August 1979.

It was more than ten days after arriving in Hong Kong. After getting the official identity documents from the police station, Lin Qi rented a house outside and moved out of Huang Zili's house.

The newly rented house is located near the Kowloon Tong Radio Road, with an area of ​​more than 40 square meters and a monthly rent of up to HK$2,000. In this era, ordinary working class in Hong Kong had a monthly salary of only over 1,000. Ordinary office workers, even if they rent such a large house, they would share the rent for multiple people.

Like Lin Qi, renting an apartment alone is considered a very luxurious act.

However, Lin Qi himself has many secrets, so he is unwilling to share the rent with others, so as not to inadvertently reveal his secrets.

"Lin Sheng, are you going out to find a job?" A girl at work smiled sweetly when she went downstairs.

"Yes..." Lin Qi nodded.

In fact...just going out to hang out, watch movies, stroll around bookstores, and eat some snacks on the street. It's like traveling, never submitting resumes or interviews.

After all, the total Hong Kong dollars exchanged in Shenzhen is more than 100,000. I used up some of them during this period and had 90,000 yuan left. Even if I don’t look for a job, I can still live in Hong Kong for a few years.

Lin Qi’s main purpose in going to Hong Kong is to apply for a legal identity certificate. And when mainland policies are not open, start a business in Hong Kong first.

If you really want to develop, you must be in the mainland. After you have certain assets, you will return to the mainland to invest in the name of Hong Kong businessmen. In the early 1980s and 1990s, you can get super-national treatment.

Now Lin Qi has more than 100,000 Hong Kong dollars in savings. This little money can’t do any big business in Hong Kong. Therefore, Lin Qi is preparing to start with an industry with a low threshold and a huge advantage in himself - publishing industry!

The pattern of Hong Kong's publishing industry is roughly the one with many turtles. No one can count the small places in Hong Kong, and there are so many publishing houses and newspapers.

Many publishing institutions have no fixed office space and only one employee. Most of these publishing institutions that are created and destroyed at any time are playing houses and have no achievements.

There are also many small publishing houses that adopt the "front store and back club" business method. They are also used to open bookstores in front of the front door to open external business, but not to open external business behind the store, and are used to open small publishing houses.

Lin Qi’s goal is to buy a small publishing house, such as “front store and back club”, and it is okay to participate in or control the shares. Whether you have controlling rights does not matter. As long as you have a certain voice in the early stage, you can let the publishing house operate according to your own suggestions.

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Kowloon Tong, Broadcasting Road, Dahai Bookstore.

A typical small publishing company with a front store and back store, but Dahai Publishing House has been closed. The circulation of "Dahai Weekly" it founded has dropped from more than 3,000 copies in the 1960s to more than 200 copies last month. Moreover, the sales of 200 copies are also moist, and most of them are given to relatives and friends for free.

There are also loyal fans, about 10.

Because of the continuous losses, Zhang Dahai lost at least tens of thousands of yuan a month. Therefore, Zhang Dahai was forced to stop publishing business. Although Dahai Publishing House did not declare bankruptcy, it had not published newspapers and books for more than a year.

After the publication was suspended, after the publication of Dahai Publishing House was suspended, Zhang Dahai continued to operate Dahai Bookstore before he founded the publishing house.

The business of Dahai Bookstore is also very average, but because the store belongs to its own, it does not require rent. Therefore, you can still make some profit every month. But the profit is better than nothing, and it is better to rent the store out.

During this period, Zhang Dahai was considering whether to close the bookstore as well. In the future, rent the store out and collect the rent specifically.

"Lin Sheng... do you like reading books very much?" Zhang Dahai looked at Lin Qi, who has been reading books these days. However, Lin Qi is not authentic... He only reads but does not buy them, which makes him a little dissatisfied.

"Hmm?...oh, yes!" Lin Qi nodded and said.

"These books are all sold. If they get older, they can't be sold." Zhang Dahai said on his face, "Can you buy them?"

"Oh?" Lin Qi nodded, took out the entire volume of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and said, "I bought this set."

Zhang Dahai's face was slightly calmer. A set of books was priced at 200 yuan, and you could earn at least 60 or 70 yuan if you sold them.

After paying the money, Lin Qi did not leave. Instead, he asked the boss: "I saw the sign of Dahai Publishing House hanging on the back door, why didn't the door open?"

When Zhang Dahai heard this, he frowned and said, "The publishing house has no reputation and no authors, and its distribution has become worse and worse. Even if the books cannot be sold, they will naturally have no money to support the editor and cannot afford the printing cost. Of course, they will close the door!"

"Actually..." Lin Qi said with a embarrassed expression, "I am also a literary lover. I saw a publishing house sign hanging on the back door and wanted to contribute to it!"

"Submission? A few years ago, maybe it was collected. But now there is not even an editor, so what's the point of publishing!" Zhang Dahai couldn't help but say funny, "Even if it is published, how much manuscript fee do you think I can give you? In the past, Dahai Publishing House mainly called for jokes. A joke costs ten yuan, a symbolic manuscript fee, do you want it? Young people, Hong Kong publishing houses are as numerous as tyrants, and most of them make money by making money. Many of the manuscript fees they promised to give were not given. When they come to ask for it, they might not be bankrupt and empty. Therefore, young people should submit their manuscripts to the big club. Even if the manuscript fee is less, they will not be owed or even not given."

When making the publication, Zhang Dahai could not help but brag about manuscript fraud. But now he doesn't do it anymore, he naturally exposes the dark side of those small publishing houses without mercy. Those companies that are unable to pay manuscripts are simply cheating a batch of manuscripts to operate. Although they have the ability to pay manuscripts after the operation is successful, they are able to pay manuscripts. After the operation fails, the company has closed down. Who should I ask for manuscript fees? It only costs a few hundred yuan to register a company in Hong Kong, and there is no threshold for the publishing industry. Anyone can register a publishing company.

"The number of submissions from the big club is piled up. Even if the writing is similar to that of Jin Yong, it may be buried by an ignorant editor." Lin Qi said humbly, "The small publishing house has no author resources at all. As long as the quality is good and lucky enough to meet a reliable publishing house, you may be the pillar of the publishing house!"

"God? You're a big fucking voice..." Zhang Dahai couldn't help but feel funny.

Seeing this, Lin Qi took out a stack of manuscripts and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't believe it, I'm afraid you don't know the goods!"

Zhang Dahai shouted in his mouth: "All the newcomers nowadays are second to Jin Yong. In fact, most of them are second to the pussy." Then, he took Lin Qi's manuscript.

Soon after, I was attracted by the content.

"Thirty years from Hedong, thirty years from Hexi. Don't bully the young man poor!"

The peak magical work of the fantasy little white in later generations, "Fighting Break the Sky", was released forty years in advance, and this is a completely nuclear bomb-level innovation.

After Lin Qi took out this work, his body was shocked. The first tens of thousands of words made Zhang Dahai feel excited. After reading it, he couldn't help but ask in anticipation: "A good book, even if the writing style is average, it still determines that it has the potential to become famous! Is there any more? By the way, do you want to publish a book? In view of the fact that the book is very creative, I will make an exception for you!"

Lin Qi shook his head and said, "I'm afraid you can't afford the royalty..."

When Zhang Dahai heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed and said, "Yes, if I had known such a manuscript, it wouldn't have been possible to submit it to a publishing house like ours."

"Boss Zhang misunderstood. I mean... I invest in your publishing house, and then, use my manuscripts to conquer the world! Just like when Jin Yong founded Ming Pao and used his own novels to attract readers to Ming Pao!"

"Brother, although I think your novel is very attractive, it is still much worse than Jin Yong's." Zhang Dahai shook his head and said, "Jin Yong's martial arts is a classic. Even if you read it, the plot will be memorable and you can read it several times. Your novel mainly depends on novelty. You may have hope for selling books alone. It is not enough to support a newspaper! Moreover, if you invest in the novel? Tsk tsk..."

In fact, Zhang Dahai said that he would publish "Fighting Break the Sky" was just a whim. In a blink of an eye, he recalled that the publishing house lost all the money over the years, which was enough to buy a few villas. Therefore, he became hesitant about whether to publish the book he was promising to make an exception.

"In addition to the manuscript, I can also invest. The injected funds will run the publication of the novel "Fighting Break the Sky"." Lin Qi put forward his own plan.
Chapter completed!