Rebirth of Minister Qi

Lu Qian nodded and went out to answer the phone.

Under Qi Tongwei's reform, the original six towns and eight police stations in the entire Jiangbei New District were transformed into ten police stations.

On the one hand, the administrative division of Jiangbei New District, the original six towns were divided into seven streets. In Qi Tongwei's vision, the future urban planning of the new district must expand eastward, so he set up an extra police station in the three streets of the original Shangxiaqiao towns. The location is at the easternmost part, which happens to be the future deep-water port area.

The district also knows that he has been very busy recently, so they will ask him whether he wants to attend some meetings instead of forcing him.

Of course, Qi Tongwei was free at this time, but he didn't plan to go out and say, "I'm free recently, please arrange work for me." That would be such a stupid behavior.

Of course, he couldn't just lie down and fall asleep in the office. After taking a nap for half an hour, Qi Tongwei got up and took out the manuscript of The Ming Dynasty 1566, intending to think carefully about the next plot.

Every time Qi Tongwei wrote Yan Shifan's lines, he couldn't help but think of his mentor Gao Yuliang.

"You married a geisha left over by a businessman as if she were your treasure. You really bring shame to your Gao family."

I wonder if this boomerang was finally caught by Gao Yuliang. I don’t think it will happen again this time.

Perhaps in his previous life, Gao Yuliang was really mocked by fate and followed in the footsteps of Gao's ancestors.

The last time he went back to Handong, Qi Tongwei had asked his cousins ​​to go to the island and take a look, and it would be best to give the Gao sisters a chance in the name of recruiting workers.

Of course, Qi Tongwei still made up a suitable excuse. For example, before an old leader passed away, he asked Qi Tongwei to take care of the fishing village over there. Maybe it had something to do with the old leader. Anyway, it was very vague, so they could guess. Even if the Gao sisters went to Qi Group to work as a clerk or receptionist, it would be better than being abused by Zhao Ruilong and others.

However, Qi Tongwei now has no intention of looking for the Gao sisters again. In this life, he must uphold his integrity and at least be worthy of the innocent and naive people in his family.

However, maybe one day, it would be a good idea to let Teacher Gao talk about Yan Shifan’s lines.

In fact, although "Da Ming 1566" is well written and became popular in a certain circle, it is far from being a household name.

The reason is of course very simple. It is not written in a particularly easy-to-understand manner. Qi Tongwei also deliberately referred to the original text for some of his words and even imitated the speaking habits of ancient people.

This led to a situation where, when the first edition was published by Handong Publishing House, it was only popular in a few universities in Handong. Of course, this was inseparable from Gao Yuliang's promotion.

Gao Yuliang has many fellow Ming Dynasty history enthusiasts in colleges and universities. They occasionally discuss some well-written novels with Ming Dynasty backgrounds. The 15th Year of Wanli is one of their favorite books.

The Ming Dynasty in 1566 written by Qi Tongwei quickly occupied a place in this small historical circle.

Then Jin Xinkai asked a large national publishing house to take over the publication of Qi Tongwei's book. The editor-in-chief of the publishing house was an old friend of Jin Xinkai's family, and in order to save face for Jin Xinkai, he gave the first recommendation position to promote Ming Dynasty 1566.

The first issue was not very popular, and Qi Tongwei only received 20,000 yuan in royalties for the first issue.

The real turning point for the book's popularity was when Jin Xinkai gave the book to his father and an uncle he was familiar with. Needless to say, these people were all high-level officials. After seeing Qi Tongwei's refined language, compact plot and profound insights into officialdom, they quickly became fascinated and became friends with the book.

This is how Qi Tongwei's book ended up on the old man's desk, helping him to liven up his retirement life.

It goes without saying that the books that old man read at home would lead a large number of high-level officials to follow suit, which was also the reason why the royalties of Daming 1566 increased greatly later. In fact, Qi Tongwei himself was not very clear about the details.

Because at that time he was obsessed with compiling the newly revised Public Security Administration Punishment Law, but later Team Leader Hong learned some inside information.

It can be said that just because a book is well-written, it will not necessarily become popular, because good marketing channels and methods are important factors in making a book a bestseller. However, if it is not well-written, readers will not continue to buy it no matter how good the marketing is. Just like the various TV dramas, movies, etc. in the domestic entertainment industry today, which are overwhelming and forcing shit on the audience, the result is that the entire industry begins to decline.

However, this book is not selling very well in Jiangdong Province yet. The reason is very simple. The national publishing house has only distributed the book in several northern provinces. Handong is the first province to publish the book, so it is more popular in Handong.

At least Qi Tongwei hardly saw the books he wrote in Jiangdong Province, and they were not available in Xinhua Bookstore either. It might be due to cultural differences.

"Lu Qiang, come here for a moment."

Lu Qiang walked into the office and saw Qi Tongwei still writing and drawing, so he crossed his hands in front of him and waited.

"Sit down, I have something to discuss with you."

"What's the matter, Chief?"

"Have you read this book? Ming Dynasty 1566."

Qi Tongwei took a book from the bookshelf at the back and put it on the table.

Lu Qian picked it up, took a look at it, and actually nodded.

"I've read a few pages. It's in the bookstore."

Qi Tongwei was a little surprised. He didn't see the Xinhua Bookstore the last time he went to Dong'ou City.

"It's the Xinhua Bookstore. It was on the first row last year. I picked it up and took a look."

"Then why is it gone now? Doesn't it look good?"

Lu Qiang scratched his head and said.

“It’s too serious for one thing. I feel like the language in it is similar to officialdom, and it should have been written by an official.

Actually, the plot is pretty good and the content is well-written, but, I guess.

It may be that people here are busy with business and have a more impetuous temperament, so they prefer to watch something more relaxing and entertaining.

Or read some business books, these two are the best sellers in bookstores anyway.”

Qi Tongwei now understood a little bit. It turned out that the customs in different places are different.

For example, in Handong and the capital, official career is the best, and everything else is inferior. Therefore, there are many people who study officialdom and politics. They can resonate more with the language and logic used in this book, so it sells better.

In addition, if senior leaders like to watch it, it will naturally become a trend and the lower-level cadres will follow suit and buy it.

But Jiangdong Province is different. It is now at the forefront of the wave of reform and opening up. Everyone is thinking about making money and taking action to make money. We cannot just envy others, but must take action to make money ourselves.

It can be said that this is the overall social atmosphere. Over the past six months, Qi Tongwei has been reforming his work style in the Jiangbei Branch.

Many police officers who had been lying down felt that they could not lie down any longer, and many of them resigned directly to start their own businesses. Some of them were suspended from work without pay, while others resigned directly.

Just look at Huang He. As the team leader, he only earned a few hundred yuan a month. Even if many people respected him, he could not make more than 200,000 yuan a year.