There are no airtight walls in government agencies.
The news that the designated book for the reading symposium was "The World is Flat" quietly spread among the official forums of Forty-Nine City, and many people behind the scenes had already rushed to get a copy.
What is good at the top will be bad at the bottom.
The 100,000 copies sold in advance were officially released on the 6th and were almost sold out. 72,000 copies were sold at once, and the remaining 28,000 copies could not withstand half a month of sales.
Not to mention that Feigou.com will also carry out book festival promotions on World Book Day.
"Mr. Lu, how much more will we print this time?"
Liu Edong couldn't believe that a 56-yuan book called "The World is Flat" could sell so well.
The turnover alone is more than 4 million, the online share ratio is 12%, and the profit is close to 500,000, and this is just the first printing.
"About 60,000."
Lu Fei touched his chin. Since there are fewer online links than offline, the author's dividend ratio is higher. However, logistics capacity, warehousing storage capacity, etc. are limited. 200,000 copies is already close to the limit of downstream processing, otherwise the warehouse will be exploded.
In online shopping these days, you are destined to not be able to eat alone!
"On days when we can't release it in physical stores and there are no customers to buy it, we can't squeeze out all the profit space."
"What about the group purchasing of municipal agencies?"
"Let them contact the publishing house directly."
Lu Fei remembered the commission from Gong's father that Liu Eodong specifically mentioned, "Have the books from the leaders of Yanjing been arranged?"
"A batch has been allocated from inventory and will be delivered to your door."
Liu Edong smiled and said: "Xiaojing also said that I even want to invite you to participate in the reading symposium."
"Come on, don't flatter me."
Lu Fei curled up his lips. It was an unexpected joy to get the title of "Confucian businessman".
These days, with the rising tide of market economy, those with the best reputation in the business world must be "Confucian businessmen". They are just pretending and being tough. As long as they are respectfully called "Confucian businessmen", they will definitely benefit a lot.
But let alone the officials, businessmen and Confucian businessmen, we should still lead the capitalists.
"Godong, what are the actions of other online shopping platforms?"
"Ebay is running a '1-yuan flash sale' to win back some traffic, but it's just a gust of wind."
Liu Donghui reported: "Both Joyo and Dangdang are raising funds. Joyo relies on Lianxiang to connect them. It has received 60 million RMB from Tiger Fund, which should not be underestimated."
"Where's Tao Duoduo?" Lu Fei asked.
"There has been little improvement. We held a 1-yuan flash sale event, but there was no big move. The number of users only exceeded 10,000."
Liu Edong couldn't help but wonder, how could Tao Duoduo, a mere weakling, deserve Master Lu's attention.
Lu Fei frowned, not believing that Lu Yun would be so good?
But now, taking advantage of this window period, self-built logistics can be launched, and I asked Lai Haisong whether he would join.
"He saw Feigou's power and was quite willing." Liu Edong said with a smile.
"Ask him to come to Beijing as soon as possible and talk face to face." Lu Fei said.
"I'll tell him right away."
Liu Edong is very clear about the importance of building self-built logistics. The current contradiction is that the development speed of EMS and two links and one link is far behind the development speed of Feigou.com.
The reason why Amazon and eBay are developing so fast is because after 2000, modern express delivery in the United States was concentrated, forming a three-legged situation with Fedex, UPS and USPS (United States Post Office).
China's express delivery industry is still in its infancy.
“An independent registered company must be established immediately.
Lu Fei took a few steps and said, "In the future, we will have more flexibility. In the future, we will acquire SF Express, STO, and YTO, and directly negotiate with them for the equity of logistics. There is no need to touch the equity of Feigou."
Liu Edong saw that he was so confident that he had even thought of annexing Liangtong and Dadong, so he nodded immediately.
"Mr. Lu, what's the name of the company? Feitong?"
"Feitong is not suitable. It seems to only do air transportation."
Lu Fei took seven steps, one step after another, turned around and said: "Feigou.com wants to connect goods to China, from north to south, let's call it Zhongtong."
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A week later, April 15th.
The Yenching Reading Symposium was held. At the meeting, Lin Jiaqing advocated for cadres and the masses to read more and read good books. He mentioned many times that reading can improve China's competitiveness and realize the dream of China's rejuvenation.
Publicly praise Lu Fei and promote "The World is Flat".
In an instant, Forty-Nine City once again experienced a book sales boom, and everyone from municipal units, state-owned and private enterprises to ordinary people joined in the rush to buy books.
The 60,000 additional copies printed by Feigou.com were simply not enough.
As agreed in other provinces, such as Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangnan, Sichuan and Chongqing, many leaders coincidentally mentioned the "Chinese Dream" and "Chinese Rejuvenation" on various occasions, and they inevitably quoted "The World is Flat". 》sentences.
Invisibly, there was another wave of marketing.
All over the country, there is a frenzy of panic. While bookstores are out of stock and have nothing to sell, readers are eager to take a look.
These days, Chinese readers have an extraordinary thirst for knowledge, especially foreign countries. They are like a pile of dry firewood, which can be ignited at a moment's notice.
For example, "China Can Say No" is simply handwritten by the War and Terrorism Bureau. It has no practical content and is filled with the passion of angry youths. However, it has created a terrifying sales volume of 3 million, not counting piracy.
Even nonsense like "Currency War", which makes nonsense of the Rothschild family, owns 50 trillion, and controls the Federal Reserve, is ridiculous, but many people have believed it for many years.
And "The World is Flat" contains practical information, cases, prophecies, endorsements from leaders, and hidden ideas for making a fortune.
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nbsp;For a while, it was hard to find a book!
"Did you grab it?"
"No, How about you?"
"No, it's so hard to buy!"
On campus, Gao Yuanyuan always saw boys discussing "the world is flat" along the way. Many girls even talked about this instead of "Meteor Garden".
I saw a man clasping his hands together and pleading to Hu Lanxin:
"Lan Xin, please lend me your copy of "The World is Flat". Please, just 5 days, no, 4 days. I will return it to you after reading it in 4 days."
"No!" Hu Lanxin shook her head.
"What a brat!" the man said unhappily.
"Hey, my little thing? I also borrowed it from my best friend, and I have to return it to her today!"
After Hu Lanxin finished speaking, she glanced sideways and saw Gao Yuanyuan's figure. She immediately left the man behind and ran to her quickly.
"Hey, the original thing will be returned without leaving a single wrinkle."
"Who is he?"
Gao Yuanyuan winked and said jokingly: "Your boyfriend?"
"Tch, how could it be, a friend from the club!"
Hu Lanxin said softly: "I want to read your boyfriend's book, I'm going crazy."
Gao Yuanyuan felt happy and proud, but she didn't understand why her best friend borrowed this book. She knew her best friend very well, and she was not a person who loved learning at all.
"Hey, my dad wants to see it. Now in the workplace, if you don't know a few words about the world being flat, you can't communicate."
Hu Lanxin poked her arm, "For the sake of me being your best friend and your good assistant, help me ask your boyfriend for an autographed book."
"Emm, I'll think about it." Gao Yuanyuan smiled.
"Yuanyuan, my dear Yuanyuan!" Hu Lanxin said coquettishly, "One meal!"
In the public place, the two of them were chatting and chatting, and they were very angry.
Gao Yuanyuan rolled her eyes, "Okay, okay, I'm so numb. I just want to help you."
Hu Lanxin smiled and said, "Come on, let's go, I'll treat you to dinner."
Gao Yuanyuan apologized, "I can't do it today. I told my family that I will go home this weekend."
Hu Lanxin was reasonable and said, "Then let's wait for another day. You are the creditor anyway. By the way, don't forget to audition for "The Legend of Heaven and the Dragon Slayer" the day after tomorrow!"
Gao Yuanyuan made an OK gesture and put the book into her bag.
"Bye, okay~"
"Mom~"
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It was already evening when we returned to the staff building of the Third Aviation Institute in Yungang.
Gao Yuanyuan pushed the door open and said while changing her shoes: "Dad, Mom, I'm back."
"Yuanyuan is back."
Gao Mu walked out of the kitchen with a spatula in hand.
Gao Yuanyuan looked around and found that the living room was empty. She said softly, "Mom, where is dad?"
"Alas, it's not the book that says the world is, it's square that's causing trouble."
"Pfft, the world is flat, right?"
"It doesn't matter whether it's square, round, or oval, your dad just wanted to see it, so he went to several bookstores like a man possessed."
Gao Mu complained: "The same goes for your brother. After all, he followed Mr. Lu and asked him to take a copy home. What's the matter? He also went on the line. It's not official, and he's not taking advantage of the masses."
"Mom, my brother is so honest and selfless!"
Gao Yuanyuan thought of the relationship between Lu Fei and Gao Tuan, so she immediately sided with Gao Tuan, and then like a caring little cotton-padded jacket, she coaxed Gao's mother for a while.
"Mom, tell Dad to come back quickly. Stop looking for it. I have the book he wants here!"
As soon as Gao's mother saw the book, she immediately called Gao's father to go home.
After a while, Father Gao came back dusty and dusty. As soon as he took off his shoes, his first sentence was——
"Yuanyuan, where is the book?"
Gao Yuanyuan handed the book over, held her father's arm with both hands, rested her head on his shoulder, and said seemingly unintentionally:
"Dad, is the book written by Lu Fei so good?"
"So many people said it was good, and my father's friends abroad also recommended it, so it must be good." Father Gao read through it carefully.
Gao Yuanyuan was secretly proud, and the corners of her mouth raised crazily, "If I find a boyfriend like Lu Fei, would you be satisfied?"
Without waiting for Gao's father to answer, Gao's mother came out with the dishes: "Not only are you satisfied, but you are also worried that others will be dissatisfied with you. The cooking is just so-so, the housework is so-so, and the appearance is so-so."
"mom!"
Gao Yuanyuan muttered, "When will we eat?"
"Wait a little longer, your brother will come back to eat too."
Gao Mu cooked two more dishes. At this time, Gao Tuan came back with his briefcase containing "The World is Flat".
"No need, Yuanyuan has one." Father Gao opened the book.
"Really?"
Gao Tuan was startled, "When did my poor little sister fall in love with studying?" He said, reaching out to Gao Yuanyuan and touching her head.
She hid left and right, and no longer allowed herself to be touched like she did when she was a child.
Gao Tuan narrowed his eyes. Damn it, his cabbage must have been eaten by a pig. Who is it!
Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the copy of "The World is Flat" in Father Gao's hand. It was slightly different from the current version, and it felt vaguely familiar.
Hey, is it similar to the books Friedman gave to Mr. Lu?
Mr. Lu? !
