Chapter 950 Expand the scope of business

Charles boiled a pot of condensed milk in the kitchen, added some juice to it, poured two glasses out, and flicked a few ice balls into a cold drink.

He placed a glass of milk in front of Tarantura, sat down, and continued: "Actually, there is a lot of room for development in the publishing industry beyond the current review magazine, oh, the magazine is a pamphlet that is published regularly. ”

"I plan to publish a journal that publishes the results of magical research, and magicians with new results can submit articles to us, and then we will ask senior professors from various colleges to evaluate them, and we will publish them if they are valuable. ”

Tarantula shouted without even thinking about it: "This is a good solution!"

"It's not easy for a magician to write a book and release new achievements, how many people only have one or two new achievements in a lifetime, and they can't get together a book at all, and most of these achievements are eaten in the pile of paper!"

"Now not only can it be published in a collection of books, but it can also be evaluated by famous professors in the college, and if it gets a good review, they will be crazy with joy!"

"When the time comes, we will divide this kind of magazine into several grades, and the higher the evaluation, the more expensive it will sell!"

Charles hurriedly said, "That...... I think this magazine can be sold as cheaply as possible, preferably affordable for ordinary students and adventurers. ”

Tarantula was stunned for a moment, first looking at Charles in bewilderment, and then her eyes widened after a moment.

"You deserve to be the richest family on the mainland!" she exclaimed, "How many people must owe you favors, and whoever dares to say bad things about you in the future will definitely be beaten to death by the group!"

Charles scratched the back of his head a little embarrassed, he just wanted to take the path of small profits and quick sales to build the reputation of the publisher and add credibility to certain magazines. But since Tarantula thought so, he recognized it.

At this time, Tarantula muttered: "We can find a cooperation with the adventurers' union, and open a shelf there to sell books, and those adventurers have a lot of purchasing power, and they are willing to spend money to save their lives." ”

Charles felt that her words made the two layers of dividends worthwhile, she has been in the pawn business for so many years, and has a very deep understanding of the market.

He asked, "Do you think there is a market for magazines for children?"

"I'm going to put out a magazine like an atlas with stories that kids love. ”

Now Tarantula is sad, her business has never involved children, and she is not familiar with this market.

She thought for a moment and said, "I think I can try it, I don't know what the children like." I was often sick from poisoning as a child and rarely played with children. ”

Charles also didn't understand very well, and his family's family education had no reference value, so he decided to recruit relevant talents from the society later.

As a result, they attracted a big Ben, and that's a story for later.

Charles asked again: "What do you think of the fact that we have a beautiful-looking magazine full of little stories and poems for the amusement of those young ladies in the boudoir?"

"There is also a book for those citizens to watch and entertain, and there are more small stories, serialized stories and the like. ”

"This kind of pastime magazine mainly accepts submissions, and I think there must be students in so many faculties who are happy to do so. ”

Of course, the market could be further segmented, and the readership was divided into categories such as adventurers, housewives, the elderly, and working farmers. ”

If you want to hide a tree, put it in the forest, and Tarantula didn't care about magazines for workers and peasants.

Although the sheer number of these people was huge, the literacy rate was extremely low, and the purchasing power was so miserable that Tarantula thought that Charles had just added them if he was just talking about it.

Charles naturally knew this, but he had other plans for it, and it was inconvenient for him to talk to Tarantura.

The general direction was set, and the two began to draw a product tree diagram on paper to discuss the optimization of the product structure.

The first issue of the magazine was set to be "See the World" for current affairs analysis, "Yicai Monthly" for economics, "Magic" for academics, "Horse Riding and Slashing" for military, "Story Club" for literature, and "Good Boy Pictorial" for children.

Tarantula had great contempt for Charles's ability to make a name, but the cheeky guy simply ignored it, he was a shareholder, and he had the final say.

The editor-in-chief and editorial staff of the current affairs analysis magazine are in charge of Tarantura, which is the basic plate assigned to her, and Charles basically does not bother.

There are the most economic professionals on the mainland, and Charles decided to discuss it with Mr. Wolf later. Those old pedants value fame more than money, and I believe they will be happy to use the platform of magazines to gain prestige.

Military magazines are not afraid of no one, and now the elite troops from all over the country are gathering towards the knowledge city, and he can still eat someone's face in the aristocratic circle of Jiangbei, and the officers in Jiangnan believe that they will also sell "Ru Eight Hundred" for a face, and there is no shortage of manuscripts, and the editor-in-chief and editor plan to ask the War God Academy for help.

Literature is the easiest, many colleges have circles such as literary clubs, it would be good to let Vichy help contact them, and if others don't say it, she will definitely help Tarantula with her help.

A bit of a headache is the academic "Magic", the papers in it need peer review, and it is not easy to invite those experts.

So Charles pinched his meal and took Tarantula to Professor Erbach's house.

Who would have thought that the principal of Shield Bridge Academy would eat lunch and breakfast together on his day off, and two guys holding a bowl of white porridge at the table talking about the idea of publishing "Magic" magazine.

His Excellency the Headmaster was a calm man, and after listening to the young man's story, he did not say a word, and slowly finished the porridge in the bowl.

If it weren't for the fact that he almost fed the porridge into his nose a few times, Charles would have thought that his headmaster was not interested in this matter.

But the principal is the principal, and he can see the problems that young people can't see.

After eating breakfast and lunch, he took two young people to the study, and as soon as he sat down, he said: "First of all, this magazine you run must be absolutely neutral, and if it is not absolute, it is absolutely not neutral. ”

"Secondly, there are at least three peer-reviewed candidates, who are composed of priests, professors from the island's academy, and famous magicians from all over the world. ”

"Third, both parties must be double-blind during the review. ”

"If you can do all three, it's basically not too much of a problem. ”

"As for the magicians who participated in the review, you can make a list for me, I can help you contact it, and the priest will figure it out for yourself. ”

Charles nodded and was taught, and he really didn't expect to pull the priest in. The benefits of this are obvious, at least the fairness of the judging has increased considerably.

The old headmaster knew exactly what magicians and scholars thought, and he would say whatever came to mind, and patched up Charles' plan a lot.

As he was leaving, Charles whispered to the principal, "Your Excellency, I wonder what important research you have done recently? I think the first article in the first issue of this magazine is a blockbuster work. ”

Professor Erbach's eyes lit up, and instead of answering Charles's words, he asked, "Do you recognize an old fellow named Neville?"

Charles thought for a moment and replied, "You're talking about the deputy head of the royal mage corps of Biberach, and the last time I saw him was at my grandfather's funeral." ”

Professor Erbach nodded and continued: "He asked me about the situation here two days ago, and at the same time told me about the situation at home. When he was doing magic experiments two years ago, he had an accident, and a large amount of fire elements were difficult to get rid of in his body, which made his body deteriorate. His disease needed to be cured by the ice crystal vines of the Far North and the blood of the Citroon, but the Orcs had none of them, and could only be found north through the steppes and the Tien Shan Mountains on the snowy fields of the Far North. Neville said that his granddaughter always wanted to go to the snowfield to find medicine, and he was afraid that her granddaughter would be in danger if she acted on her own, so he asked me to help find a strong young man to accompany her granddaughter. ”

Charles looked confused, what is this, he has brushed up enough of the principal's favorability, does the principal issue a side quest to himself? And it sounds like the reward for this task also includes the granddaughter of Old Man Neville, who is called the "Kingdom Double Pearl" with Cynthia.

After all, it has been at least half a year to run back and forth, and young men and women have been running together for so long, either the three views and personality are not in harmony and turn against each other, or they have feelings in the ordeal.

However, Mr. Neville is a good buddy of Grandpa Ru, and the two families used to communicate frequently, so Charles took over this matter.