1980 My literary era

The first issue of "Heroes of Kyushu" was released in mid-July, and an additional 400,000 copies were printed within a week.

A few days later, before the end of the month, another 300,000 copies were printed, bringing the total circulation to 800,000.

It went on sale in mid-July. In less than half a month, it was reprinted twice, and the number of each additional print was several times that of the first printing.

Everyone can see that this publication has become a trend. There is no need for three or four issues. There is only one first issue. The total sales volume of one million copies is already a certainty.

Several people from Tongwen News Agency have been in a dream these days. It's just the first issue. They are really a little frightened that it can have such a momentum.

When "Legends of Modern and Ancient Times" was first published, the first issue only sold more than 200,000 copies. Now, the monthly sales volume has stabilized at more than 2 million copies, which has increased tenfold.

If the sales of the first issue of "Heroes of Kyushu" exceed one million copies, wouldn't that mean...

I don’t dare to think about it, I don’t dare to think about it at all!

"Heroes of Kyushu" became a blockbuster, which not only made several young comrades in the editorial department go into a trance, but also colleagues in the Chinese Literature Society were amazed.

Before, everyone was still talking about the sales exceeding one million in the third issue. Now look, where do you need three issues, one issue is enough!

The sales of the first issue exceeded one million, which is unheard of in the Chinese newspaper industry and can be called a monster!

Everyone is very cautious in guessing that the first issue has exceeded one million copies. After half a year and a year of development, it should not be difficult for the sales volume of a single issue of "Heroes of Kyushu" to stabilize at two million copies. This is another "Contemporary".

What is the status of "Contemporary" in the Chinese Literature Society?

To put it simply, half of the annual publication volume of the Chinese Literature Society is supported by "Contemporary".

Although the publication is not a book, there is no difference in printing it, right? There's no difference in the selling price, right?

"Contemporary" is priced at 3 yuan and 80 cents, and "Heroes of Kyushu" is slightly lower than "Contemporary" at 3 yuan and 40 cents. Both are monthly magazines, with one issue per month.

When a publication is handed over to a distribution channel, some discounts must be given, but no matter how you calculate it, these two publications generate an output value of 50 to 60 million for their respective publishing houses every year.

Therefore, with the publication "Kyushu Heroes" alone, the foundation of Tongwen Society has been established.

A few days ago, Li Xuegang came back from a business trip to Xiangjiang. It is said that he brought back the publishing rights of several famous martial arts masters in Xiangjiang. The names of Huang Ying and Huang Yi are not familiar to everyone, but the names of Liang Yusheng and Wen Ruian are. They are no strangers. Anyone who reads martial arts novels knows the names of these two people.

Think about the effects caused by the launch of Jin Yong's collection of works. Even if the works of these people are introduced, even if they are discounted, they will still have extremely terrifying effects.

Colleagues at the Chinese Literature Society couldn’t help but lament that after half a year of hard work, Lin Weimin had really struggled with this Tongwen Society.

No, not only alive but also very nourishing.

Some colleagues even began to boldly predict the time it would take for Tongwen Press’s publication volume to surpass that of Guowen Press. Some guessed it would be one year, some two years, and at most no more than three years.

In the past two years, pure literature has not been as popular as before. On the contrary, popular literature is rising rapidly, and it is only a matter of time before the publication volume of Tongwen Society exceeds that of Guowen Society.

Some colleagues actually regretted that they did not follow Lin Weimin when he wanted to establish Tongwen News Agency. Now that Tongwen News Agency has only been established for half a year, it has already shown strong development potential. In the future, its personnel and institutions will surely expand at a rapid rate. If we can adjust it now If you go to Tongwenshe, you might be able to get an official position in the future.

For many young and middle-aged editors who are frustrated in the newsroom, the rise of Tongwenshe has given them hope.

Li Xuegang, the current editor-in-chief of Tongwen News Agency, is a vivid example.

Li Xuegang used to be the backbone of the second editor of Contemporary Literature, but because he was young and had little experience, there was basically no room for improvement, and even good things could not happen to him.

When I went to Tongwen News Agency, I was suddenly promoted to the position of editor-in-chief by Lin Weimin. At first, everyone didn't care, because Tongwen News Agency was really small and pitiful, and being the editor-in-chief there would be worse than being an editor in the important editorial office of the Chinese Language News Agency. General editor.

But in just a few months, the development of Tongwen News reached a triple jump. At this time, the value of Li Xuegang, the editor-in-chief of the editorial office, became apparent.

The editor-in-chief, who is in his early thirties, should be the youngest editor-in-chief of the Chinese Literature Society at present, even if he is only the editor-in-chief of a secondary agency.

If Tongwen News continues to develop in the future, Li Xuegang might become the deputy editor-in-chief, vice-president, or even chief editor-in-chief or president.

Lao Cheng will be sixty in a few years. When Lin Weimin is promoted, he will at least be able to free up the position of editor-in-chief. Li Xuegang is also the founding father of Tongwen Society, so he is very likely to be promoted to editor-in-chief.

Thinking about the number of seats in the Tongwen Society in the future, many people in the Tongwen Society are very envious.

When I became an editor at Tongwen News Agency, I quickly changed from "decentralization" to "improvement". Some colleagues in the agency were ready to make a move.

Some time ago, Lin Weimin asked Cheng Wuchun for a few people. Originally, Cheng Wanchun promised to bring over several college students who were doing internships in the school calibration department.

Things have changed strangely in recent days.

Many colleagues found Lin Weimin privately, hoping to be transferred to Tongwen News Agency.

If one or two people came to him, Lin Weimin would say hello to the editorial director and he might accept it.

But there were too many people looking for him, and people were looking for him in almost every editing room. Lin Weimin had no way to make the decision and could only bring up the situation during the meeting.

After listening to his statement, the faces of several editorial directors were not good-looking, and their subordinates wanted to run away. In any case, they were criticizing them in disguise for not doing their job well.

The president Cheng Wuchun also shook his head helplessly. There are too many talents, and there are advantages and disadvantages. Who doesn't want to be a leader, but there are only so many positions. Old comrades have not retired, and you can't kick them out of their positions. Young people We can only wait and endure.

"In my opinion, this is also a good thing. Our Chinese Literature Society recruits a new group of young people every year. Over the years, many young people have grown up. They have ideals and ambitions, but there is no room for them to express themselves.

Now that everyone is willing to go to Tongwen News Agency, the first point proves that the development achievements of our Tongwen News Agency have been recognized by colleagues in the agency, and the second point can also solve the problem of talent flow within the agency to a certain extent.

In recent years, there have been more and more temptations in society. These young people have been unable to find a way to advance in our publishing house, and they may leave because of this. This kind of thing has happened before.

My original idea was to assign the college students who had completed their internship in the proofreading department to three people in Tongwen News Agency. Now that colleagues from other editorial offices want to go there, I will change it.

Allocate four people from the Tongwen Society, one of whom is a college student, and the other three will choose three from the candidates just mentioned for the people.

During this period, Tongwen Society's performance is booming and we are short of manpower. I will give you one more person. What do you think? "

After Cheng Wuchun finished speaking, he looked at everyone. Lin Weimin definitely had no objection. He thought that the editors who came to Tongwen Society were all young and powerful editors in the society who had no room for advancement. They could use it immediately, which was much better than college students.

The other editorial directors were silent. No one wanted to be the first to express their opinion.

Finally, Li Xin from the Contemporary Literature Section 1 couldn't help it anymore and asked: "Boss, there are many people who want to go to Tongwen Society. How to choose this candidate?"

"It's simple, just draw lots." Lin Weimin wrote lightly.

The directors of the editorial office were so disgusted when they heard that the editor of our superior publishing house was going to be transferred to a subordinate publishing house, and they even had to draw lots. Who are you scolding?

They were not happy when people wanted to leave. Now that they have decided to leave and draw lots, they are still not happy.

Although they were unhappy, they could not stop him. This conflicting mood made several editorial directors extremely depressed.

"Okay, that's it. Let's do some statistics on who is willing to go to the Tongwen Society. We should seize the time to make the selection. Once the seats are freed, we can allocate them to the new college students."

After Cheng Wanchun said this, several people became even more depressed.

If those who can do the work are transferred away, and those who are replaced have to be taught how to work, is there any justice? Is there any royal law?

It was obvious that a few months ago it was a subordinate sub-brand club with no performance at all. How come it took only a few months for our generals to be transferred over, crying and shouting?

I can’t figure it out! It’s really hard to figure it out!

No matter what these editorial directors think about it or not, it is certain that they will leave.

Two days later, Lin Weimin led four people into the editorial office of Tongwen News Agency.

Tongwenshe originally had only four people, but four more people came all of a sudden. The team quickly doubled and everyone was overjoyed.

After introducing several new colleagues, Lin Weimin announced on the spot the reorganization of Tongwen News Agency's organizational structure.

Li Xuegang served as the director and editor-in-chief of the martial arts novel editorial office, while Yu Hua served as the editorial director and editor-in-chief of "Heroes of Kyushu". Each of them had three people under their command, and the only one, a college student, was assigned to Yu Hua.

After the re-division of work was over, Lin Weimin held another meeting for everyone.

"At present, the first issue of "Heroes of Kyushu" has been successful. The next thing to do is to steadily improve the next few issues and steadily increase sales. In six issues, I hope our sales can increase to 2 million copies."

When Lin Weimin said this, Yu Hua felt a lot of pressure, but then he became excited again.

Compared with most publications, the first issue of "Heroes of Kyushu" is expected to exceed one million copies in sales, which can be said to be Tianhu's start.

Martial arts novels have a large domestic audience. As long as the editorial department can continue to output good works, with the popularity of this publication, it is not difficult to exceed 2 million copies in half a year.

"No problem, we will do our best!" Yu Hua said firmly.

Lin Weimin nodded and continued: "The task of the martial arts novel editing room is not light either. We have also counted the manuscripts of Liang Yusheng, Huang Ying, Huang Yi, and Wen Ruian, and the number of words in their works is as many as two thousand. More than ten thousand words.

Next, Huang Ying's collection of works and Wen Rui'an's "Looks of the Commoner" series must be on the market before November, and the collections of Liang Yusheng and Huang Yi's works must be on the market before the Chinese New Year. "

It is now early August, and there are less than six months before the Chinese New Year. It is not an easy task to complete the review, typesetting, and printing of the four writers' collections.

However, publishing a collection of martial arts novels is not as troublesome as publishing a collection of pure literature writers. The Chinese Literature Society has been working on the collection of Ba Lao's essays for several years, and it has only reached the 16th volume. It is far from being completed.

With the previous success of Jin Yong's collection of works, Li Xuegang accepted the job with confidence.

Colleagues are confident and motivated.

Lin Weimin returned to the office in a happy mood. Just as he was about to read the manuscript that had been sent to him, the phone suddenly rang.