Xia Qiu did not want to be controlled by others, so she would rather take out a loan from the bank than sign a contract with Sing Tao Daily. Due to the impact of the oil crisis, the world's economy was relatively depressed. It was the same in Gang City, and the banks were having a hard time. Xia Qiu's loan this time was also extremely difficult. Five hundred thousand was not a small amount at this time. Moreover, Xia Qiu did not have any real estate as collateral. He could only use his reputation and the copyrights of his two books,'Quest of the Qin Dynasty' and 'Hui Ming', as collateral. Under normal circumstances, the bank would not want the copyrights of novels as collateral.
However, the story was different. The story had been so popular recently that several major newspapers had quarreled with each other several times over it. The ordinary people of Gang City were also discussing the story of the story. Even the feng shui masters were talking about the fate of the soul after death. Those pseudoscientists were also discussing the matter of time travel. Because of its reputation, it was easy to get a loan. However, the interest rate had reached a terrifying two points. In this year, the interest rate was about 40,000 yuan. It was not much different from a usury.
Although the interest was high, Xia Qiu believed that he would not earn this much in a year. As long as he could get through this initial stage, he would have more room for development in the future. 1979 was the second oil crisis. He wanted to earn enough money before that, and then let his funds explode during the oil crisis.
'The oil crisis,' Xia Qiu muttered to herself. The thought of the oil price rising like a rocket and then falling like a meteorite filled Xia Qiu's heart with fighting spirit. It was such a good opportunity to make a fortune. Xia Qiu had to grab it. First, he would buy the oil price, and then he would sell it short. He would do it back and forth, allowing his capital to grow exponentially. He even dared to take out a loan with 20 cents interest.
When Xia Qiu received the 500,000 yuan, he heaved a sigh of relief. This 500,000 yuan would be his support in Gang City, and his future career would start from 500,000 yuan. Money was good for business. Xia Qiu took the manuscripts for the ticket speculations and returning to the Ming Dynasty to be a prince and rushed to the printing factory. This time, he increased the number of copies printed to 300,000 and cut the price to 1.5 Jiang dollars per copy. This way, the bank loan of 500,000 would cost 450,000 Jiang dollars in printing costs. However, Xia Qiu only paid 300,000 Jiang dollars and the remaining 150,000 Jiang dollars would be settled in three months. It was impossible to pay in full in business. Everything was ready and he only owed his employees. Xia Qiu's fighting spirit was high, and his entire body was filled with a small universe. It was as if the entire world was his battlefield.
Xia Qiu came to Sing Tao Daily once again. This time, he was here to publish a recruitment notice in a few days. Based on his partnership with Sing Tao Daily, he naturally hoped that Sing Tao Daily would give him some preferential prices. After all, he did not have much money on him now, so he wanted to take advantage of it. However, the result made him extremely disappointed and even a little angry. Ever since he said that he would not serialize his novel in the newspaper, the attitude of the Sing Tao Daily had changed greatly. The enthusiasm from before had long disappeared. When he heard that he wanted to publish an advertisement, it was as if he was doing his job. Moreover, the price was surprisingly high. The full-page recruitment notice actually charged 5,000 RMB per day. There was no discount at all. These newspapers fell out faster than flipping through the newspapers. Xia Qiu didn't accept the offer. She only asked for a small space in the recruitment board to publish a week's worth of recruitment notices. The price was 500 Jiang dollars. Although the space was a little small, the price was low and the time was long.
Xia Qiu was not only published in Sing Tao Daily, but also in Oriental Daily. Make it clear. Cheng Bao and other newspapers had published this job advertisement. However, when these newspapers heard that the author of 'Quest for the Ancient Qin' was coming to publish the job advertisement, they were extremely enthusiastic. Compared to the attitude of Xing Dao Daily, it was like heaven and earth. Moreover, the price they offered was very favorable. They even prepared the best position for him, especially Cheng Bao, who actually gave him a half-page free segment. In order to ease their relationship, Ming Pao only charged a symbolic 100 yuan advertising fee, which made Xia Qiu very happy. She did not expect that a book like 'Finding Qin' would make these newspapers so polite to her.
In fact, Xia Qiu had underestimated his own fame. The fact that Sing Tao Daily was catching up to the top of the newspaper industry because of a novel shocked the entire newspaper industry, especially Ming Pao and Oriental Daily. Xia Qiu had approached both of them at the beginning, but in the end, Sing Tao Daily had picked up a huge bargain. If Xia Qiu did not serialize novels in Sing Tao Daily in the future, other newspapers would have a chance to compete for this gold mine. In the past, they could not find Xia Qiu, but now, he had come knocking on their door. How could he not seize such a good opportunity? Therefore, these newspapers only charged a symbolic cost price. The total advertising fee for this series of newspapers was less than 2,000 Jiang dollars.
Xia Qiu was very cooperative with the newspapers that wanted to interview him. He was picked up by his master in the garbage dump, then he studied hard in the mountains for eight years. After his master left, he sneaked into Gang City with others. He had no money to eat, so he sold his ancestral items and wrote a novel. In any case, he was as pitiful as he could be, and as legendary as he could be.
Xia Qiu used these interviews to increase her popularity, and the newspaper office used this opportunity to increase sales. This was a win-win situation. The next day, all the newspapers published the interview, including job advertisements. On the cover was a young man dressed in a suit. His young face was delicate, but his eyes revealed a hint of calmness, giving people a feeling of wisdom. However, after watching the full version of the interview, he realized that although this young man had many bad fates, he was constantly striving for self-improvement. In the past, they only knew that the story was written by a young boy. Many people did not believe that a child could write such a dirty novel. Today, after seeing the real person, they knew that it was true. However, people could not help but ask who taught him the plot in the novel. How did he know so much about the history of the Warring States Period at such a young age?
Xia Qiu didn't have the time to care about other people's comments and speculations. She also didn't explain how such a young person could write such a novel. Some things became more and more difficult to explain the more you tried to explain, so she would usually just send others away with a silent comment. He was busy preparing for the company and didn't have the time to explain these things to you. Therefore, Xia Qiu's attitude was that if you wanted to read a book, you should read it quietly. If you wanted to ask some random questions, you should stay as far away as possible.
The matter of hiring employees had been settled. Although they had not officially recruited yet, Xia Qiu believed that Gang City lacked everything except people. As long as the day of the official recruitment came, he would definitely be able to find many people. Moreover, he had recruited according to the lowest recruitment conditions, so he was not worried about not being able to recruit people.
Xia Qiu was thinking about how to promote the book, Return to the Ming Dynasty and Be a Prince. Although she could rely on her employees to promote it in bookstores and newsstands, it would take a long time and the effect would be slow. Moreover, the result might not be successful. Therefore, the best way was to go to the television station to advertise and find a few celebrities to endorse. Of course, this cost was also very expensive.
Currently, there were three television stations in Gang City: Tiny TV Station, Li TV Station, and Jiayi TV Station, which had just opened last year. Xia Qiu had decided to visit all three television stations. As for the celebrities, Xia Qiu's eyes were naturally on the most popular ones. He was not very familiar with the other celebrities, but he knew the Xu brothers: Xu Wen, Xu Jie, Xu Wu, and Xu Ying.
These few people became big brothers in the entertainment industry of Gang City. In 1974, they filmed " Ghost and Horse Double Stars " and this year's " Genius and Idiot ", both of which topped the box office in Gang City. Even next year's " Half the Same " almost became the first movie in Gang City to break the ten million box office. In his previous life, Xia Qiu had seen their movie " Half the Same " in 1913. At that time, he was very impressed. Gang City could produce such an exquisite movie in the 1970s. Even after 30 years in China, they still took a bunch of trash photos to swindle money. Others said that Zhou Chi was the King of Comedy, but many people did not know that many of Zhou Chi's movies were based on the Xu Brothers 'movies. The Xu Brothers were the first generation King of Comedy in Gang City, while Zhou Chi was the second generation King of Comedy. However, the sad thing was that after Zhou Chi, no matter if it was in Gangcheng or Wancheng, there was no figure of the third generation king of comedy.
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