Chapter 768 Buy it and it's done
The May Day Golden Week is a term used in later generations. Nowadays, it means one day off. If it falls on the weekend, you can have one more day off.
Oh, no, it’s better to leave it for two more days.
Starting from May 1 this year, the country officially implemented a two-day weekend system, which is no longer a single day off or a long and short week, but a double day off.
This is good news for so many workers!
With a double weekend off, are the May Day and National Day Golden Weeks far away?
Legal holidays are an important measure of national economic reform. How can it be possible that ordinary people work so many days a year and don’t even have time to spend money?
Not only do we need to take holidays, but we also need to increase income levels. Ordinary people go to work and use all their income to pay off their mortgages. The little money that is left has to be used to pay for car loans, gas, water, electricity, gas, and heating bills. What can they use to consume?
On May Day, Lin Weimin took his wife and daughter for a walk around Yanjing and then came back to continue working.
Just after returning from vacation, I received good news from Tiantian Changting. The sales of the radio series "Season of Flowers and Rain" officially exceeded 100,000 copies. It took only one month to catch up with the achievement created by the radio series "The Cliff" which took almost half a year.
The explosive sales of "Season of Flowers and Rain" is of course inseparable from the publicity campaign of the Chinese Literature Publishing House, and even more inseparable from the viral spread among the student audience.
The sales volume exceeded 100,000 sets, and the monthly sales reached 2.2 million, which set a historical record for Tiantian Changting. According to the current situation, the radio series of "The Season of Flowers and Rain" has just started, and the real money-making time is still to come.
While the copyright development of "Season of Flowers and Rain" got off to a good start, the first issue of "The Painting King" after its resumption of publication also quietly appeared on the shelves of major bookstores in China.
Regarding the news of the resumption of publication of "Hua Wang", Tongwen Press has preheated the news for two issues through its two best-selling magazines "Jiuzhou Heroes" and "Hongdou", with a total sales volume of over 8 million copies, covering almost most of the domestic comic readers.
Readers who should know have already known it, and all readers are looking forward to it.
On the first day of the release of "The King of Painting", readers rushed to buy it.
From the rumor in January this year that "Hua Wang" would be re-published, to the solid evidence at the Guowen Press press conference in March, to the preheating of "Jiuzhou Heroes" and "Hongdou" in March and April.
Now, "The King of Painting" has finally officially resumed publication.
Guowen Publishing House's wave after wave of publicity campaigns have whetted the appetite of these comic readers. Many readers are moved by Guowen Publishing House's courage to take over the mess of "The King of Picture Books", and they admire their determination to spend a huge sum of 1 million to purchase all the intellectual property rights of "The King of Picture Books".
At the same time, after the news came out that "The King of Painting Books" could not be republished under its original name and could only meet readers again by changing its name to "The King of Painting", countless comic readers in China were full of sympathy for the experience of Guowen Publishing House.
After several months of public opinion fermentation, Guowenshe has become a tragic hero who sacrificed itself for the rise of Chinese comics. It has spread word of mouth among these comic readers and has become famous.
Therefore, after many twists and turns, "The King of Painting" has finally resumed publication. How can readers not welcome its new life with full and enthusiastic emotions?
Just buy it!
In just three days, the first print run of 500,000 copies of the first issue of "The King of Painting" was sold out.
On the afternoon of the first day the magazine was put on the shelves in bookstores across the country, they discovered something was wrong, and they urgently contacted Tongwen Publishing House to reprint it. But reprinting always takes time, and shipping takes even more time.
The bookstore’s stock has been sold out, and the magazines from Guowen Publishing House have just been shipped, and readers are eagerly waiting for them.
Even more anxious than the readers are the booksellers and bookstores. Readers are waving their money but cannot buy magazines. Nothing makes them more distressed than this!
After waiting for another three or four days, the magazines finally arrived. After a few days of passive waiting, readers were more enthusiastic about buying the magazines than before. The newly-listed magazines were consumed at a terrifying rate. The bookstore could not wait even for two days and contacted Tongwen Publishing House again.
Reprint!
Reprint!
"Selling like crazy! Selling like crazy!"
Wang Yongsheng just received a call from Li Xin. The bookstore fed back that the first reprint of 500,000 copies of "The King of Painting" would not last for a few days, so they asked Tongwen Publishing House to speed up the reprinting and shipment.
The first print run was 500,000 copies, and the first reprint was another 500,000 copies, which makes a total of 1 million copies.
It’s only been a few days?
Last year, the peak sales of "Hua Shu Da Wang" before it was discontinued was only 800,000 copies per issue. After such a long period of suspension, shouldn't the sales have to recover for some time? How come it has reached a new high right after it was published?
Wang Yongsheng really couldn't figure it out. He was confused and slowly put down the phone. Several other colleagues in the editorial department came over to ask him.
"Editor-in-chief, what's going on?"
Wang Yongsheng came back to his senses and said lightly, "We need to print more."
"You're still printing more?" Colleagues looked surprised. "Didn't they just print more?"
Wang Yongsheng spread his hands and said, "You ask me, who should I ask?"
After the surprise, the biggest emotion among colleagues was of course joy.
"The King of Painting" has just resumed publication, and sales of 1 million copies are already a foregone conclusion. Moreover, it has only been a few days, so the sales of this issue will probably be an astonishing number.
After all the hardship comes happiness, after all the hardship comes happiness!
While my colleagues were excitedly discussing the sales of "The King of Painting", the office door was suddenly pushed open. It was Yan Kaifu, Chen Xiang and several other cartoonists who came in together.
"Teacher Wang, I will invite all the teachers in the editorial department to dinner tonight," said Yan Kaifu.
As soon as he finished speaking, an editor asked jokingly, "What's up? Xiao Yan, has the manuscript fee arrived?"
Yan Kaifu was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. "Yes, it just arrived."
After returning to Yenching, Yan Kaifu did not continue serializing "Xue Coconut", but started drawing the comic book of the same name "Flower Season and Rainy Season". He received the maximum salary of 80 yuan per piece from the editorial department. The first issue of "Painting King" published 20 drawings, which was 1,600 yuan.
In addition, the first volume of the comic book "Xue Ye" was just published these two days, with an initial print run of 30,000 copies. He chose an 8% royalty share, and the book was priced at 4.5 yuan, so he received another 10,800 yuan in royalties.
12,400 yuan!
This was the largest amount of royalties Yan Kaifu had ever received in his creative career. The moment he received the royalties, Yan Kaifu felt that he was the richest man in the world.
When he had the money, his first reaction was to send money to his parents, not for any other reason, but just to tell his parents not to worry about him, as he could now support himself with the royalties.
The second thing is to buy dot paper, ink pens, and paintbrushes... If you want to do your work well, you must first sharpen your tools.
The third thing is to treat everyone to a meal.
When he returned to Yenching again, the editorial department of "The King of Painting" provided dormitories for these young authors. Yan Kaifu lived with Chen Xiang, Zheng Xusheng and called the brothers who lived together.
Several of them lived upstairs in the staff building of the Guowen Society. They went downstairs and came to the editorial office of "Hua Wang", intending to call the teachers in the editorial office to celebrate together.
Wang Yongsheng had come to his senses from the daze of "Painting King" breaking his own record, and laughed, "Why are you treating me? I should be the one treating!"
"Come on, come on! Get off work early today, I'll treat you to a big dinner!" Wang Yongsheng said, waving his hand.
There was a cheer in the editorial office.
Yan Kaifu was a little disappointed, but he changed his mind and became happy again.
Teacher Wang is treating him, so he has to eat to his heart's content!
It was not yet time to get off work, but the editorial office of "The King of Painting" was deserted.
A group of editors and authors were walking on the road. The sun was shining brightly and the breeze was gentle on that May afternoon. They were talking and laughing, full of infinite longing for a better future.
While the editors and authors of "The King of Painting" were "out collecting materials", Lin Weimin also received a call from Li Xin in Guowen Publishing House, reporting the sales of "The King of Painting".
With such outstanding results achieved in the first issue after its resumption, it can be said that "Hua Wang" did not let down the considerable funds and energy spent by Guowen Publishing House for its resumption.
After being happy for a while, Lin Weimin let the matter go and turned his attention to the manuscript at hand.
"Fat*".
Mo Yan's latest novel.
A few days ago, Mo Yan came to Yenching to submit his manuscript. After going through layers of review, the manuscript was delivered to Lin Weimin.
As the editor-in-chief, Lin Weimin has the responsibility for the final review of all works published by Guowen Publishing House. But to be realistic, it is impossible for Lin Weimin to take care of every detail. Guowen Publishing House publishes so many new works every year. If he were to be responsible for the final review, even if he had 48 hours a day to review the manuscripts, it would not be enough.
Therefore, the final review authority for many manuscripts of Guowen Publishing House lies in the hands of the editor-in-chief and deputy editor-in-chief. Only those key works or works with "problems" will be personally reviewed by Lin Weimin.
As one of Mo Yan's most famous novels, "Fat*" has been controversial since its publication, with the controversy mainly focusing on the explicit title and some descriptions that violate traditional ethics and morals.
If we simply look at the QS description of the content, there are quite a few works of this kind published by Guowen Publishing House. Although they are controversial, this does not hinder the popularity of these novels.
The biggest problem with "Fat*" is that it is too naked, and this nakedness does not simply refer to things between men and women.
Since its publication, some people have labeled it as "almost anti-Democratic" and "literary garbage". Some people even reported it to the Ministry of Rites. Under heavy pressure, Mo Yan had to write a letter of apology in the army and was asked to retire.
Mo Yan's career change did not put an end to the controversy surrounding Feng*Fei*. The relevant authorities immediately ordered that the novel no longer be published, and it was not published again until eight years later in 2003.
In fact, the criticism faced by "Feng*Fei*" is very similar to that faced by "White Deer Plain".
The same problem also exists in the dissemination of "To Live" and "Devils on the Doorstep"...
Lin Weimin knew what happened to "Feng*Fei*". Publishing or publishing this novel did not have much impact on Guowen Publishing House, except for some criticism, but it had a huge impact on Mo Yan himself.
Lin Weimin thought about it and decided to call Mo Yan.
Mo Yan was a little surprised when he received Lin Weimin's call, but at the same time he had a premonition in his heart.
After listening to Lin Weimin's statement about the possible consequences of the novel's publication, Mo Yan was silent for a moment.
"If it's not a bother for you, just publish it. I'll take responsibility for any consequences. Even if only one person reads it, it means that this novel has not been written in vain."
In 1987, Mo Yan, who returned to his hometown for the New Year, read an article in Dazhong Daily about the garlic sprout incident in Cangshan County, eastern Shandong Province. He angrily wrote the novel "Garlic Sprout Song in Heaven". This incident shows his inner cynicism and stubbornness.
Since he had already made his decision, Lin Weimin stopped trying to persuade him.
"In my opinion, the novel should not be published in a magazine, but should be published directly."
Publish it first, you may not be able to wait until it is published.
Mo Yan understood Lin Weimin's subtext and said gratefully, "Thank you!"
(End of this chapter)
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