Chapter 23 Times Literature Publishing House
The next day, Li Chengzhi went to the relevant units in Taiwan to learn about the conditions for running a newspaper. However, it gave him a head-on blow!
At present, Taiwan is under martial law and a newspaper ban has been implemented. The Taiwanese newspaper industry has maintained a situation of only 31 newspapers. Among them, there are fifteen newspapers directly operated by the party, government and military; and among the sixteen private newspapers, most are run by people close to the ruling party, but the management rights of the newspapers are completely controlled by the party, government and military. Manipulation, if the newspaper suddenly makes remarks that are unfavorable to the government, the government may intervene and require the newspaper operator to transfer ownership.
Of course, the news that Li Chengzhi heard was not all bad news. Taiwan book publishing houses adopt Western social systems, and the threshold is very low. It is easy to register a publishing company!
After Li Chengzhi returned home, he told Li Zetian what he had learned.
When Li Zetian heard this, he was suddenly surprised. In his impression, Taiwan allowed private individuals to set up newspapers. However, thinking about it now, that was probably after Taiwan lifted the ban on newspapers.
In fact, the ban would not be lifted until 1977!
The reason why Li Zetian first thought of establishing a newspaper instead of a book publishing house was because the newspaper was a mouthpiece and had great influence. Jin Yong's "Ming Pao" not only made him a rich man in Hong Kong, but also a very influential figure in the Hong Kong government!
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Forget it, you have to eat the meal one bite at a time and walk the road step by step!
Let’s wait until Taiwan lifts the ban on newspapers before setting up a newspaper!
It’s also a good time to set up a publishing house!
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Li Zetian felt a little regretful in his heart. As a Chinese who loves his motherland, he wanted to own a newspaper in Taiwan that could uphold social publicity, adhere to the position of press freedom, and maintain aloof, independent and nonpartisan. He hoped that the newspaper he created could become one of the many newspapers in Taiwan. A breath of fresh air among newspapers! ! !
"Dad, let's build a publishing house! Instead of sharing the money with other publishing houses, we should make it ourselves! I believe that I will write more and more new books in the future, and our publishing house will not have to worry about it. Great work! When we have sufficient funds, we can also sign other writers!!!"
"Well, that's all!"
The publishing house's start-up capital was sufficient. "The Devotion of Suspect , the salary plus bonus is also 35,000 US dollars. Xu Guanjie's new album was released at the beginning of this year, and then quickly became popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan, bringing Li Zetian nearly 40,000 US dollars in royalties. Therefore, his current net worth is a total of $200,000. According to the exchange rate of 1:40 between US dollars and Taiwan dollars, there are 8 million Taiwan dollars, which is also a huge sum of money in Taiwan.
In addition, Li Zetian's parents naturally made some money while working in Taiwan, especially Li Chengzhi, who served as the person in charge of "Life" magazine. His salary and performance bonus were pretty good, totaling US$25,000, or NT$1 million.
Li Zetian decided to give his father $100,000 to start a business in Taiwan, while he kept $100,000 for himself to start a business in the United States!
The next morning, Li Chengzhi formally submitted his resignation and prepared to start his own business. Even if "Life" magazine is not sold, but his uncle is gone, he is not willing to work for Li Yuan and Li Jian. Coupled with Li Zetian's encouragement, he became more determined to set up his own business!
I heard that "Life" magazine was going to be acquired by another large magazine, and people in the company were panicking. With Li Chengzhi's departure, the group was immediately leaderless. The key is that he also took away Mr.li's resources. Life magazine may once again become the second-rate magazine it once was.
Then a dramatic scene happened. The company that was originally planning to acquire Life magazine at a high price heard that Li Chengzhi had resigned and immediately cut the acquisition price in half!
After Li Yuan and Li Jian got the news, they almost vomited blood.
The person they usually looked down upon hit them hard in the face, causing them heavy losses!
However, what is even more serious is that people from "Life" magazine resigned one after another, and they all jumped to a publishing house called "Times Literature" registered by Li Chengzhi in Taipei!
The talent was gone, and Life magazine was declining at an alarming rate.
The company that originally said it wanted to acquire Life magazine immediately changed its tune and said it would give up the acquisition of Life magazine!
Although Times Literature Publishing House has just been established, it is small but well-equipped with all five organs: art editorial department, publishing department, financial department, distribution department, proofreading department, review room, financial department, and administrative office. This was completely beyond Li Zetian's expectation. He never expected that so many people would be willing to follow his father to start a business. However, one more person means one more mouth, and the financial pressure is quite high. Li Chengzhi is an honest and compassionate person. When others are unemployed and come to seek refuge with him, he will take them in no matter what. Li Zetian thought for a while and decided to use the copyrights of "The Devotion of Suspect X" and "White Night Journey" as collateral to borrow money from the bank in order to pay the wages of his employees! Fortunately, they also knew that this was a start-up company and the salary requirements were not high. After Li Chengzhi promised them that everyone would have stock options after the development of Times Literature Publishing House, they felt at ease and had more motivation to work.
Currently, the main task of Times Literature Publishing House in the first phase is to publish the two books "The Devotion of Suspect X" and "White Night Journey" written by Li Zetian! Of course, it would be even better if you can sign the work of a well-known author.
Due to lack of funds and the inability to print a large number of books, Li Zetian suggested that his father use the trick of a white wolf with empty gloves!
First, get money from the channel dealer first and then deliver the goods.
Second, let the printing house print the books first and pay later.
It is true that not every distributor and printing house is willing to do this. Some distributors even rely on their "channel is king" and require delivery first, and then pay after the books are sold. However, there are always some discerning distributors and printing houses who are optimistic about "The Devotion of Suspect X" and "White Night Journey", and they are willing to follow Li Zetian's requirements. Of course, for such partners, Times Literature Publishing The company can give them more profits. Next, on the one hand, I went to the channel dealer with the contract signed with the printing factory. When the channel dealer looked at the contract, they naturally had more confidence in "Times Literature Publishing House", so more channel dealers were willing to pay up front. On the other hand, you went to the printing house with the contract signed with the channel provider. When the printing house looked at the contract, they thought, since you have even found a sales channel, there is no need to worry about having nowhere to sell the printed books, even if it is You can also pay later!
Under this virtuous cycle, Times Literature Publishing House can complete large-scale publishing of books without spending too much money! ! !
Li Zetian was just talking, but Li Chengzhi led his team to execute everything.
At this moment, Li Zetian took advantage of the fact that the vacation had not yet come, so he simply prepared a new book at home.
The more popular novels in this era were martial arts novels, and a large number of famous martial arts novelists emerged one after another. Among them, Jin Yong, Gu Long, and Liang Yusheng are collectively known as the three great masters of Chinese martial arts novels, and are known as the founders of the new school of martial arts novels.
Li Zetian also wanted to be the founder.
When "Zhu Xian" comes out, who can compete with him? ! !
That's right, he is planning to write Xiao Dingda's "Zhu Xian" this time, creating a fantasy novel in the fairy tale genre! As soon as this book was published in Taiwan, it soared to the best-seller list in Hong Kong and Taiwan. With its unbridled imagination and majestic narrative, it quickly became the pinnacle of Chinese fantasy literature and became famous overseas. It is the only martial arts novel among the "Three Wonderful Books on the Internet" together with "The Misty Journey" and "The Legend of Xiaobing". It is regarded as a classic novel on the same level as the works of Jin Yong, Gu Long and Huanzhu Louzhu on the Internet. It is known as the new generation of domestic fantasy masterpiece with strong Chinese style that is comparable to Huanzhu Louzhu's "The Legend of Shushan Swordsman"!
However, Xiao Ding himself once said that this book has many regrets, including the description of the characters, the processing of the story, etc. are not the best.
Li Zetian rewrote "Zhu Xian" this time, striving to create a more perfect "Zhu Xian"!
To this end, Li Zetian spent three days and three nights in retreat and wrote a 50,000-word outline! ! !
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