A perfect life starting from a light novel writer

Han Yun looked at Tang Yin.

"Teacher Yuanqing put in several times more effort into the creation of his new work "Unheard Flower Names" than in "Journey of Youth." He started writing this work before the journey of youth was completed, and often discussed the plot and setting of the novel with me."

Tang Yin began to brag about Xia Yan's efforts in the work "Unheard Flower Names".

If she were an ordinary novelist, Tang Yin would definitely tell the truth to Han Yun. If her bragging didn't come true in the end, Tang Yin would definitely bear the consequences alone.

Although she didn't care about the editor's salary, she still took her work seriously, especially since Han Yun and her father were good friends. There was no need for it, and Tang Yin would not fool her easily.

But Xia Yan's Journey of Youth's achievements were so impressive. When she met him before, Xia Yan personally said that the work Unheard Flower Name would completely surpass Journey of Youth. She was questioning it on the surface.

Really? I don't believe it.

In my heart, I am actually more curious.

How do you prove it?

When Xia Yan was talking to Tang Yin, he was actually betting that the follow-up plot of "Unheard Flower Name" would be explosive.

And Tang Yin, talking to Han Yun now, is also betting that Xia Yan is not a short-lived genius novel creator. I haven't heard the name of the novel. It is indeed just that the plot is a little slow, not that the whole story is boring!

"Okay, okay, okay, don't talk about the irrelevant content. Just talk about the advantages and disadvantages of Yuan Qing's new work, "Unheard Flower Names"." Han Yun only listened to a few words from Tang Yin and felt A little weird.

"Okay." When Tang Yin heard this, she smoothed her hair around her ears and her face straightened.

"The character creation of Unheard Flower Name is quite good. However, it is a slow-burning novel. Yuan Qing's original words, "This work will lay the foundation for a few chapters in the early stage, and then at the end, the plot will explode! ""

"Huh?" Han Yun frowned when she heard this.

"Slow popularity? The slow popularity of novels in novel serial publications such as "Red Maple" is a fatal injury!"

"But Teacher Yuanqing said that he is confident that after the novel is serialized, its performance will surpass Journey of Youth." Tang Yin immediately added.

"I still have the confidence to lead Red Maple Literature out of the Dragon Kingdom, out of the Blue Star, to the moon in a few decades, and to open a book club branch on the moon." Han Yun took a sip of coffee and said in a calm tone A bad joke.

When Tang Yin heard this, her expression became awkward and she looked at the window behind Han Yun with her clear eyes.

"Editor-in-Chief, you are joking."

Tang Yin sighed in her heart, Xia Yan, Xia Yan, I can say good things to you anyway. If you insist on writing a slow-burning novel to compete for the serialization quota of "Red Maple", I can only do this one step.

"But..." Han Yun thought of something at this time.

With Han Yun's character, even if she hopes Xia Yan can win in the serial meeting, she must remain fair and impartial.

If the quality of Xia Yan's new work is indeed not good enough, it is impossible to force him to sign it and let it be serialized in "Red Maple". Although Han Yun's authority as editor-in-chief allowed her to do this, the results of the works that were forcibly submitted for signing were really poor, which would be a blow to Han Yun's prestige.

"Neither Yuan Qing nor Ning Yun has signed a long-term author contract with our book company." Han Yun immediately noticed another detail.

"Well, that's right... Both of them rejected the book club's contract offer because they wanted to focus on their studies." Tang Yin said after hearing this.

Han Yun's expression condensed.

So what would he do if "Red Maple" refuses to serialize Yuan Qing's work, which he is full of confidence in and feels will definitely surpass "Journey of Youth"?

Accept reality? It's better to switch to other bookstores and try your luck to see if other bookstores will agree to serialize Unheard Flower Name.

Han Yun felt a little headache when she thought of this.

Rejecting Weiwen Hua Ming might be tantamount to rejecting the possibility of Yuan Qing continuing to cooperate with Hong Feng. If Yuanqing went to another book club, what else would he want to do to qualify for the "New God Ascension" seed? Take a shower and go to sleep.

"Forget it, let's talk about the serialization meeting next Monday." Han Yun thought for a moment and asked Tang Yin to go out first.

She has some things that can only be decided after the serialization conference sees the quality of the competing novels with her own eyes.

Monday, at the serialization meeting of Red Maple Literature.

This serial meeting is tense.

There are a total of 16 novels competing for three serialization spots in the journal "Red Maple".

At the meeting, each editor criticized each other verbally and found various flaws in the novels that were not their responsibility.

But there are only two novels

Red Dragon's "Blue Flame Tail", and Ning Yun's "Star Sea".

It cannot be said that no one can find fault with others, but in fact, it is impossible for most people to forcefully criticize others.

It’s not like I’m lying to anyone. Editor-in-chief Han Yun’s eyes are more poisonous than theirs. It doesn’t matter if you forcefully embarrass them, but this seems a bit insulting to Han Yun’s intelligence.

For novels that really have shortcomings, they will never spare any efforts to criticize them, but for those novels that are truly excellent, everyone will give them normal evaluations.

"The next novel. "The Name of the Unheard Flower" by Mr. Yuanqing."

At the serialization meeting, a group of editors saw the novel manuscripts distributed on their desks and immediately became energetic.

This is the talented newcomer Genqing!

The conference room quickly calmed down, leaving only the sound of editors turning pages.

It was only then that Han Yun saw Xia Yan's new work for the first time.

Abandoned house male protagonist

decadent life

No sense of responsibility.

As soon as these male protagonist settings came out, Han Yun thought for a moment.

But wait until later, when the heroine appears

Her liveliness, cheerfulness, and ghost identity finally make this novel interesting.

The hero meets his childhood friend again after several years, and is ridiculed by his childhood friend. After the heroine returns home, she stands in front of her parents and brother but no one can see her, and no one can hear her speak.

This plot description really makes Han Yun immersed in the world of the novel.

However,

later on, the plot falls into foreshadowing again.

A few minutes later

"I think the plot is too slow."

"After reading the first chapter, I don't know what the main plot of the work is!"

"The heroine is well portrayed, but the hero is a bit boring. But I don't hate him, it's just... not interesting enough."

"In fact, the several supporting characters that appear in the first chapter are quite interesting in terms of setting and description. And why the heroine turned into a ghost and why only the hero can see it, the mystery of these reasons is also attractive enough."

"The pattern is too low! Other novels are always about saving the world or having a passionate love affair. This novel... is about the daily life of a childhood playmate with a ghost? It's not that it's not good, but it's not good enough."

Everyone in the conference room started to discuss.

Many people were relieved when they saw Tang Yin's expression.

There are a total of three serialization quotas. The previous "Star Sea" is already excellent enough. If Yuan Qing's new work can still have the quality of "Youth Journey".

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The other editors will feel uncomfortable. Aren't they here to accompany Tang Yin to see her return with a full load?

So at this time, they will definitely spare no effort to add insult to injury to Anohana.

"Well, it's tentative." Han Yun made a decision after hearing this.

An hour later

Han Yun announced the result.

"In the Red Maple journal, there are three recent serialization spots. One: Teacher Ning Yun's "Star Sea". The second: Teacher Hong Long's "Blue Flame Tail". The third is to be determined. I will hold a special meeting tomorrow afternoon to announce the decision! ”

After Han Yun made this decision, no one had any objection to the choice of the first two works.

But the third one is pending.

This situation is relatively rare.

The decision of whether to serialize or not is in Han Yun's hands, and she has always been a decisive person and will never procrastinate.

Are the strength gaps of the other candidate works so close? She needs to think about it for a whole night before making a decision.

The editors looked puzzled, but did not ask any more questions and walked out of the meeting room one after another.

Tang Yin also looked disappointed. When she was about to leave the meeting room, Han Yun's secretary told her to come to Han Yun's office to talk immediately.

In Han Yun's office.

"You go to contact Yuan Qing today." Han Yun sat on the chair and looked at Tang Yin.

"There will be a serialization quota on "Momentary Beauty" in the near future. I can directly let his "Anohana" be serialized on it. "Han Yun didn't waste time and said directly.

The light in Tang Yin's eyes suddenly dimmed.

She was suddenly called here by Han Yun, and she thought that the editor-in-chief Han Yun wanted to tell her more explosive news, such as she decided to take a gamble and believe in Xia Yan's new work.

"Of course, there is another choice." Han Yun saw Tang Yin's expression and didn't keep her in suspense.

Under normal circumstances, she wouldn't make things so complicated.

Xia Yan is a genius novelist, but Maple Literature is not going to stop without someone.

But considering Xia Yan's own talent, and the fact that the plot of Anohana is not as dragged out as imagined, and also... "New God Ascension" In the selection of activities, Xia Yan's historical performance is indeed good, and there is a great possibility that he will obtain the seed qualification.

If Xia Yan is rejected here, he may be pushed to other book clubs. After comprehensive consideration, Han Yun came up with this plan.

"You said before that Xia Yan himself felt that the performance of "Anohana" would exceed "Youth Journey", right? This novel is slow to heat up, but its popularity will explode in the later stage." Han Yun said in a deep voice.

"In this serialization meeting, there are actually three novels. After reading the plot of the first chapter, I think it will be more suitable for the third qualification than "Anohana", but the advantages of those three novels are not particularly obvious compared to Anohana. Anohana just seems not so outstanding overall, but at least there are no obvious poisonous points, and the settings of those three novels are good, but in the first chapter, there are different degrees of deficiencies. Taken together, these four novels are at the same level."

"Since the quality of the candidate works is not much different, there is no strict fairness and bias principle. So I can choose to trust you once. Give the third serialization spot to Anohana. "

Tang Yin's eyes lit up when she heard this.

"But since an exception is made for Yuan Qing, he has to pay a price." Han Yun looked at Tang Yin.

In the evening, at Tang Yin's home.

"Price?" Xia Yan asked in confusion.

"What price?"

"That's it. Editor-in-Chief Han Yun said, "If Yuan Qing is so confident in his work, and thinks that this novel is just slow to warm up, rather than a purely creative mistake, and has produced a boring work. He even said that this work will completely surpass Youth Journey. Then what he said must be done!"" Tang Yin looked at Xia Yan.

"She hopes that when your novel reaches the issue of the serialized final chapter, the novel's reader votes or ratings, both indicators must be in the top four of the Red Maple Journal! You can do this, which proves that you did not collude with me to fool her for the serialization seat. She agreed to overrule the editorial department and sign "Anohana" to be serialized in "Red Maple". "

"Can the editor-in-chief do this?" Xia Yan was stunned when he heard this.

"Of course, otherwise how can she lead our editorial department? But everything has a price. It is true that she has the right to decide on the serialization of novels, but she also has to consider the emotions of everyone in the editorial department and do things fairly. After making an exception for you, if the serialization of your novel has not improved, her scoring and assessment indicators will be affected in the eyes of the editorial department and senior management of the book company." Tang Yin explained.

"So, what is your answer?"

"Of course I agree with this, but what I want to ask is, what if I fail to achieve this result?" Xia Yan looked at Tang Yin.

"So the contract for your novel will change." Tang Yin took out a contract from her briefcase.

"The contract stipulates that if the results of "Anohana" do not meet the requirements of editor-in-chief Han Yun as compensation until the end, you have to sign a three-year "long-term" contract with our book company."

In addition to considering Xia Yan's potential, whether he would run away to other book companies, and the possibility of the new god selection, Han Yun was also interested in Xia Yan himself.

In her opinion, it is a good deal to use a serialization quota of Red Maple Journal to bet on these things.

If Anohana is really serialized and the results become popular in the later period, like the journey of youth.

At that time, Han Yun will have a good eye for pearls, and no one will say anything to her.

But if the situation is the opposite, and Anohana has been tepid after serialization, it doesn't matter.

Han Yun doesn't believe that Xia Yan, a potential new light novel writer, really did nothing in the three-year long contract. Anohana's results are unsuccessful, and the loss is acceptable. As long as Xia Yan's talent remains, this loss can be slowly made up in the three-year long contract.

"How do you decide?" Tang Yin was a little nervous.

Xia Yan lowered his head and thought for half a minute, then looked up at Tang Yin.

"If I am afraid of even this little risk, then what is the point of fighting with you? Just accept the editor's first suggestion and continue to serialize the new work in "Momentary Beauty". And even if the results are not achieved, there is no need to pay, just sign a three-year contract. It's not like I'm going to die if I'm tied to Red Maple Literature for three years. If it's other novelists, I'm afraid they would laugh at this condition in their dreams." Xia Yan let out a long breath.

"Besides, as long as the completed issue, the results of Anohana are in the top four of the "Red Maple" journal. As long as the serialization results are achieved, then this contract is no different from the previous contract."

"I agree with the editor-in-chief Han Yun's proposal."

Xia Yan is not a procrastinator, so he decided immediately.

Tang Yin thought Xia Yan would think for a long time, but in fact, their conversation ended in half an hour.

She felt a little unreal today.

In two years of working, she has not allowed a small writer under her to serialize a work in the "Red Maple" journal.

But at this moment.

After she saw Xia Yan sign the contract with her own eyes.

This also means that today, two novel writers under her command have obtained the serialization qualification of "Red Maple" magazine at the same time.

Although the process was a bit bumpy.

But it is indeed the best result she can think of in this serialization meeting.