To make newspapers and magazines, or comic weeklies, it is impossible to do without the support of a profession. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

That's the printing industry.

In recent years, with the continuous development of Hong Kong's economy, people's demand for culture, knowledge and pastime has increased, and the world is now without the Internet, and most of the ways people obtain information and entertainment come from television, movies, newspapers and magazines.

You can't watch TV movies at any time, only newspapers and magazines can be taken anywhere in your hand, so newspapers and magazines are very popular in Hong Kong.

Not to mention now, even after 2016, when the Internet era was extremely developed, more than 60 newspapers in Xiangjiang survived, which is a large proportion for a city with a population of 7 million?

Due to the increase in demand, Xiangjiang does not have too many requirements and restrictions for running newspapers, so in recent years, several newspapers and magazines have been established every year.

Because newspapers need to be printed and sold, they are also thriving with printing houses, but there are also many who are not doing well.

There are more than 100 printing factories in Heung Kong, large and small, and more than 5 printing factories close every year, and then new ones join.

This information was all learned by Yin Jun from Zhou Haimei's father, Zhou Yuping.

Zhou Yuping is the manager of a medium-sized printing house that uses old lead alloy letterpress printing machines, imported from Britain 17 years ago, and now has three machines that can print 80,000 copies of the newspaper a day, specifically for two newspapers that Yin Jun has never heard of.

The second-generation boss basically doesn't do anything, and Zhou Yuping took over the responsibilities of the entrepreneurial boss five years ago and took over all the affairs of the printing house.

It's just that because the competition is too fierce now, and this printing house has no way to come up with more and more favorable competitive value, no matter how Zhou Yuping operates, the year's meager profit can only be maintained at about 6%, which is much less than the industries that are booming in Xiangjiang now.

During the Spring Festival this year, the newly taken over second-generation small boss had found a lot of people and wanted to sell this printing house that was operating quite well, but because his price was too high, such a medium-sized printing house actually offered 7 million, and others were not interested in listening to it.

Those three machines are all outdated products, worth 2 million at best, and their business is still very good, the profitability is stable, and a group of workers with more than 10 years of printing experience, but even if these are added, the price should not be higher than 4 million, 7 million in one breath, really ignorant rich second generation, really take people as fools?

It's not just outsiders who estimate it like this, when Zhou Yuping entertained Yin Jun for dinner at home, he also said more than once that this printing house is worth 5 million at best, and if there is more premium, then there is really no value for purchase.

Moreover, after the New Year, the two newspapers that cooperated with each other were interested in reducing costs and further reducing the price of the printing house, Zhou Yuping thought about it, if they were given another 2 ideas, the business could be maintained, but in this case, the annual profit of the factory would only be about 200,000 at most, which was one-third less than the previous 300,000.

When he reported the results of this analysis to the small boss, the small boss, who was used to being a child of a rich family, immediately became furious and threatened to let him not give a cent.

But the little boss is not stupid, he told Zhou Yuping to hurry up and find a new partner, so that he can have one more way out.

However, Zhou Yuping knows that the overall market of the printing industry is like this, everyone is facing fierce competition, and many newspapers also have their own fixed cooperative printing houses, and it is difficult for others to plug in.

Moreover, the newspaper industry is also fiercely competitive, and the two newspapers that have cooperated for more than ten years are also under great pressure, so they are allowed to reduce their prices, otherwise they will be difficult to maintain.

analyzed these facts to the little boss, but the little boss resolutely refused to bow his head, just asked Zhou Yuping to work hard, Zhou Yuping was busy for two or three months, but there was no progress, but the attitude of the newspaper over there became more and more tough, threatening that if he did not make a decision as soon as possible, he would have to change the printing house.

Although the small boss here also agreed to reduce the profit by 1 percentage point, he refused to do more.

And he did not give up his efforts to sell to the printing house, and now he has been hit by the market a lot, and has gradually reduced the price to 5 million, but he refuses to reduce the price anymore.

Caught in the middle, he was very uncomfortable.

"If it weren't for the more than 70 old guys in the factory, I would have left a long time ago, who wants to suffer from this kind of wretchedness?" Zhou Yuping said to Yin Jun.

Yin Jun would come to Zhou's house from time to time, firstly, to cultivate familiarity with Zhou Haimei, and secondly, in fact, he had long been eyeing the talent of Zhou Yuping.

The printing factory where Zhou Yuping worked, Yin Jun had already gone to see it.

Although the printing factory in Tsing Yi is not very large, it is well managed by Zhou Yuping, first of all, the outside of the factory is relatively clean and tidy, and the factory production area inside is also well organized, and after the work is completed every day, the maintenance is also meticulous, which is why the machine that has been used for 17 years is still running well.

And listening to Zhou Haimei, Zhou Yuping has a good relationship with his employees, and half of his salary is used to help workers in difficulty, so this group of workers has worked in this factory for 20 years, and the short ones have worked for more than ten years, and they all belong to a group of employees with a very sense of belonging...... Well, almost all of them are die-hard supporters of Zhou Yuping.

Hearing Zhou Yuping say this again today, Yin Jun also pondered for a while and asked, "Uncle Zhou, if there is a better job opportunity now, would you be willing to do it?"

Zhou Yuping drank a little wine, but he was not drunk, he was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then shook his head self-deprecatingly, "What are the good job opportunities?

"I'm going to start a comic weekly, and I lack a person with experience in the printing industry to help take care of the printing work, I don't know if Uncle Zhou, can you consider this?"

Hearing Yin Jun say this, not only Zhou Yuping, but also Zhou Haimei and her stepmother, who were eating next to her, both of them also looked at Yin Jun with wide eyes.

Zhou Yuping frowned, "Ah Jun, Uncle Zhou knows that you are a very powerful screenwriter and can make a lot of money, but you don't have any experience in newspapers and magazines, so don't use your own money to go to waste!"

Yin Jun nodded slightly, "Don't worry, Uncle Zhou, I know how to measure." Drawing comics is just storytelling, are you still worried about my storytelling ability?"

"It's not just about telling a story, it's about how to draw comics, how to deal with it, and how to sustain it......," Zhou Yuping said, "This thing is not that simple!"

"Well, in that case, after eating later, Uncle Zhou, you go to a place with me, you can take a look and talk about it!" Yin Jun said.

"Good!"

Zhou Yuping readily agreed, he made up his mind, if the things that Yin Jun showed him tomorrow were all preparations without any detailed planning, but patted on the head, he would strongly persuade Yin Jun to stop messing around quickly, it is not easy to make some money.

However, when Yin Jun took him, Zhu Cuixiang and Zhou Haimei to the comic studio at No. 6 Broadcasting Road, the family of three was stunned again.

Within the scope of the three-story building, both the screenwriters and artists were either arguing fiercely, or discussing seriously, or there were people lying on the workbench and painting seriously.

On the walls and on the table, there are all the drawings they have drawn, some in color, some in black and white, and if you take a few pictures, whether it is a human being or a robot, you can see that the paintings are very fine and beautiful.

Looking at so many artists and screenwriters, looking at such a huge scale, and looking at their enthusiasm for fighting at night, Zhou Yuping suddenly felt a little dizzy.

This is not a joke!

When they returned to the office area on the first floor, Zhou Yuping's family of three listened to Yin Jun talk about his planning, preparation, and the source of these technical talents, Zhou Haimei and Zhu Cuixiang didn't feel anything, but Zhou Yuping felt awe-inspiring for a while.

He is also a half-cultural person, so he naturally knows what the elites of Huhai Fine Arts Film Studio represent.

In the comic industry in Xiangjiang, there is no one who can say in front of them that his painting is excellent.

Yin Jun spent so much money to invite them, and there are so many comic stories to prepare, and there are so many screenwriters from Wireless and Li to help with copywriting, can there be a better comic weekly preparation than this?

Zhou Yuping didn't see the comic story, but as Yin Jun said just now, comics are storytelling, in Xiangjiang, can anyone tell stories better than Yin Jun?

Since Yin Jun has so much preparation, it is imperative for him to win the printing house.

No wonder he just asked himself if he would like to go over and help him.

In an instant, Zhou Yuping suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, "Ah Jun, what do you think of our factory? How about letting our factory pick up your comic weekly printing list? In terms of price, quality and delivery, you can rest assured that there is no problem!"

As he spoke, Zhou Yuping became a little excited.

If we can dig up this list of Yin Jun, with Yin Jun's fame and strength, this comic weekly can sell at least 100,000 copies, and then there are other cities such as Baodao and Aomen that can be sold, so that there can be at least 200,000 copies, right? Japan's comic weekly is more than 400 pages, and even if Yin Jun's comic weekly is only 300 pages, this printing task is too huge, and the printing house can directly eat it.

"I'm sorry, Uncle Zhou, I won't hand over this task to others, only my own printing house. Yin Jun shook his head and said, "My printing house can only serve me, so as to ensure my control over these supporting details to the greatest extent." ”

Sighing, Zhou Yuping thought to himself, I knew it would be like this.

Because Yin Jun said at the beginning that he would let him help build a printing house, not cooperate.

Faced with gains and losses, Zhou Yuping fell into deep thought.

Zhou Haimei, who was next to him, seemed a little excited about everything he saw today.

She knew that Yin Jun was amazing, but she didn't expect Brother Jun to prepare such a big company quietly, and there were dozens of people working for Brother Jun, such a genius was really amazing!

Zhou Haimei, who had admired Yin Jun very much, unconsciously engraved Yin Jun's shadow to the depths of his heart at this moment.

After a while, Zhou Yuping made a decision, he looked at Yin Jun apologetically and said, "I'm sorry, Ah Jun, I can't promise you, I still have to stay in our printing house." ”

"Is it a salary issue?" Yin Jun asked, "If so, Uncle Zhou, you can tell you a price, and we will be able to talk about everything." ”

"It's not about the money. Zhou Yuping shook his head, "I'm used to working there, although the small boss is unreliable, but the deceased boss is very good to me." And then I have so many siblings, all working there, and I don't want to leave them. ”

"That's it!"

Yin Jun nodded, Zhou Yuping's answer was originally expected by him, "So, if we poach all the employees, what do you think?"

"Huh!?"

Zhou Yuping was taken aback, "You want them all?"

"These people are not enough. Yin Jun smiled, "Since they are all veterans, it is good to let them bring the new workers with them, so that the printing factory can get on the right track as soon as possible." ”

"This ......"

Zhou Yuping hesitated again, but in the end he still shook his head, "No, we are all gone, what about the factory? Am I not putting the little boss to death? I can't be so sorry for the boss!"

This time it was Yin Jun's turn to sigh.

It seems that if you want to poach people, it's really not that easy.

Yin Jun doesn't think that Zhou Yuping is the first person in the printing industry.

The most important reason why he wants to dig Zhou Yuping is that he is very familiar with this industry, and his business ability and management ability are also very good, and Yin Jun knows his personality and feels that such a person will be more at ease to use.

Then there is Zhou Yuping is Zhou Haimei's father, Yin Jun wants to cultivate the most beautiful Zhou Zhiruo, then he should maintain close ties with her family, and recruiting Zhou Yuping to his side is the best way to bind Zhou Haimei.

Now it seems that Zhou Yuping is more stubborn than he imagined.

But such a person is even more appreciated by Yin Jun.

Remembering the old and keeping the bottom line is the most appreciated quality of a professional manager.

After thinking about it, Yin Jun could only come up with another solution of his own, "That's it, Uncle Zhou, I really want you to come over to help me, and so do the employees of your printing house." Since you don't want to leave the old master like this, then don't you think this will work...... You go and help me negotiate a price, and within the market price range, I will buy your printing house. ”

"You want to buy a printing house?" Zhou Yuping thought that Yin Jun would give up, but he didn't expect him to come up with such an idea.

At this moment, Zhou Yuping was very moved.

If a boss can be thirsty to this extent, it is definitely rare in the world.

However, after thinking about it, Zhou Yuping shook his head again and said, "Ah Jun, although our little boss has reduced the price, he has insisted on 5 million." At this price, although it is not a loss to buy a factory, you are now a printing factory that wants to make comics, and the printing machine needs to make a lot of changes, so it seems to be a loss, and it is not as cost-effective as you to buy a second-hand machine specially suitable for printing comic pages. ”

"It's not this factory that I'm looking at, it's your group of talents. Yin Jun laughed, "Okay, since there is no other way, then so be it! We don't treat them badly, and we go upright, but when it comes to my side, Uncle Zhou, you have to work hard to earn back this loss for me as soon as possible!"

Looking at the young man in front of him, Zhou Yuping's eyes suddenly became a little moist.

To be able to think so much about them, and to recruit a group of people at any cost, how much you value your own group of people!

"Ah Jun, your idea is a little too idealistic, otherwise, you will think about it for a few days and think about it carefully?" Zhou Yuping couldn't help but persuade.

"This is already the result of my careful consideration. Yin Jun waved his hand, "Uncle Zhou, after you go back, think about my suggestion, and discuss it with the old workers of the factory, everyone agrees, then let's start the factory acquisition." As for what to do next, we can talk in detail in two days, and do this big thing first, so that you can have the mind to move to the new factory, right?"

Seeing that Yin Jun was always calm and gentle, Zhou Yu nodded slowly, "Okay, I'll think about getting back to you in a few days." ”

Although he was already inclined to go to Yin Jun's printing house, Zhou Yuping still had to ask his old brothers.

However, Zhou Yuping knew that under Yin Jun's conditions, most of them would have no opinion.

The boss who can think about them so much will definitely take care of them more in the future, and everyone will be more motivated to work in such a factory.

Besides, Yin Jun is a genius, he has put in so much effort, and Zhou Yuping is also very optimistic that he will succeed, just like his success in TV series and movies.

At present, the comic market in Hong Kong is gradually booming, but it is far from saturation.

As long as Yin Jun's comic weekly can gain a firm foothold in Xiangjiang, with Yin Jun's strong appeal, it will definitely sell well in other cities.

In any case, it is definitely much better than the current printing house.

As for the salary, Zhou Yuping is not worried.

Yin Jun has a good character, and he is very generous to the people who work for him below, which has been reported many times in the newspaper.

Now that all the elements are in place, Zhou Yuping is also full of confidence that he and others will turn to a new industry this time.

This kind of excitement equivalent to starting again in the workplace has not been seen by him for a long time!

New hope

(To be continued.) )