93. Chapter 92 Picture 89 The most critical moment
Chapter 92 Picture 89 The most critical moment
Recently, Jiang Shan always has several spy novels stacked on his desk. The reason is to create an atmosphere for writing spy novels.
Zhang Lu has been busy very late these two days. The first thing he did when he entered the house was: "Mom, have you bought today's "Pujiang Daily"?"
Zhang's mother was about to fall asleep, and then she remembered this: "When I went to the vegetable market, I saw a thick pile of them. When I turned around and asked again, they were all sold out."
"Oh," Zhang Lu hurriedly walked out of the house: "Next time, buy it as soon as you see it. I haven't bought a newspaper in several days."
"It's so late, where are you going?"
"I'll go to Erbao's house and ask."
When he came back, Zhang Lu held a copy of "Pujiang Daily" in his hand and didn't even raise his head when walking. Fortunately, he was familiar with the terrain at home.
Under the night in the same city, Ying Liangchen was still sitting at his desk reading the newspaper.
Tonight, he accidentally saw a copy of "Pujiang Daily" on his youngest daughter's desk.
Facing him face up was Jiang Shan's novel series "Latent".
Seeing that the name was quite unusual, Ying Liangchen scanned a few lines and couldn't move his eyes away.
After that, he simply took all the "Pujiang Daily" in his daughter's room and put them on his desk.
After sitting for a while, I finally saw the latest article.
[At this time, news came that Yan'an had been captured by the national army. Yu Zecheng and Cuiping were very uneasy and could only lie in wait.
Yan'an was occupied by the National Army, leaving some documents that were not destroyed in time.
Xie Ruolin, who is engaged in intelligence trading, accidentally bought some information about "Emei Peak" from others. He began to doubt the true identities of Yu Zecheng and Cuiping...]
Ying Liangchen looked at the newspaper in front of him, still wondering: "Why not destroy it in time? Throwing a grenade is also a good idea."
The voices of two daughters talking came from the outer room, and Ying Liangchen quickly shouted outside: "Ruhua, I will buy this "Pujiang Daily" tomorrow, so you don't have to buy any more."
"Dad, have you taken away all my newspapers?" Ying Ruhua opened the door and leaned in, smiling.
Her long, waterfall-like hair hangs loosely on her shoulders, and her smiling eyes make everyone feel like they are in the spring breeze.
"Dad found something good in the newspaper," said Ying Liangchen, his favorite daughter: "I will go to the newsstand early tomorrow morning."
…
December 23, early morning.
Dark green postman bicycles drove out of Pujiang Daily.
As the car bells rang, the day's "Pujiang Daily" began to spread out at major newsstands.
It is still as popular as usual, especially in the past half month, the newly released "Latent" has become a dark horse to maintain the popularity of "Pujiang Daily".
After several months of hard work on revision, I would like to intercept a random citizen in Pujiang City for an interview.
Which newspaper do you like to read the most? Most people will tell you: "Pujiang Daily".
The readers of "Pujiang Daily" who have begun to adapt to the new and revised editions, but after reading the serialization of the novel "Latent" today, they found a strange... stuff at the bottom of the fourth page of the newspaper.
[Warmly celebrate, the "Chunlei" brand high-end shampoo newly developed and launched by Pujiang Daily Chemical Factory No. 2.
This product is added with a variety of precious medicinal materials, and is a three-in-one advanced shampoo that combines hair beautifying, moisturizing, and hair growth effects...】
With a length of just 20 lines, the masses of this era saw the media's enthusiastic recommendation of a product in a newspaper for the first time.
Although it was only a quick glance, many citizens still remembered several concepts of shampoo: Chunlei, high-end, luxury, and three-in-one.
Director Cao of Pujiang Daily Chemical Factory and Section Chief He of the Business Department walked side by side to the warehouse filled with "Chun Lei" shampoo.
Director Cao held a copy of "Pujiang Daily" in his hand behind his back and looked at the boxes of "Spring Thunder" in the warehouse with a worried look on his face.
"Director, the advertisement has finally been published,"
In the early winter days, the backlog in this warehouse made Section Chief He sweat on his forehead: "I think it must be somewhat effective."
"It's really annoying," Director Cao shook his head: "The advertisement has been published in the newspaper, but it is also our last card. If it is still..."
Factory Director Cao didn't dare to say anything further, nor did he dare to think further: "Let's wait a few days before talking..."
At this moment, Section Chief Yuan of the Red Star Daily Chemical Factory was also standing in the factory director's office holding a copy of "Pujiang Daily".
"Director Hong, I saw it early this morning," Section Chief Yuan laughed: "This is an advertisement. At that time, the leader of this newspaper personally came to my office to sell it."
"Oh?" Director Hong looked at him: "Why didn't you agree to him then?"
Chief Yuan shook his head: "Who knows if it will be effective? I asked them if they could guarantee sales. They couldn't guarantee it themselves. They were just here to cheat money."
Director Hong thought about it carefully: "Yes, the purpose of spending money on advertising is to ensure sales."
At this moment, Chief Yuan’s calculations were going smoothly:
"Director, I have noticed that Pujiang Daily Chemical has already advertised it. Now let's see how their sales are. If it is good, then our Red Star Shampoo can also be used... Speaking of which, our factory's shampoo is still good.
It’s a dollar cheaper than them.”
Director Hong had a lawsuit on his forehead: "I really hope their factory can succeed this time. We are really losing money on this batch of products."
…
Speaking of the place with the most tense atmosphere, it must be Pujiang Daily.
Jiang Hai was sitting in the chief editor's office, saying that I wasn't nervous, but couldn't do any work, so he simply lit up a cigarette again.
The one with the same look as him is Jiang Shan, who also followed his boss back to the unit to report today.
At the most critical moment, Jiang Shan felt that he had to go through it together.
"Why is there still no movement?" Cai Wensheng, who was sitting nearby, asked.
Jiang Shan glanced at him: "What news do you want?"
Cai Wensheng felt that since we couldn't escape, it was better to come earlier: "Shouldn't the higher ups call us to criticize and educate us?"
Jiang Hai nodded: "Yes, I'm waiting to be scolded too. It's almost noon, why haven't you called yet?"
The more Cai Wensheng thought about it, the stranger he became: "Could it be that they haven't seen the advertisement in our newspaper yet?"
Jiang Shan also felt that things should not develop like this: "It is possible that our newspaper company is a small business, and the leaders above may not have noticed it."
Jiang Hai frowned: "That shouldn't be the case. Our recent movements are quite big."
Cai Wensheng looked at the boots that had not fallen down and became even more anxious: "How about I call them and remind them to take a look?"
Jiang Hai and Jiang Shan all looked at Editor Cai, and were... stunned.
At this moment, a series of phone ringtones appeared.
Jiang Hai was so shocked that his cigarette ashes dropped. Jiang Shan and Editor Cai also shook themselves reflexively.
In fact, each one is more nervous than the other.
"Hello~" Jiang Hai's voice was not nervous at all: "I am Jiang Hai from Pujiang Daily."
"Is this Comrade Jiang Hai?" The voice on the phone sounded particularly excited: "I am Shi Jian from Jie Fang Daily."
"Oh, hello Comrade Shi Jian," Jiang Hai covered the receiver and said silently to the two people beside him: Editor-in-Chief of Jie Fang Daily.
Shi Jian said on the phone: "Comrade Jiang Hai, I just saw the shampoo advertisement you published in Pujiang Daily today."
Then, there was no sound over there, and Jiang Hai said "hello" twice to the phone.
"I'm so sorry," Shi Jian's voice came out again: "After seeing this advertisement, I felt so excited."
Why did Jiang Hai feel that he was more excited than himself: "I feel the same way."
Shi Jian: "You may not know it yet, but our newspaper has actually prepared two advertisements, but as the editor-in-chief, I don't have the courage like you."
Jiang Hai was completely shocked: Good guy, the third child only told himself that "Wen Hui Daily" was preparing advertisements, but he didn't expect that "Jie Fang Daily" also had back-up plans.
Shi Jian said excitedly: "This advertisement in Pujiang Daily is of great historical significance. The glacier of advertising in our country began to be unblocked under the decision of Editor-in-Chief Jiang."
Jiang Hai was praised a bit too highly: "Editor-in-Chief Shi is serious. Launching commercial advertising is a matter that benefits the country and the people. You and I should work together."
Jiang Shan, who was holding the phone, gave the boss a thumbs up.
Just after Jiang Hai hung up the phone at "Jiefang Daily", the editor-in-chief of "Wenhui Daily" also called.
He said the same thing as Shi Jian.
Then, the advertisement published in "Pujiang Daily" drifted into the distance along with the radio waves.
Suddenly, "Yangcheng Morning News", "Worker Daily", "Tianjing Daily"... and even "Renmin Daily" called to inquire.
After learning that this is not the so-called news about the research and development results of the manufacturer, but a real advertisement.
They all congratulated Editor-in-Chief Jiang Hai and expressed their desire to learn from Pujiang Daily’s experience in page revision and advertising.
"Hey~" Jiang Hai hung up the phone of "Renmin Daily": "How could things develop like this? They all want to learn from me."
"It's a good thing," Jiang Shan was also surprised: "Maybe it's because of the conference that just concluded?"
Cai Wensheng felt that this could only be the reason: "No wonder the Municipal Propaganda Department asked us to set the date for publishing the advertisement on the 23rd. The superior leaders were wise."
Now that things had developed like this, Jiang Shan took out the payment receipt from his pocket that Editor-in-Chief Cai Wensheng had previously issued.
"Editor-in-chief Jiang," Jiang Shan handed it over with a smile: "Please sign your name so that I can go to the finance office to collect the manuscript fee."
Jiang Hai took the order: "90,000 words, 900 yuan?" After saying that, he looked at Cai Wensheng.
An official report from Cai Wensheng: "Comrade Jiang Shan's novella "Latent" is very popular with readers, so I set a standard fee of 10 yuan for 1,000 words for him."
In 1978, literary manuscript fees were still at the standard of 5 to 10 yuan per 1,000 words. Although famous writers were a different matter, as long as the manuscript fee exceeded 800 yuan, they had to pay a certain amount of party dues.
Some timid famous artists will even hand over all royalties exceeding 800 yuan.
"Don't write so many words at once," Jiang Hai picked up the pen and directly changed 9 to 8, and then said: "Settlement of the royalties for 80,000 words first, and the rest later."
Jiang Shan didn't know the secret inside, but he didn't ask any more questions: "Okay, let's count up to 80,000 words first."
Just when Jiang Shan received the payment bill, the phone on his desk rang again.
This time, Jiang Hai answered the phone calmly: "Hello, I am Jiang, the editor-in-chief of Pujiang Daily..."
"Comrade Jiang Hai," the voice on the phone rang loudly, so loud that neither Jiang Shan nor Cai Wensheng had to put their faces to each other.
"Can you still be the editor-in-chief?" The tone of the voice on the other end sounded unusual: "Do you know the nature of advertising in newspapers..."
