Chapter 183 caused another sensation, resonated with millions of educated youth who returned to the city (please vote for me)
That night!
Although the manuscript fee and emotions were all stretched to the limit, in the end Cheng Xuemin chose to give it a try and endured it.
The month is really big, no joke.
The next day, Cheng Xuemin took the Feng family to take some time to visit the sub-district office affiliated with Yanda to get their household registration in place and establish an independent household.
At the same time, last night Father Feng handed over their household registration books to Cheng Xuemin and his wife.
Just with the new household registration and marriage certificate, the Feng family's household registration was also placed in Cheng Xuemin's name.
In this way, although the family is not separated from the mother-in-law, it can still be regarded as a household separation.
The current situation is!
Cheng Xuemin has a household registration in Yanjing, a house, a wife, a job, and savings notes. He is truly rich!
After confirming his household registration, Cheng Xuemin was focused on nothing else. He started writing manuscripts and preparing lessons. At the same time, he also had to catch up with his sister-in-law and the others for review.
On this day, Director Yang finally finalized Cheng Xuemin’s first class at Yan University!
The first big class scheduled for this Saturday afternoon is an elective course!
It’s not the main course!
But then all the teachers and professors in the department will go to the class to observe it, which is regarded as an open class.
Greeting Cheng Xuemin in advance gives him enough time to prepare for lessons.
After all, probably all the teachers and students of the entire Chinese Department will attend, and even other departments who hear the news will definitely come to join in the fun.
Switch to Pioneer, senior fellow from the Chinese department, this influence is really powerful!
At the same time, Chen Shumin and Lao Chen’s "Today" magazine has been fully printed and bound, and a total of one thousand copies of the first edition have been printed.
"There's a new one, there's a new one, Wrangler Joe, the factory director of Pioneer Joe has a new masterpiece again!"
The first edition of "Today" magazine has been put on sale, but because they are only privately-initiated publications, they cannot be put on the shelves of various newsstands.
In addition, they are a new magazine with no reputation at all, not even as good as the school magazine from Yanda.
So Cheng Xuemin and others had to deliver them one by one.
Yes, it’s sending magazines.
You can't charge money, otherwise it will be illegal printing and you will be invited in for tea.
After all!
It is a publication sponsored by a few like-minded pen pals with their own money. It is not subject to approval and approval from the superiors. It is okay for self-entertainment, but it must not be illegally peddled.
What is this picture about?
In fact, Cheng Xuemin himself didn’t know much about it. Anyway, he was just trying to lay the groundwork for the “Today” magazine.
Let’s see if we can apply for a formal copyright distribution number for “Today” after this year, when all newspapers, magazines and newspapers across the country have been transferred to commercial publications and are responsible for their own profits and losses.
Anyway, the route Cheng Xuemin is taking now is just like the ancient Liangshan heroes or other aspiring bandits!
First make your own business bigger and stronger, and then wait for the superiors to recruit you.
So first let's see if we can bring the influence of "Today" magazine, and then gain the discernment of cultural experts and be recruited into the regular army. Of course it would be the best.
If this is not possible in the end, it doesn't matter to Cheng Xuemin, just entertain himself.
certainly!
Self-entertainment is not really just for self-entertainment. In fact, Cheng Xuemin has a preliminary and rough outline plan in mind!
He wanted to use "Today" as a platform to recruit a group of like-minded pen pals, classmates and teachers to form a circle!
Correct!
Instead of waiting for thirty or forty years to join the so-called "Beijing circle", Cheng Xuemin thought that he might as well use himself and the influence of the connections and resources around him to form a circle of his own.
By then, this circle will become bigger and stronger. Cheng Xuemin will be the core and soul figure of this circle, which will be helpful to his future development.
The original intention of Lao Chen and several pen pals to create "Today" magazine was not just the prototype of a circle.
It's a pity that the circle they formed in their previous life did not break out of the circle, nor did they go far.
But it also affected decades.
In view of this original purpose, Cheng Xuemin was also very concerned about sending the first edition of "Today" to the magazine.
Immediately, he took fifty magazines to his class in the Chinese Department, distributed the tasks to Huang Beijia, Cha Jianying, Liu Xuehong and others, and mobilized them to help deliver the magazines.
In their girls' dormitories, no matter which department or college they are from, every girl's dormitory must be given a copy.
At the same time, Liu Zhenyun, Chen Jiangong and others are all the same. They all have articles published in "Today".
Therefore, they have to contribute to promoting their own articles. Similarly, the boys' dormitories should preferably send a magazine to each dormitory.
In addition to Yan University, Huaqing next door, as well as Yan Normal University, Renmin University of China, Nortel and other major universities, Lao Chen and the others also mobilized the energy of their connections and sent them all!
Suddenly, "Today", which was released to major universities for the first time, has become one of the hot topics among students in major universities.
Mainly due to the influence of Cheng Xuemin, the Wrangler author Lao Xu, "My Corps Years" has touched the heartstrings of countless college students.
Because the latest two batches of college students in major universities were basically admitted from rural areas. They were either educated youth who jumped in the queue, or they were farmers’ children who had the same experience as the educated youth who jumped in the queue. They all experienced that era!
Therefore, once "My Corps Years" was published, it caused quite a stir and resonance in major university circles.
It was a bigger sensation than the previous "Wrangler", or "Director Qiao's Take-Off", or "Parents' Love", etc.
Because the previous articles were not about the years when educated youth went to the countryside to join the ranks.
Although the story can resonate with readers, it is really not as sensational as "My Years in the Corps".
"My Corps Years", strictly speaking, is the first chapter since the announcement of the re-opening at the end of that decade. In a real sense, it talks about the experiences of the educated youths who went to the countryside to join the army.
Countless college students, as well as educated youths who returned to the city from Yanjing, can find their own shadows and their respective years in "My Corps Years".
so!
The magazine was given out in the first two days, but it caused a sensation and resonance later. Countless students and educated youth returned to the city, all looking for "My Corps Years". They were all looking for the magazine "My Corps Years" at major newsstands. today".
Unfortunately, I found that they were not sold at the newsstands, and I couldn't find out where they were sold.
He also said that this "Today" is a new magazine that just came out. Now people only give it away, not sell it. They just give it away as chance comes.
"Xuemin, our magazine became an instant hit!"
Several people in charge met at the Yanjing Library. Bei Dao, who was not optimistic at first, was the first to jump out and exclaimed with sincere admiration for Cheng Xuemin.
"Yes, Xuemin, your article "My Years in the Corps" has touched the hearts of countless college students and educated youths who have returned to the city. Now our magazine is hard to find!" Editor-in-chief Mang Ke also exclaimed. , then looked at Chen Shumin and said, "Old Chen, we are almost running out of magazines. Do we need to print more quickly?"
"Add stamp!?"
"What to seal with?"
"Xuemin and I have already discussed that this issue will be as it is without printing any more. Let's just leave it like this for now!"
Chen Shumin was also very excited. He had thought about it as early as two days ago and took advantage of the instant popularity of their magazine to quickly print more copies.
But he was persuaded by Cheng Xuemin!
It was originally just for my own entertainment. I spent my own money to print a thousand copies, which is almost enough. There is no need to sacrifice my family fortune for this.
Moreover, there are already a thousand magazines circulating in the hands of major universities and educated youths who have returned to the city. Coupled with the hook left at the end of the first volume of Cheng Xuemin's "My Corps Years", these thousand magazines can be waiting for them. Ferment slowly and there is no need to add stamps at all. Even if more copies are printed, how many more copies can be printed?
A thousand copies or ten thousand copies?
But the real situation is that whether it is a thousand copies or ten thousand copies, it is a drop in the bucket for the three to four million educated youth who have returned to the city in Yanjing City.
So there is absolutely no need to print it again!
Because one thousand copies and ten thousand copies have the same meaning, unless they can directly print hundreds of thousands more copies.
But without financial support from above, who can afford this?
After being persuaded by Cheng Xuemin, Chen Shumin was right. Anyway, the first issue of their "Today" was an instant hit and achieved unprecedented success.
Then, readers, just wait!
We have to wait for the second issue of their "Today" magazine, at least two or three months.
"No more printing!? Why not more printing?! Now that our magazine is so popular, shouldn't we strike while the iron is hot and quickly increase the printing?"
Faced with Chen Shumin's answer, the two persons in charge, Mang Ke and Bei Dao, were both a little confused.
Such a good opportunity, why not print it? Why not print it?
"What should we use to add stamps? We haven't secured funds for the next issue, so what should we use to add stamps?"
"How about you two, Beidao Mangke, contribute a little?"
All right!
Being squeezed by Chen Shumin, Bei Dao and Mang Ke were speechless.
Because what Chen Shumin said is a fact!
Although they all claim to be literati and poets, their net worth is indeed not comparable to that of a newcomer like Cheng Xuemin.
Chen Shumin also has a formal job as a librarian at Yantai University, with a stable income, while Bei Dao Mangke is a little behind, saying that he is a freelance writer without a formal job.
But it is rare to publish one or two articles in half a year, and the royalties are barely enough to survive.
Are they really allowed to spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars out of their own pockets to fund printing?
It's simply impossible.
So what Lao Chen said is right. They don’t have funding for the next issue of the magazine. How can they use it to print more copies?
In an instant, most of the fighting spirit that had just been ignited was extinguished by this cruel reality.
It was Chen Shumin who encouraged everyone and treated everyone to a lunch to celebrate their first victory in the "Today" magazine.
During this period, Cheng Xuemin did not express his position!
Although the cost of printing a magazine is only 30 cents, and a thousand copies is only 300 yuan, Cheng Xuemin can afford this amount of money out of his own pocket.
But it was still the same as what he said to Chen Shumin, there was absolutely no need to reprint it.
The effect of a drop in the bucket is the same. If I really want to be the same as Yanjing Literature and People's Literature, can they afford it?
"Did you, Xuemin, write this manuscript?"
But what Cheng Xuemin didn't expect was that the turnaround would come so quickly!
At the dinner table at home in the evening, mother-in-law Feng Mu took out a copy of "Today" magazine, clicked on the cover of "My Corps Years", the author Lao Xu, and asked her son-in-law Cheng Xuemin.
"Uh... I promised Lao Chen a manuscript before, and I took the time to write it for him a year ago!"
Cheng Xuemin nodded vaguely. He didn't expect that there would be such a huge movement, and even his mother-in-law had such a copy in her hands.
"Mom, Xuemin was originally a deputy editor of Lao Chen's "Today", and we agreed to give him an article!" Feng Jiayou, the daughter-in-law next to her, also helped her man, for fear that her mother would do it again. Use this to challenge her man and hold him accountable.
"How many copies have you printed and distributed?"
Feng's mother continued to ask, but there was no blame in her tone. This made Cheng Xuemin and the Feng family feel relieved.
"A thousand copies!" Cheng Xuemin replied again.
"A thousand copies caused such a big reaction in the city?" Mother Feng's face was horrified when she heard this. In fact, she heard someone talking about the magazine "Today" two days ago. It sounded familiar but she didn't know it at all. I've seen this magazine.
So I asked Xiao Yang below to find a copy and bring it back.
Two days passed directly after searching like this. It took Xiao Yang two full days to find a copy in the hands of one of her cousins who was studying in college.
At that time, Xiao Yang got the magazine and saw that the front page headline turned out to be Lao Xu's new work, which was the new work of Teacher Gu and her son-in-law to open Pioneer. He was shocked on the spot.
I immediately took the magazine back to the unit and handed it to Teacher Gu to read.
Feng's mother was also shocked when she took the magazine. She also realized at that time that no wonder the magazine "Today" sounded familiar to her. It turned out that her son-in-law and Chen Shumin from Yan University were creating it for their own entertainment. The magazine had been mentioned to her before, but she didn't take it to heart.
Unexpectedly, the release started without any fanfare!
And once it was released, it achieved such great results, which really impressed Feng’s mother.
So she took the magazine home directly and asked her son-in-law about it.
"Why isn't it stamped?"
Seeing her son-in-law smiling shyly, Feng's mother asked again in confusion.
Only a thousand copies were released?
Why not strike while the iron is hot and quickly print more to expand your influence?
"Mom, we don't have the funds!"
"So I thought that printing a few more copies would be a drop in the bucket but would have little effect, so I might as well just not print more and wait to prepare the second issue!"
Cheng Xuemin smiled bitterly and burst into tears!
“That’s it!”
Feng's mother nodded when she heard this. What her son-in-law said was indeed right. They were originally in the magazine business!
We know that when the influence is huge, the effect of publishing one thousand copies, 10,000 copies, or even 100,000 copies will be very different!
There is absolutely no need for additional printing. After all, it is not a regular magazine.
"Then can you give us the exclusive reprint of "October" this issue!? I can also apply directly to the above for first publication. After all, your "Today" is for self-entertainment and is not included in the publications registered by Wenhuakouzi, so Can be considered a starter!”
The mother-in-law has been laying the groundwork for so long, just to pick up the manuscript. Even if "Today" has been published, so what?
The one being bullied is that you are not a regular soldier and have not been registered in the Wenhua Port!
The main thing is to rob and pry the manuscript, just say hello to my son-in-law and you will never obey!
…
Please vote for me, thank you!
(End of chapter)