Chapter 839: What Has Floated? (Silver Alliance Extra Update 3, Please Give Me a Monthly Ticket)
Lin Weimin put the phone receiver aside and said to Li Xin without hanging up, "You go ahead."
Li Xin continued his report.
New Year’s Day is coming soon, and it’s time to report to the leader on work.
This year, Tongwen Publishing House's performance growth is not as exaggerated as in previous years. The growth points are mainly concentrated on several new publications, but the overall performance still crushes the publishing business of Guowen Publishing House.
Tongwen Publishing House's publishing business is still growing, but Guowen Publishing House's business has been declining for two consecutive years. Although the decline data is not large, this sign is very scary. Fortunately, Guowen Publishing House's copyright development work has been carried out in full swing this year.
Among them, Wenhua and Wencheng Film and Television have made great contributions. During this year, Wenhua Film and Television took charge of the production and distribution of "If You Are the One" and "See You Tomorrow". Although "See You Tomorrow" is still in theaters, it should be no problem for the box office of 60 to 70 million.
These two films alone contributed 150 million yuan in box office revenue, and Wenhua Film and Television's revenue was around 75 million yuan. After deducting various costs and taxes, Wenhua Film and Television's net profit for the year exceeded 40 million yuan.
Wencheng Film and Television's performance was even more outstanding. Three TV series, "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo", "Swordsman" and "The Right Path in the World", dominated the screen one after another during this year. By the end of the year, the cumulative revenue had exceeded 110 million yuan, far exceeding the expectations of General Manager Haiyan.
There has always been a chain of contempt in the drama circle, which can be roughly divided into drama > movie > TV series, but in terms of making money, the order should be reversed, and TV series are the most profitable.
Wencheng Film and Television's revenue this year seems to be lower than Wenhua's box office, but the cost of each of their TV series is only a few million, and the publicity costs are not much. They do not have to share profits with theaters or pay distribution fees. The revenue of 110 million has created a net profit of nearly 60 million.
At present, Wencheng Film and Television still has three TV series that have not yet been completed, namely "Never Forget", "The Mansion Gate" and "Holding Hands". "Never Forget" is a Haiyan drama prepared this year, and most of the actors are the original cast.
Wen Cheng also has a TV series called "My College Days", which was just premiered on CCTV on New Year's Day and is still being broadcast. This is another TV series reflecting campus life by Wen Cheng after "The Flower Season and Rainy Season", but this time the protagonists of the TV series are changed to college students, and the actors are still the original cast of "The Flower Season and Rainy Season". The TV series had a good ratings for its first broadcast and is expected to achieve another success.
The combined net profits of the two film and television companies were nearly 100 million yuan, which directly crushed the publishing business that Guowen Publishing House had operated for decades, and this was assuming that Tongwen Publishing House was also included.
In addition, the inconspicuous small company Tiantian Changting also contributed nearly 10 million in net profit to Guowen Press this year.
It is particularly worth mentioning that the Copyright Operation Department of Guowen Publishing House was established two years ago and finally achieved fruitful results this year.
Since the beginning of this year, the Copyright Operation Department has connected with many domestic film and television companies and successfully operated the film and television adaptation contracts of 8 works. The amount of these 8 contracts is not large, only about 2.1 million, but the significance behind them is significant.
This proves that the copyright operation of Guowen Publishing House has moved away from the state of self-production and self-sales, and is entering a virtuous circle, gradually becoming a platform between writers and works and film and television companies.
Li Xin had very little time for his report. He saw that Lin Weimin had a phone call, which he left aside. He knew it was definitely not an important call, but he was afraid that he would hear something he shouldn't hear, so he spoke fluently without pausing. After the report, he left immediately without saying anything nonsense.
After Li Xin left, Lin Weimin picked up the phone again and found that the person on the other end had not hung up, but there was no more sound.
"Hello!"
As soon as Lin Weimin spoke, Wang Shuo on the other end of the phone became excited again, "Fuck you!"
"If you have something to say, just say it. Don't make personal attacks. If you keep swearing, I'll hang up!"
Wang Shuo held it in for a long time, but when he saw that he was about to hang up again, he didn't dare to be presumptuous anymore, "Just tell me, was it you who instigated it?"
"Xiaogang is leaving, what does it have to do with me? How many years have you worked in your company? Don't you know what kind of character you have?
I told you a long time ago that you are not destined to be in business. You always fail to understand your own position and insist on making trouble.
Xiaogang wants to go to a bigger stage, and you are blocking him. What's going on?
Don't always think too highly of yourself and think that Xiaogang can't live without you. If your script is really that good, why didn't it get such a high box office before?
I have been too lazy to talk to you in the past two years. Look at yourself, what have you become?
I haven't seen you write many novels, but you've been to many bars and nightclubs and had a great time with your mistress. Have you ever thought about your wife and children?
If you call me about this kind of thing again, don't blame me for humiliating you."
Lin Weimin criticized Wang Shuo bluntly, and before Wang Shuo on the other end of the phone could retort, he hung up the phone.
Yesterday afternoon, Feng Xiaogang laid his cards on the table with Wang Shuo and Peng Xiaolin, saying that he planned to quit Good Dream Company and join Wenhua Films.
Wang Shuo was immediately furious. In his opinion, Feng Xiaogang had always been his little brother. Now that Feng Xiaogang had become successful thanks to his influence, he wanted to leave him alone to work alone. What a piece of shit!
He got angry with Feng Xiaogang, but Feng Xiaogang felt guilty and did not argue with him.
Wang Shuo was furious and called Yu Dong to question him. Yu Dong just hummed and hawed and spoke a few official words to him and ignored Wang Shuo.
After Yu Dong received Wang Shuo's call, he called Lin Weimin to inform him.
Early this morning, Wang Shuo called. He came in with an attitude of calling for accusation. Lin Weimin didn't tolerate him and simply put the microphone aside and left him alone for a while.
If it weren't for the face of their long-time friendship, he wouldn't have answered the call.
After scolding Wang Shuo, Lin Weimin met with several subordinates who came to report.
Reporting work is a face-saving project, but he can't stop it. If you don't let your subordinates report, they will start to have wild thoughts.
After a busy morning, after lunch in the cafeteria, Lin Weimin took Zhao Xin, the assistant to the president, out.
When his subordinates report to him, he also has to report to his leader.
President Lin may be a bit of a prick, but he still follows the rules most of the time.
When he arrived at the office and met his leader, he first reported on the achievements made by the Guowen Publishing House this year.
The Press and Publication Administration changed its leader. The new leader’s surname was Yu. Lin Weimin saw off another leader.
After listening to Guowen Press's achievements this year, Director Yu was in a good mood. He encouraged Lin Weimin a few words, and then asked in detail about Guowen Press's full copyright operation plan.
It has been nearly two years since this plan was proposed, and Guowen Publishing House has fulfilled its original promise bit by bit, but from the outside, we don't know the details.
It was a good thing that the leader was curious, as it proved that he valued them. Lin Weimin patiently explained the inside story to Yu Shu. After listening, the leader nodded slightly and said affirmatively: "Your idea is very good. I think it has great potential."
At this point, the leader burst out laughing. "That's not right. This year, the net profit of the film and television company has surpassed your old business. It should be said that there is great potential for development."
Lin Weimin smiled and said, "This business is indeed developing well, but our Chinese Literature Society is facing many problems now."
After taking credit, it's time to complain. Only the crying child gets the milk. President Lin has understood this truth since he was a child.
"You should have noticed when I was reporting just now that the growth rate of our publishing business has slowed down in the past two years, and there are even signs of shrinkage."
The leader nodded, and he did notice this.
But this is not a problem faced only by Guowen Publishing House. In fact, the publishing industry across the country is facing this problem.
The reasons are nothing more than two.
First, since the 1990s, the business boom in society has been getting stronger and stronger, and the reading culture that had been developed since the late 1970s has suddenly declined, with fewer readers than before.
The second is the rampant pirated books. The publishing industry is one of the industries most affected by piracy. There are many street vendors selling books, and almost 100% of the books they sell are pirated. Even many books sold in bookstores are pirated.
The rampant piracy is the result of a combination of factors, including low income, imperfect legal system, weak copyright awareness, lax law enforcement, etc.
This is not a problem that can be solved by one department alone, but a national condition.
Lin Weimin has worked in the publishing industry for so many years, how could he not understand the logic behind this? The leader was also very clear about this, but still listened to his statement quietly.
"The publishing industry is a traditional industry with a limited market. There are also various unfavorable factors that are hindering it. It is not easy to maintain the current development momentum!"
After telling his grievances, Lin Weimin sighed.
The leader watched his performance quietly without saying a word.
Seeing that the leader did not respond, he could only continue: "Leader, what do you think about our Guowen Press being transformed into a company?"
After hearing these words, the leader’s expression finally lost its composure.
"Enterprise transformation?"
These four short words, coupled with the leader's surprised expression, were enough to show his inner shock.
Guowen Press is not only a national publishing house, but also a public institution.
Since the reform and opening up began in 1978, China has proposed restructuring of many state-owned enterprises, collective enterprises and township enterprises, so this wave of reform is also called state-owned enterprise reform.
There have been some discussions about the reform of public institutions in recent years, but there is still a long way to go before public institutions can be transformed into enterprises. This was only gradually carried out in China after 2010.
However, in recent years, there have been moves to reform public institutions in China, but the steps have not been that big.
After 1978, domestic public institutions were allowed to generate income, many began to engage in commercial activities, and many fields began to allow non-state capital to enter.
For this purpose, the above regulations have been issued, including "Notice on Saving Non-Productive Expenditure and Opposing Waste", "Budget Lump-sum Contracting Methods for Cultural, Educational, Scientific, and Health Institutions and Administrative Organs", "Interim Provisions on Bonus Tax for Institutions", "Several Provisions on Financial Management of Institutions", and "Decision on Accelerating the Development of the Tertiary Industry".
Its most important purpose is to encourage public institutions to generate income and reduce financial allocations.
Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish. The country's approach is to proceed step by step. Lin Weimin made a shocking statement right from the start and directly mentioned the enterprise transformation and restructuring, which surprised the leaders.
"Are you the ones who can propose this kind of policy?" the leader said with a serious expression.
Lin Weimin said calmly: "Leader, we are also offering suggestions to the higher-ups. In fact, the higher-ups also hope to successfully complete the reform of public institutions. Our Guowen Press is willing to be the vanguard!"
The leader glared at him fiercely and said, "Stop trying to fool me. I understand now. No wonder everyone says you are the biggest troublemaker in the publishing industry."
"Leader, I am innocent. I am only doing this for the public good!"
Lin Weimin complained a few times and then started to instill his theories into the leader.
It is not complicated to say. It is just the same as the transformation of public institutions into enterprises in later generations. However, Guowen Press plans to develop in the direction of a cultural industry group.
The leader didn't stop him from talking. After listening for a long time, he didn't express his opinion and kicked him out.
Before leaving, he warned: "Keep your mouth shut. If I hear anything outside, I won't let you go!"
Lin Weimin assured solemnly, "Don't worry, leader. I have no other advantages except that I keep my mouth shut."
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