In the conference room, all the participants had a paper investigation report in their hands. The person currently speaking was a middle-aged man in his late forties wearing black-rimmed glasses. He was holding a red palm-sized book in his hand. "Junior High School Algebra Volume 1".
"Everyone, the book I'm holding in my hand must be familiar to everyone."
The middle-aged man looked around, paused, turned over the book in his hand, and pointed to the line of small print on the book's price.
“This book is priced at just a dime.”
"but!"
Speaking of this, the Zhongnan man's tone suddenly became three points higher.
"The profits from such a thin book are astonishing, with profits as high as one hundred thousand a month!"
"Compared to the fool melon seeds, there is a huge difference!"
"The topic of today's meeting is to discuss this book. I hope everyone can speak freely."
'Silly Melon Seeds' is a melon seed brand founded by Nian Guangjiu, a self-employed businessman in Wuhu City, with a monthly turnover of more than 30,000 yuan. As early as the year before last, the reputation of Silly Melon Seeds had spread to the ears of Zhongyang.
After the old man saw the investigation report, he affirmed the development of the individual economy and expressed that he should 'put it aside' and 'take a look' at the debate over whether some people were named 'capital' or 'social'.
Foolish Guazi also became famous because of the old man's personal roll call. Logically speaking, with the precedent of Foolish Guazi, the Dime Books series should follow the usual practice of giving it a cold treatment.
But the profits of the Dime Book Series are so astonishing that they pale into insignificance when compared to the two.
As soon as the middle-aged man finished speaking, a man with thick hair and a Chinese character raised his hand to indicate that he had something to say.
"Cough! Cough!"
"I personally feel that the release of the Dime Book Series will have a positive effect on the current economy, especially the book publishing industry."
"First of all, it is very cheap, high-quality and low-priced, and is very popular among the masses. Otherwise, it would be impossible to break the sales record of the fastest single volume sales of a teaching aid book exceeding one million."
"Secondly, because of the existence of the Dime Book Series, it will further stabilize and lower the price of similar teaching aids, which will play a positive role in basic education."
“Once again, it adds nearly 10,000 yuan in monthly tax revenue to the country.”
"At the same time, it has provoked competition. Dime Books has entered the teaching aid book publishing market, which has a great promotion effect not only on private enterprises, but also on state-owned publishing houses. If other publishing houses cannot find ways to improve quality and reduce costs, then It will definitely affect the operation of the publishing house.”
"Finally, I would like to quote something an old man said. You can put it aside and take a look."
After the Chinese-faced man finished speaking, many people present showed thoughtful expressions, but one woman among them immediately expressed her objection.
"Forgive me for not agreeing with Comrade Anwar's point of view. We cannot confuse the problem of idiot melon seeds with the problem of the dime book series."
"Under the conditions of a commodity economy, it is still possible for currency to be converted into capital. Judging from current data, Han Chunming's annual income can be around one million. This amount of money has far exceeded the value of a small and medium-sized factory. A large amount of currency, if not managed, will inevitably lead to the birth of capital." Lingdu e-book
"In addition, according to regulations, the Dime Series cannot obtain a publication ISBN. Although the report records discussions on the approval of ISBNs, the details are still open to discussion."
"Among them, are there any violations, has anyone opened a back door, is there an exchange of improper benefits?"
"There is another point that deserves attention. According to the survey, the first batch of printed copies of the Dime Series is 2 million copies. Everyone, it is 2 million copies!"
"Even at the lowest production cost, which is 5 cents per copy, the printing fee is 100,000 yuan. This is a huge sum of money. How can Han Chunming, a recent graduate, get so much money?"
"Of course, there is another point. Although the editors in this book are all written by one person, is there any ghostwriting? If so, how many are the actual number of editors, and whether the number of employees exceeds the number stipulated by national policy."
This woman's speech was very to the point, and every point was to the point. These issues were sensitive areas at the time.
However, some issues, such as the source of funds, were obviously over-worried by her. This does not mean that what she said was wrong, but that it was caused by information asymmetry.
After all, this report only contains the ins and outs of the Dime Book Series, and some of Li Jie’s previous affairs are not shown on it.
What the Chinese character face and the middle-aged woman said are not unreasonable. Some people agree with the Chinese character face's view of "let it go", while others insist that it should be "investigated".
Both parties had a heated discussion on this.
Of course, this is limited to discussion, and no one will take further action without authorization.
However, sometimes, things always develop beyond people's expectations.
Two days later, an article titled "The Right and Wrong of the Dime Book Series" was published in a newspaper. The article introduced in detail the entire process of the birth of the Dime Book Series, affirming its contribution and raising my own concerns.
As soon as the report came out, public opinion exploded!
Most people focus on making tens of thousands of dollars a month. In this era when the per capita salary is tens of dollars, making tens of thousands of dollars a month is simply unimaginable!
Not to mention tens of thousands, just 10,000 yuan. A dual-income family of five cannot save so much money in ten years.
Although the article only briefly mentioned that the issue of profit was not the focus of the entire article, this exaggerated figure caused an uproar in public opinion.
Because of this, this report was reprinted by major media in a very short period of time, and the Dime Book Series instantly aroused the attention and discussion of people across the country.
For a time, the question of whether one's surname is 'capital' or 'social' has once again been pushed to the forefront of public opinion.
As the editor of the Dime Book Series, Li Jie became the focus of people across the country in just a few days.
To put it simply, he was on the hot search again, and because of the huge profits, the popularity this time was many times higher than before.
The release of this report caught the participants off guard. They did not expect that this matter would be exposed by reporters first, and that it would come so quickly.
Nowadays, public opinion across the country is almost overwhelmingly critical. If a self-employed person can earn tens of thousands a month, then he has to earn hundreds of thousands a year. An ordinary worker cannot earn that much money in a lifetime.
A self-employed person can actually make so much money in a year. If the individual economy is really fully liberalized, will we still be a ZY society?
Facing the pressure of public opinion from all sides, the officials suddenly fell into a passive position.
