As the largest folk society of calligraphy and seal carving in China, Xiling Seal Society's publishing houses on calligraphy and other publications often become popular reading materials in the domestic book world, and the number of books published every year is strictly controlled, which is also the reason why many calligraphers frequently submit articles to Xiling and want to publish their own works.

Recognized by the Xiling Printing Society, this is undoubtedly a pass to enter the China Calligraphy Association. However, such an opportunity is too difficult, ordinary publishing houses, the review is reviewed by the editor, the president, but Xiling Printing Press, the publication of calligraphy-related books, are voted by the board of directors of the printing society, the president of the printing society, before sending to the publishing house for publication, from a professional point of view, this is undoubtedly a hurdle.

In this day and age, it's all too easy to want to publish a book. As long as you are willing to spend money, even a child of five or six years old, with the consent of his guardian, can publish his own book, but it will not be sold.

The first edition of the trial issue of "Liujia Lingfei Jing" jointly published by Zhong Yue and Qian Yunyao was immediately printed after the review was correct. There are 50,000 copies in total, and if you go back 20 years, the number of 50,000 copies may be insignificant. At that time, electronic products were not developed, and people's reading channels were mainly paper books, but now it is different from the past, the emergence of electronic products, impacting the traditional book market, even some best-selling books, are synchronous network electronic versions for paid reading, so the sales of published books, is also a sharp decline, but paper books, will never be replaced by e-books.

In particular, it is even more impossible to publish books on calligraphy.

The number of 50,000 copies, for Xiling Printing Society, this is also the largest printing volume of related books published in recent years, in the past, these calligraphy were published and read, at best, the first edition was controlled at about 10,000 copies, mainly because the audience of calligraphy is not all readers, but for a part of the readers, which has become a niche in disguise. It is also true that the books on calligraphy in major bookstores are often not placed on the bestseller shelves or in a conspicuous place, but there will be a special unpopular corner where calligraphy books have been published for 2,000 years from ancient times to the present.

To a calligrapher, this sounds a little sad. In the past two thousand years, there have been many famous giants in the book world, as large as the sage, the grass sage, and the four families, and as small as the famous calligraphers of all dynasties and generations, some of these people are literati and ink writers, not specializing in calligraphy, but inadvertently, they have become calligraphers, and some are calligraphers, making a living by eating with pen and ink.

Since the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, Xiling Seal Society has been located at the foot of the lonely mountain in Lin'an City, and after a hundred years, it still stands on the bank of the West Lake. Seven generations of gold and stone, calligraphy seal carving everyone passed down the torch, from the beginning of a few people, slowly developed to dozens of people, to the present hundreds, Xiling people have always been the most outstanding representatives of calligraphy and seal carving.

The original site has now been opened as a scenic spot, and the current India Society is in an office building on Gushan Road. Unlike other conventional companies, the directors and members of the Printing Society cannot get together all the year round to engage in calligraphy and seal carving, most of the members and directors are distributed all over the country, just like Zhang Heping, and only when the Printing Society organizes activities every year, they will get together.

Of course, the president, executive president and executive director of the Printing Press, as well as several resident directors, are still in office all the year round, and in addition to managing the affairs of the Printing Press, some of the review documents of the publishing house are also finally signed and approved by them.

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Xiling Printing Press****

"President Shao. ”

"Come in. ”

A middle-aged man walked into the office of the Printing Society, holding a document in his hand, looking preoccupied.

"What's wrong, Bochang?"

The middle-aged man's name is Ji Bochang, and he is the executive director of the Xiling Printing Society. In the past, the printing agency was small in scale and did not have any daily affairs, so the people who served as the printing agency were generally the older generation with seniority in the industry. The older generation has the respect of the older generation, but the inconvenience is that the energy of the elderly is not good, and now the printing society also has publishing houses, regular periodicals, etc., and also organizes some cultural activities, so that these old men and old ladies who are not proficient in planning to preside, it is simply to find fault for them.

As a result, the positions of executive president and resident director were created to share the burden of these highly respected people.

"President Shao, isn't the first issue of the complete book of "Liujia Lingfei Sutra" only 2,000 copies handed over to the publishing department before? At that time, I thought that this number was a bit much, but because of Qian Lao's face, I was embarrassed to bring it up, what is the matter now? 50,000? You are making an international joke!"

After Ji Bochang finished speaking, he leaned back in his chair and took a deep breath, "I'm sorry, president, I was a little excited just now, and my words were a little inappropriate, please forgive me." ”

Shao Shouyun wore a shirt and a suit hanging on the hanger on the side, and said, "It's okay." Some of the personalities of young people are good, when I was a director of the Indian Society, dozens of people, sitting together happily, everyone, you compliment me, I compliment you, and when it's time to do things, you push me and I push yours, nothing can be done, Xiling, or have to inject fresh blood. ”

"That's what you're saying. This is also the responsibility of me, the executive president, but what about you, this time for such a big matter, you directly bypassed me and signed the approval for the publishing department. 50,000 copies, 50,000 copies! My God, President Shao, are you going to sell it as a best-selling work? You don't know how much this calligraphy publication sells, and if you can sell 5,000 copies, it will already be the best to sell 50,000 copies, and this is to keep the book and prepare to burn it for the New Year?"

"Haha. Shao Shouyun took a sip of the tea poured on the table, "Bochang, why didn't I find out that your mouth was so poor before?"

"President Shao, my teacher Shao! Don't play Tai Chi with me? What should I do if I can't sell these 50,000 copies? Have you thought about it? I read the signing contract, and I don't know if Qian Lao is too arrogant or really confused, the responsible party actually signed his name, this is not to find guilt? He bears the loss? Crazy him!"

"Bochang, it's okay. You dissipate your anger. You don't care about it. These 50,000 copies will naturally be sold, and I will guarantee this. ”

Ji Bochang straightened up, "Guarantee? What guarantee do you have? I really don't understand, I don't approve of publishing this book in the first place." A young man who is not famous, if he hadn't rubbed the light of Qian Lao, where would he get a pass to Xiling?"

"Alright, alright. You don't care about this matter, don't worry, the book is sold. How big is it?"

Ji Bochang shook his head and smiled: "There are no calligraphy publications that exceed the number of five thousand copies, President Shao, if it exceeds this number, I will invite you to dinner." ”

Knock knock!

"Please come in. ”

"Hello, President Shao, I have an urgent matter with President Ji. ”

"What's the matter, just say it. Ji Bochang looked at the external liaison director of the publishing department with a anxious look and said with some distraction.

"The major Xinhua bookstores called, the whole book of "Liujia Lingfei Jing" was sold out, and the 10,000 copies that had just been put on the market were sold out within three days, and they were in urgent need of supplements. ”

Ji Bochang looked like he had seen a ghost, and stood up directly, "What!?"