Training the Heavens

Chapter 67 Letter of Introduction

"It was sold right away? You writers really make money!" Xie Chao was extremely envious. He earned 20,000 yuan in royalties in just one year. Life was too good to be true.

"I'm lucky. I don't even know what to write next time! Now I have a house, but I'm worried about the money to clean it up." Gao Jialin did not continue to show off his income to avoid arousing jealousy.

After hearing this, Xie Chao felt a little better. He immediately contacted the owner of the house and waited for them to come over and take Gao Jialin to go through the formalities. After all the formalities were completed, the villa became Gao Jialin's.

In the evening, I asked Xie Chao to call his family and go to a big restaurant for a good meal. Before leaving, I stuffed the prepared gifts over to them. Their family had gifts of all sizes, and not a single one was missed.

Xie Chao was in a better mood now, and even offered, "If I see a good house in the future, I'll let you know right away!"

"Thank you very much. I will sell my current house and buy a better one when the time comes!" Gao Jialin said, holding his hand.

I definitely won't sell it. I'm just saying this to avoid trouble. Otherwise, I can make thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars in a few months. Who wouldn't be jealous?

As for the future, society is changing very fast nowadays, and there are more and more rich people. Maybe in a year or two, Xie Chao will not find it strange anymore.

Besides, he would benefit from introducing a house to himself. Even if it was for his own benefit, he knew what to do.

Soon, the city radio station began to broadcast the radio drama "Young Friends Come to Meet", which not only caused a great response in Shanghai, but also attracted a large number of radio stations from other places to come and discuss the introduction of the drama.

Nowadays, radio stations don’t get much money for rebroadcasting other radio stations’ programs, and Gao Jialin gets even less. However, there are many radio stations that rebroadcast programs, so when the money is added up, Gao Jialin gets a considerable amount of income.

With this money, he can consider renovating the house, but things like decoration require someone to keep an eye on it, and he has to go to classes every day and participate in various activities on weekends, so he really can't spare the time.

Fortunately, summer vacation is very close now. I can go home and ask a reliable relative to come over to help keep an eye on him and train him at the same time.

Gao Jialin's university life will last for another three years. During these three years, he can only stay in school and watch the opportunities to make a fortune slip away. It is such a pity. If there is someone who can act according to his ideas, it would be much more convenient.

But such people must be chosen carefully. Those who are too stupid are not suitable, as they cannot complete the tasks assigned to them; those who are too smart are not suitable either, as if they have to be on guard against others every day, it is better not to make the money!
If you don't make money, you will make big money a few years later. If you meet someone who will backfire on you, you will be in big trouble.

Fortunately, Gao Jialin is quite familiar with the young people in Gaojia Village, and he will definitely not look for an ungrateful person like Gao Shuangxing. Moreover, with the examples of Gao Minglou and Gao Shuangxing's family, they have to think twice when they have any bad intentions.

The radio drama quickly spread across the country, and "Young Friends" also spread across the country, and was warmly welcomed by the audience, especially young audiences.

The editorial department of "Mengya" felt that the time had come and immediately started the sale of the physical book. The printing factory started up at a rapid pace, and the books were quickly sent to Xinhua Bookstores across the country after they were printed.

They also found a bookstore near a university in Shanghai and held a book signing event.

On the morning of the book signing, a long line formed outside the Xinhua Bookstore. While queuing to buy books might seem unthinkable in later generations, it was quite common in the 1980s. With a lack of entertainment options, reading was one of the few ways to enrich one's spare time and extracurricular activities. Many classic works sold millions of copies.

As for new books, it goes without saying that as soon as a new book that attracts attention comes out, readers will line up to buy it like they do now, for fear that they will be too late to buy it.

If an author held a book signing event, more people would come. Writers and poets were the most popular stars in the 1980s. If you could meet an author and get their signed book, you could brag about it for days. If you gave the book to a girl, maybe a relationship would be formed.

Gao Jialin signed until all the new books prepared by this Xinhua Bookstore were sold out, and there were still a large number of readers waiting eagerly. Niu Xinliang could only urge the publishing house to deliver the books as soon as possible while comforting the readers and asking them to wait patiently.

At the end of signing in, Gao Jialin felt like his hands were not his own. When he went to eat after the meeting, he could only use his left hand to hold the spoon to eat wontons. Every time he picked up the chopsticks with his right hand, it felt like a burning pain.

Fortunately, all the hard work was worth it. The Xinhua Bookstore staff who were having dinner with them told them that there were long queues in all major bookstores in Shanghai to buy "Young Friends Come to Meet", and the first batch of books was about to be sold out.

Shanghai is a key city for the distribution of Mengya Publishing House. Of the total 100,000 new books, 30,000 were allocated to Shanghai. All 30,000 books were sold out in just a few days. Judging from this, the sales in other cities must be similar.

When I returned to school in the evening, the dormitory corridor was once again packed with students holding new books and waiting for Gao Jialin's signature.

Gao Jialin was afraid that something might happen in the crowded corridor, so he asked his roommates for help. They carried a table downstairs and signed autographs for them in the open space in front of the dormitory building. They continued signing until the lights were almost turned off.

In the next few days, whether he was in class, eating or resting in the dormitory, Gao Jialin would encounter classmates who came with books and asked him to sign them. There were even bold girls who expressed their interest in him in person. Unfortunately, Gao Jialin really didn't dare to provoke such fanatical fans and could only refuse them politely and firmly.

As soon as he returned to the dormitory that day, he heard the dormitory manager, Uncle Dong, urging him to answer the phone. When he picked up the phone, Niu Xinliang's excited voice came from the other end, "Print more! Print more!"

What? Isn't the printing already a done deal? Why are you calling him?
"Jialin, good news! Your book is a huge hit. People all over the country are urging our publishing house to restock its stock. We've just decided to print an additional two hundred thousand copies! Hurry and get your royalties!"

Oh, it’s this reprint. I thought it was the one for the song and dance troupe.

"Okay, I'll be there right away. Oh, and I have something I'd like to ask the editor-in-chief for help with. Can you tell him?"

"What's going on?"

"Isn't summer vacation coming soon? I want to use the summer vacation to travel around and see if I can find any inspiration for my new book, so I want the publishing house to help me write a letter of introduction! Do you think it's okay?" Gao Jialin asked.

"Why not? As long as you can produce good work, forget about the letter of introduction, you can even have the editor-in-chief cook for you!"

(End of this chapter)