Chapter 583: Promotion
Jin Yong is a man of letters, but he is more of a businessman.
In Hong Kong, Ming Pao has a great reputation. Many writers are willing to contribute to Ming Pao because of its reputation. However, when it comes to the remuneration paid by Ming Pao, these people are full of complaints.
The Ming Pao's remuneration standard was the lowest among Hong Kong's major newspapers, and Jin Yong was therefore labeled as "stingy" and "petty".
This time his works were introduced to the mainland, of course, with the consideration of expanding the influence, but it is impossible to give up the interests. For this, Guowen Publishing House will pay Jin Yong 13% of the royalties.
Given Jin Yong's fame and the influence of his works, the price paid by Guowen Publishing House is naturally worth it.
The press conference was held with great fanfare, allowing Jin Yong to see the ability and sincerity of Guowen Publishing House. He was very satisfied and full of confidence in the sales of his collection of works in the mainland.
After the press conference, he attended several events and speeches before returning to Hong Kong three days later.
During these three days, the news about the publication of Jin Yong's collection of works has spread throughout the country through reports from dozens of media outlets.
As soon as the collection of Jin Yong's works issued by Yenching University arrived at bookstores across the country and the bookstores posted notices announcing the addition of Jin Yong's works to the shelves, long queues formed in front of some bookstores.
In the past, domestic publishing houses pirated Jin Yong's works, basically in the form of single volumes. This time, Guowen Publishing House obtained Jin Yong's official authorization and published a collection of works, covering all of Jin Yong's works.
It would be hard for any martial arts novel fan not to be moved by such news.
Within just a few days, there was a rush of panic buying in front of bookstores across the country.
Lin Weimin was extremely excited after receiving the feedback. Although the collection of Jin Yong's works was published under the name of Guowen Publishing House, the actual operation was still mainly carried out by Tongwen Publishing House. Now that the collection of works has been so popular as soon as it was published, it is great news for the newly born Tongwen Publishing House.
Several young editors of Tongwen Press have been in a good mood recently. They were all originally editors of Guowen Press. Although they were transferred to Tongwen Press voluntarily, there is still a gap in status.
Now that Jin Yong's collection of works has become a hit in the book market, everyone's morale has been lifted and they are more optimistic about the prospects of Tongwen Publishing House.
It's not just the few people from Tongwen Society. In fact, colleagues from Guowen Society did not have any high expectations for Tongwen Society. Guowen Society has had many sub-societies in its 40-year history, but under the huge shadow of Guowen Society, only a few of them can operate independently. What's more, the field involved in Tongwen Society is popular literature, which Guowen Society is not good at. The buying craze for Jin Yong's works in just a few days completely surprised colleagues from Guowen Society.
Yenching is the location of Guowen Publishing House, and there are many Xinhua Bookstores. It distributes the largest number of Jin Yong's works, up to 12,000 sets, including 10,000 paperback sets and 2,000 hardcover sets. The feedback from major bookstores is also the fastest.
In just one week, the stocks of major bookstores were running out.
Lin Weimin also asked people to contact several bookstores in various places to understand the book sales situation. Generally speaking, the books in stock in bookstores across the country would be sold out in a month at the longest and half a month at the shortest.
After obtaining reliable data, Lin Weimin waved his hand and ordered the printing of 200,000 more copies of Jin Yong's works, including 170,000 sets of paperback editions and 30,000 sets of hardcover editions.
According to feedback from bookstores across the country, sales of the hardcover edition of Jin Yong's works are in short supply.
Many readers of martial arts novels have actually read pirated copies a long time ago. Now that Jin Yong's collection of works is on the market, many of these people buy it for collection. The beautifully bound hardcover edition just touches the hearts of these people.
A set of hardcover edition of Jin Yong's works is priced at 99.8 yuan, which is an extremely luxurious consumption considering that people's monthly salary is only 200 to 300 yuan nowadays, but this group of book fans really like it!
In addition to the best-selling collection of Jin Yong's works, Liang Fengyi's three novels have been sold out after three months, and the inventory of bookstores across the country has been reduced to the bottom, and reprinting is also on the agenda.
That afternoon, Lin Weimin finished his work and came to the editorial office of Contemporary Magazine.
As soon as He Qizhi saw him, a smile immediately appeared on his face.
After Lin Weimin was promoted to editor-in-chief, he rarely came to the editorial office of Contemporary Magazine. The last time he came was to deliver Shi Tiesheng's manuscript.
The article "I and the Altar of Earth" was just published in the fourth issue at the beginning of this month, just over a week ago. In the past few days, the editorial department has received more and more letters from readers, all of which praise this article.
After reviewing the manuscript, colleagues in the editorial department unanimously agreed that this work is a rare excellent prose work in recent years. Now that the work has been published, everyone's views have been confirmed. It is estimated that it will not take long before it will cause a strong response across the country.
"Weimin, why are you here?"
"I'll send you a manuscript."
Lin Weimin put a stack of manuscripts on He Qizhi's desk, and He Qizhi smiled even more. "Whose masterpiece is this time?"
"mine!"
"Oh! That's not easy. It's been a long time since you wrote a new work!"
He Qizhi happily picked up the manuscript, took a look at the title and found something wrong, then flipped through the content.
From the title of the book to the names of the characters and places in the book, it all looks very familiar!
"This... Is this the sequel to "The Story of Stealing Officials"? "
"Not really. It's just that the names of the people and places are a little similar, but the story is completely new."
He Qizhi looked at Lin Weimin with a strange look. He and Lin Weimin had worked together for ten years, how could he not understand him?
What is his intention in just using the names of people and places from his previous novels?
It is obvious that the intention is to make readers think of "The Story of Stealing an Official" at first glance!
What is the story of "The Story of Stealing an Official"?
Simply put, a gangster became an official. But this is not important. What is important is the private goods that Lin Weimin smuggled.
He used this novel to criticize all those people who attacked and insulted him because of "The Lover", and countless readers still talk about it today.
Considering the Yanbing Literature Award that just passed, Lin Weimin’s intentions this time become clear.
Lin Weimin is unique in the Chinese literary world in that he writes books to curse people whenever he has an argument with them!
"Don't look at me like that! The quality of my novel is absolutely fine." Lin Weimin said.
He Qizhi said quietly: "I'm not worried about the quality..."
His expression seemed to be hesitant to speak, "Weimin, after all, I am the editor-in-chief, shouldn't I behave like a general?"
He Qizhi's tactful persuasion was understood by Lin Weimin. He nodded and said, "Okay, you send it first this time, and I'll pay attention next time!"
Okay!
You are so perfunctory in your attitude!
He Qizhi sighed helplessly, "Aren't you afraid of being scolded?"
"How can you feel good just by swearing at them? They are looking for trouble, thinking that everything will be fine after a few words? That's a nice thought! Kind people are often bullied, and kind horses are often ridden! Old He!"
Lin Weimin thinks that his tactics can be named self-counterattack. If you argue with him lightly, he will think you are afraid of him. If you don't hurt them, how can he know fear?
Are you right, Ah San?
He Qizhi knew Lin Weimin's temper very well, so he didn't say anything and accepted the manuscript.
Before leaving, Lin Weimin said, “If the manuscript is approved, please let me get in line and publish it next month!”
He Qizhi agreed with a wry smile, then took the manuscript to the editorial department.
As soon as everyone heard that it was Lin Weimin's new work, they immediately rushed to scramble for it. In the end, Liu Yin successfully grabbed the manuscript by virtue of his old rheumatic legs and cervical spondylosis.
"Promotion Record".
There was "Records of Stealing Officials" before, and now there is "Records of Promotion".
Liu Yin saw through the trick of this novel at a glance, and couldn't help but reveal a smile of gloating and watching a good show on the corner of his mouth.
When she was reviewing the manuscript, everyone was secretly observing her. When they saw her expression, they knew that Lin Weimin's novel must have ulterior motives this time, and they felt even more anxious.
After spending more than two days, Liu Yin finally finished reading "Promotion". He threw the manuscript on the table and sighed, "No wonder Weimin is the editor-in-chief at his age. Look at his mind."
Upon hearing this, her colleagues who were working immediately looked at her, unable to hide the curiosity in their eyes.
"Sister Liu, what do you mean?"
"What do you mean? You'll know when you read the novel. Alas, no wonder I'm still a junior editor at this age. If this were put in a novel, I'd probably be sold out and I'd have to count the money for it!"
Liu Yin's sigh aroused everyone's interest even more. Yao Shuzhi sat across from Liu Yin, so she had a geographical advantage and was the first to grab the manuscript.
The others could only watch enviously and had to wait another two days.
While reviewing manuscripts in the editorial department of Contemporary Magazine, Lin Weimin was answering a call from Italy.
Mondadori Publishing House is the Italian publishing house that Roger Strauss mentioned when he called Lin Weimin to announce the good news more than half a month ago.
This publishing house is the largest publishing house in Italy, monopolizing the publishing of literary books in Italy. It also owns two of Italy's most famous comprehensive periodicals, "Times" and "Prospect", as well as Italy's largest book club, the Degoli Club.
If we must find a comparable publishing house in China, it would basically be the large-scale Guowen Publishing House. After all, Guowen Publishing House cannot claim to have a monopoly on the publishing of literary works in its own country.
The publishing house was founded by Arnoldo Mondadori in 1907 and is still controlled by the Mondadori family.
How did Lin Weimin know all this? Of course, the guy on the other end of the phone gave him some information.
According to this guy himself, his name is Albert Mondadori, and he is the most beloved great-grandson of Arnoldo Mondadori. He is currently the editor-in-chief of the literary works editorial department of Mondadori Publishing House and is highly valued by his boss.
It sounds funny that the great-grandson of the founder, and the most beloved great-grandson, is so highly valued by the boss.
But the reality is indeed like this. The reason why the Mondadori family has absolute control over Mondadori is that they implement the primogeniture system. Now the owner of Mondadori Publishing House is Albert Mondadori's uncle Leonardo Mondadori.
Albert Mondadori's chatterbox reminded Lin Weimin of the noisy Frenchman Gallian, but their styles were somewhat different.
Garyan is a typical Gallic rooster. When asked, he always says that France is awesome. His favorite thing is keyboard politics, and he feels very good about himself.
Albert Mondadori was a talkative person and sometimes he couldn't help going off topic in the middle of a conversation. Lin Weimin could even imagine his Parkinson-like hand gestures on the other end of the phone.
The call had been going on for nearly an hour, and Albert Mondadori was still chattering. The length of the call set a record for Lin Weimin's overseas long-distance calls. Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore.
"Albert, let's talk about something serious!"
"The Promotion" was derived from a domestic film, you can guess.
(End of this chapter)
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