The 70s was the most prosperous period for Hong Kong's newspapers, and the Hong Kong Peninsula was the size of the palm of its hand, but there were nearly 70 newspapers at the same time. After fierce competition and survival of the fittest, there were only 55 newspapers left in Hong Kong in 1982 and 38 in 1997.

Based on Hong Kong's population and total newspaper circulation at this time, almost every two and a half Hong Kong people would buy a newspaper, a figure second only to Japan in Asia.

With so many newspapers and such fierce media competition, Kang Jianfei has a good novel in his hand, how can he worry that he won't be able to sell it?

Since "Ming Pao" doesn't want it, Kang Jianfei naturally won't hang himself from a tree, and he has two other best options - "Oriental Daily" and "Sing Tao Daily".

In Hong Kong, Ming Pao, Oriental Daily, and Sing Tao Daily are the three newspapers that have the largest sales, and you are chasing after me to take turns to sit in the "newspaper sales champion", with each issue selling more than 100,000 copies.

During this time, due to the resurgence of the Wesley series, the sales of "Ming Pao" once exceeded 150,000 copies, which gave "Oriental Daily" and "Sing Tao Daily" a big headache. Kang Jianfei sent "Xun Qin Ji" to the door at this time, if the editors of these two newspapers had a vision, they should be like a treasure and a big package to promote.

Kang Jianfei first went to "Oriental Daily", this newspaper often claims to be the number one seller in Hong Kong, and this time the sales have been suppressed by "Ming Pao" for several months, and they should be the most urgent.

"Oriental Daily" seems to be much more alert than the people on the side of "Ming Pao", and as soon as Kang Jianfei opened his mouth to inquire where the editor-in-chief's office was, a thin young man came over and asked, "Does this gentleman have anything to do with the editor-in-chief?" ”

Kang Jianfei let out a big word: "I have a way to increase the sales of "Oriental Daily" and defeat the "Ming Pao" that is pressing on your head, I think Editor-in-Chief Xu should be very interested in this matter." ”

The young man's name was Yun Bo, and he was an ordinary reporter of the "Oriental Daily", but he came to ask Kang Jianfei when he secretly inquired about the location of the editor-in-chief's office. Unexpectedly, Kang Jianfei was not shocking and endless, and actually said that he could increase the sales of "Oriental Daily" and defeat their rival "Ming Pao".

Yun Bo saw Kang Jianfei's confidence on his face, and it didn't seem like a fraud. He was a little unsure of his idea, and he didn't know whether Kang Jianfei was a madman or a real master. With a turn of his mind, Yun Bo whispered to Kang Jianfei: "On the third floor, go to the left, and the second room is the editor-in-chief's room. ”

"Thank you." Kang Jian Feidao.

Watching Kang Jianfei go upstairs, Yun Bo also quietly followed. If Kang Jianfei could talk to the editor-in-chief, he would "accidentally" reveal that he brought Kang Jianfei up, which was somewhat of a recommendation; If Kang Jianfei was driven away as a madman, he would immediately sneak away, as if he had never known such a thing.

The editor-in-chief of "Oriental Daily" is called Xu Jixin, who is in his early 50s, and looks younger than Pan Yuesheng, the editor-in-chief of "Ming Pao".

"I'm sure I'm going to increase sales at Oriental Daily." Kang Jianfei's first sentence when he walked into the editor-in-chief's office was this.

Xu Jixin was really shocked by such bold words, and asked hesitantly: "Forgive me for being clumsy, may I ask ...... you?"

Kang Jianfei took out the manuscript of "Searching for Qin", put it on his desk and said, "Editor-in-chief Xu can take a look at this first." ”

Xu Jixin still hasn't figured out what Kang Jianfei is here for, and opened the manuscript in a daze. He didn't like the urban plot at the beginning, and even wanted to abandon the book, but then he turned the pen and came to the Warring States Period, Xu Jixin's eyes suddenly lit up.

Different readers reacted differently to the same article.

It's like an online game novel, a 50-year-old reader doesn't want to read it after reading a few paragraphs, but a 20-year-old reader reads it with relish, which is a matter of taste.

For "Looking for Qin", Jin Yong is not very pleasing to the eye, feeling that the tone of this book is too frivolous, and its meat drama is unbearable. Although the plot is novel and may sell well, "Ming Pao" already has a Wesley series of Ni Frame, and Jin Yong does not consider "Xun Qin".

And Xu Jixin looks at "Xun Qin" from a purely commercial point of view, so the shortcomings of this book can be completely ignored, and many plots are remarkable, and it will definitely sell well.

After reading tens of thousands of words in one go, Xu Jixin took his eyes off the manuscript and asked Kang Jianfei and Hu Juncai: "What do you call the two gentlemen?" ”

Kang Jianfei said: "Mr. Xu is polite, my name is Kang Jianfei, and this is my friend Hu Juncai." ”

Xu Jixin had already seen that the two were dominated by Kang Jianfei, and Hu Juncai was a dozen soy sauces, so he asked Kang Jianfei: "This "Looking for Qin" is Mr. Kang's work? ”

Kang Jianfei smiled: "It's like a fake." ”

Xu Jixin asked straight to the point: "Is Mr. Kang willing to serialize this novel in "Oriental Daily"? ”

"Very willingly," Kang Jianfei asked, "I just don't know how to calculate the manuscript fee?" ”

Xu Jixin said: "How about 50 yuan for 1,000 words?" ”

Kang Jianfei smiled: "It's too low, right?" ”

Xu Jixin shook his head and said: "It's not low, Mr. Kang is a new author who is not famous, and this kind of manuscript is at most 30 yuan per thousand words in "Ming Pao". ”

Kang Jianfei retorted in a roundabout way: "How did I hear that Ni Frame's novel costs 500 yuan per thousand words? ”

"Ha Luha, that manuscript salary can't be used as a standard," Xu Jixin said with a smile, "Huang Yulang half a year ago, in order to start a new magazine, he just used Wesley's daughter to buy horse bones, and wanted to build momentum by giving Ni Frame's super high manuscript fee, so his magazine was hyped, so the manuscript fee of 500 yuan for 1,000 words was very empty." You must know that Ni Frame's manuscript fee in "Ming Pao" is only 180 yuan per thousand words. ”

Xu Jixin was afraid that Kang Jianfei would not understand, so he gave him a brief explanation of the remuneration of Hong Kong newspaper manuscripts, which was very different from what his cousin Wu Chenggang said that day.

Wu Chenggang said that the column manuscript is about 700 yuan per thousand words, but that is only the price code of famous artists, for example, asking Yishu to write a film review, which is almost this number - "Ming Pao" will give a maximum of 500 yuan for 1,000 words, and "Oriental Daily" will give 700 yuan for 1,000 words. And it must be a professional and creative manuscript, let Yishu write a casual essay, the manuscript fee will not exceed 200 yuan per thousand words.

If an ordinary university professor is invited to write a column, the maximum remuneration is 150 yuan per thousand words.

As for the manuscript of a novel, it is only about 100 yuan per thousand words for a famous writer, and the remuneration of an ordinary fiction writer is only 50 yuan per thousand words - Ni Frame, an exception.

After listening to this, Kang Jianfei was silent for a while, then suddenly stared at Xu Jixin and asked, "Editor-in-Chief Xu, do you think that "Xun Qin Ji" is only worth 50 yuan for 1,000 words?" ”

Xu Jixin and Kang Jianfei glanced at each other, just from each other's eyes, he knew that Kang Jianfei was not a person who could be fooled at will, and said with relief: "Mr. Kang seems to be very confident in his novels, so it's 80 yuan for a thousand words, which is already the price of a well-known novelist." ”

Kang Jianfei shook his head and said, "Not enough." ”

Xu Jixin's face turned cold, and he said: "Mr. Kang, don't get an inch, no new author's novel can get a manuscript fee of 80 yuan per thousand words, I have made an exception for you." ”

Kang Jianfei didn't seem to hear his words, and continued: "Editor-in-chief Xu, if we weren't like this, we would have calculated the manuscript fee for "Xun Qinji" for the first seven days at 50 yuan per thousand words. How much the manuscript fee should be in a week, we will talk about it at that time, and we will adjust it according to the market reaction. ”

Xu Jixin understood it, and the young man in front of him had great confidence in the novel he had created. This kind of person is the most difficult to deal with, especially after the novel responds well, and the manuscript fee is even more difficult to calculate.

Although Xu Jixin is very optimistic about this novel, he doesn't want to be involved in the future because of the manuscript fee, and said: "Mr. Kang......"

"I know what you're going to say," Kang Jianfei interrupted, "The best-selling novels in Hong Kong right now are Ni Frame and Wen Rui'an." The works of these two men, one was published in Ming Pao and the other in Ming Pao Evening News. Editor-in-chief Xu rejected a novel that could compete with Ni Frame and Wen Ruian for the sake of a mere 100 yuan manuscript fee? ”

What a megalomaniacal guy!

It was the first time Xu Jixin had met such an unscrupulous and arrogant young man, and he actually kept saying that he could compete with Ni Frame and Wen Ruian, how good did he feel about himself?

However, Xu Jixin has to admit that "Looking for Qin" is likely to be a big hit.

Ni Box actually wrote a novel in the "Oriental Daily", but it was not a Wesley series, and the response from readers was not very good, and the "Oriental Daily" really needed a popular novel to support the page.

Kang Jianfei took back the manuscript of "Looking for Qin" and said, "Editor-in-Chief Xu, my condition is not too much, right?" If you don't want to, then I'll have to take the manuscript to Sing Tao Daily. ”

"Wait!" Xu Jixin immediately spoke out to stop him, and Kang Jianfei's last sentence hit his weakness. "Ming Pao" is already majestic enough, if this novel is pushed to "Sing Tao Daily" again, then "Oriental Daily" will face double pressure, he said with a slightly hypocritical smile on his face, "It's decided, the first week's remuneration is 50 yuan per thousand words, and the second week will be adjusted according to the reader's reaction." ”

Kang Jianfei smiled: "It's a wise choice. ”

Xu Jixin let a hairy boy control the scene, obviously a little unhappy, and asked angrily: "Do you want Mr. Kang to take any pen name?" ”

Kang Jianfei raised his eyebrows: "Pen name? The pen name 'Long Aotian' is not okay. ”

Xu Jixin read it twice, nodded and said, "Yes, Long Aotian's pen name is great, easy to remember and domineering." ”

Kang Jianfei sweated wildly and said: "Sign Kang Jianfei directly, if Editor-in-Chief Xu likes the pen name Long Aotian, I will give it to you for free." ”

Hu Juncai followed Kang Jianfei out of the building of "Oriental Daily", as if in a dream, looked at Kang Jianfei with wide eyes and said, "Ah Fei, have you really become a writer?" ”

Kang Jianfei nodded and said, "Sort of." ”

Hu Juncai felt that this world was too crazy, he and Kang Jianfei had known each other since childhood, and they smuggled across the sea to Hong Kong together. He is still on the subsistence line, Kang Jianfei not only won the appreciation of the great director Wang Tianlin, but also became a writer in a blink of an eye, which is like a fantasy.

Looking at the back of Kang Jianfei waving to the side of the street to call a taxi, Hu Juncai remembered the statue of the chairman waving, and Kang Jianfei's image in his mind instantly became tall and mighty.

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