Ding Shaoyi's new office, Lin Miao entered it for the first time, and when she entered, she found that the room was no different from when she was in the Dongou Daily Building, especially the familiar smell of coffee in the room, which was almost equal to Ding Shaoyi's name. At least among the leaders Lin Miao has seen, Ding Shaoyi is the only one who is really used to drinking coffee every day to refresh himself, instead of pretending to be petty bourgeoisie.

"Director, Lu Bian. Jiang Xiaohong took Lin Miao's hand and greeted the two people in the room with a smile.

Lu Jianbo and Ding Shaoyi did not sit face to face across the desk as Lao Ding usually did when he talked about business with others in this room, but sat side by side on the sofa and chatted like old friends.

Obviously, in terms of friendship, the relationship between Ding Shaoyi and Lu Jianbo is definitely much closer than that between her and Lao Lin. Lu Jianbo was cautious, and when he saw Jiang Xiaohong entering the house, no matter what the relationship between himself and Ding Shaoyi was, he immediately stood up, stepped forward and stretched out his hand to congratulate: "I haven't seen you for two months, Secretary Jiang has become Section Chief Jiang, congratulations, I will take care of Section Chief Jiang more in the future." ”

"Don't, Lu Bian! You are so polite, I can't stand it!" Jiang Xiaohong, who had not fully entered the role, was very unaccustomed to Lu Jianbo's respectful attitude, and shouted without pretending.

Lin Miao turned her head to look at Ding Shaoyi strangely, and Ding Shaoyi explained with a smile: "Miao Miao doesn't know yet, right? In the future, your sister Xiaohong is now the section chief of the publicity and distribution department of the publishing house, and she will help you run business in the future." ”

"Oh......" Lin Miao nodded, and asked again, "Then she is so busy, who will help me do the work in my company?"

Jiang Xiaohong immediately said: "It's okay, it's okay! Your company doesn't have much business now, I can take it for at least another two months!"

Lin Miao looked at Jiang Xiaohong, and felt like she was being pitted.

It's a loss, I knew that she would have to pick a son sooner or later, and I shouldn't have given her so many bonuses yesterday. And so far, this cargo doesn't seem to have made any special contributions to the two companies, except for picking him up and going to work on weekends and helping with a few procedures. It also depends on the fact that she is now in charge of the publicity and distribution department of the publishing house, otherwise she would have to get the fifteen thousand back.

But for now, let's give her the benefit fee in advance. You can't let her watch thousands of millions floating around in front of her every day but can't eat a bite, and in the long run, she is easy to feel unhealthy and affect her work status.

"Our company does not support temporary workers who will strike at any time, you are limited to one month, hurry up and find me a reliable one, otherwise I will fire you manually, the chairman of Tianyuan Culture Company signed by himself, effective immediately. Lin Miao didn't give Jiang Xiaohong a chance to take advantage of both ends, and very neatly rejected her unreasonable request to get money if she didn't work, and then walked up to Ding Shaoyi and asked, "Auntie, is there a new project to introduce to me today?"

Ding Shaoyi smiled, took a sip of coffee from the cup, and then said very bluntly: "No, but I called you over, I really want to talk about new projects, do you have any new ideas recently?"

Lin Miao couldn't help but turn her head to look at Lu Jianbo and asked, "Is Lu Bian writing?"

Lao Lu showed a shy smile that cultural people wanted to make money but were embarrassed to speak directly.

Lin Miao took off her schoolbag and handed it to Jiang Xiaohong, pulled up a chair by herself, sat down in front of Ding Shaoyi across the coffee table, and said officially: "I can trust the level of Lu Bian, but I don't necessarily be able to write anything." I don't have a new idea, but I have an idea of a new wine in an old bottle, the same story about vampires that I told you about last time, and I think I can do it again. ”

Lu Jianbo's smile weakened slightly, and he obviously wanted to defend himself, but he still endured it and didn't say it directly.

Ding Shaoyi recalled for a moment and asked, "You mean that "Demon Hunting Notes"?"

"Yes. Lin Miao nodded and said, "But the name is a bit awkward, I decided to change it to "Demon Hunting Notes", and the story is not specifically about vampires, the protagonist will be replaced by a Taoist priest." ”

Ding Shaoyi was suddenly pleasantly surprised: "It's also the kind of "Seeking Immortals"? Uncle Jianbo has no problem writing this!"

"No, no. Lin Miao waved his hand and said, "What I want to do is a story in a modern background, a story of a demon hunter, or an exorcist, who kills demons in a modern metropolitan environment." ”

"Isn't that "Zombie Dao Chief"!" Jiang Xiaohong interjected.

"Not exactly. Lin Miao said with a smile, "The story can be used for reference, but the writing routine must be based on "Looking for Immortals". The style of the text is more modern and popular, and it should have a sense of lightness in the early stage, be simple and straightforward, and interesting. The most important thing is to have a sense of escalation first, and then slowly unfold the system, the story itself can be very straight, without too much design, and then start to design a slightly more complex plot when the reader gradually enters the pit, so as to pull the reader out of the slow and boring sense of escalation, and attract it with the plot.

Then the imagination must be let go, but it must be spread and consistent, for example, let's first write about the Chinese Taoist priest catching vampires in Romania, and then the next article can be that the Taoist priest has a paladin friend, and the two happened to meet a century-old ghost on vacation in Japan, and they are connected to each other in the system, but if an alien comes out and says that these are the products of alien experiments, then basically the book will collapse.

Of course, it doesn't have to be a Taoist priest, Buddhism is also good, Mohist mechanics are also good, Confucianism and heaven and earth are righteous and righteous, and it is not excluded that we can creatively create some systems by ourselves, just like the Force in the "Star Wars" movie, just like Jin Yong brought the concept of true qi internal force to the fire, we can also make a thing, don't worry about the name first, there is that concept is the most important. Anyway, it is a new era exorcist who has all-round development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, art and labor, and understands both spells, technology and tactics.

What I hope is the kind of small design that not only has the charm of traditional oriental culture, but also combines modern scientific and technological means, the integration of ancient and modern, the combination of the east and the west, so we get this thing, you can say that the core content, and "zombie Taoist" has similarities, but the expression is completely different, and the overall pattern is much larger, if you want to write, just write directly to the length of three million words, otherwise it is not meaningful. ”

"Three million words?!" Hearing Lin Miao forced to come here, Lu Jianbo suddenly shouted, "What story can write three million words?"

Lin Miao thought for a while and replied, "Looking for immortals." ”

Lu Jianbo was silent for a while.

Lin Miao asked again: "Lu Bian, are you good at that kind of martial arts scene description?"

Lu Jianbo pondered for a moment and shook his head slightly.

Lin Miao asked again: "Then you imagine the same, the two special forces units calculate each other, and then rely on both team cooperation and individual strength to win in a difficult environment, can you design this kind of plot scene?"

Lu Jianbo was quiet for about ten seconds and shook his head again.

"One last question. Lin Miao said, "Now let you write about young people in their twenties who are high-spirited, and born to be a genius, and are full of love for the world, have great love in their hearts, and have a very game of life, such a character, can you completely substitute yourself into it and sketch it out in it?"

Lu Jianbo smiled bitterly and said, "It seems that I can't keep up with the times......"

Ding Shaoyi was very entangled when she heard this, and couldn't help but ask Lin Miao: "Miao Miao, why do you have to get along with the theme of vampires?"

Lin Miao sighed: "I pass by the lake every day after school, I can't help but think about it......"

Ding Shaoyi frowned slightly, lowered her head in contemplation, knocked her fingers lightly on the coffee table a few times, and asked, "How sure are you about this project?"

Lin Miao said: "It's hard to say this, before the market reacts, it's impossible to say." ”

"It's also ......" Ding Shaoyi nodded lightly, and said in a tangled manner, "Dongou Daily is still serializing "Seeking Immortals", if it is published in other newspapers, it will be a bit wasteful......

Lin Miao said: "Auntie, after the serialization of "Looking for Immortals" is completed, it will almost be September and October next year. But the market changes too fast, and a lot of homogeneous content may come out at that time. So my idea is that if you want to make money, you have to strike while the iron is hot, hurry up and get on the horse, and drag it out until this time next year, and no one can say what will happen to the tastes of readers. And the theme and content of "Notes on Hunting Demons" in my imagination were not originally attracted to people of that age who like to read newspapers, in terms of market positioning, the age should be younger, and elementary school students in their thirties, under twenty, and even teens love to read it, and make money from young people and children. ”

Ding Shaoyi and Lu Jianbo looked at each other.

Lu Jianbo shook his head puzzled.

Ding Shaoyi asked Lin Miao again: "Then what do you want to do?"

Lin Miao thought about it, a little embarrassed: "That's it, I'm also short of time, I really can't spare time, I'll write you a beginning of two or three thousand words at most, you can find someone everywhere to ask, who is confident that they can continue to write, and find all the continuations that can be obtained, I'll come over this Sunday to take a look, if it's okay, just talk about the outline and setting, and put it in the first issue of "Red Miao" at the beginning, if the response is okay, start next week, and publish 20,000 words on "Red Miao" every week, and save "Red Miao" No one reads the essays of those primary and secondary school students, in case "Demon Hunting Notes" becomes popular, "Red Miao" can also become popular, and it will be more convenient to pull advertising sponsorship in the future. ”

Ding Shaoyi couldn't help but nod and smiled: "This is a solution......

Lin Miao then said: "I hope to get another 5% of the publication share of "Demon Hunting Notes". ”

Ding Shaoyi was slightly stunned, stared at Lin Miao for a moment, and said Tai Chi: "Let's wait for the things to come out in two days and then talk about it." ”

Lin Miao bargained seriously: "My dad won't sign the book "The Truth" anymore, but I will finish it myself." This time, I was upright, I wrote every word by myself, and I didn't find someone to write it on my behalf, and I signed it alone. The sales commission is only 5%. ”

Ding Shaoyi was silent for two minutes, and then said: "Okay, the manuscript fee for "The Truth" will give you 500 yuan for 1,000 words, and you will sign the contract on Sunday." ”

The corners of Lin Miao's mouth lifted.

Lu Jianbo listened a little like hitting the wall. The only book he published in his life, the manuscript fee was almost negligible, and the publisher promised to print it at that time, and it was already thankful......