Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 493 Hainan Trip

Fang Minghua arrived in Hainan on September 9th.

From this time on, going to Hainan required a border pass. But this was not a difficult matter for Fang Minghua, as he could get it done quickly by taking his household registration booklet to the Xincheng Public Security Bureau.

Fang Minghua took a plane instead of a boat, so someone checked various documents including the border pass before boarding the plane in Huacheng.

He saw a passenger being denied boarding because he left in a hurry and forgot to bring his border pass, and he was beating his chest in regret.

The plane landed steadily at Dayingshan Airport. Fang Minghua got off the plane with her luggage and came to the waiting hall. She saw a pretty girl wearing glasses holding up a sign with the three words "Fang Minghua" written on it.

Before leaving, Zhao Hongjun specially arranged for us to pick him up in Haikou.

Fang Minghua also knew the girl who picked her up at the station. She was Dai Jiali, the girl who graduated from Yenching Foreign Language School and whom she met by chance at the dock when she came to Hainan at the beginning of last year.

The girl came to Haikou after Hainan became a province with the dream of starting a business. Unfortunately, her ideal was full of hope and the reality was very skinny.

When I arrived in Haikou, I realized that there were college students everywhere. However, a city with a population of only 20 and without even a traffic light in the urban area could not accommodate so many people who came to the beach to catch seafood.

The entrepreneurial dream was shattered.

Later, before Fang Minghua left Haikou, she saw Dai Jiali looking for a job below the Wanghai Building where she lived. She introduced her to Zhao Hongjun and joined the Haikou Shengshi Book Publishing Company which was just being established.

Zhao Hongjun said that the girl is very serious about her work. Although she lacks experience, she is very enthusiastic and motivated. Her current position is the office director of Haikou Shengshi Book Company. Since there is no deputy manager here, she will be temporarily in charge of this work while Zhao Hongjun is away from Haikou.

Of course the girl knew Fang Minghua and her heart was filled with gratitude.

If it weren't for him, I would probably be like the other seniors, squeezed in a damp rental house, struggling for three meals a day.

Or perhaps he has already left Hainan, the place where his dreams were shattered.

Also, even though he doesn't work in the company, Mr. Zhao said he is also a major shareholder of the company!

When she saw Fang Minghua coming over with a suitcase, she immediately ran up to him, called him "Teacher Fang" sweetly, and even attentively helped him carry the suitcase.

"Teacher Fang, the room has been booked. It's in Wanghai Tower." The girl said as she walked.

"Thank you. Your CEO Zhao has already told you the purpose of my visit to Haikou, right?"

"Boss Zhao has already given the order. I will fully cooperate."

"Well."

After leaving the terminal hall and arriving at the parking lot, Fang Minghua followed Dai Jiali into a black Santana - this was the company's car.

Seeing the girl start the car very skillfully, Fang Minghua was a little surprised: "You can drive?"

"Yes, our CEO Zhao said that being able to drive is the most basic skill for a modern business manager, so I passed the test within a year. It is much easier to get a driver's license in Haikou than in the mainland."

"Well, not bad." Fang Minghua praised.

When Fang Minghua arrived at Wanghai Tower and entered the room, he found that it was the room he had lived in when he came to Haikou with Zhao Hongjun at the beginning of last year.

"Teacher Fang, please take a rest first and go downstairs to eat later. I will contact Director Shu of the publishing house for you." Dai Jiali said.

Fang Minghua discovered that compared with last year, Dai Jiali now looked less student-like and more capable. It seemed that he had matured a lot over the past year.

However, Fang Minghua rejected her kindness.

"Go and do your own thing. Leave me Shu Bin's contact information and the car. Don't worry about anything else."

"Okay." Dai Jiali quickly handed over the car keys, took out a piece of paper, wrote a few words quickly and handed it to Fang Minghua. "Here is Director Shu's contact information and my office phone number. If you need anything, feel free to call me."

"Okay, thank you." Fang Minghua took the note.

The two of them were together during the meal, and they were still eating Haikou specialties, such as Hainan vegetarian pot, Qiongshan tofu and so on.

The two of them ate and chatted, naturally about company matters.

"Xiao Dai, the Haikou company has been established for more than a year. What do you think about the company's book publishing?" Fang Minghua asked casually.

The girl smiled and said, "Teacher Fang, I have some personal thoughts. I wonder if I think they are right?"

"Tell me."

"The books published by the company over the past year mainly include Xue Mili's "Female" series, a total of five books, and two books in the "Ghost Blowing Light" series. The rest are martial arts, romance and the like, a total of 20 books, and they are selling very well."

Fang Minghua nodded after hearing this.

"However, with the tightening of national policies and the proliferation of martial arts and romance novels in the market, I am sure that the sales of these two types of novels will decline quickly in the future, because now major domestic publishing houses are entering this market one after another."

"Take the book The Legend of the Condor Heroes for example. I have done statistics in various bookstores in Haikou, Huacheng and Pengcheng on business trips. There are 23 different types of publishing houses that have published this book! It can almost be said that it is flooding the market. What benefits can be achieved?"

"Xiao Dai, good job. It seems you have put in a lot of effort." Fang Minghua praised.

"You should love what you do. Since I am in Shengshi Company, I should think about the company."

"Then tell me, how do we solve this problem?" Fang Minghua asked again, as if he wanted to test the other party.

"I think we should broaden our thinking and not limit ourselves to romance and martial arts. I think Xijing Shengshi Company has done a good job, publishing several Chinese translations of novels such as Norwegian Wood and A Clockwork Orange. These novels have certain literary value and are also popular with readers, but they also have problems."

"What's the problem?" Fang Minghua put down his chopsticks and looked at the girl seriously.

"These things are basically read by young people who like literature, but now the social environment has changed, and literary books are not as popular as they were a few years ago. I think we can't just focus on literature, we should expand the publishing field, such as science and technology, humanities. These are all current hot spots."

Haha. This girl is knowledgeable!
Fang Minghua secretly praised him, but remained calm on the surface: "Then do you have any books that you think are suitable for publication?"

The girl felt a little embarrassed after hearing this: "I studied translation, which is basically based on literary works. I rarely dabble in other fields. But now I am trying to read some books in other fields. Teacher Fang, please don't laugh at me."

"What a joke! I think your idea is great. If you work hard, you will have a bright future!"

After dinner, Fang Minghua asked Dai Jiali to go back and drove around by himself - the city was not big anyway.

Fang Minghua drove slowly along Haixiu Road heading east.

Compared with a year ago, the city has become more lively, and there seem to be more young people speaking with accents from all over the country on the streets. Those young people with dreams are constantly rushing to this hot land.

A video hall, which is still relatively rare in the mainland, has appeared. There is a blackboard at the door with the words
"Going on a Secret Love Alone", "Infatuation", "That Man Is Not Passionate".
Many young people walked in, it seems that business is booming.

Not far away on the street, a young man was singing on the roadside with a guitar.

"My future is not a dream"

Do you want me to bow my head in the sun?
Working hard and sweating silently

Do you miss me even if I am indifferent?
Don't give up the life you want

It is said that this is the most popular song in Haikou and even in the whole Hainan.

(End of this chapter)