Rebirth of Hong Kong Island: I am a world tycoon

"Mr. Chen, Editor-in-Chief Lin asked me to invite you to her office to discuss the signing of the contract. "

Uh-huh. "

Not surprisingly, "Jing Chu Fights for Heroes" shocked the actual helmsman of Reader's Digest Greater China at this time.

Entering the editor-in-chief's office, it was Ms. Lin who came out to greet her, Ms. Lin was nearly fifty years old at this time, as the only person to inherit the mantle of Lin Yutang, her works can be said to be well-known at home and abroad, otherwise she would not be qualified to be the Chinese editor-in-chief of Reader's Digest.

"Hello Mr. Chen, you are really young and promising, it is the first time you meet, it is a pleasure to meet you, it is a great honor to see your masterpiece today, I want to know some information about your book, can I?" Ms. Lin stretched out her right hand and shook Chen Zhixue's hand, and then said straight to the point.

"Of course you can!" Chen Zhixue nodded, he guessed that the other party was probably afraid that the work would be unfinished.

"I found that your "Jing Chu Zhengxiong" has many different elements from the traditional martial arts in the past, the work relies on a certain historical background, tells the story under specific historical events, and plays a certain sense of substitution, and the plot design is also very good, very pleasing to watch, have you set the follow-up plot direction?".

"Definitely, I have completely thought about the outline of the novel, otherwise I wouldn't have written so many drafts at once, in fact, the manuscript here already accounts for half of the whole work, of course, I won't show you the outline, I hope Ms. Lin can understand. "

Then how many words do you plan to write in this work?"

"The full text of this novel has basically been completed in my mind, the number is about 120,000 words, and the length is a little shorter, but I personally believe that this does not prevent this work from being excellent." "

I'm very optimistic about your novel, and I'm sincere enough to discuss with you about the specific signing matters, I don't know what conditions you have for signing a contract for this?"

"Of course, the more the manuscript fee, the better, but after all, I said that it doesn't count, let's see how you give it first, if it's too different from my goal, I may go to other newspapers or literary magazines first."

"That's it, although I am very optimistic about your novel, but after all, it has not been tested by the market, and Mr. Chen, as a newcomer, is too high for me to explain to the company, so I give a thousand words 80 yuan conditions, I don't know if Mr. Chen can accept it?"

"I can accept 80 yuan for 1,000 words, and I can sign the copyright of a single release to you, but this copyright fee must be discussed separately, as for other film and television copyrights, audio copyrights, I don't plan to sell the manga rights for the time being. In

Chen Zhixue's heart, when there are enough funds, these copyrights are still registered by themselves, and the entertainment company will do it well, and of course they will not be sold to them.

"I didn't expect Mr. Chen to be quite knowledgeable, and he even knows about other copyrights, in that case, let's sign the contract, I wish us a happy cooperation!" Ms. Lin stood up first, and the two sides shook hands again to celebrate the success of the cooperation.

Editor-in-chief Lin is also afraid that Chen Zhixue will take the novel to other places to sign a contract, which is also a quick knife to cut through the mess, after all, the competition of publishing companies in the Chinese-speaking world is huge, and sometimes a powerful novel can make a company's market share increase significantly.

Soon, after signing the contract, Chen Zhixue got his first manuscript fee, which can be regarded as the first pot of gold after coming to this world, although it is a bit small, only 4800 yuan, this is still the financial approval of Editor-in-Chief Lin to help Chen Zhixue make up the whole number, and the number of the first volume is still more than 1,000 words short of 60,000 words.

For a long time later, Chen Zhixue does not need to write out the rest for the time being, the number of circulation in the weekly magazine is limited, it is said that only the best 10 books will be screened for competition, and each novel will be issued at most 8,000 to 10,000 words, and after the results of the first five issues of the competition come out, the work will be published to the "Reader's Digest" newspaper for daily updates, and the number of the first volume submitted by Chen Zhixue is enough for them to send the entire competition period, which is equivalent to more than a month without worrying about the "Reader's Digest" here.

Holding an envelope containing 4,800 yuan in his hand, Chen Zhixue walked stiffly and walked out of the building with steps that his six relatives did not recognize.

Standing on the street in front of Victoria Harbour, the surrounding high-rise buildings make Chen Zhixue feel like he is in the 21st century, and an advertisement on an LED display with low luminous efficiency in the distance has attracted Chen Zhixue's attention.

"Charming football, wonderful world, cheer for the 10th Football World Cup!"

Chen Zhixue soon learned that the 10th Football World Cup was held in 9 stadiums in 9 cities in West Germany from June 13 to July 7, 1974, which was the first time that the World Cup was held in Germany and the first time that the World Cup was held during the partition of Germany.

There are a lot of highlights in this World Cup, among which German striker Muller scored 4 goals, increasing his total number of goals in the World Cup to 14, thus surpassing the 13-goal record of French sharpshooter Fontaine, and the German "bomber" became the top scorer in the history of the World Cup. This record was not broken until 2006 by Brazilian legend Ronaldo, who was surpassed by German junior Klose in 2014.

The final was between West Germany and the Netherlands, and West Germany won the showdown to be crowned World Cup.

Today is June 10, 1974, and there are three days left before the start of the World Cup on June 13.

The reason why Chen Zhixue paid attention to this advertisement at this time was, of course, not to watch the World Cup, but to think of another way to make money: World Cup quizzes.

In his previous life, Chen Zhixue was a football fan, many football games in Europe were very concerned, and it was common to stay up late to watch the game, coincidentally, Chen Zhixue in his previous life downloaded the collection videos of the previous World Cups in the fan post bar, and also studied 1 episode, that is to say, the results of the 10th World Cup Chen Zhixue can know from memory.

Now that he knows the results of every game, it is not trivial to make money! All of a sudden, Chen Zhixue has a clue about the next step.

As a city dominated by gambling and tourism, Magang is naturally the best place for Chen Zhixue at present, after all, Chen Zhixue does not have much money on hand now, and he cannot go to Europe and the United States, so Magang has become the best choice.

At 6 o'clock in the evening, Nathan Road, Kowloon, night began to fall, and Chen Zhixue was in this famous street on Hong Kong Island.

The streets are lined with shops and signboards, and when the lights are turned on at night, they are very prosperous.

Here, Chen Zhixue bought a few suits and a few sets of casual clothes, after all, she can't wear the clothes given by her grandmother, which was worn by her dead son before his death.

At this time, the price of goods is naturally very cheap compared to later generations, these clothes only cost Chen Zhixue more than 200 yuan, they are some small and medium-sized brand clothing, naturally not expensive, which is still the majority of suits.

After buying clothes and a suitcase, he planned to go to Magang the next day to learn about the World Cup competition there in advance.

Chen Zhixue, who had money, finally didn't have to go to the street restaurant with a very poor environment, he was arrogant once, stepped into a restaurant with decent decoration and had a satisfying meal, and then found a hotel that was a little better than the previous hotel to stay, and rested early to welcome the new day.

For the future, he is full of beautiful expectations and visions!