"Our magazine has a history of 60 or 70 years, and it is deeply influential among young people across the country, cultivating generations of young writers, and currently has a circulation of more than 1 million copies. In the process of development and growth, we have gradually formed a set of exclusive writer system that is relatively fair to magazines and writers. Fang Quan opened a note before answering, and only after reviewing the brilliant achievements of the "Cultivation" magazine did he turn to the topic:

"Because our magazine is a monthly magazine, if you want to create a momentum, you have to publish articles intensively in the early stage, so once you sign up to become our exclusive writer, and our magazine intends to build you into a new generation of literary icons, then in the first quarter, you must provide us with no less than 3 articles per month. These manuscripts are a stepping stone to open the market, and they are also the key to success or failure, and the quality must be passed, and at least 2 of them must reach the level of official publication.

"In the next six months, you must provide us with no less than 2 manuscripts per month, at least 1 of which must reach the official publication level, to ensure that your work can be continuously seen in the magazine, so that readers can gradually become familiar with your style, accept your deposits, and gradually evolve into your fans, and even die-hard fans.

"After this stage, there is no need to work 'quantity', and the focus should be on 'quality'. When the time comes, you'll have to take some time to think about a few good works that can stand the test and win a few national literary awards. Or publish a collection of previous works, or publish a novel or two, and ensure that the title of 'famous young writer' is firmly on your head!"

Jiang Shuiyuan pouted: "It's that simple? I don't believe it! Editor-in-Chief Fang, you'd better tell the truth!"

Fang Quan was slightly embarrassed, and then said: "The magazine has made a lot of efforts in the process of cultivating new talents and promoting writers, in order to ensure the implementation of the exclusive writer system and effectively protect the interests of the magazine, we will indeed stipulate some mandatory clauses in the agreement, mainly including the following four aspects: First, the obligation clause, that is, after signing the agreement. Exclusive writers have the obligation to cooperate with the magazine to carry out all kinds of publicity, signing and other activities; the second is the term of reference, and the training of writers is a long-term process, in which the magazine has made a lot of contributions and made great contributions. In order to prevent the writer from kicking the magazine away after becoming famous, so that the magazine has no return, the cooperation period is generally stipulated at the beginning of the contract, such as eight years or ten years.

"The third is the exclusivity clause. In other words, all literary works of the exclusive contributor must be published in the magazine "Cultivation" during the term of cooperation. Unless permitted by the magazine, it may not be published in other publications or newspapers, nor may it be published in a collection by itself or authorized by itself. Fourth, the penalty clause is mainly set up for the subjective and malicious breach of contract by the exclusive writer, in most cases it is to reduce the remuneration standard, and a small part is to extend the cooperation period and compensate for the loss of the magazine. Of course, the detailed content of the provisions can be discussed in detail at the time of signing. I wonder if Mr. Jiang still has any questions?"

Jiang Shuiyuan originally wanted to work hard. Go back and write a few articles to earn some pocket money, and after listening to Fang Quan's introduction, it is like pouring a basin of ice water on the head of the moon in the middle of winter, and it is suddenly cool from the outside to the inside: If this is an agreement, it is good that the magazine will be confused, and if it is true, it will definitely lose so much that even the pants will be lost! Not to mention anything else, the article "reaching the level of official publication" alone can kill yourself three or five hundred times.

The so-called "no first." There is no second martial arts", there has been no definite rule for the quality of the article since ancient times. Even giants such as Qu Yuan, Sima Qian, Tao Yuanming, Li Bai, and Du Fu have been hacked, not to mention ordinary people who are waiting for them. Even if the writing is full of flowers, the magazine does not approve of it, and he has no problem. Moreover, due to the exclusivity clause, I cannot submit articles to other journals to prove that I have reached the official publication level.

Okay, I didn't complete the task this month. The remuneration will be reduced by 100, and if the task is not completed in the next month, it will be reduced by 100. After three or five months, maybe you won't make a penny, and you will have to post the loss of the magazine!

Thinking of this, Jiang Shuiyuan stood up again: "Thank you for the wrong love of President Wu and Editor-in-Chief Fang." Jiang was inexplicably grateful. It's just that the matter is serious, and let me go back and think about it seriously before replying. I don't know if it's possible?"

Wu Qifei knew the truth of striking while the iron was hot and dreaming a lot at night, so he hurriedly said: "It's rare that we can all sit together today and chat quietly, and in the next few days, Editor-in-Chief Fang and I will deal with the semi-final awards, but I am afraid that we will not be able to get out of the body for a while, so it is better to take this opportunity to finalize the cooperation plan." If Jiang Shuiyuan thinks that the remuneration standard is not enough, or there are other terms that are worth discussing, you may wish to put it forward directly, and we can talk about it again!"

The more anxious they were, the more Jiang Shuiyuan felt that he couldn't be in a hurry: "I also want to take this opportunity to sign a cooperation plan with your society, but I wrote a three-hour essay this morning, and now I am dizzy, my thinking is not very clear, and I don't know much about the provisions of various agreements." In addition, I am only 14 years old now, and I am an actor with limited civil capacity, so even if I sign a cooperation plan now, I need to be recognized by a legal representative. Rather than that, it would be better for me to discuss with my parents and then decide whether to sign or not, so as to save time and trouble. What do you think?"

Seeing Jiang Shuiyuan talking about this, Qi Fei didn't want to be too forced, so he could only sigh: "It's okay, you go back and think about it seriously!" But you'd better make a decision early, so as not to miss the opportunity to cooperate that is hard to buy, after all, there are still a lot of good seedlings in this competition, and we are all in contact." Also, the content of our conversation just now is confidential, not for outsiders, I hope you can keep it secret!"

"Of course!"

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This meal made Jiang Shuiyuan tired. He dragged himself back to the hotel, took a shower, and was just about to go to bed for a while when he heard a knock on the door. Jiang Shuiyuan frowned, and replied politely: "Wait a minute, I'll open the door right away!" When he put on a big T-shirt and opened the door, he found that it was Guo Siming who knocked on the door, and he couldn't help but ask, "Why are you?" How do you know that I live here?"

Guo Siming said with a smile: "The mountain people have won the power of heaven and earth, there are ghosts and gods, and it is not easy to know where you live, and you will know it by pinching your fingers." Why, I'm not welcome to come?"

"Welcome, welcome! It's just that I was too shocked just now, please come in!" As he spoke, Jiang Shuiyuan hurriedly let Guo Siming into the room.

Guo Siming entered the room and sniffled: "No wonder I opened the door so late, it turned out that I was taking a bath, but I was abrupt!" But at this moment, the room is full of freshness, sunshine and the smell of youth, which makes me can't help but recall my carefree and unrestrained youth. It's just that time flies, trivial things are like reins, and suddenly I can't find a happy and simple self!"

Jiang Shuiyuan had no time to listen to Guo Siming's emotion: "Do you want to drink water? Sorry, there is only mineral water in the room." ”

"Just drink water! I drank two glasses of white wine in Maxim and felt a little dizzy. Guo Siming took a sip of water, "Fortunately, you didn't drink! If I'm not mistaken, after we left, President Wu and Editor-in-Chief Fang should have talked to you about signing the contract, right?

"I'm thinking about whether or not to say yes. Jiang Shuiyuan replied honestly.

"Clever! It is worthy of the genius that Jinling University and Aurora University want to recruit!" Guo Siming snapped his fingers, "Back then, Han Dashao and I were not as clever as you, and we were fooled by their magazine, and we signed the contract in a daze." Then this rope hung around our necks for nearly ten years, strangled us breathlessly, and several times we wanted to completely put down the pen in our hands and announce our retirement from the literary circle. It wasn't until the end of the contract not long ago that we were able to regain our freedom! Mr. Jiang, you have to be cautious about the lessons of the past!"

"Oh, what do you say?"

Guo Siming smiled: "Let me guess what the remuneration standard they offered you is, 800 yuan for 1,000 words, 1,000 yuan, or 1,200 yuan? At that time, the price they offered me was 500 yuan for 1,000 words, but in fact, except for the first few times I got this standard, for a long time after that, I got 200 yuan or even lower for 1,000 words, because it was not enough to officially publish and failed to complete the tasks specified in the contract." However, these articles have been published one after another, and the response has been very good. You're a smart person, so it's not hard to figure out the joints, right?"

"Tempt them first, and then punish them?"

"It's just one of their means. Later, when I became a little famous and had a relatively fixed readership, they stopped using this trick because they were afraid that I would break up with them. They began to produce my anthologies, anthologies, and portfolios in a variety of ways, and they also dragged me everywhere to sign sales, stand on the platform, and attend interviews. Do you know that many of my anthologies often sell 500,000 or 800,000 copies, and each book is priced at 20 yuan, or more than 10 million yuan, and their magazine makes a lot of money, guess how much money I can make? According to the standard of 500 yuan per thousand words, multiplied by the number of words in the anthology, it is only 150,000 at most at a time. Isn't it ridiculous, you say?"

"I'll wipe it!" No matter how high Jiang Shuiyuan's cultivation is, he can't help but be rude. (To be continued......)

PS: Uncle He begged for a monthly pass! Ask for a recommendation ticket!