Normally, Sun Jian would send Chen Xuemei to Chang'an to sign a contract to buy out the copyright with Jia P'ao, and the standard would be one hundred yuan per thousand words, but now that they are on summer vacation, they are embarrassed to be the shopkeeper.
"Okay, Boss Sun!"
"Manager Chen, how are the sales of "Ordinary World" going?"
In the previous life, a large group of well-known domestic literary critics completely rejected the first part of "The Ordinary World" at a seminar. As a result, no one paid attention to the 3,000 copies printed by the Federation of Literary and Art Circles Press, and no major magazine or publishing house was willing to publish the second part. and publishing, Lu Y was plagued by illness and heavily in debt. It is easy to imagine his depression and pain. His untimely death was not unrelated to them.
A great work was almost destroyed in the hands of these old guys!
Six or seven years later, after "The Ordinary World" became popular all over the country, these old guys jumped out to praise this great work.
Sun Jian sincerely looked down on these old guys. He looked down upon the literati and would not give them the opportunity to completely deny the first part of "The Ordinary World". He was also not worried about a few old academic professors jumping out and publishing a few ridiculing articles. For disparaging articles, don’t worry about selling 100,000 copies. At most, they will sell for a few more years.
Continue to spend money on advertising in a number of literary magazines, becoming a household name, and building momentum for the release of the second and third parts.
As long as readers like it, the satirical articles written by these old guys will become a source of laughter for readers and will remain infamy for hundreds of years.
"Boss Sun, the five Qiming bookstores sold a total of 1,843 books last week. I called and asked Director Liu of the circulation department of Xinhua Bookstore in Jiangcheng. Within last week, Xinhua Bookstores nationwide sold a total of 1,843 books. There are more than 7,000 copies, and the response from readers has been very good. Director Liu suggested that we print an additional 100,000 copies."
"Manager Chen, please contact Manager Zheng. According to the price of 90 cents per book, at three o'clock tomorrow afternoon, I will sign a contract with him at the Gangcheng store to print an additional 200,000 hardcover copies. I will pay a deposit of 80,000 yuan in advance. After the 200,000 copies arrive, the balance of 100,000 yuan will be paid."
Sun Jian did not expect the sales to be so hot.
Everything depends on human effort, gold will always shine!
"Okay, Boss Sun!"
Chen Xuemei is not worried. Boss Sun has a way to solve the printing cost problem of 180,000 yuan.
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Chang'an.
"Uncle, I am Sun Jian from Qiming Bookstore in Jiangcheng. I am here to see Teacher Lu Y."
Sun Jian drove Bi Xiaoyun and his friends to Chang'an in his previous life. He set off in the early morning along the Fuyin Expressway and arrived at six o'clock in the afternoon. This time he took turns driving with Chen Jie, resting one night in Nancheng and arriving at one o'clock in the afternoon. After arriving in the ancient city of Chang'an, the two of them found a double room at the People's Hotel on East Street and settled in. They had a meal of mutton steamed buns on the street, then went home to wash up and change into clean clothes.
Chen Jie stayed in the hotel to rest.
At two o'clock, Sun Jian carried a briefcase and a bag of apples and milk powder to the Gaozhi Building of the Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles. He handed over a pack of Good Cat cigarettes and greeted the wary-looking gatekeeper.
"This young man is Boss Sun from Jiangcheng Qiming Bookstore? He is young and promising. Xiaolu came over to say hello at noon and said that Boss Sun is coming to see him today. Xiaolu lives in Unit 2, Unit 302."
"Thank you, uncle!"
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"Hello, Teacher Lu, I am Sun Jian from Qiming Bookstore in Jiangcheng."
"Boss Sun is so young, I can't believe it."
When Lu Yao saw Sun Jian, he thought he was a college student who came here to ask for advice.
Since the first volume of "The Ordinary World" was published, he received many letters from readers and literary lovers who came to ask for advice. Lu Y was a little happy at first, but became annoyed as time went by. He told the concierge to ask the young people who came to him for advice. None of them were seen. He planned to find a cheap guest house, hide out and continue to create the second part.
"Teacher Lu, thank you. I am still a surgical teacher at Jiangcheng Health School, and now I am studying at the Chinese Medical University."
Hepatitis B is not an incurable disease. Use conventional anti-viral and anti-fibrosis treatment, rest more, strengthen nutrition, stay up less late, and do not smoke or drink to avoid cirrhosis and liver cancer.
Lu Y, who came out of Shangougou, had low self-esteem and did not want others to know that he had contagious hepatitis B. Due to lack of money, he was only willing to drink traditional Chinese medicine for treatment, plus he smoked and drank coffee to stay up late, which ultimately delayed his illness. After the completion of the third part, His body collapsed, and he eventually developed advanced liver cirrhosis and died young.
There is no cure for late-stage liver cirrhosis except liver transplantation.
Mr. Q, the former president of Hua Medical University and the originator of surgery, is an authority on liver transplantation in China. Mr. Q’s disciple, President Zhang of Jiangcheng L Hospital, has inherited his mantle, and he is better than his predecessors!
I knew Sun Jian in his previous life!
Nowadays, Mr. Q, who has retreated to the second line, is still seeing patients clinically and performing operations on patients.
Lu Y knew Sun Jian. It was his luck that he could live a few more years, or even decades.
Sun Jian reported his identity as a surgical teacher just to remind Lu Y what was wrong? You can ask him for advice.
"Boss Sun, my liver was not good some time ago and I was hospitalized for more than 20 days. Now I can sleep and eat much better. I plan to find a guest house and write the second part as soon as possible."
"Teacher Lu looks good. The sales of the first part are booming. Don't worry, Teacher Lu. If you need money at home, you can tell me. You can advance the manuscript fee and write the second part in the first half of next year. Teacher Lu, I have a wife and children during the day. If you are not at home, you can write. After lunch, you can go to the work canteen to have a nap. After dinner, you can also take a walk with your wife and children. Don’t stay up late and smoke less. Alcohol damages the liver. As long as you are in good health and have plenty of time to write. yes."
"If Boss Sun says this, I won't be anxious."
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"Teacher Jia, how many thousands of words does "Impotent" have?"
Lu Y took Sun Jian to Jia Pwa's house in Unit 302 of the same building. He knew that Boss Sun had personally come forward and went to Chang'an today to discuss buying out the copyright of "Impotent". He sat at home waiting, feeling uneasy.
Jia Pwa also believed that Sun Jian was young and promising. He read "The Ordinary World" carefully and found that changing "The Road of Ordinary People" to "The Ordinary World" was a stroke of genius. There are a group of extraordinary people in the ordinary world. It attracts readers' curiosity... No matter the calligraphy, even the preface to the publication and the editor's recommendation are concise and simple, the writing is smooth, and there is not a single wrong sentence, typo or wrong punctuation mark. The old editors of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles feel inferior.
In his previous life, Sun Jian read "Impotence" in "Harvest" magazine. It has sixty chapters in total, but I don't know how many thousands of words it has?
"Boss Sun, there are more than 340,000 words in total."
"Teacher Jia, since "Impotent" was recommended by Teacher Lu, I will not read the manuscript. If Teacher Jia agrees, according to the standard of the first part of "The Ordinary World", which is one hundred yuan per thousand words, both parties will sign a contract. Jiangcheng Qiming Bookstore bought out the copyright of "Impotent" at a one-time price of 35,000 yuan, and I took the manuscript and was responsible for publishing it."
"Boss Sun, I agree!"
