The achievement of such good results has a lot to do with the praise of this novel by the cultural circles in Hong Kong.

It has been more than half a year since "Enter Guandong" was published in the mainland. It has already become a phenomenal literary work in 1984. It has received enthusiastic response from readers and has been highly praised by the literary circles. Looking at the contemporary Chinese literary world since the reform and opening up, it is unique.

Although the communication between the mainland and Xiangjiang is not developed these days, there are still many connections.

In particular, "Crossing Guandong" was published by Huacheng Publishing House. Guangdong is adjacent to Xiangjiang, so many people in the cultural circles of Xiangjiang have already heard of the momentum this novel has created in the mainland in recent months.

Before "Crossing Guandong" was launched in Xiangjiang, literary magazines such as "Open Book", "Bafang", and "Suye Literature" had recommended this novel to readers in Xiangjiang.

"Open Volume" magazine even bluntly stated: This year, a sensational novel appeared in the mainland literary world. After its publication, it became expensive in Luoyang and quickly sold nationwide. It can be called the biggest surprise in the Chinese mainland literary world in 1984.

Before the novel was even released on the market, literary magazines in Xiangjiang had already praised "Crossing the Guandong", which naturally attracted many literary lovers to be interested in this novel.

Therefore, after the Ming Pao Publishing House version of "Crossing Guandong" was released, it quickly became a sought-after object among Hong Kong literature lovers.

Considering the population base and readership of Xiangjiang, "Enter Guandong" had an initial printing of 10,000 copies and sold more than half of them in the first month of its release. This is definitely a super bestseller.

Dong Qiao believes that based on the current momentum of "Enter Guandong", the sales volume of 80,000 units, not to mention 100,000 units, should be guaranteed.

You must know that in Hong Kong, even first-line writers like Yi Shu and others who write popular novels are not guaranteed to sell 80,000 copies of their works.

But "Crossing Guandong" is a serious literary work, and the gold content of this sales volume can be seen.

The success of "Enter Guandong" also made Ming Pao Publishing House more confident in "The Chess Master", especially since the "Chess Master" movie has only been released in Hong Kong for a short time.

In order to catch up with the popularity of "Enter Guandong" and the release of the movie, Ming Pao Publishing House worked overtime and planned to launch the novel on the market in mid-January.

At the end of the letter, Dong Qiao mentioned the royalties again.

This time Lin Chaoyang will receive two royalties, one is the third royalty for "The Death of Van Gogh" and the other is an advance payment for the publication of "The Master of Chess".

Among them, "The Death of Van Gogh" has sold nearly 6,500 copies in the past six months, and the cumulative sales have exceeded 40,000 copies. If you include the version published by the Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, it is nearly 50,000 copies.

For a book like "The Death of Van Gogh" with almost no publicity, it is already a huge success to achieve such results in Hong Kong.

From this royalty settlement, Lin Chaoyang received about 40,000 Hong Kong dollars. In the future, this novel will also provide Lin Chaoyang with royalties, but as time goes by, the amount will definitely become less and less. After all, Hong Kong only has such a big market.

In addition, "The Master of Chess" was published in Hong Kong, with an initial printing of 10,000 copies. Ming Pao Publishing House paid Lin Chaoyang 108,000 Hong Kong dollars in royalties in advance.

This time Lin Chaoyang received a total of 148,000 Hong Kong dollars.

With the best-selling works, Ming Pao Publishing House has become much more efficient than before in terms of royalties advance payment and settlement, not to mention the attitude, which is much better than before.
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