1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 583 "The Story of Promotion"

Jin Yong is a literati, but he is also a businessman.

In Xiangjiang, "Ming Pao" has a great reputation, and many literati are willing to contribute articles to "Ming Pao" because of "Ming Pao's reputation".

"Ming Pao" has the lowest standard of remuneration, which is the highest in Hong Kong's major newspapers, and Jin Yong is therefore labeled as "stingy" and "more pennies and pennies".

This time his works were introduced to the mainland, although there are considerations to expand the influence, but it is impossible to give up in terms of interests. Guowen Society has to pay Jin Yong a 13% royalty for this.

With Jin Yong's fame and the influence of his works, it is naturally worthwhile for Guowen Society to pay this price.

The press conference was held with great fanfare, which made Jin Yong very satisfied with the ability and sincerity of Guowen Society, and he was also full of confidence in the sales of the collection in the mainland.

After the press conference, he attended several more events and speeches before returning to Xiangjiang three days later.

In the past three days, the news about the publication of Jin Yong's collection of works has spread throughout the country through dozens of media reports.

As soon as the collection of Jin Yong's works issued by Yanjing arrived in bookstores around the world, and as soon as the bookstores posted the notice that the collection of Jin Yong's works was on the shelves, there were long queues at the door of some bookstores.

In the past, domestic publishing houses pirated Jin Yong's works, basically in the form of single volumes. This time, Guowen Press was authorized by Jin Yong to publish a collection of works, covering all of Jin Yong's works.

But for any fan of martial arts novels, it is hard not to be tempted to hear such news.

In just a few days, there was a wave of panic buying at the door of bookstores all over the country.

Lin Weimin, who received the feedback, was extremely excited. Although the publication of Jin Yong's works collection was under the name of Guowen Society, the actual operation was still mainly carried out by Tongwen Society. Now the collection of works has received such great popularity as soon as it was published. It is excellent news for the newly born news agency.

Several young editors of the Tongwen News Agency are also in a good mood recently. They were originally editors of the Chinese News Agency.

Now that Jin Yong's collection of works has become an instant hit in the book market, everyone's spirits have also been raised and they are more optimistic about the future of Tongwenshe.

It is not just a few people from the Tongwen Society, the colleagues of the Guowen Society did not have any high expectations for the Tongwen Society before. The Guowen Society has had many sub-brands in its 40-year history, but the huge shadow of the Guowen Society Under the circumstances, it is rare to be able to operate independently, not to mention that the field involved by Tongwenshe is popular literature, which Guowenshe is not good at. The panic buying of Jin Yong's works in just a few days has completely fallen The glasses of colleagues from the Guowen Society.

Yanjing is the seat of Guowen Society. There are a large number of Xinhua Bookstores, and the distribution of Jin Yong's works is also the largest, up to 1 sets, including 2 sets of paperback editions and 1 sets of hardcover editions. The feedback from major bookstores is also the fastest of.

In just one week, the stocks of major bookstores are running out.

Lin Weimin also had people contact several bookstores in various places to find out about book sales. Generally speaking, the books in stock in bookstores in various places will be sold out in as long as one month, and as short as half a month.

Obtaining reliable data, Lin Weimin waved his hand, and 20 sets of Jin Yong's works were printed, including 17 sets of paperback editions and 3 sets of hardcover editions.

According to the feedback from bookstores around the world, the sales of the hardcover edition of Jin Yong's works are in short supply.

Many readers of martial arts novels have actually seen pirated editions long ago. Now that Jin Yong’s works are on sale, many of them buy them for collection.

A hardcover edition of Jin Yong's works is priced at 99.8 yuan, which is an extremely extravagant consumption considering that people's monthly salary is less than 300 yuan, but this group of book fans really like it!
In addition to Jin Yong's collection of works that is currently on sale, Liang Fengyi's three novels have been sold for three months, and the inventory of bookstores in various places has bottomed out, and the matter of reprinting has also been put on the agenda.

This afternoon, Lin Weimin finished his work and came to the editorial department of "Contemporary".

When He Qizhi saw him, a smile immediately filled his face.

After Lin Weimin was promoted to the editor-in-chief, he came to the editorial department of "Contemporary" very rarely. The last time he came was to deliver Shi Tiesheng's manuscript.

The article "I and the Temple of Earth" was just published in the fourth issue at the beginning of this month, and it has only been more than a week. In the past few days, the editorial department has received more and more letters from readers, all of which praised this article.

After reviewing the manuscript, colleagues in the editorial department unanimously agreed that this work is a rare masterpiece of prose in recent years. Now that the work is published, it also confirms everyone's opinion. response.

"Weimin, why are you here?"

"Send you a manuscript."

Lin Weimin put a stack of manuscripts on He Qizhi's desk, and the smile on He Qizhi's face became wider, "Whose masterpiece is this time?"

"mine!"

"Oh! That's not easy, you haven't written a new work for a long time!"

He Qizhi happily picked up the manuscript, glanced at the title and found something was wrong, and then flipped through the content again.

From the title of the book to the naming of the characters and places in the book, I am very familiar with it!

"This... is this the sequel to "Rogue Official"?"

"No, it's just that the names of people and places are somewhat similar, and the story is brand new."

He Qizhi looked at Lin Weimin with strange eyes. He had worked with Lin Weimin for ten years, how could he not understand him?

He took out the names and place names of the novels he wrote before and continued to use them. What is his intention?
Obviously, I want readers to think of "Pirates of Officials" at a glance!

What is the story of "The Story of the Robber"?
To put it simply, the bandit is an official.But this is not important, what is important is the private goods that Lin Weimin brought with him.

He used this novel to scold the group of people who attacked and insulted him because of "Lover", and countless readers still talk about it.

Reminiscent of the Yanbing Literature Award that just passed, it is clear what Lin Weimin's intentions are this time.

Whenever he quarrels with others, he writes books and scolds them. Looking at the Chinese literary world, Lin Weimin is the only one!

"Don't look at me like that! The quality of my novel is absolutely fine." Lin Weimin said.

He Qizhi said quietly: "I'm not worried about the quality..."

His expression was hesitant to speak, "For the people, we are also the editor-in-chief anyway, don't we have to be a bit of a general!"

He Qizhi tactfully persuaded Lin Weimin that he understood, and he nodded, "Okay, this time you post first, and I will pay attention next time!"

Ok!

You are so perfunctory!

He Qizhi sighed helplessly, "Aren't you afraid of being scolded?"

"How can it be fun just to scold them a few times? They take the initiative to find trouble, thinking that a few words will be fine? It's a beautiful idea! People are good at being bullied, and Ma Shan is being ridden by others! Lao He!"

Lin Weimin thinks that his tactics can be called self-W counterattack. If you quarrel with him lightly, he thinks you are afraid of him. If you don't hurt them, can he know that you are afraid?

Are you right, San?
He Qizhi was well aware of Lin Weimin's temper, so he accepted the manuscript without saying anything.

Before leaving, Lin Weimin explained: "If the manuscript is overdue, join me in the queue and publish it next month!"

He Qizhi agreed with a wry smile, and then took the manuscript to the editorial department.

As soon as everyone heard that it was Lin Weimin's new work, they couldn't wait to compete for it. In the end, Liu Yin succeeded in winning the manuscript by virtue of her old cold legs and cervical spondylosis.

"The Story of Promotion".

There was "Story of Stealing Officials" before, and "Story of Promotion to Officials" now.

Liu Yin saw the trickiness of this novel at a glance, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help revealing a smile of gloating and enjoying the show.

When she was reviewing the manuscript, everyone was also watching her secretly. Seeing her expression, they knew that Lin Weimin's novel must have ulterior motives this time, and they were even more scratching their hearts.

After spending more than two days, Liu Yin finally finished reading "The Story of Promotion", put the manuscript down on the table, and sighed: "No wonder Weimin is the chief editor at this age, look at his heart. "

The colleagues who were working immediately looked at her when they heard the words, and couldn't hide the curiosity in their eyes.

"Sister Liu, what do you mean?"

"What do you mean? You'll know when you read the novel. Sigh, no wonder I'm still a small editor at this age. If this is put in a novel, it will probably be sold and have to pay for it!"

Liu Yin's exclamation aroused everyone's interest even more. Yao Shuzhi sat at the opposite table with Liu Yin, and had a geographical advantage, so she took the lead in grabbing the manuscript.

The others could only watch with envious eyes, and had to wait for another two days.

When the editorial department of "Contemporary" was reviewing the manuscript, Lin Weimin was answering a call from Italy.

Mondadori Publishing House was the Italian publishing house mentioned by Roger Strauss when he called Lin Weimin to announce the good news more than half a month ago.

This publishing house is the largest publishing house in Italy, monopolizing the publishing of literary books in Italy, and also owns the two most famous comprehensive periodicals in Italy, "Time" and "Prospect", and also has the largest book club in Italy - Dego club.

If you have to find an analogous publishing house in China, it is basically equivalent to the large-scale Guowenshe. After all, the Guowenshe does not dare to say that it monopolizes the publication of literary works in the country.

The publishing house was founded in 1907 by Arnoldo Mondadori and is still in the hands of the Mondadori family.

How did Lin Weimin know these contents?Of course it was the guy on the other end of the phone who gave him the popular science.

According to this guy’s own introduction, his name is Albert Mondadori, and he is Arnoldo Mondadori’s favorite great-grandson. He is currently the editor-in-chief of the literary works editorial department of Mondadori Publishing House, and he is quite popular with the boss. Pay attention to.

The founder's great-grandson, or the most beloved great-grandson, is reused by the boss, which sounds funny.

But the reality is true. The reason why the Mondadori family has absolute control over Mondadori is that their family implements the primogeniture system. Now the boss of Mondadori Publishing House is Albert Mondadori’s uncle. Leonardo Mondadori.

Albert Mondadori's chatter reminded Lin Weimin of the noisy Frenchman Garryan, but the styles of the two were somewhat different.

Garyan is a typical Gallic chicken, he is French, his favorite is Jianzheng, and he feels very good about himself.

Albert Mondadori was purely secretive, and sometimes he couldn't help digressing while chatting. Lin Weimin could even think of his trembling Parkinson-like gestures on the other end of the phone.

The phone call lasted for almost an hour, and Albert Mondadori was still chattering on and on. The duration of the call set a record for Lin Weimin's overseas long-distance calls. In the end, he couldn't bear it anymore.

"Albert, let's talk about something serious!"

　"The Story of Promotion" was born out of a domestic film, you can guess.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)