From abandoned baby to CEO

The situation on Sun Xue's side was slightly better, with seven or eight manuscripts received, but these manuscripts were far from meeting the needs of a magazine.

In desperation, Su Di finally thought of a way to publish advertisements in other magazines to solicit submissions.

This method is quite effective, and I have received some manuscripts one after another, and the problem with the manuscripts has finally been solved.

But a new problem came again. Su Di needed to make all the manuscripts in his hand into documents and send them to Sun Xue, who would then do the layout design.

The Internet was not developed at that time, and Su Di was not very proficient in computers. Su Di could only find someone to make all the manuscripts into electronic files and then send them to Sun Xue.

Sun Xue's computer was not connected to the Internet, so Sun Xue could only go to the Internet cafe. Su Di sent the manuscript to the Internet cafe's computer via email, and Sun Xue found a way to copy it from the Internet cafe's computer to his own computer.

Sun Xue didn't know much about the Internet and didn't have a USB flash drive. After a lot of effort, she finally managed to get it all on her own computer.

When doing typesetting design, we encountered many technical problems. Helpless, Sun Xue could only operate while reading. If he really couldn't do it, he would ask Xiao Feng for advice.

Just like this, after bumping and bumping along the way, I finally got the layout design of the magazine.

During this period, Sun Xue spent a lot of time and energy.

For half a month, Sun Xue slept almost only four hours a day.

She has to take care of her studies, review for self-study exams, write articles for weekly newspapers, be responsible for the school newspaper, give lectures at training schools on Saturdays, and find time to write articles and submit them to newspapers and magazines to earn royalties. ....

Due to lack of sleep and overwork, Sun Xue's hair began to fall out in large quantities.

One day, Sun Xue got up and saw herself in the mirror, which really shocked her.

My face in the mirror is sallow, my eyes are sunken, and my eyes are bloodshot...

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In the classroom, the teacher is concentrating on teaching on the podium. After staying up all night, Sun Xue's upper and lower eyelids stuck together. She was really sleepy, so she closed her eyes and prepared to take a nap.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he closed his eyes, Sun Xue fell asleep on the desk.

Not knowing how long she had slept, Sun Xue was awakened by a nightmare. She slipped and fell from the desk.

Just when his body was about to fall to the ground, Sun Xue subconsciously hugged the desk tightly.

With a "bang", the desk hit Sun Xue heavily.

The pain in her body made Sun Xue sleepless. The teacher looked at Sun Xue who was pressed under the desk with a surprised look on his face, and the students laughed so hard that they fell over.

Sun Xue was so embarrassed and anxious that she quickly stood up and helped up the fallen desk and bench.

Unexpectedly, when I sat down again, I couldn't sit still. With a "pop", my body fell heavily to the ground again, and the classroom burst into laughter again...

"Sun Xue, go and stand behind the classroom with your books!"

The teacher slammed the book onto the podium and ordered angrily.

Sun Xue walked towards the back of the classroom with a red face and lowered her head.

After walking a few steps, the classroom suddenly became like a bird's nest, chirping non-stop.

Sun Xue found that many classmates covered their mouths and looked at her with strange eyes and snickered. Laughter, whispers, the classroom was in chaos, and Sun Xue was still in the dark at this time.

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"Sun Xue, your pants!"

When Sun Xue walked past Zhang Zhaodi, Zhang Zhaodi grabbed Sun Xue's arm and said in panic.

"What happened to the pants?"

Sun Xue looked at Zhang Zhaodi with a suspicious look on his face and asked.

Zhang Zhaodi grinned and pointed at Sun Xue's butt, saying, "Oh my! It's so embarrassing! Your pants are all gone!"

Sun Xue subconsciously touched the back of her butt, and then exclaimed: "I'm so fucked!"

Sun Xue quickly ran to the back of the classroom, quickly pressed her butt against the wall behind the classroom, and then squeezed her legs tightly.

Her face turned red with embarrassment, and she wished she could get into a gap in the ground immediately.

No wonder Sun Xue felt something was wrong. When walking to the back of the classroom, she always felt a cool feeling behind her butt...

Sun Xue buried her head deeply in her chest in shame, and several naughty boys in the class burst into tears from laughter.

It turned out that a protruding nail on Sun Xue's stool was responsible.

This incident has since become a laughing stock among the students.

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Looking forward to the stars and the moon, one month later, the magazine "Youth Set sail" founded by Sun Xue and Su Di finally came out with something new.

When Sun Xue received the magazine from Su Di, which smelled strongly of ink, Sun Xue burst into tears of happiness.

It is like one's own child that makes people feel distressed, and more like one's own lover that makes people love and pity.

Sun Xue gently flipped through the pages, reading each article carefully.

Because the printing cost was too high, it could only be printed in black and white.

Sun Xue called Su Di excitedly, and Su Di on the other end of the phone also seemed very excited.

"Sun Xue, I'm so happy! Do you know? The moment I held the magazine I founded in my hands, I cried! I didn't expect that my long-standing dream would finally become a reality!

Thank you! Sun Xue! It's so exciting! "

......

After calming down, Su Di told Sun Xue a cruel reality: the new magazine was losing money. Printing fees, manuscript fees for authors, and advertising fees are all considerable expenses.

However, the magazine did not achieve the expected results. The minimum printing quantity requirement of the printing house was 200 copies. Except for the dozens of books distributed to the authors, not a single one of the remaining books was sold.

Since this is my first time doing magazine layout design, there are still many problems in layout design. Not beautiful enough, not reasonably laid out, not simple enough...

In short, there are many problems. Each problem seems to be a small problem, but it seriously affects the overall quality of the magazine.

.....

"Sun Xue, our main problem now is to expand the magazine's influence and find ways to sell the backlog of more than a hundred magazines as quickly as possible."

Su Di on the other end of the phone looked anxious.

Sun Xue knew that all the magazine expenses were borne by Su Di alone. With so many magazines in the backlog but unable to be sold, the financial pressure would be very great later.

At that time, Su Di told Sun Xue that he did not want to take a penny from his family to create this magazine, and he had to rely on his own ability to realize his dream. Although this money is nothing to a family like his.

After all, Su Di was still studying, and the money he invested in the magazine came from the royalties he had saved.

But a magazine is a long-term undertaking. If you only invest in it without producing any output, sooner or later it will not be able to survive. Feelings are important, but feelings without the support of an economic foundation will eventually become a castle in the air.

"Su Di, I have an idea. Is it feasible?"

Sun Xue thought for a long time and said.

"What can we do? Sun Xue, tell me quickly."

Su Di asked anxiously on the other end of the phone.