Rebirth of Siheyuan starts in the 1980s

"Okay, little comrade, if anything happens, you can tell me directly."

After hearing the big leader's words, Cao Zhiqiang took a deep breath subconsciously, grabbed the briefcase in his hand, and then spoke seriously:

"Big boss, can I call you this like Uncle Silly?"

The big leader was stunned for a moment, then smiled and nodded: "Of course."

Cao Zhiqiang then opened his briefcase, took out a pamphlet from it, then raised his head and said: "Big leader, to be honest, I have gone to great lengths to come to you this time for two purposes.

First, I want you to take a look at my brochure.

This booklet contains my thoughts on my daily thoughts, mainly my superficial thoughts on the current reform and opening up.

Although my status is humble and my ideas may be superficial, I believe that stones from other mountains can attack jade. As a senior executive, if you can really calm down and take a look, it will definitely be useful."

Having said this, Cao Zhiqiang immediately stood up and politely presented the pamphlet with both hands.

The big leader was stunned, obviously he didn't expect this to be the case.

But soon, the big leader smiled and nodded, reaching out to take the pamphlet handed over by Cao Zhiqiang.

After taking it, the senior leader flipped through it, then closed the brochure again, smiled at Cao Zhiqiang and said: "Young people have ideas, which is good, very good, and worthy of encouragement and promotion. Don't worry, I will look carefully when I look back.

If you look at it, you won’t put it on the shelf.”

"I feel relieved now." Cao Zhiqiang smiled.

"What about your second one?" the big leader asked with a smile.

Cao Zhiqiang pondered for a while: "The first one is for the public, and the second one is of course private."

"Oh?" the big leader became interested, "Why is it private law? By the way, sit down and talk!"

Cao Zhiqiang nodded, sat down again, and then said: "Big leader, secondly, I want you to help me, so that I can use my own name to open a personal, no, I should say, private business."

Nature Publishing House.”

"What? A private publishing house?" The big leader frowned slightly.

"That's right." Cao Zhiqiang nodded.

“Today’s publishing houses are basically public institutions, and there is no publishing house that is an individual private publishing house.

Of course, I also know the reason why the country did this in the first place, but times have changed, times have changed, and some rules should also be changed.

Although I am young, I think I am quite capable. At least in terms of talent and wealth, I have surpassed many of my peers.

Why do I say this? I am not bragging, but I have actual basis.

To be honest, just over a month ago, I was still a nobody worth mentioning, but in this short period of one month, earth-shaking changes have taken place.

The biggest change is that in less than three months, I went from being an ordinary intern with an income of less than 30 yuan a month to becoming a householder with a deposit of more than 500,000 yuan through serious means.

And if nothing unexpected happens, my wealth will increase at a faster rate in the future. I believe that one million yuan, or even ten million yuan, is not a dream!

I believe that with my current net worth and my entrepreneurial experience, I still have some confidence to speak nonsense in front of you."

"Oh?" Upon hearing this, the big leader immediately became more interested, "If I heard correctly, you made half a million in three months? How did you make it?"

Cao Zhiqiang smiled and pointed at his temple: "Of course I rely on my brain!"

Immediately afterwards, Cao Zhiqiang began to explain how he made money by writing books, how he wrote a few particularly good poems, how he became famous after selling one poem, how he was unwilling to continue selling his creations at a low price, and how he struggled with publishers.

Dou Yong, how he used royalties to cooperate with a publishing house to produce a collection of poems, and in one month, he earned half a million yuan in royalties from the collection of poems.

During this period, Cao Zhiqiang did not add any exaggeration, but just explained the process truthfully.

Because Cao Zhiqiang knows that it is useless to play tricks in front of a person like a big leader, because he can have people investigate at any time.

It would be better to tell the truth from the beginning.

In fact, telling the truth is already legendary enough, there is no need to add fuel to the fire.

After telling how he earned half a million, Cao Zhiqiang smiled and said: "So you see, I just relied on my talent and published a collection of poems, and earned half a million in one month.

And this is not over yet. As the poetry collection continues to sell well, I believe the income will continue to increase.

In addition, I can not only write poetry, but also novels, songs, and even popular science magazines.

I have also published articles in Reader's Digest, Science Illustrated and other magazines, and I have made a lot of gains, but combined, they are not as profitable as a collection of poems.

Now, my reputation has been established. If I publish another work in the future, I will definitely continue to create legends and my income will only increase.

With my current ability, I can already earn half a million yuan a month. With the further publication of my new works, will it be difficult to earn millions or even tens of millions?"

Hearing this, the big leader frowned slightly: "Are you telling the truth?"

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "I know you have doubts, so I brought all the evidence."

Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang reopened his briefcase and returned his bankbook, the poetry collection "The Farthest Distance in the World", and some receipts from the post office after receiving remittance orders from different magazines.

, all stacked together and handed over.

"Look," said Cao Zhiqiang, who handed over the evidence, "here is the evidence that I made money. Everything is clear and clear. It is absolutely clean and there is no problem at all."

The big leader took those things and looked at them, especially after seeing the collection of poems. He raised his head and looked at Cao Zhiqiang in surprise: "Hey, this collection of poems was written by you? So, the emerging poet Qiangzi who is particularly famous recently

, that’s you?”

"It's true!" Cao Zhiqiang nodded with a smile.

The big leader then laughed and said: "It's amazing, let me tell you, how did you earn half a million in three months? I was quite curious at first, but that's how it came about.

Nowadays, it is not the past. If you have this kind of talent, it is normal to earn such a high income."

Cao Zhiqiang smiled and nodded: "Yes, nowadays, royalties are indeed a serious income, and it is easy to get high income. But big boss, if I follow normal practices, I'm afraid I won't be able to earn so much money from a collection of poems.

, even if I am very talented, many people like to read what I write.

Did you find that the most important reason why I was able to earn half a million in just three months, no, to be precise, in one month, is because I bargained with the publishing house, and the price is no longer based on a thousand words.

It’s calculated based on how much it costs, but based on royalties.

Once the share-sharing system is implemented, the more books I sell, the higher my income will be.

Ultimately, the reason why I was able to negotiate this new royalty sharing model with them is because times have changed and you can publish books at your own expense."

Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang sighed: "I didn't think about playing with them at the beginning, but I thought, just sell my work to the publishing house for ten or eight yuan per line, and I won't say anything in the future.

Come on, it’s such a loss.

So after my first poem became famous, and with the money I earned from previous submissions, I decided to publish a book at my own expense.

Self-publishing is a new model that emerged after the reform. That is to say, individuals can negotiate cooperation with a publishing house, and then the initial publishing costs are paid by the individual, and the publishing house is just the handler.

After the work is published and sold, the profits gained will be divided between the publisher and the individual.

In this way, the more books are sold, the more the individual who publishes the book will make, while the publishing house will not lose money in the whole process.

Here, personal risks are greatest and gains are greatest.

This model did not exist before the reform. It only appeared after the reform, especially in the past two years.

It is precisely because of this self-publishing model, and because my first poem happened to be very popular, they were also optimistic about my work, so they were able to negotiate a royalty-sharing model with me, allowing me to publish it in just one month.

Within a year, he received a total of 500,000 yuan in royalties.

Of course, the publisher who published my book made more money and said they were already planning to buy a new car."

Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang clapped his mouth and his mouth was obviously dry.

"Little comrade, don't be anxious yet." The leader said with a smile, "Drink some tea first, moisten your throat, and then speak slowly."

As soon as the big leader finished speaking, the big leader's wife, who was sitting and listening with a smile, stood up, ready to pick up the teapot and pour tea for Cao Zhiqiang.

As a result, He Yuzhu was the first to jump up and pick up the teapot: "I'll do it, I'll do it, Madam Youda, I can do this kind of thing."

The leader's wife smiled and rolled her eyes at He Yuzhu: "Okay then, it's up to you. After all, you are the one who brought us here."

He Yuzhu nodded with a smile, then picked up a teacup, picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea. Then he smiled and said to Cao Zhiqiang: "Cao Zhiqiang, drink some tea, and then we'll talk after you finish."

"Thank you, Uncle He." Cao Zhiqiang picked up the tea cup with both hands, tried it and it was still warm, so he drank it all in one gulp.

As soon as Cao Zhiqiang finished drinking a cup of tea, He Yuzhu immediately said: "One more cup!"

After saying that, He Yuzhu poured another cup of tea for Cao Zhiqiang.

After Cao Zhiqiang finished another cup of tea, he said to He Yuzhu who was coming over to pour tea: "That's enough, Uncle He, that's enough."

"Hehe." He Yuzhu put down the teapot, "Then continue."

After speaking, He Yuzhu sat back down and continued to listen.

Cao Zhiqiang, on the other hand, cleared his throat, looked at the big leader who was still smiling, took a deep breath and said:

“In other words, it is the new era, new situation, new policies, and new models that have given me the possibility to become a household worth 10,000 yuan, a household worth 100,000 yuan, or even a household worth one million yuan in a short period of time.

However, when I got money, a lot of money, I had some doubts.

That is, I have so much money, how should I spend it?

Eat, drink and have fun every day, live in luxury and luxury?"

Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang shook his head: "It's boring, it's so boring. Living like a boy from the Eight Banners is not the life I want at all."

The big leader's smile became even more amiable: "Oh, you suddenly have money and don't want to spend a lot of time and enjoy yourself, so what do you want to do?"

Cao Zhiqiang suddenly became serious: "It's very simple, I thought of fourteen words!"

"Fourteen words? Which fourteen words?" the leader asked with a smile.

"The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. Getting rich first will lead to getting rich later!" Cao Zhiqiang answered seriously.