Chapter 72 Ordering Meeting

The influence of Reference Today is not only due to its ultra-high circulation of 3.4 million per day, but also due to its semi-official nature. Since the past dynasties, any doctrine and thought has been officially recognized, even if it is not easy to be a world, it can be a hero for a while.

Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, academic circles have formed a prosperous situation of hundreds of schools of thought. At the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he deposed hundreds of families and respected Confucianism. After that, Confucianism became orthodox and ruled Han thought and culture for more than 2,000 years.

Buddhism was born in India, but its birthplace is almost dead. Instead, it has flourished in China thanks to the support of the rulers of successive dynasties.

Today's Reference's praise of Heroes of the Condor cannot be compared with the above examples, but the reason is similar and the effect is obvious.

April 15 is Sunday, and it is also the day when the book of The Legend of the Condor Heroes participated in the book ordering meeting. In Bincheng's International Convention and Exhibition Center, booksellers from all over the country flocked to get a share of this destined best-selling novel.

Songjiang People's Publishing House used to cooperate with Xinhua Bookstore, but there are other large and small book distribution and book wholesale companies in China. They often travel to major book ordering fairs to find bestsellers that can bring profits.

Originally, with the geographical location and economic aggregate of Bincheng, although it is the capital of Songjiang Province, it can only be regarded as a second-tier city. At this time, a book ordering meeting was held at this time last year, but it ended in failure because there were too few booksellers and became a laughing stock in the industry. The holding of this ordering meeting was obviously to praise the sculpture using Today's Reference. The east wind of Legend of Heroes.

Outside the venue in Bincheng International Exhibition, banners are hanging high and colorful balls are fluttering. A red banner on the gate of the venue reads the 2001 Bincheng Book Ordering Conference. On both sides of the banner are the names of the publishing houses participating in the exhibition. At the top of the banner is a large cover poster of Legend of the Condor Heroes, which looks powerful and domineering.

In the venue of the International Convention and Exhibition Center, large and small booksellers stay in the lounge, waiting for the opening of the order meeting. Qin Liangmu is a book wholesaler in his early thirties and a slightly fat book wholesaler. He was bored and said to a dark book dealer around him, "Oh, brother, are you from there?"

"Me? Oh, I'm from Qionghai! How about you, brother?

"Oh, are you really far away? Why did you come all the way here? I'm from Jinxi!" Qin Liangmu said.

The slightly dark-skinned businessman took out his business card and handed it over. Qin Liangmu took it with both hands, looked at the business card and read, "Chen Shanming, general manager of Canghai Book Distribution Company. Oh, Brother Shanming, it's a pleasure to meet you!" But he said in his heart that the sea is full of water, and there is still a good thing when the book meets water. From this name, the company is not very good! With that, he took out his business card and handed it to Chen Shanming.

Chen Shanming also took it with both hands and saw Qin Liangmu, the general manager of Sanjin Book Wholesale Company, and said, "Brother Liangmu, it's a pleasure to meet you!"

Qin Liangmu asked, "Brother Shanming can be said to be from the ends of the world to the northern border. The journey is thousands of miles away. Is it worthless to just come to such a small Bincheng book ordering meeting?"

Chen Shanming smiled and said, "Brother Liangmu came from Jinxi and is also thousands of miles away from here. Don't you think it's worth it to attend a book ordering meeting in Bincheng that has failed once?"

Qin Liangmu smiled and said, "Hey, there is nothing we can do. Since the 'anti-vulgar' movement, many books in the world have been ordered to be removed from the shelves. Our big book wholesale company has been made to have no books to approve, so we can't sit in the mountains! Although the Bincheng book ordering meeting is a little small, mosquito legs are also meat! At least get a few books back and survive this time!"

Chen Shanming said, "What Brother Liangmu said is exactly what I thought. Thinking about "The Days of Living with Stewardesses" and "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" are all channels of Xinhua Bookstore, so small private companies like ours naturally have no strength to get involved. This time, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" has been divided into parts to the order meeting. As long as I can get 1,000 copies, my expenses will also come out this time, and I can't lose it.

Qin Liangmu sighed, "Yes, these booksellers present are not for the Legend of the Condor Heroes! This Songjiang People's Publishing House makes a lot of money!"

Chen Shanming said in a jealous tone, "Who made them lucky to sign Meng Nanxing? If I could sign in, my book distribution company may not be worse than Songjiang People's Publishing House."

Qin Liangmu sneered in his heart and said, "Why did Meng Nanxing sign with you?" But he said, "Yes, if I can sign him, I can also attract investment and set up a publishing and distribution company to play!"

Chen Shanming said in a sarcastic tone: "It's easy to think, but difficult to do. How could Meng Nanxing sign an unknown company like ours! Brother Liangmu, don't think about this unrealistic thing.

Qin Liangmu was not convinced and said angrily, "Why is it unrealistic? I found Meng Nanxing, didn't say anything there, threw away the money and left. After ten days and a half months, I was talking to him about the manuscript, but I don't believe he didn't open."

Chen Shanming was moved when he heard this, and his heart said that this method was good. If it was done, my company would fly to the sky. Even if it doesn't work, Meng Nanxing is at least a public figure, and he will certainly not covet my deposit. This is okay!

After saying that, Qin Liangmu found that he had made a mistake. Looking at Chen Shanming's expression, he knew that the other party also felt that his method was feasible, and he couldn't help secretly regretting it!

The two had ghosts in their hearts, so they were not interested in talking. They even looked at each other's eyes with guard, and they thought in their hearts that they must not fall behind each other.

At 10 a.m., the order meeting opened on time. A book merchant entered the hall on the first floor of the exhibition hall to attend the opening ceremony. First, the deputy mayor in charge of culture, education and health in Bincheng came to speak, followed by the director of the Cultural Bureau, and then several scholars. When the host announces the opening of each exhibition area and can choose books freely. The booksellers rushed to the second floor, dumbfounded by the leaders on the stage, but they were also overjoyed. Judging from the number of booksellers and the competing posture, this activity is expected to be a real success.

A group of booksellers went up to the second floor and went straight to the exhibition area of Songjiang People's Publishing House. The female staff of the publishing house standing at the gate of the exhibition area saw the fierce crowd and their legs were weak. It was not until the crowd came up that Qin Liangmu shouted that "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" gave me 5,000 copies before he realized that it was just a staple book, not a robbery!

Chen Shanming shouted, "10,000 copies of The Legend of the Condor Heroes, where do you pay?"

"I want 20,000 copies, 20,000 copies! Get me a list"

"eight thousand volumes! Give me 8,000 copies of The Legend of the Condor Heroes!"

Five thousand copies! 50,000 copies, do you want to pay for it?" A strong book merchant shouted, as if it was a thunderbolt in mid-air, and the female staff opposite was almost paralyzed. If he hadn't heard the following sentence to pay, he would have really thought he had met the robbery!

Such voices come one after another, and the employees of Songjiang People's Publishing House are busy! Although they were told what might happen the night before, they could feel the hot atmosphere at the scene, and they knew how lacking their imagination was compared with reality.

Chen Zhisheng ran to the office area of the exhibition hall in a sweat and found Jiang Xiancheng and said, "Editor-in-chief, the number of orders on site has exceeded 300,000 copies, but the group of booksellers still shouted for binding. What should we do?"

It turned out that a total of 500,000 copies of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" were first printed, 200,000 copies were given to Xinhua Bookstore, and a total of 300,000 copies were taken out for the order meeting. I thought it was enough, but the booksellers were so optimistic that 300,000 copies were not enough.

In fact, this is a manifestation of the failure of semi-official institutions to the market. Songjiang People's Publishing House is a public institution affiliated to Songjiang Publishing Group, where you can understand the suffering of those private booksellers! Best-selling books such as Meng Nanxing's Days of Cohabitation with Stewardess, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, and Wang Cheng's Romance of the Song Dynasty and Romance of the Later Three Kingdoms are basically through Xinhua Bookstore. Private booksellers can't get involved and want to get goods from publishing houses? Sorry, we have a cooperative relationship with Xinhua Bookstore and do not wholesale.

If you get the goods from Xinhua Bookstore, it will be no different from the retailer! So, even if you look at the single book of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, these booksellers who came to the ordering meeting have never drunk half a mouthful of soup. If it hadn't been for the most popular Legend of the Condor Heroes, how could this group of booksellers travel thousands of miles to Bincheng to participate in such a small order meeting?

Jiang Xiancheng was stunned. He had also represented Songjiang People's Publishing House in the past to participate in the book ordering meeting in the capital, but he had never encountered such a hot situation. However, the remaining 200,000 yuan was promised to be given to Xinhua Bookstore, but he did not dare to give it to those booksellers privately.

Jiang Xiancheng immediately called Zhao Dekang, the editor-in-chief. Zhao Dekang listened and was very happy with The Legend of the Heroes of the Condor Heroes, but said to Jiang Xiancheng: "Xiancheng, 300,000 copies can be sold at the order meeting, and this result is already very good! The so-called too much, that's it! You should know that we are divided into 300,000 copies to the order meeting, and Xinhua Bookstore is already very dissatisfied! It's just that it's hard to say in front of the city and the Cultural Bureau! If we sell the remaining 200,000 copies, their boss will really "blow" to the door!"

Jiang Xiancheng naturally understood when he heard it and said, "Editor-in-Chief, I understand what you said. Xinhua Bookstore is our strategic partner. On the one hand, we respond to the call of the city. We can't let them suffer losses when we treat partners. I'll deal with it now."

Zhao Dekang smiled and said, "As long as you understand!" Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils is waiting for a collection, and it is not easy to sell at the order meeting. The days of living with a stewardess might as well take it out!"

Jiang Xiancheng wondered, "But we don't have any books now. If we go to Zhang Duo to sign and reprint it, it will take at least a week to print it!"

Zhao Dekang said with a proud smile, "What's the matter? Those booksellers are so supportive that we can't let them go home empty-handed!" Although "The Days of Living with Stewardess" has almost been sold, how can they drink a mouthful of soup when they buy it back?"

Jiang Xiancheng said that the old man is really cunning, and there is only some soup left! It's just that the editor-in-chief spoke, and he couldn't refute it, so he said, "Okay, editor-in-chief, I'm going to sign the pre-sale contract with those book merchants, collect the deposit, and then call Zhang Duo to tell him about the printing.

Zhao Dekang laughed and said, "Go ahead, be honest. If it's done, the club will celebrate it for you!"