On the third day after the filming of the commercial.

Lily said goodbye to her parents and returned to her position as a sign-in officer.

It's just that Wang gradually feels that Lily is a little different from before to herself.

In the past, the relationship between the two was closer to that of running friends...

Now Lily is much more reserved, and she doesn't invite herself to visit Jean at home.

It's just that when she was working in the community, she looked at Wang Jian from time to time with a little bit of unclear meaning in her eyes.

This made Wang gradually feel very embarrassed.

But what is even more embarrassing is that the house that the real estate agent found for Wang gradually happened to be in Lily's neighborhood.

In Brooklyn, there are only a few very safe neighborhoods, and Lily's neighborhood happens to be one of them.

Just as Wang was gradually considering whether to move over, he received a call from the advertising agency last night.

The self-shot commercial will be officially broadcast on TV tomorrow.

Wang gradually glanced back at Lily, just in time to meet Lily's hiding eyes.

He scratched his head helplessly.

Forget it, let's move.

After the commercial airs, who knows if their addict neighbor in the Bronx will knock on his door in the middle of the night.

As for Lily...

After the community work is over, we don't think we see each other so often, right?

After all, a large community with so many people.

It's time for their inexplicable relationship to come to an end.

In this way, Wang gradually spent today's community labor in his thoughts.

He fled away from the check-in point and returned home.

Then, call the agent and make an appointment to move tomorrow.

After completing this series of operations, Wang gradually opened the data report sent by Tom about the people who purchased "I Am an Archmage".

He didn't look at the previous data analysis, but went straight to the final investigation conclusion.

The conclusion is that the most anticipated new books are male teenagers aged 13-19 and low-income young men aged 20-30.

And as a loyal purchasing force of fantasy literature: young men in their 20s and 30s with middle and high incomes have no expectations for the new work of the author of "I Am the Archmage".

Wang gradually flipped through the conclusions of this investigation, and then looked at the first volume of "Arcane Divine Seat" that he had already revised and organized, and was a little distressed.

Arcane Throne isn't easy to please I'm an Archmage fan.

It really doesn't work, change your pen name?

But, then you won't get the guaranteed royalty...

If you don't change your pen name, you may not be pleasing to both sides.

After much hesitation, he dialed Tom's phone.

After a rather happy cooperation with Tom, Wang gradually learned about the other party's work experience at Random House.

This prompted him to decide to use Tom as his copyright agent.

As for how the first volume of Arcane Throne was released...

It's up to Tom to negotiate with the major publishers.

If you can get a satisfactory guaranteed royalty under your current name, then you will publish it.

If you can't, just change your name and disguise yourself as a newcomer...

Historically, it is not without writers who have done this.

After the call with Tom, Wang gradually stood at the window, looking at the night scene of the entire Bronx, and couldn't help but sigh deeply.

Finally, it's time to get out of here.

This night was the best night he slept in this world.

The next morning, when the sun was just shining into the dilapidated apartment building.

The crisp doorbell rang.

The king yawned and opened the door with his bewildered eyes.

It was Tom who came out the door.

"Ha, King, you have a new work?" said Tom with an excited expression.

"I knew that your age is the peak of creation, as long as you write another work like "I Am an Archmage", I promise to sell it to you at a good price!"

"This time the style is different. Wang gradually walked back to the bedroom, picked up the first volume of the Arcane Throne, and handed it to the other party.

"How is it different?" Tom asked, looking at the manuscript with some confusion, "Isn't it still fantasy?"

"See for yourself. Wang gradually replied, "I'm thinking about whether to change my pen name." Avoid disappointing fans of "I Am an Archmage". ”

Tom's eyes widened, and he exclaimed, "You wrote erotic novels?"

Wang Gradual: "?"

"A lot of well-known writers have done that. Tom shrugged his shoulders and said, "For fear of embarrassment, I'll use another pseudonym." ”

"However, it is really profitable. ”

Wang gradually shook his head and said: "The focus of this negotiation is to guarantee royalties, and as for the sharing ratio, it can be appropriately reduced. ”

"What's the bottom line?" Tom asked, "There's a best-selling author with a big hit, and the percentage is generally 12%-14%, and the royalty is too high to reduce the percentage." ”

"Hmm... 10% of it. Wang gradually replied.

"Okay. Tom put the manuscript in his briefcase and said to Wang, "You said on the phone that you want to move?"

"Yes. Wang gradually began to take out his suitcase and pack it up, "Go to the new apartment, and I'll call you to inform you of your contact information." ”

“Ok.” Tom said, "There is a result, I will inform you." ”

The king made a clear gesture and watched Tom turn away.

He then called the landlord again, and after the landlord collected the rent for the month, he went to the agent with a large suitcase full of clothes and drafts.

It's so easy and enjoyable for a single man to move.

After the agent signs the rental contract and pays the rent for three months in advance.

Wang gradually finally moved into his new apartment.

This apartment is only one bedroom, not a big size, but the environment is quite nice.

At the very least, there are police cars patrolling not far from here.

After informing Tom of his new contact information on the apartment phone, Wang gradually turned on the TV in the apartment and tuned the TV station.

A moment later, Wang gradually saw his screen debut.

That feeling...

What a shame.

Especially, after watching himself read the lines of the sand sculpture seriously.

Belch...

I don't know if anyone recognized themselves during the afternoon of community work.

He shook his head vigorously and shook the shameful thought out.

At this time, Tom was reading the contents of the first volume of the Arcane Throne and nodded.

The pen is much stronger.

The setting was also perfect.

However, in the early stage of this book, the conflict is not as intense as "I am the Archmage".

He thought about it for a moment, thinking about how to get the best conditions.

Suddenly, he had an idea and looked at the New York Times on his desk.

Then he looked up the phone numbers of the New York Times advertising staff he had come into contact with while working at the publishing house.

Then, I dialed it.

......

"Yes, I want to put up an ad. ”

"It's not that kind of traditional advertisement, it's in the form of an interview. ”

"It's not a fake interview that deceives people, do you know that I am an archmage?"

"It's the author's new book that is about to be released, and you pretend to be an interview, but in fact it's publicity. ”

"How much? five thousand dollars, the smallest page?" said Tom, whose voice suddenly became louder.

Still, after thinking for a moment, he said, "Okay. However, the interview will be held tomorrow morning at the latest. ”

"Address and question, I'll send you. Tom wrote down the fax number and hung up.

Then, he said to himself: "Take the initiative to submit, it is better to wait for them to bid." ”

"Let's see how high we can speculate this time. ”