September 9, 1979.

The operation of Dahai Publishing House is gradually getting on track, and the first episode of "Fighting Break the Sky" also completed the entire process from review and proofreading to publishing and printing.

In Lin Qi's opinion, the entire process was already very efficient. In half a month, turning manuscripts into regular publications for printing in lead type is at least as efficient as the publishing industry in mainland China.

But this is already very slow for the fast-paced Hong Kong.

How fast was the pace of Hong Kong from the 1970s to 1980s? A movie can be finished in one week and released within one month.

Hong Kong TV series are also filmed and broadcast at the same time. Pre-shoot the first few episodes to try the waters. If the TV series becomes popular, it will lengthen the plot and shoot more than 70 to 80 episodes and more than 100 episodes. The ratings are average, and the TV series will end hastily to avoid wasting money, manpower and material resources. Just imagine those popular TV series are almost daily broadcasts, and one episode is filmed every day. How amazing is this production efficiency!

I published a book and prepared it for half a month. At this time, Hong Kong was already quite slow!

The first episode of "Fighting Breaks the Sky" was 65,000 words, and the first print was 3,000 copies, and the cost of 9,000 was paid to the printing company, which was distributed to 3 yuan for each book.

Under Lin Qi's insistence, the price of each book is priced at five yuan. Moreover, the wholesale price is tentatively set at 4 yuan, giving the retail channel a profit margin of 1 yuan per book to attract retail bookstores to purchase.

The publication of the first few episodes can even give up profits, just to quickly open up sales and attract the first group of readers!

"This price is too low, right?" Zhang Dahai couldn't help but complain, "The comic books on the market are thinner than novels, and the price is priced at 10 yuan."

"But Hong Kong comics are all color pages!" Lin Qi said, "What's more, the novel "Fighting Breaks the Sky" is completely a new book. Whether it is good or not, readers are completely unaware of it and need to make a monument. After the first episode is sold, the reputation will be gained. It may not necessarily be sold at a price of 5 yuan per book later!"

Color page printing costs several times more expensive than black and white printing.

At first, Hong Kong comics didn’t want to make color pages, but later everyone made color pages, and those who didn’t make color pages could not be sold. Therefore, it was difficult to get along, and color page printing gradually became the industry standard for Hong Kong comics.

As for the novel, except for the cover, other content is completely printed in black and white, and the cost is much lower than that of Hong Kong comics!

Zhang Dahai thought about it, and the most important thing was to quickly gain reputation and gain fame. When he attracted a large number of readers, he couldn't stop looking forward to the next episode. At that time, even if the price was raised, it would be fine.

After the printing was completed, Zhang Dahai quickly began to contact the bookstore in his hand to distribute the goods.

There are more than 1,000 bookstores in Hong Kong. If you include the book stalls that distribute newspapers, there are more than 20,000 book retail channels.

Hong Kong in this era can be regarded as one of the printing and publishing centers in Asia. Although it is different from Japan, it is stronger than the other three little dragons such as South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, etc.

Zhang Dahai has been operating the book business for nearly 20 years, but there are only more than 40 bookstores, selling some face to Zhang Dahai and willing to purchase goods.

Everything is difficult at the beginning!

Lin Qi and Zhang Dahai believe that if "Fighting Breaks the Sky" shows signs of a best-selling sales, most bookstores in Hong Kong will soon call the publishing house to send purchase orders.

so……

Must be hot!

…

September 9, noon.

Dahai Bookstore tore off the old martial arts novel posters on the wall and replaced them with a few new book posters.

"Martial arts are dead, fantasy is here. Thirty years from Hedong, thirty years from Hexi, don't bully a young man poor. A genius becomes useless and encounters a break-up. The young man Xiao Yan embarks on a legendary journey..."

The poster picture material was searched by Lin Qi on the Internet in the 21st century. It has a lot of cool and handsome elements, and its style is very different from this era.

The domineering poster is very eye-catching. Readers who walk into the store are often attracted by this new book poster.

A boy wearing glasses was attracted by the poster and hesitated for a while. He picked up the first episode of "Fighting Break the Sky". After reading the price, he only had 5 yuan and was relieved.

The boy is Li Shuisheng. He is a junior high school boy with average grades. After graduation, he is going to find a job to support his family. Of course, he has not graduated yet, and his family’s financial situation is not very good, so he only gives him 30 yuan in pocket money every month. He also has a hobby of reading martial arts novels, and the money in his pocket is limited, so he naturally thinks about buying books.

Li Shuisheng walked to the counter: "Is there any discount for this book?"

"Five yuan per book is already the lowest price," Zhang Ru explained. "Other publishing companies deliberately make the price very expensive, and then wholesale it to bookstores at low discounts and sell it at discounts. This book does not have a high price for filling water, and the pricing is a unified retail price."

Dahai Publishing House has just opened, and Dahai Bookstore does not hire many clerks. Therefore, when Zhang Dahai went out for business, Zhang Ru also worked part-time to show the shop for Dahai Bookstore while working as an editor.

When Li Shuisheng heard this, he quickly took out the money from his pocket. The discount was just a casual question, and the answer was that there was no discount, so he could accept it. After all, the price of the book was already very low.

After the glasses man Li Shuisheng bought a copy of "Fighting Break the Sky", several customers were attracted by the poster of "Fighting Break the Sky".

It is promoted on the poster that it is not a martial arts novel, but a fantasy?

As for what fantasy is, readers present also felt it was inexplicable, but in short, they thought the word was very cool and very new.

"Boss, come to "Fighting Break the Sky"..."

"Is this book good?"

"The beginning is good, the subject matter is quite new!"

"The power of fighting? Just fight this, buy one! Damn the internal strength and acupoints, nine out of ten books are like that, I'm tired of reading it! Now the writers don't use their brains at all! It's been unchanging for so many years!"

As time goes by, more and more readers have gradually purchased "Fighting Break the Sky".

A reader unexpectedly discovered that the publisher of "Fighting Break the Sky" was called Dahai Publishing House, and the bookstore name was Dahai Bookstore. He couldn't help but ask: "Dahai Publishing House and Dahai Bookstore belong to the same place, right?"

"Yes, Dahai Bookstore and Publishing House were both founded by my uncle Zhang Dahai. However, Dahai Publishing House had a bad business before and had been closed for a year. However, not long ago, a talented writer took the manuscript to submit his manuscript. So, my uncle was attracted by the quality of the manuscript and decided to reopen the publishing house. In order to retain the writer, he even took out half of the publishing house's shares to exchange for manuscripts!" Zhang Ru took the opportunity to promote.

This story is also a promotional caliber that the publisher has agreed on. Because this story has a certain topic and legendary color, readers may tell each other to expand the popularity of the book.

...

Dahai Publishing House exchanged half of its equity for the signing of a novel. This story is constantly spread to passing customers or passers-by through the mouths of the clerk of Dahai Bookstore.

"How good is this book to exchange for half of a publishing house's shares?"

"Look at what kind of book is so powerful!"

"Good, there has never been such a writer in Hong Kong. The publisher's owner actually gave up half of his shares to ask for a manuscript."

The spread of news has caused a wave of sales of "Fighting Break the Sky". On September 9, more than 100 books were sold.

On September 10, "Fighting Break the Sky" sold 317 copies that day.

On September 11, 557 copies were sold...

At this time, although the inventory of "Fighting Breaks the Sky" is close to two thousand copies.

However, 1,000 copies have been sold in three days... The goal of selling all the 3,000 copies in the first print should be no difficulty!

Because of the busy business, Zhang Dahai was so busy that he didn't touch the ground.

I have to go to the printing factory again to supervise the printing production progress of the second episode. At the same time, the first episode also starts to print in small batches. I also have to drive myself to deliver goods to the sales channels.

Although, it's as tired as a dog.

However, Zhang Dahai was very excited...

Because, he saw a gold mine - sales are growing every day and there is no sign of stagnation!

Lin Qi assured Zhang Dahai that "Fighting Breaks the Sky" could be written to more than 5 million words.

Conservatively estimated that 80 episodes can be released. This means that Dahai Publishing House will enjoy the dividends of serialized publication of "Fighting Break the Sky" within at least two years.

"For the company's development, I can't rest, I have to work hard..." Zhang Dahai fell into a state of excitement. Before leaving, he cared about Lin Qi, "Brother Lin, you need to rest more and relax. Combining work and rest, endurance is more important than rushing for manuscripts!"

Lin Qi felt funny and said, "You are the boss and exploiting others! You are so hardworking and diligent, it's better to hire a few more people. According to the current business scale, the number of people is far from enough!"

During this period, Lin Qi has maintained a speed of 20,000 words per day, allowing the number of words to be proofreaded and reviewed and published to continue to increase. It seems that he is working overtime to rush for manuscripts without sleep.

But the truth is that Lin Qi downloaded the full text of the novel from the 21st century and slightly changed some content that might reveal his own secrets. In addition, he stuffed typos into the manuscript with inconsistent sentences.

Then, the manuscript was stored on a 5.25-inch floppy disk that had been eliminated in the 21st century. In this world, I bought an Apple computer and a matching printer. Then... I pretended to like to write with a typewriter, and the manuscripts I handed over were printed out by the printer.

It is not unusual for the like to create with typewriters in this era. Lin Qi's handover of printed manuscripts did not arouse Zhang Dahai's suspicion.

Zhang Dahai thought for a while and said, "Okay, recruit a few people in a few days. If there are fewer people, it doesn't matter if they are tired. The key is that the delivery is slow and those sales channels are neglected."

In the past few days, the sales of "Fighting Break the Sky" have gradually heated up, and more bookstores have begun to contact us to purchase goods. Bookstores that have already purchased goods have also added orders.
Chapter completed!