In the evening, Gu Weiqi drove Tang Ning back to the Kowloon Tong villa.

Tang Ning looked at such a huge villa with a beautiful environment, and secretly muttered that he was really with the right boss, eating well, not to mention the high salary, and even the place to live was so good. Compared with the few broken thatched houses in my hometown, this is simply a natural cloud and mud difference.

Just when his thoughts were spinning in his heart, Old Man Gu came back in his black Mercedes-Benz car, and Gu Weiqi introduced: "Brother Ning, let me introduce you, this is my grandfather." Grandpa, his name is Tang Ning, and he is a friend I just met today. ”

Tang Ning hurriedly stepped forward and said respectfully: "Hello old man." ”

Hearing the young man's northeastern accent, the old man said in surprise: "Young man, you came from the mainland?" ”

"Yes." Tang Ning didn't hide it, and briefly told the old man what happened after coming to Xiangjiang, and finally said with emotion: "If it weren't for Boss Archie asking me to follow him, I'm afraid I'm still living on the streets now." ”

"I see." After hearing this, the old man turned his head to look at Gu Weiqi and said, "So, you really plan to open a security company?" ”

"That's right." Gu Weiqi nodded heavily, and said solemnly: "You also know grandfather, there are many Xiangjiang associations, and as the time for Sino-British negotiations on the ownership of Xiangjiang is getting closer and closer, the situation will definitely become more and more severe in the next few years." Not to mention anything else, let's just say that our 'Gu's Antique Workshop' has suffered greatly. If we build a powerful security company, we won't have to hand over the profits to the community in vain. What do you say, grandpa? ”

"That's exactly what happened." The old man nodded thoughtfully, sighed and said, "Child, you have grown up, and you are much more mature in thinking about problems than before. Grandpa felt very relieved, you can do whatever you want to do boldly. In short, grandpa will support you strongly! ”

……

The next day, Gu Weiqi found someone from the company and took Tang Ning to apply for a Xiangjiang ID card, after all, if you want to develop in Xiangjiang in the future, you can't do it without a local ID card; At the same time, people also asked people to find a garment factory to order 60 sets of men's suits and 40 sets of women's small suits. Then I continued to tinker with the ten novels that were about to be serialized, but instead of the main text, I was engaged in the rest of the outline.

Just when he was in the middle of his troubles, Luo Jianan, Chai Yuqi, Qiu Liansheng and Xue Rong called him one after another to tell him that the "Xinyi Society" had approached the company to ask for an annual protection fee of 500,000 Hong Kong dollars. If you don't take the money, the company doesn't want to go on smoothly.

"These vampires, sooner or later, let you spit it out to Lao Tzu with your own interests!" Gu Weiqi scolded secretly and ordered them to take the money to settle the matter.

After all, these companies under Gu Weiqi's name have just opened and can't stand the toss. Especially the brothers contacted by Tang Ning have not yet come, and it is absolutely unwise to have a hard time with each other now. Taking a step back for the time being and taking money to eliminate disasters is undoubtedly the best option at present. The so-called is to endure the calm for a while, and take a step back to open the sea and the sky.

Then Gu Weiqi spent 5 days and finally got the outline of the novel.

At the same time, the inaugural issue of "China Entertainment Times", which shocked the serialization of 10 novels at the same time, was born, and the 50,000 copies of the newspaper printed that day were sold out for a time. After Xue Rong communicated with Qiu Liansheng, she hurriedly asked people to print 30,000 copies to meet the market demand.

With wonderful novels, crisp typography, and an excellent reading experience, this newspaper can be said to have opened up sales as soon as it came out.

And in just one week, the daily sales have grown from 80,000 copies to nearly 250,000 copies. In an instant, it has become a new giant in the media industry that surpasses the sales volume of the three major newspapers in Hong Kong, namely "Ming Pao", "Oriental Daily" and "Sing Tao Daily". You must know that the highest daily sales of these three newspapers are only about 200,000 copies.

In a bright office at Ming Pao Newspaper, martial arts master Jin Yong is carefully reviewing the manuscript.

Suddenly, the editor-in-chief Pan Yuewen knocked on the door, put a thick stack of "China Entertainment Times" in front of him, and said with a wry smile: "President, a newspaper has popped up in Xiangjiang in the past few days, not to mention ten novels serialized at the same time, and all of them are not bad. The most incredible thing is that it is still full color, and there are no ads for the time being, you see. ”

"Oh?" Jin Yong put down the manuscript in his hand and said movingly: "There is such a thing? ”

You must know that most newspapers at that time even had such an important page as the front page was full of advertisements. At most, only the important guides belong to the news. Secondly, of all the newspapers in Hong Kong, only the supplements, Fengyue editions, and advertising editions are color printing, and the other pages are black and white. The typography and illustrations are very rigid antiques, and the reading experience is very poor.

Before the official publication of the "China Entertainment Times", Gu Weiqi specially bought a few newspapers, such as "Ming Pao", "Oriental Daily" and "Sing Tao Daily" and other newspapers with relatively large circulation. He also talked to Xue Rong about his views in the future life, and proposed to her to implement a full-color version, and specifically explained to her that she must consider the reader's reading experience and so on.

Pan Yuewen scratched his head and said, "Just look at it." ”

As he spoke, Jin Yong curiously picked up the newspapers, these newspapers were all collected by Pan Yuewen, he first browsed them roughly, and then read them carefully, the more he looked at them, the more shocked he became.

After reading the last one, Fang Shi put it down, and finally praised: "Not to mention, the novel written by this writer called 'Wizard (Gu Weiqi's pen name) is really good." Especially with ten books serialized at the same time, it's just amazing! However, this newspaper actually uses a full-color edition, and the estimated cost is not low, so the price should not be cheap, right? ”

"Yes, 2 Hong Kong dollars a piece, which is twice as expensive as our Ming Bao."

Pan Yuewen nodded and emphasized: "No matter what the price of this newspaper is, let's just say that such a novel genius, if he can recruit our newspaper, the benefits are self-evident." Why don't I visit this writer myself? ”

"Old Pan, don't waste your efforts." Jin Yong waved his hand, shook his head and said, "Didn't you see that other people's novels are being serialized in the 'Entertainment News'?" I guess it's useless for you to go, so let's just try our best to make our own newspaper. ”

"Okay then." Pan Yuewen sighed and walked out.

At the same time, the same situation was observed in other newspapers. For example, "Oriental Daily", "Sing Tao Daily" and other well-known newspaper owners at that time. They are all very interested in this "genius", and they all have the idea of digging people up with a lot of money. But after many inquiries, he didn't get any specific news about this "genius", so he had to give up in the end.

……

Speaking of Huang Zhanna, one of the four great talents in Xiangjiang, he is definitely a hardcore book lover, when he saw the ten novels serialized in the "Fengyun Entertainment Daily", he immediately published a comment in Ming Pao: What a "genius", ten novels are serialized at the same time, this is simply a strange story through the ages. Whether it is "Huo Yuanjia" or "Fengyun", the book is not badly written, I have to say that this guy called "Wizard" is really a novel genius that is rare to see in a century!

Another genius, Cai Yan, also commented in the newspaper: The genius novelist "Wizard" was born, and ten novels were serialized, all of which are among the few masterpieces in recent years. It's like a guy who leads the future trend of the novel industry!

Because several novels have not been published in "Ming Pao", Jin Yong naturally will not comment. As for another talented man, Ni Mad is a writer himself, and the so-called peers are enemies, so naturally he will not comment and elevate the status of novels such as "Fengyun". But it still can't stop the hot sales boom of "China Entertainment Times".

Xu Ge is a filmmaker, and his biggest hobby in his spare time is reading novels to gather inspiration and bridges for writing scripts. Recently, he heard that more than a dozen novels were serialized in the "China Entertainment Times" at the same time, and his colleagues who worked together said that it looked very exciting. So driven by curiosity, after work in the evening, I came to a nearby newsstand, wanting to buy a copy of "China Entertainment Times" to see.

"Boss, give me a copy of the 'China Entertainment Times'." Xu Ge took out the money and stood by the newsstand and said.

The peddler raised his head and glanced at him, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, 'China Entertainment Times' is sold out today, do you want 'Ming Pao'?" ”

"Sold out?" Xu Ge was stunned and said: "I bought 'China Entertainment Times' to read the novels above, and 'Ming Pao' didn't serialize ten novels at the same time, why did I buy it?" ”

"Many people buy 'China Entertainment Times' because of the ten novels serialized on it, and if you want to see the novels serialized on it, you have to come early tomorrow."

"Is the novel serialized on it really that good?"

"Of course, didn't you read that the 'China Entertainment Times', which serialized this novel, was sold out early in the morning? Let me tell you, these ten novels look very exciting. is simply comparable to Jin Yong's martial arts, Ni Mad's science fiction novels, and Gu Long's strange novels. And the newspaper is in full color, so the reading experience is great! ”

"Oh, hearing you say that, it really ticks the bookworm in my stomach. It's a pity that I don't have it today, so I'll come early tomorrow and buy a copy of 'China Entertainment Times' to read it for myself. ”

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A similar situation is still playing out in many newsstands and newsstands, which shows how hot the sales of "China Entertainment Times" are. This was naturally expected by Gu Weiqi. But he didn't bother about the paper's sales. Because he has been lacking in skills these days, he is simply very busy.

After getting the outline of 10 novels, Gu Weiqi exchanged another 10,000 yuan and sent it to Tang Ning, asking him to send it home, which was regarded as a settlement fee. After all, security is also a high-risk industry, and no one can guarantee that there will be no accidents in the future. Now get a sum of money for the family, even if there is an accident in the future, the family will no longer have to worry about life, this arrangement is not inappropriate.

Although Tang Ning didn't say anything, he was secretly grateful in his heart. In addition, Gu Weiqi asked the old man to spend money to entrust people to apply for Zhang Xiangjiang's driver's license for Tang Ning. In Xiangjiang, as long as you have money, you can do anything. After the money was in place, it was available two days later.