Parental Love: Jiang Weimin's Life of Lying Down

Yun Zhou and Zhao Jian soon arrived at Song Wenqing's office.

Song Wenqing first looked at Yun Zhou and asked, "How many orders do we have for Police Dog Attack now?"

Yun Zhou took out his notebook and checked carefully. "President, due to the apology letter published in the newspaper, the number of orders has increased again. Currently, the total order volume for the three volumes of "Police Dog Attack" is about 400,000 copies."

Song Wenqing nodded and turned to look at Zhao Jian, "Zhao Jian, is there any stock left?"

"President, we are out of stock now. Since the distribution of "Police Dog Attack: Vault Mystery" was very tight in the early stage, we almost print it in batches."

Song Wenqing pondered for a moment and said, "How about this? Divide these orders into two months. Comrade Xiao Jiang has already drawn two latest comic strips. Printing these two works will be the priority."

"President, we can't print these two works no matter how busy we are!"

"These two works are about the war of resistance against Japanese aggression. We only need to print 20 copies of each. Comrade Xiao Jiang is very eager to know whether readers approve of his latest research on painting techniques. Do you think it can be completed within a month?"

"President, as long as the typesetting is completed, I can guarantee that Comrade Jiang's comic strip will be printed within a month."

Song Wenqing looked at Jiang Weimin and said, "Comrade Xiao Jiang, what do you think of this arrangement?"

“No problem, thank you Uncle Song, your arrangement is very reasonable.

"Xiao Jiang, let me be frank with you. Currently, stories about the war of resistance against Japanese aggression can only be printed in 20 to 30 copies at most. I see that the content and stories of your two comic books are very interesting. I think the maximum number of copies you can print is 50."

Song Wenqing observed Jiang Weimin's expression and continued, "But now readers are particularly interested in suspense and crime-solving stories. A single work has sold more than 200 million copies. Do you think you can consider drawing a suspense and crime-solving comic strip for your next work?

"Thank you for your concern, Uncle Song, but I still hope to finish my father's work on the war of resistance first. But I will help our publishing house continue to adapt the stories of the "Police Dog Attack" series."

Song Wenqing looked at Jiang Weimin's determined expression, nodded and said, "Okay! After we finish printing your two works, we should hurry up and prepare the printing stock for "Police Dog Attack - Rainy Night Chasing Murderer"."

Song Wenqing's eyes fell on the documents on the table. At this time, Song Wenqing seemed to have thought of something. He turned to look at Jiang Weimin and asked, "Comrade Jiang, since you have such a high opinion of our last showdown with Shandong Publishing House, then tell me why the circulation of our works with Shandong Publishing House has increased."

Seeing Song Wenqing trying to get some information, Jiang Weimin smiled faintly in his heart, "Uncle Song, I'll tell you what I think. If I'm wrong, please correct me."

"Okay, you talk first."

"I think there are two aspects. On the one hand, the "debunking" in the newspaper may have attracted more people's attention. People often have a strong curiosity about controversial events and want to know the ins and outs of the matter and the views of all parties. This has aroused the interest of people who originally did not know these works, thereby increasing sales. On the other hand, some readers may be influenced by the herd mentality and think that this work is popular or valuable, so they choose to buy it."

"Well said, very well and thoroughly! If it weren't for your young age, I would have wanted you to be our vice president."

"Then Uncle Song, you have to keep the position of vice president for me." Jiang Weimin joked.

"Okay, I'll keep it for you. Then, Vice President Jiang, for the comic book "Police Dog Attack - Chasing Murderers in the Rainy Night", how do you think it should be distributed so that it can catch up with the sales of the previous one?" Song Wenqing said jokingly.

Jiang Weimin thought for a moment and said, "Uncle Song, I think you can continue to play double game with Shandong Publishing House this time. It doesn't matter if the moves are old, as long as they are useful. And the scope of the quarrel can be expanded. You can question the authenticity of the case, or question their reasoning. Find someone to interview the police on both sides to see their views on the case-solving process and publish them in the newspaper. In short, make things lively."

Song Wenqing pretended to be deep and said, "Well, it's the same as I planned. I also wanted to do it again according to the last plan. I didn't expect that Vice President Jiang had better ideas. Then I will call Li Changfeng tomorrow to have a good chat."

Then Song Wenqing and Jiang Weimin started chatting about this plan.

An Jie looked at Jiang Weimin who was talking boastfully with Song Wenqing and felt a sense of unfamiliarity.

The work had been done, and Jiang Weimin and An Jie had lunch at Qingdao Publishing House and then got up to say goodbye.

During the period, Liu Shuo handed them 200 yuan for the adaptation fee of the next story, as well as a large number of cake tickets, cloth tickets, and shoe tickets, and stuffed them two cans of coffee before leaving.

An Jie looked at the items in his hand and couldn't help but sigh: "Weimin, we don't look like we are here to apologize, we are just here for tourism!"

Jiang Weimin knew that the publication of his comic strip by Qingdao Publishing House not only raised the publishing house's reputation, but also brought considerable economic benefits. And these things are all about human relationships.

"Mom, we're here to travel anyway! We can go shopping in the afternoon and use up all these tickets."

"Okay, then let's use it all and buy some gifts for everyone." Anjie was in a very happy mood.

After Jiang Weimin and An Jie left, Song Wenqing couldn't contain his excitement and called Li Changfeng of Shandong Publishing House: "Old Li! Have you been doing well recently?"

When Li Changfeng heard that it was Song Wenqing calling, he thought she was here to call him to question him, so he replied angrily, "What's the matter? Do you really think that suspenseful crime-solving topics belong to your Qingdao Publishing House?"

"Haha, it's not from our Qingdao Publishing House. Then we are also pioneers. This time, you have sold at least 300 million copies of "Criminal Police Captain"!" Song Wenqing said with a smile.

"You've published quite a lot, haven't you? Now you've published more than I have. Are you here to show off?" Li Changfeng felt a little unhappy.

"Not really. I'm not that kind of person! I'm here to seek your cooperation this time."

Li Changfeng was delighted when he heard this: "What's wrong? The equipment is broken, do you need us to help with printing?"

"Can't you just hope for me? Nothing's broken and everything is normal."

"Then why do you want to cooperate with me?" Li Changfeng was confused.

"You guys are almost done with the second part of 'Captain of Criminal Police'! We are almost done with 'Police Dog Attack' too."

"What's the matter? If you want me to give way to you and let you publish first, forget it."

"Old Li, you are being too narrow-minded! Do you know why our comic books sold so many this time?"

"That means our "Captain of Criminal Police" is good enough."

"Do you believe it yourself? Before it was published in the newspaper, your magazine "Captain of Criminal Police" had more than 100 million copies, but it stopped selling. It was only after it was published in the newspaper that the circulation increased."

"What exactly do you want to say? How can we cooperate?"

Listening to Li Changfeng's unpleasant voice, Song Wenqing analyzed the confrontation between the two publishing houses based on Jiang Weimin's analysis.

After listening to Song Wenqing's analysis, Li Changfeng's eyes suddenly lit up: "Old Song, what you mean is that we should publish them at the same time this time, and then undermine each other in the newspapers to increase the discussion."

"That's what I mean. This will not only increase the popularity of our two companies, but also allow more people to pay attention to our works. What do you think?"

"Okay, that's great. Otherwise, you, Old Song, are really smart!"

"But this time we need to prepare our inventory first. We can't prepare for war in a hurry like last time."

"I think so too. We can just print 200 million from stock, so that we can respond to market demand more calmly."

"Okay, that's settled. Let's keep in touch during this period to make sure everything goes as planned."

After they hung up the phone, their faces were filled with excitement, and they were both looking forward to the success of this cooperation.