The recognition of Long Shao, Li Xingmin and others let Ge Wen know that his "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is finally better than the blue, no worse than the version of Mingyue back then, and finally did not insult his painstaking efforts to bury his head into the pile of old papers these days.

With the encouragement of many people, Govin was more confident in writing this book.

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished writing the volume, he began to write Zhu Yunwen's chapter.

As for Long Shao's strong request for "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" to be published by Sanlian Bookstore, his relationship with Sanlian has always been very close, and it is not impossible to hand it over to them for publication. So Long Shao happily took away the manuscript of the first volume of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" "Zhu Yuanzhang".

Before leaving, Long Shao patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, this time the People's Publishing House will definitely give you a higher royalty, at least it will exceed "The Rise of a Great Power"!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Xingmin, Jin Guantao, Chen Mingyuan and others were all envious and surprised.

Since "The Rise of a Great Power" was broadcast on the Central People's Radio, the two magazines "Reader" and "Reading", which serialized "The Rise of a Great Power", have been in short supply in the market.

After seeing this upsurge, the People's Publishing House, which holds the publishing right of "The Rise of a Great Power," even took advantage of the hot iron to launch the book "The Rise of a Great Power." As soon as the book was put on the market, it caused a rush, and the first printing of 500,000 copies was sold out in just one week. The People's Publishing House urgently printed an additional 600,000 copies to curb the craze.

It can be said that in 1984, in addition to Govyn's "Soldier Assault" and the People's Publishing House's "Towards the Future" series, "The Rise of a Great Power" sold the most popular.

This situation has also aroused discussion in the publishing industry, and people in China's publishing industry have discussed it a lot, and then some of the practices of the publishing industry have changed, and some policies have also changed.

Before Gowen, conservatism was rampant in China's publishing industry, strictly abiding by all kinds of old rules, and the publication of a work often paid the author only the manuscript fee, and a single manuscript fee bought the author's copyright, and the author's book was bought later without any relationship with the author.

Since Govyn's birth, several publishers who have dared to eat crabs have signed unprecedented copyright contracts with Govyn. Govin receives his own manuscript fee in the form of royalties, and the more he prints, the more he receives. From a certain point of view, this method is fairer for the author and more motivates the author's creative enthusiasm.

People like Li Xingmin, Jin Guantao, Chen Mingyuan and others are all authors of the "Towards the Future" series, and they signed royalty contracts with the People's Publishing House. The hot sales of the "Towards the Future" series have brought a lot of benefits to several people, making their lives very nourishing.

But several people know very well in their hearts that the proportion of royalties they receive is actually not high, only 7%, while Gowen's "Walden" is 10%, and "The Rise of Great Powers" is 12%.

Now Long Shao said that he wants to give Govin more than the royalties of "The Rise of a Great Power", which means that the royalty expenditure of "Those Things in History" must reach at least 13%!

Another very good income for Govin!

At this time, China has begun to reform and open up, and the people are trying to make money and live a good life.

The few people present are the elite of the younger generation, although they do not pursue wealth, but they also hope to live a prosperous life and live the life they like. It's just that a gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way, and as a cultural person, if he wants to make money, he can only write books and write books, and he never thinks about making other businesses.

In fact, the idea of making money in society now, the concept of money worship has begun to affect them, so Li Xingmin, Jin Guantao, and Chen Mingyuan are all a little jealous of Gowen's level of money.

In addition, several people couldn't figure out why Long Shao made such a promise.

"Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is a history book!

Although several people have a high opinion of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", in China, historical publications have always been bought and sold at a loss!

Long Shao, what's wrong?!

Several people were puzzled in their hearts, but they didn't open their mouths to ask.

Govyn sneered casually: "If you can give me the reprint royalties of "The Rise of a Great Power" quickly, I will burn high incense!" It's not like you don't know that I'm about to be unable to open the pot now, and I'm ......."

"Huh...... I'll go back and urge the finance office. Long Shao was a little embarrassed, as a large state-owned enterprise, the procedure has always been cumbersome.

In the afternoon of the same day, Long Shao really led a staff member of the Finance Office of the People's Publishing House to send a deposit slip to Govern. Of course, at the same time, he also signed the copyright contract for "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" with Gowen.

This time, the People's Publishing House gave Govin a royalty of 14 percent.

It can be said that in the whole of China, the royalties of Govin are currently the highest, even if the old gentlemen of Ba Lao and Bingxin are not as good as him. Because Govyn's books are all bestsellers, every time he can touch the high point of readers, arousing the public's enthusiasm for buying.

Along with Long Shao, in addition to the staff of the People's Publishing House, there was also a middle-aged man wearing glasses.

When everyone was busy just now, this middle-aged man had been standing in front of the bookshelf in the study and admiring the various gadgets on the shelf.

After Long Hao took care of the things at hand, he introduced the middle-aged man to Gewen, and he said: "Gewen, this is Comrade Xu Hao, the director of the editorial department of the Central People's Radio. ”

"Hello." Gewen shook hands with Xu Hao with a hint of doubt.

The only contact I had with the Central People's Radio was the radio program recorded by "The Rise of a Great Power", and the Central People's Radio had already given me the copyright fee, so what did I do when I found myself this time?

Xu Hao shook hands with Ge Wen and said with a smile: "I never knew that you came to Beijing, otherwise, I would have come to visit you a long time ago." ”

"You're so polite."

After greetings, Govin invited Xu Hao to sit down on the sofa in the study.

At this time, the staff of the People's Publishing House had left, and only Gewen, Long Shao and Xu Hao were left in the entire study.

"I'm here this time, but I actually want to ask you for something......"

"You say."

While holding a thermos to pour water for Xu Hao and Long Shao, Gewen motioned for Xu Hao to continue.

"That's right, didn't the People's Radio broadcast your "Rise of a Great Power" before, and after this set of programs was broadcast, it caused a very big sensation. Not only has it caused a very big repercussion in China, but also the Chinese areas abroad have great influence. So we'd like to invite Govin to record a few episodes of the radio program and talk to your listeners about the rise of great powers. ”

Xu Hao took the water cup handed over by Govin and said thank you.

After putting down the thermos, Govin sat down on the single sofa opposite Xu Hao and Long Shao.

"You mean let me record a radio show?"

"That's right. Isn't it going to be the end of the year? At the end of each year, the Central People's Radio Station will record a 'Year Review' program, and this year's "The Rise of a Great Power" radio program is one of the key points. In addition to you, the creator, we also invited Zheng Yuanxu of "Reader", Tu Changshen of "Reading", and Minister ****** He, who made your book a gift program for Taiwan's National Day. Xu Hao explained.

"He Jingzhi He Lao?" Gewen looked at Xu Hao with some surprise, "Have you invited him to the old man's house?" ”

"Yes, Mr. He has always been very supportive of Taili's work."

Hearing Gowen's question, Xu Hao smiled, and then continued to introduce to Gowen: "In fact, in addition to introducing the audience to the story behind the scenes of the show "The Rise of a Great Power", we also want to invite some experts and scholars to discuss the topic of the rise of a great power. ”

Putting down the water glass in his hand, Xu Hao looked at Ge Wen and invited seriously: "I think you, the original author, should be what the listeners want to know the most, so I also ask Ge Wen that you can accept our invitation to come to the People's Radio Station to record a few episodes." ”

Govin fell into deep thought.

There is no problem with recording the show, the point is how long it takes to record the show, if you have to participate in each episode by yourself, it will inevitably delay the creation of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty".

"Minister Xu, I would like to ask, how many episodes do I need to participate in?" Gowen raised his head and looked at Xu Hao.

"Well...... Depending on your time, of course, if you can participate in every session, that's the best. Xu Hao replied honestly.

"Minister Xu, you may not know, but I am busy working on a work right now. You know, writing is a complex spiritual journey, and the better the work, the more the author needs to calm down and write slowly, especially when my work is a historical novel, and I need to write it quietly...... You see, I'll participate in one episode of the show, okay? ”

"Yes." Although Govin only agreed to participate in the recording of one episode of the show, Xu Hao was still very satisfied. This trip was not in vain.

"Okay, then I'll wait for your notification, I promise to be on call." Govin was also very satisfied. After all, the two sides have had an incense relationship, and it is not good to kill them with a rod.

In fact, for Gowen, the role of participating in the show is very limited.

If you just tell the ins and outs of "The Rise of a Great Power" and record the stories in front of and behind the scenes of the radio program, just to satisfy the gossip psychology of the audience, it is simply a waste of your time.

Even if listeners listen to the radio and become interested in themselves, they will go through and buy their own books, what can they do?

Do you have to eat an egg to see which hen laid it?

Interested listeners learn about themselves and buy books as early as when they first listen to the radio. If you don't want to listen to the audience, you just say the flowers, and he is still indifferent.

Besides, I am not short of money now.

If you are discussing the methods and methods of China's rise with those experts and scholars, you can already describe all your thoughts in the Chinese volume of "The Rise of Great Powers", and it is enough to look at "The Rise of Great Powers". Does it have to fight with those experts and scholars?

Gong must be diligent in action, not diligent in playing!

For yourself, the most important thing is to do things diligently.

This is also the reason why Ba Lao didn't say it on the phone before, but wrote a letter to himself.

For me now, the most important thing is to calm down and complete the "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" at hand. (To be continued.) )