"Everyone, it has been three years since the Linchuan Evening News was established. But look at what you have done in these three years. With a circulation of less than 1,000 copies a day, do you think there's a need for this newspaper company to continue…"
The editorial department of Linchuan Evening News was currently in the middle of a major meeting. It seemed like the city leader had personally come to the news agency. Moreover, he was not very satisfied with the performance of Linchuan Evening News in recent years.
Speaking of which, Linchuan Evening News was directly under the municipal party committee and was a government agency. Originally, it was in response to the country's call to set up a local news agency to report on the lives of the people in Linchuan and the investment in education in Linchuan. However, since its opening, Linchuan Evening News had been half-dead. The daily circulation was only about a thousand copies. Now, three years had passed. The first leader who approved the opening of the newspaper office came to the newspaper office today.
He was furious. He was about to advance. Unexpectedly, his political opponents seized the Linchuan Evening News he started three years ago and made a big fuss about it. They said it was a face-saving project and reported some trivial things. He had set up a newspaper office, but it was all for the public's sake. He had not made any contributions to the Linchuan City Government at all. As such, the municipal committee suppressed the upcoming appointment letter.
"No matter what, everyone, within three days, think of all ways to reform the Linchuan Evening News. If it was still the same, everyone packed up and prepared to go home. The government doesn't intend to support idlers like you for nothing.”
At this moment, the leader said something ruthless.
The editorial department of Linchuan Evening News looked at each other. He wanted to curse in his heart," Although this newspaper office has been running for three years, I haven't seen any funding from the higher-ups in the past three years. Without funding, how can our editorial department interview so much news? It was not to the extent that they would take their salaries and pay for it, right?”
After more than two hours of the meeting, the leader left angrily.
……
In the managing editor's office.
"Director Li, Miss Gu from Tang Chao Information is here.”
"Information about the Tang Dynasty?"
The editor-in-chief of Linchuan Evening News was surnamed Li and his first name was Ming. Li Ming was delighted when he heard that Tang Chao's information was here. He thought, This Tang Chao information has been gaining momentum in recent months. These few days, I was thinking about whether to report on this company on a large scale. He did not expect them to send someone over. However, why did they send people here?
"Miss Gu, did you explain why you came?”
"Not really."
"Alright, call her in."
Helpless, he could only call Miss Gu in.
"Hello, Director Li. I'm Gu Xiaoyu from Tang Chao Information. This is my business card.”
It was Gu Xiaoyu. After she received Chen Jiayi's plan, she made some preparations. The next day, she came to Linchuan Evening News.
"Hello, the recent news about Tang Chao has really brought a lot of glory to my Linchuan. Our Linchuan Evening News is preparing to go to your company for an interview. Is it convenient for Tang Chao Information?”
"You're welcome to do so anytime. However, I'm here today to report something else.”
"Miss Gu, please go ahead."
"I wonder if Director Li has read a web novel called Ethereal Journey?”
"Ethereal Journey?"
" Li Ming " did not understand what Gu Xiaoyu meant. However, Lin Chuan News Agency had nothing to do in the past few years. Many of the news articles were fabricated by their editorial department. He had a lot of free time, especially Chief Editor Li. When he had nothing to do, he would often go online to read the news.
Recently, he had been fascinated by web novels, and the one that he was obsessed with was Ethereal Journey.
"I've seen some. What do you mean, Miss Gu?”
"Director Li, I think this novel is a new genre of novel after Jin Yong's martial arts novels. The author of Ethereal Journey used the mystical arts of Taoism in China to show people what cultivation is…"
Gu Xiaoyu did not answer " Li Ming " directly. Instead, she started to talk about the novel, Ethereal Journey. When Ming Li heard Gu Xiaoyu talk about his recent trip, he suddenly became interested and didn't care what Gu Xiaoyu was doing here. He immediately exchanged his thoughts with Gu Xiaoyu.
After chatting for a while, Ming Li shouted happily. Presumably, as a book friend, being able to exchange opinions on the Ethereal Journey with another book friend was really a happy thing.
"Director Li, you're very wise. Recently, our Tang Dynasty Information Group has bought all the copyrights to Ethereal Journey. Director Li, what do you think?”
"Okay, why didn't I think of that? The newspaper was too similar to the updates on the Internet.”
The newspaper was published once a day, and the internet was updated once or twice a day. Moreover, people who read newspapers and people who read novels online were basically different groups and would not overlap. If the novel was published in the newspaper, based on Li Ming's experience of reading Ethereal Journey, it would definitely attract a large number of people.
Just as Li Ming was about to agree, he suddenly woke up." This is a newspaper. It's reporting news. What's the big deal about you serializing a web novel?”Thinking of this, Li Ming hesitated and said to Gu Xiaoyu," Miss Gu's suggestion is very good. Our editorial department will discuss it again."”
"Director Li, what is the daily circulation of your newspaper?”
"About the circulation, let me tell you in detail. Our Linchuan Evening News started relatively late and is also a tabloid. The circulation is relatively small. Based on the recent circulation, we only publish about 40,000 to 50,000 copies a day. It's indeed a little less, but we're working hard.”
People like Ming Li usually made up a lot of fake news, so they naturally didn't blush when they lied. Originally, there were only a thousand copies, but he instantly increased the circulation by forty to fifty times.
"Director Li, you really know how to joke. If our Tang Dynasty's information is not wrong, your daily circulation is at most a thousand copies.”
"You, how did you know?"
Li Ming was shocked. Then, his expression turned cold and he said," What do you mean by coming here?”
"Director Li, don't misunderstand. Our Tang Dynasty Information Company only investigated your company because we wanted to cooperate. Let me tell you frankly that the purpose of our Tang Dynasty information is to reach an agreement with your newspaper. On the Linchuan Evening News, he had published a series of Ethereal Journey. What do you think, Director Li?"
"Miss Gu, it's a little difficult. Although this Ethereal Journey was good, we were a newspaper office. It didn't seem to have anything to do with novels, let alone a web novel.”
"Director Li, it's not like there's no precedent for newspapers to serialize novels. Hong Kong Ming Pao's old Mr. Jin Yong had also published his martial arts novel in the newspaper. Ming Pao relied on Jin Yong's wuxia novels to survive the most critical period and eventually became one of the two largest newspapers in Hong Kong. Our Linchuan Evening News is the same as Ming Pao. Faced with a daily circulation of only a thousand copies, Director Li must be under a lot of pressure. If our Linchuan Evening News doesn't make any new innovation, then the daily circulation will only get lower and lower. In the end, I'm afraid that even the right to publish it will be revoked…"
Gu Xiaoyu pressed on step by step. During the negotiation, she instantly changed from the usual little woman to a super strong woman. Ming Li didn't have a chance to go back on his words.
"To achieve great things, one must have courage. Director Li, this opportunity is right in front of us. Director Li must also know the public relations capabilities of Tang Chao Information. Let alone a novel, as long as we dare to do it, there's nothing we can't do. Our Tang Dynasty Information is very confident. As long as your newspaper can cooperate with us and serialize this Ethereal Journey, I believe that the circulation will definitely increase by ten times or even a hundred times in the future. If we miss this opportunity…"
Gu Xiaoyu didn't say anything else. She looked at Ming Li and sighed, shaking her head.
"Alright, I'll bet on this."
Thinking of the leader's lecture just now, facing the imminent loss of his job, Ming Li slammed the table heavily and said forcefully.
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