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"Are you deliberately robbing someone?"

"What's the name of Duyi Company's robbery?"

"I think you are just jealous of our performance!"

"Old bear, you are going too far for saying this."

Now the two editor-in-chiefs are really angry, and they even quarreled in front of the employees. In the end, someone called the editor-in-chief over, and the two sides stopped temporarily, but the editor-in-chief also had a headache: "Stop yelling, put the Show me the manuscript."

Soon Yang Feng sent the manuscript to the editor-in-chief.

This manuscript is called "Maggie's Gift", and it is only [-] words long, so the editor-in-chief can read it quickly.

But what surprised Old Xiong and You Rong was...

After the editor-in-chief read the manuscript, he was surprisingly silent.

Take a closer look.

Both were stunned.

Because the editor-in-chief, who has always been unsmiling and known for his majesty, his eyes were slightly red at this moment, and he even wiped away his tears quietly.

The editor-in-chief cried?

Both of them were terrified now.

You Rong said anxiously: "What's the matter with you, editor-in-chief? It's Chinese New Year, and we just had a little conflict. You don't have to be so sad."

"Yes."

Old Xiong didn't dare to care about it now: "Isn't it just a draft request? Since Chu Kuang agreed, then I won't say anything here. He dared to accept it, which shows that he is confident that he can take care of both sides."

The two had never seen the editor-in-chief like this.

The editor-in-chief stood up and ignored the two of them, and made a phone call with a slightly hoarse voice: "Book me a ticket home immediately, I want the earliest flight."

"The editor-in-chief..."

Old Xiong and You Rong panicked completely.

The editor-in-chief originally said that he would not go home during the Spring Festival this year, but in the end, he was pissed off and cried because of this stupid thing between the two of them!

Don't even care about work!

The editor-in-chief glanced at the two with flushed eyes and said, "Do you know how hard it was when I first started my business?"

"what?"

The editor-in-chief ignored the blankness of the two, and said to himself: "I remember the worst time, my wife and I could live a day with plain water and steamed buns. Later, my wife found a job as a cleaner in the school cafeteria, so I would eat it at noon every day. Just to see her as an excuse to eat in the school cafeteria and drink the free soup, it tastes really good."

Old Xiong subconsciously said, "What happened next?"

The editor-in-chief smiled softly: "Later, my wife lived in a luxurious villa and ate all kinds of delicacies—but she had to take care of my parents in the villa, and when she ate delicacies from mountains and seas, she was often alone. ——Do you think we were happier before or now? It’s Chinese New Year, I miss my wife, I have to spend time with my family, you locals, please work harder, please.”

After speaking, the editor-in-chief bowed slightly, then turned and left.

You Rong shouted in a daze: "The editor-in-chief..."

The editor-in-chief suddenly paused: "Well, by the way, help me get a copy of Mr. Chu Kuang's signature, and tell him that I am his book fan."

This time, the editor-in-chief really left.

But Lao Xiong and You Rong looked at each other, vaguely realizing that the cause of this matter was not their conflict.

Because the editor-in-chief has been in the Yinlan library for so many years, it is the first time that he publicly admitted that he is a fan of a certain writer under the company.

novel!

It's a novel!

The two of them suddenly came back to their senses, and they didn't quarrel anymore, but each asked Yang Feng to send a copy of "Maggie's Gift".

This may be the source of the editor-in-chief's change of mind.

After the old bear left.

You Rong couldn't wait to open "Maggie's Gift". He wanted to see what was written in this novel, but the editor-in-chief didn't even care about his work.

The novel is short.

While reading the novel, You Rong didn't have any special reaction.

But when he saw the end of this novel, You Rong suddenly couldn't help covering his temples on both sides of his forehead, and wailed in pain:

"what!"

Now he fully understands the abnormality of the editor-in-chief. The power of words is terrifying. People who have had similar experiences will always read other people's stories and shed their own tears, especially when facing the "Gift of the Magi". Such a blast ending in a novel!

"Boss, what's wrong?"

Some employees couldn't help but care.

You Rong sat slumped on the chair: "Chu Kuang told me to make a price after reading the novel... Do I dare to make a price for such a novel..."

Chapter 58 Chu Kuang's Author Fee

Yes, You Rong dare not make an offer!

He has been the editor-in-chief of "Fun Reading" magazine for ten years, and has read countless excellent short stories. The one in front of him is definitely one of the top novels in his ten-year working career. Rong's personal opinion, after all, everyone has different views on literary and artistic works.

But You Rong believed it.

It is difficult for anyone who has read "The Gift of the Magi" to give a bad evaluation, because the story is so touching, especially the ending of the story is unexpected, and it makes sense after aftertaste.

But one thing without a doubt:

Take this novel for yourself!

You Rong took a deep breath, called Chu Kuang, and expressed his thoughts straightforwardly: "I am very honored to be the first batch of readers of this novel, and I am willing to bid 20 yuan to purchase this novel on behalf of the publishing house." A novel, not to say that the value of this novel is 20, but that our magazine’s manuscript fee generally has an upper limit..."

"20?"

Lin Yuan thought about it and agreed. After all, the other party only provided a channel to release "Maggie's Gift", and he didn't sell the copyright of the novel, so he was not too harsh.

"What 20?"

Lin Yuan was shopping with his elder sister and younger sister at the moment. When her elder sister heard Lin Yuan calling, her ears perked up, but Lin Yuan didn't intend to reveal her identity, and just said perfunctorily: "Salary and so on."

"Go, Yaoyao!"

When Lin Xuan heard this, she pulled her sister back and walked back: "The dress just now is indeed very beautiful. Although the price is more than 3000 yuan, who made you have such a rich brother?"

"No."

Lin Yao couldn't bear it at all.

Although Lin Yuan seems to have become rich, saving money is the habit of these children from the bottom of their hearts. Neither Lin Yuan, Lin Xuanyi nor Lin Yao can become too extravagant because of sudden wealth.

Lin Yuan said: "Then let's go back."

Lin Xuan snorted, "What a stingy brother."

Lin Yuan showed a stingy smile very cooperatively. He would not admit that none of the two sets of down jackets he bought for Lin Yao before cost less than 3000 yuan, otherwise his sister would be burdened to wear them.

Go home.

Lin Xuan began to answer the phone frequently, probably due to the accumulated work of the annual leave that needs to be dealt with. After several consecutive phone calls, Lin Xuan lay down on the sofa depressed and complained: "The seniors of the company said that the writers will delay the draft every Spring Festival. This year I have seen it, and next month, [-]% of the writers will open the window, and the editor-in-chief probably wants to kill me."

"What do you mean by opening the skylight?"

Younger sister Lin Yao seemed curious about this.

Lin Xuan explained: "In the early days, opening the skylight refers to the professional term of a magazine or newspaper. The layout was originally specially arranged, but the author could not deliver the manuscript in time, so that the section was blank, just like opening the skylight. In our novel world, Opening the skylight means procrastinating the draft.”

Lin Yao asked: "Then what should I do if the manuscript is delayed?"

Lin Xuan sighed: "Generally speaking, there is a deadline for writers. The former is the time when the editor has agreed to submit the manuscript. If you submit the manuscript at this time, you can still have a pleasant revision work; while the latter is not written. If it is finished, it will endanger the time of publication, that is, counting printing and other circumstances, the manuscript must be completed at a certain time. It can be said that the dead line is a very scary thing for writers, but for some talents and For writers who are both popular and popular, it is almost their personality label to push the skylight and step to the death line."

Lin Yao asked concerned: "Will the money be deducted?"

Lin Xuan shook her head: "Small writers don't dare to delay their manuscripts. We are bound by a contract. If we can't write a manuscript, we can deduct his money. Although we have a contract for a popular writer, we don't dare to deduct money because they delay their manuscripts." Manuscript fee, such as the Dongfeng old thief, this person is the most famous author of our publishing house, he always delays for several months to hand in the manuscript, but none of us dare to say anything, and will only urge it according to the usual practice."

"That's it."

Although it was a conversation between sisters and sisters, Lin Yuan listened quite seriously from the sidelines. Although he serialized novels under the name of Chu Kuang, he actually didn't understand such an industry ecology.

So it's kind of fun to listen to.

For example, my sister said that more than [-]% of writers have had the experience of delaying their manuscripts. It seems that physical publishing is the same as the online articles in the previous life, which always makes readers worry about the author's lack of updating.

"There's good news, too."

Lin Xuan suddenly said excitedly: "Before Chinese New Year, I visited a teacher who had just ended her contract with another publishing house, and invited her to come to our publishing house to write a book, and finally she agreed, and now she is the biggest name I am in charge of. The author, and I have also read her new work, I really feel very good, it is estimated that it will be officially published after the end of the year!"

"Is the editor getting a share?"

Lin Yuan asked a question of concern.

The elder sister shook her head: "It's not about sharing, but the meaning is not bad. It's mainly about editorial performance evaluation criteria. If you don't have very good writers, your performance will be ugly, which will affect our final salary and bonus payment. So it’s no different from sharing, otherwise why would I go out and work so hard to recruit authors.”

"Where's Chu Kuang?"

The younger sister Lin Yao had a sudden thought: "Didn't my sister say that I know Chu Kuang, then when he finishes writing the novel in hand, can you also dig him into your hand to start a new book?"

"..."

Lin Xuan laughed and said: "You really care about Chu Kuang... The company that Chu Kuang signed is called Yinlan Shuku, which is one of the largest publishing companies in Qinzhou. My sister and my company are not worth anything compared to Yinlan Shuku. Mention, so Chu Kuang can't be dug by ordinary people, Yinlan Library will do everything possible to continue to cooperate with Chu Kuang."

"Then he's hot."

Lin Yao glanced at Lin Yuan.

Lin Xuan nodded: "As a new novelist of youth fantasy novels, Chu Kuang can be said to be a master of books. The sales volume of "Net King" last month was 140 million copies, ranking No. 12 among youth fantasy books. .[-] bits..."

"Only No. 12?"

"What do you mean there are only twelve people? Under the huge market competition, 140 million copies were sold, which means that Chu Kuang's royalties last month were more than 100 million. This is still the situation where I assume that he signed an ordinary newcomer contract. Of course, according to this Judging by the posture, his contract share should increase after the Chinese New Year."

Lin Yuan was stunned.

My sister actually knew his approximate manuscript fee last month!

But having said that, the sales volume of "Net King" finally broke one million, thanks to the assistance of professional tennis players. Brings a lot of heat.

Followed by.

Lin Yuan suddenly grasped the point of his sister's words, and asked, "Why do you say that Chu Kuang's contract share will increase?"

"It's inevitable."

Lin Xuan said convincingly: ""The king of the net" signed newcomers on the basis that no one thought that this book would become a hit, but now that this book is so popular, the publishing house will generally consider increasing the share for Chu Kuang, otherwise They really may not be able to keep Chu Kuang in the next book."

"Makes sense."

Lin Yuan expressed his serious agreement.

Lin Xuan laughed and said, "You don't know how to write books, so why tell you these things, you work in Xingmang, why don't you tell me the gossip about those big stars in your company..."

Chapter 59 A New Life

The next day, at eight o'clock.

Lin Yuan went out without having breakfast.

His purpose of going out this time is: to buy a house!

In Lin Yuan's bank card, there is the novel manuscript fee from "Net King" last month. After paying taxes, he actually got a total of 120 million.

Including the download share of several songs, it has reached 200 million.

Among them, the song division mainly comes from "Flammable and Explosive" released last month.

Then came the short story "The Gift of the Magi," which sold another 20.

Originally, the money would not come until next month, but Lin Yuan wanted to enrich his wallet before buying a house, so he asked Yinlan Bookstore to advance the manuscript fee.

Yinlan Shuku and Lin Yuan were working happily together, so the other party readily agreed.

At present, the 20 has been called.

So Lin Yuan now has about 220 million funds in his hands, and he can't hold back the idea of ​​buying a house.

In fact, as soon as Lin Yuan got home, he wanted to buy a house.