After My Life Reset, I'm On Top of The World

China Edition Culture Communication Co., Ltd., as a state-owned publishing company, still had great power 20 years ago.

Unfortunately, with the development of the times, although paper books have not been completely eliminated.

But paper books have also become decorations and collectibles most of the time, and e-books are the most popular.

It is also in this situation that the profits of traditional publishing houses are getting worse.

Once the control of the publishing house is to control the mouthpiece, that is, to control the power.

But under the tide of the times, people who were once powerful may also become unknown, just like many publishing houses today.

Paper books are expensive.

In addition to some teaching and tool books, the status of even those traditional writers has been hit in the present when paper books are in decline. If it was said that many people were begging for publishing houses in the past, hoping to publish their own books, now it is the complete opposite.

It is the publishing house that hopes to find excellent authors who can sell books and increase profits.

"Editor-in-chief Peng, editor-in-chief Peng, now merchants all over the country are calling us, let us hurry up and ship the goods."

In the publishing house, it has become very lively these few days, everyone is full of horsepower, coming and going to report their work.

"Are you asking about "Golden Notes" again?"

The editor-in-chief Peng of the publishing house put down the phone and asked his deputy.

"Yes, it's Dangdang, Jing D and other online malls. They require a lot of orders. I calculated that at least 400,000 sets are needed."

The staff of the publishing house rushed to report.

After he finished speaking, there was a hint of loneliness in his happy tone.

Because if it was 20 years ago, if there were such popular books, dealers all over the country would of course call them to urge them.

But at that time, the 26 people who made the phone calls were all major bookstores, and now, almost all of them are online malls.

Even if there are some bookstores, almost all bookstores have been opened online, becoming Taobao, WeChat Mall, JingD and other businesses.

As for those traditional brick-and-mortar bookstores, there are fewer and fewer in the country.

The bookstores that can be opened are generally some more distinctive places that can be used as tourist attractions.

And even those bookstores are not mainly selling books. They make money by selling drinks and cakes.

This is the winter of the entire brick-and-mortar publishing industry.

And what is visible to the naked eye is that this cold winter will last forever, and I am afraid there will be no spring.

But there is also good news, that is, paper books cannot be eliminated, but the profits are getting thinner and thinner.

"The first two volumes of "Golden Notes" were released together. The pre-sale 200,000 sets were all sold out in less than half a day, and the 500,000 sets printed by the printing house are now in danger."

"... According to the conclusions drawn by major online shopping malls based on big data, I am afraid that this gap is still between 700,000 and 1 million sets."

The staff of the publishing house looked at the records in their hands and told editor-in-chief Peng of the current situation.

Editor-in-chief Peng pondered for a while, and said categorically: "...then we will print 800,000 sets, call the printing factory, and ask them to act quickly."

The staff hesitated for a moment and then said: "...Editor-in-chief, is this too much? Although those platforms are based on surveys and big data calculations.

out, but this data is not necessarily accurate. "

"...We print so much directly, if we sell it..."

Editor-in-chief Peng interrupted him and said, "...Just do as I said, while the popularity of Young Master Wei is so high, it is Luoyang Zhigui." "...Don't buy books while everyone is in a daze, When people calm down, it may cause a drop in sales." The editor-in-chief is also a person who will cut off when it is done, and it is directly ordered.

He was actually quite shocked.

You must know that this is not selling a book, but a set of two books, which is twice the price of a normal book.

So the sales volume is going to double.

That is, they have actually sold 1.4 million books.

If the additional 800,000 sets are also sold, that would be a total of 3 million copies, with an average of 1.5 million copies sold.

This figure is quite exaggerated.

You must know that this is just the "Notes on Touching Gold" that Wei Gongzi posted on the Internet. After a little proofreading and polishing, it was published as an entity.

The specific content inside has not changed much.

Even because there are nearly 300,000 words of free online books, one of the first two books released is free content.

It can be said that people who have read this book have already read it, and the physical book can only be used for collection.

At the beginning, the 700,000 sets of books ordered by the publishing house, a total of 1.4 million copies, was almost the limit of their guess.

Even so, they estimate that these books will never be sold, and it will take time to sell the inventory.

But who would have thought that these 1.4 million copies have not only been sold, but there is even a huge gap now, which has more than doubled.

Although editor-in-chief Peng borrowed the current Internet traffic from Mr. Wei, the effect is too strong. Even if you spend tens of millions on advertising, it is estimated that it will not have this effect.

He knew that many people who bought books didn't like reading novels at all, or had never heard of "Notes on Touching Gold".

But just because this novel was written by Wei Gongzi, they bought it to support it.

Maybe many social elites in the financial industry with annual salary of more than one million will buy them for collection.

Although this novel has nothing to do with finance, since it is a novel written by God in their minds, it must be regarded as a "Bible".

Even if you don't read it, you have to buy it at home and store it on the bookshelf.

"This is the fan economy, no wonder traffic is king now."

Editor-in-chief Peng exclaimed.

Although he had guessed that Wei Ziqi's book would sell very well, it was a bit exaggerated to be so popular.

The editor-in-chief sighed in his heart, but more than that, he was happy.

As a result, the publishing house has finally come back to life. At least this year's financial statements and next year's financial statements will be very good.

Well, he has more bonuses too.

Hey, it's a pity that after seeing part of the lives of those rich people, Editor-in-Chief Peng doesn't like his bonus.

What if the bonus was given out, a private club like the one he was brought to by Young Master Wei last time would never invite him.

This is the huge difference in identity and status between the two sides.

With a sigh, Editor-in-Chief Peng hurriedly went to the president's office, and he had to report the good news to the president, so that his top leaders would also be happy.

"Boom thump ---"

"Come in!"

Editor-in-chief Peng gently opened the door.

"Xiao Peng, you look good. Is your book selling well?"

The president of the publishing house in his 50s asked with a smile.

"Even if the sales are very good, it's simply too good!"

Editor-in-chief Peng's tone was a little excited.

He walked to the desk, pulled out a chair, sat down, and both lit a cigarette with the president, and then began to report the situation.

"In other words, this book sold 1.5 million copies?"

The president's words were a little strange.

If you want to say that there was a popular book 20 years ago, it is still possible to sell millions of copies in physical books.

But in this day and age, except for the biographies written by some great figures and some very important instructional books, this situation is rarely encountered.

"Yes, President, this is my estimated basic sales situation, and my actual estimate may be higher than this figure."

"...eventually the total sales of the two books in this set may be more than 3.5 million copies

Editor-in-chief Peng licked his lips and said with suppressed excitement.

The president also took a puff of cigarette. He exhaled the smoke, leaned forward and asked, "...How many volumes can this book set be?"

"A total of nine volumes can be published. Although this time there is indeed a reason for Wei Gongzi's traffic, but according to our research and estimation."

"... This kind of book buyer will keep buying the first book, so as to collect a set. If we count each book as less in the future, each book will be sold on the basis of 1.5 million copies."

"There are 9 books in total. Now the first two books have been sold. The last book needs to be counted separately. There are still six books, that is, 9 million books."

"...In addition to the fact that we have sold 3 million copies now, this is 12 million. This is still calculated based on the minimum data. The actual data must be higher than this."

Editor-in-chief Peng's words made the hands of the publishing house president tremble. He swallowed and said, "...Why should the last book be counted separately?"

"It's such a president. Wei Gongzi has actually written all the books. The total number of words is 1.55 million. The entire book is now in the hands of that novel website."

"...I asked them to publish the last 250,000 words, which is the ending, not to be posted online, but to be published directly as a physical book."

"Of course we're also giving them a portion of the proceeds from this last publication as contractually required, but overall it's a win-win for us.

"

. "... Think about it, the content on the Internet alone can sell 1.5 million copies each time. How many copies do you think the final ending will sell?"

"Anyway I'd estimate it's definitely 1.5 million times three or five times as much, maybe even more."

Editor-in-chief Peng meticulously calculated for his president the possible publishing benefits of this set of "Golden Notes".

"In other words, the 9-volume set of books can sell more than 20 million copies in total?"

The president is now stupid.

This physical book is not cheap, each price is 30 yuan.

Because it is printed in large quantities, the production cost is not particularly high, and the marketing cost is even more pitiful.

Mainly because they don't need their publishing house for marketing. The name of Young Master Wei alone is estimated to be worth tens of millions now.

After deducting the part of the cooperation with the novel website and the share with Wei Gongzi himself, the profit left by 390 to the publishing house is still quite high.

According to estimates, this net profit is definitely more than 200 million.

What is this concept? The concept is to top the profit of the publishing house for nearly ten years.

One year tops ten years, and everyone has to take off.

Don't look at Wei Ziqi earning hundreds of millions of dollars.

But the actual situation is that if a company can make tens of millions in annual net profit, it is already a very good company.

You must know that for a company, a net profit margin of more than 5% is already very good. Someone like Wei Ziqi can play a monthly profit margin of 20,000%.

Well, that's not really human.

"Yes, Xiao Peng, you did a good job. Not only did you strongly advocate for us to publish this book, I remember that you also sent a lawyer's letter to the marketing account at that time in the name of our publishing house?"

The president said in a sigh.

Editor-in-chief Peng nodded lightly: "...Well, when I saw Young Master Wei offline, he also said that in fact, whoever published his book was the same."

"...It's because we sent him a lawyer's letter at the time. Although it didn't help him a lot, he chose our publishing house for publishing because of this favor."

The president smiled and said: "...This is human favor, our society is a favor society, and a lot of money is actually made of favor money."

"...If only Young Master Wei could write another book."

The president said unwillingly.

Editor-in-chief Peng laughed himself, "...It is estimated that Wei Gongzi will not be able to write books in a short time. The last time I chatted with him, he complained to me about the tiredness of writing books."

"... Besides, the cash on hand is now worth more than our entire publishing house. If you want him to write a book, the price to pay is too high.

The president laughed and said: "...I am Meng Lang, or I am too greedy. After all, anyone who sees 200 million net profit will be greedy."

Editor-in-chief Peng pouted.

If Mr. Wei saw 200 million, he would probably be very calm. For that person, money is really not money.

"The IP value of this book is estimated to be one of the best among books in the past ten years. This Young Master Wei is really amazing. The young man is amazing, and he can achieve the pinnacle in any industry."

"...There's still more than one month left in this year. You guys are working hard. At the end of the year, the company will give everyone a big red envelope."

"Then I will thank you for the other employees first."

Editor-in-chief Peng said his farewell, and he had to tell Wei Ziqi the news.