Chapter 294 "A lifetime of love, a glass of wine, a special song from the city"
"What, can't it be done?" Fang Minghua asked rhetorically.
"Of course!" Bai Miao agreed wholeheartedly: "I once mentioned this matter to Editor Zhang and President Huang. Editor Zhang rejected it and President Huang's attitude was ambiguous. Minghua, how did you convince President Huang?"
"Still more persuasion? The plan for the editor-in-chief competition is very clear. The editor-in-chief is responsible. I have the final say on how to run this magazine." Fang Minghua said lightly.
Of course, Fang Minghua was not unreasonable. He had communicated this matter with President Huang in advance.
"Okay, I'll go!" Bai Miao agreed immediately.
"I heard from my uncle that the other party is a wine seller. You know I can't drink now and it's all up to you." Fang Minghua said with a smile.
“Don’t worry, I will risk my life for our magazine this time!” Bai Miao said with a sigh of relief.
After work, Fang Minghua and Bai Miao rode straight to Xijing Restaurant.
Song Yuemin has arrived, wearing casual clothes, and there are three middle-aged men. The leader is a tall and burly man, who is Song Yuemin's comrade Wu Jianye, the deputy director of Chenggu Winery.
After introducing both parties, Wu Jianye held Fang Minghua's hand: "Editor Fang, I heard from Song Yuemin that you were promoted to editor-in-chief. It's such a happy event. I want to have a few drinks with you today to express my congratulations."
Fang Minghua listened. He quickly smiled and said: "Director Wu, Brother Yuemin must have told you that I can't drink recently, for the sake of the next generation. But I called my colleague, he is a hero in drinking."
< br>Then Fang Minghua said: "Let me introduce to you: This is the deputy editor of our magazine, Comrade Bai Miao."
"Hello, Deputy Editor Bai." Director Wu extended his right hand again .
"Hello, Director Wu." Bai Miao smiled with a smile on his face, and he was even more ecstatic in his heart.
I finally became the deputy editor!
I wholeheartedly support Fang Minghua’s bid for editor-in-chief. Of course I admire his ability and agree with his concept of running a magazine, but why don’t I have my own ideas in my heart?
After Fang Minghua became the editor-in-chief, one of the deputy editor positions must belong to him.
Sure enough!
Everyone sat down. Director Wu pointed to a bottle of wine on the wine table and said: "Today, try the Chenggu Tequ produced by our factory and see how it tastes compared with your Xifeng wine. Like? ”
Fang Minghua stopped drinking recently, but he poured a glass and tasted it.
It has a round taste and rich aroma, which is really good.
Fang Minghua couldn't drink, and Song Yuemin didn't drink well either. Bai Miao and Director Wu were there drinking one glass after another. They were all great drinkers, and the four of them actually drank six bottles of Chenggute. song.
Everyone was drunk until the end.
Of course, I didn’t forget to get down to business. It was finalized at the wine table that Chenggu Tequ was willing to buy the first advertising space after the title page of "Yanhe" magazine for 100,000 yuan. Starting from May, It will last for one year. Tomorrow, Director Wu will take people to the magazine to formally sign the contract.
Several people raised their glasses to express congratulations, and Fang Minghua also raised his glass. Wu Jianye looked at him, his face flushed: "To be honest, we are all rough people. We need to think of a nice word for this advertisement, right? Editor Fang, you You are a cultural person, why don’t you think of something for us?”
You want me to be creative in advertising?
Seeing that you are my first customer and a comrade-in-arms of my uncle, I will give you one for free.
Fang Minghua pondered for a moment and said: "How about calling it: a lifetime of love, a glass of wine, and Chenggu special music?"
"Okay! Just call it this!" Director Wu He immediately clapped his hands and cheered: "I'll find someone to design a layout for us right away!"
After settling the 100,000 yuan advertising fee for Chenggu Winery, Fang Minghua contacted Qin Terracotta Milk Powder, a dairy company in Xijing, and sold the advertising page on the back of Chenggu Winery for 80,000 yuan.
The first phase of Fang Minghua’s advertising expansion business has come to an end. Originally, he planned to add an advertising page to the back page of the magazine, but after careful consideration, he decided not to do it for the time being. He had to eat one bite at a time and not take too big steps.
Today is Fang Minghua’s first editorial meeting since he took over as editor-in-chief. More than 20 editors are sitting in the conference room on the fourth floor, all of them very excited.
Hey, in just a few days, Fang Minghua has brought in a net income of 180,000 yuan for the magazine. This would have to be earned by selling 360,000 magazines, and this is still gross income!
If converted into net income, we would have to sell 1.8 million copies!
Last year the magazine sold nearly 1.5 million magazines in one year!
This year’s unit bonuses and benefits.
The editors seem to have a few more unity cards in their pockets.
Of course, everyone here is a scholar. Intellectuals cannot just think about money.
There is another important matter to be announced today, the candidates for the three new deputy editors!
The Provincial Writers Association hired Fang Minghua as editor-in-chief, and Fang Minghua as deputy editor-in-chief for a period of three years.
"Comrades, according to my proposal, I have reported it to the Provincial Writers Association for the record. Now I announce:" Fang Minghua sat on the rostrum with a serious look on his face: "Bai Miao, the deputy editor is also the leader of the novel group."< br>
"Zhao Muchun, deputy editor, concurrently serves as the leader of the poetry and prose group."
"Liu Xuefeng, deputy editor concurrently serves as the leader of the literary criticism group. I will invite three people to come to the stage to receive the appointment letter."
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The venue immediately burst into warm applause.
No one is surprised that Fang Minghua promoted these three people to deputy editors.
Li Tianfang, the original deputy editor and leader of the novel team, has been transferred to the Writers Association to specialize in writing, while Wang Yu, the original deputy editor and leader of the literary review team, took several people to found the "Novel Review" publication, and there was a vacancy. The position will naturally be taken by Fang Minghua's people.
These are usually editors that Fang Minghua admires and are very close to him.
After the conference, Fang Minghua left three deputy editors. The four of them held a small meeting to discuss the work after the establishment of the new editorial department.
"I won't go into the general truth. We raised 180,000 yuan in advertising fees, and all the comrades in the unit were very happy. This greatly eased the financial pressure on the magazine, but this is not fundamental."
"The most fundamental thing about a good magazine is whether the content of the works you publish is of high quality and whether the readers like it." Fang Minghua said with a serious expression: "This is the foundation of our magazine, and it is also an urgent problem that needs to be solved. What do you have? Please share your good opinions and suggestions.”
“I say!” Bai Miao was the first to speak: “The fastest way to publish good works is to invite some excellent writers to publish them. ! Editor Fang, I suggest that you write letters to emerging writers such as Liu Suona, Mo Yan, and Ma Yuan in the name of the editorial department! Just like you did when you were in the novel group."
82 When Fang Minghua first joined the novel section of the editorial department as an editor, he took advantage of various opportunities to request manuscripts from Wang Anyi, Li Baocun and others. Of course, he did not forget writers such as Lu Yao from the province. The quality of the novels published in "Yanhe" at that time improved significantly.
Unfortunately, he was soon transferred to the position of deputy editor in charge of the poetry and prose group. Poetry began to flourish, but novels slowly fell into silence.
Even Liu Suona's article "I Have No Choice" was unwilling to be delivered to my door, allowing "People's Literature" to take advantage.
Now Fang Minghua listened to Bai Miao and said: "Bai Miao, your idea is very good, but it is not strong enough. Emerging writers like Mo Yan, Ma Yuan, and Liu Suona are definitely not the only ones asking for manuscripts. "Yanhe" family, right? Why didn't they vote for "Yanhe" from "People's Literature"? "
"Editor Fang, you have great respect," Bai Miao said with a smile.
“Don’t flatter me!” Fang Minghua laughed and cursed.
The other two laughed after hearing this.
"Okay, okay, no kidding." Fang Minghua didn't want to joke about this, and he continued: "My idea is to invite some young and middle-aged domestic writers to come to our Xijing to hold a symposium on literary creation, and everyone can sit down and chat together. Let’s talk about literature, and by the way, visit the Terracotta Warriors and climb the Big Wild Goose Pagoda!”
(End of this chapter)