A century-old wealthy family that rose from Shanghai

Chapter 134 First Arrival at Du Mansion

Chen Guangliang originally borrowed 3 yuan from a bank he knew in the name of Oriental Daily to cope with the subsequent expansion.

The main task was to establish news collection points in cities such as Peking and Wuhan, and subsequent local publishing (news could be transmitted over long distances through Guisui receivers, transmitters, telephones, etc.).

Of course, this means that Oriental Daily will become a major national newspaper, because ordinary local newspapers only need to publish local news and a small amount of national news purchased or reprinted.

The Oriental Daily was not expanding too fast. After all, two months ago, Chen Guangliang had already decided on the goal of becoming a "national newspaper", and all the reporters and editors under his command could be put to use.

Before Chen Guangliang went to the bank to get a loan, he received a notice from Hong Yanbin that Du Yuesheng wanted to meet him.

Chen Guangliang seemed to have realized something. After all, he knew that Du Yuesheng liked to interfere in newspaper affairs. Of course, he came to Du Mansion very calmly.

"Boss Chen, the master sent me to wait for you at the door!" Hong Yanbin said politely while standing at the door of Du Mansion.

"Mr. Hong, you are too polite. You are my senior!" Chen Guangliang bowed and said.

Hong Yanbin was the former boss of the Commercial Daily, so he was naturally considered his senior. Now he was his partner and assistant manager of the Oriental Daily, so it was indeed a bit polite to welcome him out.

But it can also be seen that with the success of Oriental Daily, Chen Guangliang's status increased a lot, and even Du Yuesheng began to pay attention to him.

"please"

When they arrived at the Du Mansion, they found it was indeed very large, and Chen Guangliang could feel with his keen senses that the security here was very strong.

Of course, this little bit of power is nothing in Chen Guangliang's eyes, but he always remembers that he is just a businessman, not a superman.

"Hello, Mr. Du"

Du Yuesheng, wearing a long cotton-padded jacket and with a thin face, stood up from the sofa and said with a smile, "It is true that heroes have always emerged from youth. When we met at Gu Zhuxuan's residence last year, I knew you were no ordinary person!"

It’s all hindsight!

At that time, Chen Guangliang was only praised by Gu Zhuxuan, but he was not good enough in front of Huang Jinrong and Du Yuesheng, so Huang Jinrong reacted very coldly. Du Yuesheng was very polite at the time, but that was just his style.

Chen Guangliang said politely, "The success of Oriental Daily News this time is thanks to the guidance of Mr. Hong and Mr. Huang. Otherwise, as a newcomer, I would never have been able to make it a success."

Although it has only been released for six days, Chen Guangliang naturally would not say that it has not been successful. After all, he has already boasted that the sales volume has reached 50,000 copies, so why should he be humble?

Du Yuesheng waved his hand, signaling everyone to sit down, and then the servant made tea for the three of them.

"What is your relationship with Gu Zhuxuan?"

"Mr. Gu is from the car rental business. My first business was a car rental business. At that time, Mr. Gu was taking care of us small car dealerships."

What he meant was that he and Gu Zhuxuan did not have a very deep relationship, and the so-called taking care of the car dealership was nothing more than a matter of taking a commission.

Du Yuesheng took a sip of tea and said casually, "I thought you had already joined the Green Gang!"

Chen Guangliang did not respond directly, but covered up the topic with a smile, which also expressed a meaning - even if you are Du Yuesheng, I will not worship you as my master and become a disciple of the Green Gang.

Du Yuesheng was a very smart person and he saw what Chen Guangliang meant at a glance. He was also very calm and did not dwell on the topic anymore.

"The Oriental Daily is considered a major newspaper, after all, with a sales volume of tens of thousands. The Southern Whale government will undoubtedly send a commissioner to provide guidance. What do you mean, Guangliang?"

Chen Guangliang said calmly: "Since the government has such regulations, I certainly support them!"

At the very least, the current legitimate government is the Southern Whale government.

In addition, when he was under the red flag in later life, he also acknowledged that this period was the Republic of China, so he would definitely abide by the law and would not oppose the government.

What's more, it's just a special commissioner stationed there, not interference in the newspaper's operations.

The Oriental Daily News would not follow the Shen Bao's example and do anything anti-government, so Chen Guangliang was already prepared.

Du Yuesheng applauded and said, "Well done, young man, you are smart. Unlike Shi Liangcai of Shenbao, he will suffer a great loss sooner or later."

He is indeed the Commander-in-Chief's 'loyal lackey'. When the Commander-in-Chief was kidnapped by Zhang Xueliang later, he even publicly said that he wanted to be a hostage for the Commander-in-Chief. He didn't even think about the fact that a gangster like you is not worthy of being kidnapped!
Then, Du Yuesheng said directly: "I heard that you plan to let the Oriental Newspaper Company borrow 3 yuan from the bank for subsequent development. In this case, there is no need to borrow from the bank. I, the Du Mansion, will lend you yuan, and I will give the money to Yanbin."

After saying this, Du Yuesheng looked at Chen Guangliang, as if testing him.

It was equivalent to getting the money, and Du Yuesheng's hand was equivalent to inserting into the Oriental Newspaper Company. After all, Hong Yanbin was his favorite disciple.

Chen Guangliang didn't even need to hesitate and said, "Great! I knew Mr. Du was a public-spirited person, and today I see that he's indeed the case!"

"Haha, I admire capable people like you the most. Please come to the Du Mansion more often in the future."

"it is good"

The reason why Chen Guangliang did not join Qingmen was that he did not want to get into trouble, but he was not that aloof when it came to normal social interactions.

The reason why Du Yuesheng admired him so much this time must be that he heard some of his methods from Hong Yanbin, so it was normal to win him over.

After all, if the Oriental Daily can maintain a stable sales volume of 30,000, then Chen Guangliang can be considered a famous figure; and if his identity as a real estate developer is added, he will at least become somewhat famous in the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

After receiving Du Yuesheng's "funding", Chen Guangliang immediately arranged for the Oriental Newspaper to establish news points in Peking and Wuhan.

Of course there are talents. Not to mention that the original "Business Daily" has retained its administrative organization, it has also recruited a lot of reporters, editors and other talents in the past two months.

At the beginning, three reporters were sent to each city.

Although there are not many, their main task is to establish news points and recruit local journalists to join. Moreover, this news point can purchase first-hand news from local wire services and quickly open up the market.

Once the news points are stabilized, the next step is to send editors over to prepare for local printing and distribution.

An experienced editor must be sent to this step, because there are many requirements for news editing at the Oriental Daily, and it is impossible to do a good job without Chen Guangliang's personal training.

"Assistant Manager Hong, are you free recently? Do you want to take charge of these two matters?" Chen Guangliang asked Hong Yanbin at the meeting.

The people sent out are subordinates, so the top management has to go to the local area to inspect.

Chen Guangliang definitely has no time to leave Shanghai, and it is impossible for him to leave Shanghai. He rarely even leaves the concession.

Huang Chunsun is currently in charge of many things at the headquarters. He is Chen Guangliang's most respected talent at the newspaper, and many things are inseparable from him.

After hearing this, Hong Yanbin said, "There's always time to make two trips. Manager Chen, just let me supervise it!"

Chen Guangliang said politely, "Thank you very much. You don't need to stay there for long. Just go and take a look. After all, the people below will do the specific work."

"it is good"

This is also an opportunity to delegate power. After all, going to the local area to supervise is also an opportunity for Hong Yanbin to build his own power.

Originally, Chen Guangliang had no guard against Hong Yanbin and generously arranged some things for him, mainly some public relations activities for the Oriental Newspaper.

Originally, the Oriental Daily was just a tool to enhance Chen Guangliang's status, so even if a powerful man wanted it in the future, he could transfer it as long as the price was good.

Of course, what he hopes most is to keep the Oriental Daily forever, and to neither allow it to become an official media nor a political medium. In short, it should not be overly involved in politics.

When the time is right, we can run it as a century-old family business.

After some arrangements, the Oriental Newspaper continued to operate at high speed.

The last day of January was also the first day that Oriental Daily officially ended its 'free giveaway' and switched to normal shipments.

Yesterday's sales volume was 4 copies, and some people are still asking for restocking.

So today, on the first day of official shipment, Oriental Daily also printed 30000 copies, a quantity that none of them dared to imagine at the beginning.

There are over 1700 newspapers nationwide. Excluding many local tabloids, only 12 newspapers have circulation exceeding . These include Shenbao, Xinwenbao, Central Daily News, Ta Kung Pao, Minguo Daily, Xinmin Evening News, Central Supplement, Current Affairs News, Libao, Xinhua Daily, Dacheng Daily, and Huashang Daily.

In other words, Oriental Daily will become the 13th newspaper with a circulation of over .

Of course, Chen Guangliang didn't dare to let go of his worries until the final step.

After all, the previous sales figures were too exaggerated and were entirely due to the hard work of newspaper vendors; of course, the layout and content did receive a lot of praise.

The biggest breaking news was the scandal between Ruan Lingyu and her worthless husband, which was widely reported by the Oriental Daily. Even Zhang Damin's assault on Ruan Lingyu and the subsequent altercation between the two were captured by the Oriental Daily, which then subjected Zhang Damin to numerous personal attacks.

Chen Guangliang had no burden at all. Ruan Lingyu would die in a few years anyway, so he would not feel guilty if she became depressed now.

Of course, the news about Ruan Lingyu in the Oriental Daily News attacked her husband and expressed sympathy for her.

At this time, Ruan Lingyu had already gained the support of fans from all over Shanghai. It can be said that she was not only not "less popular", but "even more popular".

before noon.

Huang Chunsun walked in happily from outside and said, "Manager Chen, according to feedback from more sales points, sales have exceeded half, and our newspaper sales are at least 15000 copies!"

Chen Guangliang stood up suddenly and said, "Okay."

By analyzing the sales situation at multiple outlets, we can analyze the situation of the entire market.

It’s just after 11 o’clock now and more than half of the copies have been sold, so the total sales for the whole day must have been at least 20000 copies!

30000 copies might be a bit far-fetched, but if it’s 25000 copies, it’s also a very beautiful campaign.

Originally, Chen Guangliang was most worried that the national news sources were a little slow, mainly because Zhang Zhuping changed his mind and refused to provide first-hand national news.

But now it is also very important to catch the news of the Shanghai Stock Exchange and its surrounding areas; as for national news, being a little late is not a big problem.

Afterwards, Chen Guangliang said, "Don't rush to hold a celebration party. It will take at least a month for things to truly stabilize."

Huang Chunsun nodded and said, "Yes, but everyone is very enthusiastic now, especially the reporters. They are worthy of being the soldiers you trained."

Chen Guangliang laughed. He had read "Night Walker" and knew the advantages of newspaper news in later generations, so the reporters he trained would naturally be better.

These reporters are basically on call 24 hours a day, and they rush to any news in Shanghai as soon as possible.

By eight o'clock in the evening.

The statistical results are finally out, and the estimated sales volume of Oriental Daily is 2.8 copies!

success!

Chen Guangliang paid for a delicious midnight snack in the office for all employees who worked overtime out of his own pocket.

Mobilizing everyone's enthusiasm is the business philosophy that Chen Guangliang has always adhered to. Reporters "get rich" by producing explosive news materials, and editors get bonuses based on "newspaper sales."

(End of this chapter)