Chapter 755: Kill the Guowen Society!

Shi Tiesheng was used to Lin Weimin's immorality, but when it came to the relationship between husband and wife, he couldn't help but want to give him a beating.

But fortunately, I still have my sanity. "Will you write it or not?"

"Write, write. I didn't say I wouldn't write. Look how impatient you are!"

Shi Tiesheng told himself in his heart, stay calm, you must stay calm.

He spoke in Chinese while Lin Weimin translated it into English for him.

After tinkering with it for more than half an hour, Lin Weimin finished writing the email and asked Shi Tiesheng, "Did I send it?"

"Please check again to see if there are any spelling mistakes."

"I am an experienced editor after all. How can I make such a low-level mistake?"

Lin Weimin quickly checked the content of the email, then typed and changed a few words.

"It's OK this time, shall we send it?"

"hair!"

With just the movement of her fingers, two or three minutes later, Ms. Anne Julian, who is thousands of miles away, will receive an email from Shi Tiesheng.

The two of them played on the computer for more than an hour, and Shi Tiesheng felt a little tired, so Lin Weimin pushed him to the sofa by the window. Qu Xiaowei brought them two cups of coffee, hmm, with a strong instant flavor.

"How dare you sell this thing for ten yuan a cup?"

“If they dare to buy, why shouldn’t I dare to sell?”

Qu Xiaowei now has more and more potential to be a black-hearted businessman.

Shi Tiesheng said: "I think this tastes good, much better than regular coffee."

"Look, Tiesheng still has good taste!"

After a few jokes, Qu Xiaowei started talking to Lin Weimin about his plan to open an Internet cafe.

Feiyue Internet Cafe has been open for less than half a year, and it is no exaggeration to say that it has been making a fortune every day.

There are now 20 computers in the Internet cafe, which bring Qu Xiaowei and Zheng Guo a profit of more than 5,000 yuan a day.

"I have ordered 20 more computers, which will be installed next week. By then, there will be 40 computers in this Internet cafe."

Shi Tiesheng asked: "40 computers, can they fit in this internet cafe?"

"Just make some effort and squeeze in. I've discussed it with Zheng Guo, so we'll just do it this time. Next time, we'll open a branch."

Lin Weimin couldn't help but complain: "That's called a chain store."

"Yeah, yeah, chain stores!"

Qu Xiaowei clapped his hands, very satisfied with this new term.

After chatting for a while, he invited Lin Weimin and Shi Tiesheng to have lunch nearby, and Lin Weimin drove Shi Tiesheng back home.

In the afternoon, Lin Weimin took Tao Huimin and Xiao Doubao to the second courtyard of the Forbidden City, intending to have a meal with Tao's father and mother.

The family was preparing dinner when someone knocked on the gate.

It’s Li Chengru.

He had a bald head and was holding a gift in his hand. "Teacher Lin passed by and saw your car parked outside!"

"Come in quickly!" Lin Weimin let him into the house.

Looking at Li Chengru's hairstyle, Lin Weimin asked, "What are you doing recently?"

"I'm free, it's winter."

"No filming?"

"There aren't that many movies. There won't be any movies after 'Over the Hook'. Just wait and shoot when there's a suitable one."

Last year, Li Chengru's business failed and he was depressed for a while. When Lin Weimin came to visit his father-in-law and mother-in-law, he went to his house to talk to him. After some guidance, Li Chengru cheered up and the first thing he did was to change himself to a new hairstyle.

Since the business failed, he went back to his old business.

It just so happened that his old classmate Zhao Baogang from Yanying's amateur acting class was planning to shoot the TV series "Getting High" this year, in which Li Chengru played a rich man named "Qian Kang" who liked to spend money to settle things. To some extent, it was a true portrayal of himself.

"I watched "Getting High", the acting was good."

"Thank you for the compliment."

After restarting his acting career, Li Chengru found his lost confidence and his face was full of self-assurance.

"The National Literature Society has set up a film and television company and is planning to shoot two TV series. You can go and see Haiyan if there are any suitable roles."

Upon hearing this, Li Chengru immediately smiled and kept thanking Lin Weimin.

"There's nothing to thank them for. They are preparing for a TV series and they need to find actors. If they are suitable, they will use them. If they are not suitable, there is nothing they can do."

"Yes, yes, I understand. Thank you so much!"

Li Chengru knew very well that even though Teacher Lin said so, if he really went there under his name, there was no way he would not give him a role, it was just a matter of size.

Lin Weimin's idea was very simple. Li Chengru had good acting skills and was more than qualified to be a golden supporting actor. The crew could just use him. It was cheap and easy to use.

After Li Chengru left, Tao's father and mother started talking about Li Chengru.

Li Chengru's ups and downs over the past year have been witnessed by his neighbors, and many of them made sarcastic remarks when they talked about him.

Now Li Chengru has stopped doing business and started acting. With the hit of "Getting High", he, as a supporting actor, also gained some fame, which made many neighbors who originally made sarcastic remarks about him shut up.

"If this person is capable, he will do whatever he wants." Lin Weimin said.

Tao Huimin smiled and teased him, "Are you telling me a tongue twister?"

Tao's father and mother also laughed.

Little Doubao didn't know what everyone was laughing at, so he started laughing too, showing his innocent side.

A few days later, the editorial team delivered the eighth batch of selected books for the Ragdoll Series to Lin Weimin's office.

In the past two years, the Bu Lao Hu series has launched seven batches of 25 novels. The themes and contents are different, and the authors' fame and status vary greatly. The only thing they have in common is that these novels are extremely readable.

Compared with the first year of the release of the Rag Tiger series, this year's Rag Tiger series is a little quiet. On the one hand, it is because the Youth Rag Tiger Essay Contest in the first half of the year attracted a lot of traffic from Rag Tiger, and on the other hand, it is also because this year's hit products are not as many as last year.

A book called Wasted City and a book called Season of Flowers and Rain have made the Ragdoll series famous in the Chinese literary world, so this year's series certainly cannot be compared with last year's.

But also because of the two years of accumulation, Bu Lao Hu has established a good reputation and brand among the readers and has a group of loyal fans. There are fewer hit products, but the backbone force is stronger.

The lowest sales volume of the 11 novels released this year reached 600,000 copies, which is much better than last year. The cumulative sales volume of the 11 novels reached 10.85 million copies. Without the blockbuster, the sales volume is not as high as last year.

Combined with the cumulative sales of last year's works, this year's Bu Lao Hu series of books has achieved a total sales of 15.6 million copies, surpassing last year's results.

This year, the overall sales performance of Guowen Publishing House has increased slightly compared with last year. The circulation of books has hit a new historical high of 41.5 million copies, and the circulation of periodicals has increased slightly to 32.8 million copies.

The total circulation of books and periodicals reached 74.3 million copies, outperforming the overall growth of the national book market.

In terms of popular books, Lin Weimin's "Nanhai Shisanlang" has sold more than 6.8 million copies since its publication in May. "Spirited Away", published last year, has continued to sell strongly this year, with annual sales exceeding 5.6 million copies and total sales exceeding 16 million copies. The hot sales of children's books are indeed shocking.

"Wasteland", which was a rival to "Spirited Away" last year, has seen a sharp decline in sales this year, with only over 1.6 million copies sold throughout the year.

This number would be considered a bestseller for other novels, but for a super bestseller like "Wasted City", it is indeed a bit lacking.

On the contrary, "The Season of Flowers and Rain", which had far less sales than "Wasted City" last year, still achieved sales of over one million copies this year. The market for young readers is releasing its potential bit by bit. This is one of the reasons why Lin Weimin chose "The Season of Flowers and Rain" as the first TV series adaptation in the copyright operation plan of Guowen Publishing House.

Overall, this year the total circulation of Guowen Press's books and periodicals exceeded 74.3 million copies, with sales of 389 million yuan and actual revenue reaching 275 million yuan.

The subsidiary Tongwen Press sold 35.4 million books and 61.9 million periodicals this year, a significant increase compared to last year, fully demonstrating the market potential of popular reading materials.

Tongwenshe’s annual sales volume was 392 million yuan, with actual revenue of 243 million yuan.

The sales volume is higher than that of Guowen Publishing House, but the revenue is lower than that of Guowen Publishing House, mainly because the channel ordering discounts for popular reading materials are relatively large.

But no matter what, Tongwen Press's sales surpassed that of its superior Guowen Press, which was a historic leap.

The next step is to surpass the actual revenue. Li Xin, who is in charge of Tongwenshe, is full of confidence in this. During a private meeting, he has already shouted out loud slogans.

Kill the Guowen Society!

As the saying goes, the waves behind push the waves in front, and each wave is higher than the previous one!

Tongwen Press's revenue surge helped push Guowen Press's overall revenue to over 500 million yuan, making it a veritable big brother in the domestic publishing industry, monopolizing 5.6% of the total pricing amount of the national book market and nearly 3% of the print run.

When Old Cheng was holding a meeting in the office, he stood straight with his back held high, and it seemed that none of his subordinates could match him.

The eighth batch of selected books in the Ragdoll Series sent to Lin Weimin's office contained four works, still from famous and emerging writers. The first one Lin Weimin read was Huang Anyi's "Song of Everlasting Sorrow".

This is the pinnacle of Huang Anyi's creative career, and was later selected into the collection of 70 novels in the 70 years of New China.

"The Song of Everlasting Regret" is a work written from a female perspective, and the story describes a woman's 40-year emotional experience. The novel is written in a cold and humorous style, yet delicate and moving.

After years of hard work, Huang Anyi's creations have matured.

If it were placed in later times, this novel would definitely be a script with a female protagonist, and would be very suitable for adaptation into film and television works.

Huang Anyi was one of the first contracted writers when the Bu Lao Hu series of books was first released, but her works were not completed until nearly two years later. It could have been faster, but she helped Cheng Kaige write the script in the middle of this year, which delayed her for several months.

Fortunately, the two years of waiting were not in vain, as Huang Anyi finally completed the masterpiece "Song of Everlasting Sorrow".

In recent years, many critics have compared Huang Anyi and Jin Ying, but if we only discuss their works selected for the Bu Lao Hu series.

"The Song of Everlasting Sorrow" is much better than "The Rainless City". When Lin Weimin thought of Jin Ying's furious look after the future reviews came out, he couldn't help but smile.

After watching the new work of his old classmate, he turned his attention to the other three works.

Lin Weimin's attention was immediately attracted by the name of one of the works.

(End of this chapter)