Back to 80: My Literary Life

"So are you going to set up a joint venture with a state-owned publishing house?" Fang Minghua asked.

"Yes! Last week, I met with President Liang Xiangfeng of the Electronic Industry Press under the introduction of a friend. We talked about the two sides investing in a joint venture to jointly publish books in the field of advanced foreign computers. He was also very interested in this and was willing to continue to negotiate on this issue."

At this point, Sun Lizhe paused: "Minghua, you are also a shareholder of the company. Such a large project naturally requires your opinion, so I called you and asked you to come to Yanjing to discuss it together."

"I have no objection." Fang Minghua smiled and said: "I said that I am just investing, not asking about the specific operation. Besides, your project is not bad."

"Then it's settled! I will go to President Liang in two days to discuss in detail and finalize this project as soon as possible." Sun Lizhe said.

Private publishing companies and state-owned publishing houses jointly invest in the establishment of a new publishing company. Sun Lizhe is not the first person to do so.

Both parties jointly invest and hang it under the name of a state-owned publishing house. In this way, the book number of the state-owned publishing house is used in a fair and open manner, avoiding certain policy risks.

But in order not to violate relevant national regulations, the state-owned publishing house must hold at least 51% of the shares in the new joint venture! In other words, it must be controlled by the state-owned publishing house.

This model of state-owned publishing house controlling and private enterprises operating specifically will also face some problems such as serious constraints of the state-owned management system, the inability to connect the financial accounting of both parties, the difficulty of asset evaluation, and the easy conflict between management and shareholders.

There are pros and cons, it depends on how you look at it.

However, Fang Minghua still likes the current model of Shengshi Books. Although it is a bit troublesome to buy book numbers and there are certain policy risks, it is free and there is no "mother-in-law" above.

Of course, Sun Lizhe must have his reasons for being willing to do this.

After staying at Sun Lizhe's house for a while, the two went out together to see Shi Tiesheng.

Shi Tiesheng still lives on Yonghegong Street. The two rushed to see that there was almost no change in the yard. There was still a low kitchen built in the yard.

Shi Tiesheng was alone at home. When he saw the two people coming, he smiled and sat in a wheelchair to pour tea for the two people. Fang Minghua and others did not stop him.

Although Shi Tiesheng still lives in the old house of 70 square meters, the furnishings inside have changed a lot compared with the previous two years. The furniture is all new. There is a brand new color TV on the high and low cabinets, and there is a refrigerator next to it.

Just two years ago, Shi Tiesheng's essay "I and the Earth Altar" won the first World Chinese Literature Award with a prize of 100,000 yuan.

With this 100,000 yuan, life suddenly became much more comfortable, so he bought some household appliances one after another, making his life richer.

Seven years ago, with the financial support of Fang Minghua, Shi Tiesheng went to the hospital for treatment in time and curbed the malignant development of nephritis. Although he still needs to take medicine every day and go to the hospital for examination every once in a while, his condition is finally under control and has not developed to the point of uremia.

However, friends who have a close relationship with Shi Tiesheng never talk about his condition in front of him, and treat him as a normal person, just like the two people just watched him push the wheelchair to make tea without taking the initiative to help.

In Shi Tiesheng's words: "I can do things that I can do, so I feel that I am not a useless person."

The three chatted about literature for a while, and Shi Tiesheng was very happy because his collection of essays "I and the Earth Altar" was published by Shengshi Books.

This collection of essays is a collection of excellent essays he has published, including "My Distant Qingping Bay", "Grandma's Stars", "I and the Earth Altar", "When I was 21", "Autumn Recall", etc., which are specially selected and published as essays in the "Rag Tiger Series".

This is the third collection of essays in the "Rag Tiger Series - Selected Essays" launched by Shengshi Books, after Fang Minghua's "Fragments of Civilization" and Yu Qiuyu's "Cultural Journey".

Taking advantage of the success of "I and the Altar of Earth" winning the World Literature Award, Shengshi Books launched this collection of essays, which sold very well in the market, which of course also brought Shi Tiesheng a considerable amount of income.

As the few people were chatting, footsteps were heard outside the door. It turned out that Shi Tiesheng's wife Chen Ximi came back from get off work.

Now Chen Ximi is no longer a teacher. She has been transferred to Huaxia Publishing House as an editor. Her work is relatively easy. She doesn't have to correct homework when she comes back, so she has more time to take care of her husband.

Seeing Fang Minghua and Sun Lijian coming, Chen Ximi greeted them enthusiastically: "Minghua, Lijian, don't leave for a while, just stay here for dinner."

"I'm telling you two, Ximi is absolutely a master at making fried noodles with soybean paste, which is better than those made by the old Yanjing! "Shi Tiesheng immediately praised his wife.

Chen Ximi looked at her husband tenderly, but said: "I won't make noodles with soybean sauce today, Minghua is here. Let's make the oil-splashed noodles that we old Qin people love the most! I wonder if you are used to it, Lijian?"

Chen Ximi said and looked at Sun Lijian.

"You forgot that I went to Qinbei to join the team with Tiesheng. I am used to eating mutton soup, potato rubs, and oil-splashed noodles!" Sun Lijian replied with a smile: "I haven't eaten it for many years. Your words have aroused my cravings."

"Then you should eat more today."

Chen Ximi changed her coat and went to the kitchen to work, kneading and rolling noodles. This was not a difficult task for her, a daughter-in-law from Qin Province.

The three men were chatting in the small living room, and she was busy in the kitchen alone. An hour later, the fragrant pulled noodles were served.

Everyone was not polite, and each took a bowl and ate it.

"Minghua, how does it taste? "Chen Ximi asked.

"Well, not bad, not bad, Ximi. You haven't lost your skills in the past few years since you married in Yanjing. This oil-splashed noodles is simply amazing! It tastes better than my wife's." Fang Minghua said.

Several people laughed when they heard it.

Chen Ximi also served himself a bowl. Just after taking a few bites, he suddenly thought of something: "Minghua, someone recommended a book to our publishing house. We all think it is well written, but the content is a bit sensitive. The leaders of the publishing house dare not publish it."

"I heard from Tiesheng that you have a good relationship with the boss of Shengshi Book Company. Do you think they dare to publish this book?"

"Oh, what book?" Fang Minghua immediately became interested.

"Wait a minute, I'll get it for you." Chen Ximi put down his bowl and chopsticks and turned into the bedroom. In less than two minutes, he came out and took a book and handed it to Fang Minghua, and explained:

"This is written by a writer in Yanjing. It was published in Hong Kong and he wants to publish it in the mainland."

Fang Minghua said "oh", took the book and looked at it, and his eyes widened immediately.

On the cover of the book, there are several traditional Chinese characters written: "Wang Er's Romantic History"!

There is also a line of small characters next to it: The fourth in the romantic series!