Chapter 18 Who Fights

Songjiang Morning Post is a small newspaper with a daily circulation of less than 200,000 copies. Because each section has no characteristics, it is currently only supported by Nangong Yun, a martial arts novel writer hired at a high price, and is struggling to maintain it. But today, October 13, the day of the revision of the Northeast Evening News, the Songjiang Morning Post actually reported the front page of the commentary article of the writer Nangong Yun - Meng Nanxing: A ridiculous whisperer.

Nangong Yun wrote in his comments: "Today, there will be an incident that humiliates all martial arts novel writers. Meng Nanxing, a former new writer, who is said to be a high school student, will serialize his novel Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils in the form of ten thousand words today. We can't deny that Meng Nanxing has created a new genre - "pure love flow", but this does not mean that he has the strength to write good martial arts novels. Even if he has the strength to write good martial arts novels, it doesn't mean that he can update ten thousand words every day.

"I still remember that Long, a senior in the literary world, is famous in Tianwei. When a manuscript is difficult to find, he is also ambitious and wants to serialize ten thousand words every day. However, as a result, Elder Long's reputation has been lost for many years, and the Southeast Metropolis Daily, which has been cooperating with him, has been largely unsubscribed by readers and has been reduced to nothing since then. As an old man in the literary world, senior Long writes full-time, and it is difficult to insist on changing ten thousand words a day; Meng Nanxing, a high school student who is still studying and a newcomer who writes martial arts novels for the first time, is actually embarrassed to change ten thousand words every day. I can only say that he is grandstanding, shameless, shameless, and crowned by monkeys! I advise the Northeast Evening News not to play with fire and burn itself. The lesson of the Southeast Metropolis Daily is in front of you. Such a deep ditch and huge valley dare to take the old road again. Be careful of overturning for a moment, and there will never be a day to turn over.

As soon as the Songjiang Morning Post launched such a fierce crusade, it attracted readers' curious eyes and bought them one after another. If you want to see what happened, the sales increased by several percentage points in an instant.

When the newspaper reached Zhou Mingde's hand, he slapped the table angrily, "Huh, jumping clown, dead bones in the grave, and dare to say nonsense. I'd like to see how long you can be arrogant?"

Wu Weizhong said, "President, do you want to inform Zhang Duo?"

Zhou Mingde waved his hand in a hurry and said, "Don't. Now his most important thing is to write a manuscript at ease. No one in the club can disturb him. As long as we can successfully serialize Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils in the form of ten thousand words a day, we can definitely soar to the sky, that is, the Beijing Evening News, and we can also compete. Now, except you and me, and Xiaokang, who is in charge of the contract, no one in the community knows the true identity of Meng Nanxing. Xiaokang is my nephew. I will personally tell him that if it is leaked, I will only ask you.

Wu Weizhong never thought that Zhou Mingde would attach so much importance to Zhang Duo and said uneasily, "What if Xiaokang or Jiang Xiancheng leaks out?"

"You are the only one who asks!" Zhou Mingde roared loudly.

Wu Weizhong said helplessly, "The president is fair and strict, and Weizhong really admires him."

Zhou Mingde then patted Wu Weizhong with a smile and said, "Do it well, Weizhong, I'm very optimistic about you!"

The opening time of the evening newspaper should generally be between 12 o'clock and 14 o'clock, but for any evening newspaper, insisting on publishing and distributing in the afternoon and surviving in a relatively short period of time has a relatively high business risk. Evening newspapers in many cities have actually transformed into "daily newspapers" or "morning newspapers" published in the morning or even early morning. The Northeast Evening News is no exception. You can usually buy it at 11 noon. But today, it has waited until 1 p.m. but it is still not listed.

Outside a newsstand in Bincheng, someone came over from time to time and asked, "Boss, has the Northeast Evening News arrived?" Li Junhao said impatiently, "Not yet. I don't know how to change it. It hasn't come yet!"

"Damn, can't you do it? I'm so anxious!" The people outside immediately turned around and walked away.

Li Junhao has been in the newsstand for more than two hours. He came out to buy the Northeast Evening News. Originally, he thought that he would come after a while. The longer he waited, the longer he knew. Although he wanted to leave, once he left, he proved that he had waited for more than two hours in vain, so he had to rely on time. Fortunately, his unit is an extremely leisurely place, and there is no one to check it up.

The old man who sells newspapers is probably tired of being asked, but if the Northeast Evening News hasn't come yet, Li Junhao will answer. Li Junhao was also annoyed. After such a while, at least dozens of people had asked, and Li Junhao was a little blamed for his debt.

He opened the Beijing Evening News again and found out that Wang Cheng's Romance of the Three Kingdoms was a thousand words, but he read it again in the blink of an eye. Not only failed to relieve his boredom, but he was scratched by the author's sale. He became more and more and more irritable. He said that if "Tianlong Eight" made me unhappy for a while, I will never buy the Northeast Evening News again.

He casually picked up the Songjiang Morning Post published in the morning and read Nangong Yun's comment, which was full of emotion, reasonable and evidence, and even he was a little convinced. Will Meng Nanxing take the old road of dragons in the sky? Isn't it worth waiting here for so long?

While Li Junhao was annoyed, the Northeast Evening News finally arrived. He was overjoyed. When the old man collected the newspaper, he immediately took one and paid for it. He continued to sit in the newsstand and read it.

When he finished reading the last word of this issue, he couldn't help shouting: "It's fun! I really didn't wait for more than two hours. It's so cool. I have to read the novel like this!"

After reading so many years of serials, he had a refreshing feeling for the first time, like a person who has been living a half-hunger and half-full life, eating enough for the first time. That taste is unforgettable for life. But at the same time, he is a little worried. He doesn't know how long Meng Nanxing can last in this state. I really hope to see a masterpiece that can be updated every day and maintain its quality! At this time, in the city covered by the Northeast Evening News, countless "star" fans and martial arts novel fans expressed the same feelings as Li Junhao.

After 8 p.m., the newspaper of the Northeast Evening News was still brightly lit. Zhou Mingde played with paperweight in the office, but his heart didn't know where it was!

At this time, the door was suddenly opened, which made his hands tremble and almost threw away the paperweight. Seeing Wu Weizhong coming in, he pretended to be calm and said, "Look at you like that, why are you panicking? How can I give you the heavy responsibility in the future?"

Wu Weizhong said in a hurry, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, president, I'm too excited!"

Zhou Mingde said slowly, "Is the result out? Has the sales increased by tens of thousands?

Wu Weizhong said excitedly, "President, 120,000, the sales volume has increased by 120,000. When his book was first serialized, but the sales volume was 30,000 more. Unexpectedly, it was changed to 10,000 words a day, and it increased by 120,000!"

Zhou Mingde smiled and said, "Well, that's good. In a few days, you can ask the advertising department to talk to those advertisers about the price increase!" All right, it's a hard day. Let's get everyone off work!"

Wu Weizhong said, "Okay, I'll inform everyone!" Turning out of the president's office, he thought that he was worthy of being the president. He had seen the big wind and waves. Looking at the light wind and clouds, he didn't know when he could develop that temperament.

What Wu Weizhong didn't know was that as soon as he walked out of the office, Zhou Mingde was overjoyed. Sales, which had been stable for several years, finally soared. Now he just wanted to find a place to drink and celebrate, rushed around the desk and walked out. Even his beloved paperweight was scraped off the carpet and hit the corner without noticing it.

The Northeast Evening News continues to serialize Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils at a speed of 10,000 words every day, and the effect is as shocking as the explosion that appeared in the eyes of the world. Naturally, there is no need to comment on the quality of the novel. Ni Kuang once commented that Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils ranked first among martial arts novels and second among Jin Yong's works.

As the plot unfolded, readers found that the speed was not only unreachable, but also the quality was steadily rising. At the same time, they began to actively recommend it to their friends around them. Under word of mouth, the sales of the Northeast Evening News have climbed step by step a day, reaching 1.42 million copies, surpassing the record high of 1.36 million copies.

In the president's office of Songjiang Morning News, after reading Tianlong Babu, which just came out today, she suddenly had an extremely bad feeling that their newspaper seemed to have really reached the critical moment of life and death. In the ten days of the revision of the Northeast Evening News, she watched the circulation of the Northeast Evening News refresh at a step-by-step pace. She heard that the latest circulation had reached 1.42 million copies. A number that could make her feel dizzy just by thinking about it, and a word suddenly flashed in her mind-- A book is a god.

She felt that no word could better explain the current situation, and she suddenly began to regret that she had agreed to attack Meng Nanxing in the newspaper. Although Meng Nanxing and the Northeast Evening News had not made any counterattack from beginning to end, it made her feel frustrated and made her feel that she and Nangong Yun Like a clown. Although the sales of Songjiang Morning Post rose by several percentage points at the beginning, Meng Nanxing's daily update of 10,000 words serialized, and the sales of Songjiang Morning Post were like giants in the snowdrift, shrinking in an instant under the scorching sun.

Tang Tianhao, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, walked into the president's office with the report, "President, it's not a big deal!"

Jiang Zhilan asked as if he were on trial: "How much?"

"President, it's less than 100,000! Not to mention that newspapers can't be sold, there are still many readers' letters complaining about Nangong Yun. It really can't go on like this, otherwise there is only one way to close the door and cut it in half!" Tang Tianhao advised painstakingly.

Jiang Zhilan's body was deeply piled up in the sofa, waved her hand and said, "Go ahead, just do what you say!"

Tang Tianhao agreed repeatedly and went out of the office and immediately shouted to the staff in the office area: "Go, quickly remove Nangong Yun's manuscript and terminate his contract. Others can contact other writers other than martial arts. If they can contact best-selling writers to serialize us, they will directly pay me a one-year bonus. Come on."

Although Tang Tianhao is not a powerful figure, his eyes are also vicious, and he can see the key to the problem at a glance. Although "pure love flow" is popular, it can't cover the sky with one hand. In fact, it has little impact on other writers of romance novels, because reading pure love novels does not affect readers to read the talent and beauty series. Just like we yearn for a platonic love, but if there is a good affair, most men will not refuse.

However, Meng Nanxing's new martial arts are not. Its birth can almost declare the demise of old martial arts novels. It has also had a certain impact on traditional public case novels. However, it does not have much influence on officialdom and detective novels derived from public crime novels.

The experience of Songjiang Morning Post is only one of the most common effects of the birth of Tianlong Babu. In the subsequent serialization, a total of 97 martial arts novels, 6 public case novels, and 5 officialdom novels were cut in half due to poor sales. 62 authors of other types of martial arts novels and 3 authors of public case novels have already faded out of the literary world.

In the serialized issue of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Zhou Mingde wrote a poem: "

The Eight Dragons enter the world,

Aihong has more than a few books.

Cut one hundred and eight parts,

Is there no one from ancient times to the present?

Zhang Duo, who has always liked to brag about himself, blushed for the first time when he heard Jin Yuzhi read this poem to him, letting Jin Yuzhi know that the boy's face was also thick, which made him think that he would not blush at all!