Hong Kong in October is as warm as spring.

Teresa Teng's arrival in Hong Kong has added a few buzz to Hong Kong.

At this time, Teresa Teng was cooperating with Hong Kong PolyGram to produce the Cantonese record of the first chapter. This album "Incompatible" album, in addition to the cover of "Cangyang Gyatso Love Song" in Cantonese, the other songs "Forget Him" are the most classic.

Of course, Teresa Teng's Cantonese songs have always received less attention than her Chinese songs around the world. The only thing that can really make Teresa Teng an absolute classic is Chinese songs!

"I wish Lijun's first Cantonese record a big hit in advance!" Zhang Shaojie said with a smile.

Teresa Teng smiled sweetly: "Thank you Shaojie for your compliment, and I wish you all kinds of works in advance to reach a higher level of popularity!" ”

Hearing Teresa Teng's blessing, Zhang Shaojie's mind began to drift outside Hong Kong. For Zhang Shaojie, Hong Kong's stage is too small. Whether it is his literary works or other creative works, the only way to develop is to enter the mainland market with a population of more than 1 billion internally, and expand to the markets of developed countries such as Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States, so as to obtain greater survival space!

Hong Kong's later literary and artistic works were able to survive, and most of them jumped out of the narrow Hong Kong stage like Jin Yong and became a common cultural brand of Chinese people around the world, forming a place where there are Chinese, there is such a big momentum as Jin Yong. It is only Jin Yong's works that will endure for decades in the future, frequently infiltrating people's lives in various ways such as film and television dramas, games, variety shows, etc.

European, American, and said aesthetic vision is relatively high. If you want to gain a foothold in those markets, whether it is anime, games, or movies, they are mainly based on sophisticated and big productions.

As for novels, in the current novel market in various countries around the world, this book is basically playing light novels by itself.

European and American countries have high cultural barriers, and generally only novels with strong Western culture such as "The Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter" can sell well. Chinese novels are too mysterious and niche for Western countries to be understood by mass consumers in the West.

Even Jin Yong's novels, in Western countries, are only read by some martial arts novel enthusiasts.

If Zhang Shaojie's article wants to be accepted in Europe and the United States, it needs to use commercial operation methods like "Harry Potter" to knock on the market door in the form of movies, games, animations, etc. Later, the original novel of the same name will be released, so as to revitalize the situation that the entire Chinese cultural industry has been given a cold reception in the West.

There are no cultural barriers to entering the domestic market, and Hong Kong is the mainland's window city to the outside world. The economy and culture have never been separated from the influence and radiation of the country.

At present, the main barrier for Hong Kong's cultural products to enter the mainland is from political censorship!

However, Zhang Shaojie's "The Rise of a Great Power" has taken the lead in breaking the policy restrictions and has been introduced and published in China! It has to be said that this is a great progress in the field of domestic culture. During the Han and Tang dynasties, China's economy and culture were unprecedentedly developed, and it was also the attitude of continuous communication with the outside world and the attitude of embracing all rivers that led to great economic and cultural prosperity.

And modern China, because of the influence of the Cold War and ideological barriers, has been closed off as an ostrich for too long. Even if I feel unfamiliar with Hong Kong on the other side of the Shenzhen River.

―――――――――――――― Yanjing. On October 16, Chaoyangmen Inner Street, the headquarters of the People's Publishing House.

A head of the Central Committee visited the work of the editorial office and highly praised the editors for their dedication and dedication, doing a good job in publishing social science books, and making outstanding contributions to the prosperity of the country's cultural industry.

"The introduction and publication of "The Rise of a Great Power" has not only strengthened the exchanges and communication between the cultural circles in China and Hong Kong, but more importantly, such a book with a very strong construction surname will help our domestic party members, cadres and intellectuals better understand the world and history, gain inspiration from the development history of the great powers, and better contribute to the rise of China's economy," the leader said in an enthusiastic speech.

The People's Publishing House, many editors in the editorial department, applauded one after another.

Subsequently, the editors of the People's Publishing House accompanied the leaders to inspect the printing and binding workshops. Only the roar of the machine was heard, and hundreds of printing and bookbinding workers were busy working.

Although the machine is very old, the workers are relatively skillful, so what you see on the scene is an orderly and busy work scene.

"How many books can you print in a day?" The leader asked.

"Personally, I can bind 80 books in an hour!" Workers said.

"Is this the efficiency of most workers?"

"Yes, they are basically old workers who have been working for more than ten or twenty years, and they are highly efficient!"

"How many books can be printed and bound in a day in the whole factory?"

"10 hours a day can print and bind 100,000 books! If it is three shifts, constantly changing people, and the machine is non-stop, you can bind more than 200,000 copies a day! The front-line workers in the printing workshop explained.

"Is 'Rise of a Great Power' being bound?" The leader asked.

"Yes, now 20% of the workers in the factory are in the binding of "The Rise of the Great Powers". It can bind 20,000 copies a day! The editor of the publishing house laughed.

"How many copies are there for the first printing?"

"Preparing for the first printing of 100,000 copies, at present, Xinhua bookstores in various provinces have actively sent orders. 100,000 copies of the first printing, before leaving the factory, is already not worrying about sales! Each book is priced at 3 yuan, and the publication of "The Rise of a Great Power" alone can already create a benefit of 300,000 yuan. Among them, 60,000 yuan was paid to the writer as a pre-tax manuscript fee. And bring 100,000 yuan of profit to the People's Publishing House! The employees of the People's Publishing House said proudly.

The answers of the employees of the People's Publishing House made the leaders who came to inspect feel very gratified.

Because the central government attaches great importance to the "rise of a great power", leaders from all walks of life have come to inspect the work, and there have been seven or eight waves in the past few days.

Of course, the People's Publishing House, in addition to sending special personnel to explain to the leaders the current situation of the publishing house's "The Rise of a Great Power", more employees are on a step-by-step basis, and will not be affected by the leaders' inspections in the slightest.

The first printing of 100,000 copies is very cautious and conservative. Do not seek merit, but seek no fault. Although "The Rise of Great Powers" has not been published, it has gained momentum. However, the People's Publishing House is also worried about the consequences of "thunder and rain", and the actual publication will not sell well. That's why the first print is so cautious.

Of course, in the early 80s, there was a lack of new books in the publishing market. A book like "The Rise of a Great Power" is basically unlikely to hit the streets.

The intellectuals, officials, and students of this era are very fond of reading. In the early days of reform and opening up, China's industry, economy and other fields were not as big as after the enactment of the Company Law, but the people's desire to read had a blowout in advance.

Even poetry, philosophy, such niche things. In this era, there have been miracles that have sold hundreds of thousands of copies.

What's more, the ideal of "building the motherland" is widely existent among young people in this era, and books like "The Rise of a Great Power" are more fashionable than all fashionable elements in this era, and they are themes that can resonate with the times, and it is basically difficult to hit the streets!

The official publication time of "The Rise of a Great Power * Portugal" in the mainland is scheduled for October 25, and the settlement of the manuscript fee is settled on a semi-annual basis.

Therefore, for Zhang Shaojie, the money-burning movie "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" can't count on domestic manuscript fees for the time being.

But if this work is successful, it means that Zhang Shaojie's stage has expanded from the market of 25 million people in Hong Kong and Taiwan to the super market of more than 1 billion people.

―――――――――――― when the People's Publishing House, the top publishing institution in China, was preparing to release "The Rise of a Great Power".

Hubei Province's "Ancient Legends" is also in the process of being launched. The inaugural issue of "Ancient Legends" is ready to publish "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" to win an eyeball effect!

Compared with the People's Publishing House, it was the central government that approved the publication of "The Rise of a Great Power"! The publication of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" in "Ancient Legends" did not get the permission of any institution.

It's an adventure!

But "Legend of the Ancients" is barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, anyway, it is only a weak publication, if it fails, it is nothing more than starting all over again. If you succeed, the benefits are infinite!

In 1980, the editorial office of "Ancient Legends" had only one office. Ren Qing and other 3 initiators, officially recruited 5 editors.

There are only 8 people in the entire newspaper office, and it seems to be a small newspaper as small as a sparrow.

However, this publication is a publication that appeared after China's reform and opening up!

In the past, there was no such pure popular fiction publication in Chinese newspapers and periodicals. On the contrary, some good-looking novels cannot be published because of factors such as "vulgarity" and "low style".

President Ren Qing held "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" and couldn't put it down: "It's really good!" I have always heard that Hong Kong's martial arts novels are unique and hold up a banner of traditional Chinese culture. I didn't expect that the work from Hong Kong is so good-looking! Don't play with words at all, or pretend to be deep, just write a good story. This kind of work is a must! ”

"President! I see that "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" is also a general pull, it looks like it is just kitsch to stammer readers, the writer is purely to make money, and flattery caters to readers, do you still want the literati style? Yao Xiaowen, a female editor in her 20s, is a little uncomfortable watching "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty".

Yao Xiaowen admitted that she had indeed been secretly watching "The Tang Dynasty", and she couldn't see the later plot, and she always felt itchy in her heart. However, as a young woman who is studying "Dream of Red Mansions" in her hand, she does not recognize the level of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty". This kind of vulgar thing with such unrefined and superficial writing was a big poisonous weed in the past!

(To be continued)