Peng Min looked at Jiang Shuiyuan with an open mind and was taught, and couldn't help but chuckle: "This thing looks profound, but it's actually a layer of window paper, and everyone understands it when it is pierced!"

Jiang Shuiyuan also smiled: "Even if it's window paper, someone has to pierce it, otherwise who knows if it's a thin window paper or a thick south wall?"

Peng Min shook his head: "I think at your age, it's better to know as little as possible about this kind of insider thing." When people are young, they must always have the best vision and the greatest ambition for the world, not be accustomed to all the stereotypes and bad habits, not be satisfied with any empirical laws, and challenge and change everything with the courage of a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers. When you are exposed to the old rules and unspoken rules of society, and acquiesce to its existence, you are already old!"

Jiang Shuiyuan said: "Manager Peng, you used to study philosophy, right? I feel that your insights are very profound, and it is better to listen to your words and read a book for ten years!"

Peng Min took a sip of the light rum in the glass: "I just feel it, as long as you don't think you listen to your words and subvert your outlook on life." By the way, there's good news and bad news for you, which one do you want to hear first?"

"Listen to the bad news first, then listen to the good news! ”

Peng Min smiled and said, "Bitter first and then sweet? The bad news is that we sent someone to communicate with the magazine "Cultivation" a few times, and they offered too much. You have published 9 articles in the magazine "Cultivation", totaling more than 47,000 words, and they will ask for 250,000 yuan when they open their mouths, an average of five yuan per word, and if they don't bargain, they are completely slaughtering our company as a cow!"

Even though he had expected it in his heart, Jiang Shuiyuan still couldn't help but want to complain: he had worked hard for more than half a year to earn 20,000 or 30,000 yuan in manuscript fees. As soon as they sold their hands, they dared to ask for 250,000 yuan! Of these 250,000 yuan, could they have one-fifth of themselves? No wonder Guo Siming and Han Xia had to change jobs one by one, it was too dark!

Jiang Yuan sighed slightly: "This is not bad news. Because I have seen it before, "Cultivation" magazine is definitely a master who can pinch out three taels of oil when he picks up a stone, and if he wants to cooperate with them, he can't do it without some blood. ”

"Hmph, the "Cultivation" magazine is too much to treat itself as a green onion! Although we have a great business in brocade clothing and clothing, and we are not short of that amount of money, but the reasonable expenses, we are not too much for 3 million or 5 million, and we will not give unreasonable expenses even if they are 30,000 or 50,000 yuan!" Peng Min said loudly, "I have already reported to the general manager and the board of directors, if the "Cultivation" magazine does not let go, the company will ask you to write a separate manuscript according to the standard of two yuan and five yuan per word, and Mr. Jiang will have to work hard at that time!"

Jiang Shuiyuan said with a bitter face: "Recently, things have been one after another, but I'm afraid that there may not be time." ”

Peng Min blinked: "Make money for yourself, are you afraid that you won't have time?" Do you think that writing 10,000 words is 25,000, and 100,000 words is 250,000, is it a special motivation?"

"There is motivation, but there is no time!"

Peng Min smiled narrowly: "Time is like a girl's chest groove, there will always be crowding! What's more, you have time to write for the "Cultivation" magazine every month, why can't you write for us? We are going to publish a book for you, and the remuneration is even higher. Accompany my sister and me to have a glass of wine, maybe when you go back, you will be able to write hundreds of poems in one breath like Li Bai!"

Jiang Shuiyuan lowered his eyebrows and said, "I'm afraid that after I drink alcohol, I will only sleep until tomorrow morning." ”

"In short, once we talk to the magazine "Cultivation" collapses, the rest is all up to you!" Peng Min very irresponsibly put all the tasks on Jiang Shuiyuan, "Now let's start to say good news." ”

Jiang Shuiyuan was a little strange: "Didn't you already say the good news just now?"

Peng Min was stunned for a moment before he understood: "You said that our company asked you for a manuscript? How can it be regarded as good news? The good news I am talking about is that your manuscript of a difficult book on Chinese studies has been reviewed by several professors from Jinling University and Yat-sen University, and they all feel that it is a genius for a high school student to write such an organized, insightful, and in-depth monograph. Therefore, our next step will be to contact the publishing house and strive to publish and distribute it as soon as possible before the Spring Festival. ”

"Can it really be published?" Jiang Shuiyuan was a little incredulous.

At the beginning, it was all impulsive to write the book, and after Mr. Han Xianru clicked it, he realized how flawed the manuscript was. When I calmed down, I was going to hide the manuscript completely, but I was a little unwilling, so I kept revising and deleting it. It would be a surprise if it could be published now!

Peng Min nodded very affirmatively: "Of course, but due to the influence of many factors such as the audience, the number of first printing of this kind of book will not be too large, it is estimated that there are only about 2,000 copies, and naturally your remuneration will not be too much, so you have to be mentally prepared for this." ”

Jiang Shuiyuan replied: "There is also remuneration for authors? I have heard that the publication of such academic monographs usually requires a discount. - I'm not an academic monograph, at least there are peers to buy academic monographs, and you can also hide the famous mountains for future generations. Print 2,000 copies, I'm afraid that 1,900 copies will be amortized by your brocade clothes and clothing!"

Peng Min put down his wine glass and explained: "It is true that in promoting the publication of this book, we have made a lot of efforts in brocade clothing. But we don't try to influence the correct opinions of those experts, nor can we influence their objective judgments. Only if they find it worthwhile to publish will we move on to the next step. After all, we are an enterprise, not a charitable foundation, and we will not do those meaningless and worthless things! As for the printing of 2,000 copies, we also have our own considerations, that is, every year we organize a nationwide competition to discuss difficult Chinese studies, and almost half of the high schools will form teams to participate in competitions at all levels. In order to participate in the competition, they also buy a lot of reference books every year accordingly. If they're going to buy a book, why can't they buy you?"

"I just—"

"You're only a high school student, so you think that the book you wrote might not be as good as those written by the experts? Then why did you write this book in the first place? Have you forgotten your original purpose for writing this book?" Peng Min asked in a series of crackling words, "As you said in the first chapter of the book, no one has ever been able to tell the development of the Chinese Studies Theory for more than 40 years from a historical perspective, as well as the wonderful stories that happened around the competition, so you intend to fill this gap." In addition, you feel that the so-called experts may not feel the competition more deeply than you, so you decide to describe the changes in the competition from the perspective of the players. If you've done it all, why wouldn't your book have a purchase value?"

Jiang Shuiyuan touched his nose: "I'm an ugly daughter-in-law and I'm afraid to see my in-laws!"

Peng Min said: "I only know that you must be bold when things come to an end! If you don't even have confidence in your own book, then you still expect readers to buy it? So from now on, you should look forward to your book becoming an instant hit and a big sale, so that it will be designated as a must-read list by the National Organizing Committee for the Discussion of Chinese Studies, and become a treasure book for every contestant in the future." ”

Jiang Shuiyuan said: "I really don't dare to think like that! I can't help it, because a certain classmate's consistent evaluation of me is that I have a thief's heart and no thief's courage." ”

"Which of your classmates is a woman, right?"

"How do you know?" Jiang Shuiyuan was shocked.

Peng Min laughed like a hen that stole the fox: "Do you still need to ask?" (To be continued.) )