Chapter 616: What if I go into the sea?
Guowen Publishing House is one of the leaders in the domestic publishing industry and an absolute authority in the field of literature. However, after so many years of establishment, its own book distribution channels are actually not perfect.
Over the years, the distribution work has basically been handed over to Xinhua Bookstore.
Twenty or thirty years ago, this was understandable, because Xinhua Bookstore was the largest sales channel in the country, and together with the post office's mail ordering, it almost monopolized more than 90% of the country's book sales, and the rest was the scope of business for local bookstores in various cities.
However, with the reform trend in recent years, Xinhua Bookstore's monopoly in the domestic book market has undergone fundamental changes.
State-owned bookstores and individual bookstores across the country are constantly encroaching on Xinhua Bookstore's market. Faced with this situation, Xinhua Bookstore, which has a huge but extremely rigid system, has no coping strategies and can only watch the market being divided up.
Therefore, in recent years, many publishing houses have been constantly enriching their distribution channels, including Xinhua Bookstore, local state-owned bookstores, individual bookstores, and even newsstands. As long as they can sell books, publishing houses do not care about the other party's identity.
Compared with those publishing houses that have flexibly adapted their strategies, Guowen Publishing House has the same problem as Xinhua Bookstore, and has not developed its own distribution channels in a timely manner.
In addition to Xinhua Bookstore, the largest distribution channel, there is also the self-operated Baowentang Bookstore.
This result is of course related to the system of Guowenshe, but the more crucial factor is people.
Zhou Zhaoyun, the vice president in charge of book distribution, will retire in two years. His work performance is hard to describe and he has always been criticized by his colleagues in the company.
The chaotic management and inefficiency in the distribution department have directly affected the company's performance. Therefore, in the past two years, colleagues in the company have been very dissatisfied with Zhou Zhaoyun and the distribution department.
But Cheng Zaochun couldn't touch Zhou Zhaoyun because of his seniority and the many contributions he had made to the society in the past.
Lin Weimin gave Cheng Zaochun some advice that the breakthrough lay in the issuance department.
"Now the people in the company have a lot of complaints about the issuance department. We can take this opportunity to let Li Xin lead an investigation team to the issuance department for three months.
First find out the situation of the distribution department, and then come up with a solution to the problem. After the problem is solved, transfer him to my Tongwen Press as a vice president.
What do you think? "
After Lin Weimin said this, he looked at Cheng Zaochun expectantly.
"Not so good!" Cheng Zaochun narrowed his eyes like an old fox, "Are you two playing a double game with me? Here you say he wants to resign, and then you transfer him to Tongwen Society. Our Guowen Society has lost a capable person, but you have gained a capable assistant in Tongwen Society."
"Old Cheng, this is boring!" Lin Weimin's expression was very dissatisfied. "We are all brothers in the same trench. How can you think of me like this? Who am I doing this for? Isn't it for the overall situation of the community? Li Xin wants to run away. Is this something I can control?"
"I just said it casually."
Cheng Zaochun was just testing the waters. Seeing that Lin Weimin didn't blush or get nervous, he smiled and said, "You're really quick-witted. This is a good idea. It doesn't require us to take up a position in the society, and no one will find fault with it. Li Xin will go and work for two years, and when Old Zhou retires, he can come back and take over as vice president."
"Salaries outside are high now, and if we want to retain talent, we can only rely on positions. Li Xin has outstanding abilities and works hard, so no one can say anything if we promote him."
"Then go and talk to Li Xin?" Cheng Zaochun asked.
"Go ahead."
Cheng Zaochun is the president, so he should be the one to discuss personnel transfers.
After the two of them discussed it, they decided to do this.
Cheng Zaochun reminded him again: "During this period of time, you should pay more attention to the situation of the young people in the society. After the southern tour, people are restless, so don't let them run away."
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Two days later, Li Xin walked into Lin Weimin's office.
"Teacher Lin, the president talked to me and asked me to solve the problems in the distribution department. Once I solve them, I can be transferred to Tongwen Press as vice president. Is this the result of your communication with the president?"
Lin Weimin said with a smile: "If you want to leave, the society must take some action. You are Old Cheng's right-hand man."
Li Xin was a little embarrassed, "I'm just a soldier."
"What do you think? What do you think of Lao Cheng's conditions?" Lin Weimin asked seriously.
Li Xin's expression became serious and he said, "I've decided. I'll stay."
"That's good. Go check on the distribution department first, and then transfer to Tongwen Press after the New Year. Tongwen Press is short of staff, so it's just right that you're here, and I can relax a bit."
Hearing the importance that Lin Weimin attached to him, Li Xin said gratefully, "Teacher Lin, thank you so much this time."
"Why are you being polite? I'm just trying to retain a talented person for the company."
Li Xin's failed escape was just an episode. After the old man's southern tour, the whole society's trend of going into business is taking shape, and as time goes by, it will become a powerful trend within the next two years.
As time passed, the Spring Festival of 1992 passed in a flash.
On the seventh day of the first lunar month after the Spring Festival, Lin Weimin drove to Shi Tiesheng's house early in the morning.
Li Guangfu was very efficient and completed the decoration of Shi Tiesheng's house in just two months.
Father Shi checked the perpetual calendar and found that the seventh day of the Lunar New Year was a good day for raising the beams and moving, so he chose today to move into the new house.
Li Guangfu was very thoughtful. He prepared all the furniture and even thought of his words in advance. As a real estate agent, he often had to buy furniture for houses. The furniture he bought for Shi Tiesheng's house was all wholesale. It cost less than 800 yuan for seven or eight large pieces of furniture, and they were delivered to his door.
Therefore, on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, the Shi family only needed to bring some pots, pans, and beddings when moving.
Early in the morning, Shi's father sat at the door of the small courtyard in Shichahai and was worried. All the things for the new house on Jintai Road had been purchased, but what should he do with the old furniture at home?
Lin Weimin saw that he had a sad face, and after asking he found out what he was worried about.
Lin Weimin laughed and said, "Just leave the things here. Since you guys are not living here, this house will be empty for the time being."
"That won't work. We've all moved out, and we're still occupying your place."
"What's wrong with that? The place is empty anyway, so just leave it there for now."
As soon as the two finished talking, Li Guangfu drove his Daihatsu to the Shichahai courtyard. He came here today specifically to help with the move.
Not only him, but many people came to the Shichahai courtyard during this morning.
There were not many things to move originally, but there were many people, so everyone loaded everything into the car with almost no effort.
With a flatbed cart, plus Lin Weimin and Li Guangfu's carts, all the goods could be taken away in one trip.
The car was full of things and people had no place to sit, so some people rode bicycles and some took the bus.
Lin Weimin and Li Guangfu were driving the fastest and were the first group to arrive at Jintai Road. After waiting for a long time, everyone finally found the place.
The new building has an elevator, so moving is very convenient. Everyone carried their belongings and walked up and down the stairs two or three times to finish moving.
The things were moved upstairs and everyone took a look around.
Qu Xiaowei exclaimed: "Tie Sheng is great! He has such a big house now! No wonder everyone wants to be a leader."
"Do you regret it now? Tell me, if you had been in the Literary Association back then, would you be living in this big house now?" Zheng Guo teased.
"Why are you bringing up that? Is it because I don't want to be with them? It's obviously because they don't want to take me with them."
"Why bring you along? You can't write a single piece in a year." Lin Weimin mocked mercilessly.
A few people were arguing, and Liu Haiyan pointed at them and shouted, "I say, can you guys be a little more considerate? We just moved, and we haven't packed up yet, can't you help out?"
“Here it comes!”
Qu Xiaowei hurried over like a servile person.
Zheng Guo also tactfully found some work for himself.
Lin Weimin ran to Shi Tiesheng's wheelchair and pushed it.
"What are you doing?" Shi Tiesheng asked.
"I'll push you around."
Shi Tiesheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "It's such a small place, do you really need to push it?"
"Isn't it more convenient for me to push you than for you to walk by yourself?"
In order to avoid labor, Lin Weimin pushed Shi Tiesheng down the stairs.
Today is the last day of early February. The weather in Yanjing has been getting warmer. It was sunny outside in the morning and there was not much wind. It was a good day for a walk and basking in the sun.
“The greening of this park is not good!”
Lin Weimin pushed Shi Tiesheng around the park and saw almost no flowers, plants or trees, so he couldn't help but complain.
"It's good enough to have a building to live in. Who would care whether there is green space or not?" said Shi Tiesheng.
"Don't worry. Wait a few years. There will be more and more residential areas in Yanjing, and people will start to care about it."
Shi Tiesheng sighed: "I never thought that I would be able to live in such a nice house in my lifetime."
"Everyone's life is getting better. In a few years, everyone will live in a residential complex and it won't be a rarity anymore."
"Everyone lives in the community? How many houses will we need to build?" asked Shi Tiesheng.
"Who knows? Anyway, Yanjing has already been a large construction site. It will still be a large construction site in ten or twenty years."
“Can it be built for that long?”
"Why not? Didn't the Asian Games just end? There's also the Olympics. We can definitely do it for another 20 years."
The two were walking and chatting in the yard, and from a distance they saw Qu Xiaowei and Yu Hua coming down from upstairs together.
"Where are you two going?"
"Ximi is going to cook for everyone, and we're going to go buy some groceries," said Qu Xiaowei.
"We just moved, so let's not bother anymore. Let's go out for a meal. It's my treat."
"I just told Ximi that she said we must eat our first meal at home after moving."
Shi Tiesheng said: "Just let her do it. There are many people here today. It's just the New Year, and everyone is having fun."
Qu Xiaowei and Yu Hua were gone for almost an hour before they came back. Lin Weimin had already pushed Shi Tiesheng upstairs.
Several female comrades were busy preparing lunch in the kitchen, while the others were idle and gathered together to chat.
Qu Xiaowei suddenly asked Lin Weimin, "Hey, Weimin, what do you think about me going into the entertainment industry?"
(End of this chapter)
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