Star Newspaper

"Isn't your head broken? To sign such a contract! "The roar echoed in the newspaper!

"What's the matter, why is the boss so angry!" Wang Wei asked by putting his finger on his colleague's shoulder.

"It seems to be because of the signing of a contract with the author of Xun Qin Ji!" The colleague looked up at the door of the boss's office and whispered.

"Is it a failure to sign a contract? Wrong! It doesn't seem to sound like it's not! Wang Wei shook his head.

"The signing is successful, but I heard that Mr. Chen's manuscript fee to the other party seems to be a bit high!" Colleagues talk about the gossip they heard.

"As long as you can sign it, what does it matter if you have a high point, how well "Xun Qin Ji" is written, it's not that you haven't read it! I bet it's going to catch fire if you log out! Wang Wei was full of contempt for the boss's desire to sell the newspaper but not to spend a lot of money.

"That's it, I also think the boss is making a bit of a fuss, maybe menopause has arrived!" The colleague's smile was a little shameless.

"What nonsense, how old is the boss, and how can a woman have menopause!" Wang Wei was a little speechless about the shamelessness of his colleagues.

"Men also have menopause! Listen to me....! ”

Chatting and chatting, the two began to crook the building.

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Li Rui was born in a wealthy family, 28 years old this year, it can be said that Li Rui, who has had no worries about food and clothing since he was a child, is not the third son, and is obviously weaker than his two elder brothers in inheriting the family business.

Li Rui had no choice but to come out and work hard by himself and set up this newspaper, hoping to create a career for his family to see.

It's a pity that the newspaper has been established for five or six years, and it is still half-dead, not only can it not make money, but it also needs to invest money in it often.

If it goes on like this, I can't support it anymore, do I want to go back and see my brother's face and take a place in the family business. Although you don't have to worry about food and clothing, is that kind of life what you want?

Li Rui supported Chen Haiming's mentality of winning "Xun Qin Ji" desperately, but Li Rui never expected that the other party would ask for a sky-high price of 400 yuan per thousand words, and what was even more outrageous was that Chen Haiming actually agreed.

"Why did you agree to this condition, the manuscript fee of 400 yuan per thousand words was not reached by Ni Mad , but a newcomer who had just written a novel did it! Say you're not eating a rebate! Looking at the contract in front of him, Li Rui was furious, and his trust in Chen Haiming began to be discounted.

"Boss, I've been following you for five or six years, and you don't know who I am! How could I have eaten someone else's kickback! Li Rui's words ruined Chen Haiming, and he hurriedly explained.

"You are eating kickbacks, how could you agree to such outrageous conditions!"

"Boss, that guy Lei Weidong doesn't look at his age, he does things like an old fox, in addition to the manuscript he sent me, he also sent information to fourteen newspapers! I went early, otherwise I would have been preempted by Hong Xiaodong of the Daily Daily! ”

"Tiantian Daily will not agree to such an outrageous remuneration request! Except for you idiot! Li Rui said angrily.

"Boss, you only know one thing but don't know the other, Lei Weidong can't afford to pay this little bit of remuneration! He is the owner of the Ray Theatre! Not bad for money! Chen Haiming explained.

"Lei Weidong is the owner of the Lei Theater, you will not be fooled, if Lei Weidong is really the owner of the Lei Theater, why did he write a novel and send it to us!" Regarding Chen Haiming's explanation, Li Rui didn't believe it at all.

"How can this kind of thing deceive people, just make a phone call and goof!" 陈海明 says:

"Lei's Theater has been in Hong Kong for more than ten years, although the theater and the newspaper seem to have no connection, but the relationship between Luo can be involved, Lei Weidong also said, the reason why the manuscript was sent to us these small tabloids is mainly to see how the response to the novel is, as for the conditions are not allowed to be changed at all, if we don't agree, he directly asked the Oriental Daily to publish it!"

"How old is Lei Weidong, what kind of appearance!" Li Rui was silent for a while and suddenly asked.

"I look like I'm twelve or thirteen years old, and I look pretty good! But he's more sophisticated, almost like an old fox!? Chen Haiming recalled Lei Weidong's appearance.

"The age is right! The name is right, too! Li Rui sighed: "The owner of the Lei Theater has just passed away, and the son who is now in charge of the family, as for the more sophisticated handling of things, it may be because of the impact of the sudden change in the family, after all, the sudden loss of parents is too cruel for a teenager." ”

"Maybe that's why he wrote a novel all of a sudden!" Chen Haiming heard about Lei Weidong's parents for the first time, and he couldn't help but feel a little emotional! Fate is unpredictable.

I have to say that people's brain supplements are sometimes very powerful, and they unknowingly fill in some of Lei Weidong's behavioral loopholes.

"The boss is now that we need "Xun Qin Ji", and Lei Weidong doesn't necessarily need us!" After sighing, Chen Haiming led the topic to the contract again!

"Brother Chen, since the contract has been signed, let's do things according to the contract!" Li Rui nodded and agreed with Chen Haiming's approach of cutting first and then playing.

"But since "Xun Qin" is so important to us! How can you push him out as quickly as possible!

You know, unlike those big newspapers, they have a large circulation, and there is no need to trouble releasing new novels at all, just run them as usual, and adjust them in time according to the sales situation!

And we can't, the current daily circulation is less than 10,000 copies, if there is no trick, it is difficult to copy "Xun Qin Ji" only by old users, after all, Xingchen Daily rarely published novels before, and there are very few novel fans among old readers. ”

"Boss, this is the plan I made! For "Looking for Qin", Chen Haiming can be said to have gone all out, and listed the detailed plan in just one night.

"Boss, in order to expand the influence of "Xun Qin Ji", I am going to directly distribute 20,000 copies on the release date of "Xun Qin Ji", Chen Haiming will directly distribute 20,000 copies against public opinion.

In order to attract fans of the novel, 20,000 words were printed directly on the first day of release! In addition to the necessary publicity, in order to let more readers know about "Xun Qin Ji", I also hope that the boss will approve a special distribution fee of 100,000 yuan and send red envelopes to each newsstand owner to help promote "Xun Qin Ji". ”

"Yes! I approve your request! Li Rui wrote a big quasi-word on the plan!

"However, Brother Chen has some things I want to make clear to you, my family background is so much, once the release of "Xun Qin" fails, I will not invest money in the newspaper again, and the newspaper will only be closed." Seeing Chen Haiming's happy appearance when he got the approved plan, Li Rui felt that it was better to talk about the ugly things ahead.

"Understand, if the boss doesn't succeed, he will become a benevolent!" Chen Haiming said loudly.

February 28, 1977, the date of the release of Xun Qin Ji.

Wu Chenggang is an office worker in his thirties. At the same time, he is also a long-time fan of fiction. It's a pity that since Master Jin was closed, there are no good martial arts novels in Hong Kong, and Wu Chenggang misses the days when he used to chase Master Jin's novels in the newspaper.

Wu Chenggang walked to a newspaper store. asked: "Boss, a copy of "Ming Pao", although Master Jin has sealed the pen, Wu Chenggang, who is used to reading Ming Pao, has retained.

"Here, by the way, Xingchen Daily has serialized a new novel, it's very exciting, do you want to read it?" After speaking, the boss handed the "Star Daily" to Wu Chenggang.

"No!" Before Wu Chenggang finished speaking, the boss had already stuffed the "Star Daily" into his hand.

Flipping it open, the three big characters of "Xun Qin Ji" were printed in his eyes. Xiang Shaolong ......, Lei Weidong's version of "Looking for Qin" goes straight to the point at the beginning, reducing a lot in the plot of the time machine and the bar, introducing the prelude in just a few hundred words, and then taking the time machine through time and space, Yan Fu is not shallow to gain the love of ancient gentle beauties.

For Hong Kong readers who are accustomed to reading traditional martial arts and science fiction novels, this kind of never-before-seen time-traveling novel is simply full of substitution, unconsciously fantasizing about the protagonist as himself, and looking forward to the plot development of the next chapter as if he was scratched by a cat

It can be said that Wu Chenggang was deeply attracted by the plot inside at a glance.

Honk... Honk... A car horn woke Wu Chenggang up from the plot. Not good, it's almost late. Wu Chenggang hurriedly ran to the bus stop.

"Yours, Ming Pao." The newsstand owner's voice remembered in the back.

"No, just the newspaper in my hand." Just kidding, with "Xun Qin Ji", who still reads "Ming Pao".

Wu Chenggang came to the bus stop, waited for a while and finally waited for the bus, ready to take the bus to work.

There were a lot of people in the car, and Wu Chenggang could only squeeze into the crowd and pull the horizontal bar, but he heard someone next to him saying, "Hey, Abu, why haven't you finished reading it yet?" Show me. ”

"Wait, I'll read it a second time."

"What? You actually watched it a second time, I said how did it take so long! ”

"Right away, who told you not to buy one yourself."

"How do I know that "Xun Qin" is so exciting, you borrow me first, and I'll buy it when I get out of the car!"

"Get off the car, I guess it won't be sold when you get off?"

"I knew I bought it just now."

“……”

Wu Chenggang tilted his head to look, but saw two young people grabbing a copy of "Xingchen Daily". Needless to say, those two must be watching "Xun Qin".

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The office of the general manager of "Star Daily". The beautiful female secretary pushed the door in with a stack of newspapers, and whispered to Li Rui, who was leaning on the boss's chair and closing her eyes: "Boss, this is today's newspaper." ”

Li Rui opened his eyes, spat out a turbid breath and said to the secretary, "Brew me a cup of coffee." ”

The female secretary was ordered to make coffee, and Li Rui opened the newspaper sent by the secretary with high spirits. The first thing he does at work every day is to read the newspaper, which is a habit that Li Rui has developed for a long time.

At present, the newspapers on the table are all screened and sorted out by the secretary, and the more important the report, the more important the above. No way, as the owner of a newspaper, Li Rui is always aware of the situation of his competitors.

"Knock knock!"

There was a knock on the door, Li Rui threw away the newspaper, sat up straight and pretended to be calm and majestic, and then coughed and said, "Come in." ”

It was the editor-in-chief Chen Haiming who came in, holding the newspaper with a happy face, and it seemed that he had encountered a great event.

Li Rui stood up and said enthusiastically: "Brother Chen, please sit down, is there anything to find me?" ”

Chen Haiming raised the "Xingchen Daily" in his hand and said happily: "Boss, 18,000 copies of today's 20,000 newspapers have been sold, and the rest is estimated to be sold out by 12 o'clock!" ”

"Really?" Li Rui, who was still pretending to be sophisticated just now, finally exposed his young and uncompromising nature, with excitement and joy on his face.

You must know that the newspaper has been established for more than five years, and the sales volume has not reached 12,000 copies at the time, and now it is only a novel, and it is only the first day that the sales can reach 20,000 copies. Sales will definitely increase significantly in the future.

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It's true," Chen Haiming, as the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, has no less pressure than Li Rui, especially the matter of "Xun Qin" was arranged independently by himself, and the pressure can be imagined.

Now it's like I've been freed from hell, he said.

"The response to "The Legend of Qin" was surprisingly good, and within three hours of the newspaper being sold, many readers called to ask about the novel. It's something we've never had before at a newspaper,"

""Xun Qin" is really so good to sell?" Li Rui asked suspiciously.

"It's definitely a good sale, readers have never read this kind of martial arts novel that travels through time and space before, and they will be attracted by just a few hundred words!" Chen Haiming nodded.

"Okay, notify the printing house, tomorrow the printing will increase, directly print 30,000, not 35,000 copies!" Li Rui said excitedly.