Rebirth of Siheyuan starts in the 1980s

Because Cao Zhiqiang pretended to be drunk, he did not participate in the subsequent sessions, such as the lottery show.

After the song was over and everyone left with satisfaction, Cao Zhiqiang secretly asked Yu Deli to be found and asked him to quietly inform him that after the opening ceremony, everyone would not have to go to work in the afternoon. They would take a half-day off and come back to work early tomorrow morning.

Of course, the place must be tidied up before you can take a vacation.

Because Cao Zhiqiang felt that the grand opening ceremony was so big and the fun was so exciting that people were going crazy. If people were to work in the afternoon, the work efficiency would definitely be poor, so he might as well take a holiday.

In this way, I am also free.

Then, when Cao Zhiqiang arrived at the publishing house's office building at around nine o'clock the next morning, he found that everyone had already arrived.

Not only are Yu Deli and the six newcomers he found here, but also President Zhou Huai'en and five other old employees from the former Hongguang Magazine Department.

In other words, everyone is waiting for Cao Zhiqiang, the general manager.

This makes Cao Zhiqiang a little embarrassed, but he really can't do it if he is asked to go to work at seven in the morning.

Seemingly sensing Cao Zhiqiang's embarrassment, President Zhou Huaien was the first to suddenly say: "Actually, General Manager Cao is busy with everything, working hard on the publishing house every day, and yesterday he got drunk on the spot in order to deal with the boss.

I'm feeling a little unwell, so it's understandable that I came a little later today, don't you think?"

The president has said this, so what else can everyone say, of course they are all right.

In response, Cao Zhiqiang could only smile and nod to everyone, expressing his apology.

Next, Cao Zhiqiang announced in public that since everyone is here, let's go to the conference room for a meeting.

In this way, the first general meeting of the publishing house after its establishment officially began.

As soon as the meeting started, Cao Zhiqiang immediately proposed a new rule, requiring everyone to start work at nine o'clock in the morning, get off work at five o'clock in the afternoon, and take a lunch break from 12 noon to 2 pm.

This is called nine to five.

In addition, you can rest on Saturdays and Sundays.

This is called weekend day.

Originally, Cao Zhiqiang thought that this proposal would be welcomed by everyone, but who knew that he would face a lot of opposition.

Many people think this is too loose. If you don't do this, it will easily lead to mental slackness and reduced work efficiency.

This made Cao Zhiqiang stunned. He really didn't expect that people in this era were so simple and honest. Even though they were leeks, they always thought about the capitalists.

What can Cao Zhiqiang do?

Although he is the boss who provides money, he cannot fight against public opinion.

Finally, after much discussion, we finally came up with a compromise solution.

The new plan is to start work at 8:30 in the morning, take a lunch break from 12 noon to 1:30 pm, and get off work at 5:30 pm.

Weekends are cancelled, but we still follow the trend and only have one day off every week, Sunday.

But on Saturday, the unit will not arrange important work, so everyone can relax appropriately.

In addition, this rule only binds employees below the general manager, that is, the seven newcomers including Yu Deli.

Cao Zhiqiang, the general manager, and the six old employees originally sent from Hongguang Magazine Department are not within the scope of this working time constraint. Their working hours are arbitrary.

After this plan is passed, the next topic is the most important topic - developing projects!

Yes, the publishing house is open for business, but it is just an empty shell without any actual projects to generate money.

This is like a shell company with a company name but no real entity.

If it is a formal publishing house in the nature of a public institution, it will be fine. It will issue money as usual whether there are projects or not. After all, there are financial allocations.

Therefore, for that kind of publishing house, everyone can take their time to fish. It is normal for the publishing house to have no money for projects for more than half a year after its establishment.

However, Cao Zhiqiang's Hongguang Publishing House operates under a contract management system and is solely responsible for its own profits and losses.

If we are as slow and unhurried as other publishing houses, I'm afraid we won't be able to pay salaries soon.

Fortunately, Cao Zhiqiang had already prepared for this matter.

After all, the so-called money-making projects are content, and in terms of content, Cao Zhiqiang has already had it.

The reason why Cao Zhiqiang deliberately set up a publishing house was to first establish a good distribution channel.

Once you have your own distribution channels, creating content is a piece of cake.

"As for the project issues, please don't worry." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "Actually, I had already considered several projects before establishing this publishing house."

Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang paused before speaking out his project plan.

It turns out that Cao Zhiqiang already has three projects on hand, representing "far, medium and near".

That is, long-term projects, mid-term projects, and near-term projects.

The first one is the recent project, which is the project that everyone needs to do immediately.

This project is to publish a book, but it is not a collection of poems, but Cao Zhiqiang's "Shattered Void".

Cao Zhiqiang has written the book "Shattered Void" a long time ago, but Cao Zhiqiang has kept it secret and has not easily found someone to publish it.

Now it's good, I have my own publishing house, I can sign a contract with myself, and of course I can get all kinds of discounts.

In this way, not only can I make a fortune from this book, but the publisher can also make a fortune from it.

For this reason, Cao Zhiqiang has already investigated and made an estimate.

Assuming that the initial printing volume of this novel is 100,000 copies, then the total printing price will not exceed 300,000 yuan, and the printing cost of a single book will not exceed 3 yuan. This still requires high-quality printing.

If the price of a single book is 25 yuan, then the share of the book is as follows.

The first is the issuance cost, which is generally 60% of the list price.

This part mainly involves selling books in bulk to wholesale institutions such as Xinhua Bookstore Publishing House. The share they want at this time is usually called a discount.

For example, if the issuer wants 60%, it will be 40% off, and if the issuer wants 70%, it will be 30% off.

The bigger the publishing house, the greater the discount. For example, textbooks issued by the People's Publishing House can be discounted up to 50% off.

But for small publishing houses, 30% off is normal.

And Cao Zhiqiang has a big leader as his backer, so he believes that it will be no problem to negotiate a 40% off wholesale price with Xinhua Bookstore.

Of course, if the publishing house does not sell books to wholesalers, but does wholesale and retail by itself, that is fine, but this is a cost and is not suitable at the moment. It can be considered in the future.

After excluding 60% of the distribution cost, a book priced at 25 yuan only has a profit of 10 yuan.

After deducting the cost of three yuan from this profit, there is only a share of seven yuan.

If the circulation reaches 100,000 copies, the income will be 700,000.

Seven hundred thousand, thirty-seven cents.

The publishing house takes 30% and gets 210,000.

I personally take 70% and get 490,000.

For a publishing house, earning 210,000 yuan per book is really a lot.

Nowadays, for many publishing houses, it’s hard to say whether their annual gross income is 20,000 yuan.

Although there was a publishing boom in the 1980s, there were many types and quantities of books on the market, and many books could not be sold at all. It was good if they did not lose money.

It's just like the later online novel authors. Just look at the big names at the top and make money, but most of them are the bottom ones who work hard and work hard.

The same goes for publishing houses these days. Most of them are street publishing houses. There are only a few dozen well-known publishing houses that can really stand out.

Only publishers that can sell best-selling books can truly make money.

To put it bluntly, if you want to make money in the publishing industry, content must win.

In other words, once the book "Shattered Void" is released and launched, as long as it is priced at 25 yuan a book, it can sell 100,000 copies. Even according to the outrageous profit sharing method of 37 cents, it will be enough for the publisher for several years.

As for whether this division method is scientific or not, is there a problem...

The publishing house is mine!

My game, my turf, my rules!

It’s okay if I say it’s okay, and it’s okay if it’s not!

That bald old man named Zheng will be able to create a children's magazine that only serves himself in two years, and will feed everyone, so why can't I?

As for whether "Shattered Void" will be a bestseller, can it sell 100,000 copies?

Haha, Cao Zhiqiang is saying it at least, but the actual situation will only be better.

After all, this is only 1983!

At this time, the reform of state-owned enterprises had just begun, and printing plants were basically state-owned and had not yet taken responsibility for their own profits and losses.

This has also led to a phenomenon, that is, domestic piracy is not as rampant as it was later. Even if there is piracy, it is only a small problem. The number of pirated books is simply incomparable with genuine books.

This is not the Internet age, where it is so easy to read a pirated book.

But precisely because of this, people's entertainment methods are still very backward, but the Chinese people's enthusiasm for martial arts novels is extremely high, far exceeding what it will be in the future.

To put it bluntly, in terms of appeal, the martial arts novels of the 1980s are actually far less attractive than the martial arts novels and fantasy novels of the 1990s or even two thousand years later.

Without him, the competitiveness is different.

The competition among martial arts novels after the 1990s is extremely fierce.

Martial arts novels that can stand out from the competition can basically be judged as fairy grass and have no worries about sales.

So, a good book like "Shattered Void", which has been evaluated by the general public, has a circulation of 100,000 copies?

Haha, the layout is too small!

According to Cao Zhiqiang’s estimation, if this book is to be published, it must start with one million copies!

However, if one million copies are printed, the cost will be at least two million yuan, which Cao Zhiqiang cannot afford now.

Therefore, he could only print 100,000 copies first. The purpose was not to test the waters, but to quickly withdraw funds.

You should know that as the author of this novel, Cao Zhiqiang decided to use the already somewhat famous pen name "Qiangzi".

Although "Qiangzi" is a poet, who says poets can't write martial arts novels?

On the contrary, with the aura of the famous poet, I believe that the quality of this martial arts novel will be raised. It may not be the peak of the novel after its debut, but it should still be possible to become famous after its debut.

Once you are famous, as long as the content is good, sales will definitely not be a problem.

At the very least, there will be no problem with initial sales. After all, it has the blessing of a famous poet's fame.

In other words, if the pen name "Qiangzi" is added and it is stated that this is the new work of the poet Qiangzi.

Then the book "Shattered Void" is no longer treated as a new book by a newcomer, but a new work by a well-known author, with its own aura of popularity, which can speed up the distribution speed when it is published.

Faster issuance means faster return of money.

If you get your money back quickly, you can naturally use the money to continue investing in bigger businesses.

For example, the mid-term projects and long-term projects that Cao Zhiqiang will talk about next.