Chapter 40: Publishing

Although Lin Weidong slowed down the update speed of "e-Net Love", as the story continues to progress, the comment area on the Internet has also entered a hot state, and the number of comments per day continues to increase, and the number of clicks has also skyrocketed.

Now the number of hits of "e-Net Love" is about to catch up with the columns written by editors-in-chief such as Ning Caishen and Li Xunhuan, which can be described as unique under the banyan tree.

There are more and more readers who support Lin Weidong, perhaps his writing level and writing techniques are still very young, but in this story, the hero and heroine meet and fall in love on the Internet, and then meet in reality, which triggers a series of bloody and funny storylines, which still successfully attract the love and attention of readers.

In addition, Lin Weidong also implanted the navigation website "hao123" many times in the novel "e-Net Love", and took the lead in using Internet terms such as "pit father", "Bai Fumei", "Gao Fushuai", etc., which caused extremely enthusiastic applause on the Internet.

With the continuous expansion of the influence of "e-network affection", the number of views of hao123 is increasing day by day, and Internet terms such as "Bai Fumei" and "Gao Fushuai" have also spread quickly on the Internet.

There is no doubt that "e-Net Love" is indeed popular, and this book alone has led to a substantial increase in traffic under the banyan tree, and it is a sustained and stable growth.

Oct. 4, 10 p.m.

After Lin Weidong took a bath, he sat down in front of the computer, opened the comment area of "e-Net Love", and saw such a message: "Hello Night Lone Orange, I am a publishing agent, I hope to cooperate with you to publish the Chinese Traditional Chinese version of "e-Net" in Taiwan, if you are interested, please contact me as soon as possible." ”

followed by a string of phone numbers, when Lin Weidong saw this message, his first feeling was surprise, and he soon fell into doubt, feeling that the other party might be a liar.

Although publishing is a dream thing for an author, Lin Weidong could never have imagined that in such a short period of time, someone would come to him to publish, even if it was only in Taiwan, it was enough to make him more vigilant.

Of course, if all this is true, and the other party is not a liar, it is simply an unimaginable good thing! Of course, Lin Weidong had no reason to disagree, and in order to verify the truth of the matter, he quickly added the other party's network contact information and called the other party.

"Hello, I'm Night Lonely Orange, I saw your message in the comment area. Lin Weidong expressed his intention straight to the point.

"Hello Lonely City, I'm the publishing agent Bai Cha, your "e-Net Love" is very popular, and now our domestic online literature has just started, generally speaking, there is no income, only Taiwan's traditional market is willing to publish this kind of work, I don't know if you are interested?"

Lin Weidong said without hesitation: "Of course I'm interested, but I don't know which publishing house it will be published in?"

Bai Cha on the other end of the phone said: "This kind of online novel is mainly sold in the Taiwan book rental market, and the sales volume is generally not too high, each book is 1,000 to 2,000 copies, and the books published in Taiwan have a word count of 60,000 to 65,000 words each." If you are interested, please send it to me with the whole book organized. ”

Is there only one or two thousand copies? This is too little, Lin Weidong was a little disappointed, but what he wanted to know most was the manuscript fee of "e-Net Love".

Lin Weidong hesitated for a moment and asked, "What ......about the manuscript fee?"

Bai Cha said: "The manuscript fee is like this, we are helping you contact Taiwan's top publishing house, and the name of the publishing house is Spring." We will pay you according to the sales volume, a book of about 60,000 words, the manuscript fee is about 2,000 yuan. ”

"As a publisher, we're going to get 30 percent of it, and the remaining 70 percent goes to you. ”

"In addition to the manuscript fee, we will have three sample books for you at that time. What do you think?"

Although Lin Weidong wanted to agree to Bai Cha, he still didn't feel at ease, and after pondering for a while, he said, "Bai Cha, can you let me think about it?" ”

"Okay, then you can give me an answer tomorrow. ”

Hanging up the phone of Bai Cha, Lin Weidong dialed the phone of the editor-in-chief Baby Anne with anticipation and apprehension, and told Baby Anne what White Tea told him again, wanting to ask for her opinion.

This is the first time Lin Weidong has spoken to Baby Anne on the phone, and he has been in contact on OICQ before, and Baby Anne's voice is as gentle as her name.

"Lone Orange, is the publishing agent who asked you to work with Baicha?" Baby Anne's voice was a little uneasy.

Lin Weidong was stunned for a moment: "Yes, what's wrong?"

Baby Anne said: "You must not be fooled, this person is a liar, in the name of an agent, to deceive the author's trust and get the contract." He did help you publish in Taiwan, but I am afraid that your manuscript fee will be very slow, or he will not pay you at all. ”

"In the past few months, many of our authors under the banyan tree have been deceived by him, you can't have signed a contract with him, right?"

After hearing Baby Anne's words, Lin Weidong instantly gasped, fortunately he was cautious, otherwise he would have been deceived, and his compatriots on the treasure island would not be trusted.

In order not to let Baby Anne worry about himself, Lin Weidong hurriedly comforted: "Sister Anne, don't worry, I didn't sign a contract with him." ”

Hearing Lin Weidong's answer, Baby Anne on the other end of the phone was obviously relieved: "That's good." ”

"Lone Orange, you don't need to be too anxious about publishing, in fact, I can fully understand your feelings, and our company has been helping you contact publishing houses across the country in the past few days. ”

Lin Weidong said gratefully: "I know, thank you Sister Anne." ”

After this period of contact, Lin Weidong still has relatively trust in Baby Anne, the editor-in-chief, and believes what she says.

It's just that for Lin Weidong, the waiting process, in addition to expectations, is also worrying.

At 9 o'clock in the morning the next day, Lin Weidong was cleaning up in the Internet café when he received a call from Baicha and asked him if he had thought about it.

Lin Weidong held the phone and asked with a serious face: "Baicha, I want to ask, if I sign the contract, when will I get my manuscript fee?"

Bai Cha was silent for a moment, and said, "I'm sorry, Gu Cheng, you can't get the manuscript fee yet, and you can't get the ...... until the traditional Chinese is published."

Bai Cha's words have basically confirmed Baby Anne's previous evaluation of him, Lin Weidong was silent and did not say anything.

Bai Cha continued: "Otherwise, Gu Cheng, don't worry about the manuscript fee, you sign the contract first, and I will pay you 200 yuan in my personal name first, what do you think?"

"No need. Lin Weidong said lightly, "That's it." He hung up.

Although Lin Weidong has never done business, he can also guess that the other party is cheating, trying to empty the gloves of the white wolf, and then take advantage of the mainland author's inability to reach the whip chief of Taiwan Province, and the author himself is a vulnerable group, to obtain benefits from it.

If Lin Weidong just agreed to Baicha and signed a contract with him, maybe he could only get 200 yuan for the manuscript in the end, or he couldn't even get 200 yuan.

Even if Lin Weidong doesn't have a lot of money now, he won't sell the novels he worked so hard to write for just 200 yuan.

Oct. 6, 3:40 p.m.

Lin Weidong just hung up the call from Xie Zhigang for a while, and the phone at the cash register rang again, this time it was Baby Anne calling.

"Lonely City, I helped you find the Xinchang Publishing House in Taiwan, they are very interested in "e-Net Love", but they may ask you to revise it. Baby Anne said happily.

"Thank you, Sister Anne, thank you so much...... So how do we get in touch? He contacted me directly, or?" Lin Weidong asked impatiently.

Baby Anne smiled and said, "You're welcome, I'll let the editor of Xinchang contact you directly, so that it will be convenient for you to connect." ”

"Okay, thank you, Sister Anne. Lin Weidong said gratefully.

From the beginning of writing to gradually getting to know people in this industry, so far, in Lin Weidong's heart, the only reliable person may be Baby Anne, the legendary beauty editor.

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