Rebirth of Siheyuan starts in the 1980s

After having breakfast at a roadside stall, Cao Zhiqiang did his third round and went directly to Hongguang Publishing House.

There is no way, except for the publishing house, it is not convenient to go anywhere else.

After arriving at the publishing house, I found that there were only two people in the publishing house, one was Niu Shufen, who was the accountant and personnel manager, and the other was Tian Huifen, who was the cashier and administrator.

Not to mention Niu Shufen, she was the original Sister Niu. She was nearly fifty years old and belonged to the veteran group of Hongguang Machinery Factory.

Tian Huifen was recruited by Yu Deli. She is only twenty-seven years old. She used to work in a binding factory and is considered a cutting-edge person.

This kind of allocation is actually normal. After all, the accountant and the cashier cannot be the same person. This is the rule.

No matter how small Hongguang Publishing House is, it still has a national brand, and everything must be done according to the rules.

Of course, it is precisely because the temple is so small that many people wear multiple hats.

For example, Sister Niu, her main job is as an accountant who manages money, but she also has to manage personnel.

When I get busy, I have to help with manuscript review.

There is also Tian Huifen. Her main job is cashier, but she also has to be responsible for internal administrative matters.

For example, pouring tea and water, purchasing office supplies, and paying wages and benefits.

Even when she gets busy, she has to help draw illustrations.

That's right, this Tian Huifen originally studied art and is good at painting.

Not only Tian Huifen, but also Lao Qian, who is also a veteran, is also very good at drawing illustrations.

Here, Sister Niu originally worked as an accountant, while Tian Huifen worked as a cashier, but she was actually chasing ducks to sell goods.

Because when Yu Deli was recruiting people, he was looking for professionals in the industry, either editors or artists, and none of them had ever been an accountant or cashier.

The accountant said that Niu Shufen could continue to work, and she was willing to continue to use her remaining energy.

After all, according to Niu Shufen, it is more comfortable to come to work to drink tea, read newspapers and knit sweaters. If she stayed at home, she would have to wait on people here and there, which would be too tiring.

This is actually true, because just look at the women in the courtyard who are not working, such as Qin Huairu and the third aunt.

In this era, if a woman does not go to work, she cannot be idle at all, but it means she is even more tired, because she has to be responsible for the housework of the whole family, which is more tiring than going to work, and it is not flattering.

But if a woman works, she can ask for a share of the housework, and no one can say anything.

For some people, this is not only an economic issue, but also a customary issue.

You're like Niu Shufen. She still has money even if she doesn't work. She supposedly has a certain economic status, but so what?

As a woman, if she does not go to work now, she still has to do housework at home, otherwise she will be criticized by her children, relatives, neighbors and the like, and will be regarded as a lazy woman.

This also explains why Niu Shufen could not go to work all day long, but she was still the most diligent at work. This is the reason.

It’s really great to go to work.

Of course, this varies from person to person, and different families have different situations, so we cannot generalize.

Originally, Cao Zhiqiang wanted Sister Niu to work part-time as a cashier, but she met with unanimous opposition, including Sister Niu.

Because the accountant and the cashier cannot be alone, this is a matter of principle.

So in the end, I chose Tian Huifen to be the cashier.

I chose her as cashier because she was shy, a local, good at settling accounts, and liked to be more truthful.

Of course, this is what Yu Deli said, but Cao Zhiqiang thinks there is no problem.

Again, everything in today's publishing houses is newly established, and the accounts are all clear at a glance, making it difficult to falsify.

Moreover, people at this time were relatively simpler and less likely to commit crimes because the costs of committing crimes were too high.

The most important thing is that the actual financial power is actually in the hands of Cao Zhiqiang.

The publishing house needs to spend money. Basically, Cao Zhiqiang first specifies the major policies, and then Yu Deli formulates the specific plan, including how much money to spend.

Next, Yu Deli showed the specific plan to Cao Zhiqiang. After Cao Zhiqiang signed it, he handed it over to Sister Niu to do the accounting. Sister Niu stamped it here and then went to the cashier to get the money.

Specifically, it is the printing cost and public relations cost of the two books "Journey to Jianghu" and "Shattered Void".

These accounts are all clear and clear. Cao Zhiqiang himself is clean and there is no room for fraud.

"Hey, Manager Cao, why are you here so early today?"

It was Niu Shufen who took the initiative to greet Cao Zhiqiang. After all, given her age and qualifications, she could indeed speak in such a tone.

"Sister Niu is joking." Cao Zhiqiang chuckled, "This is not a problem with book sales recently. I was worried about something happening, so I came to take a look."

"Something happened? Didn't you say that the sales were very good? What else could happen?" Niu Shufen asked while knitting a sweater.

Obviously, Niu Shufen did not know about the sales problem at Xinhua Bookstore yesterday, nor did she know that Hongguang Machinery Factory urgently sent ten trucks to replenish the goods and then sold books on the local street.

This is normal, because Cao Zhiqiang was in charge of the overall situation at Xinhua Bookstore, including later calling people to replenish goods. He first called Director Li of the machinery factory, and then directly picked up the goods from the warehouse of the factory's printing office through Director Li.

During the whole process, no one notified the headquarters of Hongguang Publishing House, so Sister Niu and other left-behind staff did not know about this matter, which is normal.

Upon hearing Sister Niu's words, Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly, sat down opposite her, and told her exactly what happened yesterday.

"That's what happened. Now you know what's going on, Sister Niu?"

Sister Niu nodded: "So that's the case, no wonder! No wonder Writers Publishing House wants to do that."

"What's the reason?" Cao Zhiqiang asked subconsciously.

"You don't know yet?" Sister Niu chuckled, "As for your original poetry collection, I mean, does your original employer, Writers Publishing House, know about it?"

"I know." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "My first pot of gold basically came from Writers Publishing House... No, what on earth are you going to say, and what does Writers Publishing House have to do with it?"

Sister Niu laughed and continued knitting: "That's right, my guy is very familiar with Mr. Lu, the vice president of Writers Publishing House. Last night he came to my house to play chess with my guy. During this time, I heard that Mr. Lu

Lu said, Writers Publishing House has printed more copies."

"More printing? What more printing?"

After saying this, Cao Zhiqiang suddenly thought of something: "You mean, Writers Publishing House has reprinted my poetry collection, the book "The Farthest Distance in the World"?"

"That's the one." Sister Niu said with a smile, "Originally, their third edition was not sold out yet, but seeing that our new edition of the poetry collection "Jiang Hu Xing" sold so well, they wanted to make money too.

With one stroke, another two million copies were printed, which is quite a big deal."

Speaking of this, Sister Niu curled her lips: "Humph, you are jealous of us making money and want to steal business from us. It's so shameless.

By the way, speaking of which, I was about to tell you this, why don’t you go say hello to them first and tell them not to do this?

This is so disgusting."

Upon hearing this, Cao Zhiqiang was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Sister Niu, don't worry, if they like it, they can print as many copies as they like. Anyway, I get a share of the book, and they sell it."

The more I share, the more I get.”

"No." Sister Niu said, "Aren't you worried about them taking business from us?"

"Stealing business? How is that possible?" Cao Zhiqiang smiled and shook his head.

"Sister Niu, you don't really think that our "Journey to the Rivers and Lakes" is selling a collection of poems, do you?

In other words, you don't really think that our "Journey to the Rivers" is so popular because of those poems, right?"

"What do you mean?" Niu Shufen put down her sweater and asked, "Don't guess riddles with me, tell me the answer quickly."

Cao Zhiqiang chuckled: "Sister Niu, our set of books is nominally selling my collection of poems, but in fact it is to sell the accompanying martial arts novel "Shattered Void".

The reason why we sold them together in the first place was mainly to use the fame of my pen name to reduce the risk of issuance.

But in fact, poetry is a very niche thing. No matter how well written it is, its audience is very limited.

Anyway, if I were really just selling poetry, my "Journey to the Rivers and Lakes" would never be as popular as it is today.

If it was really so popular, the original book "The Farthest Distance in the World", which was not much different, could have done it.

But in fact, although the original book "The Farthest Distance in the World" sold well, it could not achieve the current popularity.

The original collection of poems relied on the connections of the writer's publishing house and the use of nationwide distribution channels to achieve a circulation of hundreds of thousands, but it did not lead to a large number of second-rate dealers.

But now our set of "Journey to Jianghu" is already in short supply in just one city, Peking, and there are people queuing up to buy books everywhere, let alone from other places.

Judging from the feedback from the market, the popularity of our "Journey to Jianghu" far exceeds that of the original "The Farthest Distance in the World".

The question is, the poetry collection "Distance" has been released for so long, and its popularity has begun to decline. There is no reason for us to re-release it, adding at most ten new poems, and it will become so popular, right?

After all, as I said, poetry is a subject with a small audience and a small audience.

So, what really made our product popular and what made everyone flock to it was the book "Shattered Void".

Only this kind of martial arts novel that appeals to both refined and popular tastes can be read by people of all ages, and can it have a wider market and generate such high enthusiasm.

In other words, even if we don't sell the remastered version of the poetry collection "Journey to the Rivers and Lakes" and simply sell the martial arts novel "Shattered Void", it will still be popular, but the popularity will be slower and later.

The reason why I agreed to bundle sales before was not only to borrow the fame of my pen name, but also to consider everyone's psychology.

You see, although martial arts novels are very popular in China today, they are still considered unrefined and are not favored by mainstream literature.

On the contrary, poetry is now the top priority and the most noble existence.

Poetry and martial arts novels are the same world.

If a person goes to buy martial arts novels, he may feel embarrassed and afraid of being criticized.

But if a person goes to buy a collection of poems, it must be very respectable, and everyone will praise you for your knowledge and content.

So, I bundled the noble poetry collection with the unpopular martial arts novel, and mainly sold the poetry collection, but actually I carried a martial arts novel.

In this way, others will gain face by buying the poetry collection, and at the same time, they can also get a good martial arts novel.

You won’t be looked down upon and you can enjoy watching it even more, so why not?”

"I'm telling you." Sister Niu chuckled, "Are you trying to sell your feelings like sheep's head instead of dog's meat?"

"Don't say it so harshly." Cao Zhiqiang chuckled, "I can't say that I sell dog meat with a sheep's head. I can only say that I sell sheep's head and dog meat together. I have poems and novels, both refined and popular."

"I understand." Sister Niu nodded, "In other words, the main problem why our "Journey to the Rivers and Lakes" is so popular is not the collection of poems, but the free gift, which is the "Shattered Void"

?”

"That's right!" Cao Zhiqiang nodded with a smile.

"That's it." Sister Niu smiled, "It seems like Writers Publishing House is going to be in trouble this time.

They thought it was your collection of poems that became popular again, but little did they know that there was actually another book that was popular.

What everyone is looking for is the bonus martial arts novel, not the poetry collection.

Oh, you are doing a lot of harm to others right now!"

"You can't say that." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "The quality of my poetry collection is still guaranteed. What's more, they made a lot of money before, so the losses are not enough."

As soon as I said this, I heard the phone ringing suddenly.

Niu Shufen was stunned for a moment, put down her sweater, and went over to pick up the phone: "Hello, Hongguang Publishing House, who are you looking for? Ah, oh, yes, there!"

Having said this, Niu Shufen covered the receiver of the phone and said to Cao Zhiqiang: "Manager, this is you! It's from the factory security department!"