Facing Zhou Kang's concern, Zhang Chu replied: "Uncle Zhou, I'm not the kind of person who stays up late every day to write books, I just write books faster." ”

"Where are you faster, I haven't seen anyone faster than you!" Zhou Kang has always known that online writers write faster and update faster, and there are not a few people who update more than 10,000 words every day.

I never expected that Zhang Chu was also one of them, and in the case of classes every day, he could still squeeze out time to write so many words, and the most important thing is that the quality of those words is also very good, and he is not impetuous because of the tight time.

How did he know that Zhang Chu had a system as a cheat, and with the development of science and technology, many writers now have voice input tools when coding words!

Sometimes keystrokes too many times can lead to finger pain or tendonitis, but the advent of voice typing has allowed many writers to find the right way.

Now the accuracy of speech recognition is very high, and you only need to speak into the microphone, but sometimes it is very shameful to make some words out in a speaking way.

But this is not a new way to code words, and even gives a lot of opportunities for the handicapped party to break out!

If you use two-finger Zen code words, sometimes you can't write 2,000 words in an hour when your mind is smooth, but if you choose a phonetic word, you may be able to have 3,000 words.

……

At the headquarters of Nanhai Publishing Company, the central air conditioner continuously sent cool air to various offices, and all the staff wore short-sleeved shorts.

When it was still spring in Yanjing, the long summer had already begun on this side of the island.

Gu Xinxue took a sip of strong tea and continued to read the articles submitted in the manuscript box.

Reading books is his main job, and he selects suitable works from countless submissions to be submitted to the editor-in-chief for review, many of which have become famous on the Internet!

But what can be popular on the Internet is not necessarily suitable for physical books, and it is quite laborious to choose.

"None of these books have the potential to become bestsellers, so it seems that we still have to ask in the group to see if anyone has written a new book. Gu Xinxue said to himself, good books are extremely hard to find these days.

In fact, now Gu Xinxue still doesn't understand it, obviously the content of "Sou Shen Ji" serialized on the Internet is enough to publish a book, why Zhang Chufei insists on taking out the whole book together.

If it is the first book to be released, maybe it will already be selling well in major bookstores, so why would you be waiting so hard!

Fortunately, the book "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli" brought them a lot of surprises, and it was sold plainly on the surface, and a few days ago, they even received calls from several bookstores around the university asking for goods.

Probably because some teachers read it themselves and kept recommending it to students, so they bought out all the bookstores around it.

The book on the computer was really not attractive, so Gu Xinxue could think so crankily, and at this time, the message prompt that jumped in the lower right corner rescued him from his boring work.

This is a 6.2M document.,It's not the same as the dozens of ks I've seen before.,And there's a very attractive name:Sou Shen Ji!

Gu Xinxue subconsciously looked at the time next to QQ Penguin, April 1, 2019, is this an April Fool's Day joke from Zhang Chu?

"Do you accept it?"

He became hesitant, and on April Fool's Day last year, he randomly clicked on a document sent by a colleague, and then his computer lost control, and all kinds of clown patterns and ridiculed words came out, and he was so angry that he died.

This kind of prank makes him remember it very well, and he doesn't want to repeat it!

Gu Xinxue thought for a while, typed and said, "Is this really Sou Shen Ji, or is it an April Fool's Day prank virus?"

Zhang Chu didn't think much about it at all, and after seeing Gu Xinxue's reply, he found out that it was already the annual April Fool's Day, and he hadn't noticed this before.

"Don't worry, it's not a virus. I have already written "Sou Shen Ji" to the point that only the finale remains, you review the previous content first, and I will hand over the ending to you in a few days. ”

Zhang Chu's answer did not make Gu Xinxue lower his vigilance, but instead raised more suspicions, "You said that you are almost done, I don't believe it if the speed is so fast, don't try to trick me today!"

Gu Xinxue had heard the structure of this book before and knew that it was about two million words, but now that the number of words serialized on the Internet was less than 700,000 words, he felt that it was impossible for Zhang Chu to finish it so quickly.

This man is so bad that he actually uses April Fool's Day to joke with himself.

Zhang Chu on the other side of the computer was speechless for a while, "Believe it or not, anyway, the things are handed over to you, and I will go out to exercise now." If you have any comments, you can discuss them with me directly. ”

With that, his avatar turned gray.

No one believes the truth these days, no wonder there are so many people who take the opportunity to confess on April Fool's Day!

Like a cat scratching in his heart, Gu Xinxue couldn't tell whether Zhang Chu was telling the truth or not, and after seeing that Zhang Chu didn't speak again, he made up his mind to download the file marked "Sou Shen Ji" to the desktop.

If you are a programmer or a person who is proficient in computers, it is estimated that you will get a virtual machine to watch it specifically, but Gu Xinxue is just an ordinary editor and has no awareness of this.

Wang Biao, who had just gone to the lounge to fetch water and make coffee, couldn't help but stop and ask, "Brother Gu, what are you thinking?" ”

"Zhang Chu just sent me a document, saying that he had almost written "Sou Shen Ji", let us review and proofread it first, and prepare for publication. ”

Gu Xinxue rarely has someone to talk to, and he can explain things clearly in just a few words.

Wang Biao said excitedly: "Then what are you waiting for, click on it and take a look!"

This year, Zhang Chu's works are definitely the most promising and most sold in the Nanhai Publishing Company, although there are many writers who are much bigger than him and have much more seniority, but no one can beat him in book sales in a short period of time.

For publishing companies, sales are the most important thing, and this is the most basic thing for them to make money.

"I'm worried that this is a prank, what if I get a virus? There are so many manuscripts and files on my computer, if they are deleted by the virus, they will be scolded to death. ”

Wang Biao's eyes rolled slightly, and he volunteered: "If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell, Brother Gu, you pass it to me directly, there is nothing important on my computer, if it's okay, you can open it again!"

This is really a good way, Gu Xinxue readily agreed, of course it would be best if someone was willing to help test the poison.

So he quickly sent the document offline to Wang Biao's work QQ, waiting for a response.

After successfully receiving this document, Wang Biao did not hesitate at all, and clicked on it directly!

Ordinary ORD files, the system is constantly loading the subsequent content, the number of pages slowly jumps up from ten, and it will soon be opened.

Wang Biao pulled down the page with the mouse and looked at it casually, "Brother Gu, this is not a prank, it is really the document of "Sou Shen Ji", which is almost 1.8 million words!"

As soon as he roared, the entire office turned their attention to him and Gu Xinxue.

Gu Xinxue didn't doubt it anymore, he also quickly clicked on the document with the mouse, the scene of fear did not appear, Zhang Chu really gave the real text!

"Hey, it's all my goddamn day, I wasted most of my hour in vain, and I can finally take a look. ”

The rest of the staff wouldn't let them start reading so easily, and they asked curiously.

"Old Gu, what are you talking about?"

"Zhang Chu is going to take out Sou Shen Ji and publish it?"

"Lao Gu, you are really good, sign Zhang Chu, and now you have made a lot of money!"

"Show me, I subscribed to every chapter at the origin before, and I want to know the plot later. ”

"Good things to share, Lao Gu is not upright. ”

"Send me one!"

These editors all know Zhang Chu's name, and they also know the popularity of "Sou Shen Ji" on the Internet, and now they are looking for Gu Xinxue to send a copy to themselves, wanting to see all the content as soon as possible.

Gu Xinxue was surrounded by his colleagues, and all kinds of voices came into his ears, and he hurriedly surrendered and said: "I will upload it to the company's group file, you can download it yourself, but don't spread it, otherwise the boss will definitely be angry." ”

After hearing Gu Xinxue's words, everyone in the office was doing the same thing, that is, opening the company's group, and then finding the group file to download the document.

From noisy to quiet, it only took more than ten seconds!

In this large office of the Nanhai Publishing Company, every editor began to read "Sou Shen Ji" seriously, and they did not check the passage of time at all.

Xu Lei, the editorial director who was originally sitting in the office, wanted to go out to see what was going on after hearing the noise outside, but found that a message popped up in the company group: Gu Xinxue uploaded the new file "Sou Shen Ji".

"No wonder it's so noisy, Zhang Chu is finally willing to hand over the document!" Xu Lei straightened the glasses on the bridge of his nose and downloaded the file.

Xu Lei has read the public chapters serialized on the Internet before, and has been looking forward to the following content, and now he can't wait to hand over the work to the proofreading room to proofread it quickly, and the artist has to produce the picture as soon as possible!

If it drags on for one more day, there will be two more chapters of serialized content on the Internet, which is not conducive to the sales of books.

The online serialization should have the feeling of holding the pipa and half-covering the face, and the rest of the mystery will be for readers to buy the physical book.

If everyone has already read it, then who will spend the extra money to buy the book?

He is not the person in charge of the origin Chinese network, and he will not consider which kind of publicity for this IP is the best, anyway, as long as the printed matter on his side sells more!

"Six books are published together, and readers who are more nervous at hand are estimated to cry and faint, shouldn't there be a situation where several people buy a set of books together?"