The time was fast, more than two hours passed.

Before parting, Wu Xiaotian asked casually: "Mr. Wei, I wonder if you have any familiar publishing house friends over there?"

"Publishing house, do you have any publications over there?" Wei Ran was stunned.

"Well, I wrote something blindly!" Wu Xiaotian nodded.

A look of surprise appeared on Wei Ran's face: "I do know a few friends from the publishing house, but I can't guarantee that I will succeed." ”

"Well, just take a look first, it's always better to be introduced by acquaintances. ”

Wu Xiaotian also understands his worries and doubts, music and publishing are two different industries, and it may be said that acquaintance is just a general acquaintance.

"Well, I'll call and see. Wei Ran nodded.

He is also very simple, he owes Wu Xiaotian a big favor today, since he opened his mouth, he naturally has to do his best.

As for whether it can be published, he doesn't have much hope, Wu Xiaotian may be a musical genius, but writing novels is not necessarily, after all, interlacing is like a mountain.

Picking up his mobile phone, Wei Ran dialed a number.

Soon, a bold voice came from the opposite side: "Mr. Wei, what kind of wind blew you here." ”

"Director Hu, don't be kidding, I don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, I'm usually afraid of disturbing you, and I want you to help with something here. Wei Ran smiled and said, "I have a friend here, he has a novel that he wants to publish, I don't know if you are willing to help." ”

"Novel?" There was silence on the other end of the phone, and it took a long time before a slightly embarrassed voice came: "Mr. Wei, I can help as much as I can, but I want to know what novel it is first?"

"What novel?" Wei Ran didn't know, and looked at Wu Xiaotian who was sitting on the side.

"The Legend of the Condor Heroes!" Wu Xiaotian also heard it, and the other party didn't seem to be very happy.

Wei Ran said the name to the phone.

"What are you talking about?The Legend of the Condor Heroes?" Wei Ran on the other side of the mobile phone suddenly roared, and Wei Ran's ears were a little painful, so he could only hold the mobile phone a little away from his ears: "Mr. Wei, you quickly tell your friend that his book has been ordered by our publishing house, don't give it to other publishing houses, I will book a plane ticket now, and I will go to Xingbei City in the shortest time." ”

"Xiao Yang, Xiao Yang, book me a ticket to Xingbei City as soon as possible, the sooner the better!" Director Hu on the other end of the phone was already shouting to book a ticket.

After chatting for a while, Wei Ran hung up the phone, was stunned for a while, and stared at Wu Xiaotian for a long time as if he was looking at an alien: "Xiaotian, I can't understand you more and more, I know people quite accurately, but I still underestimate you, I still met Director Hu for the first time, and he was so interested in a novel that he only heard one name, which made me curious about your novel now." ”

Liang Xin'er was also watching the beautiful eyes and ripples.

Wei Ran contacted Legend Publishing House, which is one of the top five publishing houses in the Chinese country and has strong strength.

They came quickly, and they met Wu Xiaotian at noon the next day.

There was only one person from the publishing house, and that was Director Hu who called Wei Ran yesterday.

His real name is Hu Yidao, and he is as his name suggests, doing things in a hurry, simply and neatly.

And this time, Wu Xiaotian also came alone, because Bei Bei was picked up by Liang Xin'er early in the morning, saying that she had been relatively idle recently, and she wanted to consolidate the relationship with Bei Bei's mother and daughter.

Wu Xiaotian was speechless, this Liang Xin'er was getting more and more serious about the goddaughter she recognized.

However, he is happy to see this matter, because Bei Bei lacks maternal love, and Liang Xin'er's existence hopes to make up for it.

Hu Yidao was very excited when he saw Wu Xiaotian: "Oh, Brother Xiaobei is really hard to find, in the Forum of the Gods, I have sent you a total of more than a dozen emails, and you will not reply." In the end, you have to contact me through Mr. Wei, are you afraid that I will cheat you?"

Hu Yidao did not call Wu Xiaotian's real name, but directly called the vest he wrote on the forum of the gods.

He has been paying attention to the legend of the Condor Heroes from the beginning, and he is very optimistic about this novel, which not only creates the chivalrous spirit of "the great man of chivalry for the country and the people", but also fits the spirit of artists who are now being promoted by the country to serve the country and the people.

As long as there is a complete set of publicity planning plans, you will definitely be able to spark a trend and become a genre creator.

So, two days after being serialized on the Internet, he tried to contact the author, but the emails sent were all in vain, and there was no response.

He was about to give up, thinking that there were other publishers who were ahead of the competition, and he was one step behind others.

Unexpectedly, it was Wei Ran, who he met at a party before, who called him and made him overjoyed.

"What? You've sent me a dozen emails? But I haven't received any of them. ”

Wu Xiaotian is a little strange, he updates the novel every day, and also pays attention to whether there is an email, but except for the administrator's, there is no other one.

"Not a single one, but I have a successful delivery. Hu Yidao was a little strange, but then said: "Those are small problems, it is estimated that they are problems with the network, and now we can communicate more smoothly directly." ”

Wu Xiaotian also nodded, he didn't mind, the Internet is like a convulsion, maybe it will come sometime.

"What do you say about publishing here?" Wu Xiaotian asked.

"Mr. Wu asked, it is estimated that it should be the first time to publish a book, you are also a friend of Mr. Wei, I will make it clear directly, the price in our publishing industry is linked to the level of the artist, generally speaking, normal book publishing, one-star artists and below are 6% royalties, and then 1% will be added for every star that rises, that is, if you are a ten-star artist, the royalties we give are more than 15%, if it really reaches ten stars, this royalty is a small amount of money, and it is our highest honor for a ten-star artist to let our publishing house publish a book. ”

Hu Yidao spoke simply and clearly, and made the rules of the publishing industry clear.

"So low?" Wu Xiaotian was a little surprised.

"Hehe, I haven't finished talking yet, I'll make an exception for your books here, and give you 10% of the price, but there is one condition, your online serialization must be stopped!" Hu Yidao said with a smile.

"The network serialization stopped?" Wu Xiaotian frowned.

"Yes, online serialization still has a great impact on physical books, and many people are reluctant to buy physical books after reading them online. Therefore, when we cooperate with online novels, we usually ask the other party to stop updating after signing the contract. ”

"Then what if I don't stop?" Wu Xiaotian asked.

"If you don't stop, we can only give you the lowest price! Brother Xiaobei, you must know that 10% of the price is the price that can only be obtained by five-star artists, and I believe that no other publishing house can bid higher than us. ”

Hu Yidao paused, he was telling the truth, 10% of the price was also given by him, and it is estimated that he will be criticized when he goes back, because he is really optimistic about this "Legend of the Condor Heroes" novel.

Of course, he doesn't think that this young man will choose to continue updating, and many authors of online novel serials don't want to stop updating at first.

But in the end, they all gave in for greater economic gains.

"Okay. Wu Xiaotian made a decision.

"I knew that Brother Xiaobei would definitely agree, if there is no problem, we will sign the contract directly and prepare for the publication!" Hu Yidao was relieved, thinking that this matter was finally decided.

"No, I'll still be serializing it online. ”

Although Wu Xiaotian felt that money was very tempting, he didn't want to stop updating.

First, because the serial post on the forum of the gods has nearly 800 pages of replies, and there are so many readers, how can Wu Xiaotian live up to it; second, he is not short of money for the time being, the 30,000 yuan given by Wei Ran yesterday, and the follow-up income are enough; third, the most important thing for him now is to beat his fame, and the Internet is undoubtedly the fastest piece.

"What?" Hu Yidao was about to take out the contract and stopped: "Are you sure, then we can only pay 6% of the royalty, which is a full 4%, you have to think clearly." ”

"No, I don't want to do that either. Wu Xiaotian shook his head.

"Have you given up cooperating with our publishing house?" Hu Yidao was a little excited.

"No, I mean a different way of working together. Wu Xiaotian said.

"Another way of cooperation?" Hu Yidao looked confused.

"Director Hu, why don't we make a bet?" Wu Xiaotian looked at Hu Yidao, saw that he didn't speak, and continued to smile and said: "My book has about 1 million words and should be published in four volumes, what I said is that if my novel is published less than 500,000 copies per volume, then I only need 5% royalties, which is less than what you give, but if it is higher than 500,000 copies per volume, then you have to give me 11% royalties, what do you think?"

500,000 copies, that's a super bestseller, and it is possible for ordinary eight-star artist writers to achieve it.

Although Hu Yidao is optimistic about this novel, he doesn't imagine it so high.

"Are you sure? If you have less than 500,000 copies, you'll only get 5% of the royalties, which is 1% less than the lowest. Hu Yidao asked seriously.

"I'm sure!"

Of course, Wu Xiaotian believes in the charm of the Legend of the Condor Heroes, and he has a strong sense of copyright and a strong cultural atmosphere in this world, so he is absolutely confident.

"Well, it's rare to meet such a heroic young man, so I'll bet with you. Hu slapped the table and said loudly.

And so at the same time, in the office of the Forum of the Gods.

Sun Wei looked at the increasingly popular Serial Posts of the Legend of the Condor Heroes, and thought of the ultimatum given by the company he cooperated with yesterday, if he couldn't figure out the author, their company would have to contact the author by itself. When the time comes, he won't get a penny.

200,000!

Sun Wei thought about the banknote that made him restless when he stepped on it, and finally made a bold decision.