1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 662 It's a bit of an inside smell
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the firecrackers were put on at two o'clock in the middle of the night last night, and they were connected again at four o'clock this morning. It is rumored that starting this year, Yanjing will ban fireworks and firecrackers.

The common people seem to want to take this opportunity to have a final carnival.

After the family members paid New Year's greetings to each other early in the morning, Lin Weimin and Tao Huimin carried Xiaodoubao and prepared to go out to celebrate the New Year.

The car was covered with confetti. After cleaning it up, Lin Weimin started the car. Because of the long time of setting off firecrackers, the weather that should have been bright became foggy, and the smell of saltpetre and sulfur in the air became more pungent.

Therefore, the ban is not unreasonable.

The car drove to the upper floors of Muxidi, and the family of three went upstairs, and it was Wan Fang who opened the door.

This year, Mr. Wan's family is also prosperous. Both his daughters and his family are here, only the elder and younger daughters are far away from abroad.

Mr. Wan has been in poor health for the past two years and wants to have a reunion year.

Lin Weimin's family was warmly welcomed by Mr. Wan's family. Except for Wanfang's family who were more familiar with Lin Weimin, Wan Rao's family was very curious about Lin Weimin.

Of course they knew that Lin Weimin was his father's student, but they seldom met each other, and now Lin Weimin's reputation in the country was at the peak of his power, and he seemed to be younger than their sisters in terms of age.

Tao Huimin chatted with a few lesbians while holding a small bean bag, while Lin Weimin sat on the sofa with Mr. Wan and chatted. There were two sons-in-law beside him, but they didn't talk very much. Most of the time they listened to Mr. Wan and Lin Weimin chatting.

"The 'Cloth Tiger Series' you created in the Guowen Society is quite popular, even some old comrades around me are asking about it." Mr. Wan said with a smile.

"Giving such a high remuneration standard is of course for the purpose of advertising. You say that, which proves that we have succeeded."

"Are there many people who contact you?"

"A lot, more than expected." Lin Weimin said after a pause, "Life has been difficult for writers in the past two years, and some of their works have been difficult to publish. The remuneration standard for the Buhu series is the only one in China. , there are not many requirements, many people want to give it a try, it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t work.”

When he said this, a narrow smile appeared on his face, "It's just that many people asked us to keep it a secret, and don't spread the news about his application, for fear that it would be embarrassing if he was not selected."

Hearing this, Mr. Wan and his two sons-in-law had smiles on their faces.

Those who can contact the Guowen Society to make such a request must be well-known domestic writers, and it is natural to have such concerns.

"I can ask, is there anyone I know?"

Mr. Wan suddenly showed some old urchin expression, and asked Lin Weimin about it.

Lin Weimin hesitated for a moment, "You're embarrassing me."

"I can't even ask?" Mr. Wan pretended to be unhappy.

"It's not impossible."

Lin Weimin glanced at the two sons-in-law, Mr. Wan glanced at them, and they got up and walked away knowingly.

Only then did Lin Weimin feel relieved and sat next to Mr. Wan muttering, and Mr. Wan's face would jump from time to time when he heard Lin Weimin's words.

"And him!"

"Why did he join in the fun?"

"I really didn't see it, this person is also short of money?"

……

The teacher and the student gossiped for a while, and Mr. Wan finally satisfied his desire to gossip.

After sitting at Mr. Wan's house for nearly an hour, Lin Weimin's family of three came out, and then rushed to Shi Tiesheng's house.

The new home on Jintai Road is a bit remote compared to before, but it is better than the new building, and it is very convenient to live in.

The buildings near Muxidi are not allowed to set off firecrackers, but this is not the case on Jintai Road. The firecrackers went off for most of the night last night, Shi Tiesheng and Shifu didn't sleep well, and they looked haggard when they met.

Lin Weimin was busy with work, so he hadn't seen Shi Tiesheng for a while, and they chatted for a while. After lunch, Lin Weimin saw that his face was not looking good, so he pushed him into the bedroom.

In Shi Tiesheng's bedroom, there is a big bed, which is different from ordinary people's. It is a bed that can be raised and lowered, which is very common in hospitals, and the bed rails are painted with white paint.

"I haven't slept well all night, just finished eating right now, let's rest for a while. Huimin and I will leave first, and we will look back to see if we are free, so we can get together."

Lin Weimin carried Shi Tiesheng to bed and said to him.

"it is good."

After leaving Shi Tiesheng's house, Lin Weimin's family of three returned home.

With children, New Year's greetings can no longer be as casual as before. Most old relationships can only be greeted by a phone call, and everyone understands.

Two days later, the Spring Festival holiday ended, and Lin Weimin resumed his normal work rhythm.

After work, he first went to Tongwen News Agency.

After two years of development, Tongwen News Agency has made considerable progress in both personnel and benefits.

There are still two editorial offices, except that the editorial office of "Kyushu Heroes" remains unchanged. The original editorial office for martial arts literature has expanded into an editorial office for popular literature. The number of editors has expanded from four to eight. , Romance, officialdom and other literary types are divided into several editorial groups.

Throughout last year, Lin Weimin put less and less energy in Tongwen Press, and delegated the power of the publishing house to Li Xin, the vice president who presided over the work.

During the year, the sales volume of "Heroes of Kyushu" rose steadily, and the sales volume of each issue has stabilized between 420 million and 450 million copies. Two compete for one, the only competitor in front of it is "Story Club".

In terms of book publishing and distribution, in addition to Jin Yong, Liang Yusheng, Huang Ying, Huang Yi and other well-known Hong Kong martial arts writers, last year Tongwen News Agency successively introduced Gu Long and Wo Longsheng, two famous Bay Island martial arts writers. some of the works.

In addition, in the field of romance literature, Tongwenshe has also introduced the works of several writers such as Yi Shu and Xi Juan, which have sold well, publishing 12 kinds of books, with a cumulative sales volume of 320 million copies.

As for the two aspects of criminal investigation and officialdom literature, it mainly focuses on the works of domestic writers, publishing 9 kinds of books, with a cumulative sales volume of 210 million copies.

Including the sales volume of the original martial arts literature, the cumulative sales of Tongwenshe’s books reached 2350 million copies throughout last year. Including the total annual sales of 4200 million copies of "Kyushu Heroes", the total annual sales of Tongwenshe As high as 1.9 million, it has already crushed the big brother of the Guowen Society.

Last year, the total sales volume of Guowen Society was only 1.8 million yuan, and it was really shameless to be surpassed by a younger brother who had just been established for two years.

It is not difficult to see from this that pure literature is now facing the embarrassing situation of popular literature.

Apart from being famous, there is really nothing to show for it.

Of course, such things as code oceans are just delusional.

Compared with the fixed audience of pure literature, popular literature relies more on the distribution ability of channels. In order to quickly open up the market, Tongwen Press is extraordinarily generous to booksellers, so the discounts for booksellers are also greater.

The real total income of the news agency this year is about 1.1 million yuan. The annual remuneration and royalties alone are as many as 1600 million yuan. Adding the biggest printing, binding and publicity expenses, the annual net profit is as high as 1300 million yuan. It can reach [-] million.

Among the remuneration and royalties paid to writers, Jin Yong alone is as high as nearly 300 million yuan.

Besides Jin Yong, Liang Yusheng, Huang Ying, Huang Yi and others also earned incomes ranging from one million to hundreds of thousands. For these Xiangjiang martial arts writers, this is also a lot of money.

Most of the other writers who cooperated with each other last year received hundreds of thousands to tens of thousands of yuan in remuneration.

It is worth mentioning that Lin Weimin's martial arts novel "No. 460 in the World" written by Lin Weimin wearing a vest of a small drill style, was published in serial last year. The cumulative sales of the two volumes reached 200 million copies, which brought more than [-] million royalties to Lin Weimin. income.

People have to sigh again, the gold-absorbing ability of popular literature.

In terms of remuneration and royalties payment, Tongwenshe has inherited the fine tradition of Guowenshe. It has never been in arrears, and has gradually gained a reputation among popular literature writers in Taiwan, Taiwan, Taiwan and Taiwan. There is no need to worry about the source of manuscripts.

The first meeting of the year was chaired by Lin Weimin, and Li Xin was responsible for reporting the achievements of last year. He had already reported at the end of the year. His main report today was the work direction of the News Agency for the coming year.

In addition to digging deep into the potential of several types of literature and opening up new types of literature markets, Li Xin proposed the idea of ​​establishing another romance literature magazine.

After listening to his thoughts, Lin Weimin couldn't help but fell into deep thought. Domestic romance literature in the 90s was at its peak at the beginning, especially the introduction of Qiong Yao TV series, which boosted the popularity of romance literature.

Including Liang Fengyi's financial romance literature, there is also a huge market.

After thinking about it for a while, Lin Weimin thought that the romance literature publication had great potential, and he readily agreed with Li Xin's idea, and praised: "Your idea is very good. On the issue of starting the magazine, you must be willing to spend money and strive to make our reputation a hit."

"Then President, look at the title of this journal..."

The name of the publication is the authority of the head of the unit, and Li Xin dare not overstep it.

Lin Weimin pondered for a moment, "Wang Wei's poem says: Red beans are born in the southern country, and a few branches come in spring. I hope you pick more, this thing is the most lovesick. Wen Tingyun also has a poem: Linglong Dice is placed on red beans, and loves you to the bone. I don’t know. In my opinion, it’s better to call it "Red Beans" Bar!"

""Red Bean"?" Li Xin repeated, his eyes sparkling, "Good name!"

Lin Weimin nodded in satisfaction, um, this vice president has a bit of an inside taste.

Li Xin said again: "President, there is one more thing. Last year, the types and bibliographies of books published in our agency reached a new high. We also need to create a new romance publication. The workload of content review is getting heavier and heavier. You see It’s not about adding a deputy editor-in-chief.”

Most of Lin Weimin's energy last year was devoted to the Guowen Society. The Tongwen Society was not only responsible for administrative affairs, but even content review was shared by him and Li Xin. With more and more affairs to be handled, Li Xin also had some strength not caught.

Lin Weimin said: "There is a lack of such a person. How about..."

He said and looked at Li Xuegang, "Xuegang, you come to be the deputy editor-in-chief. Yu Hua was transferred to the popular literature editorial office to be the director. Let's conduct an internal investigation to see which comrade can be the director of "Kyushu Heroes" worthy of great responsibility."

If in the Guowen Society, Lin Weimin dared to make such a talk about personnel transfers, without Cheng Zaochun, the gang of vice presidents and deputy editors would have rebelled.

But who told Tongwenshe to start it all by himself? On this three-acre land, Lin Weimin really made a decision with one word.

But he thought about it again, and said: "Let's make a report to the agency again. Let's say that the Tongwen Agency is short of manpower and needs a deputy director for the popular literature editorial office."

Li Xin immediately understood what he meant. Any change in personnel usually involves moving one person or a group of people. Now the positions are all internally digested by Tongwen News Agency.

Lin Weimin took out a deputy director's position, which can be regarded as an accountable past in the agency. The editor's work has professional barriers, and it is not easy for anyone to get started immediately. The deputy director's position is just right.

Regardless of Li Xin's thoughts, Li Xuegang and Yu Hua, who had been promoted to officials, were extremely excited. Before the meeting was over, they began to invite guests to dinner.

Seeing Yu Hua jumping up and down, Lin Weimin couldn't help shaking his head.

Two taels of sesame oil can't be kept in a dog's stomach!
(End of this chapter)