Metropolis: I Have a Life Reset Simulator

Paper books are inherently expensive.

Except for some teaching and tool books, the status of even those traditional writers has been hit when paper books are in decline.

If it was said that many people begged the publishing house in the past, hoping to publish their own books, then it is completely opposite now.

It is the publishing house that hopes to find excellent authors who can make the book sell well and increase profits.

"Editor-in-Chief Peng, Editor-in-Chief Peng, merchants from all over the country are calling us now, asking us to quickly adjust and ship the goods."

In the publishing house, it was rare to be lively in the past few days, and everyone pumped up their horsepower, coming and going to report work.

"Are you asking "Notes on Touching Gold" again?"

Editor-in-Chief Peng of the publishing house put down the phone and asked his deputy.

"Yes, it is Dangdang.com, Beijing D and other online shopping malls. They require a large order quantity. I calculated that at least 40 sets are needed."

The staff of the publishing house rushed to report.

After he finished speaking, his tone was happy but also a little lonely.

Because if it was 20 years ago, if such a popular book appeared, dealers all over the country would of course call them to urge them to deliver.

But at that time, all the people who called 01 were major bookstores, but now, almost all of them are online shopping malls.

Even if there are still some bookstores, almost all bookstores have been opened on the Internet, becoming merchants such as Taobao, WeChat Mall, and JD.

As for those traditional physical bookstores, there are fewer and fewer in the country.

The bookstores that can continue to operate are generally some more distinctive places that can be used as tourist attractions.

And even those bookstores are not mainly selling books, they make money by selling drinks and cakes.

This is the winter of the entire physical publishing industry.

And what is visible to the naked eye is that this cold winter will last forever, and I am afraid that there will be no spring.

But there is also good news, that is, paper books cannot be eliminated, but the profits are getting thinner and thinner.

""Mojin Notes" was released together with the first two volumes. The 20 sets pre-sold were sold out in less than half a day, and the 50 sets printed by the printing factory are now in danger."

"... According to the conclusions drawn by major online shopping malls based on big data, I am afraid that there is still a gap of 70 to 100 million sets."

The staff of the publishing house looked at the records in their hands and told Editor-in-Chief Peng about the current situation.

Editor-in-Chief Peng thought for a while, and said decisively: "...then print another 80 sets, call the printing factory, and tell them to act faster."

The staff hesitated for a moment and said, "...Chief editor, is this too much? Although those platforms calculated it based on surveys and big data, the data may not be accurate."

"...We printed so many directly, if sold out..."

Editor-in-Chief Peng interrupted him and said, "...just do what I said, and take advantage of Mr. Wei's popularity, it is Luoyang Zhigui."

"...Don't buy books while everyone is in a daze now. When people calm down, sales may drop."

The editor-in-chief is also a person who decides to stop when he decides, and he just orders.

In fact, he was also very shocked.

You must know that this is not a book, but a set of two books, which is twice the price of an ordinary book.

So the sales volume is going to double.

In other words, they have actually sold 140 million books.

If the additional 80 sets are also sold, that would be a total of 300 million copies, with an average of 150 million copies sold.

This data is quite exaggerated.

You should know that this is just the "Notes on Touching Gold" that Wei Gongzi posted on the Internet, and it will be published as a physical entity after a little proofreading and polishing.

The specific content inside has not changed much.

Even because there are nearly 30 words of free online books, one of the first two books released is free content.

It can be said that people who have read this book have already read it, and buying a physical book can only be used as a collection.

The 70 sets of books ordered by the publishing house at the beginning, a total of 140 million copies, were almost the limit of their guess.

Even so, they estimated that these books could not be sold out at all, and it would take time to sell the inventory.

But who would have thought that not only all of these 140 million copies were sold, but even now the gap is still huge, more than doubling.

Although Editor-in-Chief Peng has borrowed Mr. Wei's current Internet traffic, the effect is too strong. Even if you spend tens of millions on advertising, it probably won't have this effect.

He knew that many people who bought books didn't like reading novels at all, or hadn't heard of "Notes on Touching Gold".

But just because the novel was written by Mr. Wei, they bought it to support it.

Maybe many social elites in the financial industry with an annual salary of more than one million will buy them for collection.

Although this novel has nothing to do with finance, since it is a novel written by God in their minds, it must be regarded as the "Bible".

Even if you don't want to read it, you have to buy it at home and keep it on the bookshelf.

"This is the fan economy, no wonder traffic is king now."

Editor-in-Chief Peng sighed.

Although he guessed that Wei Ziqi's book would sell very well, it was a bit exaggerated to be so popular.

The editor-in-chief sighed in his heart, but he was more happy.

With this, the publishing house has finally come back to life, at least this year's financial statements and next year's financial statements will be very good-looking.

Well, his bonus is also more.

Hey, it's a pity that after seeing part of the lives of those rich people, Editor-in-Chief Peng looked down on his little bonus.

So what if a bonus was paid, he would never be invited to a private club like the one he was taken to by Mr. Wei last time.

This is the huge difference in identity and status between the two parties.

After sighing, Editor-in-Chief Peng hurried to the president's office, and had to report the good news to the president, so that his top leaders could also be happy.

"Boom boom boom one by one"

"Come in!"

Editor-in-Chief Peng gently opened the door.

"Xiao Peng, you look good. Is it because the books are selling well?"

The president of the publishing house in his 50s asked with a smile.

"Even if the sales are good, it's great!"

Editor-in-Chief Peng's tone was a little excited.

He walked to the desk and pulled out a chair to sit down. He and the president both lit a cigarette, and then began to report the situation.

"In other words, this book sold 150 million copies?"

The president's words were a bit unbelievable.

If you want to talk about any popular book 20 years ago, it is still possible to sell millions of copies in physical books.

But in this day and age, except for the biographies written by some great men and some very important instructional books, this is rarely the case.

"Yes, President, this is my estimated basic sales situation, and my actual estimate may be higher than this figure."

"...In the end, the total sales volume of the two books in this set may exceed 350 million copies. Editor-in-Chief Peng licked his lips, suppressing his excitement.

The president also took a puff of cigarette, exhaled the smoke, leaned forward and asked, "... how many copies of this book can be produced?"

"A total of nine volumes can be published. Although this time there is indeed a reason for Mr. Wei's traffic, but according to our research and estimation."

“…Since people who buy this kind of books buy the first book, they will keep buying it and collect it into a set. If we will count as less for each book in the future, the benchmark for each book is 150 million copies.”

"There are 9 volumes in total. Now the first two volumes have been sold, and the last volume needs to be counted separately. There are still six volumes, which is 900 million volumes."

"...Adding that we have sold 300 million copies now, this is 1200 million. This is still based on the minimum data, and the actual data must be higher than this."

Editor-in-chief Peng's words made the publisher's president's hands tremble. He swallowed and said, "...Why is the last book counted separately?"

"It's the president of the company. Mr. Wei has actually written the book. The total number of words is 155 million. The entire book is now in the hands of that novel website."

"...I asked them not to post the last 25 words, that is, the ending part, on the Internet, but to publish it directly as a physical book."

"Of course, according to the contract requirements, we will also give them part of the proceeds of the final publication, but overall it is a win-win for us."

"...Think about it, these online content alone can sell 150 million copies each time, how many copies do you think the final ending can sell?"

"Anyway, I estimate that it is definitely 150 million multiplied by 3 times or 5 times, and it may even be more."

Editor-in-Chief Peng calculated for his president the possible publication benefits of this set of "Notes on Touching Gold" in detail.

"That is to say, the total sales of these nine volumes will be more than 9 million copies?"

The president is all stupid now.

This physical book is not cheap, each priced at 30 yuan.

Because it is printed in large quantities, the production cost is not particularly high, and the marketing fee is even less.

The main reason is that there is no need for their publishing house to do marketing. The name Wei Gongzi alone is estimated to be worth tens of millions now.

After deducting the part of the cooperation with the novel website and the share with Mr. Wei himself, the profit left by 083 to the publishing house is still quite high.

According to estimates, this net profit is definitely more than 2 million.

What is this concept?The concept is to top up the profits of the publishing house for nearly ten years.

One year is worth ten years, everyone is going to take off, right?

Don't look at Wei Ziqi's earning hundreds of millions.

But the actual situation is that if a company has an annual net profit of tens of millions, it is already a very powerful company.

We must know that for a company, a net profit margin of more than 5% is already very good, like Wei Ziqi, who can achieve a monthly profit margin of [-]% by himself.

Well, that's not human at all.

"Yes, Xiao Peng, you did a good job. Not only did you strongly advocate that we publish this book, I remember that you also sent a lawyer's letter to the marketing account at that time in the name of our publishing house, right?"

The president said sadly.

Editor-in-Chief Peng nodded lightly: "...Well, when I met Mr. Wei offline, he also said that it doesn't matter whoever publishes his book."

"...It was because we sent the lawyer's letter for him at the time. Although it didn't help much, but with this kindness, he chose our publishing house to publish."

The president smiled and said: "...This is human affection. Our society is a human affection society, and a lot of money is actually earned from human affection."

"...If only Mr. Wei could write another book."

The president said unwillingly.

Editor-in-Chief Peng himself laughed, "... Mr. Wei probably won't be able to write a book in a short time. Last time we chatted with him, he complained to me about being tired of writing a book."

"...Besides, the cash in his hand is worth more than our entire publishing house. If you want him to write a book, the price you have to pay is too high."

The president laughed loudly and said, "...It's me, Meng Lang, who is still too greedy. After all, anyone who sees a net profit of [-] million will be greedy."

Editor Peng pouted.

If Mr. Wei saw [-] million, he would probably be very calm. To that person, money really isn't money.

"The IP value of this book is estimated to be one of the best among books in the past ten years. This Mr. Wei is really amazing. He is an amazing young man. He can reach the top in any industry."

"...there is still more than one month left in this year, you all work hard, and the company will give everyone a big red envelope at the end of the year."

"Then let me thank you on behalf of the other employees."

Editor-in-chief Peng left, and he had to tell Wei Ziqi the news. .

Chapter 128 New Life Simulation, Honor Your Parents!

"Young master, come and save me, I'm going to die!"

Zhang Zheng yelled.

There was only one class this afternoon. After class, Wei Ziqi and a few people in the dormitory were playing games.

What?Why don't you accompany your girlfriend?

Leaving aside the fact that Shao Chuyao is still in class, even if she isn't in class, how can a girlfriend have fun playing games!