A few days later, Lin Xiaoguang waited, when Zhong Wenzhang and Ji Yun, the two owners of the Yue Instant Noodles Factory, reached an agreement and took over the factory at a price of 190,000 Hong Kong dollars.
At the same time, the daily sales of Oriental Daily exceeded 160,000. He and Zhong Wenzhang took all the remaining manuscripts and went directly to see Xu Jixin.
The commercial building where Oriental Daily is located has been extremely lively in the past month or two. Its own newspaper has once again become the sales champion in Hong Kong, and has completely crushed its old rival Ming Pao. At the same time, it has become the first newspaper in Hong Kong with a daily sales volume of more than 160,000 copies.
In one fell swoop, it established the dominance of Oriental Daily News.
This has made employees highly motivated, sales have steadily increased, advertising revenue has increased, and employee benefits have been improved accordingly.
Not only that, when others found out that they were employees of Oriental Daily, they would either give a thumbs up to express their awesomeness, or express jealousy in a sour tone. As for employees of other newspapers, their emotions were particularly complicated.
In this way, not only will you get more money, but you will also gain twice as much face, not to mention feel warmer.
When Lin Xiaoguang came to the newspaper office, he couldn't help laughing when he saw the employees of Oriental Daily working enthusiastically. The employees only received meager salaries, but the boss received truly immeasurable profits.
There is no comparison between the sky and the earth.
When he entered the newspaper office, no one else took him seriously. They took one look and then looked away.
Lin Xiaoguang didn't take it seriously. He had made an agreement with the people from Oriental Daily that he would only contact Mingbo and keep his identity confidential. Therefore, whether they were fans of Xiangjiang Changanjun or employees of several major newspapers, only a handful of people knew his identity.
When he saw Mingbo, he was surrounded by many people, asking for information about Lord Chang'an.
Mingbo has been very proud of himself recently and often shows off this matter to others. However, he has received instructions from the editor-in-chief and Lin Xiaoguang about Chang'an Jun's true identity, so naturally he does not dare to say it, and he endures extraordinary hardships.
"I borrowed it, I borrowed it..." Lin Xiaoguang squeezed someone away and slipped in like a loach.
Mingbo was saying proudly: "The Lord of Chang'an is a handsome man, with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, majestic weapons, jade trees facing the wind, and suave and elegant man. In ancient times, there was Lord Xinling, and now there is Lord Chang'an.
It’s like this outside…”
Just as he was talking, he caught a glimpse of Lin Xiaoguang and was stunned for a moment, then pushed away the people around him: "It's all gone, it's all gone, the editor-in-chief is here, I'm going to work."
Suddenly, the birds and beasts disappeared.
He ran a few steps, catching up with Lin Xiaoguang, and then led him to the editor-in-chief's office. He rang the door for him. There was a voice coming in from the lamp, so he opened the office door for him, then nodded and bowed.
Said: "Mr. Lin, if you have anything, just call me."
"Okay." Lin Xiaoguang smiled politely, then walked into the office and looked at Xu Jixin: "Editor-in-Chief Xu, you're fine!"
Xu Jixin was still signing documents. When he heard his voice, he looked up, closed the pen cap and documents, and said with a smile: "This morning the magpie called the door. I asked what good things happened. It turned out that a distinguished guest came to the door. Mr. Lin, please sit down.
Please take a seat."
"I heard that Mr. Lin likes to drink tea. As usual, I'll make the tea."
As a guest, Lin Xiaoguang did not stop him and smiled: "Editor-in-Chief Xu is too polite."
While picking up the purple clay pot to make tea, Xu Jixin said with a smile: "Thanks to Mr. Tolin, the daily sales volume of the newspaper has exceeded 160,000 for the first time. I, the editor-in-chief, am also proud of it. You don't know, the boss wants to find someone."
Thank you for the opportunity."
"Really? Just as it happens, I also have something to do. I'm afraid that you, the editor-in-chief, can't make the decision, so I also want to meet your boss."
Hearing this, Xu Jixin couldn't help but pause as he poured the tea, then smiled and asked, "I don't know what it is. Even I, the editor-in-chief, can't make the decision."
"Editor-in-Chief Xu, let me tell you directly. I need money recently and would like to advance part of the manuscript fee."
"How much is the advance?" Xu Jixin shook his head and chuckled.
"All the rest."
"Ahem..." Xu Jixin was suddenly choked and was very surprised.
Ever since he learned that he was from the mainland, Xu Jixin was amazed at his talent, but he didn't pay much attention to other aspects, and even looked down upon him. Now that he heard him say this, he subconsciously thought that he was short of ten thousand yuan, at most a little over one hundred thousand.
He didn't expect that he would predict everything all at once.
"Mr. Lin, are you serious?"
"Of course, I'm short of money recently."
"However, we agreed before that we would serialize part of it and then pay the royalties for this part."
"That's why I came to the door to discuss this matter with Editor-in-Chief Xu. I know it's against the rules, but I'm short of money and I have three urgent needs. There's nothing I can do, otherwise I wouldn't come to the door."
Xu Jixin said in his heart, you don't look like you are asking for help at all, but you look like you are here to ask for a debt, and you are confident.
"We still don't know the sales volume of newspapers in the future, and there is no way to calculate the subsequent royalties."
"Editor Xu, do you believe that Datang Shuanglong can increase the daily sales of Oriental Daily to more than 170,000 copies?" Lin Xiaoguang did not answer, but asked another matter.
“It takes 6 days from 120,000 to 130,000, 9 days from 130,000 to 140,000, 15 days from 140,000 to 150,000, 21 days from 150,000 to 160,000.
In another month, it will almost exceed 170,000, so of course I believe it." Xu Jixin calculated and couldn't help but nodded.
"Editor Xu, do you believe that 180,000 copies can be achieved?"
"this……"
"At that time, it will not be 500 for 1,000 words, but 600 for 1,000 words. It may even be higher in the future, and your company will have to pay hundreds of thousands or even millions of Hong Kong dollars more."
Lin Xiaoguang talked eloquently: "How about this? Let's settle all the royalties at 500 per thousand words. No matter whether it exceeds 200,000 or 300,000 in the future, it has nothing to do with me. Let's buy it out directly.
Is this okay?"
Xu Jixin was stunned and said nothing.
Regarding the two and a half million Hong Kong dollar royalties, he had to be cautious. After thinking about it, he finally said: "Although it is not in line with the rules, for the sake of Mr. Lin, I will ask the boss for instructions and see if he can
Whatever your opinion is, if he agrees, then my producer also agrees."
"Okay, Chief Editor Xu, please do as you please!"
Xu Jixin saw that Lin Xiaoguang wanted him to ask for instructions now. He had seen people in a hurry, but never in such a hurry. He shook his head and said helplessly: "Mr. Lin, please wait a moment. I'll be back soon."
After that, he left.
Lin Xiaoguang drank tea leisurely and waited for a long time before Xu Jixin came back slowly.
Xu Jixin originally thought that he would take the initiative to ask in such a hurry, but to his surprise, he didn't even get up while sitting, as if he really regarded the office as his, and he was actually a bit anti-customer.
Shaking his head helplessly, he said: "This matter is not impossible."