Chapter 28 Bao Qingtian’s craze
Although Zha Jianying cannot empathize with him, based on her knowledge of the three years of famine, she can understand Liu Hongmin’s obsession with money.
Motherhood made her sympathize with Liu Hongmin's experience and become tolerant towards Liu Hongmin.
“Hongmin, I didn’t expect you to have suffered this.”
Liu Hongmin smiled and said, “It’s all in the past.”
Zha Jianying immediately thought that Liu Hongmin is an optimistic person. No matter what kind of hardships he suffers, he cannot defeat him, but instead makes him successful.
Liu Hongmin didn’t know what Zha Jianying was thinking, otherwise she would be ashamed.
How is he so good? Just an ordinary person.
Liu Hongmin sent Cha Jianying to the guest house of "Beijing Literature and Art", and then returned to school alone. Zha Jianying didn't stay in the guest house for many days. After all, it wouldn't take many days to write a short story from scratch. More than ten days later, Zha Jianying finally finished revising the manuscript and hurried back to school.
Although it was only the 17th, she still went to the messenger room, "Uncle, is there a letter from Xiangjiang?"
"Xiangjiang?" The receptionist frowned and thought for a moment, "No."
Zha Jianying returned to the dormitory a little disappointed, and ran over to ask again after class the next day.
After asking for more than ten days, I finally got a letter from Xiangjiang. After Zha Jianying got the letter, she immediately left Wang Xiaoping and ran to the boys' dormitory.
Wang Xiaoping was speechless, "You two are said to have no relationship, who are you kidding?"
Liu Hongmin went downstairs and saw Cha Jianying coming over with a letter. , "Jianying, is there any news from Xiangjiang?"
Zha Jianying nodded and handed the letter in his hand to Liu Hongmin.
Liu Hongmin was about to take it, but stopped, "You'd better open it!"
Zha Jianying directly stuffed the letter into Liu Hongmin's hand, "You and I still want to open it!" What are you being polite about?"
Liu Hongmin smiled awkwardly. This was the first time he had done such a thing. But since Zha Jianying said so, Liu Hongmin was not polite.
Opening the letter, Liu Hongmin's smile became brighter and brighter.
"How is it?" Zha Jianying asked excitedly.
"Not bad!"
Liu Hongmin forced himself to calm down, "Your uncle went to the surrounding newsstands for three consecutive days. There was no change on the 15th. The sales of Mingbao on the 16th were better than usual. There will be a lot more on the 17th. According to him, if this trend continues, Mingpao may be sold out on the 20th, which is about one-third more than usual."
" One-third?" Cha Jianying was pleasantly surprised, "Ming Pao is very influential in Xiangjiang. It sells an average of 60,000 to 70,000 copies every day, an increase of one-third, which is almost more than 20,000 more copies sold. ”
For China, a huge market, not to mention more than 20,000 copies, even 100,000 copies is just a small number. But in Xiangjiang, 20,000 copies is already a huge number. Each newspaper costs 0.3 Hong Kong dollars, which is 6,000 Hong Kong dollars for 20,000 copies, which is more than the monthly salary of local teachers. That's 180,000 Hong Kong dollars a month. If it were all the improvement brought about by "Famous World", then Ming Pao would make a lot of money.
Liu Hongmin: "The next step is to see if Mr. Luo will contact me." Zha Jianying thought for a while, "Even if Mr. Luo contacts you, it will take some time. Maybe my uncle's next letter The letter has arrived.”
Soon, Zha Jianying’s words were verified.
Her uncle's second letter arrived three days later, saying that the craze for Bao Qingtian had already appeared in Xiangjiang. People in Xiangjiang originally liked Bao Qingtian very much, but after seeing Shaobao, they liked him even more. Many people in Xiangjiang said that it turned out that Bao Qingtian was so smart when he was a child!
On the fifth day after the publication of "Famous in the World", Ming Pao's daily sales exceeded 100,000 copies. Mr. Jin Yong was so happy that he called Luo Baoming directly to the office and asked: "You said before that there are still six films of "Young Man Bao Qingtian" left?"
Luo Baoming nodded, "That's right. But sir, if I talk about a contract with Liu Hongmin now, I'm afraid he will open his mouth."
"Open your mouth?" Mr. Jin Yong asked with a smile: "How big can it be?" Bigger than Ni Kuang?”
“That’s not true!” Luo Baoming replied with a smile.
Ni Kuang’s remuneration is the fastest in Hong Kong’s literary and art circles. Within a few months, it has increased from ten yuan per thousand words to eighty yuan per thousand words. If it weren't for the fact that I couldn't afford the money, it would probably be one thousand words and one hundred and twenty.
"Sir, your distant relative who is studying at Beijing University has a close relationship with Liu Hongmin. I am afraid that through her relationship in Xiangjiang, she will tell Liu Hongmin about the situation here."
Mr. Jin Yong After thinking about it, "In this way, you first give him a remuneration of thirty yuan per thousand words, and if he is not satisfied, you can increase it..."
When Luo Baoming heard the upper limit given by his boss, he was immediately relieved. tone. Without the delegation of power from his boss, he really wouldn't dare to negotiate with Liu Hongmin. Once the negotiation collapsed, he would probably lose his job.
At the same time, he also had to lament Liu Hongmin's good luck, writing that Bao Qingtian just hit the itch of Xiangjiang people.
In Xiangjiang, people often worship Guan Gong, but there is no Guan Gong temple. On the contrary, Wong Tai Sin Temple is very popular, and people say that Wong Tai Sin always responds to their requests. The people of Xiangjiang have very strange beliefs, and they are not clear about the status of gods. There is a doctor who specializes in treating diseases of prostitutes. After death, he is revered as the second uncle and is worshiped in the palace. Bao Qingtian is also a part of the belief of Xiangjiang people, but he is not the main god believed in, but the worshiper of Nezha. Another accomplice of this Nezha Temple is Guanyin.
"Famous in the World" is tantamount to praising the faith of Xiangjiang people, and Liu Hongmin's writing is indeed not bad. The novel contains suspense and martial arts, two elements that Hong Kong people love to read, and it is sure to be popular.
This is why the 1993 version of "Bao Qingtian" caused a craze in Hong Kong. Liu Hongmin's Shaobao only started this craze more than ten years ago.
But no one expected it to be so popular. It's so popular that TVB has already started planning a TV series starring Bao Qingtian.
Luo Baoming did not dare to delay for a moment and immediately set off for the capital.
Liu Hongmin, who was thousands of miles away, was stunned when he saw Luo Baoming. Then I was overjoyed. It seems that Shaobao is not just popular in Hong Kong! Otherwise, Luo Baoming would never rush to the capital as soon as possible.
Although I only took a flight for more than ten hours, the air ticket was more expensive than the remuneration for "Famous in the World".
Seeing Liu Hongmin's expression, Luo Baoming couldn't help but feel his heart sink. It seems that Liu Hongmin already knows the situation in Xiangjiang, and this negotiation may not be easy to handle.
When he signed the contract before, he didn't notice the loopholes in it. After returning to Xiangjiang, Ming Pao's legal affairs department had reminded him that once "Famous in the World" became popular, Liu Hongmin would have the capital to raise the price from the ground up. Although he said that the Shaobao series was only published by Ming Pao, this did not include the publisher's distribution rights and the rights to adapt movies and TV series.
Even if Ming Pao could give Ni Kuang a remuneration, the remuneration for the remaining six films would not even be 50,000 Hong Kong dollars. But if you buy the distribution rights, you can get at least 100,000 Hong Kong dollars. Not to mention the adaptation rights, which cost at least 100,000 Hong Kong dollars.
(End of this chapter)