Huo Yaowen followed behind Editor-in-Chief Li Daoguang and came to Ma Rulong's office before.

"Mr. Huo, please take a seat. Li Daoguang beckoned Huo Yaowen to sit at the coffee table in the office for guests.

Huo Yaowen smiled and said, "Thank you." ”

After Huo Yaowen sat down, Li Daoguang went out and asked a clerk to help make two cups of tea.

While waiting for the clerk to make tea, Li Daoguang said: "Mr. Huo, I'm sorry, the newspaper is newly created, everything needs to be started from scratch, and many things have not been completed. And this is only a temporary foothold, the place is a little smaller, but President Ma has bought a few nearby shops, ready to renovate and arrange them after opening up, and it is expected that our "Oriental Newspaper" will be able to move in next month. When the time comes, Mr. Huo, you will definitely be able to see a different "Oriental Press". ”

Hearing this, Huo Yaowen showed a smile and said: "A good newspaper and a good newspaper have never become the No. 1 selling newspaper in Hong Kong because of its good place and large area. Only through the joint efforts of all the staff of the newspaper can the newspaper develop and grow, so I believe that with the efforts of editor-in-chief Ma and editor-in-chief Li, Oriental Press will definitely become a newspaper industry comparable to Ming Pao. When I think of Mr. Nian Jinyong, when he first founded Ming Pao, didn't he also huddle in a small office?"

"Haha......" Li Daoguang was very happy to hear it, he resigned from "Ta Kung Pao" and resolutely came to this "Oriental Newspaper", which has nothing, on the one hand, because of Ma Rulong's high salary, and on the other hand, because of ambition.

"Ta Kung Pao" has been established for a long time, and the internal factions are mixed, and he Li Daoguang has worked hard in the newspaper for ten years, but he is only an assistant editor-in-chief of a supplement with a small position, and his salary is neither high nor low, and if he wants to work hard to rise, it is difficult to be promoted to the position of editor-in-chief or even editor-in-chief without more than ten years.

Li Daoguang is only in his forties this year, and naturally hopes to have the opportunity to improve one or two, so Ma Rulong threw an olive branch, and he took it over, not only became the editor-in-chief of the newspaper all of a sudden, but also got almost double the salary compared to the past, why not?

The most important point is that the current editor-in-chief of "Oriental Newspaper" is Ma Rulong, although Li Daoguang does not know what kind of business this president Ma is doing, but looking at the way the other party spends money, it is expected that there must be other businesses, and the newspaper may be the smallest.

Therefore, in the future, most of the affairs of the newspaper should be handed over to him Li Daoguang to deal with, and in disguise, he will be promoted to the position and become the editor-in-chief of the newspaper.

But the way is: rather for the head of the chicken, not for the queen of the cow.

After laughing, Li Daoguang picked up the manuscript submitted by Huo Yaowen on the table and said, "President Ma told me a little about the four major schools of tomb robbing mentioned by Mr. Huo, as well as some tomb robbing techniques or tomb robbing tools. But I'm curious, these are all made up by Mr. Huo himself, or did there really exist such a school in ancient times?"

Dealing with people like Li Daoguang, who have been the editor-in-chief of a newspaper and have read a lot of manuscripts, Huo Yaowen will definitely not want to deal with Ma Rulong, just tell the story and make the other party interested.

Therefore, Huo Yaowen pondered for a few seconds and said: "Strictly speaking, tomb robbery has existed since ancient times, and some of the tomb robbery tools I mentioned were indeed available in ancient times, such as Luoyang shovels, tiger claw hooks and other tools, which are indeed well documented. As for the four major schools of tomb robbing, except for the Ming Jin Xiaowei and Fa Qiu Zhonglang, who will have clear records in ancient books, the other two major schools I once read an ancient book in my early years, which mentioned the tomb robbing techniques of some ancient tomb robbers, so I created two schools based on these. ”

"Will there be a clear record of the ancient book of Captain Touching Jin and Faqiu Zhonglang?" Li Daoguang didn't expect that there was really a school of tomb robbing in ancient times, and asked in surprise: "Is it recorded in that suicide note?"

"Hehe, speaking of which, Editor-in-Chief Li has definitely read this book, and basically most people have read it. Huo Yaowen said with a chuckle.

"Oh?!" Li Daoguang was puzzled.

In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" written by Luo Guanzhong and the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" written by Chen Shou, it is recorded that the two tomb robbing genres developed by Captain Mojin and Faqiu Zhonglang since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty are recorded. ”

As soon as he heard Huo Yaowen mention these two books of the Three Kingdoms, Li Daoguang couldn't help but doubt: "I haven't read much of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but I have read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" over and over again, but I have never seen any mention of Captain Touching Jin and Faqiu Zhonglang!"

Seeing Li Daoguang's disbelief, Huo Yaowen didn't care, but said with a smile: "I don't know if Editor-in-Chief Li remembers that there was such a time in the Battle of Guandu in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Yuan Shao ordered Chen Lin to write an article on Cao Wei, and Chen Lin wrote "Yuzhou Wen for Yuan Shao". ”

Li Daoguang thought about "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" carefully, thought about it, nodded and said, "There is such a time." ”

In the article "For Yuan Shao's Yuzhou Wen" written by Chen Lin, there is such a paragraph: [Cao and specially set up the general of Qiu Zhonglang, touched the captain of Jin, and the suddenness was exposed. ]。 The meaning of this sentence is that Cao Cao has established two new official positions, namely Faqiu Zhonglang General and Captain Mojin, and there is no intact skeleton where these two armies have passed. ”

Li Daoguang didn't remember the content very clearly about this time, but seeing what Huo Yaowen said, and directly named it as the record in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", he couldn't help but believe it a little, after all, the book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is basically everywhere, as long as you check it casually, you can know whether it is true or false.

Li Daoguang immediately looked at Huo Yaowen in surprise, he didn't expect that it was just the smallest and most incomprehensible passage in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which could bring Huo Yaowen such a different idea, and couldn't help but admire: "Those who read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" don't know how many people have since ancient times, but no one has put forward such a school of tomb robbing. It seems that there were indeed two sects of tomb robbers in ancient times. ”

Editor-in-Chief Li smiled. Huo Yaowen hurriedly waved his hand and said: "This is just my delusion, whether there are really these two major schools of tomb robbing, I don't dare to say directly, after all, except for some scattered ancient book records, basically no book mentions these two schools of tomb robbing." ”

"Hey, Huo Sheng doesn't have to be modest, this is not an orthodox history book, since there are really mentions of Captain Mojin and General Faqiu Zhonglang in the ancient books, this is enough to show that in ancient times, there was indeed an army that specialized in robbing tombs and digging treasures, and their descendants may not have walked the road of their predecessors to dig ancient tombs in the mountains and deep forests. ”

Editor-in-chief Li has received a lot of martial arts manuscripts, and he knows that novels originate from life, but they are higher than life, and there are some delusions that are inevitable.

Huo Yaowen smiled silently.

Immediately, Li Daoguang said again: "After talking so much, I won't delay Huo Sheng's time, this time I asked you to come, mainly because of the manuscript fee, President Ma told me before leaving, and I haven't mentioned the manuscript fee to you." So, I want to ask Huo Sheng, how should the manuscript fee be settled in your heart?"

"Me?" Huo Yaowen was stunned, he really hadn't thought about it carefully, he thought that the other party would just give a not low manuscript fee.

"Yes. Li Daoguang smiled.

Fok Yaowen pondered for a few seconds, and recalled the different manuscript fees given by various newspapers collected by Ming Zai, but these can only be used as a reference, after all, no writer will disclose his manuscript fees.

pondered for a while, saying too much will inevitably give Li Daoguang the temperament of greed for money, saying less and being afraid that the other party should come down, no way, in desperation, Huo Yaowen said with a wry smile: "Editor-in-Chief Li, this is my first time submitting, and I naturally hope that the more the manuscript fee, the better, but I really don't know how much this manuscript fee is, so Editor-in-Chief Li, you quote a price, as long as it is not too low, I think I can accept it." ”

"Haha... Huo Sheng is really fast-talking. ”

Li Daoguang said with a smile: "Then I'll tell Huo Sheng about the current situation of the manuscript fees of many famous authors, and the highest manuscript fee in Hong Kong is Mr. Jin Yong, as well as Mr. Liang Yusheng and several other martial arts masters, followed by Qiong Yao, Ni Frame, Zhang Ailing and other famous artists. Most of their works range from 50 to 200 words per 1,000 words, and most of the new writers are around 20-50 words per 1,000 words. ”

The manuscript fee in this era is not very high, and martial arts masters like Jin Yong and Liang Yusheng, who have been famous for a long time, are basically about 200 yuan per thousand words.

And the new generation of famous writers like Ni Frame, Yi Shu, and Qiong Yao, their manuscript fees are generally 1,000 words and 100 upwards under normal circumstances.

At present, in the era when the average person's monthly salary is only six or seven hundred mosquitoes, as long as a famous author works hard, it is easy to earn more than 10,000 yuan a month.

"Then I don't know how much Editor-in-Chief Li set for me?" Huo Yaowen pursed his lips.

"The content written in Huo Sheng's "Ghost Blowing the Lantern - Notes on Tomb Robbery" can be described as unprecedented, unheard of, and I don't know how to finalize the manuscript fee, but I believe that this is a work that can attract a wide range of readers. ”

Li Daoguang pressed the price and said: "That's it, Huo Sheng, you are a newcomer after all, the newspaper is a start-up, and the conditions are not very good, so the manuscript fee may not be very much, but please rest assured Huo Sheng, as long as the newspaper improves, the manuscript fee will definitely increase." ”

Regarding Li Daoguang's price reduction, Huo Yaowen smiled and said: "Editor-in-chief Li said directly how much the manuscript fee is." ”

"Twenty in a thousand words!"

"Editor-in-Chief Li, is this too low? ”

Huo Yaowen shook his head, he didn't expect Li Daoguang to lower the price so ruthlessly, even if he is a newcomer and not famous, but he believes that once "Ghost Blows the Lantern" is released, it will definitely be able to attract many people.

"It's not low Huo Sheng, when I was in "Ta Kung Pao", rookie writers were often 10 yuan and 15 yuan per thousand words, and even only 5 yuan per 1,000 words. ”

"If it's only 20 words a thousand words, then I'm sorry Editor-in-Chief Li. Huo Yaowen pretended to sigh, and was about to pick up the manuscript on the table and get up to leave.

"Huo Sheng, don't worry, you can talk about the manuscript fee. Editor-in-Chief Li didn't expect Huo Yaowen to get up and leave directly, so he hurriedly went over to grab the other party and said, "How about twenty-five thousand words?"

"Thirty in a thousand words!"

"How about twenty-eight thousand words?"

"Thirty in a thousand words!"

Facing Huo Yaowen, who insisted on 30 words in 1,000 words, Li Daoguang pretended to show a look of embarrassment, and in the end, he gritted his teeth and said: "That's okay, it's 30 words in 1,000 words." ”

In fact, even if he gives 100 words, Li Daoguang can give it, but he has just become the editor-in-chief, and he is bent on saving money for the boss.

As for Huo Yaowen, he is actually not very satisfied with 30 thousand words, in his opinion, even if it is not as good as Jin Yong and others, at least 50 thousand words are available.

But now he is a newcomer after all, and the book "Ghost Blows the Lamp" is very long, and each different tomb robbery is a new story, so I consider publishing it in the newspaper as soon as possible, and after being a little famous, I will wait for Li Daoguang to increase his manuscript fee.

At that time, as long as "Ghost Blows the Lantern - Notes on Tomb Robbery" has a good response, Huo Yaowen has a way to borrow money.

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