This morning, Xiao Tang gave himself a vacation alone, because the general matters in the early stage of the newspaper were handled almost the same, and some other small things, with Xiao Tang's explanation, Chang Zheng, the vice president, can also call the shots, if there is any sudden big event, Chang Zheng will also call Xiao Tang to ask for instructions.

Wang Jing next door seems to have really moved away, Xiao Tang didn't hear any movement next door for many days, in fact, Xiao Tang is quite regretful, after all, this is the first person he has met in this world with a head and a face, of course, his face is not very big now, but this person is a potential stock, the most profitable directors in the eighties and nineties in Xiangjiang, if they can make friends, maybe there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future.

But now people don't know where to run, so they can only have the opportunity to continue the front edge in the future.

After getting up in the morning, Xiao Tang dressed up a little, just looked in the mirror, and found that the people in the mirror were a little too gorgeous, and the four heavenly kings had to go back a little in front of this face, so scared that Xiao Tang didn't even dare to use soap, so he directly took a few handfuls of water and washed two handfuls, even if he coped with it, even if he knew that it was himself in the mirror, Xiao Tang still couldn't help but be jealous, "I'm afraid this big brother is the little person in the world who doesn't worry about his appearance!" ”

Before going out, Xiao Tang took out a black sportswear from the wardrobe and put it on his body, in fact, his favorite thing was white, but when he thought of his white shirt, he had a headache. His appearance that day probably scared the woman a lot, Xiao Tang didn't know whether he should find the other party to get the clothes back, but the clothes had already been washed in blood, and he probably couldn't wear them, and he still owed people 3,000 yuan in medical expenses.

Although the "Dongxing Daily" is now on the right track, there is not much money on the books. And the company's equity is not unique to him, and it is not easy to embezzle it privately, so he used the name of the author of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" Death Song (Xiao Tang's pen name) to pay a price of 300,000 words in advance, and the remuneration of 100,000 words was 30,000 Hong Kong dollars.

And the reason why he gave himself a holiday alone today was that he wanted to go back to Tiaojingling's home, after all, there was no phone over there for a month, so it was right to go back and report his safety. Otherwise, the mother of this world is probably worried every day. After all, when the previous body was carried back half a year ago, the old mother washed her face with tears every day, and this time when he said it to do things, his mother was not at ease, and finally agreed to Xiao Tang to come out.

Xiao Tang's rented apartment is relatively close to the junction of Broadcasting Road and Junction Road, adjacent to Junction Road Park, and east of the famous Wong Tai Sin Temple. Out of the apartment, he stretched out his hand to hail a taxi, and said, "Go to Tiu Keng Ling", Xiao Tang sat in the back of the car under the driver's somewhat surprised gaze, perhaps the driver was surprised who would go to the shabby place of Tiu Keng Lean.

The driver was an uncle about fifty years old, and he didn't start the car as soon as Xiao Tang got into the car, but glanced at the rearview mirror and said, "Pretty boy, the road in Tiaojingling is not easy to walk, and it's too far." ”

"How much?" Xiao Tang didn't argue with the driver, but asked directly.

"Huh?" The driver pondered for a while before he was embarrassed and said, "It's not a question of whether it's money or not." ”

Xiao Tang frowned slightly, he thought that the driver was really inconvenient, so he planned to get out of the car and re-block it. But he didn't wait for him to move.

The driver hurriedly said, "Two hundred yuan, I should help you." ”

Xiao Tang had a black line on his head, "Two hundred yuan, you're afraid you're not stupid." "I can't help but complain in my heart that it's so dark, and Lao Tzu is not a foreigner." Fifty pieces. Couldn't be more. ”

The driver was still ready to negotiate with Xiao Tang but saw Xiao Tang directly open the door and wanted to leave, the money in this era is not like that of later generations, it is not worth much, no matter how far the road is to Hong Kong Island, even if it is difficult to walk, it is impossible to ask for 200 yuan.

However, before Xiao Tang got out of the car, the driver quickly started to fire, and they made more money in this business, but they couldn't make less money.

And Xiao Tang saw that the other party was ready to leave, so he turned off the plan to change the car.

"Pretty boy, are you going home or are you going to Tiaojingling to run errands?" The car walked on the road, and the driver chatted with Xiao Tang without a ride.

"Go home!" Xiao Tang answered, and then did not speak. "Oh!" The driver sighed, but he saw that Xiao Tang didn't seem to have any interest in chatting, and kept looking at the scenery outside the window, so he was dumbfounded, but suddenly the driver's uncle seemed to have an idea and said to Xiao Tang in the back row: "Pretty boy, it's quite far to go to Tiaojingling Road, why don't you give you a newspaper to relieve your boredom?" ”

Xiao Tang was stunned for a moment and said, "Uncle, what newspaper?" "Xiao Tang himself ran a newspaper. Of course, I was very sensitive to this topic, and immediately came to a lot of interest, and even some expectations. But in the next second, his face collapsed.

"New Newspaper!" The driver replied, in fact, when the driver was showing Xiao Tang the newspaper just now, Xiao Tang still had a lot of expectations in his heart, but when he heard that it was "New Newspaper", he shook his head and refused: "Forget it, Abel." ”

"Look at it, pretty boy, it's very good, there are a lot of people who like it when I solicit customers these days." The driver's uncle didn't care about Xiao Tang's refusal, but was about to turn around and hand the newspaper to Xiao Tang as if offering a treasure, so frightened that Xiao Tang hurriedly stopped him, "Uncle, you watch the road carefully, I'll get it myself." ”

This discouraged the uncle's enthusiasm.

Xiao Tang leaned forward, but he looked at the newspaper in the driver's hand, but the next moment he was stunned, and looked at the newspaper in his hand with some surprise and asked the driver's uncle: "Uncle, isn't this "Dongxing Daily"? How do you say he's The Novaya? ”

Xiao Tang was a little confused at the moment, it is impossible for this driver's uncle to read the newspaper without knowing the words, and it is impossible to recognize the big four square words even if he breaks the bones!

"Hey, hey!" The driver's uncle said with a smile while driving: "This is jargon, our taxi drivers in Kowloon call this newspaper "New Newspaper", I don't believe you can open it to see if it is different from the old newspaper." ”

"Oh!" It wasn't until the driver's uncle finished explaining that Xiao Tang suddenly realized that this new newspaper was not the other new newspaper, but he was lonely and unheard, and at first Xiao Tang thought it was a newspaper issued by the "New Newspaper" newspaper! I didn't want to make a fuss.

However, at this time, Xiao Tang was obviously interested in the "New Newspaper" in the driver's uncle's mouth, and immediately asked curiously: "Uncle, why do you recommend this newspaper to me?" ”

"Wait, Abel, look at the road, just say it, don't look back and show me." When Xiao Tang found that the driver's uncle was a little excited and turned around and was ready to explain, he immediately shouted, although there are very few vehicles in this era, but Xiao Tang is also afraid that the other party will drive into the ditch, so he keeps reminding the other party to concentrate on driving, although it is interesting to listen to strangers recommend their own newspapers to themselves, but this car Xiao Tang feels unsteady in his heart, and he is a little hairy.

"Actually, it's not recommended.,It's just that when I'm picking up passengers recently.,Give it to a lot of customers and they say it's good.,Just see that you seem to have nothing to do.,I think you might like it.,I'll give you a relief from boredom.,If you don't like to watch the news.,You can turn to their novels behind.,I have all the serials from the first issue to the ninth issue of their family in the car.,It's just that today's newspaper has to go to the newsstand to buy it." Uncle Driver took the trouble to explain, Xiao Tang took a general look at the latest edition of the newspaper yesterday, and today should not have been bought.

In fact, Xiao Tang's mood at the moment is very strange, it's like, you were admitted to Tsinghua University, but you haven't had time to tell your parents the news, and when you just came home, you found that your father said to you sourly: "I don't know which lucky person was admitted to Tsinghua University" and then you were so happy that you only smiled.

However, although Xiao Tang was happy that his newspaper was accepted and sought after, he still asked the driver with some curiosity: "Uncle, what you said is that when you pick up passengers, many people like this newspaper very much?" ”

"That's right! Otherwise, I won't recommend it to you, recently most of the taxis near Kowloon have a 'new newspaper' for customers to read, sometimes there are more customers, but also with one or two more copies, because some customers may not finish the newspaper, when he gets off the car you don't pay attention, he even took the newspaper away for you. It's quite annoying, we come to the newspaper hall to buy a newspaper for 0.8 Hong Kong dollars, and sometimes we only earn a few dollars for a customer. As he spoke, the driver's uncle began to complain.

Xiao Tang listened to it funny in the back, he really didn't expect such an interesting story.

But the driver's uncle's words gave Xiao Tang inspiration, these Kowloon taxis used his newspaper to attract customers, and then also expanded the influence of their newspaper in disguise, although this trend is still only around Kowloon, but since he was met, Xiao Tang didn't mind adding a fire, after having an idea in his heart, Xiao Tang smiled and said to the driver: "Uncle, in fact, I have acquaintances in this newspaper, or you give me a contact information, I will help you ask the newspaper if it can provide some newspapers for your taxis for free, It's still the earliest and newest kind. ”

"Really?" The driver's uncle looked surprised, and then smiled: "Pretty boy, you can do Uncle a great favor, no matter whether this thing is successful or not, Uncle will give you free of this bicycle fare today." ”

Xiao Tang couldn't laugh or cry, he had treacherously asked Xiao Tang for 200 yuan in travel expenses before, but now he turned into a free bill for Xiao Tang.

But it is true that there is a lack of entertainment in this era, and even Xiao Tang did not expect that one day his own newspaper would be able to attract customers for taxis.

About an hour later, the car stopped at the periphery of Tiu Keng Ling, because there was no road ahead, Xiao Tang also asked to get off. However, before leaving, he asked for the driver's contact information, and planned to hand over this matter to Zhou Quan, the director of the distribution department, to handle it, and then took out two hundred-yuan bills and pressed them under the newspaper and handed them over.

He said, "Thank you," and walked down the path to his home.

After receiving the newspaper handed by Xiao Tang, the driver's uncle found it strange, when he saw two hundred-yuan bills, he wanted to open his mouth to shout, but found that there was still Xiao Tang's shadow.

I couldn't help but smile helplessly, "What a weirdo." ”

……

"Okay, okay~ Boss, I understand!"

Xiao Tang couldn't hide things in his heart, and as soon as he returned to the town, he went to the commissary to borrow a phone and communicated with the distribution supervisor for a while.

It is hard to imagine that "Dongxing Daily" is still spreading in this way, but it is a good thing for Xiao Tang, not only can it continue to increase popularity, but also increase the desire of strangers to understand and buy "Dongxing Daily", which can be described as killing multiple birds with one stone, and it is a very good marketing method.

So Xiao Tang was not ambiguous, he directly called Zhou Quan, and told Zhou Quan the whole plan, and Zhou Quan, who listened to it, was stunned, the peninsula, Hong Kong and Kowloon, and the New Territories taxi circle were all free of charge, Xiao Tang completely wanted to make this matter a trend.

Of course, if it is really as Xiao Tang imagined, then the middle school campus and the university campus can also become the target of "Dongxing Daily", because they are a group of potential customers, and they will find out that they are a generation of new forces. Nowadays, many students on Hong Kong Island have graduated from secondary school and gone out to work after graduating from university.

So Xiao Tang's plan for a thorough plan is not only to provide free taxi drivers, but also to let him visit the school, and also to provide some free newspapers in an appropriate amount, Xiao Tang is not as careful as the newspaper controllers of this era, and he is completely suspected of losing money and making money, but he is not stupid to lose money all the time, he will also let the financial side give a feasible plan, so that the company can try to break even, it is okay not to make money, and small losses are not afraid, Xiao Tang wants the result is to lose money for three consecutive years, and lose half of the Xiangjiang newspaper.

Because of the internal reform of "Dongxing Daily", the treatment has been improved, the enthusiasm of employees is also high, and the content of the newspaper is also changing with each passing day, even if Xiao Tang's vision in later generations can not find too many faults, his own strength is hard, this is a big reason why Xiao Tang has no fear, although the supplement section is still based on "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", but these days there are still some famous people to contribute, especially after Xiao Tang let the newspaper disclose that "Dongxing Daily" bought "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" with 1,000 words. For example, just the day before yesterday, the newspaper received the first draft of a novel called "Hair", the pen name is "Wesley", and the editors who reviewed it at the beginning felt good, just a little worse than Xiao Tang's "The Legend of Sword and Fairy". Then he gave the novel to Chang Zheng and asked him to decide what kind of manuscript fee to give, but the pen name 'Wesley' was a little too famous, and Chang Zheng couldn't make up his mind, so he came to consult Xiao Tang.

Xiao Tang just glanced at it, he hadn't seen any tricks in his previous life, and he was not interested in this "Hair" novel, but Ni Frame's Wesley was very novel in this era, Xiao Tang did not refuse, but asked Chang Zheng to send the original manuscript back to be rewritten, and the writing was fuller, the text was more beautiful, and it had more connotation.

It's just that in this way, Chang Zheng suffered, wrote a long article and sent it back to Ni Frame, to stabilize the mood of the big writer, so as not to make the big writer directly hate "Dongxing Daily", after all, this novel called "Hair" The story looks good, but the person who wrote the book is a little perfunctory.

And for Xiao Tang's fastidious character, it is reasonable not to look down on it.

.....

It was also on the day Xiao Tang went home.

Queen's Road West, Ming Pao Building, Kim Yong Office.

Ni Frame walked in with a sigh. As soon as I entered the room, I sat on the sofa and complained: "I don't know which damn tabloid reporter spread rumors, I don't bother to contribute to the "East Star Daily", so I don't have the face to go to that Boss Xiao to explain, and I don't want to ask for it for a thousand words and five hundred idiots!" ”

"Why are you still distressed?" Jin Yong couldn't help but feel a little funny when he saw the pain on Ni Frame's face, it was the first time he had seen Ni Frame look like this in so many years.

And Ni Frame was not surprised, and said in a single voice: "Of course I feel distressed, I once had a salary of five hundred words in front of me, and I didn't regret it until I lost it, so damn righteousness ......"

Jin Yong smiled, he was not very good at talking in the past, but at this time he still said: "Didn't I hear that you wrote a new novel?" Why don't you try it at that newspaper? ”

Ni Frame's old face turned red, he didn't dare to say that he had tried three times, he adjusted the pen name "Wesley" slightly, and became "Wesley" for fear that Boss Xiao wouldn't recognize him at the beginning, but it was also for his own face, and Ni Frame even changed his pen name when he sent the draft.

One can imagine how enthusiastic the newspapers reported on him a few days ago.

However, Ni Frame, who has always been very confident in his novels, has lost confidence a little this time, and he wants to scold his mother a little when he is rejected three times, but when he thinks of the reply from the second-in-command of the newspaper, Ni Frame is a little depressed: "Their boss said that Mr. Wesley's manuscript must be 500 words per 1,000, but the company's board of directors disagreed, feeling that this is not a novel "Hair" at most at the same level "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" with 500 words and 500 words cannot be explained to Mr. Death Song. ”

Ni Huan was both moved and helpless, he had also read the issues of the "East Star Daily", and because of the previous incident, he also specially collected all the newspapers of the "East Star Daily" along with the free edition of the five issues. At first glance, he was also a little surprised, the large-scale changes of this newspaper, but it was just a surprise, the newspaper layout was very novel, but that's all, and then he also read the supplement of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", and felt quite unpleasant, while sighing, where did this "Dongxing Daily" find such a powerful author in just a few days, and he also wanted to say, "I can get three hundred words for myself as much as that dead song!" It's just that he doesn't have the face to say this.

At this time, when I heard Jin Yong mention the new novel, Ni Frame didn't hide it, and hurriedly took out a notebook from his arms, threw it to Jin Yong on the senior chair, and said with a smile: "I did write it, it's only about 20,000 words now, but I don't think I'm satisfied, why don't you help me change it?" ”

Jin Yong was stunned by the notebook thrown by Ni Frame, and finally said in surprise: "This is not your style?" ”

"What style is not styled, you can fix it casually, as long as the story remains the same." Now Ni Frame doesn't care about those side details, the novel has been rejected three times, although the reason is helpless, but the clay man also has three points of fire, as the saying goes: "People fight for a breath, Buddha fights for a stick of incense." "He's just fighting for breath now. Nowadays, remuneration is secondary.

Jin Yong glanced at Ni Frame strangely, but he didn't think much about it, and really picked up the pen to help Ni Frame change the novel.

And Ni Kuang was chatting with Jin Yong with Erlang's legs crossed.

Kim Yong said: "Where are you going to publish this novel?" ”

Ni Frame didn't hide it and said directly: "I plan to go to the "East Star Daily". ”

"Oh!" Jin Yong paused and began to revise again, with his friendship with Ni Frame, it was not because of a novel.

"Have you negotiated with that side?"

"Not yet, it's just that the owner of that newspaper meant to give me a salary of five hundred, but the novel serialized in that newspaper called "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" is not much worse than me, and I am still a newcomer, take three hundred words per thousand, if I am on the other party at the same time at this time, I will pay two hundred for many people, and some faces will not be able to get by."

"Oh! I said, how did you change sex, it turned out that you met an opponent, but three hundred words in a thousand words, five hundred words in a thousand words, the owner of that newspaper is really generous" Jin Yong actually had some sarcastic meaning when he said this. As a veteran of a newspaper for more than ten years, he knows best how difficult it is to run a newspaper well.

Although Jin Yong has not read the newspaper of "Dongxing Daily", he can also roughly understand some of the newspaper company owner of that newspaper company, a young man, who is estimated to be a rich son, who came out to play and had a good time for a while, and closed down when the money in his hand was spent.

In fact, I don't blame Jin Yong for thinking so, because most of the book peers think so.

"Liangyong, have you read the newspaper "Dongxing Daily"?" Ni Frame asked suddenly.

"I'm very busy all day, where do I have so much time, but I have "Oriental Daily" and "Sing Tao Daily" here." Jin Yong said while looking at the manuscript in his hand.

"Then I recommend you take a look at this newspaper, maybe there will be a surprise!" Ni Frame smiled casually.

"Oh, really?" Kim Yong smiled noncommittally.

"That's right!" Ni Frame was also interested at this time, and said to Jin Yong: "You have time to buy a copy to see, it's really good, I feel that people are better than your "Ming Pao", and the layout design is with heart at a glance, maybe you will have to learn from others in the future, don't look down on people." In fact, Ni Quan has a very good impression of "Dongxing Daily" at this point, and there is no bias in his speech at this time, but maybe even he didn't expect him to make a prophecy, and it came true very quickly.

Just when the two were talking, Shen Baoxin, Jin Yong's friend and the second in command of the newspaper, rushed into the office in a hurry, and regardless of Ni Frame, who was present, he said directly to Jin Yong anxiously: "Mr. Cha." Something went wrong. ”

Jin Yong looked up a little stunned and asked, "What's the matter, this is?" ”

Jin Yong is a little strange, his old friend has never been so flustered! I don't know what medicine I took today.

Shen Baoxin didn't hesitate, and said directly: "According to the statistics of the circulation department, the sales of our newspaper have been declining these days. Sales have been declining for a week in a row, with a cumulative decline of nearly 10,000 copies, and 3,000 fewer copies yesterday than the day before yesterday. ”

"Do you know why?" Jin Yong asked with a frown. After all, the decline in newspaper sales is not a trivial matter.

"I inquired for a long time today, and found that "Oriental Daily", "Sing Tao Daily" and several other well-known Chinese newspapers, I have inquired about their sales are declining, as for the specific reasons are still being investigated, I have asked the circulation department to send people to investigate the newsstands in various places, I think there will be news soon."

Sure enough, not long after Shen Baoxin's words fell, Jin Yong's office door was knocked again.

Jin Yong shouted, "Please come in!" I saw a tall and thin middle-aged man in charge of the circulation department of Ming Pao walking in, holding an unknown newspaper in his hand.

Jin Yong and Shen Baoxin's expressions were shocked, and they said in unison: "How is it, have you found it?" ”

"Mr. Cha, Mr. Shen, I found it." The head of the distribution department gasped, apparently rushing back from outside all the way.

"I really didn't expect that it was a new newspaper, and they unknowingly achieved a circulation of more than 100,000 yuan, which is simply appalling......" Seeing Jin Yong's anxious appearance, the director of circulation immediately reported, but before he finished speaking, the newspaper in his hand was taken away by Shen Baoxin first.

"East Star Daily?" Shen Baoxin muttered a little dazedly, and handed the newspaper to Jin Yong, who had put down his pen and stood up at this time.

And Jin Yong also frowned and glanced at the four big characters of "Dongxing Daily" in the front column of the newspaper. Then he subconsciously glanced at Ni Frame.

And Ni Quan was also a little surprised at the moment, he and Jin Yong were still talking about this newspaper before. And he himself also felt that this newspaper had a novel layout and recommended it to Jin Yong, in fact, even he didn't know how the newspaper was selling, because the other party had never published this information, and he could only find it if he went to check it specifically.

"Mr. Cha, do you see something?" Shen Baoxin saw that Jin Yong was reading the newspaper, and asked anxiously in his heart, after all, "Ming Pao" also has his shares, which is a matter of both glory and loss.

Half a day later, Jin Yong shook his head and said, "The content of this newspaper is high-quality, and the layout has also been greatly changed. And the novel behind it is indeed a masterpiece, with novel themes and delicate writing, no wonder Ni Frame feels that he can't get over his face! This author takes 300 words per 1,000 words, even if I am embarrassed to take 500. ”

Jin Yong is worthy of being a literary master, and he was interested when he read "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" at a glance, and at the end he also commented on it: "The style of writing is sharp, the words are exquisite, there is the majestic spirit of invading the world, and there is the tenderness of the water." ”

"And what do you think of this newspaper?" Shen Baoxin asked again from the side.

Jin Yong was stunned for a moment, and then picked up the "Dongxing Daily" and checked it again, he just saw Hunting Xinxi but forgot about the big thing.

However, after all, Jin Yong has also been running a newspaper for decades, and it didn't take long for him to analyze Shen Baoxin, "This "Dongxing Daily" is obviously a miracle victory. ”

"Oh?" Shen Baoxin's eyes lit up slightly, and he put on a posture of being willing to hear about it, he asked himself if he didn't have Jin Yong's vision, so most of the newspaper's affairs were Jin Yong's final say.

"His curiosity lies in the layout design, which is very novel. It is refreshing for readers who are accustomed to reading traditional newspapers. It is estimated that it will be popular for a while, and when the limelight passes during this time, it is estimated that there will be nothing eye-catching. ”

Shen Baoxin nodded, he was also frightened by the news he had just gotten, in less than ten days, he had achieved a circulation of more than 100,000 without a sound, which was simply too scary like a myth, and he couldn't help but be frightened. However, after listening to Jin Yong's analysis, he was indeed much more relieved. After all, they didn't know that Xiao Tang was reforming their lives, and they didn't have a vision beyond decades to know that the layout that Xiao Tang is using now is common to future generations and has also undergone the test of history.

And for Jin Yong and others who first came into contact with this kind of layout, they couldn't say whether it was good or bad, just Xiao Tang, opportunistic, and eye-catching.

After all, in the eyes of these old newspapermen, the traditional edition has been inherited for nearly a hundred years, how can it be replaced by a newspaper that has just emerged for ten days.

It's just that obviously this time Kim Yong and they made a mistake this time, and the newspaper industry in Hong Kong has made a mistake.

A newspaper called "East Star Daily" is slowly shaking the foundation of the old forces with a kind of viral marketing method and pervasive infiltration, and it is coming out with a new attitude, ready to call the major newspaper companies in Hong Kong.

Of course, when his strength did not really rise, Xiao Tang could still endure loneliness. He has the patience to sharpen a sword for another ten years, and he also has the courage to light and cold the nineteen states with a sword.

"So how do we deal with it?" Shen Baoxin asked.

Jin Yong stopped pacing behind the Taipan chair, and said with deep eyes: "Respond to all changes with the same." ”

"Okay, I see." Shen Baoxin nodded and left Jin Daxia's office.

If Xiao Tang is here, he will definitely admire, worthy of Jin Daxia, "This move has no tricks to win" is definitely practiced.