1980 My literary era

In the past, Lin Weimin would definitely have to go on a business trip to Xiangjiang by himself.

But now he is both the editor-in-chief of the Chinese Literature Society and the president and editor-in-chief of the Tongwen Society. He is too busy with work and cannot spare any time.

He promised Li Xuegang the foreign exchange and brought it to the company the next day, which was six thousand Hong Kong dollars. In addition, Li Xuegang would receive a daily subsidy of one hundred Hong Kong dollars for his business trip, which was enough for him to go to Hong Kong this time.

Two days later, Li Xuegang set off for Xiangjiang, and Tongwen Society had three kittens left.

As soon as he left, feedback from the first issue of "Heroes of Kyushu" came back.

Yu Hua found Lin Weimin's office excitedly, "Teacher Lin, the inventory of bookstores everywhere is now at the bottom, please ask us to print more immediately."

"Is there any summary data for subscriptions?"

"Yes." Yu Hua quickly handed over a piece of paper, which contained the underwriting data of Xinhua bookstores in various places. "This is the result of the past two days, nearly 300,000 copies."

"Three hundred thousand copies? That much?"

The grinning boss Yu Hua said, "Yeah, no one would have thought of it. The bookstore called and said that readers had very good reviews for "Heroes of Kyushu", especially our headline work "No. 1 in the World", which received rave reviews. , many readers went to bookstores to buy it after listening to other people’s recommendations.”

Lin Weimin was very pleased after hearing this, "Okay, once the word-of-mouth effect forms, we won't have to worry about the sales of our publications."

"It's because of your foresight and strict control over the quality of Toutiao's works that you are welcomed by readers."

"Don't do this with me! If Xue Gang is not here, you should contact the printing factory immediately. The number of additional copies should be... 400,000 copies. It only takes three days to achieve such a high number of subscriptions. If you print more copies, you will have more time." .”

"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away!"

Yu Hua left happily, and Lin Weimin was equally happy sitting in the office.

He was very confident in "Heroes of Kyushu". This publication was the result of nearly half a year's hard work of the editorial department. Several editors almost harassed all the well-known martial arts novel writers in the country. He himself also went into battle and put on a vest. Wrote a movie called "The Best in the World".

But what he didn't expect was that the first issue would be loved by so many readers just a few days after it went on sale.

Tongwenshe is a subsidiary of Guowenshe, so the distribution work of "Heroes of Kyushu" is also handed over to Xinhua Bookstore. Normally, it ships according to the subscription quantity.

But sometimes publishers estimate the popularity of books or publications and print more copies to ensure that they won’t be too busy and make mistakes later because the books or publications are too popular. However, this situation is limited to popular books or publications.

"Heroes of Kyushu" has only been on sale for a few days, and the number of secondary subscriptions from Xinhua Bookstore has reached nearly 300,000 copies. This is a real hit, so Lin Weimin naturally dared to let the printing factory run at full capacity.

It took less than half a day for the Xinhua Bookstore to receive the second call for subscriptions for "Heroes of Kyushu," and the news about this call for orders became known to everyone in the Chinese Literature Society.

In less than a week after its release, the 100,000 copies of the first issue were not sold out, but another bookstore ordered another 300,000 copies. What is this concept?

Anyway, there has never been such an exaggerated figure in the history of the Chinese Literature Society.

It is true that "Contemporary" sells one to two million copies per issue, but that is all achieved over many years. It took more than ten years to stabilize this sales volume, and it has been on a roller coaster from time to time in the past two years.

Compared with "Contemporary", the rise of "Heroes of Kyushu" is rapid.

This is the first issue!

According to the current situation, I am afraid that half a million copies cannot be sold. If there is a third subscription within a month, no matter what the number of the third subscription is, then the single issue after the third issue of "Heroes of Kyushu" There is no doubt that sales will exceed one million.

Any publication that can survive must have the lowest sales volume of its first issue in history. The sales volume of some publications in their heyday may be ten to eight times that of the first issue. "Heroes of Kyushu" had such momentum when it was first published. It broke through three issues. A million is not a difficult thing.

We are not just imagining it out of thin air, but based on years of experience.

Tongwenshe has only been established for half a year, and "Kyushu Heroes", as their first publication, has achieved such results as soon as it was launched, which is amazing.

This originally inconspicuous sub-club once again impressed the colleagues of the Chinese Literature Society.

Lin Weimin no longer needs to worry about the sales of "Heroes of Kyushu", and his energy is temporarily focused on the work of the Chinese Literature Society.

Colleagues from the editor-in-chief’s office sent me the final drafts of several books, including two novels by Liang Fengyi.

The introduction of three works including "Drunk in the Red Dust", "Oiran Tribulation" and "A Rich Man's Dream" was a success, and the Chinese Literature Society decided to introduce other works by Liang Fengyi.

There is also a sample book of "Cultural Journey". This month Yu Qiuyu just resigned as the dean of the Shanghai Theater Academy.

Yu Qiuyu is a well-known scholar in Shanghai drama circles and the dean of Shanghai Drama Academy. He resigned several times before the superior department was forced to agree.

As soon as the news of his resignation came out, it caused an uproar in Shanghai's literary circles.

In the domestic literary and art circles, it is extremely rare for a cultural official of Yu Qiuyu's level to resign on his own initiative, not to mention that he was determined to resign despite repeated obstructions from superior departments.

When Lin Weimin learned about his resignation, he immediately urged the editorial office to quickly produce a sample book of "Cultural Journey" and seize the time to print it and put it on the market. This was a wave of popularity.

So after a bunch of manuscripts and sample books were sent to him, the first thing Lin Weimin looked at was the sample book of "Cultural Journey", and then he immediately asked the printing house to hurry up and print it.

This is the first time Yu Qiuyu has published a collection of essays. He is somewhat famous in the Shanghai cultural circle, but not well-known in the domestic literary circle. Therefore, the first printing volume of "Cultural Journey" is not many, only 20,000 copies.

Lin Weimin had a vision, but his colleagues at the Chinese Literature Society did not, and he did not want to be too radical. Anyway, he could print it again in the future!

A few days later, Li Xuegang, who had gone on a business trip to Xiangjiang, returned to Tongwen Society. As soon as they met, he distributed several small gifts to everyone.

Hearing that "Heroes of Kyushu" had been on the market for a few days, the bookstore had ordered another 300,000 copies. Li Xuegang shouted in surprise and chatted with everyone for a while before he ran to find Lin Weimin to recover.

His main task in going to Xiangjiang this time was to sign a publishing contract with Liang Yusheng. Liang Yusheng had already closed his book, and Tongwen Society wanted to publish a collection of his works for him. Since the collection of Jin Yong's works was the best seller, Liang Yusheng had no resistance.

The only dissatisfaction is that Tongwen Society is not as famous as the Chinese Literature Society. He and Jin Yong were famous in the martial arts novel world in Hong Kong. Now Jin Yong's collection of works is published by the Chinese Literature Society, but his own collection can only be published by his subordinates. It is normal to be dissatisfied when publishing.

But Lin Weimin had already solved this problem when he communicated with Liang Yusheng on the phone.

It's simple. The royalty share is one point higher than Jin Yong's, so the old man immediately agreed.

So, literati, in addition to loving money, they also love face.

In addition to the publishing contract for Liang Yusheng's collection of works, this time Li Xuegang also met the writer Lin Weimin asked him to meet under Liu Yichang's introduction.

Among the four writers, Nangong Bo is the oldest and the earliest to become famous. He has been writing since the early 1990s and is known for his historical novels. He has published more than 60 novels and other works throughout his life. This time Li Xuegang went to Xiangjiang and did not see him because Nangong Bo had been invited by Bay Island University to give lectures there in recent years.

Among the remaining three writers, Wen Ruian became famous the earliest. In the early 1970s, he became a celebrity in the Hong Kong martial arts novel circle with the "Four Famous Famous Catchers" series. "Capture" series, "White Clothes Fang Zhenmei" series, "Today's Heroes" series, "Common Gods" series, "The Wonderful Heroes of China" series, "Goddess Catching" series, "Ranger Nalan" series...

In a word, this man deserves to die! ! !

This time Li Xuegang met Wen Ruian, but he was very shrewd and only handed over the publishing rights of the "Buyi Shenxiang" series to Tongwenshe.

The quality of the "Common Gods" series is above average among Wen Ruian's works. Li Xuegang got the publishing rights for this set of works, which is a good gain.

Huang Ying is the youngest of the four writers. He became famous for catching a knife for Gu Long, and later worked for ATV. The "zombie series" that many people in later generations are familiar with was created by him when he was at ATV.

Because he worked for Gu Long in his early years, Huang Ying's creative style is somewhat similar to Gu Long. Some people who like him think that his talent is better than Gu Long. His famous works include the "Six Chapters of Frightening" series, "Shen Shengyi" series, "Celestial Silkworm Transformation" 》 series, etc.

This time Li Xuegang went to Xiangjiang and found out that Huang Ying had already suffered from cancer. When he heard that a mainland publishing house wanted to introduce his works, Huang Ying immediately agreed.

All works are packaged and published with only one requirement: royalties must be paid as soon as possible. He is waiting for money to save his life!

The last one, Huang Yi, became famous the latest and only published his first work in 1988. His creative style is different from traditional martial arts, so his reputation in the Hong Kong martial arts novel industry is somewhat polarized.

In the past two years, I went to Lantau Island to live in seclusion and concentrate on my creation. This year I established my own publishing house to publish my own works.

Hearing that a mainland publishing house wanted to introduce his works, Huang Yi couldn't help but readily agreed.

Among the four writers, Nangong Bo was not seen. Wen Ruian's novel won a series, and Huang Ying and Huang Yi's works were all won. The results of Li Xuegang's trip were brilliant.

Of course, he only went to meet and discuss his intentions this time, and he had to come back to ask for instructions before he could finally sign the contract.

After listening to Li Xuegang's report, Lin Weimin's face was full of smiles. He praised him a few words and then said: "But there is a problem here. Some of the contents in Huang Ying and Huang Yi's works are too large. You should be careful when reviewing the manuscript." Check it carefully. Obtain their consent first. If the content is inconvenient to be revised, it will not be published. If it needs minor revision, they can revise it themselves. If they are unwilling to revise it, you can ghostwrite it. "

Li Xuegang nodded, "I understand."

"Okay. I've been out for more than a week. Don't go to work today. Take a half-day break and come back tomorrow." Lin Weimin said with a smile.

Li Xuegang laughed immediately. Working under Teacher Lin was quite stressful, but it was also quite comfortable. He was very caring about people.

After Li Xuegang left, Lin Weimin also showed a bit of a smile on his face.

With this result, coupled with the success of "Heroes of Kyushu", Tongwen News Agency's fundamentals will be as stable as a rock in the next few years.