Mixed in 1980

Chapter 147 "Hacker" is hot selling
Qiu Wenxin opened her notebook and took out a pen: "Mr. Chen, please go ahead."

"Don't be so polite. Given the situation of our publishing house, it is almost impossible to sign works by famous authors. There are great risks in operating new authors' new books. We can only find another way."

Chen Fan flicked off the ash from his cigarette and pondered for a moment: "But in the market, there is a kind of book that can quickly gain market share without being famous."

Speaking of this, Chen Fan thought of someone.

Shemily!
Starting from 1987, a remarkable person named "Xue Mili" appeared in Hong Kong. Her first novel, "The Housewife", sold more than 200 million copies, a level that most writers will never achieve in their lifetime.

In the following 10 years, Xue Mili published more than 100 novels at an average pace of one book per month, and formed two major series, one with "female" and one with "male", such as Female Hero, Female Master, Female Informer, etc.

These books are all set in Hong Kong and are filled with erotic and violent plots. They are very popular in the book market, with sales comparable to those of first-tier writers.

But is there really a female writer named Xue Mili in Hong Kong?

The answer is no. The real identity of this Hong Kong female writer Xue Mili is a creative team composed of two toe-picking men from Sichuan and Chongqing.

One is called Tian Yanning and the other is called Tan Li!

These two guys have never been to Hong Kong. The plots in the book are all fabricated and imitated from Hong Kong TV dramas, movies and novels.

These two guys are both college students, studying literature, and are creative. They only thought of this way because there are a group of talented writers of the same period as them, such as Mo Yan, Yu Hua, Wang Anyi, Su Tong, etc. It is difficult for newcomers to stand out.

What’s even more interesting is that after Tian Yanning and Tan Li had written “Xue Mili” for ten years and earned enough money, they turned around and returned to literary creation.

Among them, Tan Li is very powerful. He participated in the screenwriting of TV series such as "Female Special Police Team", "Princess Wencheng", "Special Mission", etc., won the Golden Eagle Award, Feitian Award and other awards, and became a first-class literary writer and received expert allowances.

Chen Fan believes that the publishing house can follow Xue Mili's path and go to the mainland to sign a group of talented but unknown new authors to form a similar creative group.

These people have good writing skills, good stories, and good gimmicks, and their level is better than that of ordinary popular fiction writers. As long as they use their skills well, they will have great potential.

"Mr. Chen, but we are not familiar with the mainland."

Qiu Wenxin's brain was a little confused. What was the big boss's brain like?

Is this a borderline approach?

The main focus is excitement!

"I will draw up a list when I return to the mainland, and the publishing house will send someone to the mainland to make the connection."

"Okay, boss!"

Qiu Wenxin closed her notebook.

Chen Fan looked at the time and without further delay took the three girls out for a trip. Li Hongying stayed behind as there were still many things to deal with in the company.

However, Li Hongying provided two cars, two drivers, and two bodyguards.

"Student Chen Fan, you are being so shameless."

After coming out of the publishing house, Xu Jinqiu couldn't help but pinch Chen Fan. It was a good publishing house, but it had to take a marginal approach.

"Wife, our publishing house writes what the people like to read. This is called catering to the needs of the people." Chen Fan smiled awkwardly. This was indeed not a glorious thing to do.

But it makes money!
In the next few years, the financial market will be volatile. Chen Fan plans to make more investments in the real industry and then invest in the financial market to seize the initiative.

Xu Jinqiu was helpless and rolled her eyes at him.

"Let's go, now that we have done our business, let's have some fun. We can't come here for nothing."

In the next few days, Chen Fan took the three girls to wander around, almost visiting every corner of Hong Kong, but he would come to the publishing house every morning to follow up on the publicity and promotion situation.

Two days later, the situation changed.

Influenced by gossip magazines and tabloids, many people became curious and wanted to find out the truth, so they bought a copy of "The Matrix".

People from publishing houses keep an eye on major bookstores and get sales data the next day.

Over ten thousand copies!
That's already a lot of money.

Novels published in the mainland, such as Chen Fan's "The Most Beautiful Youth", cost 1.6 yuan for the first volume and 2.3 yuan for the second volume, but in Hong Kong, the price of novels is generally between and Hong Kong dollars.

For example, Jin Yong's novels, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "The Return of the Condor Heroes" and "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer" were reprinted in 1980 and were priced at HK$25 per copy.

The Matrix is also priced at HK$25.

Selling 3 copies would be a lot of money, and that was just the beginning. The next day's sales figures had risen to copies per day.

"Xiao Fan, how about I pay you the royalties first?"

The publishing house started to make its investment back, and Li Hongying smiled more often. Facts had proved that the viral marketing designed by Chen Fan was effective.

Next, it’s time to stake out territory!
Everyone on that island shared the same roots. They knew each other as publishers and filmmakers, and they had worked together before. Li Hongying had already negotiated the deal, so all she had to do was replicate the same model.

In Japan and South Korea, Li Hongying has already found people to translate, and also knows publishers there. Once the translation is completed, it will be time to move in and stake her claim.

As for Europe and the United States, Li Hongying is personally here this time and is looking for a capable distributor. Once a cooperation is reached, she will officially enter the European and American markets.

"Let's settle it later. I don't need any money right now."

In addition to being the boss, Chen Fan is also the author. He initially set a 10% royalty. However, the sales of the book have just started to pick up, so the royalties are not much.

"Then we'll talk about it later, but I still have some money to give you."

Li Hongying took out a check with 20 Hong Kong dollars written on it: "The box office of "God of Gamblers 2" has come out. Your calculation is really accurate. It has just exceeded 2000 million Hong Kong dollars, once again breaking the Hong Kong record. Now many companies are following suit to make gambling films." "It really exceeded 2000 million?" Chen Fan was surprised.

When he wrote the script and signed the gambling agreement, Chen Fan didn't actually hold out too much hope. He was just taking a gamble on a possibility. After all, the Hong Kong film market is so small.

"The first film has accumulated a lot of popularity. We increased investment in the second film and put a lot of effort into the production of the film. If we maintain the reputation, the box office will naturally increase."

Li Hongying handed over the check and added, "Distributors from many Asian countries have come to negotiate copyrights, and we investors have made a lot of money."

"Then congratulations, Sister Ying, you'll make a fortune!"

Chen Fan took the check with a smile, and went to the Bank of East Asia that day to find Yu Jing. He invested the 20 Hong Kong dollars in gold futures, also with a 10x leverage.

From the beginning of the New Year to now, the price of gold has fallen a lot and has reached US$578 per ounce. It was still US$600 on the day before the New Year.

Seeing Chen Fan investing money again, Yu Jing couldn't help but take out 10 Hong Kong dollars and follow suit to buy short gold, but she only dared to add 5 times leverage.

With a 10x leverage, the risk is still too great. Yu Jing just wants to invest to make money, not gamble with her life.

After dealing with the futures, all the important matters were done, and the three girls had had enough fun, so Chen Fan did not stay any longer and flew back to Beijing the next day.

After getting off the plane, Zhao Yuanyuan couldn't help shivering. She quickly took out her down coat from her luggage and put it on, complaining, "The temperature difference is too big."

"Just bear with it and go home and have a hot meal."

Chen Fan walked out with his luggage, found a Warsaw 20 taxi, chatted with the driver Kanye for more than ten minutes, and finally returned to the Chen family compound.

A little girl opened the door.

She looked about sixteen or seventeen years old, and looked very young. She was wearing patched clothes and had a long, thick braid, giving off a simple feeling.

"you are?"

"Are you Brother Chen Fan? I'm Xie Xiaofang, the nanny who just came home." Xie Xiaofang said, reaching out to help the girls carry their luggage.

It can be seen that the little girl has life in her eyes.

When they reached the central courtyard, Guan Yuemei came to greet them. She basically ignored her son, and treated her daughter-in-law and two goddaughters as her treasures.

"Mom, where's my sister? I just passed by the entrance of the alley and didn't see her setting up a stall."

Guan Yuemei then glanced at her son and said, "I've rented the store, but I've been busy renovating it these days. The weather is cold, so I won't be setting up the stall."

"You're pretty quick. Where can I rent it?"

"It's in Nanluoguxiang, near Maoer Hutong. Regular customers can see it as soon as they pass by there. At least we can keep the regular customers."

"That's great, I'll go check it out later!"

Chen Fan nodded: "I'll take the things back first. Mom, please make something hot. Your daughter-in-law and goddaughter are hungry."

"I'll go!"

Xie Xiaofang responded and quickly ran to the kitchen.

Guan Yuemei was very satisfied with this: "This girl is from the same village as Wang Chunyu. Your sister went to their village to collect goods and found out that she is an honest child and is very skillful."

Chen Fan hummed: "Just one?"

Guan Yuemei glanced at her son and said, "There is another one. He was originally a chef at the steel mill. He was responsible for preparing special meals for the leaders. He asked my son to take over the job after he retired."

"If he can cook a small meal, his skills should be pretty good."

"How can it be bad? Your sister earns 50 a month, which is almost as much as your father. You two, brother and sister, are really a spendthrift." Guan Yuemei was so angry that she slapped her son twice.

"Mom, you can't do that. If the person your daughter invited has any problem with this, go ahead and beat her up."

"Your sister is not as tough as you. She will not feel good when I beat her, but will feel pain."

"..."

Chen Fan rolled his eyes and went back to the courtyard with his luggage.

Zeng Ali took out a down coat from her luggage and said, "Mom, this is what Yuanyuan and I picked for you. Try it on to see if it fits you."

Guan Yuemei was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth: "It's said that daughters are better. Sons are useless. They just make me angry all day long."

puff...

Xu Jinqiu couldn't help laughing. In this family, Chen Fan's status was getting lower and lower.

Outside, Chen Fan was very domineering, especially when he went to the publishing house. Qiu Wenxin, who had a bit of a strong woman's temperament, was trembling in front of Chen Fan.

But at home, whether it was Guan Yuemei or Chen Min who wanted to deal with him, one would deal with him while the other would remain silent, and he was naturally restrained.

After a while, Chen Fan came back with a file bag in his hand. Xu Jinqiu knew what was inside: "Are you going out again later?"

"Go find Brother Yu and get the simplified Chinese version of The Matrix published. Ask him for a list of writers and recruit some talented ones to Hong Kong."

Chen Fan attaches great importance to this matter as it concerns the future development of the publishing house.

PS: The first update is here~
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