In the chief editor's office, Chief Editor Zhai, Zhong Wenzhang, and Lin Xiaoguang were sitting together drinking tea. The atmosphere was not very harmonious, but it was passable.
"Xiaoguang, the situation in the country has been a bit serious in the past two years. On the border between Guangdong and Hong Kong, there are many people fleeing Hong Kong. There are also bad phenomena in other places. People go abroad, immigrate, worship foreigners, and many people start to look at money.
I can actually understand that you want to make money." Editor-in-Chief Zhai did not criticize him as soon as they met, but had a heart-to-heart talk.
Lin Xiaoguang was about to speak when Editor-in-Chief Zhai waved his hand: "The price quoted by Oriental Daily is three hundred per thousand words. We really can't compare. Let's compare the prices between two companies. A five-million-word novel is really calculated at five hundred per thousand words. Two hundred."
One and a half million Hong Kong dollars, to tell you the truth, I am very excited."
"In the past, our Xiangjiang Commercial Daily was the first to rise to prominence because of its supplementary serialization of Heroes. Currently, its daily sales exceed 100,000. Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po are extremely envious."
"At that time, they also wanted to ask you for a manuscript, but I stopped them. Xiaoguang, do you know why?"
Lin Xiaoguang answered honestly: "I was still a student at that time, still in China, and the general climate had not yet reformed and opened up. The main problem was this. Editor-in-Chief, you protected me. Next, you were afraid of having too many manuscripts and worrying about my studies, right?"
"Yes, that's it. Xiaoguang, you are very smart and you can tell the truth at once." Chief Editor Zhai smiled.
"Now the climate has changed a lot, and you have graduated. Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po are currently not selling well, and their supplements have not improved. They really have no choice, so they asked me for help. There are only a few good writers in Xiangjiang, and they have all been replaced by Oriental Daily.
Ming Pao and Sing Tao Daily won over."
"There are many writers in China, but their creative styles are not suitable for Xiangjiang. There is nothing I can do about it. Now I am asking for your help. How about you take the time to write two works and give them to them?"
Seeing that Lin Xiaoguang wanted to speak again, Editor-in-Chief Zhai was afraid that he would refuse, so he added: "Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po are the mouthpieces of the party and the country, and they are the public opinion positions in Hong Kong. They must be protected. If they cannot maintain the public opinion positions, Hong Kong will completely become the British
It’s human.”
Lin Xiaoguang could no longer refuse this kind of moral kidnapping.
He immediately expressed his position: "Editor Zhai, don't worry, I can still produce these two works, which may increase the sales of the two newspapers. However, the newspapers cannot always rely on me. They still need to discover new talents from Xiangjiang, and also
You can rely on China to find some works that suit the taste of Xiangjiang."
"As far as I know, there are some science fiction works that are very good. This aspect is quite controversial in China, but there is no problem if it is released in Hong Kong."
Editor-in-Chief Zhai was very pleased when he heard that he had agreed, and said with a smile: "I did not misjudge you, Xiaoguang, you are a good comrade. I will ask them to study your opinions in depth and see how to operate them."
"But when will you be able to produce your work?"
Lin Xiaoguang thought for a while and said: "I will be a little busy recently and may not have time. I have only written part of some of the works I wrote before, and I will continue to write them slowly. If they don't dislike it, I can bring it over another day."
Editor-in-Chief Zhai was immediately very happy and nodded repeatedly: "It's good to have it, it's good to have it. Don't worry about the manuscript fee. Now with the reform and opening up, we can't get 500 words for 1,000 words, but it's a little higher than Mingpao. 1,000 words
One hundred, they can still agree to it, so you can absolutely rest assured in this aspect."
"This time, I owe you a favor, and Old Geng and Lao Zou also owe you a favor. If there is something you can't solve, come to us three old men and we will solve it for you."
Editor-in-Chief Zhai was very cheerful.
Lin Xiaoguang was excited now. These three old men in their 60s and 70s are all national treasures of the Republic. They are placed in the Central Propaganda Department of the Ministry of Culture and enjoy the treatment of deputy ministers. With their support, he will be in the cultural propaganda department in the future.
Fields can go sideways.
He smiled, pretended to be shy, and said shyly: "Actually, I really have one thing that I want to trouble you with!"
"What's the matter? Tell me!" Chief Editor Zhai waved his hand.
"Didn't I graduate from Tsinghua this summer? I want to study for a local master's degree in Hong Kong, such as the University of Hong Kong or the Chinese University of Hong Kong, or any school."
"I thought you wanted us to do something, but I didn't expect it to be this."
Editor-in-Chief Zhai was greatly surprised for a moment: "Xiaoguang, I saw you right, you are a good comrade. Although money is more important, a gentleman loves money in a proper way, and you implement it conscientiously."
"It's a good thing to love learning, and that's okay. The country attaches great importance to education and is discussing with the United States about studying abroad at public expense. Hong Kong is not involved yet, but one day, domestic students will go to Hong Kong to study." Chief Editor Zhai said.
Here, I couldn't help but feel a little excited: "You can be regarded as opening up a never-before-traveled path for domestic students to study in Hong Kong."
"Don't worry, even if we fight like this, the three of us will work together to find patriotic Hong Kong businessmen and celebrities in the cultural and educational circles in Hong Kong, and we will work hard to promote this matter."
Lin Xiaozi was really moved at this moment, his eyes were slightly red: "Editor-in-Chief, if something cannot be done, let's forget it."
Editor-in-Chief Zhai waved his hand and said seriously: "This is not your business alone. It is a major issue related to the development of the country's overseas education. Every time we send a publicly funded international student to the United States, it costs tens of thousands of dollars, but if we change
Cheng Xiangjiang, spending much less Hong Kong dollars, can send four times more students."
"If the three of us can't handle this matter, then I will go to Chen Central and Minister Jiang from the Ministry of Education."
"Ok, deal."
Lin Xiaoguang left the Xiangjiang Commercial Daily, and then handed over two novels, one "Buddha Is the Tao" and one "Zhu Xian", which only had less than 300,000 words, and were not enough for later generations to put on the website.
To Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po for serialization in supplements.
The former is a great novel, and the latter is a fairy tale. They should be able to cause a sensation, increase newspaper sales, and increase their influence among the citizens of Hong Kong.
But as a result, Oriental Daily's sales may decline.
But there was nothing he could do.
Even if the current 1,000 words are 300, he is still making money. If, because of these two novels, Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po, the two newspapers, both have daily sales of more than 100,000, or even more than 150,000, by then, the daily sales will exceed 100,000.
Zuopai newspaper has three copies.
You must know that there are only four newspapers with a daily sales volume of more than 100,000 copies in Hong Kong, namely Ming Pao, Sing Tao Daily, Oriental Daily, namely Xiangjiang Commercial Daily.
In other words, the future public opinion position, together with Xiangjiang Commercial News and Zuopai Newspaper, will occupy half of it.
This is a good result. It has never been so good since the June 7th riots.
Of course, the results haven't come out yet, and he is just imagining it now. The day after the manuscript was handed over to the two newspapers, there was no news from Chief Editor Zhai, but there was good news from Luo Yaoguo.
"Xiao Guang, the general manager agrees to the plan of one hundred convenience stores and will invest an additional 500,000 Hong Kong dollars."
Luo Yaoguo stared at him closely and said: "He has only one request, which is to succeed without failure. To use the name of Huarun Wanjia, or in other words, to use the name of Huarun, tell the business community in Xiangjiang that Huarun is going to transform.