Chapter 235 Good News for Writers
Liu Hongmin and Li Lizhen attended the New Year's Eve party. Director Wang was very happy about this and specially arranged two front seats for him.
Liu Hongmin is now the richest entrepreneur in the country. Not to mention those companies, even if we count the royalties alone, they are more than most companies. Moreover, Liu Hongmin has a very high status in the political circle. In the recent textbook mutual review cooperation, Liu Hongmin turned the tide and cheated the Japanese of 300 million US dollars, making an outstanding contribution to the education cause.
What's more, Liu Hongmin has been doing charity work for many years, and the money he donated alone is enough to support a large enterprise. This matter has been registered above and is one of Liu Hongmin's life-saving talismans.
The production level of the evening party on the Chinese mainland is still good, but the fashion aspect is still unsatisfactory. After all, the entertainment industry in the mainland has just started and is still in the catching-up stage.
Li Lizhen still watched the show with great interest. She found that the performers in the show were all very talented.
"They sing better than the stars in Hong Kong!"
Liu Hongmin smiled and said, "Of course, these people are all singing artists, and their level is top-notch."
“But it doesn’t seem to be very famous?”
"They are all in the art troupe and have a regular staff. They don't mix in the pop music circle. Even if they become famous, they will gradually become less famous due to lack of exposure."
Li Lizhen seemed to understand, but she didn't ask any more questions. Many things in the mainland were different from those in Hong Kong, and she was no longer surprised.
After watching the party, Li Lizhen felt much better. If she hadn't fully recovered, she would have wanted to go to work at the charity fund right away. She was still very enthusiastic about this kind of banquet with many people.
The reason why she wanted to be a star was not only because she was influenced by Vanity Fair, but also because she wanted to be a member of the upper class. And isn't the life of the upper class just about attending banquets?
One-sided understanding made Li Lizhen, who was not good at socializing, very enthusiastic about the banquet.
Humans are indeed contradictory creatures.
However, as Liu Hongmin's wife, many people actively approached her to talk. Nowadays, everyone is short of money, and if they can beg for some alms from Liu Hongmin, the God of Wealth, they can solve many problems.
Li Lizhen is also a person who likes charity. After she officially took office, Liu Hongmin gave her a charity quota of one million yuan per year and let her decide how to use it. As a result, Li Lizhen became a favorite in all departments. Even the bosses of some departments would be polite to Li Lizhen when they saw her.
The Liu family had a very happy New Year in 1988. This year, they had their first grandson, and Liu's father and mother were smiling from ear to ear every day.
Liu Hongjun also went home for a rare occasion. Although he was still very secretive about the major he studied, his relationship with his family did not become distant.
It was a rare reunion year, and with relatives and friends coming to pay New Year’s greetings, the Liu family was very lively until the seventh day of the New Year.
After the Chinese New Year, Liu Hongmin finally received good news. The initial versions of the Chinese card and input method were completed. Liu Hongmin immediately tested them and found that they were good enough to be used. So he installed the best computer of the year for himself, but even so, this computer could only be used for typing.
Before computer hardware was developed, there was no difference between computers and typewriters. As for surfing the Internet, Liu Hongmin really looked down on the current Internet, which was laggy and expensive.
With the equipment, Liu Hongmin began to create the Dark Gate Trilogy. Because he was unfamiliar with it, Liu Hongmin could only type 3,000 to 5,000 words a day. After two days of familiarity, his typing speed became faster and faster, and soon it increased to 7,000 to 8,000 and more than 10,000 words.
And it doesn't take a lot of time. You only need to set aside five or six hours a day. You don't have to lock yourself in the study and write all day.
After arranging his time properly, Liu Hongmin was able to balance writing and life. At the computer company, Liu Hongmin continued to increase investment. He bought an advertising space on the middle stage and advertised Hanka. Soon, someone called to inquire.
There are still many people who need Han Cards these days. Previously, Lianxiang was the only company that dominated the market, and each company had only one choice. Now Liu Hongmin's Hanxian Computer Company has also developed a Han Card, so naturally some people want to compare it with Lianxiang.
After comparison, I found that although the Chinese card of Hanxian Company is the initial version, its performance is still good. Especially the matching Pinyin input method, which gives many people who can't learn Wubi a new choice.
Soon, some units placed orders. Hanxian Company also guaranteed that if the Han card was upgraded, the old Han card would be recycled at 10% of the price.
Although this 10% discount is small, it can be a powerful tool to seize the market. One is 4000 yuan, and the other is 3600 yuan. If the two have similar performance, which one would you choose?
Of course, not all old Chinese cards can be collected back. If some units buy new computers, they will need to use new Chinese cards, and of course they have to buy the latest Chinese cards.
In two months, Liu Hongmin finished writing the "Dark Gate Trilogy" and spent another month revising it before finally completing it.
If Liu Hongmin were to write a million-word manuscript, it would take him four to five months to finish it, and another one or two months to revise it. Now that he has switched to computer writing, the time has been cut in half.
This is still because Liu Hongmin is not efficient enough to write all day. If he writes for ten hours a day, the writing time will be even shorter.
Computer, Chinese card and input method, this three-piece set is really a blessing for writers. As long as you can get used to writing in this way, your efficiency can continue to improve.
After typing out the manuscript, Liu Hongmin called Richard.
"Richard, the new book has been written."
"Really? Mr. Liu, I'll send someone to get it right away."
Richard was very happy that the book was finished in just four or five months.
When Richard saw the manuscript, his mouth was stretched to the back of his head. He thought it was just one book, but it turned out to be three. Liu Hongmin's efficiency was really too high.
He immediately contacted a translator to translate the trilogy together. Out of curiosity about Liu Hongmin's new book, he read some translated manuscripts and felt a little confused. The background of the story seemed a bit grand!
Humans, orcs, dwarves, gnomes, elves, ogres, trolls, goblins, dragons, draenei, gronn...
There are quite a lot of races in the book, and they all have a lot of roles. The background is even more grand than that of The Lord of the Rings. He even feels that the area of Azeroth is larger than that of Middle-earth. After all, the orcs' thousand-mile raid took two or three months. Even if they walked 30 miles a day, they would have to walk two or three thousand miles.
Two or three thousand miles, in Middle-earth it might have already entered the sea.
Richard really hopes that this series of books can be translated as soon as possible so that he can have a quick look at it.
(End of this chapter)
