The special account subscription work for "Harvest" began in early November, and it fermented for more than half a month, causing heated discussions in the domestic literary circle and reader groups.

As of the end of the subscription, it took less than two months for order collection to be fed back from various places to the "Harvest" magazine, which is already very efficient in the subscription of publishers or magazines.

Li Xiaolin looked at the last summary numbers and was overjoyed.

851,600 copies!

The subscription work of "Harvest" magazine is aimed at major bookstores, second channels and individual readers represented by post offices across the country. In the subscription work of "Harvest" over the years, subscription of the official issue is the top priority.

At its peak, the official publication of "Harvest" was ordered to be more than 200,000 copies.

These 200,000 copies represent not all sales, but 200,000 most loyal readers (units).

When Lu Yao's "Life" was published in 1982, it was popular all over the country, and the subscription volume was only 120,000 copies. The cumulative sales in recent years have already exceeded one million copies.

Therefore, the actual sales volume of magazines or single-line books is often twice as high as the order quantity, or even several times.

But even the order volume of 200,000 copies is already a waste of money tomorrow. The sales of domestic literary magazines have been declining over the years, and "Harvest" is no exception. The sales volume of one million copies in a single issue is now only a fraction.

This special account actually received 851,600 orders in one fell swoop. How can Li Xiaolin not be surprised?

"Chaoyang's appeal is really extraordinary!" She looked at the summary subscription data, and her eyebrows were filled with joy.

"Yes, the name of 'Lin Baiwan' is not for nothing!"

Cheng Yongxin couldn't help but sigh.

"According to this order quantity, sales will probably start at 2 million, right?"

As he spoke, he saw that there was a flash of light on Li Xiaolin's face and asked, "Sister Xiaolin, what's wrong?"

"The more sales we sell for our special account, the less sales will be after the book is published."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Yongxin was stunned for a moment, but he also understood this truth. However, Lin Chaoyang had already agreed to publish the magazine.

He must have made this preparation, and he didn't understand why Li Xiaolin suddenly mentioned this matter.

Without waiting for him to ask more questions, Li Xiaolin turned around and discussed with Xiao Yuanmin, who is also the deputy editor, for a while, and finally made a decision.

The total number of special numbers in each issue is controlled to 1 million copies, making way for the publication after the novel.

Her decision surprised everyone in the editorial department, but think about it, even if it is 1 million copies, it is already an unattainable number for the current "Harvest", not to mention that this time the special account is still 6 issues.

Including the publication of the official magazine, this is equivalent to the fact that in the next year, "Harvest" will be published once a month, from a bimonthly to a monthly magazine.

Lin Chaoyang, who was far away in Yanjing, received a call from Li Xiaolin. He was first surprised and then immediately expressed his gratitude.

Although he is not short of sales or money, he is also kind-hearted after all.

When talking about publishing, Li Xiaolin meant that piracy is rampant in the domestic literary world now, and the time between publication and publication cannot be too long, otherwise it will leave a market for piracy.

Lin Chaoyang thought about it and called the Renmin Society.

After receiving a call from Lin Chaoyang, Zhu Changsheng was dancing.

A few days ago, he was depressed that the first release rights of Lin Chaoyang's new book were taken away by "Harvest". Unexpectedly, in just a few days, Lin Chaoyang decided to hand over the publication of the new book to their Humanities Club.

This is really a loss and a loss.

After receiving a call from Lin Chaoyang, he pulled Cheng Zaochun, the current editor-in-chief of Humanities Society and the chief editor of "Contemporary" to Lin Chaoyang's house, discussed the publishing matters in detail, and then left happily.

On December 15, the early winter morning sun was blocked by haze, and the sky looked gloomy and the cold wind blew. The enthusiastic readers who were queuing in front of Xinhua Bookstore couldn't help but shivered.

After heavy snow, the temperature in Yanjing at night was already minus 5 degrees Celsius, and the temperature during the day was only hovering at zero degrees.

However, no matter how cold the weather is, it cannot stop the enthusiasm of these readers.

In the 1990s, there were many bookstores around Yan University. The Halloween Book Park opened in 1993, Feng Rusong opened in 1995, and Guolin Feng opened in 1997. These are the more well-known academic bookstores near Yan University, and the owners are also professors or graduates from several universities near Haidian.

But what is most popular among Yan University students is the Xinhua Bookstore, which has stood on Haidian Street for decades.

First of all, it is because it is closer to Yanda. After coming out of Yanda's South Gate, passing through the Tiger Cave, you will be there.

Secondly, it is because there are many social sciences and literature and history books here, and the audience is significantly wider than those bookstores that specialize in academic books.

Chen Jiayong and Wang Changjiang made an appointment to meet at the south gate of the school in the morning. When they met, he was eating buns he bought from the canteen.

"You'll get a stomach full of wind, be careful when your stomach hurts later."

Wang Changjiang reminded him, but Chen Jiayong didn't take it seriously. The two walked all the way to Xinhua Bookstore.

Chen Jiayong is the first prize winner of this year's New Concept Composition Competition, so he was recommended to Yanda Chinese Department. He is also one of the luckiest winners in the history of the New Concept Composition Competition.

In the first New Concept Composition Competition, seven first prize winners were admitted to famous universities such as Yenching University and Nankai University.

This incident has caused widespread discussion and controversy in the domestic cultural and educational circles. After that, in order to avoid controversy, major prestigious schools gradually tightened their requirements. Until a few sessions, the awards in the New Concept Composition Competition could only play a plus point in the college entrance examination.

Wang Changjiang was admitted to the Chinese Department of Yan University normally.

The two of them came to the door of Xinhua Bookstore. Looking at the long queue at the door, Wang Changjiang couldn't help but be surprised, "How many people are there?"

They are all born in the 1980s, and they only heard about buying books and queuing up when they were young.

Xinhua Bookstore opened at 8 o'clock, and it was less than 20 minutes before leaving the door. The two saw readers joining the team one after another.

Hurry up and queue up first.

"I remember that in the fifth grade of elementary school, Lin Chaoyang's "Dallas Buyer Club" was published.

My dad was originally responsible for sending me to school, but he took me to the entrance of the bookstore to queue up in order to buy books, which made me stand for 20 minutes by the teacher when I was late.”

Wang Changjiang looked at the team in front and talked about the past with great interest.

"Why did you come into contact with Lin Chaoyang's works so early?" Chen Jiayong asked.

"What happened? That day, my dad bought "Dallas Buyer Club" and when he got home, my mom scolded him and the book was confiscated."

Chen Jiayong couldn't help laughing, of course there is a saying about "confiscation".

When "Dallas Buyer Club" was first published in China, it was regarded as a disaster by many people in China because of the AIDS, homosexuality and other issues involved.

Many parents are even more careful not to read such books, and some even ask the education department for a wish, trying to list this book as a banned book.

So many years have passed, "Dallas Buyer Club" is still a somewhat rebellious literary work in the eyes of many conservative people.

But to be honest, the positive significance of this novel to readers is far greater than the negative.

At least when Chen Jiayong read it, the Dallas Buyer Club brought him more of the touching and awe of life. But later I took advantage of the summer vacation to read this novel secretly.

Unfortunately, it was too young at that time, and it felt so boring to read it, far worse than "Journey to the West".

Wang Changjiang said this and asked Chen Jiayong, "Which book did you read Lin Chaoyang first?"

Chen Jiayong blurted out, "It's "The Death of Van Gogh."

"The Death of Van Gogh? It's too early? We weren't in elementary school when the Death of Van Gogh was published."

"I didn't see it right away after it was published. I was in middle school, and my mother signed me up for an art class during the summer vacation.

The art teacher also conducted art exam training, and there was a class full of art students.

I was very impressed. There was a girl in that class with long hair and very white skin——”

Chen Jiayong recalled the memories, and the past changed. Wang Changjiang mocked him: "I didn't see it, you are quite precocious!"

As the two of them talked, the team at the entrance of Xinhua Bookstore was getting longer and longer.

A few minutes before eight o'clock, the door of Xinhua Bookstore opened and the crowd was restless.

The salesperson in her forties is not surprised by this. She has experienced the wonder of queuing up to buy books all night in the 1970s and 1980s. Since the mid-1980s, this kind of scene of queuing up to buy books has disappeared.

Only when new works of writers of Lin Chaoyang are released can we attract so many readers to buy them.

After the Xinhua Bookstore opened, a commotion came from the reader's team, but it quickly subsided.

It’s not more than ten years ago now. Only bookstores are worried that they can’t sell books, so there is no need to worry about not being able to buy books.

To be precise, it is not a "book", but a "magazine", but it looks no different from a book.

"Hey! Is this Lin Chaoyang's new book?"

While queuing into Xinhua Bookstore, Wang Changjiang hurried to the bookshelf with the new issue. There was no need to search for it specifically, the latest issue of "Harvest" special account was placed on it.

He held the spine and took off the magazine. His first reaction was to be surprised at the thickness of the special number.

"How many words are this? Shouldn't it be published directly?"

Unlike his reaction, Chen Jiayong also won a magazine, which was placed on the cover of the magazine at first sight.

The chrysanthemums are all over the ground, and they are brilliant and brilliant.

"Celestial Dynasty".

When Chen Jiayong saw the title of the book for the first time, he felt a domineering aura coming to his face.

His reading range is quite wide among young people, and he has been involved in many classic literary works, but this is the first time he has seen such a prominent title.

"The title of this book—"

Wang Changjiang came over, "This name looks really domineering!"

Chen Jiayong nodded involuntarily. He was indeed domineering and bold, at least it was extremely rare among the mainstream literary works he saw.

Opening the magazine and skipping the copyright page, the first thing that catches your eye is an "editor's words"
To be continued...