over to teach Zhuang Yan already felt that he had enough face, he didn't dare to want them to be his pen again.

But after thinking about it, Zhuang Yan rubbed his chin again and began to think.

He seemed to know why Li Boyuan didn't say anything about Liu He and their writing on it just now.

Because of Liu E, they all confiscated their remuneration, not a dime.

Zhuang Yan thinks that this is not a good thing, forget it once or twice, if you want to continue like this in the future, I am afraid it will not be a good thing for the newspaper and these masters.

This is by no means a sustainable path.

Give money, and give decent money.

It can't be too little, it's too much to lose, and it can't be too much, if it's too much, the copper smell is too heavy, maybe Liu He and they won't want it, and it will look embarrassing to push it back and forth when the time comes.

There is also no transparent market for him to refer to, how much did these masters get for writing manuscripts before? Or Gu Hongming and Kang Youwei at the same level, what are their prices?

Someone asked him to write a manuscript before, and it cost a thousand yuan a word.

But this is too exaggerated, although Zhuang Yan has a lot of money, he can't bear it.

It should be relatively high in the industry, but for a big guy like Liu He, it seems to be a bit low.

After thinking about it, Zhuang Yan decided to set the remuneration for them at 2,000 yuan per thousand words.

The price isn't very high, but it shouldn't make people feel embarrassed.

Two thousand yuan for a thousand words, Zhuang Yan feels that he can still afford it.

However, he did not want to give him this money, and he decided to print 20,000 copies of the newspaper, and this one could not be sold too cheaply, it must be more expensive than ordinary magazines, and the wool still had to be plucked from the sheep.

I don't want to make money, as long as I can settle the manuscript fees of the old gentlemen.

After reading these articles, Zhuang Yan's preface is much easier to write.

"Opening the book is beneficial, not laborious. I would like to introduce to you a very useful newspaper with an open book, and the one you have in your hand is what I want to recommend, some people want to say that this is the Shizhong Monthly, I am the principal of Shizhong College, and I am here to recommend it, which is very boastful. But this newspaper is worth bragging about, in fact, I don't need to say much, as long as you look at the name on the directory, you will know that this newspaper will be worth the money.

If you are an agricultural student, maybe you should turn to page 25 and maybe you will get some knowledge of agronomy from Mr. Luo Zhenyu.

If you love poetry, you can also turn to page 31, and you will be immersed in Mr. Wang Guowei's poetry appreciation.

If you don't like poetry or agriculture, you can also read calligraphy, read Taoism, or enjoy the art of tea.

If you really don't have anything you're interested in, that's okay, our school's web address is in the bottom corner, and you can write your grievances to us. If you don't use the Internet often, you can also write it with a pen and paper, and drop it off at the mailbox on the fifth floor of the staircase of the Political and Educational Office when it gets dark. The reason why I chose it when it was dark was because the editor-in-chief, Mr. Li, was very irritable, and perhaps let him know that you didn't like to read his newspaper, and he would definitely beat you, or at least scold you. ”11