Chapter 635 Successor
Just after June, Lin Weimin was brought to the automobile trade company by Han Zhuangzhuang to help him buy a car.
Han Zhuangzhuang has been coveting the Crown driven by Tao Huimin for a long time, but unfortunately his aunt is too frugal and the Crown is eight years old and she hasn't even mentioned changing it. He really can't wait any longer.
If you wait a little longer, Hong Kong will return.
"I'll burn you to death just to earn some money!"
This was how Han Dingbang scolded his son, and Lin Weimin strongly agreed.
The two of them came to the auto trade company. Han Zhuangzhuang first ran to visit a few luxury cars, touching them left and looking right, and he almost drooled with greed.
"Okay, stop looking."
Lin Weimin dragged him to the area where Santana and Jetta were parked and said, "Buy these two. They are durable and cheap."
"No, I want to buy a supermarket."
"What a wasteful thing. How much is a crown?"
"These two aren't that cheap, the difference is just over 100,000 yuan, why shouldn't I choose the better one?"
"One hundred thousand is not money? You should believe my uncle. The Japanese cars are good-looking but not practical. German cars are more durable."
Lin Weimin remembered Han Dingbang's advice before he left the house, that he must not buy an expensive car.
"I don't want something tough, I want something good-looking, and these two are too ugly. Besides, my aunt has been driving that car for seven or eight years, and there's nothing wrong with it."
Lin Weimin said something and Han Zhuangzhuang retorted, which made him so angry that he wanted to kick him twice.
He is not good-looking, but he is obsessed with looks.
The children are older now and harder to control. It’s not like before when I could fool them and they would be successful.
The two argued for a long time, and finally compromised and chose a Toyota Camry, which later became the Camry.
These days, Toyota's main sedan exports to China are the Camry and Crown models, a combination of high and low, with the Camry targeting the mid-size sedan market.
The price is tens of thousands of yuan cheaper than Crown, and tens of thousands of yuan more expensive than Santana and Jetta.
There was no installment payment at that time. After paying more than 200,000 yuan for the car, Han Zhuangzhuang shivered with pain.
"What did I say? You can just buy a Santana, but you have to show off. Are you feeling bad?"
"Money is a bastard. If we lose it, we can earn it again!"
Although Han Zhuangzhuang felt distressed, he was confident. He and Yin Geli had saved up a lot of assets over the years. They had two courtyard houses and a residential building near the Third Ring Road. They had a savings of more than 300,000 yuan. In the 1990s, this was considered a wealthy family.
In a while, the 300,000 yuan salary for starring in "Farewell My Concubine" will arrive in his account, and this is his confidence.
After spending a whole morning getting the license plate, Han Zhuangzhuang insisted on taking Lin Weimin to ride in his car.
Lin Weimin understood Han Zhuangzhuang's feelings very well, but it was impossible for him to sit in the passenger seat of this kid.
As a novice driver and co-pilot, Lin Weimin didn't want his daughter to lose her father just after she was born.
There's no need. There's really no need.
That night, Han Zhuangzhuang prepared a sumptuous dinner at home to celebrate his new car, and he was very proud of it.
Han Dingbang couldn't help cursing at his son when he saw how complacent he was.
"Okay, I've already bought it. Scolding him is the same as scolding me." Lin Weimin said depressedly.
The old man didn't scold his son in front of him, but scolded him in front of him. Lin Weimin seriously suspected that the old comrade was making a veiled complaint.
In the evening, Han Zhuangzhuang, who was happy with his drink, took his family to experience his Jiamei.
Han Zhuangzhuang drank too much, so he definitely couldn't drive for a ride, so he just got in the car and felt it.
Han Dingbang was critical in his tone, but after getting into the car and looking left and right, a smile appeared on his face.
Lin Weimin saw his expression. This guy always likes to say one thing and mean another.
The family dinner ended and Lin Weimin and his family left.
Han Zhuangzhuang leaned on the sofa, his eyes hazy with drunkenness, and said to Yin Geli, "It would be great if this car could be driven to Austria."
Yin Geli's homeland, Austria, is located in Central Europe and is one of the developed countries with the highest per capita GDP in the world. The year she married Han Zhuangzhuang, the two returned to Austria.
Feeling the material gap between the two countries, Han Zhuangzhuang always felt indebted to Yin Geli.
Yin Geli sat next to Han Zhuangzhuang and held his hand. "My life now is the happiest."
It has been almost a month since the Contemporary Popular Literature Seminar. Ever since Lin Weimin temporarily handed over the work of Tongwen Society to Li Xin when his daughter was born, he has not paid attention to Tongwen Society for a long time, and the work of the society is still presided over by Li Xin.
Li Xin was nominally the vice president, but in reality he was doing the work of the president. This situation made many of his colleagues at the Guowen Publishing House envious and jealous.
Half a year ago, Li Xin was just the director of the editorial department of contemporary literature. He went to the publishing department to gain some experience, and then ran to Tongwen Publishing House. No one paid much attention to it at first, but looking at the current situation, it seems that Lin Weimin wants to train him to be the successor of Tongwen Publishing House!
Although Tongwen Society is only a sub-society, the treatment of this sub-society in Guowen Society is extraordinary and it has a strong degree of independence. It will not be surprising to everyone if it is said to become independent in the future.
As the head of Tongwen Society, it would not be surprising to be given the position of vice-president of Guowen Society!
The vice president has a mother-in-law above him, and the editor-in-chief and secretary have to make their jobs more difficult from time to time. It's not as satisfying as being the head of Tongwen Press, as he is a local lord.
Li Xin doesn't care about what outsiders think, and he can't control it.
Teacher Lin has not asked about Tongwen Society for more than a month. In the eyes of others, this may be a very happy thing for him, but in fact, only he himself knows that he has been walking on thin ice these days.
From editor-in-chief to vice president, and then to the person in charge of a publishing house, he completed in just two or three months a journey that would take others ten years, but this does not mean that his abilities are outstanding.
On the contrary, the more Li Xin worked, the more uncertain he felt. Teacher Lin had handed Tongwen Social over to him for more than a month, but he hadn't achieved any results so far. Although Li Xin didn't say anything, he was extremely anxious.
The two editors he poached from Woodpecker have been on the job for a month and are currently focusing on collecting and editing manuscripts.
"This manuscript will be finished next week, and the other one will be finished the week after next."
Faced with Li Xin's urging for manuscripts, the newly hired He Lifeng was under a lot of pressure. He and another colleague were recruited by Li Xin to Tongwen Press. Before they had time to adapt to the environment, they were forced by Li Xin to get into work mode, and their workload was directly increased.
"Okay, you'll definitely be busy at first, but after a while, when you've got everything in order and you're in the right state, everything will be fine."
After urging for the manuscript, Li Xin did not forget to comfort He Lifeng.
After returning to the office, he sorted out the recent work results of the publishing house and went to Lin Weimin's office.
The leader entrusts the work to you with confidence, which means the leader trusts you. It does not mean that you can treat the leader as air and not even report your work to him.
"Teacher Lin!"
Li Xin knocked on the door and entered the office.
When Lin Weimin saw him, he put down the pen in his hand and smiled, "Sit down. How are you? You've been busy lately, haven't you?"
"I am a bit busy, but I am working hard in the direction you planned. It is laborious but not stressful."
Li Xin sat down, exchanged a few polite words, and reported his recent work to Lin Weimin.
Martial arts literature has been the top priority of Tongwen Press's business development over the past year. Since January this year, Jin Yong's collection of works has continued to sell more than 3.6 million copies, with cumulative sales of more than 21 million copies; Liang Yusheng's collection of works has sold more than 2.6 million copies, with cumulative sales of more than 6 million copies; Huang Ying's collection of works has sold more than 1.4 million copies, with cumulative sales of nearly 3.5 million copies; Wen Ruian's "Commoner Divine Physician" series has sold more than 900,000 copies, with cumulative sales of more than 1.4 million copies; Huang Yi's collection of works has sold more than 1.2 million copies, with cumulative sales of more than 2.6 million copies. If we count them carefully, Tongwen Press has sold nearly 10 million copies of martial arts novels alone in the past five months.
As for the magazine "Jiuzhou Heroes", sales of "Number One Under Heaven" continued to rise during the serialization period. The fifth issue in 1992, when the novel was completed, has achieved a terrifying sales volume of over 3.9 million copies so far.
It is expected that after the completion of "Nine Provinces Heroes", the sales of "Nine Provinces Heroes" will definitely decline. Currently, the sixth issue of the publication has not yet been released, so Li Xin cannot be sure, but only slightly adjusted the first print quantity of this issue.
"Jiuzhou Heroes" has published five issues this year, with the highest sales of 3.9 million copies and cumulative sales of 14.6 million copies. The sales of magazines such as "Legends of the Past and Present" and "Wulin" have declined in the past two years, sometimes even less than 2 million copies. "Jiuzhou Heroes", a new publication established less than a year ago, has successfully become the "number one martial arts" in the field of domestic popular literature.
"In addition, four martial arts novels serialized in The Heroes of Nine Provinces, including Number One Under Heaven and The Romantic Beggar, will be published this month. The first print run will range from 300,000 to 50,000 copies, and will still be distributed by Xinhua Bookstore."
"There are four works in the fields of officialdom literature and criminal investigation literature that are currently under review and will be published one after another after mid-August. This is a new attempt for Tongwen Press, and I plan to set the first print run at a relatively conservative range."
"I am contacting popular literature writers from Hong Kong and Taiwan, such as Yi Shu, Qiong Yao, Gu Long, Sima Ling, and Wo Longsheng, to try to obtain authorization for their works."
"In general, the sales of our publications have exceeded 74 million yuan in the past five months of this year, and it should not be a problem for the sales to exceed 180 million yuan by the end of the year."
After Li Xin reported on Tongwen Society’s work achievements and future plans over the past period of time, he looked at Lin Weimin quietly.
“Well, the development momentum in the first half of the year is still good.”
Lin Weimin praised him, and Li Xin was about to relax when he heard him continue, "But there are a few issues that deserve your attention."
Li Xin couldn't help but sit up straight and listen carefully to what Lin Weimin said next.
"One problem is the sales of "Kyushu Heroes". It is certainly gratifying to achieve such results, but we must ensure the quality of subsequent works. A decline in sales is not a big deal, but a complete setback is a big deal."
“The sales of martial arts novels still rely mainly on last year’s works. Judging from the data, the sales of last year’s batch of works were still good, but over time, sales are bound to decline, and new publications must be added as soon as possible.
It’s good that you contacted writers in Hong Kong and Taiwan in advance to prepare for a rainy day.”
"The price is just the price. We should not be fooled by the appearance of the price. What we need to look at is the real net profit."
Lin Weimin said several things in succession, and Li Xin broke out in a cold sweat. Regardless of whether Teacher Lin said it intentionally or unintentionally, these words sounded like criticism of him to him, because most of them were the achievements that Teacher Lin had made since he took power for more than a year, and had nothing to do with him.
He could use the excuse that he was late for work, but he didn't think that was meaningful.
Tongwen Press was handed over to him when the situation was very good. He had to achieve results as soon as possible to live up to the trust of Teacher Lin.
(End of this chapter)
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