The Office of the General Manager of Oriental Daily.

The beautiful female secretary pushed the door in with a stack of newspapers, and whispered to Ma Chengkun, who was leaning on the boss's chair and closing his eyes, "Boss, this is today's newspaper." ”

Ma Chengkun opened his eyes, spat out and said to the secretary, "Bring me a cup of coffee." ”

The female secretary was ordered to make coffee, and Ma Chengkun 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 Ma Chengkun 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.

As the head of a large newspaper group, 23-year-old Ma Chengkun is too young.

There was no way, Ma Chengkun's uncle was accused of smuggling 700 tons of opium into Hong Kong the year before last and fled to Taiwan in embarrassment. b. Hide; His dad was charged with trafficking last year. Drugs and bribery, abandoned bail and absconded to Taiwan. b, and now he is still in prison. The older generation of the Ma family is three. came from a joint association, and after the incident, they all packed up and ran away, and "Oriental Daily" could only be carried by the younger generation.

In today's "Oriental Daily", Ma Chengkun controls the overall situation as the chairman and general manager, and his cousin Ma Tingqiang, who is the same age as him, is in charge of the newspaper's external affairs. Two twenty-three-year-old young men were in charge of a large newspaper, and although they were full of momentum, they had no experience and skills, and the sales of the Oriental Daily fell again and again, and they were about to fall below 100,000 copies.

Ma Chengkun first opened his own "Oriental Daily", roughly swept all the pages, and suddenly frowned when he turned to the supplement. The above page should have been a serialized Ni Box novel, but it was replaced by a new novel "Xun Qin Ji", and the author Kang Jianfei had never heard of the name.

As the general manager, Ma Chengkun is in charge of the management department of Oriental Daily, mainly responsible for the newspaper's advertising, distribution, outreach and so on. As for the content of the newspaper and the selection of manuscripts, Xu Jixin's editorial department is in charge.

Xu Jixin is an old man left by his father, and Ma Chengkun also respects him very much, and generally does not interfere in the affairs of the editorial department. But this time he was a little dissatisfied with Xu Jixin, replacing the novel in the supplement was a big deal, and Xu Jixin didn't even say hello to him.

In the novel, it is a small matter, and it is a big thing not to inform him, Ma Chengkun's anger comes from Xu Jixin's disrespect for him!

Ma Chengkun pressed the unhappiness in his heart and continued to open other newspapers, and now he still has to rely on Xu Jixin to run the newspaper, and it is not good for anyone to tear his face.

In second place was "Ta Kung Pao", and the secretary directly opened the seventh edition, and ticked off the important reports with a red pen.

"Hiding Dirt and Dirt, the Shame of the Press"

The bold big black font made Ma Chengkun unhappy as soon as he saw it.

This report was specifically aimed at scolding the "Oriental Daily," and the content of the scolding was basically concentrated on the Fengyue edition of the "Oriental Daily," saying that the "Oriental Daily" was selling eroticism and vulgarity.

The Fengyue edition mentioned by Ta Kung Pao is actually one of the pages of the supplement of Oriental Daily, which is dedicated to some bright colors. Affair. The meat scene in Kang Jianfei's "Looking for Qin" is nothing compared to the content of the Fengyue edition of "Oriental Daily", so Xu Jixin, the editor-in-chief that day, had no worries about the Yanwen in "Looking for Qin".

"Ta Kung Pao" has a mainland background, while "Oriental Daily" is pro-Taiwan, and the two newspapers are already-for-tat. This time, due to the continuous decline in sales of the "Oriental Daily", in order to attract readers, the articles on the Fengyue edition are becoming more and more colorful. The blatant sentiment immediately attracted criticism from Ta Kung Pao, and the article even suggested that the Hong Kong government should suspend and rectify the "Oriental Daily".

As soon as Ma Chengkun saw this kind of article, he was angry, and the sales of "Oriental Daily" reached the first place in Hong Kong two years ago, but as a result, his father and uncle had accidents one after another, other newspapers beat up the water dogs, and all kinds of negative reports poured in, causing "Oriental Daily" to suffer one setback after another.

"Knock knock!"

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

It was Xu Jixin, the editor-in-chief, who came in, holding the newspaper with a happy face, as if he had encountered a great event.

Ma Chengkun stood up and said enthusiastically: "Uncle Xu, please sit down, is there anything to find me?" ”

Xu Jixin raised the "Oriental Daily" in his hand and said happily: "Chairman, today's 110,000 copies of the newspaper have been sold out, and it seems that at least 120,000 copies will be printed tomorrow!" ”

"Really?" Ma Chengkun, who had just pretended to be sophisticated, finally exposed his young and uncompromised nature, with excitement and joy on his face.

When Ma Chengkun took over the Oriental Daily last year, the Ma family was in turmoil, the newspaper was scattered, and the newspaper's sales fell from 160,000 to 102,000 last month. Just when Ma Chengkun couldn't hold it anymore, newspaper sales suddenly bottomed out, how can you tell him not to get excited? .

"It's true," Xu Jixin, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, is no less stressed than Ma Chengkun, and now seems to have been freed from hell, he said, "The response to 'Xun Qin' was surprisingly good, and within three hours the newspaper was sold, hundreds of readers called to ask about the novel." ”

""Xun Qin" is really so good to sell?" Ma Chengkun asked suspiciously, he just glanced at it a few times, but he didn't look carefully.

"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!" Xu Jixin nodded.

Before Xu Jixin finished speaking, Yao Guangzhen, the manager of the distribution department, excitedly broke in directly: "Chairman, the newspaper is selling well!" I've told the printer to print another 3,000 copies today and 120,000 copies tomorrow! ”

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On the second day of the serialization of "Xun Qin", the female secretary Ali came to Ma Chengkun's office and excitedly reported: "Boss, all the 120,000 newspapers are sold out today, and Manager Yao of the circulation department wants to print 5,000 copies directly, and asks if it is feasible to print 140,000 copies directly tomorrow?" ”

"120,000 copies sold out?" Ma Chengkun was pleasantly surprised, and walked around excitedly, as if he wanted to vent all the depression that had been suppressed in his heart for a year, and kept rubbing his hands and saying to himself: "It's so good, it's so good......"

After being excited for a long time, Ma Chengkun said: "Meeting, Ali, you call the heads of various departments to come over for a meeting immediately!" ”

The big and small heads of the "Oriental Daily" soon gathered in the conference room, Ma Chengkun stood up and slapped his hands and said: "Everyone, before the meeting, let us applaud Editor-in-Chief Xu, it was he who recognized heroes and discovered a good novel, which led to the overall sales of the newspaper. Thank you to Editor-in-Chief Xu for his contribution to Oriental Daily! ”

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

There was a burst of thunderous applause, and basically all the people present were old employees of the "Oriental Daily". In the past two years, the two founders of the newspaper have run away one after another, and the "Oriental Daily" is about to collapse, and many employees have resigned, and those who remain are sincere people to the newspaper.

Everyone has been working under tremendous pressure for a year, and now that the newspaper's sales are back up, they are naturally in a good mood, and everyone applauds Xu Jixin with heartfelt applause.

After the applause, Ma Chengkun said: "Colleagues from various departments should talk about their respective situations. ”

Yao Guangzhen, manager of the distribution department, first spoke: "Since the serialization of "Xun Qin", the sales of the newspaper on the first day have increased by 8,000 copies, and the sales of at least 9,000 copies will be increased today. Judging by the market reaction, I think we should be more bold and print 140,000 copies of the newspaper directly tomorrow! ”

Ma Chengkun nodded and said: "Very good, 140,000 copies will be printed tomorrow, and the distribution department must keep an eye on the feedback from the market at any time." ”

"Let me talk about the situation of the advertising department," Ma Tingqiang spoke second, he is Ma Chengkun's cousin and the future husband of the female star Li Zi in the parallel space, "Due to the sharp increase in newspaper sales in the past two days, the advertising department has received 4 new advertising orders this morning alone." If newspaper sales are still surging tomorrow, I propose to raise the advertising price and restore the advertising of the Oriental Daily to its previous price. ”

"Good, good!" Ma Chengkun said again and again, he was happy at this time, except for the word "good", he really couldn't find any other words to express. Sales and advertising are the lifeblood of a newspaper's survival, and the news reported by Yao Guangzhen and Ma Tingqiang is actually announcing that "Oriental Daily" has become brilliant again.

Xu Jixin suddenly said loudly: "Chairman, I want to explain a situation to you here, and first review my own negligence before I say it." ”

Ma Chengkun was in a happy mood and said with a smile: "Editor-in-chief Xu, you said, as long as you don't kidnap the Hong Kong governor, everyone will help you with other things." ”

Xu Jixin said: "Chairman, we must now stabilize Kang Jianfei, the author of "Xun Qin Ji", according to the manuscript contract signed that day, the second week of the novel's serialization must renegotiate the issue of manuscript fees. If the manuscript fee cannot be negotiated, he can take "Xun Qin Ji" to other newspapers for publication at any time. ”

"What?" Ma Chengkun's face changed, and he reproached, "Why are you so confused, you have to trap him from the beginning!" ”

Xu Jixin smiled bitterly: "That guy is very difficult to talk to, as soon as he comes, he compares himself with Ni Frame, where would I promise to give him such a high manuscript fee." At that time, I only thought that "Xun Qin" might sell well, but who would have thought that it would be such a sensation? Now the whole of Hong Kong is talking about the novel. ”

"Contact him quickly, no matter how high the manuscript fee is, you must keep him," Ma Chengkun forced himself to calm down from his excitement and said, "A novel brings a newspaper back to life, and in just two days, "Xun Qin Ji" has increased the sales of "Oriental Daily" by 20,000 copies, which can already be compared with Jin Yong and Ni Frame, and this person must not be let go!" ”

Xu Jixin said embarrassedly: "Actually, I wanted to contact him yesterday, but Kang Jianfei didn't leave an address or phone, I really couldn't find anyone, so I had to wait for him to come to the door by himself." ”

"You...... What a mess! Ma Chengkun couldn't wait to kick Xu Jixin out.

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Six days after "The Legend of Qin" was serialized in the Oriental Daily, the plot of the novel was high. With the advent of the tide, newspaper sales have soared again, reaching 158,000 copies.

"Oriental Daily" once again won the throne of "Hong Kong newspaper sales champion" with a martial arts novel, and the entire Hong Kong press was shocked.

You must know that the resurgence of the Wesley series half a year ago only increased the sales of "Ming Pao" by more than 20,000 copies, but "Xun Qin Ji" directly increased the sales of "Oriental Daily" from 102,000 copies to 158,000 copies!

Before that, the sales of "Oriental Daily" had declined for more than a year, and it was about to decline.

One person saves and one retribution!

Now the bosses of various newspapers are inquiring about Kang Jianfei, wanting to ask this new popular writer to make an appointment.

In Jin Yong's office, Pan Yuesheng, editor-in-chief of Ming Pao, said with an ugly face: "Mr. Cha, this time it was my negligence. "Xun Qin Ji" was originally submitted to "Ming Pao" first, but I didn't even read the manuscript, so I blasted people away. ”

Jin Yong couldn't see a trace of displeasure on his face, but asked with a smile: "Why, that Kang Jianfei also asked you to read the draft?" ”

Pan Yuesheng said embarrassedly: "Yes, at that time, I was about to go back to the editor-in-chief's office to review Ni Frame's manuscript, and I only regarded Kang Jianfei as an ordinary new author, and I felt that this person was too slippery, so I didn't read his manuscript, and only glimpsed that the name of the novel was "Xun Qin Ji". I didn't expect this novel to be so powerful that it actually overshadowed Wesley's limelight. ”

"It doesn't matter," said Jin Yong, waving his hand, "Oriental Daily takes the vulgar route of the market, while Ming Pao has a much higher style." I have read the manuscript of "Xun Qin", and even if I do it all over again, I will still reject his manuscript. Running a newspaper is running a newspaper, not a fiction journal, adhering to the concept of running a newspaper is the long-term way, and relying on novels to increase sales is only a temporary strategy. ”

Sending Pan Yuesheng away, Jin Yong, who was indifferent just now, felt a trace of regret in his heart. If he had known that Lu Dao's "Seeking Qin" would be such a big hit, he would definitely open a new novel column for Kang Jianfei in the supplement, and then personally supervise the newspaper editor to delete and change the meat drama in "Seeking Qin".

It's a pity that regret is useless, and the sales of "Oriental Daily" have once again overshadowed "Ming Pao" with the hot sale of "Xun Qin Ji".

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