Qingcheng. A state-owned hotel!
Zhou Yang and Lao Xu were naturally very happy to meet old friends.
While chatting with each other, Zhou Yang suddenly remembered a major event related to the development of the printing factory.
Without any hesitation, he immediately asked Xu Yonghua: "Old Xu, I want to ask you for a favor?"
"What's the deal? Tell me, as long as you can do it, I won't give you a second thought!"
Xu Yonghua is still very grateful to Zhou Yang. It can be said that Zhou Yang contributed a lot to his promotion to his current position.
As long as what Zhou Yang wants to do will not make him particularly embarrassed, Xu Yonghua will definitely not refuse.
"Do you have any connections with the publishing house?"
"Publishing house, which publishing house are you talking about?"
"Public Press!" Zhou Yang said.
"Of course, you don't know the origin of our bookstore and the People's Publishing House!"
Then Lao Xu said again: "Hey, do you want to publish a book? If so, I can contact Qunzhong Publishing House for you, I guarantee you will be fine!"
Lao Xu has this confidence because Xinhua Bookstore and Qunzhong Publishing House have a deep relationship.
In fact, these two units were originally one company a long time ago.
Of course, that dates back to the Yan'an period decades ago.
At that time, Xinhua Bookstore integrated publishing, distribution, and printing. They published hundreds of books under difficult conditions and had a significant impact across the country.
Due to the circumstances at that time and the needs of the revolution, the functions of Mass Publishing House were merged with Xinhua Bookstore, and the two became one.
However, after liberation, due to national needs, the authorities divided Xinhua Bookstore into three parts and rebuilt the People's Publishing House on the basis of the editorial department of Xinhua Bookstore.
Because of this, many people describe the relationship between Xinhua Bookstore and Qunzhong Publishing House as "blood brothers", and the relationship between Qunzhong Publishing House and Xinhua Bookstore is like "brothers separated from each other", which is called a good thing.
Lao Xu himself has always worked at Xinhua Bookstore. Over the years, he has accumulated many connections in the cultural propaganda front, including many leaders of Qunzhong Publishing House.
I dare not talk about other big things. If it is just a simple publication of a book, it should not be a big problem.
"I do have plans to publish a book, but not now. I want to ask you for some help!" Zhou Yang said.
"What's the business? Tell me!"
"What you don't know is that we have built a large-scale printing factory over there. Since it was just established not long ago, there is no business so far!" Zhou Yang said.
Lao Xu quickly understood, and then said: "Do you want me to help you contact Qunzhong Publishing House for business?"
"Yes, as far as I know, People's Publishing House is now preparing to publish "Selected Volume 5 of Mao Zedong". Can you recommend it to us so that our printing factory can become the printing unit for People's Publishing House to publish Selected Works of Mao Zedong, Volume 5!" Zhou Yang said.
"Publishing Mao's Five Selections, is this true? Why didn't I know?" Lao Xu asked in surprise.
It’s no wonder that he was so surprised. Logically speaking, for such an important task as publishing Mao’s Selected Works, Xinhua Bookstore should be the first group of people to know the news.
But this time it's different. They really haven't received any news so far, which makes Lao Xu particularly surprised.
"I also heard what people said. I'm not sure whether it's true or not."
Then Zhou Yang changed his voice and said again: "But this kind of thing is related to the life and death of our printing factory. It is better to believe that it exists than to believe that it does not exist!"
Even so, Zhou Yang knew it was true.
The preparations for Selected Works of Mao Zedong began in 1967 and were officially published by the Mass Publishing House on April 15, 1977. Judging from the time, the final preparations before publication should have been made now.
And this incident will definitely have a profound impact on the domestic printing industry.
Originally, the printing industry has not been very prosperous in recent years, and many printing plants can hardly survive.
However, due to the release of Selected Works of Mao Zedong, a large number of printing units received business orders from Mass Publishing House, thus ushering in a short-term recovery of the printing industry.
Although this situation only lasted until around 1982, less than five years in total, and then the publishing industry fell into a downturn again.
But this does not prevent Zhou Yang from wanting to win an order from Mass Publishing House!
For Babaoliang Printing Factory, if it can win this business order from the People's Publishing House, it will not only be a matter of making money, but more importantly, it can take this opportunity to join the line of the People's Publishing House.
This is crucial for the next development of the printing factory!
"I can't give you an answer for the time being. I'll check it out when I go back. If this is true, I'll try my best to help you get a business!" Xu Yonghua said.
"Okay! Then I'll leave this matter to you, Lao Xu!"
"We are talking about this among ourselves, aren't we?" Xu Yonghua said with a smile.
"By the way, Lao Xu, how is the current situation of your Xinhua Bookstore?" Zhou Yang asked again.
Xu Yonghua sighed and said: "It's still the same, normal business can't be carried out, and we can barely survive by relying on the national finance!"
Zhou Yang's heart moved, and he immediately said: "Old Xu, our printing factory has been built. We will have business dealings with you in the future. You should take more care of our small factory then!"
If you want to make teaching aids, you can’t do without Xinhua Bookstore.
And for now, only large units like Xinhua Bookstore can put a certain type of books on sale across the province and even the country in the shortest possible time.
However, due to some well-known reasons, Zhou Yang did not directly talk to Lao Xu about selling the "Self-study Series of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry" and the college entrance examination simulation test set.
After all, the country has not yet announced the resumption of the college entrance examination, and the policy is not very clear yet.
More importantly, the "Self-study Series of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry" is still being criticized. Anyone who dares to sell such books will make a mistake.
Even if Zhou Yang said it, Lao Xu would not agree.
"I would like to take care of you, but unfortunately many of the businesses of Xinhua Bookstore cannot be carried out normally. There is more than enough heart but not enough work!" Lao Xu said helplessly.
"Who can say for sure what will happen in the future? Maybe it will return to normal soon!" Zhou Yang said with a smile.
"I hope so!"
But obviously, Lao Xu has no confidence in this matter.
In the following time, the two did not continue to struggle on this topic, but talked about other things!
In this way, the two people in a happy mood chatted while eating and drinking.
Unknowingly, Zhou Yang drank a little more.
Then, he felt like the world was spinning, his head became dizzy, and then he gradually lost consciousness...
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PS: Chapter 3 is delivered!
