In the afternoon, Huo Yaowen took Lao Dou's Mercedes car to the Literary World Newspaper, but before he could ask for the manuscript fee, he was confused by what Deng McKee said.

"Going to Taiwan for a signing meeting?" Huo Yaowen glanced at Deng Maiji, seeing that his face was sincere and not like he was joking, although he was full of doubts in his heart, he asked without changing his face: "How did you think of going to Taiwan to hold a signing meeting?"

"I don't want to, it's been published for more than a month, and if you want to hold a signing meeting, you have already done it, why wait until today, it's your book fans who sent us a petition, I hope you can go to New Taipei City, Taiwan to hold a signing party, this is the list of petitions and petitioners, you can see for yourself. ”

Taking a booklet and a piece of stationery handed over by Deng McKee, Huo Yaowen read it quickly, ten lines at a glance, and quickly read the letterhead, and then opened the booklet casually to see that most of the names and writing on it were girls, and couldn't help but smile: "It seems that my books are selling very well in Taiwan, and there are book lovers who help me set up a book club and manage it in a unified manner." ”

"Yes, this is rare, only Qiong Yao in Taiwan has a book fan club, Mr. Huo, you can have book fans to help you form a book fan club, which shows that there are many like-minded people who love your works over there. And Mr. Huo, I still have a hard time believing that your book can sell almost 300,000 copies......"

Perhaps finding that there was something wrong with his words, Deng McKee hurriedly changed his words and said:

"Mr. Huo, don't take it to heart, I'm not saying that you don't write well, but officially because you write very well, you can sell more than 200,000 copies in such a short period of time, surpassing many well-known writers. But Mr. Huo, you are a newcomer after all, although you have the fame of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" before, but it is almost completely different from the audience of your "Sweet Honey".

So strictly speaking, Mr. Huo's "Sweet Honey" is your first book, and it is also the first book published, and it is precisely because of this that I admire and surprise from the bottom of my heart. Even Yan Qin, a mysterious female writer in Taiwan who has never appeared, sold 200,000 copies of her first book "Heart Wall" for half a year, so that the second book "Green Manor" sold 300,000 copies within a month of publication. Mr. Huo, you are really amazing. ”

Deng McKee also has nothing to say about the sales of "Sweet Honey", earlier he did think that this book would be a big seller, but he never expected it to sell so well, almost 300,000 copies in a month, I thought that it would be published in the first month, sell more than 100,000 copies, and then slowly ferment and wait for more people to know, and it will definitely sell two or three hundred thousand copies, but I didn't expect to complete the goal in one month.

Surprise to surprise, Deng McKee sometimes thinks that this book written by almost a newcomer can be a big hit, is it the book that is good, or is the photo on the last page of the book playing a role? After all, looking at the signatures in the petition sent this time, they are all female students, which shows that most of Huo Yaowen's readers and fans are women, and it can be seen from Yishu's mention of Huo Yaowen's handsomeness in the preface that handsome people are indeed very popular with girls.

was praised by Deng McKee so bluntly, although this made Huo Yaowen very happy, but he always felt that his face was a little hot, and said with a polite smile: "Editor-in-chief Deng has said it, but it is better luck, plus the preface of Ms. Nie, Ms. Zhang, Ms. Yishu, and Ms. Qiong Yao and others, as well as the publicity of your company, it can sell so well, otherwise how could I have such good results as a newcomer." ”

"Mr. Huo is too modest, this may be a small part of the preface and publicity, but I often go to the bookstore to read books, and I will choose to buy when I meet someone I like, so the content of the book is the key to attracting readers to buy, otherwise everyone doesn't need to write a book carefully, just find Jin Yong or Ni Frame and others to write a preface, and then find someone from the publishing house to publicize it in the bookstore, wouldn't everyone be able to sell hundreds of thousands of copies?"

Hearing this, Huo Yaowen glanced at Deng McKee a little strangely, the method he said was very common and effective in later generations, many people read books and movies almost only choose to look at the author's fame or recommended star artists, and really good works have to wait for time to ferment in order to gradually attract people.

These words didn't come out in Huo Yaowen's heart, and he frowned and returned to the previous topic: "Then what does Chief Deng Guibao mean to hold this signing meeting, or not to hold this signing meeting?"

"It depends on what you mean, Mr. Huo, we naturally come with you, although this is a bit troublesome, but the people who want to come to the Aoki Publishing House to cooperate with us will be happy for Mr. Huo to go to Taiwan to hold a signing meeting, which is a good thing for their publishing house. ”

After Deng McKee finished speaking, seeing that Huo Yaowen was hesitant, he seemed to want to go and didn't seem to want to go, he pondered for a while and said: " According to my personal meaning, and from Mr. Huo's point of view, I think it should be best to hold such a book signing, Mr. Huo, you should know that most of the fans you buy this book are mainly women, and the female students who want to come to the school to study are the most, they can be said to be the most in your readership, no matter whether Mr. Huo will continue to write romance in the future, they are all your loyal book fans, and recently the school in Taiwan has also taken spring break, and now it is the best choice to hold a book signing, and it depends on the time if you want to do it in the future。 ”

"Editor-in-chief Deng is right, but I don't know much about this matter, so I'm sorry for you to hold a signing meeting, if you need my help, speak as soon as possible, the school has been on vacation recently, and I still have more free time. ”

Huo Yaowen promised to go to Taiwan to hold a book signing, in addition to Deng McKee said, those book lovers in Taiwan are his most important pillars, but there is also a thought in it, that is, to see if he can cooperate with people from Taiwan's Aoki Publishing House.

"Literary World" has been established for so many years, and it has to cooperate with people from Aoki Publishing House, and "Ghost Blows the Lantern" has only been published in Hong Kong's Oriental Daily, and almost no one in Taiwan has read it, and there is hardly any readership, even if it is the same pseudonym "Fusheng", but there is no guarantee that there will be female book fans who like to read this kind of book.

Therefore, if Huo Yaowen wants to sell the book "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" to Taiwan, he must find a local snake to help, Aoki Publishing House can be said to be the best choice, after all, "Sweet Honey" has just sold more than 200,000 copies, which has proved Huo Yaowen's ability and fame, and the contract that the other party can give must be very good.

"No problem, you can leave this matter to me in charge, Mr. Huo, you only need to wait at home, I estimate that it will take three to five days at most, and everything will be arranged for the signing meeting in Taiwan, and after the negotiation and preparation are completed, I will inform you Mr. Huo as soon as possible." ”

"Excuse me, Editor-in-Chief Deng. Huo Yaowen thanked politely.

"It should. Deng McKee waved his hand as if this matter should have been handled by him, but in an instant, he glanced at Huo Yaowen, the other party suddenly came to the newspaper office today for no reason, and he didn't call him to inform him of the signing meeting, so he didn't come here for this matter.

If it was to contribute, Huo Yaowen never mentioned this matter from beginning to end, it should be ruled out, and after thinking about it a little more, he guessed a possibility, so he said directly: "By the way, since Mr. Huo is here today, then just go to the finance office to settle the manuscript fee, the manuscript fee in Taiwan may have to wait for a while, but here in Hong Kong, we can settle the cost that has been sold in advance." ”

According to Deng McKee's thoughts, no matter what the purpose of Huo Yaowen's visit this time is, he will bring up the matter of the manuscript fee on his side, and settle the manuscript fee with him first, which will inevitably add a good impression to the other party's heart, and the cooperation in the future will be much smoother.

"Well, if you can pay for Taiwan's manuscript, Editor-in-Chief Deng will help me urge me, and I want to move to a new house recently. As for the signing meeting, if there is any news, Editor-in-Chief Deng will call me directly, and if the school's phone cannot be reached, call my home number, and I will reply to you as soon as I am not there. ”

Huo Yaowen can now be said to be thick-skinned, earlier he always wanted to keep a good one, but then he thought that it seemed good for literati to be thick-skinned, for example, Brother Guo is really strong over there, or the four well-known talents in the Hong Kong literary world, Ni Frame, Cai Yan, and Huang Zhan are all chic and love wine-colored beauties, and even Jin Yong can do things that are scolded and stingy for the manuscript fee, and it is not surprising people's opinions about them.

Therefore, Huo Yaowen feels that he should practice his cheekiness, and there is nothing wrong with being cheeky, he has to fight for it if it is his own, and there is no need to care about what others think.

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