Chapter 611 The Editor-in-Chief is Really Capable
Li Guangfu is a smart man. Lin Weimin rarely bothers him. Today he called him over just to put on a show in front of Shi Tiesheng. He knew that Lin Weimin would definitely not treat him unfairly, so he was happy to cooperate.
At the same time, I admire Lin Weimin even more. It is worth my life to make friends with such a person!
After Li Guangfu left, Lin Weimin and Tao Huimin drove home.
Although she did not hear what Lin Weimin said to Li Guangfu after getting out of the car, she knew her husband very well and knew that he must have had a reason for asking Li Guangfu to come today.
She asked about Lin Weimin, who did not hide anything and said, "After the house is allocated, Tiesheng will definitely not be willing to spend extra money to clean it up. He finally got a house, so he must live in a nicer one. Tiesheng's health has not been as good as before in the past two years, and he has been to the hospital more often, which has also delayed his creation. With less creation, less income, it's better to let them keep some money."
Shi Tiesheng has earned a lot in recent years, but most of the money is spent on the hospital, so life at home remains very simple.
This time, when they were allocated a new house, Lin Weimin secretly sponsored some decoration, just to let Shi Tiesheng and his wife have more money in their hands. Otherwise, if Shi Tiesheng got sick in the future and he sponsored them, they would be under more pressure.
Half a month later, Shi Tiesheng's house was officially allocated.
Shi Tiesheng picked a weekend morning to call Lin Weimin and invited him to go see the new house together.
Lin Weimin first went to his house to pick up Shi Tiesheng and his wife and Shi's father. Shi Lan and his wife also came today and followed behind on bicycles.
Jintai Road was busy with traffic. As the car drove on the road, Lin Weimin looked at both sides of the road and asked, "Where is the house?"
"It's the gray building over there. Turn west at the intersection and find a newsstand at the post office." Shi Tiesheng was sitting in the passenger seat and giving him directions.
Lin Weimin drove according to his instructions, found the green newsstand, then walked north, turned left at the fourth row of buildings, and after many twists and turns, he finally found Shi Tiesheng's building.
Several people got out of the car, and Lin Weimin looked up at the featureless gray building.
So ugly!
But it is what most people in this era, including those in later generations, dream of.
"This building is very hard to find. It's hidden too deeply. I think you should put up a sign at the intersection to show people the way." Lin Weimin teased Shi Tiesheng with a smile.
"You'll get familiar with it after coming here a few times. It's quiet here in a bustling city, which is quite nice." Shi Tiesheng said with a smile.
A few people waited downstairs for a while, and Shi Lan and his wife finally arrived on their bicycles. Shi Lan pushed the bicycle and complained, "Can't you wait for us?"
"I want to wait too, but you are so anxious!"
Shi Lan rolled her eyes at him and said, "You are the worst, always trying to sow discord."
Everyone went upstairs jokingly.
There is no such thing as public area in buildings these days. There are only concepts like building area and floor area. Shi Tieshengfen's house is over 130 square meters. After removing some wall coverings, the rest is the actual floor area.
The family entered the house and all they saw was grey cement mortar and concrete, which made everyone happy.
"This house is so big!" Shi Lan walked around the house, his eyes full of envy.
The house she and her husband Qin Gang currently live in is only 40 square meters. When they suddenly saw a house of more than 130 square meters, it felt extremely spacious.
The house has three bedrooms, two living rooms and one bathroom. Since there is no public area, each room is quite large.
Cheng Ximi pushed Shi Tiesheng around the house, planning the uses of the rooms for him.
The couple lived in one room, Shi's father lived in one room, and there was another room used as Shi Tiesheng's study.
The couple imagined what the house would look like in the future, their eyes full of hope.
"Tie Sheng, I think it's better to do it today than to wait for another day. Let Guangfu lead people to take a look today." Lin Weimin suggested.
"good."
Lin Weimin went out and called Li Guangfu. Less than an hour later, Li Guangfu came with two people.
With Lin Weimin's prior instructions, Li Guangfu had already prepared all the decoration materials early on.
After a brief communication, we decided to start work tomorrow morning.
"I have almost prepared all the materials. If everything goes well, your family can move in before the New Year."
Before leaving, Li Guangfu said to Shi Tiesheng's family.
All the wrinkles on Father Shi's face were broken by a smile, and he kept saying, "Thank you for your hard work. Thank you for your hard work."
After seeing off Li Guangfu and his companions, everyone prepared to leave.
Walking downstairs, Father Shi couldn't help but look back at the featureless gray building.
"Dad, get on the bike quickly!" Shi Lan urged while riding a bicycle.
"Coming!" Father Shi retracted his gaze, responded, and got in the car.
Shi Lan and his wife left on their bicycles, while Lin Weimin's car carried Shi's father and Shi Tiesheng and his wife.
Shi Tiesheng couldn't help but sigh.
At first, their family lived in two small rooms in Qianyongkang Hutong, and the two rooms together were only about 20 square meters.
Later, he ran around to various departments including the street office and the Civil Affairs Bureau for several years before he finally managed to get the house at No. 26 Lama Temple Street. It still had two rooms but was nearly twice as big as the original one.
Later, he married Cheng Ximi, and Lin Weimin rented the Shichahai courtyard to him.
The Shichahai courtyard was spacious and comfortable, and Shi Tiesheng and his family lived very comfortably there. However, it was a rental place after all, and they did not feel safe there.
Now, Shi Tiesheng has been allocated this house of more than 130 square meters. His heart is filled with joy and he feels extremely happy.
"Tie Sheng, don't worry about the decoration, just wait and move in. He's an acquaintance of Guangfu for so many years, so his work will definitely be good. If there are any problems, ask him to fix them later. He decorated the house, so he has to be responsible for after-sales service."
Shi Tiesheng is in a wheelchair, Cheng Ximi has poor legs and feet, and Shi's father is old, so it is inconvenient for the family of three to go out, so Lin Weimin gave them a few special instructions before leaving.
"Okay, I'm confident in leaving the job to him." Shi Tiesheng said.
It would be more accurate to say that he trusted Lin Weimin rather than entrusting it to Li Guangfu.
Time flies and it is almost New Year's Day. In the two days before the holiday, Lin Weimin is extremely busy at work.
I have just finished the work for the Guowen Society, and now there is work for the Tongwen Society.
Huang Yi's works began to be published in 1988, and in just three years, he has published 18 works.
These eighteen works contained a high amount of H and B, which cost the editors of Tongwen Publishing House a lot of time and energy, so the manuscripts sent to Lin Weimin were actually the pure versions.
Lin Weimin looked at the manuscripts, smacking his lips, always feeling that something was missing.
Without Huang, Huang Yi went from being a master to an apprentice.
However, even so, it is enough to subvert the worldview of today's readers.
At this time, Huang Yi's works did not have much martial arts content, and fantasy and strange heroes were the mainstream.
For many readers who have only read martial arts novels, this is like opening the door to a new world, so Lin Weimin has high expectations for Huang Yi's works.
Compared with Huang Yi, a highly productive writer who never lets his stories down or has his works ejaculated, Wen Ruian, who only cares about digging holes but not burying them, seems much less cultured.
It would be best if the "Commoner Divine Fortune Teller" series can sell well, but it doesn't matter if it doesn't. He is just a dead eunuch anyway, with nothing below him. What can we expect from him?
Having completed the editing and review of the works of Huang Yi and Wen Ruian, Tongwen Publishing House's work for the year can be considered a complete success.
Counting the achievements made by Tongwen Press over the past year, the collection of Jin Yong's works, edited by Tongwen Press and published by Guowen Press, has sold more than 550,000 copies in more than half a year since its publication, and Guowen Press has earned more than 35 million yuan in sales.
The martial arts fiction magazine "Jiuzhou Heroes" has published six issues. The sales of the fifth issue exceeded 2.4 million copies. The sixth issue has just been on the market for half a month, and the sales are expected to set a new record. Breaking through 3 million copies is just around the corner.
"Jiuzhou Heroes" completed in half a year a journey that other popular literature magazines took several years to complete, and has long become the most eye-catching existence in the domestic popular literature magazine industry.
In October, Huang Ying's "Six Horror Stories" series and "Chen Shengyi" series were published. The first print run was 30,000 copies, which were sold out in less than two months. At the end of November, another 30,000 copies were reprinted.
A collection of Liang Yusheng's works was published in November, with an initial print run of 80,000 copies. Now, less than two months later, news has come in that bookstores across the country are running out of inventory. Printing factories are working overtime to print, and the books will be shipped after New Year's Day.
In December, Wen Ruian's "Commoner Divine Physiognomist" series was published, with an initial print run of 50,000 copies, and achieved good sales results.
After New Year's Day, Huang Yi's collection of works will be released soon, with the first print run also being 50,000 sets.
The work of Tongwen Press may seem not much, but the amount of work for each project cannot be underestimated. The number of words in the edited works alone exceeds 50 million words. This number is something that many old editors at Guowen Press cannot achieve in their lifetime.
Of course, there is a difference between popular literature and pure literature, but such a workload is staggering for any publishing house.
It is precisely because of the hard work over the past year that Tongwen Society has achieved extremely outstanding results.
The publication "Jiuzhou Heroes" alone contributed 5.44 million in output value to Tongwen Publishing House in just half a year.
The other martial arts novels published, except for the collection of Jin Yong's works, also created a production value of 4.79 million for Tongwen Publishing House.
Within one year of its establishment, the output value exceeded 10 million.
This is an outstanding achievement compared to any other domestic publishing house.
Therefore, at the summary meeting before New Year's Day, Lin Weimin was praised several times by Cheng Zaochun, and his colleagues clapped their hands until they were red.
No one could have imagined that Tongwen Society, which was initially not optimistic about its success, was penniless and had only a bunch of small soldiers and generals, would achieve such brilliant results within a year.
And all this is thanks to the leader Lin Weimin.
From the time he proposed to the higher authorities to restore the establishment of Tongwen Society, to his appointment as the president and editor-in-chief of Tongwen Society, to the specific implementation of every step of the work.
Lin Weimin gradually brought Tongwenshe, a subsidiary company that was just an empty shell, to the forefront, contributing output value far exceeding the average level of its peers.
Faced with such work achievements, all colleagues at Guowen Press are convinced and are fortunate to have such a capable editor-in-chief.
(End of this chapter)
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