Chapter 261 The Price of Greed (I)
When Sanlian Publishing House saw that Yang Guiren had taken back Liu Hongmin's manuscript, they thought it was a good idea. They gave Yang Guiren some hypocritical encouragement and asked someone to translate it into traditional Chinese.
Yang Guiren also pretended to be humble, but he sneered in his heart.
Do you really think it is so easy to get Liu Hongmin's manuscript? If you force Liu Hongmin to give you the manuscript, you will have to pay a price.
He paid the price for his friendship with Liu Hongmin, and Sanlian Publishing House will also pay the price for its greed.
Yang Guiren asked for a few days off on the grounds that he was tired from the business trip, and then took this opportunity to secretly go to other publishing houses for interviews.
Finally, he found a job at Ming Pao Publishing House.
As the novels written by Liu Hongmin in recent years were not suitable for serialization in Ming Pao, the cooperation between Ming Pao and Liu Hongmin was suspended. The main reason was that Mr. Jin Yong was a little too proud to flatter others, and the key was that he could not make much money.
However, as Liu Hongmin became more famous internationally and earned a lot of dollars, Mr. Jin Yong regretted it to some extent, but there were no good cooperative projects to share a share, so the cooperation was suspended until now.
Yang Guiren's arrival gave Mr. Jin Yong a glimmer of hope. Sanlian Publishing House had offended Liu Hongmin, and if Liu Hongmin took his novel to Ming Pao Publishing House for publication, it would definitely be good news for Ming Pao Publishing House, which only published Jin Yong's novels.
Although it is only the traditional Chinese copyright, Ming Pao can obtain a lot of benefits with Liu Hongmin's name.
Ming Pao has been seeking to go public in the past two years. If this matter is handled properly, Mr. Jin Yong may be able to get what he wants.
Because he had not yet resigned from Sanlian Publishing House, Yang Guiren only signed a letter of intent with Ming Pao Publishing House.
With a way out, Yang Guiren immediately went to work and then applied for a bonus.
Sanlian Publishing House has been in arrears with his bonus for the past two years, about half a million Hong Kong dollars. This money is not a lot for him, but it is very important.
His brother-in-law owed a lot of money because of business failure. If he had this half a million, it could ease the situation for a while.
This is why he didn't ask Zou Shifang for money. If he owed money or his family was sick, he could ask Zou Shifang for money. After all, it was an emergency. As for paying off his brother-in-law, he would help as much as he could with his own money. But if he was asked to borrow money to help his brother-in-law, he couldn't open his mouth.
When his brother-in-law started his business, he had also advised him. But his brother-in-law didn't listen and owed so much money. It's family affection for your brother-in-law to help you, but if you rely on him to borrow money to pay off all his brother-in-law's debts, that's absolutely not okay.
He is not Voldemort, so whoever does something wrong must pay for it.
Therefore, he had to get back the bonuses even if it meant risking his friendship with Liu Hongmin.
This time, Sanlian Publishing House was very happy and directly approved the bonus for him. At the same time, Sanlian Publishing House also completed the translation and sent the manuscript to the printing factory after proofreading it.
One hundred thousand copies were printed in just a few days and put directly on the shelves of Hong Kong bookstores.
As expected, once "The Accidental Murderer" was published, readers in Hong Kong were immediately attracted to it. This is Liu Hongmin's suspense novel. To paraphrase the line in "A Better Tomorrow", Liu Hongmin has not written suspense novels for many years. Now that he finally wrote a suspense novel, they naturally wanted to support it. 100,000 copies were sold out in less than three days. Fortunately, Sanlian Publishing House did not stop printing. Three days later, another 100,000 copies arrived, and they were sold out in another three days.
The Sanlian Publishing House was very surprised to see that 200,000 copies were sold in six days. It seems that Liu Hongmin's skills are still as good as before. He can still write best-sellers even though he hasn't written suspense novels for several years.
Therefore, Sanlian Publishing House increased the printing volume and stepped up publicity. Soon, the whole of Hong Kong knew that Liu Hongmin's new book "Manslaughter" was on the market.
Comprehensive publicity, coupled with identity recognition, has sparked a buying craze among Hong Kong people.
Before, they despised Liu Hongmin for being a northerner, but after he married Li Lizhen, they treated this Hong Kong son-in-law as their own. Even though he never returned to Hong Kong after his marriage, this perception did not change.
The main reason is that Liu Hongmin is so famous internationally, and Hong Kong is an international city. Their information is very developed, so we can see what kind of achievements Liu Hongmin has made abroad.
People all admire the strong, so they naturally hope that Liu Hongmin is from Hong Kong. In this way, as they are also from Hong Kong, they can be more confident when facing foreigners.
Just like the Southern Dynasty, they always say that someone is theirs. In fact, that person has nothing to do with the Southern Dynasty.
Liu Hongmin is Hong Kong's son-in-law after all. A son-in-law is half a son, so of course they are family!
In this way, with the recognition of Hong Kong people, the sales of "Manslaughter" exceeded one million copies in one and a half months. The Southeast Asian market also gave good feedback. In one month, the sales in Southeast Asia reached more than three million copies, of which Green Island alone contributed more than two million copies, more than Hong Kong.
Since the ban on Green Island was lifted, Liu Hongmin and Tomorrow Film Company have become the biggest beneficiaries.
As soon as Liu Hongmin's books were released on Green Island, they immediately monopolized the entire book market. This was mainly because Liu Hongmin had accumulated a lot of works in the past few years. There were nearly ten books of "Shao Bao" and "Judge Bao" alone.
Green Island banned Liu Hongmin and Tomorrow Film Company, but did not ban RTV. RTV's TV series "Justice Bao" caused a viewing craze in Green Island. They also heard some secrets about the TV series, and naturally knew Liu Hongmin.
Therefore, when "Shao Bao" and "Judge Bao" were released, they immediately set off a sales boom in Green Island. Green Island in this era can be said to have produced many talented people, supporting the entertainment industry of the island, and even exporting to Hong Kong. The reason why Hong Kong has been able to compete with Hollywood for so many years is not only the local talents of Hong Kong, but also the talents of Green Island.
Anyone who has read Liu Hongmin's suspense novels has been captivated by him. Whether it is "Face Changing", "The Devotion of Suspect X" or "White Night Walk", they are all excellent works. Even the "Shao Bao" series is a rare good book.
Moreover, Green Island has a large population and the market is not yet fully saturated.
Sanlian Publishing House immediately made Green Island its next priority and directly released one million copies on Green Island.
Green Island lived up to expectations and sold out the one million copies in just one month. Sanlian immediately released another million copies, and according to their estimates, it would take about two months to sell them all.
Their estimate was correct. Green Island did consume these one million copies, pushing the sales of "The Accidental Murderer" to more than five million copies.
So, they thought of the great hero Liu Hongmin. But when they contacted Liu Hongmin, they found that they could not find Liu Hongmin's contact information. The reason was that Yang Guiren, who had Liu Hongmin's contact information, resigned at some point.
(End of this chapter)
