Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 52 The reason for the explosive sales (Second update, please collect, read, and vote)

"You can't make that much money, it's all just nonsense from the tabloids." Hong Kong tabloids of this period dared to publish any gossip, and some even specialized in producing obscene content.

"It should be about the same. I saw that the analysis in the newspaper was very organized."

"I think he must be an old man, otherwise he wouldn't know so many things." Arlene guessed.

"I don't know. Novels can't be taken seriously, right?"

"You people from the mainland don't believe it, but here many people believe in feng shui. Even the rich have to find someone to look up their feng shui when they build their houses."

"Yeah, maybe." Li Song didn't know how to explain. If he said he believed it, he didn't quite believe it. But if he said he didn't believe it, what was wrong with him now?

When the time was up, Li Song sent Alin away.

The next day, Sunday, Li Song continued to learn from Alin and cooked for Alin as usual.

On February 4, 1980, the 2th day of the twelfth lunar month, a Monday, Li Song took the driving test. The test route was indeed simple, with few cars, no ups and downs, and not many intersections.

However, it would take a few days to get the driver's license, so Li Song went straight home after the test.

Liu Jiale arrived in the afternoon and said, "A Song, congratulations! The publishing house is going to reprint it."

"The 500,000 copies reprinted this time have also been pre-ordered."

"A single volume has sold over a million copies. Preliminary estimates suggest there are at least ten of them. Boss, you're going to be rich."

"A lot of people are secretly selling it overseas. A lot of the cargo shipped by Canada, Mexico, and Aramco is novels. Your novels are very popular there too."

"And Southeast Asia, Lijiapo."

"And some people are going to the mainland to trade!" Liu Jiale glanced at Li Song when he said this!
"Thank you, Brother Le. It's hard to say what will happen next." Li Song smiled slightly. This matter is still difficult to deal with in the mainland, but piracy is okay. The more piracy there is, the more money he will make from making movies and TV series in the future.

"The Taiwanese publishing house is willing to offer a 13% royalty rate. The newspaper is ready to sign a contract and print one million copies at a time."

"After the Wanwan Publishing House publishes the single-volume edition, the copyright price of the Wanwan TV series will definitely increase."

"And the publishing house in Nanyang will probably be done soon. These businessmen are smarter than anyone else." Liu Jiale spoke again.

"Thank you for your hard work, Brother Le." Li Song said.

"I've already started preparing for the magazine. Does the boss have any candidates for finance or human resources?" Liu Jiale spoke again.

"I don't know many people in Hong Kong Island, and I don't have any talent in this area. Brother Le, you have experience, I have ideas, and I don't understand business. After the magazine is established, I will give you 2% of the shares. Let's discuss the general direction, and you can handle the small matters yourself, but the accounts must be clear. I will find a specialized accounting firm to audit them." Li Song knew that no matter what industry you are in, personal connections are the most important. Liu Jiale was in this industry, so he naturally understood the twists and turns.

"Thank you, boss." Although Li Song asked Liu Jiale to call him Asong, Liu Jiale felt that the boss was still the boss.

"Well, the better the business is, the more shares you will get, Brother Le. Our goal is to go public and build a comprehensive entertainment group." Li Song nodded.

Liu Jiale didn't even dare to think about going public. How great a performance would that require? However, thinking about Li Song's wild ideas, there was certainly a certain probability that it was not Li Song's own idea, but that was not important.

Liu Jiale certainly didn't know how many things Li Song had incorporated into the novel, including Transformers in Interstellar Mercenaries.

Two major robot forces will soon appear, which are a fusion of Transformers.

After the magazine was established, I asked people to make Transformers comics, animations, and toys.

A Western fantasy novel is planning to be based on World of Warcraft, first the novel, then the comics, and finally the game.

Li Song had considered offering a reward on a second-hand platform to find someone to do it for him, but the price was simply out of his reach. Furthermore, he couldn't use what the intelligent system had written.

Even on second-hand platforms, it can only be written by humans.

Moreover, Li Song felt that it would be better for him to come up with ideas and find ghostwriters in the real world.

Otherwise, if I were to write a novel of tens or even millions of words by myself in a single day, I would probably start to suspect that I was an alien.

There are also electronic games and online games.

Li Song knows what the future of entertainment will look like, so he naturally knows how broad the prospects are for the magazine as an IP incubation base.

Liu Jiale didn’t know, and of course he didn’t know that going public was just child’s play.

However, Liu Jiale was still very tempted by the shares promised by Li Song. Although it was only 2%, don’t forget how much income Li Song brought in with just one book.
Even if it's only 1% of the shares, or 0.5% of the shares, the feeling is different. At least you are no longer a simple employee, and Li Song does not interfere with the specific operations.

"I'll give you 500,000 yuan, and you can set up the magazine first." Li Song took out another 500,000 yuan.

"Ok!"

Li Song doesn't have much cash left. He has to write a novel of 200,000 words every week, and each word costs 100 yuan, which is 20,000 yuan. The first volume is 500,000 yuan, and the 500,000 yuan for the reprint arrived two days ago. He needs to reprint it soon, and he doesn't know how many copies the third reprint will cost. The publishing house is making a lot of money, so they pay you very quickly. Give the money in advance. Otherwise, who knows how long it will take.

However, Li Song's money soon came in more, including the copyright of Wanwan's single-volume books, the copyright of Nanyang's single-volume books, and the film copyright.

ATV will broadcast Ghost Blows Out the Light during the Chinese New Year, and will earn tens of thousands of yuan every day.

On Tuesday, February 5, 1980, the 19th day of the 12th lunar month, the beginning of spring, Li Song was still writing articles and doing other things as usual.

In Yangcheng, the land next to Huangpu Port that Li Song selected last time has already started construction. A temporary team headed by the top leader of Yangcheng is personally supervising and coordinating the work.

Although the machinery and equipment from Li Song have not arrived yet and the contract has not been signed, the drawings sent by Li Song are already priceless.

Especially some of the material processes involved, special steel for chains, special steel for gearboxes, and special steel for bearings.

The material technology of special aluminum alloys, etc. can be said to have reached a top-secret level in the country.

Yangcheng has not yet submitted these technologies for appraisal because theoretically these technologies still belong to Li Song and his team.

However, Yangcheng is also making private contacts, for example, contacting Liuzhou Iron and Steel in Guangxi Province, which can produce special steel, and also contacting aluminum ore producing places in Hunan Province.

In other words, Yangcheng is trying to attract more people into this industry circle to avoid being taken away by others. Of course, Yangcheng did not say that it has already acquired the technology, but just said that foreign investors have ideas in this regard, and asked these places to send people to discuss. Foreign investors can consider investing in technology and equipment.

On the one hand, it is confidential, and on the other hand, these things need to be authorized by Li Song, because they belong to Li Song, and Yangcheng is just identifying them.

Moreover, Li Song represents foreign businessmen, so if someone wants to cause trouble, Yangcheng has an excuse to refuse.

Of course, people in Yangcheng don’t know Li Song’s other identity yet. If they knew, they would feel more at ease.

The requirements for the motorcycle main engine workshop are not very high. Although there is a series of high-precision CNC machine tools, they only have basic requirements.

In order to meet other requirements, such as electricity, road transportation, and others, Guangzhou has also decided to allocate a port berth specifically for the future motorcycle factory.

Of course, the leaders in Guangzhou realized how wise this decision was after the New Year. The other party’s cargo ship may look inconspicuous, but it has a very special identity.

(End of this chapter)