Chapter XXIII

"The main reason why I became a shareholder is for your "Star Daily"!" Lei Weidong said slowly:

What is for the sake of "Xingchen Daily", it is simply shameless, Chen Haiming once again saw Lei Weidong's face, obviously taking advantage of the fire to rob and pretend to be a noble face.

"May I ask what Mr. Lei thinks about our newspaper?" Compared with Chen Haiming's old way, Li Rui was still a little immature, and took the initiative to ask

"It's easy!" Lei Weidong explained clearly:

"First, I only invested in the Star Daily for the purpose of obtaining a small number of shares, not for a controlling stake, and what I lost was only a drop in the bucket compared to the benefits obtained by the Star Daily.

Moreover, you can also use this topic to hype up and say that the new writer Lei Weidong's stake in "Xingchen Daily" is the birth of the second Master Jin.

As far as I know, the sales of "Star Daily" have not exceeded the 100,000 mark, and through the hype of my stake, I will definitely be able to break the 100,000 mark in one fell swoop when the new novel is published. ”

Li Rui and Chen Haiming glanced at each other and nodded slightly to each other, which was regarded as an approval of Lei Weidong's plan. You must know that the sales of "Star Daily" have been hovering a little lower than 100,000 recently.

Li Rui and Chen Haiming tried many ways, but they still failed to make sales break through the 100,000 mark.

Hey, the bottom of "Xingchen Daily" is still too thin. And if Lei Weidong's shareholding is used to hype, it is likely to break the 100,000 mark when the new novel is published.

Once the daily sales of 100,000 are broken, "Xingchen Daily" can compete with newspapers such as "Ming Pao" and "Oriental Daily". After all, Master Jin is the only novelist who has his own newspaper in Hong Kong.

Master Jin can be said to be a Taishan-level character in the Hong Kong novel industry, and it can be said that there has been no anti-Ding character in Hong Kong martial arts novels after Master Jin sealed his pen.

Although Ni Mad is okay as a writer, he is worse than Master Jin, and Ni Frame is a science fiction adventure novel, which is different from a martial arts novel.

It can be said that Lei Weidong is currently the only figure in the Hong Kong martial arts industry who can succeed Master Jin. Especially Lei Weidong is so young, who knows what heights he can reach in the future.

If "Xingchen Daily" operates properly, then "Xingchen Daily" will once again become a hot topic of public opinion because of this matter, sales will also increase significantly, and Lei Weidong's own fame will also skyrocket, which can be described as a win-win result.

As for Master Jin, then I'm sorry, anyway, Master Jin has already closed his pen and is no longer writing books, so I believe Master Jin is also willing to increase the fame of future talents.

Lei Weidong continued: "Second, if Xingchen Daily agrees to me to become a shareholder, then we will be our own people, and in the future, the novels I write will be handed over to Xingchen Daily, and will not be submitted to other newspapers."

Li Rui and Chen Haiming were shocked in their hearts, Lei Weidong's approach reminded the two of them of Master Jin, why "Ming Pao" can become a flag of Hong Kong newspapers, isn't it because of Master Jin!

When "Ming Pao" was just established, in order to increase the sales of the newspaper, Master Jin forgot to write and forgot to sleep, so that he snubbed his wife, which led to tension between the husband and wife, and finally divorced.

But during this time, Master Jin's achievements are clear at a glance, and the famous "Condor Shooting" trilogy was born in this situation!

Later, why did Master Jin close the pen, on the one hand, he was old and lacked energy, and "Ming Pao" was on the right track, and it was the main reason, if the sales of "Ming Pao" plummeted and were on the verge of bankruptcy, you see if Master Jin would go out of the mountain.

If you calculate it this way, with the popularity of "Looking for Qin", if the new novel is like this, it is not impossible to accept Lei Weidong's shares.

Third, I can guarantee that I have no ambitions for the "Star Daily", except for your initiative to ask, I will not buy a single cent of the shares of the "Star Daily" after this shareholding. ”

"That's it!" After listening to Lei Weidong's explanation, Li Rui and Chen Haiming were inevitably a little moved, but how did they know Lei Weidong's thoughts.

In Lei Weidong's business territory, newspapers are indispensable, after all, newspapers have been an important tool to control public opinion in the past 30 years, but Lei Weidong doesn't want to do this by himself, because it is too wasteful of time.

You must know that the newspaper industry pays attention to accumulation, and a new newspaper cannot cultivate a stable readership in a few years.

And Lei Weidong has too many things to do, and in Lei Weidong's idea, the newspaper should be placed behind the film, theater, comic company and other projects. After those industries are all up, it is not a piece of cake to find a way to control a few newspapers.

"Xingchen Daily" first let Li Rui and Chen Haiming take care of it, and let them lay a solid foundation for "Xingchen Daily", and when the Hong Kong crisis hits in a few years, "Xingchen Daily" is not Lei Weidong's thing, you must know that in those years, there were countless enterprises in Hong Kong that went bankrupt, and I don't know how many rich people went bankrupt.

"Yes, I agree. Mr. Lei took a stake in "Star Daily"! Li Rui thought about it carefully and finally agreed to Lei Weidong's request to become a shareholder.

"I don't know if Mr. Lei's new novel has been brought here." Now that the big framework has been negotiated, let's talk about the substantive issues, if Lei Weidong's new novel does not meet the requirements of the two, everything will be exempted.

"Of course!" Lei Weidong motioned for Zhong Chuhong to take out a stack of manuscript paper from his bag and hand it to Chen Haiming.

"This is a 300,000 manuscript. Let's see what's wrong first! ”

"The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", when he saw the name on the manuscript, Chen Haiming didn't talk nonsense and immediately read it.

"Brother Chen! What do you think! Can it be compared with "Xun Qin"! Seeing that Chen Haiming didn't speak, just lowered his head and kept flipping through it, Li Rui asked worriedly.

"See for yourself!" Chen Haiming put the part he had read directly into Li Rui's hand and said, "I'll talk about other things after I finish reading!" ”

"Brother Chen is fascinated! Is this novel better than "Finding Qin"! Looking at Chen Haiming's appearance, Li Rui had no choice but to focus on the manuscript and became fascinated at first glance.

Not only is the storyline fascinating, but the grandeur of the scene is not comparable to "Xun Qin", just after reading the beginning, Li Rui thinks that this novel can be popular, and it is a big hit.

"What does Mr. Lei have for the manuscript fee?" Closing the manuscript in his hand, Li Rui asked.

"It's not that I have any requirements for manuscript fees, but Mr. Li, how many shares do you think "The Legend of Datang Shuanglong" can be exchanged for "Xingchen Daily"!" Lei Weidong said.

"Mr. Lei exchanged novels for shares!" For Lei Weidong's words, Li Rui felt that his brain was a little insufficient!

"It's not a novel for shares, it's a novel for a manuscript fee for a "Star Daily" share!" Lei Weidong corrected the mistakes in Li Rui's language and continued: "Anyway, it's better to negotiate than to negotiate together, so as to save trouble!" ”

"Not bad! I don't know how many shares Lei Weidong wants to exchange! Li Rui thought about it and felt that what Lei Weidong said made sense.

"A fixed price! 25% of the shares! Lei Weidong opened his mouth.

"No, it's too much!" Before Li Rui could speak, Chen Haiming opened his mouth to object.

So you come and go, and after half an hour of fierce tug-of-war, the two sides reached a manuscript fee for "The Legend of Shuanglong of the Tang Dynasty" in exchange for 16% of the shares of "Xingchen Daily".

"I don't know! When will the rest of Mr. Lei be completed! After signing the contract, the lawyer notarized it, and after getting the 1 million word manuscript of "The Legend of Shuanglong of the Tang Dynasty", Chen Haiming asked casually.

"It's going to take some time!" Lei Weidong said: "Actually, the outline and the storyline are in my mind, but it takes a lot of time to write more than three million words, if only someone could help!" ”

"It's easy!" Without waiting for Li Rui to speak, Chen Haoming had already run out, and Chen Haiming walked in with two young people.

"Mr. Lei, let me introduce to you, this is my company's editors Wang Wei and Liu Tao, they are the shorthand and typing kings of our "Xingchen Company", the record is more than 7,000 words per hour, with their help, I believe that Mr. Lei will soon be able to complete the masterpiece."

"Thank you so much!" Lei Weidong held Chen Haiming's hand and said, this is not hypocrisy, even if more than three million words are copied, it will take a long time, and now someone will do it for him, and he is just moving his mouth, of course he is happy.

When Lei Weidong was about to leave, Li Rui took the initiative to invite Lei Weidong to have tea, Lei Weidong knew that Li Rui and he had something to say, so he arranged for Zhong Chuhong to take Wang Wei and Liu Tao back first, and he left an invitation to Li Rui.

The reason why Li Rui invited Lei Weidong to drink tea is because he keenly feels that Lei Weidong will definitely get ahead in the future and become a member of Hong Kong's wealthy families, you must know that from "Xun Qin" to the current "Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" Lei Weidong has earned millions in just a few months, (Li Rui also knows about the publication of "Xun Qin").

This is not a few million Hong Kong dollars in the 21st world, now millions of Hong Kong dollars are very valuable, most Hong Kong people will not be able to make so much money in a lifetime, and for Lei Weidong, these millions are just a beginning.

Therefore, making a good relationship with Lei Weidong before he really made a career is equivalent to adding more help to his future self. Although Li Rui is young, he is from a wealthy family, and he can be said to have received a strict education from his family.

After finding a tea restaurant and sitting down, the two chatted for a while, but because the two were not very familiar with each other for the first time, they did not talk about work and personal topics, but chatted about the hot topics in Hong Kong.

After chatting for a while, Li Rui suddenly said: "Mr. Lei now has such a large amount of spare money in his hands, have you ever thought about investing in real estate?" ”

"Invest in real estate, I don't have this idea for the time being, this is more than money I already have a use!" Although Lei Weidong rejected Li Rui's suggestion, he still admired the gaze of these wealthy children.

Now that Hong Kong's real estate is recovering, investing in real estate can be a good deal.

"It's useful, what good projects does Mr. Lei have to make money?" Li Rui didn't understand Lei Weidong's refusal, after all, everyone can understand the real estate market. Is there a project that is more profitable than real estate? Although he felt very presumptuous, Li Rui still asked.

"It's not a good project, I want to set up a comic club, publish some comics, and at the same time caricature "Xun Qin Ji"! Is Mr. Li interested in investing?" Lei Weidong did not hide it either.

"Establish a comic club! I'm not interested in comics right now, but if Mr. Lei wants to do it, I can help if you need a distribution channel, so let's use the distribution channel of our newspaper! Hearing Lei Weidong's words, Li Rui was disappointed.

You must know that Hong Kong's comic industry has been hit hard in the past few years, many comic companies have closed down, and a large number of comic talents have lost their jobs.

Although the past two years have been better, compared with the newspaper industry, real estate and other industries, the profit of comics is too low.

Now Hong Kong is okay with Huang Yulang's comic company, and other companies are struggling on the line of life and death. However, Li Rui still wanted to cooperate more with Lei Weidong and build a good relationship between the two, so he offered to help Lei Weidong publish comics.

"Then it's troublesome Mr. Li!" For the benefits of coming to the door, Lei Weidong is also not polite. Through the distribution channel of "Xingchen Daily", Lei Weidong can save a lot of things by publishing comics.