"Uncle Zhong, is this statistic correct? The real sales volume is close to 60,000?" Chen Kui said incredulously, holding a list in his hand.
"That's right." Liu Wenzhong smiled.
Liu Wenzhong is the current editor-in-chief of Ming Pao, the founder of Ming Pao, and the second largest shareholder. He is about the same age as Hong Zhennan. He wears a pair of black-rimmed glasses and has short black and white hair. He has a scholarly temperament and is very energetic.
The reason why we say "real sales" is because there is also a "fake sales".
Although it is a bit embarrassing, this is the fact. Nowadays, every newspaper office in Hong Kong will add water to the data in order to make the data look good, and the sales volume can easily reach six figures. According to Liu Wenzhong's speculation, the current number of people reading newspapers in Hong Kong
, are not necessarily 100,000. From this, we can also see how scary Mingpao's sales of nearly 60,000 are, which is why Chen Kui was so surprised when he saw this data.
In fact, the trick is to give away newspapers. The more conscientious ones buy one and get one free. The most exaggerated ones are buy one and get 10,000 yuan. The data is seriously inflated. Everything is done for the sake of good-looking data. Nowadays, most newspapers in Hong Kong are
It’s a money-losing place and its reputation as a cultural desert is well-deserved.
Fortunately, Ming Pao has started to make money. Although it is not much, it is extremely rare.
"This is also thanks to your The Legend of the Ming Heroes. It has been serialized to the climax of the end in the past two days, so we can have this sales volume. When the novel is finished next week, the data will go down again. If it can be stabilized at 30,000, then
Even if it succeeds," Liu Wenzhong said.
"The Legend of the Heroes of the Ming Dynasty" is a martial arts novel written by Chen Kui based on the background of Qi Jiguang's fight against the Japanese. The protagonist is Qi Jiguang. It is the third martial arts novel serialized by Chen Kui and the first full-length novel.
The title of "Father of the New School of Martial Arts Novels" has now fallen to Chen Kui. He has his own group of fans of martial arts novels and receives hundreds of letters from readers every day. However, unfortunately, these fans
Most of them are rough men and there are no pretty girls.
"Uncle Zhong, you are urging me to finish the manuscript." Chen Kui said with a smile.
"Yes, that's what I mean." Liu Wenzhong nodded directly.
Last year, after Chen Kui became the majority shareholder of Ming Pao, he carried out a drastic reform of Ming Pao. From the layout to the content, everything was completely new. The quality of the newspaper was also improved a lot. However, the cultural atmosphere in Hong Kong is not strong yet, and the sales volume
Hit the ceiling.
Although the reform has helped Ming Pao get out of trouble, the readers are still limited. After all, the upper limit of the number of people who can read the newspaper is there. Judging from the current situation, what really attracts a large number of readers is still Chen Kui's serialized martial arts novels. This is from the daily
It can be seen from the letters received by the newspaper that half of the recipients are Chen Kui.
"To be honest with Uncle Zhong, the outline has actually been completed. I will start writing in a few days," Chen Kui said.
"Or martial arts?"
"Yes, but this time I made a small change. I plan to combine martial arts and suspense reasoning."
"Suspense reasoning and martial arts?"
"Yes, I plan to write about Di Renjie, Detective Di Renjie."
"Suspense?" Liu Wenzhong frowned slightly, thinking secretly in his mind whether he should persuade Chen Kui. It's not that he doesn't trust Chen Kui's ability, but that he feels there is no need to innovate now, it is too risky, and he continues to write martial arts.
, relatively safe.
There is another reason left over from history, and that is the dark history of detective themes in Hong Kong newspapers. As mentioned earlier, before Chen Kui, Hong Kong newspapers did not serialize novels. In fact, there were serial novels in newspapers at the beginning, and they were detectives.
As for the novel, the result was that the newspapers that serialized the novel closed down because the writing was too rubbish, and eventually the serialized novel and the newspaper parted ways.
"Uncle Zhong, don't worry. I'm writing multiple stories, which are independent of each other. If the market is not good at that time, I won't write it." Chen Kui said.
Chen Kui is naturally confident that he can write the novel well, but this kind of thing cannot be explained clearly. Rather than waste time explaining, it is better to let the facts speak for themselves when the time comes.
"That's good, that's good." Hearing Chen Kui's explanation, Liu Wenzhong was relieved. Now that Ming Pao's reputation has been established, he can fully withstand one or two failures. Even if he fails once, he will write about martial arts again.
You won't lose too many readers.
"Di Renjie, is that Tang Dynasty Prime Minister Di Renjie who has many peaches and plums all over the world?" Liu Wenzhong asked. Liu Wenzhong did not find it strange that a real historical figure was used as the protagonist. The protagonist of "The Heroes of the Ming Dynasty" is Qi Jiguang.
"Yes, that's him."
"Since it is a detective theme, why not write about Bao Zheng? There is also Zhan Zhao, which is easier to develop." Liu Wenzhong asked.
Nowadays, not many people would associate "Detective" with "Di Renjie". There is no place for Di Renjie in the family of detectives yet, but Bao Zheng is very famous. When the Dutch writer Goperot wrote it, it spread around the world and was translated into ten
The situation will change only after several versions of "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty" without language are published.
"There are too many stories about Bao Zheng, which are boring to write. Bao Zheng has the Royal Cat Zhan Zhao, and Di Renjie has the Qianniu Guard General Li Yuanfang."
"Li Yuanfang?"
"Yes." Chen Kui nodded with a smile, and that classic conversation could not help but appear in his mind.
Fatty Di: Yuanfang, what do you think?
Li Yuanfang: Sir, I think there is something fishy about this matter!
"A fictional character." Seeing that Liu Wenzhong seemed to be thinking about this character, Chen Kui explained: "Strong martial arts, careful mind, Di Renjie's assistant."
"Now that you have written the outline, start writing quickly and bring it to me on Sunday for a quick look." Liu Wenzhong said.
"Sunday?" Chen Kui was stunned. In principle, the newspaper office does not work on Sundays, and Chen Kui, the hands-off shopkeeper, will not come over. On a normal working day, Chen Kui will only be at the newspaper office for half a day at most.
: The quieter home allows you to write better.
"Didn't Sister Lan tell you?" Liu Wenzhong asked.
"What are you talking about?" Chen Kui looked confused. The "Sister Lan" Liu Wenzhong mentioned was his third aunt, Yang Xiaolan.
"Sister Lan asked me to introduce you to a good girl. She is very pretty. She just came to Hong Kong at the beginning of this year and studied at Maryknoll Convent School. She is also good at writing articles. Our newspaper has also published her short articles. I read
The girl is a good match for you, I will arrange for you two to meet on Sunday." Liu Wenzhong said.
"what?"
Chen Kui had basically forgotten about the blind date mentioned by his third aunt more than a year ago. Unexpectedly...
I was caught off guard.
"Remember to bring the manuscript with you when the time comes, otherwise you won't be able to see the girl, and you will definitely regret it." Liu Wenzhong said with a smile.
"That's best."
Of course, Chen Kui could only say these three words in his heart, he did not dare to say them out loud.
…
"Brother Hao, that's him."
Chen Kui left the newspaper office without realizing it. As soon as he left the newspaper office, he was targeted by a group of people.