Xipo. Research Institute!
Zhou Yang had just arrived at the office when he saw Gu Chenghua opening the door and walking in.
"Lao Gu, why are you here? What's the matter?"
"Well, there was an outside call just now, saying he was looking for you!" Gu Chenghua said immediately.
"Oh, who is the other party? Have you asked clearly?"
"After asking clearly, the other party reported that his name is Xu Yonghua, and he is the person in charge of the provincial Xinhua Bookstore. He said that if you have time, call him back!" Gu Chenghua said.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yang's eyes lit up immediately.
Lao Xu called him at this time. There should be news from the People's Publishing House.
"Lao Gu, please sit down for a while. I'll call Lao Xu back. How about we talk after we're done?"
"Then how about I go back to the office first and come back later?"
"No, Lao Xu's meeting with me should be about work, you don't need to avoid it!"
With that said, Zhou Yang immediately called the provincial Xinhua Bookstore.
After a "beep" sound, the phone was quickly picked up, and Lao Xu's voice came from the phone: "Who is the Provincial Xinhua Bookstore?"
"Old Xu, it's me, Zhou Yang!"
"Oh, you are such a busy man. I called you three times this morning, but they all said you didn't come to work!" Old Xu said with a smile.
"No, I was delayed by something at home today!"
Then Zhou Yang asked again: "You are so anxious to call me. Is there any news from Qunzhong Publishing House?"
"Well, after we separated that day, I quickly asked my friends at the People's Publishing House to find out. They were really preparing to publish Mao's Five Selections, and this matter has been put on the agenda!" Xu Yonghua road.
In fact, the publication information of the five volumes of Selected Mao is no longer a secret within the People's Publishing House. Internal rumors are that it is initially scheduled to be published at the end of January or early February. Some people also say that the National Publishing Bureau, the Ministry of Light Industry, and the People's Publishing House have held several meetings for this purpose. A secret internal meeting.
The main purpose is to study the specific printing work schedule, and consider the balance of print runs in various regions and the scheduling issues of provincial printing of popular editions from a nationwide perspective.
Others say that the ethnic language version has begun to publish translations. All in all, this is true.
"Then it seems that the information I got is correct, but I don't know if they have found a printing factory?" Zhou Yang said.
"I also asked someone to ask for help on this matter. According to the above plan, the first edition of Mao's Five Elections will have a large circulation. They will find 30 printing plants across the country to distribute the printing tasks!"
Then, Xu Yonghua continued: "The internal information I received is that our Saibei Province has a task volume of 2 million copies, including 200,000 copies of the Mongolian version."
"So many?" Zhou Yang asked happily.
The greater the task volume in this province, the greater the possibility that they can get orders.
"Two million volumes are not too much. As far as I know, the task volume in Beijing is huge, a full 5 million volumes!" Old Xu said.
"Then here we are..."
Before Zhou Yang could finish speaking, Lao Xu said: "I have discussed the matter with your printing factory with the comrades of the Provincial Xinhua Printing Factory, and they agreed to give you the task of 200,000 copies..."
"That's great, thank you so much, Lao Xu..."
"Don't thank me in a hurry. The comrades at the Provincial Xinhua Printing Factory also said that there is no problem in giving you the order, but there are conditions!" Old Xu said.
"What's the condition?"
"First of all, you need to solve the problem of printing paper yourself. Xinhua Printing Factory does not provide paper!"
"clear!"
Zhou Yang had actually expected this a long time ago. The country is now short of paper for more than a day or two.
Of course, what the country lacks is not ordinary paper, but 52-gram letterpress paper specially used for printing important books.
The reason why this happened is that due to well-known reasons, the country's paper production has suffered losses for seven consecutive years, the national plan has not been completed, and the inventory has been exhausted. In many provinces, most of the paper reserves have been used up.
Then there is the lack of raw material liquid chlorine, resulting in abnormal pulp supply.
Coupled with the frequent domestic disasters in the past year, the supply of pulp has become a big problem.
Even the Ministry of Light Industry could not find a solution to this situation, resulting in a nationwide shortage of printing paper.
Fortunately, Zhou Yang had made preparations for this matter some time ago. Through his military connections, he ordered 300 tons of printing paper from the provincial paper mill, 15 tons of which had been shipped back to the printing factory.
With the military tree as its back, it is easy to enjoy the shade, which even large units such as the Provincial Xinhua Printing Factory cannot compare with.
At this time, Lao Xu continued: "In addition to the paper, the comrades at the printing factory need to review your finished products. After the official documents are issued, you can try printing a batch first."
"If the comrades here at the Provincial Xinhua Printing Factory inspect and think there is no problem, the rest can be printed on a large scale. But if they say it is unqualified, then there is nothing we can do!"
Zhou Yang nodded immediately and said: "Yes, it is a political task after all. No one dares to be careless."
"As long as you can understand. When publishing a work with such a major theme, even if there is a punctuation error, it will be a big problem. I don't know how many people will be affected. Everyone should be cautious!"
"Well, by the way, how much does it cost to print a volume?" Zhou Yang said.
"The current price of the May 1st volume of Mao Zedong's Selections is about 1.2 yuan. According to the price in previous years, the printing factory can get about 4 cents per volume."
Then Lao Xu continued: "I'm not sure exactly how much it will cost, but I can assure you that as much as the provincial Xinhua Printing Factory can get, you can get as much!"
"Okay, then let's settle this matter!"
"Well, I'll call you when there's news!"
"OK!"
After saying that, the two hung up the phone!
Seeing that Zhou Yang finally finished the call, Gu Chenghua asked with some surprise: "Director, I just heard you chatting with that old Comrade Xu, did you seem to be talking about the publishing house again?"
"Well, I got news that the higher-ups were going to publish Mao's Five Selections, so I found Lao Xu and wanted him to help us contact some orders!" Zhou Yang said.
"200,000 copies?"
"Yes, they agreed to give us an order of 200,000 copies, and we can get about 4 cents per copy." Zhou Yang said.
"In other words, we can get 80,000 yuan for these 200,000 copies. After all costs are factored out, the net profit will be at least more than 50,000 yuan?"
"almost!"
In fact, Zhou Yang values more than just this mere tens of thousands of dollars!
More importantly, Zhou Yang knew that the circulation of Mao's Selected Works was extremely terrifying. According to incomplete statistics, there were hundreds of millions of copies.
As long as the quality of their printing can meet the standards, there will definitely be orders in the future.
In addition, once it is connected with the Provincial Xinhua Printing Factory, the Provincial Xinhua Bookstore, and even the National Publishing Bureau and the People's Publishing House, it will have a profound impact on the subsequent development of the Babaoliang Printing Factory.
Obviously Gu Chenghua also realized this and immediately said: "If this thing can be done, then our printing factory will no longer be a grassroots team, and it will definitely have great potential in the future!"
"Well, the top priority is that we must not only contact the paper as quickly as possible, but also solve the workers' problems!" Zhou Yang said.
"As for paper, I'll go back and talk to the provincial paper mill to see if we can be given priority in supplying it!"
Then Gu Chenghua changed his voice and said again: "But for workers, this is indeed a bit difficult. How about we first transfer some workers from the artillery radar assembly line?"
"No, the workers at the assembly line can't move. I had a phone call with Mr. Jiang yesterday. He asked us to go all out to produce artillery sighting radars. This is a hard task and cannot be delayed!" Zhou Yang said.
"What about the printing factory?"
"Mr. Jiang promised to transfer a group of employees to us, but the time cannot be guaranteed!"
Then Zhou Yang said again: "In my opinion, let's be prepared!"
"Those hands?"
"The first-hand preparation is to stick to the previous plan, wait for news from Mr. Jiang, and at the same time give priority to the family members of our research institute staff!"
Then Zhou Yang continued: "The second-hand preparation is to take advantage of the slack season and temporarily remove some people from the educated youth in the village to come over for emergency response!"
The reason for using educated youth was that Zhou Yang had no choice.
After all, in a unit like a printing factory, a large part of the work types have very high requirements for the quality of employees. Literacy alone can eliminate the vast majority of young people in the village.
"This is the only way!" Gu Chenghua said.
"Um..."
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PS: Chapter 2 is delivered!
