Chapter Forty-Eight: The Emperor's Novel Trilogy
Since mid-May, Su Chenyu has been busy making a strategic plan for Suning's corporate culture, and now it is July and half of it is not completed. Although these corporate cultures can only be summed up in a few hundred words, at most a few thousand words, he has to plan for Suning's future road - how to go in the future.
Su Zhenbang has not been idle during this time, he has traveled to several prefecture-level cities north of the Yangtze River in Donghai Province in more than a month.
To put it mildly, wherever Su Zhenbang went, Suning Electric's chain stores opened, but in the end he stopped in front of the Yangtze River. Although he went to Jinling once, he did not bring the chain store of Suning Electric into Jinling City.
Now Suning has seized the market in the north of the Yangtze River in Donghai Province in advance, and the next step is a comprehensive advertising rollout and a "price killer" strategy. As soon as these two magic weapons came out, Suning Electric quickly gained a firm foothold in various places, and it is gradually growing.
With the opening of these new stores, and in the blank area of the market, Suning's turnover has quadrupled in just one month.
After entering July, Su Chenyu began to go to school honestly again. Although he was very reluctant, with Feng Ying "eyeing him" behind his back, he didn't dare to slip away. Fortunately, he was comforted a lot by the thought that he was about to have a holiday.
Boil, boil, boil, boil, finally got to the time of the fake bird - just after the exam, Su Chenyu disappeared directly in a "flash".
A person who is used to being idle really does not want to be "regulated" again.
Su Zhenbang's starting gas station has now expanded from the original two to more than a dozen, covering every township in the entire ancient city and county.
For a gas station of this nature, Su Chenyu originally just regarded it as a means of primitive capital accumulation. However, after nearly a year of observation, Su Chenyu felt that it was not impossible to make the gas station bigger.
On top of that, he didn't have the idea of turning the gas station into a century-old business, but waited for the two oil giants to auction them off when they made a move — a huge amount of money.
Su Chenyu remembers that in 1998, after the two major oil giants PetroChina and Sinopec were formed, they began to clean up gas stations in various places. In 2000, Sinopec planned to spend more than 25 billion yuan to acquire gas stations in five years, but in fact, by the end of 2003, Sinopec had spent more than 40 billion yuan. As for the other giant, PetroChina, immediately after Sinopec put forward a similar acquisition plan.
Therefore, the two major oil giants began a frantic competition in the field of gas stations, and some gas stations with superior locations were purchased at tens of millions of prices.
Su Chenyu adheres to the principle that it is a bastard not to take advantage of it - and if he doesn't take advantage of it, others will have to take advantage of it. However, Su Chenyu does not plan to start this plan now, because the landlord's family has no surplus food - all the funds are invested in Suning Electric.
So Su Chenyu is waiting, waiting for a way to get the funds in place in one step.
A few days after the exam, Su Chenyu went to the school to get the family report, and the summer vacation of primary school students began.
Soon after the summer vacation began, Su Chenyu ushered in an old acquaintance - Zhong Cheng. Director Zhong is now full of red light, with a spring breeze on his face, Su Chenyu couldn't help but wonder if this Zhong Cheng had encountered those three things-you must know that the only thing that can make a middle-aged man rejuvenate his second spring seems to be promoted, rich, and dead.
Zhong Cheng does have reason to be proud, since the beginning of the year, after "Desire" became popular across the country, as sales continue to soar, his status in the publishing house has also soared.
Some time ago, Deputy Editor-in-Chief Zhong had just been promoted to the editor-in-chief of the editorial department, and he was deeply trusted and appreciated by the president.
"Director Zhong, are you here to send me a manuscript fee this time?" Su Chenyu's first sentence when he saw Zhong Cheng was this, and he had lost his money now.
Zhong Cheng was not embarrassed, but he did have this task on this trip, so he smiled and handed Su Chenyu a check. Su Chenyu didn't look at it, and put it directly in his pocket.
Zhong Cheng excitedly introduced: "The sales of 'Desire' have exceeded 3 million copies at the end of June, which is almost a sales record in our publishing industry. ”
Su Chenyu just listened quietly, then looked at Zhong Cheng and said, "Director Zhong, you didn't just introduce this to me this time, did you?"
"Did you see it?" Zhong Cheng sneered: "That's the case, the "Bright Sword" you gave me last time may not be published now. I'm sorry. ”
Su Chenyu was stunned for a moment, and then said, "It's okay, in fact, I have already guessed that this is the result." ”
"Our president is looking for connections everywhere in the capital, and although everyone who has read it says it is a good book, many of the things in it are still very taboo in the current situation. So, we may not be able to publish it now, but we are still working on it. Zhong Cheng hurriedly explained, he didn't want Su Chenyu to misunderstand.
"It's okay, it's okay. Su Chenyu said with a smile.
In fact, he had thought of it a long time ago, you must know that five years ahead of the era is a unique vision and a trendset, but ten years ahead of the era is either a madman or a genius, and it will definitely not be tolerated by the society at that time.
Zhong Cheng saw that Su Chenyu was not displeased in the slightest, and then said a little embarrassedly: "I don't know if you have any new interviews recently?"
"Yes, a fairy tale has been sent to children and teenagers. Su Chenyu didn't beat around the bush, and said straight to the point.
Listening to Su Chenyu's words, Zhong Cheng was disappointed for a while, but he didn't show it too obviously. Su Chenyu looked at Zhong Cheng's appearance, couldn't help but smile, and then said, "However, I just wrote another historical novel, I don't know if your publishing house can publish it." ”
Zhong Cheng heard Su Chenyu's words, and the love that had just been low suddenly rose, and then he realized that Su Chenyu was teasing him, so he said: "Xiaoyu, you should actually play you Uncle Zhong, what kind of novel, what is it?"
"Writing about an emperor in the Qing Dynasty is called "Yongzheng Dynasty". Su Chenyu said.
Yes, Su Chenyu shamelessly plagiarized Mr. Februaryhe's "Yongzheng Dynasty", there is no way that the TV series adapted from this novel is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and even the iron-faced prime minister of the republic in the future likes this drama very much.
"About Emperor Yongzheng?" Zhong Cheng asked, "Why did you start writing historical novels again?"
"It's okay to be idle, try a few other types. Su Chenyu said and went to his bedroom and took out the manuscript.
Zhong Cheng stood up and took the manuscript, forcibly held back the impatience in his heart, and finally stuffed the manuscript into his bag, and then sat down and chatted with Su Chenyu.
"This book is the first of its kind in the historical genre, and now I'm writing about his Lao Tzu and son. You can package it as a trilogy of "Kangqian Prosperous Times". Su Chenyu said slowly.
Su Chenyu is indeed writing "Kangxi Dynasty" and "Qianlong Dynasty" now, these two books are written after they were re-bulldozed on the basis of the historical dramas of his previous life and based on the "Qing History Manuscript" he read. However, Su Chenyu wrote "Kangxi Dynasty" is also Yali Mountain, you must know that Mr. Februaryhe's "Kangxi Emperor" is in front of the jade, he doesn't think he can surpass that classic, so he just writes his own style.
When Zhong Cheng heard Su Chenyu's words, he was excited for a while, and said a little eagerly: "You have to hurry, I can wait for the rice to go to the pot." ”
""Kangxi Dynasty" may be completed in September, as for "Qianlong Dynasty", I may not have time to write in mid-to-late September, so it is estimated that it will be postponed for a while. Su Chenyu thought about it before he said slowly.
"Okay, okay, just hurry, just hurry. Zhong Cheng didn't urge Su Chenyu, but just repeated excitedly.
"The manuscript fee is still the old rule, according to the proportion of "Desire". ”
"Okay, we're old acquaintances. Zhong Cheng readily agreed.
After talking about business, Su Chenyu and Zhong Cheng chatted casually again, but the most they talked about was the pen name "Chen Shiyu". Zhong Cheng kept lamenting how crazy the fans of "Desire" were at that time, asking who this "Chen Shiyu" was every day, and some people even went to the publishing house to ask.
Zhong Cheng is still a little shocked when he thinks about it now, in this era when people are desperate for knowledge and books, a writer who rises as quickly as a comet but shines as a star has undoubtedly become the idol of countless literary youth.
"I have to thank you for not leaking my information. If my information had been leaked, I guess we wouldn't have had this meeting today. Su Chenyu said to Zhong Cheng with a full color.
He is really grateful to the publisher for not leaking his information, sincerely, but he also has a test of their publisher's intentions.
"It's a trivial matter, since we have promised it, we must have done it. Zhong Cheng said lightly.
But only he knew that the publishing house at that time almost couldn't withstand the pressure from all sides and succumbed, and the president finally tried to protect Su Chenyu's personal information. Now I can't help but sigh in my heart that the president still has a vision, if I gave in at that time, it would be too late to cry now.
"By the way, Xiaoyu, Ba Lao and Ye Lao really want to meet you. Zhong Cheng didn't want to say more about this matter, so he changed the topic and said.
Su Chenyu was shocked, you must know that Ba Lao and Ye Lao are definitely the Taishan Beidou in the current literary world, he didn't expect that the two old men would still know such a small role as him. Although this incident was also mentioned in the newspapers at the time, he only felt that it was nothing more than unrestrained hype when he looked at the perception of the media in later generations. But Su Chenyu didn't expect that the current media is still more conscientious in the industry, and it seems that his prejudice against the media is too deep.
"Really, Ba Lao and Ye Lao really want to see me?" asked Su Chenyu with some uncertainty.
"Of course it's true, when our president went to Beijing to find a way for "Bright Sword", he once met two old people in Beijing, and both old men praised you very much. Zhong Cheng said with certainty.
"That's my pleasure. Su Chenyu said flatteredly.
Later, Zhong Cheng revealed a very interesting information to Su Chenyu, that is, "Desire" may be made into a TV series, and now someone has contacted their publishing house. Su Chenyu was not the slightest surprised by this, you must know that if the drama "Desire" is not put on the screen, it will be unreasonable.
Su Chenyu and Zhong Cheng were chatting, Su Zhenbang came back from outside, and he naturally wanted to treat Director Zhong with some hospitality. Zhong Cheng has nothing to do now, although he can't wait to see the new manuscript of "Yongzheng Dynasty" first, but he is not in a hurry, so he readily agreed.
Zhong Cheng came and went in a hurry, and he returned to Jiangcheng the next day, and he had to hurry back to deal with the work of the editorial department. And he had to do his best to publish the manuscript of the book that was lying in his bag, and he took a cursory look at it yesterday, and it was indeed very good.
After Su Chenyu sent Zhong Cheng away, he originally wanted to rest for two days before starting his own plan, but he didn't expect it......