Chapter 200: Sales Volume That Makes People Look Away
Qin Wenhui is not someone who can keep secrets.
On Saturday night, he and Fang Yuning went home for dinner, and happened to meet Fang Yuanfeng and Fang Yuqing who were also going home for dinner.
Fang Yuqing pouted, looking unhappy.
In fact, she didn't even want to go home today.
But under Cheng Xuyuan's persuasion, she had to come back.
"Wenhui, what have you been busy with recently?" Fang Yuanfeng grew up with Qin Wenhui, so he had a pretty good attitude towards his brother-in-law.
What's more, they have a lot in common with each other.
In the Fang family, Qin Wenhui was very afraid of Fang Gengsheng. If he could be lazy and not come, he would definitely not come.
But coming to his father-in-law's house for dinner was something that had been planned long ago, and he didn't dare not come.
Hearing Fang Yuanfeng's words, he smiled and said, "Some people came from Hong Kong recently. We were responsible for receiving them. Now the matter has been completed."
Fang Yuanfeng smiled and said, "Wenhui, I heard that our companions over there are not having an easy time!"
Qin Wenhui nodded and said, "This time I received a deputy editor-in-chief from Jinwanbao, who came here to collect manuscripts."
"We hope that with the help of our works, we can help their newspaper regain some readers."
Fang Yuanfeng asked: "What was the result?"
"He was not very satisfied with most of the works, and the prices he offered were not high. It was obvious that they were short of money."
At this point, he turned to Fang Yuanfeng and said, "In the past, I always thought that Xiao Cheng was quite humble, but last time I discovered that he is very proud in his bones."
When Fang Yuanfeng heard Qin Wenhui talk about Cheng Xuyuan, he frowned.
To be honest, he really doesn't like Cheng Xuyuan.
Even though his marriage was just a marriage certificate, he is a married man after all.
And I can't get a divorce recently.
This is really...
Fang Yuning hurriedly asked, "Why is he so proud?"
Seeing that his wife was interested, Qin Wenhui briefly explained the matter, and then said, "Cheng Xuyuan's "Things about the Ming Dynasty" can obviously make a stable amount of money, about 20,000 Hong Kong dollars."
"But he just wouldn't listen and insisted on signing a contract that was very disadvantageous to him."
"Although his book looks good to me, according to what Mr. Lin said, it is basically impossible to break the 20 yuan per thousand words he offers."
Twenty thousand Hong Kong dollars.
Although it is a little less when converted into great unity, it is still a number that people look up to.
In the Fang family, Fang Gengsheng's salary was not low and his benefits were good, but he still couldn't come up with so much money.
Fang Yuning immediately asked: "Then why didn't you stop him?"
"This is a loss of more than 17,000 Hong Kong dollars. How much can you buy with this money?"
Listening to his wife's blame, Qin Wenhui said with grievance: "Yu Ning, I told him twice, but he just wouldn't listen."
"He insists on signing it this way, what can I do?"
At this time, Meng Fanjin also came out of the kitchen and said, "This Xiao Cheng is a little too proud!"
"Such a large sum of money, and you didn't even bother to discuss it with Yuqing."
Fang Yuqing blushed and said, "Mom, Xuyuan told me about this."
"He said he believed that this would earn him more than twenty dollars per thousand words."
Fang Yuning said: "You believe everything he says? Do you still have your own judgment?"
Fang Yuqing said: "I think it's a good thing that he has confidence in himself."
Hearing this, Fang Yuning was speechless.
My sister's eyes are full of Cheng Xuyuan. I'm sure she will be controlled by Cheng Xuyuan in the future.
Just then, Fang Gengsheng, looking somewhat irritable, walked out of the room.
He glanced at Qin Wenhui, and then said calmly: "Money is good, but confidence in yourself is more important."
"You, you should learn from Cheng Xuyuan in this regard."
Qin Wenhui didn't expect that his father-in-law would say such a thing to him right away. Although he was not very happy in his heart, he could only listen.
"Okay, let's get ready to eat."
Seeing that her son-in-law Qin Wenhui was a little embarrassed, Meng Fanjin quickly smiled and changed the subject.
Fang Gengsheng glanced at Fang Yuqing and said in a serious tone: "Yuqing, you need to pay attention to Cheng Xuyuan's affairs."
"As long as he doesn't get divorced, you two can't get too close."
"Do you understand?"
Hearing this, Fang Yuqing felt very angry.
She said angrily: "Dad, Xuyuan and I are both upright and well behaved, what are you talking about!"
At this point, she couldn't help but complain: "There is nothing wrong with Xuyuan's divorce application, it's you who insisted on dragging it out!"
Fang Gengsheng looked at his angry daughter and was speechless.
While the Fang family was having dinner, the Shen family also gathered together for a rare dinner.
Shen Yunliang's house is more spacious than that of ordinary people, but with all his children gathered together, it still seems a bit crowded.
Especially the two little girls Chaoyun and Zhaoxia running around, making the house full of vitality.
Brothers Shen Yushu and Shen Yulin were chatting, while Li Yufei sat aside watching the morning clouds and sunrise.
Li Xueling, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, were cooking, while Shen Yunliang was reading a book.
"Yufei, I heard that Cheng Xuyuan refused the 20 yuan per thousand words from Hong Kong and asked for 3 yuan per thousand words. For every 10,000 additional copies of the newspaper, he would add 3 yuan per thousand words. Is this true?"
Shen Yushu asked Li Yufei with a hint of curiosity.
This news came from Yenching University, so naturally I had to ask Li Yufei.
Li Yufei had a smile on her face, but when she heard the news, her expression turned a little unhappy.
However, since it was her eldest brother who asked her this question, she had no choice but to answer.
So he said in a deep voice: "That's what happened."
"Our classmates all think Cheng Xuyuan is too proud, and some people think that what he does is a manifestation of self-confidence."
Shen Yushu said: "His book 'Things about the Ming Dynasty' is indeed well written. I heard that the print run of that historical publication has increased to 200,000. This should be his confidence."
Shen Yunliang listened to these discussions, frowned slightly and said: "This is someone else's business, let's not talk nonsense."
"Clean up and eat."
After hearing what his father said about other people's affairs, Shen Yushu couldn't help but look at Shen Yumo.
He felt sorry for his sister, such a capable and profitable husband was just handed over to someone else...
The Shen family’s dinner started soon.
However, during the meal, except for the two carefree children, everyone else remained silent, each with their own thoughts.
In Hong Kong, Lin Gengsheng sat in the small editorial office, feeling depressed.
Sales of their newspapers are still falling.
This is so, in addition to the fact that the content of their newspapers is too homogeneous, but also because the less income they have, the fewer people they employ.
Some news, of course, cannot be found.
As an attractive supplement, the magazine could not afford to pay the royalties of famous writers, so it had to look for manuscripts from Yenching University.
Although the price of the manuscript there is not high, but...
Looking at the sales volume of the past few days, he felt a little depressed. If the sales continued like this, the newspaper would have to close down in less than three months.
Although his salary is not high, he is the deputy editor-in-chief after all.
It may not be easy to find the same job again.
As thoughts flashed through his mind, Lin Gengsheng couldn't help but think of the young man he met in Yanjing.
A newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger! He insisted that I get my royalties based on the sales of the newspaper. I really don't know what he was thinking.
Just as all kinds of thoughts were running through his mind, he saw Xiao Zhong, a reporter from the newspaper, running over in a hurry.
Xiao Zhong says he is a reporter, but actually he does everything.
"What happened?" Seeing Xiao Zhong so anxious, Lin Gengsheng felt uneasy.
"Editor-in-Chief Lin, I just received a call saying... that our newspapers are sold out, and asked us to print more."
The newspapers are sold out! Lin Gengsheng glanced at the time. It was only nine o'clock in the morning, which meant that they had only been selling newspapers for an hour. How could they be sold out? He immediately said, "Xiao Zhong, are they kidding? It's only a few hours now, how could our newspapers be sold out?"
Seeing Lin Gengsheng's cold face, Xiao Zhong also said: "Editor-in-Chief Lin, I also think it is impossible."
"But the person on the other end of the phone said that all the newsstands were sold out, and there were still many people crowding around the newsstands to buy our newspapers. They asked you to print more as soon as possible!"
Hearing this, Lin Gengsheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's go and take a look."
Just as he was about to go out, a teenager rushed over.
Lin Gengsheng knew this kid. He was a newsboy who sold their newspapers and often hawked his wares near their newspaper office.
But recently, the child rarely takes their newspapers.
"Xiao Fei, is there anything wrong?" Lin Gengsheng had a good attitude towards this young child who came out to support his family.
The newsboy called Xiao Fei said, "Editor-in-Chief Lin, please give me more of your newspapers. I took a few more today, but the 200 copies were sold out very quickly."
“There are a lot of people waiting now!”
Hearing this, Lin Gengsheng asked, "Xiao Fei, do you know why those people are so eager to buy our newspapers?"
Xiao Fei scratched his head and said, "They...they said they wanted to watch "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty". I don't even know what "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is."
Hearing this, Lin Gengsheng immediately perked up.
He said to Xiaofei, "Xiaofei, go to the warehouse and get some newspapers. I remember there are still some over there."
"Xiao Zhong, let's go to the newsstand and have a look."
Near the "Today Evening News", there was a newsstand selling miscellaneous items. Lin Gengsheng often bought cigarettes here, so he was very familiar with the owner of the newsstand.
"Editor-in-Chief Lin, I was just looking for you! Please send me 500 more copies of your newspaper starting tomorrow. There are too many people buying them now, and there are simply not enough to sell."
Hearing this, Lin Gengsheng asked, "Boss Li, are our newspapers really selling so well now?"
"Editor-in-Chief Lin, not to mention those newspaper sellers, even I have been waiting for your newspaper to publish a new issue."
"Your "Those Things About the Ming Dynasty" is so good!"
"Do you have any manuscripts saved? Let me take a look in advance."
Hearing this, Lin Gengsheng laughed and said, "Boss Li, we are authors who write one issue each time and we publish one issue each time. How can we have any manuscripts in reserve?"
Having said that, he waved to Xiao Zhong and said, "Let's go and have a look somewhere else."
Half an hour later, Lin Gengsheng returned to the editorial office a little tired, but his expression was full of excitement.
Sales of our own newspaper began to take off.
According to preliminary statistics, the next issue will print 30,000 copies. It's only been a few days, and the number has increased so much.
It has been many years since we achieved this sales volume.
His heart was filled with joy and he wanted to find someone to share it with, so the first person he thought of was Cheng Xuyuan.
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