In order to make a living in the highly competitive newspaper industry, some newspapers began to publish some gossip or news inside and outside the capital to win attention. Among them, the Beijing News is the representative of this type.

This kind of newspaper was immediately sought after by many people because of its novel subject matter and the fact that it was a real person around them.

This is what Chi Fei is most happy to see, because it heralds the emergence of current affairs newspapers.

Although he did not dare to make this kind of newspaper himself, he still hoped that someone who had the ability to have a background would do it.

After all, current affairs newspapers are the king of newspapers, and he certainly hopes that there will be more and more such newspapers.

In addition to current affairs newspapers, some newspapers simply took the glamorous road, inviting some authors who specialize in erotic romance to serialize some erotic stories, and also accompanied by some large-scale fragrant pictures.

These newspapers are also very popular with young male readers who are strong in their blood. It's just that because the contents are too glamorous, the people who buy them don't dare to let others know, and they buy them secretly every time.

There is a newspaper called Mingling Newspaper that is even more brain-opening, specializing in some Fengyue venues and theater troupes.

For example, where in the capital there is another Qingyin small class, how beautiful and versatile the girls' school books in it are.

Or which pillar of a famous opera troupe sang which play today, how many rewards received and so on.

In the entire newspaper circle of the capital, there was a strange scene of eight immortals crossing the sea, each showing their magical powers.

As a rough calculation, there have been more than a dozen new newspapers on the market so far, of all genres.

When Chi Fei saw so many newspapers appearing at once, he couldn't help but sigh that the brains of the Han people were spiritual light.

Only when you see something new that can make money, you can quickly imitate and create something new.

He was not surprised that no one would pay for the help of a literary newspaper.

He deliberately quoted such a high price, just because he didn't want anyone to ask him for help.

If a newspaper does come to him for help, but the newspaper does not sell well, the other party will definitely complain about him.

This money is not so easy to earn, so try not to get your hands on it.

What's more, now that the literary newspaper is on the right track, there is no shortage of money at all, but too much money.

In the past three months, the average sales of each issue of the literary newspaper have reached a staggering 13,000 copies, almost as many as all other newspapers combined.

Nearly eighty percent of the advertising space in the literary newspaper has been sold, and it is densely packed with commercial advertisements.

This is only the situation in Beijing, and the sales and advertising revenue of the Jiangnan edition of the literary newspaper are no worse than those in Beijing, and even better.

The combined sales of two editions of a newspaper plus so much advertising revenue have made Chi Fei a lot of money.

In terms of newspaper content, since Lan Qing's "Medical Yuan" began to be serialized, it has gradually been loved by many readers, especially female readers.

In order to increase interaction with readers, Chi Fei also opened a special section to reply to readers' questions, and all readers are welcome to send letters to the newspaper to ask about "Rebirth" and "Medical Fate".

This practice, which is equivalent to a reader's message, was immediately welcomed by the majority of readers, and many readers immediately wrote to the newspaper.

Chi Fei handed over all the letters sent to Lan Qing to her, and asked her to choose a few representative questions to reply to in the newspaper to increase interaction with readers.

And he himself chose a few questions from the large number of letters sent to him and replied to them in the newspaper.

His original intention was to increase the interaction between the author and the reader, so that the reader could provide some suggestions and communication to the author, and play a function like the reader's message board of the online article.

But he still underestimated the enthusiasm of his book lovers.

This unprecedented way of communication has excited readers, and many female readers have expressed their love to Chi Fei in letters, either implicitly or directly, hoping to contact him privately or meet in person.

Among them, the most asked are personal questions such as Chi Fei's age, whether he is married, and whether he is interested in someone.

After all, Mr. Chi Fei is so mysterious that almost no one has ever seen his true face.

Now there is a rare opportunity to communicate with him, and readers will certainly not let go of this good opportunity.

Because there were so many letters sent to him, Chi Fei couldn't read them at all, so he had to ask Zhang Xiao'e to help screen them.

Whenever Zhang Xiao'e saw a letter and then looked at him with very strange eyes, Chi Fei knew that most of the content or questions in the letter were some messy content.

Chi Fei even received a letter from a Qinglou Oiran to him, saying that he was willing to sweep the bed and wait, promise him personally, welcome him to come to her at any time, etc., so that he could see the black lines on his head.

He is now beginning to regret that he has nothing to do with reader replies, and he has so much more work at once.

Sure enough, if you don't do it, you won't die, and the more you do it, the more you die.

But in any case, it is an indisputable fact that since the increase in readers' replies to this section, the sales of the literary newspaper have further increased.

When Lan Qing's "Medical Yuan" was serialized for more than 70,000 words, a bookseller finally took the initiative to come to her to discuss the publication, and there was more than one.

Lan Qing had never published a script, so she didn't know how to choose, so she came to discuss with Chi Fei.

Chi Fei asked her to wait for a while, and then showed the manuscript to Ju Yazhai's golden shopkeeper to see if he was willing to buy the manuscript and publish it.

After reading the manuscript, the shopkeeper readily agreed to buy it.

But Lan Qing is a rookie author after all, even if she looks at Chi Fei's face, the manuscript fee can only be calculated at 300 articles per thousand words, which is already a price only for a slightly famous author.

Chi Fei told Lan Qing the result, and it was up to her to decide which bookseller to sell the manuscript to.

Lan Qing chose to sell to Ju Yazhai without even thinking about it, because Mr. Chi Fei, whom she admired the most, cooperated with Ju Yazhai, and she also wanted to publish her own works in the same bookstore with her idol.

Sure enough, the invisible flirtatation is the most deadly, when she said this to her face, even Chi Fei, who was already thick-skinned enough, felt that his old face was hot and ashamed.

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With the gradual popularity and successful publication of "Medical Yuan", more and more authors who are not well-known want to serialize their works in literary newspapers.

As for those famous authors, they have long been poached by other big newspapers.

As the editor-in-chief, Chi Fei will review the works of all the contributors one by one to decide whether to accept them, and if so, how much to pay, etc.

Now that the literary newspaper has a certain reputation, he doesn't want to serialize some works that are too bad, so as not to affect his reputation.

There is only one criterion for his selection, that is, whether he thinks it looks good or not. The good-looking ones stayed, and the bad-looking ones were directly defeated.

Maybe this selection method is too subjective, but who calls him the editor-in-chief, of course he has the right to decide.

As for the unsuccessful authors, Chi Fei will send a red envelope to the other party as a carriage fee, so that the other party can leave calmly.

Hello everyone, maybe there will be a chance to cooperate next time.

But there are occasional exceptions, there are always one or two unsuccessful authors who will be very angry, and when they leave, they will scold Chi Fei for not knowing how to appreciate and have no vision.

For this kind of person, Chi Fei didn't bother to quarrel with them, and drove them away directly, without even giving them the carriage fee.

After such many screenings, Chi Fei finally selected five works for serialization.

Four of them are old authors who have published scripts, but they have never been popular.

It's the kind of author who is a little famous, but not many people know about it.

The last one, like Lan Qing, is a newcomer who has never published a work, and he started writing because of interest.

Although the writing is still a little deficient compared to Lan Qing, it can be seen that it is talented and spiritual, and it is worth cultivating.

Because these five works have not been written long ago like "Medical Yuan", most of them are only half or one-third.

In order to prevent these authors from being suddenly poached to other newspapers at a high price in the middle of the serialization, Chi Fei signed an agreement with them.

It is agreed that this book can only be exclusively serialized in the literary newspaper, and if it is serialized in other newspapers, it is necessary to compensate the literary newspaper ten times the manuscript fee.

Because there are five more books to be serialized at once, one newspaper can no longer hold so much content, and Chi Fei can only add subpages.

As a result, the literary newspaper changed from one newspaper to two newspapers, and the price of each copy increased by five cents.

Although the price has increased, readers still think that it is worth it because of the extra weight of a full piece of paper, and the sales have not been affected.

Because in the past two months, he has to deal with readers' replies and increase the serialization of these five new books, Chi Fei is so busy during the day that he only has time to write at night.

At this time, "Rebirth" has entered a very critical plot to participate in the children's test.

The children's examination, also known as the children's examination, consists of three stages of examinations: the county examination, the prefectural examination and the hospital examination.

The specifics of these three phases are only known to those who have actually participated in them.

This part of the description may be a headache for others, but Chi Fei has Jian Shuqi, the imperial examination lady, so there is really no pressure at all.

On this day, after asking Jian Shuqi many details about the county test and the government test, Chi Fei was very attentive to pour tea and invite him to eat snacks for the old man, so he almost didn't give him a shoulder beat, and he couldn't do it.

While enjoying his hospitality, Jian Shuqi couldn't help but ask: "I can't imagine that you are really willing to let those businessmen visit your newspaper office, do you really want them to learn from you to run a newspaper?" ”

Chi Fei sighed and said, "If there is a choice, who doesn't want to do a business in the sole market?"

But the risk is too great, I have neither a backstage nor a backer, and if I really let those powerful people target me, then I will really become a fish on the chopping board for others to slaughter.

Since you have to do it sooner or later, it's better to do it sooner. As long as more newspapers appear sooner, so that my literary newspaper will not be so dazzling. ”

Although Jian Shuqi is a child of a family, he also understands that it is impossible for ordinary people to fight against the powerful, and the two sides are not above the same level at all.

After a little silence, Jian Shuqi looked at his friend Zhengrong and said: "Don't worry, after I am admitted to the Jinshi and become an officer, I will be your backer, and then you won't have to be so wronged by yourself." ”

Chi Fei smiled and said, "Okay, my literary newspaper will depend on you in the future." ”

"It's a deal."

Looking at his serious expression, Chi Fei felt funny and a little moved at the same time.

Even if he has never been an official, he knows that officialdom is not so easy to mix.

Even if you are the champion, if you don't have a backer behind you, it is very difficult to rise step by step in the officialdom.

A person who can be an official requires a very sharp political mind and flexible and superb means.

Sometimes in order to achieve the goal, you have to be forced to do something against your will, and it is not easy to be a great minister.

Therefore, for many young jinshi or officials with little background, the best way to get promoted is to find a powerful father-in-law, so that they can save many years of struggle.

The current Jian Shuqi has not yet entered the officialdom, and when he really enters the officialdom, he will naturally find that various interests and positions in the officialdom will often be entangled together, and many things are not something he can do if he wants to.

The so-called people are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves. This is true in the rivers and lakes, and even more so in officialdom.

However, it is already rare for Jian Shuqi to have this heart. Chi Fei got it.