Turning the clock back to ten days ago, three months have passed since the release of "Crossing Guandong".

For any news event or cultural phenomenon, such a long time is enough to wipe out their vitality, but the phenomenal reading craze triggered by "Crossing Guandong" has not passed.

On April 20, the first part of "Crossing Guandong" was published in the second issue of "Flower City". The final sales volume of the magazine was fixed at 2.74 million copies.

On June 20, the second part of "Crossing Guandong" was published in the third issue of "Flower City", and sales increased again, reaching 3.27 million copies.

The two issues of the magazine sold a total of 6.01 million copies!

Although "Crossing Guandong" was published in "Flower City", everyone understands that the record sales of these two issues of "Flower City" have little to do with the "Flower City" magazine itself.

Otherwise, it should have been the leader in the field of Chinese literary journals long ago.

After the publication of "Crossing the Guandong", people praised it like crucian carp crossing the river. Some people said that the Chinese literary world in 1984 belonged to "Crossing the Guandong".

The ultra-high sales volume of 6.01 million copies was also given to "Flower City" by the outstanding novel "Enter Guandong". In addition to record sales and economic benefits, it also brought more influence to "Flower City" and Huacheng Publishing House.

It made "Flower City" suddenly have the influence of a domestic first-line literary magazine!

Therefore, Huacheng Publishing House also placed great hopes on "Crossing Guandong".

It was published three months after publication, which is a bit hasty for a full-length novel, but Huacheng Publishing House also had its own considerations.

They hope to continue the craze of "Crossing Guandong" and make this novel truly accompany all readers from spring to winter.

Only in this way can we live up to the sentence "The Chinese literary world in 1984 belonged to "Crossing the Guandong"."

On September 20, the novel "Crossing Guandong" officially appeared on the shelves of bookstores and post offices in major cities and small towns across the country.

As early as a month ago, the release information of this novel appeared in the fourth issue of "Flower City".

Not only "Flower City", but also more than ten literary magazines such as "People's Literature", "October", "Zhongshan", and "Yalu River" have advertisements for "Crossing the Guandong" on their advertising pages.

Such a strong advertising effort is enough to show the importance Huacheng Publishing House attaches to "Crossing the Guandong".

Of course, "Crossing Guandong" also deserves such treatment.

On the first day the novel was released, people lined up in front of Xinhua Bookstores in major cities across the country to buy the novel.

Some bookstores stock hundreds of books, but they are sold out before even holding on to the sales peak for one morning. They have to post notices at the door of the bookstore, making readers who have not bought the book feel sad.

In some small towns with a sparse readership, there is no Xinhua Bookstore and only a post office. In the past, some books and newspapers might not be sold after arriving for several months, but "Crossing Guandong" arrived here and was still sold out in less than three or five days.

The first printing of "Crossing the Guandong" was 200,000 copies, which may be unthinkable when compared to most other works, but when it comes to "Crossing the Guandong", it couldn't be more conservative.

In just two or three days, the stocks of Xinhua Bookstores in many places were snapped up by enthusiastic readers. The order calls from Xinhua Bookstores in various places rushed to Huacheng Publishing House like a reminder, leaving them exhausted to cope with it.

Faced with this situation, Huacheng Publishing House was not only happy, but also more surprised.

They thought that "Crossing Guandong" would be very popular after it was released, but they didn't expect it to be so popular.

A total of 200,000 books, including 20,000 hardcover volumes, lasted less than five days.

What else could they say?

Seal it! Seal it hard!

Huacheng Publishing House is a relatively influential publishing house in GD Province, but compared with real large publishing houses, there is still a big gap.

In addition to gaps in editorial resources and author resources, there is also a big gap in printing resources.

In order to solve the problem of printing paper and printing resources for "Crossing Guandong", president Su Chen personally went to Guangdong People's Publishing House to seek help.

Before the reform and opening up, each province had its own People's Publishing House, and GD Province was no exception.

After the reform and opening up, in response to the policy, Guangdong People's Publishing House split into Guangdong Science and Technology Publishing House, Lingnan Fine Arts Publishing House and Huacheng Publishing House in 1978 and 1984.

So from the core, Huacheng Publishing House belongs to the People’s Publishing House.

When I have difficulties, the first person I think of is of course my elder brother.

Guangdong People's Publishing House was established in 1951 and has published more than 6,000 books of various types. It not only monopolizes most of the printing resources of Guangdong Xinhua Printing Factory, but also co-operated with Huaxian County in the past two years to establish a printing factory, so printing resources are sufficient.

Su Chen's request quickly received a response from the People's Publishing House, which gave the green light for the printing of "Crossing Guandong", and the problem of printing resources was easily solved.

The sales momentum of "Enter Guandong" is still rising. When bookstores in various places are sold out, some readers even go to town post offices to snap up the novel.

Post offices in small towns have limited readers, limited order quantities, and relatively long sales cycles. However, this situation was broken after the appearance of "Crossing Guandong".

Those enthusiastic readers were like locusts crossing the border, sweeping these post offices clean.

Not surprisingly, this situation may continue for some time, until the printing volume of "Enter Guandong" can satisfy the purchasing desire of the most enthusiastic readers, and then there will be some decline.

Time comes to Yanjing on National Day.

The buying frenzy caused by "Enter Guandong" is shocking, but what is even more shocking is the profit Lin Chaoyang made from it.

Write a book and make a million dollars!

In the past, it was almost a daydream for Chinese writers.

Under the payment model of basic royalties plus royalties for printing, a writer can earn one to two hundred yuan for a short story, several hundred to one or two thousand yuan for a medium novel, and only three to four thousand yuan for a full-length novel.

If some works are lucky enough to be popular, the writer can get a commission of 1,800 yuan for each print run. More often than not, the basic royalty is the total royalties the writer can receive.

The income of writers is certainly not meager, but it is very difficult to make a fortune from writing.

Therefore, the hot sales of "Enter Guandong" and the huge royalties that may be brought to Lin Chaoyang are particularly shocking and full of impact.

Thinking of the reality that is about to happen, everyone's jealous eyes are filled with blood.

Chen Jiangong fiercely inserted his chopsticks into the stewed meat on the table, wishing he could put Lin Chaoyang's millions of future royalties into his mouth with just one chopstick, chew it into powder, and swallow it into his stomach for complete digestion.

As a brother, can you live a better life than your brothers? If you do this, you are not authentic!

Everyone was noisy and marveled, and Lin Chaoyang helplessly warned: "Don't spread rumors about royalties when you go out, and the 'Chairman of the Folk Literature Association', they are all over the place! They have made me look like a traitor.

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Li Tuo joked: "What do you think Lao Zhang thinks of you now? You are just a traitor and a traitor! Chaoyang, it is not impossible for you to set up another literary association. You are so popular, maybe you can give the literary association to

Empty out!"

Before Lin Chaoyang could say anything, other people on the side burst into laughter. Chen Jiangong said: "If that's really the case, Lao Zhang and his group can fight for Chaoyang!"

Everyone was talking and laughing, and Zheng Wanlong suddenly said jealously, "If "Crossing the Guandong" sells for a few more months, Chaoyang will become the richest man in China's literary world!"

Everyone looked at him with strange eyes.

Whether "Crossing Guandong" will be sold or not, Lin Chaoyang is also the richest man in the literary world!

Is there anything controversial about this matter?

After finishing their meal, everyone left.

Tao Yumo followed Lin Chaoyang like a bastard and asked in a babbling tone: "Brother-in-law, can you really make a million from the publication of "Crossing Guandong"?"

Lin Chaoyang glanced at her, "Why do you ask this?"

"Nothing, just curious!"

Tao Yumo touched his nose and didn't tell the truth.

She actually wanted to say, brother-in-law, you have made a lot of money, is it reasonable to give me a salary increase?

But she didn't dare. She was afraid that Tao Yushu would hit her after she finished speaking. She had only gotten the Famicom for two months.

"You'll know if you do the math yourself!" Lin Chaoyang said to her casually.

Tao Yumo exclaimed: "One million! How many years does it take to work to make money!"

"As the economy develops faster and faster in the future, one million in another thirty years may be similar to ten thousand now."

Tao Yumo was very dissatisfied with Lin Chaoyang's words of treating her like a child and fooling her, "How many thirty years will I have in my life? Is making a million at the age of twenty the same as making a million at the age of fifty?"

Lin Chaoyang couldn't help laughing when he heard this. Don't tell me, my sister-in-law's anti-PUA properties are quite high.

No flatbread is as delicious as ready-made flatbread!

No wonder I was transferred from the Changping campus of their school back to the Haidian campus after working for one year, just to save more than two hours of commuting time every day.

"Stop talking big words! If you make a few dozen yuan a month, you only want to make tens or millions of dollars." Tao Yushu scolded his sister.

Tao Yumo didn't get angry even when she was scolded, she was used to it now.

It is said that girls are not accepted in college. It’s not that they don’t want to stay. It’s because people at home dislike them and it’s hard to stay even if they want to.

She was treated the same way in front of Tao's mother.

She wisely ran to the corner and flipped through a magazine. Listening to Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu talking about everyday things, she curled her lips in disdain.

You say I talk big talk, but you gossip more than anyone else!

While flipping through the magazine, Tao Yumo suddenly saw an article.

"Brother-in-law, do you think our Chinese team can win this Sino-Japanese Go tournament?"

Lin Chaoyang hesitated for a moment, "It's hard to say this. In terms of pure strength, we will definitely lose more and win less."

Although Go originated in China, Japan has been the number one in East Asia in this sport for hundreds of years. This is an indisputable fact.

After listening to his words, Tao Yumo sighed softly, "It's really hopeless? It's just like what the magazine said."

The magazine Tao Yumo was reading was "New Sports". In this issue, the magazine happened to predict the results of the first Sino-Japanese Go Tournament to be held in Japan in a few days.

The Sino-Japanese Go Tournament is an idea that Japan suddenly proposed to China this year. In recent years, the Go communities of the two countries have been visiting each other every now and then.

Naturally, a friendly Go match was held during the visit, which was also the original origin of the Sino-Japanese Go Tournament.

This time, Japan proposed to turn the friendly match into a competitive match, and even found a sponsor, which is Japan's NEC company. There is no reason for China to refuse to agree. If not to agree, wouldn't it mean telling the Japanese that China is afraid?

After the news was released, the media from both countries immediately reported on the tournament. The news aroused widespread attention and heated discussion among Go enthusiasts in both countries.

China's "New Sports" and "Go World", Japan's "Chess" and "Weekly Kai" and other media have also conducted special investigations on the Sino-Japanese Go match.

The survey showed that Go enthusiasts from both countries were surprisingly consistent in predicting the outcome of the group match.

More than 80% of Go enthusiasts believe that Japan will win the group match, while less than 20% of Go enthusiasts believe that China will win.

When the two sides compete, China loses more and wins less. This is determined by strength, so the judgment of Go enthusiasts is relatively fair.

After being disappointed for a moment, Tao Yumo had another idea.
Chapter completed!