Xiao Fei and Liu Zelai returned to the office again, but the phone on the desk rang.

Liu Zelai strode to pick it up.

Xiao Fei sat aside and waited.

He didn't expect that the caller would talk to him after a few words with Liu Ze.

The caller was Su Qing, the editor of Hexi Literature and Art Publishing House, who was also one of the insiders of Xiao Fei and Liu Zelai's partnership to open a book planning company.

He told Liu Zelai on the phone that Xiao Fei's essay collection "The Sun Burned the Old Times" had been sold out in less than a day for the first printing of 50,000 copies of the essay collection "The Sun Burned the Old Times" signed by their publishing house.

Calls from publishers asking for books from all over the country were really ringing.

Today, the book is being printed overtime in four printing houses.

Fu Mingde, editor-in-chief of Hexi Literature and Art Publishing House, was overjoyed. In Hexi Literature and Art Publishing House, a book project that can sell 50,000 copies is definitely a hot book.

They publish dozens of books a year, and very few of them sell this well.

From this incident, it can also be seen that Fu Mingde is conservative in his style. After learning that Xiao Fei's long story would be published, he gritted his teeth and approved the print run of 50,000 copies.

Even when Xiao Fei's interview written by Liu Zelai was a big hit in China, Fu Mingde was only secretly glad: How can the print run of 50,000 copies sell more than 20,000 copies, right? That's 3, you can make a little money.

He never thought that this prose would be hot and purple because of Xiao Fei's popularity.

It is precisely because of this that the long-form special issue of the harvest has been sold well in China, especially "The Sunshine Burns Those Old Times" has also been sought after by readers after the long-form special number was listed. After being swept away, Fu Mingde thought of hurrying to print the collection.

But the slow half-beat has already begun to suffer from the punishment of the market: the pirated books are earlier than the genuine books he reprinted. began to distribute goods widely across the country, in roadside stalls and newspaper kiosks. Everywhere is Xiao Fei's collection of essays "The Sun Burns Those Old Times", and naturally they are all pirated.

Since the reform and opening up, the trend of piracy copycats in this country has intensified, and by the end of the 90s, it has been rampant to a considerable level.

In the area of book publishing, the damage was even more severe.

Those new books that have just shown signs of selling are all stared at by pirates, and when they find that they are selling well, they immediately take action, and they can launch pirated copies within two or three days. And its channels are also amazing, and the speed of distribution is amazing.

Fu Mingde was very annoyed by this.

Obviously, it was his own decision, but Su Qing suffered a disaster from the black cauldron.

Editor-in-chief Fu criticized Su Qing for not recognizing the true value of "The Sunshine Shines Those Old Times", so that the printing volume signed with the author was too small, delaying the good time or something.

Su Qing called Liu Zelai, probably to complain about his grievances and vent his inner depression.

"Su Qing, Xiao Fei is in Zhongyuan City. Right next to me right now. Liu Zelai exposed Xiao Fei's whereabouts on the phone.

"Huh? Really? That's great, our editor-in-chief has been talking about it for the past two days, wanting to take the time to meet him and have a meal together. Su Qing exclaimed in surprise.

Liu Zelai looked at Xiao Fei with his eyes.

He meant to ask: Do you want to meet with Editor-in-Chief Fu?

Xiao Fei nodded. Hexi Literature and Art Publishing House is also the largest and best professional publishing institution in Hexi Province, and he will use the other party in the future, since the editor-in-chief invited. Why don't you go and meet it?

Liu Zelai handed over the phone to Xiao Fei.

Xiao Fei said a few words to Su Qing.

Su Qing called "Teacher Xiao" on the phone one by one, and said. After reporting to the editor-in-chief, he will bring a car to pick up Xiao Fei and Liu Ze.

But he said. Su Qing put down the phone and hurried to the editor-in-chief's office.

Knocking on the door, Fu Mingde saw that it was Su Qing, so he asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Editor-in-chief, Xiao Fei is in the city now, and he is with Liu Zelai." Su Qing said with a smile.

"Ahh It's true? Fu Mingde stood up suddenly.

As if sensing his gaffe in front of his subordinates, he coughed and sat down again.

Su Qing smiled and said, "Really, I have just invited him for you, and he also promised to come down to meet you and have a meal together." ”

"Good! You've done a good job. Xiao Su, you go and ask for a car now and take him to the club. Fu Mingde said happily.

"Okay, editor-in-chief."

Su Qing left happily.

Fu Mingde sat on the seat and rubbed his hands, looking complacent.

The popularity of the special issue of the novel has already reflected Xiao Fei's unstoppable momentum.

And the unexpected success of "The Sunshine Burns Those Old Times" made Fu Mingde see the potential market value of Xiao Fei. As a publishing house, isn't it true that what you look at is the sales of books?

Fu Mingde now estimates that "The Old Days of the Sunshine" is likely to break the sales record of the previous books of the company, and it will not be a problem to sell 200,000 copies this year!

If the book sells well and sells well, then such an author is a big treasure for the publishing house, and he is naturally holding it high.

Fu Mingde believes that it is necessary to give Xiao Fei a high-standard reception.

Well! Then invite some celebrities in the circle of the province and introduce him to everyone, which can be regarded as a little bit of kindness to him.

Thinking so, Fu Mingde picked up the phone on the table and began to dial some numbers.

"Chairman Zhang? I'm Fu Mingde, hello hello! Well, are you free tonight? ”

"Dean Zhang? I want you to have a meal tonight and see a young talent, I wonder if you can enjoy it? ”

"Dean Yuan? Xiao Fei, the author of "The Sunshine Burns Those Old Times", came to the city tonight, I want to ask you to meet together, do you have time? ”

Fu Mingde made a round of calls.

invited a few heavyweights in the city's circle to gather together at the garden restaurant.

And Fu Mingde, as the editor-in-chief of Hexi Literature and Art Publishing House, still has some face, and all the people he invited agreed.

Let's say that Yuan Yan received Fu Mingde's invitation call, hesitated, and agreed.

He had never met Xiao Fei, but the conflict had occurred several times.

Yuan Yan thought to himself, I want to take a look, what is so great about this Xiao Fei, if I can suppress him in the party, it will be the best.

He glanced at the book on his desk, a sneer on his lips.

The book he was reading was a harvest magazine from Issue 5 of 1996, which he had just received. As soon as he flipped through it, he saw Xiao Fei's article again.

This magazine once again made a grand promotion to Xiao Fei to the extreme, but, in Yuan Yan's opinion, Xiao Fei obviously stabbed the hornet's nest this time. (To be continued......)