On a rare sunny day, Cao Yuan'an took the time to go to the "Dianjin Bank" to visit Mr. Chen and discuss the matter of renting a printing office on the street next door to Xinglong Newspaper. Now there are a total of 37 people in Xinglong Newspaper www.biquge.info which is nearly three times larger than the previous more than 10 people, and the machines in the printing room on the first floor can only be put into four, and there are 18 printing workers, which is obviously not enough.

In Shanghai, it is mainly known as the Shanghai Commercial Press, Zhonghua Book Company, and World Book Company, which generally publish educational books, but also have their own newspapers and magazines. Secondly, in Shanghai, there are also people who founded the "Declaration", "Shanghai Daily", a local newspaper, seized most of the newspaper market, the declaration was founded by a British, one publication a day, Sunday closed for a day, and the Shanghai Newspaper was founded by a serious Shanghainese, a student named Kang Yang, founded in 1912.

Because Shanghai was called "Shanghai" or "Shen", the two newspapers were named after these two characters, and the two newspapers were published by different organizations and were not related. The only difference is that the circulation of the declaration can reach 20,000 copies, while the Shanghai newspaper only has 14,000.

In addition to these two newspapers, there are also other local newspapers in Shanghai, such as Ta Kung Pao, which also sells about 10,000 copies, which is a first-class newspaper.

The rest are newspapers published by small local newspapers in Shanghai, such as "Dajiang Daily" (circulation 1800-3000 before Yan Buwen came), "Republic of China Daily" (circulation 4000-5000, mainly used in the organs), "Shishi Xinbao" (circulation 1000-2000), "Zilinxi Bao" (circulation 6000-7000, mainly publishing Sino-foreign relations, China's political situation, and other countries' affairs), etc.

As a newspaper that integrates current affairs, gossip, novels, and poetry, Dajiang Daily can have a circulation of about 2,000, which is already a relatively good development in this kind of newspaper, as long as the content you want to read is there, but this is also a point that others criticize it. Intellectuals who want to see current affairs always feel that the gossip published in the back is too embarrassing, and idlers who want to see gossip have the heart to watch current affairs? Not focusing on one market leads to a large amount of customer churn.

Just like now, most people think that "Dajiang Daily" is just a novel newspaper, if the serialization of "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" ends, the sales of more than 8,000 will immediately drop to the original level, and it is estimated that it is not even as good as the original level, because the serialization of novels during this period has abandoned the readers who originally liked to watch current affairs and gossip. This is the next problem that "Dajiang Daily" needs to face, Yan Buwen has seen this a long time ago, and it is estimated that Cao Yuanan can also see it thoroughly, so Yan Buwen will not overstep his bounds.

Dianjin Bank is about two kilometers away from Xinglong Newspaper Office and about three kilometers away from Chen's Mansion, and there are special drivers to drive Mr. Chen and Mrs. Chen to work. Mr. Chen usually sits in the office and looks at the accounts, and from time to time he thinks of his dead daughter, thinking that there is no successor and no one to inherit his family business, which is a little sad.

"Mr. Cao is here." Someone knocked on the door and told Mr. Chen, and Mr. Chen hurriedly asked him to bring Cao Yuan'an in.

Cao Yuan'an just came in and said hello: "Mr. Chen, congratulations, congratulations, at this stage, the sales volume of "Dajiang Daily" is about to exceed 10,000, and it is about to become a first-class newspaper in Shanghai. ”

Cao Yuanan followed Mr. Chen to find a random chair in the office and sit down.

Mr. Chen nodded and said, "Yuan'an, I've worked hard for you this time." ”

"The main thing is that the novel is well written, and I just took a casual look at it and thought it was good, so I took it and published it, but I didn't expect it to become the main way for our newspaper to make money, and as of yesterday, the total sales driven by that novel have reached 70,000." Cao Yuanan continued, and did not invite credit, and pushed all the credit to Yan Buwen, which seemed very open-minded.

Mr. Chen said with a smile: "I knew that the sales of the newspaper were rising a few days ago, and I was going to congratulate you, but then I was afraid that you would be busy, so I forgot about it. It's just that I don't hear that this novel is really so good, and it can drive such high sales, which is indeed a bit amazing. ”

Before Mr. Chen planned to marry his daughter to him, he also thoroughly understood Yan Buwen, when his parents died, he couldn't go to college after high school, so Mr. Chen wanted Yan Buwen to come to his house, and at that time he saw that his daughter was still young, so he gave Yan Buwen a little money to let him stay in school, and when the time came, he said that his son-in-law was Dr. Yang, and he also had face. The talent for writing novels may be there, but Mr. Chen didn't expect the novels written by Yan Buwen to be so popular, and according to what I have learned in the past few days, in Shanghai, even many people think that "Yongsheng" is the next generation of Southern School masters.

Cao Yuan'an said: "Gratifying, as long as there is no smell, the sales of our newspaper will definitely increase day by day, and when the time comes, it will surpass the "Shanghai Daily", and the "Declaration" is not impossible. ”

Yes, as long as Yan Buwen has been writing novels in the newspaper and advertising them, so that "Yongsheng" can become a new generation of grandmasters, then "Dajiang Daily" will not worry about running out of sales, and Cao Yuanan also paid close attention to Mr. Chen's expression, not knowing if he would be able to comprehend his thoughts.

Mr. Chen smiled bitterly: "Although I am related to Buwen, after all, my daughter died before she passed through the door, and in the final analysis, she is still not related." If you are really talented, I am afraid that you will not write novels in a newspaper for the rest of your life, at least you have to teach at a university. When the time comes, if we don't talk about falling in love again, we won't interfere much. ”

Cao Yuanan said with a smile: "I don't know that kind of person, even if you get married in the future, you will be regarded as your biological parents, before this, Mr. Chen did not sponsor him to study abroad, if he turned his face and did not recognize people, it is estimated that this kind of behavior will not be able to be mixed in Shanghai." ”

Mr. Chen nodded, I hope so.

Cao Yuanan suddenly patted his head and said, "Mr. Chen, why didn't I remember, didn't you adopt a child Xiaorong before?" I think she looks slim, and she has a good relationship with Buwen, so it is better for you to marry Xiao Rong to him, wouldn't it fill the vacancy of Miss Chen. ”

Mr. Chen muttered: "My wife and I have also considered this matter, but now Xiao Rong is too young, and she is only 14 years old after the New Year, so let's talk about this matter in a year or two." ”

Cao Yuanan was also ready to say that it was common for people to get married at the age of thirteen or fourteen in the countryside, but when he saw that Mr. Chen was reluctant to mention it again, he gave up.

After that, Cao Yuanan and Mr. Chen talked about the expansion of the newspaper, Cao Yuanan already had a blueprint, and with the return of funds in the past few days, Xinglong Newspaper has enough funds to expand. After listening to this, Mr. Chen also felt that there were indeed a lot of people, and the newspaper office was just a little place, so it was natural to rent a printing house.

Mr. Chen nodded: "Yuan'an, you can do this thing, I am still very relieved that you can do things, if you can, discuss specific measures with Buwen, after all, he came back from studying abroad, and he must have some good ideas." ”

Cao Yuanan followed Mr. Chen's advice, but there was already a strange look in his eyes, but he still smiled: "I still know this, if you are free this afternoon, you can accompany me to see the venue, and it is time for him to intervene in the operation of the newspaper, and he needs to have a macro understanding of the entire newspaper." ”

Suddenly, Mr. Chen asked, "Oh? I heard that you asked Buwen to be the deputy editor-in-chief of the newspaper's fiction column, but is there such a thing? ”

Mr. Chen suddenly remembered that Xiao Rong occasionally mentioned that Yan Buwen was already the deputy editor of the newspaper's novel, and he hadn't taken it seriously before, so he would ask if he had the opportunity now.

Cao Yuanan nodded and said: "This is also how it should be, a novel has doubled the income of our newspaper several times, and being an associate editor-in-chief is also condescending, if it weren't for Wang Liangting, Xiao Wang would have followed me for a long time, I can't bear to demote him, and it's more than enough to be the editor-in-chief." ”

Mr. Chen smiled and nodded: "Indeed, if you follow this level of writing novels, no matter which newspaper or bookstore you go to, it will be a golden pimple." Originally, I only wanted him to work part-time in the newspaper, but I didn't expect to do such a performance. ”

Cao Yuanan also echoed and laughed, Cao Yuanan didn't know what Mr. Chen meant now, chatted for a while, Mr. Chen didn't answer the question to the point, Cao Yuanan was about to leave, at this time, Mr. Chen said to Cao Yuanan.

"I don't hear that when I came back from abroad, I am a high-level intellectual, and now the high-level intellectuals are all arrogant, and they can't stay in a small place for long, and a small temple can't offer a big Buddha. Now that the situation is turbulent, I can't guarantee that tomorrow if I don't hear about it, I won't be in the newspaper, go to politics, or become a teacher, isn't the teacher very popular now? The salary is still high, so you should pay attention to the fact that the newspaper should not only do well now, but also do well in the future, you are the manager, you are responsible for the newspaper, and you have to have a higher vision than me. "Mr. Chen's point is stopping, since he gave the newspaper to Cao Yuan'an two years ago, Mr. Chen has been letting Cao Yuan'an explore, and he doesn't care, although it is less than the top in the past two years, it is more than the bottom, and it is not prosperous.

But since Mr. Chen sent Yan Buwen to study for a period of time, Mr. Chen felt a trace of cold air in Cao Yuanan's eyes.

So in the end, I still have to wake up Cao Yuan'an.

Cao Yuanan also understands people, and he understands everything, so he quit and left.

After Mr. Chen waited for Cao Yuan'an to leave, he thought that Yan Buwen's aunt living in his house was indeed a bit unjustifiable, although he was engaged to Miss Chen, he had never visited the church, and he was not a real husband and wife. Mrs. Chen also had the idea of giving her adopted daughter Xiao Rong to Yan Buwen before, but was dispelled by Mr. Chen, after all, she is only 14, and she doesn't know anything, at least she has to wait for 16 years old, but as soon as Cao Yuanan mentioned it today, Mr. Chen felt that this matter was not really feasible, and he didn't hear that this year was only 20, a difference of 6 years.

Strictly ignoring the fact that writing poetry made the newspaper's sales increase by 1,000, and then writing novels to make the sales almost exceed 10,000, Mr. Chen was still unwilling to let go of this golden beetle son-in-law in his heart.

Every miller draws water to his own mill.