1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 801: A little compensation is a little gain

January 1996 was a month full of joy for the Chinese Literature Society.

Year-end summary: In 1995, the main publishing business of Guowenshe was the same as that of last year. There were no major changes. Today, when piracy is rampant and the reading atmosphere in society is deteriorating, being able to maintain the previous level is in itself a kind of progress.

It can also be seen from this year's development that the Chinese Literature Society has achieved its ultimate goal in the field of literary publishing.

The publishing business has fallen into a stagnant situation, but the development of Tongwenshe has not been affected in any way. Sales have continued to grow steadily during this year, especially this year, there are more comic publications.

The year before last, the total circulation of Chinese Literature Society's books and periodicals was 7430 million, with a sales volume of 3.89 million, and actual revenue reached 2.75 million.

The total circulation of Tongwenshe's books and periodicals was 9730 million, with sales of 3.92 million yuan and actual revenue of 2.43 million yuan.

It has surpassed the Chinese Literature Society in total circulation and sales volume of books and periodicals, but there is still a gap of more than 2000 million yuan in actual revenue.

This year, Tongwen Society has completely surpassed the book publishing business of Guowen Society.

The total circulation of books and periodicals was 1.18 million, the sales volume was 4.26 million yuan, and the actual film revenue was 2.84 million yuan.

Li Xin, who presides over the work of the Tongwen Society, had already shouted the slogan "Kill the Chinese Literature Society" during a private meeting last year. A year later, the Tongwen Society actually achieved this goal.

This is the first time in China's publishing industry that a subsidiary publisher has completely outdone its superior publisher in terms of publishing business. This is worthy of the joy of all Tongwen Press staff, and the whole Tongwen Press team is full of joy.

But Li Xin was a little unhappy. In the past, he thought that the waves behind the Yangtze River pushed the waves ahead, and each wave became stronger than the last!

But he never expected that the waves in the Yangtze River were so big!

No, to be precise, the Chinese Literature Society is really awesome.

Although the publishing business of the publishing house has stagnated this year and has been surpassed by Tongwen Publishing House, which seems to be unsightly, the overall development trend has made all Chinese Publishing House employees feel unprecedentedly excited.

In 95, Tiantian Changting, a small and inconspicuous company, made great efforts in the radio drama market. It produced and released 25 radio dramas throughout the year, with total revenue reaching 3350 million yuan and profit of more than 620 million yuan.

Not only that, the person in charge, Xiao Liu, even expressed his hope to the company in his report at the end of the year to expand territory and enter a broader field of audio and video product distribution.

Xiao Liu's proposal has been fully recognized by the leaders of the club. The club is now making efforts in the film and television field. If Tiantian Changting can enter the field of audio and video product distribution, it will also cooperate with the overall development of the club and form the development of Wencheng and Wenhua. beneficial complementarity.

The two film and television companies Wencheng and Wenhua also produced fruitful results at the end of the year. The film "Party A and Party B" made Wenhua Film and Television a dark horse in the domestic film industry this year. The box office has exceeded the 5000 million mark. It is moving towards 6000 million.

"Blooming Rainy Season" has set a new high in ratings for CCTV in the past four years. The finale that has just been broadcast has reached an astonishing 52% ratings, sweeping the domestic TV market. Although 96 has just begun, this show The TV series has almost booked the annual ratings championship.

What's even more frightening is the benefits created by this TV series. In just over half a month, just after the first round of broadcasting, the copyrights of 12 provincial (municipal) and municipal TV stations have been sold, and the total revenue has reached 3200 million yuan.Including "A Romantic Affair", Wencheng Film and Television's revenue this year has exceeded 4000 million yuan.

This revenue seems to be lower than that of a "Party A and Party B", but they don't need to split accounts at the box office. After deducting the cost, it is all their own.

At the beginning of the year, Lin Weimin formulated a full copyright operation plan for the Chinese Literature Society, and it has already borne such fruitful results in less than a year.

Although the revenue of several companies engaged in copyright development does not seem to be comparable to the publishing business mainly operated by Guowenshe, in time, it may not be able to surpass the publishing business. The annual revenue of Guowenshe plus Tongwenshe is less than One billion, and the ceiling of the publishing business is too low, so it may be difficult to achieve major growth in the future.

But the full copyright operation business covering the entire cultural industry is different. In just over half a year, these companies have developed only three subdivisions of radio dramas, TV series, and movies for the Chinese Language Society. Achieved cumulative revenue of more than 1 million yuan.

The potential shown by the full copyright operation plan makes the staff of the Chinese Literature Society full of hope for the future, and they are full of gratitude to Lin Weimin as the leader.

The Copyright Operation Department, which has been established for more than a year, has become inconspicuous this year. This is not because their performance is not good, but mainly because their attributes have gradually turned into a platform, becoming the Chinese Literature Society and its copyright development company. As well as a communication bridge with external companies, it may seem inconspicuous, but its position is even more critical.

Since this year, the Copyright Operation Department has cooperated with stationery manufacturers to license the image copyrights of the "Flower Season and Rainy Season" comics and TV series to the stationery manufacturers. Although the total licensing fee is less than 10 yuan, it has given the copyright to the Chinese Literature Society Operations creates a history.In addition to image licensing, the Copyright Operations Department also sold two film and television adaptation rights to external companies represented by the Chinese Literature Society.

In their hands, they hold the agency contracts for the copyright of all the works of the Chinese Publishing House. The more successful the copyright development is, the more important and unshakable the position of the Copyright Operations Department within the Chinese Publishing House will be.

Therefore, although the revenue generated by the Copyright Operations Department is not high, it has become a hot commodity of the Chinese Literature Society this year. Many employees want to be transferred here. It just so happens that the Copyright Operations Department is busy with business. Several people were successfully transferred.

Recently, "Party A and Party B" has achieved great box office results. It is said that Wenhua Company distributed more than 100 million yuan to the creative team. This matter has also become a hot topic of discussion in the Chinese Literature Society.

According to the rules set by Lin Weimin for several film and television companies, the Chinese Literature Society will pay generous dividends to film and television companies that win through creativity, not only for Wenhua but also for Wencheng.

Many people in the agency felt heartbroken when they thought that the creative and crew members who worked for these two companies could share millions of dollars in dividends. It was all their money!
But this rule was set by Lin Weimin. He is now almost the one who speaks the truth in the Chinese Literature Society. No one dares to make irresponsible remarks on this policy. On the contrary, some people are eager to take positions in Wenhua and Wencheng Film and Television.

If he could get into the creative team of the show, wouldn't he be able to get hundreds of thousands of dividends casually?

It's a pity that Lin Weimin's rules for these two companies are very strict. Professional people must do things professionally. People from the Chinese Literature Society can only do administrative matters, which is no different from those at the Chinese Literature Society.

Recently, many employees have been discussing the dividends of Wenhua Film and Television, and some people are envious of Tong Zhonggui.

Tong Zhonggui’s status in the Chinese Literature Society has always been somewhat special.

He joined the Chinese Literature Society in 1985 and joined the editorial department of "Contemporary" as soon as he arrived. It was Lin Weimin who guided him there. He was very talented and wrote many popular novels, which were almost replicas of "Lin Weimin".

Many people in the company thought that Tong Zhonggui would be like Lin Weimin, rising steadily in the company step by step.

But what everyone didn't expect was that Tong Zhonggui had an uncontroversial character. He refused several opportunities to be promoted to deputy editor or chief editor, and has been content to be an ordinary editor in the editorial department of "Contemporary" .

As an editor, Tong Zhonggui's professional ability is undoubtedly outstanding. In addition, as a writer, although he has no leadership position in the society, he is still respected by everyone.After Wenhua was established, Lin Weimin transferred him. At first, many people did not understand.

According to the old tradition, Lin Weimin and Tong Zhonggui have a master-disciple relationship. Wenhua is a newly established small company. If Tong Zhonggui is transferred there, isn't it overkill?
But this month, everyone finally understood Lin Weimin's good intentions.

It is said that this time Wenhua Film and Television distributed dividends to the main creators of "Party A and Party B", and Tong Zhonggui also received 20 yuan.

Because he is the literary director of Wenhua Film and Television, he has the title of planner and chief screenwriter in the movie, and he is an iron-clad creative staff member.

Tong Zhonggui was one of the first-class rich people in the company by writing novels, but now he received a dividend of 20 yuan due to the success of the movie, which made his old colleagues' eyes red with envy.

Money flows to those who are not short of money!
"It's so irritating! He took 20 yuan in one fell swoop. I've been writing books for so many years, but I still haven't earned 20 yuan!" Yu Hua said with envy on his face.

After saying this, he said to Mo Yan: "You are just late, otherwise you can still get a hundred and eighty thousand!"

Mo Yan smiled and said nothing, and Tong Zhonggui said with a smile: "Don't sow discord here. You haven't earned 20 yet? Those two novels of yours have sold less in the past two years? You haven't received 20 in royalties in the past two years?"

"That's what I said. Besides, can it be the same? I worked so hard to write it word by word, but you got something for nothing."

"Why did I get something for nothing? Did I not work hard?"

While the two were chatting, the waiter brought over the grilled mutton skewers. The two immediately stopped talking. Yu Hua said enthusiastically: "Come on, come on, hurry up and try the craftsmanship of the master in my shop."

Tong Zhonggui and Mo Yan each picked up a skewer of roast mutton and tasted it. Tong Zhonggui said, "Well, it tastes pretty good."

Yu Hua was very happy to hear this and asked Mo Yan, "Mo Yan, what do you think?"

Mo Yan chewed the meat in his mouth and said slowly: "The meat is fresh and tender, quite good."

"I'm asking you about the taste." Yu Hua emphasized.

After finishing a skewer of meat, Mo Yan put down the stick and said, "The taste is average."

"Do you usually eat so fast?" Yu Hua asked dissatisfied.

"I can eat my steamed buns so quickly!"

Yu Hua choked on his words, and unconvinced, he picked up the meat skewers and took a bite, "Look, isn't this delicious!"

Compared with Tong Zhonggui and Mo Yan's focus on literary creation, Yu Hua's mind is much more diverse.

For many years, Yu Hua has had a dream, which is to open a barbecue restaurant.

Over the past year or so, Qu Xiaowei has made a lot of money by opening an Internet cafe, and Yu Hua looks a little jealous.

Last time I went to Qu Xiaowei's party, the two hit it off and jointly opened a barbecue restaurant like this.

The location is at the entrance of Yan Normal University. It just opened today. Tong Zhonggui and Mo Yan skipped work to support him, while Yu Hua took a day off today.

While a few people were chatting, someone else entered the store.

It was Liu Zhenyun, together with Wang Shuo and Feng Xiaogang.

Having just received millions of bonuses, Wang Shuo and Feng Xiaogang walked with wind in their eyes. As soon as they entered the store, they said to Hua: "You are not allowed to give me free orders today!"

When Yu Hua saw the God of Wealth coming, he immediately smiled and said: "No, no, absolutely no. If the check is 110, I will add a zero to you and charge you 200. How about that?"

After a few jokes, everyone couldn't help laughing.

Yu Hua usually has a lot of friends. Today, when his barbecue restaurant opened, it was packed with guests, including almost half of the Yanjing writers circle. The 100-square-meter barbecue restaurant hardly received many guests. They were all friends, and he lived up to his reputation as a social butterfly. name.

Lin Weimin, who came to cheer after work, entered the store and saw the scene in front of him, and couldn't help but feel a bit familiar.

He thought about it for a long time, but didn't think of it until he saw Wang Shuo, who was changing cups with others.

Finally found the source of this familiar feeling in my mind.

Seeing Lin Weimin coming, Yu Hua hurriedly greeted him, almost like a boss.

When the barbecue ordered by Lin Weimin arrived, Yu Hua said with some anticipation: "Teacher Lin, please try it. How does it taste in my store?"

Lin Weimin followed the good example, picked up a skewer of meat, and then couldn't help but look at the many customers in the store.

To Hua: "Have you paid all your bills?"

"No, we're all friends. We're here to support you today, so why bother asking for money?" Yu Hua said with a smile.

Lin Weimin was silent for a while, and said quietly: "Take it, the less you pay, the better!"

(End of this chapter)