Chapter 234: The Idea of a New Magazine
When Huo Dongjun arrived at the magazine office, it was already eight o'clock, which could have been earlier, but before going out, Sister Lan asked him to send him to Yuehua Street and the neighborhood to play mahjong, but the Bentley Continental GT was two-seater, so Huo Dongjun could only sit on the sofa and wait for a while, and asked Shi Bana to send Sister Lan to Yuehua Street.
Huo Dongjun didn't know at all how big his mother's appetite was, and the tenth brother of Xinji might not be able to surpass her.
In the magazine, Li En and Taishan were chatting in the office, and when they saw Huo Dongjun, Li En got up and poured Huo Dongjun a glass of water and put it on the table and asked, "Jun Shao morning." β
"Morning, thank you. Huo Dongjun picked up the water and said thank you to Li En: "What are the sales of this issue of the magazine?"
"Yesterday, I toured the stall and speculated that 60,000 copies were digested, and this issue of 220,000 copies should be sold out by Saturday, and the stock should be empty on Sunday. Li En sat in his place and said to Huo Dongjun.
The third issue of 250,000 copies was the highest issue of "Men's Weekly", after which Li En was not carried away by the bright red figures, but on the contrary, he maintained an astonishing calm, controlled the number of magazines printed, and did not print frantically to make money.
Huo Dongjun nodded, it is not for nothing that the man opposite can be praised by the Liang family to support the release of "Food Fortnightly" alone, at least his sensitivity and judgment on the number of printed copies are higher than everyone in the magazine, including himself.
"What about Xiaoxin?" Seeing that Fu Xinjie didn't appear, Huo Dongjun looked at Taishan next to him who was yawning and rushing to the manuscript and asked.
Taishan grinned and showed a mouthful of teeth yellowed by cigarette smoke: "I didn't go home until five o'clock in the morning to go to bed, this guy didn't know that he was crazy, and he got the layout of the next two issues for two days and two nights." β
Huo Dongjun was stunned, Fu Xinjie should not be so desperate because of his own sentence to let him be the director of the edition, right? Doing two editions in a row should be just to feel the pressure of the newly recruited people, he, the director, is not a layman who only knows how to manage, but the technical flow that really relies on the promotion of the edition.
"Are things busy this morning?" Huo Dongjun looked at Taishan and Li En and asked.
Li En looked at Huo Dongjun calmly and shook his head: "Today and Tuesday, don't be in such a hurry to patrol the stalls. β
Taishan scratched his messy hair and said in a whisper: "I'm not very busy, it's just that I experienced life for too long last night, and I'm a little in bad spirits today." β
Huo Dongjun was amused by Taishan's tone: "Poor spirits, you are the happiest copy editor in Hong Kong, I don't know how many people want to be in bad spirits, let's go, go to Liang Sir's office, there is something to talk about." β
Li En and Taishan followed Huo Dongjun to Liang Jiarong's office, and when they pushed the door open, they saw Tong Baoling helping Liang Jiarong clean up his desk, and Liang Jiarong was sitting on the sofa on one side and reading today's newspaper.
"Hey, Jun Shao, so early?" Seeing Huo Dongjun push the door in, Liang Jiarong put down the newspaper and got up to say hello, Huo Dongjun smiled at him and sat on the sofa, Liang Jiarong greeted Tong Baoling: "Ah Ling, don't clean up anymore, help pour a few glasses of water." β
Tong Baoling smiled sweetly at Huo Dongjun, and called Ah Jun before going out, provoked Li En, Taishan and Liang Jiarong all looked at Huo Dongjun with strange eyes.
Huo Dongjun stretched out his hand: "Hey, I'm underage, don't look at me like this, I'll be scared." β
"Did you ever say that you were underage when you were flying in Japan?" Liang Jiarong saw that Huo Dongjun was in a good mood and joked.
After a few people sat on the sofa with a smile, Liang Jiarong asked, "Jun Shao, is there something wrong with Ah En and Taishan coming together?"
Huo Dongjun nodded: "There is indeed something, I am going to open another magazine." β
After saying this, before Taishan could catch the clue, Liang Jiarong's eyes immediately lit up, and he asked, "Does Jun Shao want to open another low-cost magazine to do it?"
Li En also nodded, obviously agreeing with Liang Jiarong's opinion, Huo Dongjun is now opening his mouth to make a new magazine, it can't be other magazines, other magazines are making too little money now, and now the hottest magazine in Hong Kong is their "Men's Weekly", this magazine sells for ten yuan a period, and the price is higher, and now Huo Dongjun should have discovered the low-cost magazine market, and intends not to leave a way for other magazines to make money, and take it all for himself.
Huo Dongjun really wants to admit Liang Jiarong's professional ability, as soon as he opens his mouth, he can know that he wants to make a low-cost magazine, and he does want to make a low-cost magazine, but Huang Yongren of that magazine has not given him news, what he wants to say today is this "Proud Nightlife" that was originally wanted to be released for a while.
In the previous life, the magazine "Hao Qing Nightlife" was a salty and wet magazine that swept Hong Kong after Hong Kong's "Dragon and Tiger Daily", and the pictorial style of "Dragon and Tiger Daily" for salty and wet people to feast their eyes is different, "Hao Qing Nightlife" focuses on the night market, just like the kind of consumer magazines and food magazines on the market, the women and night clubs are introduced as food, the addresses and prices of each party, the feelings of the editor after paying for the fun, and even the photos of the women in the night club, are published in the magazine for readers' reference.
"I'm going to think about low-cost magazines again, and what I'm saying today is that I want to get a new magazine out of it, the kind of consumer magazine. β
Huo Dongjun threw the red wan in his pocket on the coffee table, lit one himself, and said to a few people.
Hearing consumer magazines, several people frowned, whether it was Liang Jiarong, Li En, or Taishan, they were all figures who had been in the newspaper industry for many years, and it was difficult for consumer magazines to make money, Taishan was the first to speak:
"Jun Shao, if the new magazine is for consumption, there are no big brands willing to pay for your advertising space, those jewelers, gold jewelry stores are fond of those fashion magazines, Hong Kong except for those rich women, few people pay for consumer magazines. β
Liang Jiarong also nodded beside him, only Li En looked at Huo Dongjun and did not say anything, he felt that Huo Dongjun could come up with a new category of salty and wet magazines, and the consumer magazines that opened today should not be ordinary consumer magazines, otherwise in the magazine market now, opening a consumer magazine is just burning money.
Huo Dongjun took a puff of cigarette and looked at Taishan: "Will you buy consumer magazines?"
Taishan snorted: "Jun Shao, what kind of magazines do I want to buy?" In addition to teaching you how to spend money, the ghosts are useless, I would rather spend the money on the horse pen and the bone field than buy those magazines!"
Huo Dongjun waited for Taishan to finish saying this, and looked at the three of them with his eyes: "If this magazine is to teach you how to spend your money better on finding women? When you want to go out of the fire, will you buy a book to study, which horse pen has the most women to correct, which nightclub has the most women, and which bone farm has the cheapest fire?"
Li En grabbed the pants on his thighs tightly with both hands, and his boss was really a genius! The salty and wet magazines were not only selling well, but now they are selling them as consumer magazines! If they really come out, they will definitely be more popular than the "Men's Weekly"! Moreover, if they are well run, this magazine can even influence the business of Hong Kong's carnival!
Taishan was stunned for a long time before looking at Huo Dongjun and said: "There really is such a magazine, I am the first to pay for it, buy a year-round magazine!"
"Do you have a problem?" Huo Dongjun looked at Liang Jiarong and asked with a smile.
Liang Jiarong has nothing to say except nodding, this boss has a community background, which originally made Liang Jiarong feel a little resistant, but "Men's Weekly" After all, he accompanied Jun Shao to do it, and Jun Shao gave him absolutely enough space and freedom, you know, the magazine is now Liang Jiarong's own word, the price of advertising, labor salary, magazine welfare, and external voice are all Liang Jiarong's responsibility, there are not many bosses who are willing to delegate power, so Liang Jiarong comforted himself and let himself stay, and now Huo Dongjun threw out such an idea of a salty and wet consumer magazine, Liang Jiarong felt that it was slanderous to talk about Junshao outside and be a club boss, and he still used this kind of brain to fight for his life in the community, that is the hell, two magazines are enough for this Huo Dongjun to be well-known in Hong Kongγ
"It's definitely a trick!" Liang Jiarong clapped his palms excitedly.
"I thought about it, the new magazine is different from the current "Men's Weekly", a few people can survive, it's just a photo, the new magazine is going to various venues to interview, so you need people, the magazine pays for the reporters, and invites them to go to the night to find women to have fun, and write about their feelings after having fun. β
Before Huo Dongjun finished speaking, Taishan next to him had already stood up excitedly: "Big guy, Jun Shao! BOSS! You can't get me, I want to do it in my life!"
"Hey, you are the copy editor of "Men's Weekly", and you will have the opportunity to be the director and director in the future, and go to the new magazine as a reporter?" Huo Dongjun was taken aback by Taishan's excited emotions.
"I'm going to write a resignation report right away, and I'm going to apply to join the formation of the new magazine, can't I get it? Director, director, I don't have to pay the bills by myself when I look for a woman, wow, Jun Shao is so bold, you help pay the bills, you don't need to talk about your feelings, I am willing to let me write a book "Golden Vase Plum"!" Taishan said excitedly.
"You can't hold it yourself, even if you want a new magazine helper, is it just you a reporter who goes to the night market to interview? Of course not, even if you do it ten times a night, only ten venues, once a week, more than 60 night games, I'm afraid that if you don't wait for the magazine to go on the market, you will go to heaven first!" Huo Dongjun said with a smile to Taishan.
"Na, Jun Shao, I promise, if you transfer me to the new magazine, I will work hard, and I will not think about Ah Ling in the future, for the sake of work, forget this beautiful girl, and leave her intact for you to enjoy!" Taishan raised his finger and said with an expression of swearing.
Just happened to Tong Baoling pushed open the door and walked in with a tray, hearing Taishan's words, her face was like rouge, and she stood at the door with a shy expression, neither entering nor retreating.
Seeing Huo Dongjun looking at herself, Tong Baoling glared at Huo Dongjun with big eyes and anger, Huo Dongjun wanted to say that he didn't think about you, but it didn't seem appropriate to open his mouth now, so Huo Dongjun looked at Taishan, with an expression of you sending me to death to fulfill you:
"Okay, you're going to be a reporter at the New Magazine, I'll fulfill you, and I'll make you so cool that you can't be transferred back again. β