Chen Qiang was able to be rated as a university professor in his previous life, so he naturally wrote books, such as kinesiology, sports development, and sports rehabilitation books. Chen Qiang also participated in compiling some sports textbooks.

However, this is the first time Chen Qiang has written an autobiography.

Fortunately, Chen Qiang has read many famous autobiography, so he is neither familiar nor unfamiliar with writing autobiography. At least he knows how to write it.

Writing a book is something that Chen Qiang has been planning for a long time, but it is not until today that he has the opportunity to implement this plan.

Chen Qiang was not a literary lover at first, so he asked him to be a copywriter and copy the literary works of later generations, but he couldn't copy them. He had only watched TV series, but he had never read the original work. He still can't even remember the plot clearly, let alone copy the whole book.

What Chen Qiang is proficient in sports knowledge. If he is asked to write sports books, he will definitely be able to learn it. He is definitely capable of compiling the most advanced sports textbook of this era.

However, in this era, China is in a chaotic world, and there is no soil for sports to survive. Ordinary people have difficulty in survival. There are very few people who are able to engage in sports. In addition, they will have to fight against the Japanese invaders. Even if Chen Qiang wrote sports textbooks, no one reads them.

What's more, Chen Qiang, who had just traveled to the Republic of China, was just a newspaper boy and the lowest level of society. Even if he wrote a book, no one would help him publish it.

So Chen Qiang waited until he became famous before he began to implement his book writing plan.

Chen Qiang chose to write an autobiography, but of course he could not write any other types. There were so many famous writers in the Republic of China. If Chen Qiang wrote poetry, prose, etc., it was like showing off his skills. On the contrary, only he could write autobiography himself, and it was unique.

What's more, Chen Qiang's experience from a newspaper boy to a world number one athlete is indeed very tortuous and bizarre and already possessed. Especially this contrast in identity is a powerful tool to attract readers.

Themes such as "the counterattack of waste" and "Don't bully the young and poor" have always been popular in future online articles. Many history enthusiasts have a special liking for the story of Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, because Liu Bang is a model of counterattack of silk.

In literary works, differences in identity can always create a sense of excitement. Guan Yu was very happy to read when he killed Hua Xiong with warm wine because before that, Yuan Shao despised Guan Yu as a horse archer, and readers felt more expectant. Cao Cao's warm glass of wine even described the slap in the face to the extreme.

When Chen Qiang wrote his autobiography, he made full use of this gap in identity.

Reporters are the lowest level of society, Shanghai is a well-deserved "bad" who is a super useless person. This identity eventually counterattacks and becomes the world's number one athlete and becomes a national hero. It is definitely a great pleasure. With Chen Qiang's current fame, this book will definitely be sold for money after it is published.

Chen Qiang wants to live better in this era, so he needs to make money. It is very expensive to engage in sports. You can't go to sports on hungry days.

Moreover, Chen Qiang also knew that the participation funds for the Berlin Olympics four years later were still very tight, and Chen Qiang didn't want to raise funds everywhere. He planned to start saving money from now on.

Writing books naturally requires a quiet environment. This is precisely because of this reason that Chen Qiang had to ask for this first class cabin. Without anyone disturbing him, he could write his autobiography with peace of mind.

It took more than 20 days to return to Shanghai from Los Angeles, which was enough for Chen Qiang to complete an autobiography of more than 100,000 words.

...

Although it was already the middle of winter and people were breathing with white mist, the docks on the beach were still filled with enthusiastic people.

"Welcome Chen Qiang to return victoriously", "Warm welcome the world's number one athlete to return home", "Sports athletes, compete in the Olympics, and show our country's power", "National heroes, role models of China", etc., these slogans from a few months ago have been hung again.

This time, people were not disappointed, and they finally waited for Chen Qiang.

The moment Chen Qiang walked off the boat, cheers rang across the dock, and the Chinese Olympic heroes were finally back!

The reporters rushed forward, and the flash almost blinded Chen Qiang's alloy dog ​​eyes, and more people hoped that Chen Qiang could showcase the Olympic gold medal on the spot.

The welcome event on the pier lasted for more than an hour, and then Chen Qiang was taken to the hotel where he was staying by Chen Siliang.

Chen Siliang returned to China with Liu Changchun. At this time, Liu Changchun and Song Junfu had already returned to Peking. In addition to being a clerk of the China Sports Association, Chen Siliang also worked at St. John's University in Shanghai, so his workplace was in Shanghai.

After Chen Qiang settled down, Chen Siliang said, "Chen Qiang, tonight, the Shanghai Municipal Government has arranged a welcome dinner for you, and tomorrow the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce will host a banquet to entertain you. I bought you a train ticket to Nanjing the day after tomorrow. Nanjing has prepared a commendation ceremony for you, and the top leaders of the government will attend to meet you in person."

Chen Qiang's heart suddenly became nervous. He once thought that he had achieved such a good result in the Olympics and might meet the great figures of the Republic of China, but he did not expect that the day would come so quickly.

...

Chen Qiang went to Nanjing to meet a big man, and 16,000 words were omitted here. This is not easy to write, you all understand it.

...

On New Year's Eve, Chen Qiang finally returned to Tianjin.

As soon as he arrived in Tianjin, Chen Qiang was taken to Zhang Boling's home. Mrs. Zhang had already prepared a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner and was also welcoming Chen Qiang.

The dumplings filled with pork and green onion were filled with oil when they bite down. The rich but inexpensive dishes on the table were cooked by Mrs. Zhang himself. With the Zhang family, Chen Qiang once again felt the taste of home.

After drinking for three tours and cooking for five flavors, Zhang Boling said, "Last October, Kaifeng, Henan held the 16th North China Games. You went to the United States to participate in the Olympics, so you were unable to participate. In July this year, the 17th North China Games will be held again. This time the venue is in Qingdao, and I am the referee of the tournament. You have to represent the Shandong team to participate in the competition. "

Chen Qiang nodded to show his understanding. As long as it is held on the Shandong territory, of course, Chairman Han of Shandong has the final say. Chairman Han said that Chen Qiang wants to represent the Shandong team to participate in the competition, and other provinces have to endure it even if they have any opinions.

In fact, even if it is not a competition held in Shandong, as long as Chairman Han speaks and asks Chen Qiang to represent the Shandong team to participate in the competition, no one will say "no".

Chairman Han has been in charge of Shandong for nearly three years. In the past three years, Chairman Han’s status in Shandong has become increasingly stable. He intercepted local taxes and expanded his army, and he has a very stance of competing with the Nanjing central government. Shandong is actually in a semi-independent state. It is also for this reason that senior officials in other provinces and even senior officials in Nanjing will not easily provoke Chairman Han.

Zhang Boling continued: "In addition, the National Games will be held this year, and the venue is Nanjing. For the sake of national athletes, a new stadium has been built in Nanjing. This is also the largest sports meeting held in China after the fall of the three northeastern provinces."

Speaking of the fall of the three northeastern provinces, Zhang Boling drank the white wine in the wine cup with a little depressed feeling. Then he sighed and continued: "There is news from the Rehe River that the Japanese have been making trouble. I heard that at the beginning of this month, the defenders of Shanhaiguan exchanged fire with the Japanese again. It seems that the Japanese have a big appetite. It is not satisfying to steal the three northeastern provinces!"

Zhang Boling showed a sad expression, and when it comes to this topic, the atmosphere became much more solemn, and the joy brought by New Year's Eve became a little weaker.

The person on the table was silent for a few seconds. Chen Qiang took the lead in changing the topic. He asked, "Sir, I plan to release a book."

"You want to publish a book? What book? What book can you publish?" Zhang Boling's alcohol suddenly slapped three points, and his depressed mood was also dispelled by the surprise in his heart.

Publication is all about literature. Chen Qiang is still a 19-year-old young man now, and he doesn’t think he is a person who can write books no matter how he looks at it.

"I wrote an autobiography, mainly about what I started as a newspaper boy and won the Olympics. I want to publish it, so that the people can understand sports more, and by the way, see if they can sell some money and subsidize their lives." Chen Qiang said.

"Well, selling money is the key, right?" Zhang Boling asked with a wry smile. He knew Chen Qiang very well.

Chen Qiang nodded a little awkwardly.

"Your experience is indeed quite legendary. You can write it into a book. Go back and show me the manuscript. I will help you modify it." Zhang Boling paused and continued: "If you really want to publish a book, you don't have to find someone else. Our Nankai University has a special bookstore that can print books."

In the future, Nankai University also had a special publishing house. In the 1930s, it was not surprising that Nankai University had its own bookstore.

At that time, the "book shop" not only pointed out that publishing houses, but also printed books and bookstores could be called book shops. There were many places where books could be published, such as newspapers, libraries, book shops, and even some places where pens, ink, paper and ink were sold, which could help the author publish books.

In the early 20th century, China's royalty remuneration system was already in line with the international community, and there were three forms of royalty remuneration:

The first type is "run pen fee", also called "run pen fee", which is considered the manuscript fee in later generations. At that time, the standards for the manuscript fee were different. The manuscript fee in Beijing's official newspapers, magazines and academic journals could reach 4-5 silver dollars/thousand words, while most of the journals in Shanghai were private, and the manuscript fee was 1-3 silver dollars/thousand words. The manuscript fee for well-known people should be paid a little. For example, Mr. Lu Xun's manuscript fee was 3 silver dollars/thousand words at the beginning, but later it increased to 5 silver dollars/thousand words. This is considered a relatively high manuscript fee in Shanghai.

The second type is "commission fee", also called "print fee", which is the current royalty, which requires money to be obtained by issuing physical books. The royalty of ordinary authors in later generations is about 6%, and the best-selling authors can get 10%, and those more awesome authors can have royalty exceeding 10%. During the Republic of China period, the royalty months of different authors were different. For example, Guo Moruo's royalty was 10%, Hu Shi's royalty was 15%, Lu Xun's royalty was 20%, and the highest royalty was Liang Qichao, reaching 40%.

The third form is called "paid purchase", which is equivalent to the current copyright buyout.

The pen fee and commission fee were the main income of literati at that time. For example, Mr. Lu Xun's "Diary of a Madman" was originally published in the monthly magazine "New Youth", and the monthly magazine "New Youth" had to pay Mr. Lu Xun's royalty at 5 silver dollars per thousand words. Later, "Diary of a Madman" was included in the collection of "Scream". When the Xinchao Society in Peking published "Scream", Mr. Lu Xun could still get 20% royalty. At that time, a copy of "Scream" was sold for 50 cents, and a copy of "Scream" was sold for, and Mr. Lu Xun could get one cent.

So in that era, many literati were keen on making collections. A piece of article was published in newspapers and publications, earning a "paper fee", but they sorted out the articles they had published, put together them into a book, and then made another "commission fee". An article could be sold twice.

Chen Qiang wrote an autobiography, and he did not intend to publish it in newspapers, so Chen Qiang couldn't make any money for this "commission fee". He could earn that "commission fee".

If you want to earn a commission fee, you have to sell more books. The more books you sell, the more commission fee you will receive.

Chen Qiang set a small goal for himself to sell ten thousand autobiography in 1933.

...

Nankai University Bookstore was very fast. After the Spring Festival, they quickly published Chen Qiang's autobiography "From a Newspaper to No. 1 in the world" into a book.

While Chen Qiang was thinking about how to sell books, Zhang Boling received a telegram from Peking. The telegram was Professor Ma John from Tsinghua University, who planned to invite Chen Qiang to give a speech at Tsinghua University.

When Chen Qiang raised funds for participation, the teachers and students of Tsinghua University also donated enthusiastically, giving Chen Qiang great help. Now Tsinghua University invites Chen Qiang here. Even if he doesn't give a penny of speech fee, Chen Qiang will not refuse.

Moreover, when giving a speech at Tsinghua University, it is different from when Chen Qiang gave a speech in the United States. Chen Qiang's speech at American universities mainly talks about the concept of exercise and health, and at the same time sells out his "sub-health" theory. In China's university speeches, it is obvious that they cannot talk about sports and health, nor do they cannot talk about "sub-health", but should tell about his journey of winning the Olympics.

As a Chinese Olympic hero, Chen Qiang gave a speech at a Chinese university, which is actually more like an advanced deeds report meeting. He talked about how many obstacles and difficulties he had experienced in his championship. It is best to have some scenes that make people cry. The audience was moved and shed tears in all kinds of tears. Then he talked about how powerful opponent he defeated and how great achievements he had achieved in the Olympics, which made the audience feel extremely excited!

Winning the Olympics is what Chinese audiences want to hear. If you tell Chinese audiences about "sub-health", it would be a bit out of reality. At that time, many ordinary people in China were hungry and full. Even students who could afford college had much worse family conditions than ordinary wages in the United States. Most people's goal was to have enough food and clothing, so who would care about "sub-health".

Suddenly, Chen Qiang had a new idea.

"Or I might as well have a national tour of advanced deeds, and by the way, I will have an event like signing and book sales, and sell my autobiography?"

In the future, going to school to sell books under the guise of speeches is a common routine used by many writers, and it is not uncommon in the eyes of later generations. The children's book writer Zheng Yuanjie once mentioned that he would give a speech in a school and he would give a speech for 40 minutes, but the organizer only asked him to speak for 20 minutes. When Zheng Yuanjie asked "why", the other party's reply was "I want to leave time for you to sell books."

Now Chen Qiang plans to use this kind of book selling routine.

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Tsinghua University.

After Chen Qiang finished his advanced deeds report and then displayed five gold medals in front of the students, it immediately caused a burst of exclamations.

"This is how the gold medal at the Olympics is!"

"Is it made of pure gold? It should be worth a lot of money, right?"

"What money doesn't matter? This means honor, not something that money can buy."

Students from Tsinghua University began to talk.

Next, it is the stage of signing and selling books.

"From the newspaper boy to the world's number one, this is Chen Qiang's autobiography!"

"I was not satisfied with Chen Qiang's speech just now, so I have to buy one."

"And Chen Qiang's signature on the spot, I'm not losing money when I bought this book."

"The Olympic gold medal is placed on Chen Qiang's table. When you go to find him to sign, you can also see what the Olympic gold medal looks like at the close range."

People have a herd mentality. When they see others buying, they join them one after another.

In a blink of an eye, the students who bought books lined up a long row in front of Chen Qiang!
Chapter completed!