Chapter 666: Happy Troubles
Cheng Zaochun is one of the protagonists today. He first gave a detailed introduction to the eight writers present.
The six writers, Wang Meng, Jia Pingwa, Liang Xiaosheng, Huang Anyi, Jin Ying and Tang Kangmei, are very familiar to the reporters and guests present, and they are also very famous in the domestic literary world.
Today, the six of them appeared as invited contracted writers of the Bu Lao Hu series.
Different from the other six, Hong Feng and Yu Xiu appeared as contracted writers for the essay competition.
After introducing the specific situations of the eight writers, it was time for them to greet the media reporters. Each of the eight people had a few minutes to greet them. Wang Meng, Jin Ying and others were experienced in dealing with the world and spoke a lot of polite words, but the rest of them were not so good at it. After a brief chat of a few sentences, they stopped talking.
Lin Weimin could only take the microphone, speak a few words briefly, and then announce the titles of the first batch of books in the Ragdoll Series.
"Wasteland", by Jia Pingwa;
The Realm of Suffering, by Hong Feng;
"Flower Season and Rainy Season", author Yuxiu.
Three works, three situations.
Jia Pingwa became famous at a young age and published his first book at the age of 23. Over the years, he has been a powerful writer in the Shaanxi literary world and is also very famous across the country. He is a well-known writer with a long history.
Hong Feng started out with avant-garde literature in his early years, but his development in recent years has been less than satisfactory, and he has been a bit frustrated. This time, he has returned to the public eye again by being selected for the Buhuhu series of books.
Yuxiu is a high school student. Her first novel was selected for the Buhuhu series. She is not only a new writer, but also a student writer and a young girl writer. When reporters saw her, their eyes lit up. What great material!
However, compared to the writers, reporters are more curious about the three works selected for the Ragdoll Series.
Guowen Publishing House launched the "Million-dollar Essay Collection" campaign, offering writers a high remuneration of "150 yuan per thousand words." Everyone is curious about what kind of novel can be selected for the Buhuhu series.
Unfortunately, Lin Weimin ignored the raised hands and questions of all the reporters present. After taking the microphone, he specifically told Jia Pingwa and three others that when they answered the reporters' questions later, they must not answer any questions about the work.
Until the last moment before the release, the contents of the Buhuhu series must not be leaked at all.
The main focus is mystery!
Only in this way can we maintain a sense of mystery and arouse the public's curiosity to the greatest extent possible.
Next comes the highlight of today’s signing ceremony – the signing of the contract.
There were eight writers, each holding a document in his hand, and the president Cheng Zaochun had a pile of documents at hand.
Under the flash lights and gazes of reporters, everyone bowed their heads, signed, and then exchanged documents, creating a full sense of ceremony.
But in fact, the agreement that should have been signed was signed yesterday, and these documents on the table are just for show.
After signing the contract and taking photos, Lao Cheng smiled like a dog-tail flower.
He has become very popular today, enough to brag about it for a whole year.
Teacher Lin stood silently behind the scenes. Smile, smile. From now on you will know what those words you signed mean.
After taking photos, it was time for the reporters’ favorite question-and-answer session.
As Lin Weimin expected, Wang Meng and Yuxiu were the two people that reporters were most interested in, followed by Huang Anyi and Jin Ying.
The two are the twin stars among domestic female writers, and Jin Ying also serves as the deputy head of a provincial literary association, making her a very popular topic.
After a half-hour interview and question-and-answer session, the grand signing ceremony officially ended.
But the reporters were not giving up. Most of them could not arrange for a special interview, so they could only block the stage entrance and ask a few more questions. Thirty or forty reporters blocked everyone there, and the scene was quite spectacular.
I finally breathed a sigh of relief when everyone finally returned to the small room.
Even an experienced writer and cadre like Wang Meng couldn't help but wipe his sweat at today's scene.
He had accepted interviews of higher levels in the past, but judging by the enthusiasm of the reporters, today was definitely among the best.
“Thank you all for your hard work!”
Lin Weimin expressed his condolences to everyone and gave some more instructions. Now that the signing ceremony was over, everyone should have nothing to do.
However, Guowen Press later arranged interviews with several media outlets, including China National Radio, Guangming Daily, China Youth Daily and Wenhui Daily.
There are eight writers, and we can interview two writers from each family, so that everyone can benefit from it. One afternoon is enough time.
After the interview, Guowen Publishing House also arranged a tour in Yenching for the eight writers from other places, which was a very thoughtful service.
Before leaving, Yuxiu found Lin Weimin and took out a copy of "Spirited Away" and asked Lin Weimin to sign it.
"Do you high school students also like to read this novel?" Lin Weimin asked with a smile.
"Many of my classmates like to watch it. I like every character in it, especially the faceless ghost."
Yuxiu is a little girl after all. When she mentions her favorite things, her face becomes excited and she cheers happily.
"I wish Xiaoyu good luck in the college entrance examination and a successful start!"
After Lin Weimin signed the novel, he returned it to Yuxiu, and the little girl politely said thank you.
Then the little girl took out a book and walked towards Wang Meng, "Teacher Wang, can you sign it for me?"
Teacher Lin: …
"Hahaha!"
Jin Ying and Tang Kangmei laughed without caring about their image, pointing at Lin Weimin while laughing. The mocking laughter was very unpleasant.
"Haha, Lin Weimin, you've come to this day!"
They are all classmates at the Institute of Literature Research. Yuxiu repeated what Lin Weimin did at the Institute of Literature Research back then. This can be considered as cause and effect and retribution.
Ignoring the two middle-aged women's gloating, Lin Weimin asked Huang Anyi, "Anyi, come to our house for dinner tonight."
Huang Anyi looked embarrassed, "I have something else to do."
"What can you do? Now that you are in Beijing, why don't you go to your old classmate's house for a meal?"
When Lin Weimin was trying to persuade her, Jin Ying put her arm around Huang Anyi's shoulders.
"An Yi doesn't have time to go to your house for dinner. I made an appointment with her to go to the National Art Museum of China to see the Rodin sculpture exhibition."
"Not only invite her, you guys should go too."
"That's not free either."
After Jin Ying finished speaking, she ignored Lin Weimin's words, pulled Huang Anyi, and dragged Tang Kangmei away.
The grand signing ceremony for the first batch of the Cloth Tiger Series of books ended, and the books were quickly published in dozens of newspapers across the country the next day.
"The Rag Tiger Series Signs Grandly, the First Batch of Eight Writers Appears" "Led by Wang Meng, Many Powerful Writers Join the Rag Tiger Series" "The First Batch of Works in the Rag Tiger Series Announced: Wasted City, Bitter Realm, Flower Season and Rainy Season" (The title of a single book cannot be displayed, garbage starting point) "19-year-old genius girl writer signs with the Rag Tiger Series"...
Dozens of media reports appeared in one day. Even if they were not front-page news, the readership they could reach and the impact they could create were extremely terrifying.
The news about the Ragdoll series of books has once again captured the attention of the Chinese people following the wave of enthusiasm at the end of the year, becoming the hottest topic in the domestic news industry in recent times, and has attracted strong attention from countless people and industry insiders.
"Boss, our production capacity is really not up to par. We must expand production and increase efficiency this year. Our previous estimate was a bit underestimated. In the first two months of spring, Spirited Away alone has used up all of our remaining production capacity."
Mou Chunzhi was complaining to Cheng Zaochun.
In the past two years, not only has the number of books published by Guowen Publishing House increased dramatically, but its younger brother Tongwen Publishing House has also risen. The combined annual printing volume of books and periodicals of the two publishing houses exceeds 45 million copies, and the combined printing volume of periodicals exceeds 70 million copies.
Such a huge printing volume has pushed Guowen Publishing House's printing business to its capacity limit.
The Yanjing National Literature Printing Factory, located in Huangcun, Daxing County, was previously shared by the Guowen Publishing House and the Tongwen Publishing House. As a result, even the Tongwen Publishing House can no longer handle printing business.
The production capacity that the Xinhua Printing Factory, with which we have cooperated for many years, can provide to Guowen Publishing House has reached its limit. The remaining production capacities are owned by owners and cannot be moved at will.
In addition, there are several small printing factories that we have cooperated with for many years, such as Guanzhong Printing Factory, Mingcheng Printing Factory, and Aide Printing Factory, which we just cooperated with last year. Either the printing volume is small or the printing types are single, and they cannot solve any major problems.
Since "Spirited Away" was released on the market at the end of last year, sales exceeded 500,000 copies in a week, 1 million copies in half a month, and 2 million copies in a month and a half, which has occupied all the remaining printing resources of Guowen Publishing House.
These days, the three novels "Wasted City", "The World of Bitterness" and "The Season of Flowers and Rain" are about to be released, with the initial print run being 200,000 copies. Mou Chunzhi can only make adjustments and postpone some less important reprints and re-prints for a while to ensure the printing and binding of the new books.
But it is not a solution to keep robbing Peter to repair Paul and keep patching things up. Mou Chunzhi has been so worried that his hair has been falling out recently.
If this really delayed the printing and sales of the new book, he would be to blame, so he quickly came to Cheng Zaochun to discuss countermeasures.
After listening to Mou Chunzhi's complaints, Cheng Zaochun couldn't help but feel worried. Business development that is too good may not be all good things!
This happy trouble.
Cheng Zaochun called Lin Weimin over and asked Mou Chunzhi to explain the situation again.
"What do you think?" Cheng Zaochun asked.
"What ideas do you have? Let's contact the printing factory to deal with it temporarily and get through the current difficulties. The next step is to expand the production capacity of the printing factory in Huangcun or acquire a printing factory. It all depends on the arrangement of the company."
Lin Weimin's idea was not surprising, as it was consistent with that of Cheng Zaochun and Mou Chunzhi. However, Cheng Zaochun was a little hesitant between "expanding the production capacity of the original printing factory" and "acquiring a printing factory."
"Why are you hesitating? Let's do it on two fronts!" Lin Weimin said carelessly.
(End of this chapter)
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