Rebirth of the Entertainment Master

As for the description of martial arts, it is also very low-level, and has not yet formed its own martial arts system.

Therefore, after many considerations, Xiao Yunhai finally chose Mr. Gu Long's "Legend of Chu Liuxiang".

There are dozens of Gu Long's novels, but Xiao Yunhai didn't read all of them. He only picked up a few well-known ones, such as The Legend of Chu Liuxiang, The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng, The Sword of the Three Young Masters, and the Ruthless Sword of the Passionate Swordsman.

The others just read the beginning and gave up.

Among them, "Legend of Chu Liuxiang" is his favorite one.

"Legend of Chu Liuxiang" includes a total of eight series, including "Fragrance from the Sea of ​​Blood", "The Great Desert", and "The Thrush". It is Mr. Gu Long's most famous and influential novel.

The reason why Xiao Yunhai chose this novel as his pioneering work was mainly because he felt that the character Chu Liuxiang was very dreamy, especially the description at the beginning of the novel gave people a dreamlike feeling. He was clearly a thief, but he was described Becoming a fairy-like character, I believe it should give readers a different feeling.

Xiao Yunhai walked out of the printing room next to the school with his freshly released "Legend of Chu Liuxiang: Fragrance from the Sea of ​​Blood", found a taxi, and soon came to Minsheng Publishing House.

In this world, there are only four publishing houses that can publish nationwide. In addition to Minsheng Publishing House, there are Yunmeng Publishing House, Haihua Publishing House and Longteng Publishing House.

In terms of strength, the old Minsheng Publishing House is the strongest. After all, behind it is the Ministry of Culture of China, which is equivalent to the People's Publishing House in the previous life.

"Hi, may I help you?" A beautiful girl at the front desk saw Xiao Yunhai, got up and asked with a smile.

"Hello, I'm here to contribute. I want to find the chief editor of martial arts novels from your company?" Xiao Yunhai replied.

"Okay, please wait a moment, let me ask you first." The little girl picked up the phone and dialed out.Soon, there was an answer.

"Sir, please go to the martial arts editing room on the east side of the second floor. Our editor-in-chief, Mr. Zhang Liye, is waiting for you there."

Xiao Yunhai nodded, thanked him, and walked towards the second floor.

Before he took a few steps, he heard the little girl behind and the companion next to him whispering: "Nana, do you think it's funny? Such a handsome guy actually wrote a martial arts novel. You said he could Is it published?"

The little girl named Nana chuckled, and said softly: "What are you publishing? No one reads martial arts nowadays, and what is emerging now is fantasy. I heard that due to the downturn in the martial arts market, the martial arts editorial office will withdraw ready to incorporate it in other newsrooms."

"Really?"

"Of course, I overheard it from the vice president the day before yesterday."

Xiao Yunhai frowned slightly when he heard what the two said. It seemed that his publishing plan was very dangerous.

He had seen the problem of the decline of martial arts and the rise of fantasy on the Internet, but he didn't expect it to be so serious. Even the martial arts editorial office in Minsheng Publishing House would be cancelled, which shows that martial arts novels have reached a precarious situation.

In fact, it’s right to think about it carefully. Martial arts novels have been around for more than 20 years, and almost all the routines have been written badly. Except for fried rice, there is nothing new. It’s no wonder that readers love to read them.

Soon, Xiao Yunhai came to the door of the martial arts editing room, knocked on the door, and a slightly old voice came from inside.

"Please come in."

Xiao Yunhai walked in, and the first thing he saw was editor-in-chief Zhang Liye sitting on a desk chair.

Xiao Yunhai had seen this introduction of Zhang Liye on the Internet.He is over 50 years old this year, and has worked in major publishing houses since he was 20 years old. He has no qualifications, but he has a bad temper. Three or two kittens.

Zhang Liye was quite happy when he heard the front desk said that someone had contributed, and his heart was full of anticipation.

But when they met, they found that the other party was only a young man in his 20s. A look of disappointment flashed across his face involuntarily, but he still warmly extended his hand and shook Xiao Yunhai's.

Xiao Yunhai's eyes were so sharp, he could naturally see what he was thinking, and before the editor-in-chief could speak, he smiled and said, "Editor-in-chief Zhang, judging people by their appearance is not a good habit."

Zhang Liye was stunned for a moment, looking at the sunny and confident young man in front of him, he felt a little confidence in him for no reason.

"I'm really sorry, let me introduce myself first. My name is Zhang Liye, and I'm the editor-in-chief of the martial arts editing room."

Xiao Yunhai smiled and said: "My name is Xiao Yunhai, and I will be a great martial arts writer in the future. Due to my lack of money recently, I wrote a martial arts novel a few days ago. I plan to publish it in your publishing house so that I can earn some money Come and spend."

Chapter 3 Publication

Zhang Liye laughed when he heard Xiao Yunhai's words, he didn't expect the young man in front of him to be so interesting.When most people talk about money, they will feel a little embarrassed, and most of them use language art to go around, so as not to give people the feeling of copper stink.

But Xiao Yunhai is unusually straightforward, what he can say and what he can't say, he will tell you all, full of confidence, which also makes him even more interested in this young man's work, maybe the other party's work is true. It's very good.

He pushed his glasses, pointed at the manuscript in Xiao Yunhai's hand, and said with a smile: "Mr. Xiao, can I read the manuscript before we talk."

Xiao Yunhai smiled and said: "Of course. This is why I came here."

Zhang Liye took the manuscript and read it.

"The Legend of Chu Liuxiang: Fragrance from the Sea of ​​Blood" Zhang Liye first read the name of the novel, and muttered it a few times, feeling a little interesting, as it seemed to be somewhat different from the novels on the market.

"I heard that you have a white jade beauty, carved by wonderful hands, extremely beautiful, and I am so yearning for it. Zizheng tonight, I should step on the moon to get it. Junsu Yada, I will not make me go back and forth in vain."

This is the first paragraph of Mr. Gu Long's opening article. In just two sentences, Chu Liuxiang's elegant and unrestrained spirit is perfectly displayed.

In his previous life, Xiao Yunhai fell in love with this novel because he read the beginning, and read it all in one sitting, without even bothering to eat.

Xiao Yunhai was like this back then, and Zhang Liye, who was a fan of martial arts, was naturally not much better.

He suppressed the excitement in his heart, and after reading Chapter 1, he couldn't help but slapped his thigh and shouted: "What a fantastic appearance!"

Seeing his appearance, Xiao Yunhai smiled slightly, and said in his heart: "If Master Gu Long's top-notch work doesn't catch your eyes, then I might as well find a piece of tofu and kill him."

Soon, half an hour passed. Seeing that Zhang Liye was still concentrating on reading the novel, Xiao Yunhai couldn't take it anymore, so he stood up, walked in front of him, knocked on the table, and said, "Editor Zhang, we are Shouldn't we talk about it?"

Zhang Liye just woke up, looked at Xiao Yunhai with bright eyes, and shouted: "I'm really sorry. Mr. Xiao's book is really good. If our Minsheng Publishing House can publish it, we will definitely do our best." Propaganda and publication. Please, Mr. Xiao, give us this "Legend of Chu Liuxiang" no matter what."

He has been engaged in editing martial arts novels for more than 30 years, and has witnessed the whole process of martial arts novels from prosperity to decline.The depression in my heart is really inhumane.

Due to the decline of the overall martial arts market, Zhang Liye, who is in charge of martial arts editing, has been counting down in each editing room. In addition, the martial arts novel "Legend of Lie Yang", which he devoted himself to packaging in the first half of the year, encountered Waterloo, making it even worse.

Now the club has begun to spread rumors that the martial arts editorial office will be withdrawn. This makes Zhang Liye, who has been engaged in martial arts all his life, unbearable, but suffers from the lack of good-looking martial arts novels.Now seeing this "Legend of Chu Liuxiang" full of whimsical ideas, how can I be willing to let it slip away from my eyes.

After hearing Zhang Liye's words, Xiao Yunhai smiled and said, "Of course I came here to publish for you, but I don't know what kind of contract Editor-in-Chief Zhang will give me?"

Zhang Liye thought for a while, and said: "In business and business, although I like this book very much, I can't really measure its value. And I want to know how many parts are there in this "Legend of Chu Liuxiang"? How many words? Have you finished writing now? Do you want to sell them separately, or together?"

Xiao Yunhai smiled slightly, and said: "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang is a series. In addition to Fragrance from the Sea of ​​Blood, there are seven other volumes, with a total of 110 million characters. I have already written all of them. As for how to sell them, I would like to hear your opinion. After all, Editor-in-Chief Zhang is an expert in this field, and I don’t know much about it.”

Zhang Liye pondered for a while, and said: "I hope you can sell these eight books together. Today's readers are fed up with those long fantasy novels on the Internet. Many people will first see how many novels there are when reading a book. If there are too few words, they basically don’t read them. And if they are sold one by one, not only will the publicity fee rise sharply, but the price will also not be able to sell. It’s better to publish a large-scale novel and complete it in one step. It is also very convenient to operate. What do you think?"

"of course can."

"As for the method of publishing this book, what do you think?"

"Of course it's based on the share, I have confidence in myself," Xiao Yunhai said confidently.

As in the previous life, book publishing is divided into two forms: buyout and division.

Buyout means that the publisher pays the author a one-time remuneration based on the result of negotiation with the author. Whether the book sells well or badly in the future has nothing to do with the author.

As Xiao Yunhai's rookie, no matter how classic the novel is, the remuneration probably won't be much higher.