Chapter 12: "Green Grass" sells like crazy
"Green Grass" Literary Society, during this time, the entire Literary Club was in an extremely tense state. Early in the morning, before it was time to go to work, Director Ye, as the leader of the Literature Club, came to the Literature Club early.
The literary weekly "Green Grass" has been on a downward slope in recent months, dropping from 1 million copies nationwide to more than 400,000 now. As one of the three major literary weeklies in China, "Green Grass" has slipped from the leading position to the third place, and has not found any turning point, and the third position in circulation is in jeopardy. This made Director Ye's hair fall out in a hurry. Yesterday, I went to Wenguangxin for a meeting, and I was ridiculed by the directors of the other 2 companies.
"Smack! Let me tell you, today's issue has not exceeded 500,000, and this month's bonus and year-end bonus will not be distributed. And from today onwards, all are not allowed to ask for leave, so I will work overtime to do a good job. You're not ashamed, I still want to be embarrassed!. Xiao Cai, go and call Editor Li. Yesterday he asked me to give him the front page, but today!" Director Ye said angrily to the staff of the editorial office.
Named by the director, Li Yi quickly came to the director's office and saw Director Ye sitting at the desk with a big belly, with an angry and sad face. Li Yi shrunk his neck and asked cautiously, "Director, are you looking for me?"
Li Yi, what are you doing in the editorial office, and you have been at the bottom of all four weekly magazines in a row. Are you planning to leave with your bag? I have already given you the front page you asked for last night, and the circulation will not go up today, so don't sit in your editorial position, and change someone. I can't afford to lose that face. As soon as Director Ye saw Li Yi coming, he scolded him with his head and face.
"Director, you are discouraged. I promise that this issue will definitely sell up. Also, that front page is what I ..... last night" In the face of Director Ye's anger, Li Yihan was dripping, and he just wanted to explain, but Director Ye waved his hand and interrupted.
"Don't talk to me. It's 9 o'clock in the morning now, if the sales volume of this issue doesn't reach 500,000 before getting off work in the evening, you can go to the logistics and clean the toilet for me! I don't listen to other explanations, I just want the results, do you know?
Li Yi carefully closed the director's door, wiped the sweat on his head, and came to the editorial office. Seeing the entire editorial office was also panicked, with a look of absence. After all, Director Ye's reprimand, as well as Director Ye's angry roar at Li Yi, were also heard by the entire editorial office. As the boss of the editorial office, Li Yiqiang smiled and encouraged his subordinates, "What are you doing with a sad face, it's not the end of the world." It all cheered me up. Today we're going to make a comeback!"
"Editor-in-chief, the director just spoke, today's issue is not more than 500,000, we all have to eat the northwest wind. Xiao Li from the editorial office said worriedly.
"Yes, editor-in-chief, what do you say? I am still waiting for the year-end bonus to be paid this month's mortgage. “
"Okay, it's going to rain, and my mother is going to get married. All of them are gone, right, sales can go up? Xiao Zhang, I asked you to rehearse the version overnight last night, no problem. And Xiao Li, last night asked you to contact the printing house and ask him to print 50,000 more copies, is it done? Li Yi asked one by one.
"Head, I've done everything you explained, but are you really so confident in those few classical Chinese poems? If this doesn't work, Lao Ye will tear us apart."
"Don't worry, they're all working. I will know if it will be done in the afternoon, and we will do everything that should be done anyway. In fact, Li Yi has no bottom in his heart, although he is optimistic about Zhang Kai's homophone, but he also wants readers to agree. This time, I pressed my future, and if I pressed it, I had a chance to turn over, and I went directly to the logistics report without pressing.
The Literature Club of Beijing University, today the entire Literature Club of Beijing University is discussing one thing. That's the 5 odd articles on the Internet yesterday.
"Have you heard? Last night, someone wrote several identical articles about Professor Yu's strange essay "The Suspicious Doctor of the Remains". I don't know which scholar is so awesome. Professor Yu's homophone was called a classic by many literary bigwigs in the industry before. ”
"Listen, you didn't see how stinky Wang Bo's face was in the morning, haha, let his face grow to the sky all day long. And I know who wrote it, and the other ones are...."
"Ah, how do you know, tell me about it. ”
"I've got this grass week in my hands. When I bought it in the morning, I found out that the homophones from last night had been published in this weekly. You see that the author's name is Zhang Kai, I don't know which everyone's pen name. ”
"Really, I'll go buy a copy and read it. ”
"Boss, give me a copy of "Green Grass", not two. ”
"Boss, 5 copies of "Green Grass", what?
This scene was staged on newsstands and newsstands across the country, and the literary clubs of major colleges and universities, as well as street reading offices, middle-aged and elderly literary clubs, young literature lovers, and other groups all rushed to each other for the weekly "Green Grass" published today. Just to get a glimpse of what the article that has been praised by several major writers in the country as the Five Great Chinese Strange Texts is like early on.
"Qingcao Literature Society, help me distribute another 500 copies. A newspaper owner hurriedly called
"Green grass? I'll add another 1,000 copies" All major bookstores and newspapers across the country have called to replenish their stocks, and they are also frightened by today's strange sales. "Green Grass", which usually doesn't sell much, was sold out early in the morning. And it's all group grabbing, dozens of copies at once, hundreds of copies bought. Many individuals want to buy it, but it is out of stock.
"Head, good news, head" Xiao Zhang looked happy, panting and ran to the editor's office, before the person entered the door, the voice came in from afar.
"What's the good news, Xiao Zhang. Everyone in the editorial office saw Xiao Zhang coming in and hurriedly asked. Recently, there has been too much negative news and no good news. Now there is rare good news to hear, and everyone is looking forward to it.
"yes, let me tell you what's the news. Li Yi also asked curiously.
"Head, it's crazy to sell, and the grass is crazy today. I just came from the sales department, and the whole business department was busy answering the phone calls, all of which were calling to replenish the stock. Mr. Sun, the section chief of the business department, told me that all the 500,000 copies printed today were sold out, and other customers still needed 200,000 copies to replenish the stock. Head, we've made a beautiful comeback. Xiao Zhang said loudly.
"Wow!" the entire editorial office cheered, hugging Editor-in-Chief Li and crying bitterly. For more than a month, they have not been able to raise their heads in the weekly magazine, their sales have not increased, and the entire weekly department has regarded them as sinners. How everyone spent this month, they know the sadness of it. But today I can finally raise my eyebrows, counting the 200,000 copies of the replenishment, and today's sales can reach 700,000 copies. That's 350,000 more than last week. It's so exciting for them.
"It's still the boss who is wise, and directly put 5 strange texts on the front page. “
"No, I think the boss is the best at how to win this article, how difficult it is for us to find a famous author to write an article before, everyone knows. “
"Yes, thanks to the editor-in-chief this time, otherwise I wouldn't know how Lao Ye would be in trouble. “
Li Yi was also excited, he bet right, he didn't have to go to the logistics report, next, as long as he firmly grasped Zhang Kai, his position would be more stable. He believes that a talented literary master like Zhang Kai will definitely publish more and more articles, as long as he closely follows his steps.
Then, Li Yi received a call from Director Ye.
"Lao Li, I also received the news. Haha, good job, keep up the good work. As long as we can return the status of our weekly magazine to the leading position before the end of the year, I will definitely give you a great credit. In the morning, I was a little heavy, but I was also worried about you, worried about our weekly. Don't take it to heart, haha, as soon as I talk about you, you will surprise me immediately. Director Ye said happily.
"This is all Director Ye's leadership, thank you Director Ye, I will continue to work hard to increase the sales of our weekly. Li Yi said modestly.
But now he is most anxious to tell Zhang Kai the good news and establish a good cooperative relationship with him, he has a strong feeling that Zhang Kai will surprise him again.