Mixed in 1980

Chapter 139 Establishing a Publishing House

Chen Fan thought about it carefully for a while and frowned slightly: "It will probably cost 50 Hong Kong dollars. If it doesn't go well, it may cost another 50 Hong Kong dollars later."

"I thought you wanted a certain amount, a check, or a transfer to your bank account?"

"No need to transfer. I'll come back during the winter break. Please keep an eye out for me when you have time. I plan to acquire a small publishing house myself."

"Because of this book?" Li Hongying was surprised.

"In the future, when there are other books, instead of letting others take the majority of the profits and asking for more, it is better to set up a publishing house of my own, publish the traditional Chinese version in Hong Kong first, and then release the English version."

Hearing this, Li Hongying was slightly stunned.

In order to facilitate the publication of his own book, he directly set up a publishing house. This guy is really generous. Most people can't do such a thing.

"You are studying in the mainland, do you have time to manage a publishing house? How about this, I will invest in it, and we can work together to set up the publishing house."

"Sister Ying, aren't you afraid of losing money?"

"It's not a loss. You can earn back the money by publishing two collections of your previous editorials and articles serialized in Hong Kong magazines."

Li Hongying knew that these two books were selling very well in the mainland: "We will just buy a medium-sized publishing house. I will advance the money first, and then you can pay me back after you get your investment back. We will split the shares 30% to 70%, 70% for you and 30% for me."

"Sister Ying has said so. If I don't agree, I will be ungrateful." Chen Fan agreed. It was better to have Li Hongying watching over him than to be out of reach by himself.

After the deal was settled, the matter was handed over to Li Hongying. Chen Fan and Xu Jinqiu did not stay long. They boarded a plane the next day and landed in Beijing at around three o'clock in the afternoon.

As soon as they got off the plane, they both couldn't help shivering. They quickly found a place and put on their newly bought down jackets.

Chen Fan originally wanted to buy a few more pieces for his family, but down coats took up too much space, so he thought better of it, thinking it would be the same if he went back to the Friendship Store to buy them.

It was only four o'clock when we returned to the courtyard outside Xinjiekou. Zeng Ali and Zhao Yuanyuan had not returned yet. One of them went to heat the kang while the other went to boil water. They felt comfortable only after drinking a cup of hot tea.

At around 4:30, Zeng Ali and Zhao Yuanyuan came back. When they saw Xu Jinqiu, the three sisters hugged each other. It seemed like they had been separated for a long time even though they had only been a few days.

After the three sisters had a warm hug, Zeng Ali looked at Chen Fan and suddenly kicked him. Before Chen Fan could react, Zhao Yuanyuan also kicked him.

"Did I recruit you two?" Chen Fan was confused.

"How dare you say that? Do you know how many people came to the New Year's Day event? Two cafeterias were hosting it at the same time, and more than 5,000 people came. Yuanyuan and I were almost exhausted to death." Zeng Ali said angrily.

"Didn't the school send a large group of teachers to assist?"

"You also know that it is an assistance. Our club is the organizer. We have to coordinate everything inside and outside. There are more than 5,000 people making dumplings."

"But it succeeded. It's a great sense of accomplishment, right?"

Hearing this, Zeng Ali nodded. Being able to host such a large-scale event really gave her a great sense of accomplishment, even though she was exhausted and out of breath.

Why did they suddenly talk about a sense of accomplishment? Zeng Ali quickly responded: "Don't try to change the subject. Although the event is over, there is still a problem that has not been dealt with."

"Tell me."

"And a hundred kitchen knives."

"kitchen knife?"

"How many kitchen knives are needed to chop the meat fillings for more than 5,000 people to eat dumplings? The canteen's knives are not enough, and we have purchased another 100 knives. What should we do with them?"

"You still need to ask me about this? What did Xin Yingjie say?" Chen Fan said unhappily.

"One hundred kitchen knives cost a lot of money. Xin Yingjie's idea is to find a time to organize people to set up a stall to sell them."

"..."

Chen Fan rolled his eyes. "Aren't you afraid of being arrested for speculation? Compile a list of teachers who participated in the event and give each of them a handful as a souvenir. If there are any left, donate them to the school cafeteria. Don't just focus on this little money."

"Then let's handle it this way, and everyone will be relieved."

"When you deliver a knife, find something to wrap it up. Don't just carry the knife over directly. People who don't know might think you're going to chop people." Chen Fan reminded.

"Do you think I'm stupid?"

Zeng Ali cursed with a smile, and Chen Fan chuckled. Zeng Ali was so angry that she gritted her teeth and looked at Xu Jinqiu unconsciously, thinking about kidnapping the girl at night.

Xu Jinqiu guessed what her elder sister was thinking and quickly changed the subject: "Elder sister, Yuanyuan, I have some great news, do you want to hear it?"

Without waiting for the two to respond, Xu Jinqiu went back to the house, took out the Hong Kong magazine from the suitcase, and turned directly to the auction page: "Take a closer look."

Zeng Ali took the magazine and started reading it with Zhao Yuanyuan. Soon, a look of shock appeared on her face: "Qiu'er, are these all true?"

Xu Jinqiu nodded!
Zhao Yuanyuan got excited first. She jumped over, picked up Xu Jinqiu, spun her around, and yelled, "We're rich! We're rich!"

After saying that, he narrowed his eyes, showing his little fangs, and grinned foolishly.

What a little fool.

Zeng Ali was also very excited, but unlike Zhao Yuanyuan, she said rationally: "I will go to school to ask for leave tomorrow morning and go to Liulichang in the afternoon."

"Go, you must go, take all your belongings with you."

Zhao Yuanyuan narrowed her eyes and smiled foolishly: "From today on, I am Zhao Yuanyuan, the 'ten thousand yuan household'."

"Ten thousand yuan household, can you stop being so stupid?"

Chen Fan couldn't stand it anymore and deliberately ruffled the girl's hair: "Wake up your mind, don't lose your balance when it comes to making money, or you won't be able to keep the money." Zhao Yuanyuan slapped his hand away and glared at him: "Such a large sum of money, and you don't allow me to be happy for a while, do you think everyone is as rich as you?"

"I also earned my money bit by bit. Have you ever seen me so excited?"

"That's different, this is a windfall for me!"

“……” Chen Fan was stunned.

Suddenly I felt that what the girl said made a lot of sense. Of course, one can control one's mentality when making money through hard work, but anyone would be excited if they suddenly made a fortune.

"Give the money to my second brother and let him collect it. If you go by yourself, you won't get anything good."

Chen Fan thought about it and gave a reminder.

Don’t think that because modern calligraphy and painting works are not expensive, antique shops will sell them casually. No matter what the market is, buyers will never be as discerning as sellers.

The art market is always reluctant to sell!

No antique shop will display all the items. Only a small number of items can be seen, and they are put out to see the market reaction.

If it sells well, then raise the price.

Before Xu Jinxia went to purchase calligraphy and paintings, he had to find acquaintances in Liulichang so that he could spend all his money at once. After he finished buying, similar works would immediately increase in price.

And if an outsider goes there, he won’t be able to buy the really good stuff.

A painter has a growth period, a maturity period, and a peak period. The quality of the works in each period is different. There are even many works that are rushed out just to sell for money.

When laymen go to buy paintings, they don't understand these things and they just pick up any piece at random from the antique shop and send them away. The real masterpieces are hidden away and will not be sold easily.

"Qiu'er, our family will take out another 5,000 yuan. Don't just focus on Master Qi Baishi's paintings. As long as they are paintings by famous artists, they will all go up in value in the future."

"Want to collect more?" Xu Jinqiu narrowed his eyes.

"Five thousand is not a small amount. Do you really think it's so easy to spend this money? Go back home this weekend and tell your family that you made a fortune quietly and don't tell anyone."

This was also said to Zeng Ali and Zhao Yuanyuan.

The two girls nodded, chatted for a while and then started cooking. Just like before, Chen Fan gave instructions from the side while Zeng Ali cooked herself.

Looking at it, the picture is quite harmonious.

But at night, things became quite disharmonious. Zeng Ali took Xu Jinqiu away again on the pretext that "the sisters have been separated for several days and need to have a good chat."

Chen Fan was so angry that he glared. Zeng Ali was getting more and more narrow-minded. Every time she was unhappy, she would find a way to kidnap Xu Jinqiu at night.

After a night's rest, life returned to normal.

There was something wrong with Zhao Yuanyuan. It was such a cold day, but she was riding a bicycle and giggling foolishly from time to time. It seemed like she hadn't woken up from her dream of getting rich yet.

When they were almost at the school gate, Chen Fan thought for a moment and called her: "Comrade Zhao Yuanyuan, can I ask you a question?"

Zhao Yuanyuan nodded.

"You now have two paintings by Master Qi Baishi. Will you take them to Hong Kong and sell them?"

"Of course not!" Zhao Yuanyuan said without hesitation.

Chen Fan had said before that these paintings could be worth hundreds or even tens of millions in the future. The prices in Hong Kong have proven that this is possible.

"That's it. If you don't sell the painting after buying it, you won't get any money in return. You have to spend the money in your hand. Why are you so happy?"

After saying that, Chen Fan got on his bike and left.

Zhao Yuanyuan was stunned for a moment, then looked depressed: "Sister, have you noticed that Chen Fan is particularly annoying? He just can't stand seeing me happy."

"But he's right!"

"..."

Zhao Yuanyuan rolled her eyes, got on her bike and chased after him. Although she was no longer smiling foolishly, she was still secretly happy in her heart. Although she didn't cash out, it was good to get some valuables.

After work on Friday, Zhao Yuanyuan rode her bicycle directly to Maoer Hutong. She was used to staying at her godmother's house for a day and then going home for a day on weekends.

Zeng Ali stayed and was busy making plans throughout Saturday. Winter vacation was about to begin, which lasted almost a month, and this time could not be wasted.

"Chen Fan, help me take a look!"

Chen Fan took the plan and started reading it. He couldn't help but frowning. The content was not a big problem, but the format was really a headache to read.

If this happened in the future, if an employee came up with such a plan, her leader would probably scold her and fire her.

"Is it very bad?" Zeng Ali asked in a low voice.

Chen Fan nodded: "It's more than bad. There's no professionalism at all. If it were a company, the leader would slap the plan on your face."

"Chen Fan..." Zeng Ali gritted his teeth.

Chen Fan realized that he had said something wrong. Just as he was about to make amends, he heard Zeng Ali say, "Qiu'er will sleep with me tonight. The deadline is one week."

Chen Fan was stunned for a moment, then angrily said, "Sister, can we be reasonable? You always use this trick. If you dare to bring Qiu'er over at night, I will sleep in your room."

PS: The first update is here~
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