Chapter 594 Who are you scolding?

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

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

It was released in mid-July and in less than half a month, it was reprinted twice, and the number of each reprint was several times that of the first print.

Anyone can see that this publication has become a popular success. There is no need for three or four issues. Just the first issue is enough to break the million-copy sales mark.

Several people at Tongwen Press have been feeling like they are in a dream these past few days. It is just the first issue, but they are really a little scared to have such a sensation.

When "Legends of the Past and Present" was first published, the first issue only sold more than 200,000 copies. Until now, the monthly sales have stabilized at more than 2 million copies, which has increased tenfold.

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

I dare not think about it, I dare not think about it at all!

The "Heroes of Kyushu" was a sensation, not only making several young comrades in the editorial department dazed, but also amazed colleagues at the Guowen Press.

Everyone was discussing the possibility of three phases to reach a million sales, but now it seems that people don’t need three phases, one phase 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 monstrous event!

Everyone cautiously guessed that if the first issue broke one million copies, after half a year or a year of development, it should not be difficult for the single-issue sales of "Jiuzhou Heroes" to stabilize at two million copies, which would be another "Contemporary".

What is the status of "Contemporary" in Guowen Publishing House?

To put it simply, half of the annual publication volume of Guowen Publishing House is supported by "Contemporary".

Even though publications are not books, there is no difference in printing them, right? There is no difference in selling them, right?

The price of "Contemporary" is 3.8 yuan, and the price of "Heroes of Nine Provinces" is slightly lower than that of "Contemporary", at 3.4 yuan. Both are monthly magazines, with one issue per month.

When the publications are handed over to distribution channels, some discounts will definitely be given, but no matter how you calculate it, these two publications will create an output value of 50 to 60 million for their respective publishing houses every year.

Therefore, just based on the publication of "Jiuzhou Heroes", the foundation of Tongwen Society was established.

A few days ago, Li Xuegang came back from a business trip to Hong Kong. It is said that he brought back the publishing rights of works of several famous Hong Kong martial arts writers. People are not very familiar with the names of Huang Ying and Huang Yi, but they are not unfamiliar with the names of Liang Yusheng and Wen Ruian. Anyone who has read martial arts novels knows the names of these two people.

Think about the effect caused by the release of Jin Yong's collection of works. Even if the works of these people are discounted by half after being introduced, the effect will still be extremely terrifying.

Colleagues at the Guowen Publishing House couldn't help but sigh that after half a year of hard work, Lin Weimin really made Tongwen Publishing House a living.

No, not only is he alive, but he is living a very fulfilling life.

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 take one year, some two years, and no more than three years at most.

In the past two years, pure literature is not as popular as before. On the contrary, popular literature is rising rapidly. As one grows, the other declines. It is probably only a matter of time before Tongwen Publishing House's publication volume exceeds that of Guowen Publishing House.

Some colleagues even regretted not following Lin Weimin when he wanted to set up Tongwen Society. Now that Tongwen Society has just been established for half a year, it has already demonstrated strong development potential. The personnel and organization will surely expand at a rapid pace in the future. If they can be transferred to Tongwen Society now, maybe they can get a position in the future.

For many young and middle-aged editors who were frustrated in the editorial office, the rise of Tongwen Press gave them hope.

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

Li Xuegang used to be a backbone of the Second Editorial Department of Contemporary Literature, but because of his young age and inexperience, he had basically no room for advancement, and good things never came his way.

After going to Tongwen Publishing House, Lin Weimin promoted him to the position of editor-in-chief. No one took it seriously at first, because Tongwen Publishing House was so small that it would be worse to be an ordinary editor in the important editorial department of Guowen Publishing House than to be an editor-in-chief there.

But in just a few months, Tongwen Press achieved a triple leap in development, and the value of Li Xuegang, the editor-in-chief of the editorial department, was revealed.

The editor-in-chief is in his early thirties. He should be the youngest editor-in-chief in the Guowen Publishing House at present, even if he is only the editor-in-chief of a secondary publishing house.

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

Old Cheng will be sixty in a few years. By then, Lin Weimin will be promoted and at least one position of editor-in-chief will be vacated. Li Xuegang is also a founding member of Tongwen Press, so there is a high possibility that he will be promoted to editor-in-chief.

Thinking about the large number of positions in Tongwen Society in the future, many people in Guowen Society are envious.

When he became an editor at Tongwen Press, his original "downward transfer" quickly became "advancement", and some colleagues in the press were eager to make a move.

Some time ago, Lin Weimin asked Cheng Zaochun for a few people. Originally, Cheng Zaochun agreed to assign a few college students who were interning in the proofreading department.

Things have taken a strange turn in recent days.

Many colleagues privately approached Lin Weimin, hoping to be transferred to Tongwen Press to work.

If one or two people came to him, Lin Weimin would just say hello to the editor-in-chief and maybe he would accept it.

But there were too many people to look for, from almost every editorial office, and Lin Weimin had no way to make the decision. He could only raise the situation during the meeting.

After hearing his statement, the faces of several editorial directors all looked unhappy. Their subordinates trying to run away was, after all, a disguised criticism of them for not doing their job well.

President Cheng Zaochun also shook his head helplessly. There are too many talents, which has its pros and cons. Who doesn't want to be a leader? But there are only so many positions, and the old comrades haven't retired yet. You can't kick them out of their positions. Young people can only wait and endure.

"In my opinion, this is also a good thing. Our Chinese Literature Society has a new batch of young people every year. Over the years, many young people have grown up. They have ideals and ambitions, but they have no space to display them.

Now that everyone is willing to go to Tongwen Society, firstly, it proves that the development achievements of our Tongwen Society have been recognized by colleagues within the society, and secondly, it can also solve the problem of talent flow within the society 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 might leave as a result. This has happened before.

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

Four people will be allocated to Tongwen Society, one of whom is a college student, and the other three will be selected from the candidates mentioned by Weimin just now.

Tongwenshe's performance has been booming recently, and we are short of staff, so we will give you one more person. What do you think?"

After Cheng Zaochun finished speaking, he looked at everyone. Lin Weimin certainly had no objection. It seemed that all the editors in Tongwen Society were young and energetic but had no room for advancement. They could be used right away and were much better than those in college.

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

Finally, Li Xin from the Contemporary Literature Department could not help asking, "Leader, there are many people who want to join Tongwen Press. How do we decide on this candidate?"

"It's simple, just drawing lots." Lin Weimin said casually.

The editor-in-chiefs were so disgusted after hearing this. An editor from our superior publishing house is being transferred to a subordinate subsidiary, and they even have to draw lots. Who are you scolding?

They were unhappy when the person was leaving. Now that they have decided to leave and are drawing lots, they are still unhappy.

Although they were unhappy, they couldn't stop it. This conflicting feeling made several editorial directors extremely depressed.

"Okay, that's it. Let's count who is willing to join Tongwen Society and make the selection as soon as possible. Once there is a vacant position, we can assign the new college students there."

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

Those who are capable of doing the work have been transferred away, and the newcomers have to be taught how to do the work step by step. Is there still justice? Is there still law?

It was clearly a subsidiary company with no performance a few months ago. How come in just a few months, our generals were crying and begging to be transferred there?

I can’t figure it out! I really can’t figure it out!

Regardless of whether these editorial directors understand the situation or not, it is certain that people will leave.

Two days later, Lin Weimin led four people into the editorial department of Tongwen Press.

There were originally only four people in Tongwen Society, and suddenly four more people came, and the team quickly doubled in size, and everyone was overjoyed.

After introducing several new colleagues, Lin Weimin announced on the spot the readjustment of Tongwenshe’s organizational structure.

Li Xuegang served as the director and chief editor of the martial arts novel editorial department, while Yu Hua served as the director and chief editor of the "Jiuzhou Heroes" editorial department. Each of them had three people under them, and the only college student was assigned to Yu Hua.

After the redivision of labor was completed, Lin Weimin held another meeting for everyone.

"At present, the first issue of "Jiuzhou Heroes" has been a success. What we need to do next is to steadily do a good job in 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 the vast majority of publications, the first issue of "Heroes of Kyushu" is expected to sell over one million copies, which can be said to be a great start.

Martial arts novels have a large audience in China. As long as the editorial department can continue to produce good works, given the popularity of this publication, it will not be difficult to break through 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 at the martial arts novel editing department is not easy either. We have counted the manuscripts of Liang Yusheng, Huang Ying, Huang Yi, and Wen Ruian, and the number of words in their works is as high as more than 20 million.

Next, Huang Ying’s collection of works and Wen Ruian’s “Commoner Divine Appearance” series must be released before November, and Liang Yusheng and Huang Yi’s collections of works must be released before the Chinese New Year.”

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

However, publishing a collection of martial arts novels is not as troublesome as publishing a collection of essays for pure literary writers. Guowen Publishing House has been working on publishing a collection of essays for Ba Lao for several years, and has only published the 16th volume, and there is no sign of completion.

With the successful precedent of Jin Yong's previous collection of works, Li Xuegang accepted the task with full confidence.

Colleagues are full of confidence and enthusiasm.

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

(End of this chapter)