Chapter 735 Mature and Tasteful
When Zhang Jianjun got off work, his mother was cooking and his wife had just returned home and was taking care of the children.
After graduating from Yanjing Normal University, he was assigned to the Yanjing Municipal Government. He got married two years ago and had a child last year. Usually, the couple is busy with work, so it is his mother who takes care of the child.
The mother prepared dinner, and after the family finished eating, his wife was responsible for washing the dishes, while Zhang Jianjun took the child out for a walk.
The little boy, who had just turned one year old, was naive and when he went outside, his eyes were full of curiosity.
It was the time when neighbors were getting off work, eating, or taking a walk. The house Zhang Jianjun lived in now was a large compound allocated by his workplace, and the living conditions were far inferior to those of his parents'.
This is normal, as his father is of a much higher rank than him.
"Brother Liu, it's time to get off work!"
"Auntie Qin, your fried sauce tastes really authentic!"
Zhang Jianjun was holding his child as he greeted and chatted with his neighbors. The Yanjing courtyard in early autumn was filled with the atmosphere of everyday life.
After strolling back and forth in the yard twice, Zhang Jianjun carried the child to the door of the east wing of the yard, where the retired Mr. Hu and his family lived.
The old man had just finished his meal and was sitting on the recliner at the door listening to the radio.
Zhang Jianjun originally wanted to say something to Uncle Hu, but seeing that he was listening to the radio with his eyes closed, he did not disturb him. He heard the sound from the radio, and he listened curiously and felt it was somewhat familiar.
The roar of the car lasted for a few seconds, then stopped. "Mrs. Zhou, we're here!"
After the sound of the car door closing, there was the sound of footsteps, "Chief, Mrs. Zhou is here."
"Hello, Mrs. Zhou, I'm Gao Bin!"
"It's Chief Gao. I've always heard Zhou Yi talk about you. I'm sorry to bother you all to pick me up on such a cold day."
While we were exchanging pleasantries, the sound of a train was heard in the distance, getting closer and closer, and then slowly stopping.
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Zhang Jianjun was so absorbed in listening to the radio that he didn't react until the program ended.
"Xiao Zhang, do you like listening to the radio too?" After listening to the radio, Uncle Hu opened his eyes and asked when he saw Zhang Jianjun listening attentively.
Zhang Jianjun finally came back to his senses. "It's okay. I listen to it occasionally. I heard it a lot before. Uncle Hu, is this "The Cliff"? Why is it different from the previous novel broadcasts?"
"Haven't you heard the introduction? This is a new radio series. Hehe, it sounds just like a TV series. It's well made and sounds authentic. Bigan enjoyed listening to the novel broadcast."
Zhang Jianjun nodded, "It's pretty good. This novel came out when I was in school, and the TV series was also very popular during those years."
"I hadn't retired yet at that time, and it's been so many years now. I haven't watched it for a long time, but I didn't expect that listening to the radio is so exciting!"
Zhang Jianjun had just started listening from the middle. Although he had read the novel and watched the TV series of "The Cliff" a long time ago, he hadn't watched it for many years. When he suddenly listened to it, he felt itchy in his heart.
"I just heard that this radio play has also been distributed as a tape?"
"That's right. It's still sold in Xinhua Bookstore. You can listen to it on the radio. Who would buy that thing?" Uncle Hu said casually.
Zhang Jianjun said nothing more. If he thought from Uncle Hu's perspective, wouldn't it be wrong to spend money to buy tapes of radio dramas?
But he really wanted to buy it. When he was in school, he was an avid reader of Lin Weimin. He would buy every novel he published and would never miss a performance of a drama.
Now that I'm older, have a family and a career, I'm not as enthusiastic as before, but it's still okay to support my idol.
Besides, the radio series of "The Cliff" is so exciting to listen to. If you listen to it on the radio, one episode a day, how long will it take to finish it?
If it really comes out on tape, I'd buy it and listen to it as many times as I want!
The next day after get off work, Zhang Jianjun ran to the audio-visual counter of Xinhua Bookstore near his workplace and found out that it really existed.
A set of "Cliff" album contains a total of 8 tapes. According to the salesperson, each tape is 1.5 tape hours, or 1.5 hours, and contains 3 episodes.
8 tapes mean 24 episodes, priced at 4 yuan per tape, and a set of albums costs 32 yuan.
Zhang Jianjun looked at the price of the tape and found it was not expensive. It should be said that it was very cheap.
Nowadays, the price of a music tape starts from ten dollars.
However, if it is a set of albums, it is still a bit expensive. Zhang Jianjun hesitated for a moment, after all, he is a married man.
"Comrade, give me a radio series of The Cliff."
While Zhang Jianjun was hesitating, a middle-aged man came up behind him and bought an album without asking any questions.
The appearance of the middle-aged man made the hesitant Zhang Jianjun make a decision, "Comrade, give me one too!"
"No more, that was the last set."
Zhang Jianjun looked surprised, "No more? Didn't he just come on?"
"The quantity of goods received is small, only 60 sets. Look, they are sold out in just two days. Many of them are old fans and viewers of The Cliff," said the salesperson.
Zhang Jianjun was a little disappointed, "When will you restock?"
"I don't know. I heard the production company didn't record much. If you want to release it again, you'll have to wait at least a week."
"Then I'll come back in a few days."
Seeing that Zhang Jianjun really wanted to buy it, the salesperson said, "You can go to another bookstore and have a look. It's only been on sale for two or three days. Maybe they'll have it in stock."
Zhang Jianjun thought so too, thanked the salesperson, and went to another Xinhua Bookstore, where the books were sold out.
He continued to go to another store, not believing it, but the products were still sold out.
"It's weird, why are they selling so well?"
Zhang Jianjun couldn't understand why "The Cliff" had so many loyal fans after so many years.
Besides, what era is this? Why are there still so many people listening to cassettes?
After going to several bookstores and failing to buy the radio drama tape of "The Cliff", Zhang Jianjun had no choice but to give up.
After returning home, Zhang Jianjun felt helpless listening to the radio playing episodes one by one like squeezing toothpaste.
After waiting for a few days, he went to the Xinhua Bookstore near his workplace to ask, and the salesperson told him that the goods would be available tomorrow.
The next day, Zhang Jianjun checked in at work and then ran to the Xinhua Bookstore.
“Has the goods arrived?”
"Here we are. One hundred sets. Four just sold."
Zhang Jianjun was speechless. Four sets were sold just after the goods were put on the shelves early in the morning. Who was buying them?
After paying the money happily, Zhang Jianjun was about to leave when he was stopped by the salesperson.
"Don't leave yet, help me fill out a form."
"What watch?"
The salesperson handed over a piece of paper titled "Customer Questionnaire" and signed by a company called Tiantian Changting.
"Please help me with the producer's questionnaire." said the salesperson.
Zhang Jianjun took a look at the questionnaire. It was all multiple-choice questions. He just had to tick the boxes and it wouldn't waste any time, so he took the questionnaire and filled it out.
"Profession."
"Civil servants"
"age."
"30 to 40 years old"
"Have you ever listened to radio programs such as storytelling and novel broadcasting, such as "The Generals of the Yang Family", "The Biography of Yue Fei", "Ordinary World", etc.?"
"yes."
“Have you ever read the novel “Cliff’s Edge” or listened to or watched the radio or TV series “Cliff’s Edge”?”
"yes."
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"Okay!"
Zhang Jianjun returned the questionnaire to the salesperson and returned to the office carrying a large box of albums.
"Xiao Zhang, I just happened to need something from you."
As soon as Zhang Jianjun entered the door, he met the section chief. He subconsciously hid the album behind him guiltily. The section chief pretended not to see it, explained the task to him and left.
Zhang Jianjun worked on the task assigned by the section chief for the whole morning. Finally, when he finished it, he remembered the album he had bought and took it out to have a look.
There was no radio at work, so he could only enjoy the sight.
"What's this?"
When Zhang Jianjun wasn't paying attention, the section chief who had been out for the morning came back and saw the album on Zhang Jianjun's desk and asked.
Zhang Jianjun was startled, but after calming himself down, he said to the section chief, "A new radio drama tape."
"Now the radio drama is also available on tape?"
The section chief heard the new news and looked at Zhang Jianjun as if he were a hammer.
Zhang Jianjun said, "This is the first time I buy this thing. Have you read the novel "The Cliff"?"
"The Cliff?" The section chief's eyes lit up when he heard the name. "I've read it. Not only the novel, but also the TV series. My son had just started kindergarten at that time. The novel is good, and the TV series is also well-made. Zhu Lin is so beautiful!"
The section chief had a look of nostalgia on his face.
Zhang Jianjun looked embarrassed. I was talking to you about the novel. Who asked you whether Zhu Lin was good-looking?
Well, it does look good.
After thinking about it for a moment, the section chief realized that his words were inappropriate and said, "The Cliff is a good novel!"
Zhang Jianjun nodded and said, "This album is the radio series of 'The Cliff'."
"oh?"
When the section chief heard this, his curiosity grew. "The radio series of 'Cliff'?"
"Long Term Serials is also broadcasting this radio series now. You can listen to it when you have time."
"I don't have time to listen to that stuff. I don't have as much free time as before. When the long series is on, I'm either at work at noon or just after get off work having lunch."
The section chief looked at Zhang Jianjun's album and wondered what he was thinking.
After get off work in the evening, Zhang Jianjun rode his motorcycle to go home and saw the section chief go out and turn left.
The section chief’s house is on the right, and on the left is the direction of Xinhua Bookstore.
He looked at the section chief's back, and this time he finally figured out who was buying the radio drama of "The Cliff".
Copyright Operations Department, 3rd floor, Guowen Press.
Xiao Liu was typing on the computer. The Copyright Operation Department spent 15,000 yuan to buy the computer, and they also spent several thousand yuan to buy a printer.
The company allocated a total of 500,000 yuan to the copyright operation department. It spent 200,000 yuan on investing in "Police True Colors". Tens of thousands of yuan were lost on Tiantian Changting, and a computer was bought. I watched the already limited funds decrease bit by bit.
As the "Executive Vice Minister", Xiao Liu was full of anxiety.
Of course, the Deputy Minister's remarks were joking, and in fact, his colleagues from other departments were just making fun of him.
The Copyright Operations Department has been established for three months. Apart from the editor-in-chief Lin Weimin who takes charge of the overall situation, the rest of the work depends on Xiao Liu alone. He is both a leader and an employee. Although there are not many things to do every day, he is still very busy.
The form that the editor-in-chief wanted was finally ready. Xiao Liu printed out the form, took a look at it and didn't find any major problems. He took the form and knocked on Lin Weimin's office door.
"Editor-in-Chief, the form you requested is ready."
Xiao Liu handed the form to Lin Weimin's desk, and Lin Weimin took it and took a look.
"Well, it's pretty much what I thought. It's mainly old readers, listeners, and viewers of The Cliff, and most of them have the habit of listening to the radio."
Xiao Liu added: "Age and gender also seem to be quite concentrated."
Lin Weimin smiled, with an expression of someone who has experienced it, "You will understand when you reach this age as a middle-aged man."
Xiao Liu thought about it and thought that what the editor-in-chief meant was that people who like the "The Cliff" radio series are mature and tasteful.
(End of this chapter)
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