Chapter 192: Flying Like a Meteor
Guan Yang's expensive manuscript fee is actually only more than 30,000 yuan, and this is still the magazine that calls the shots, giving the highest price, 30 yuan per thousand words, which is the same as the price of Lu Yao's "Ordinary World".
But the difference is that Guan Xiaojun doesn't care about the 30,000 yuan, but Lu Yao lives with the money.
When negotiating the manuscript fee, Guan Yunshan had to rush from Yunze to Yanjing, and after talking to the magazine about the manuscript fee on behalf of Guan Xiaojun, he also talked about the royalty with the publishing house.
Guan Yunshan has a short temper, but he is a smart person, and when he talks about copyright, he will grasp the copyright to death, and will never give the publishing house a chance to take advantage of it, and would rather not publish it than let the publishing house take advantage.
Guan Xiaojun wrote such a tome at a young age, and the old Guan family was very happy, and they looked at this work more than anything else, even more important than their own industry.
In Guan Yunshan's eyes, Guan Xiaojun's book is much more important than his own supermarket, this is written by the old Guan family, it is of great significance, and it can't be bought with money!
He is not short of money, so he naturally doesn't have to keep his voice down when talking about copyright, but most of the publishing houses at this time are unscrupulous businessmen, and almost all of them have the spirit of contract.
In this era, many writers have been cheated of their copyrights, and no matter how good they are written, no matter how much they sell, they have nothing to do with the author.
After negotiating all the copyright fees, Guan Yunshan left in a hurry and returned to Yunze City.
At this time, a bidding event is being held in Yunze City, hundreds of acres of wasteland to be developed in the west of the city are about to be auctioned, Guan Yunshan and Pang Wenshan are both going to participate in this event, they want to see who is behind them this time, and now the auction is about to start, he doesn't want to delay time.
Just when Guan Yunshan left Beijing, Guan Xiaojun said to Guan Yunshan: "Dad, in this auction, for the sake of insurance, you only need to make a handful, shout the price once, don't shout the second time." ”
Guan Yunshan said with a smile: "Just shout once?"
Guan Xiaojun said: "Millions of dollars, shouting once is already a big risk, if you raise more cards, who knows what will go wrong." ”
Guan Yunshan thought about it, "Then I just won't participate!"
Guan Xiaojun smiled: "Actually, it's better this way!"
Guan Yunshan laughed, "Okay, I'll go back and discuss it with your grandfather!"
After Guan Yunshan left, Guan Xiaojun sighed, knowing that his father would definitely participate in the auction this time, and he couldn't figure out who was going to harm them, whether it was Pang Wenshan or Guan Yunshan, both of them were extremely uncomfortable in their hearts, the enemy was not terrible, what was terrible was that they didn't know who the enemy was.
As long as they participate in the land auction this time, the people behind it will naturally be exposed, and as long as they find out who is targeting them, things will be easier to say in the future.
After Guan Yunshan left, Guan Xiaojun and the others played in Yanjing City for a few days and prepared to go home, but before that, Guan Xiaojun still had to go to the Contemporary Magazine Agency, and some things were not over.
"Xiaojun, do you want a pen name?"
In the contemporary magazine office, when the journal was about to be finalized, Chen Youting called Guan Xiaojun over, "According to the convention of the literary world, writers generally give themselves a pen name, do you want to give yourself a pen name?"
Guan Xiaojun hadn't really thought about this issue of a pen name before this, and was stunned when he heard this, "Do you want to have a pen name?"
Chen Youting said with a smile: "Of course you can, but Xiaojun, if you really sign your real name, it will cause you a lot of trouble in your future work and life, I suggest you still have a pen name, at least it can be regarded as an extra mask." ”
Guan Xiaojun thought for a while, "The son said on the river, the deceased is like a husband." I wrote about the interplay of time and some things about the changes of the times in this book, and the pen name is Zichuan. ”
Chen Youting said: "Zichuan seems to have been called, you can think of another one." ”
Guan Xiaojun thought about it again and said, "Just call Zi Yue, this won't have the same name, right?"
"Zi said?"
Chen Youting was surprised: "Xiaojun, do you know what this means? Only what Confucius said can be called 'Zi Yue', if you give this name, it will be arrogant and boundless!"
He laughed: "You have such a pen name, that is, your works are all the words of saints, this is too exaggerated, right?"
Guan Xiaojun was also very helpless, "Uncle Zhao, it's going to be a while, where do you want me to think of a suitable pen name?"
Chen Youting thought for a while and said, "The word Zichuan just now is very good, otherwise, I will add a surname to you, and it will be called Guan Zichuan." ”
Guan Xiaojun is indispensable, "Then call it this name, but Uncle Chen, you'd better not reveal my specific information, don't let a group of reporters come to block me at that time, I'll be in big trouble!"
Chen Youting shook his head and said, "I can't hide it, Xiaojun." You should be prepared to face media reporters in advance. ”
In the summer of '91, a "Guandi Temple" serialized in the magazine "Contemporary" aroused the attention of the Chinese literary circles, and what attracted everyone's attention was not the writing story of this book, but the author of this one, to be exact, should be the age of the author.
A thirteen-year-old child wrote a long novel of more than one million words, which is a surprising thing in any era and country, let alone in China, which is relatively culturally weak at this time.
When this incident came out, not only the entire literary world was shaken, but it also caused a tsunami-like wave throughout China.
A thirteen-year-old child, a million-word work, and the approval of a famous editor in the industry, these elements combined to create another literary prodigy in this era when all kinds of qigong masters were rampant and special functions were believed to be true.
The reason why I say "again" is because before that, as early as seven or eight years, China set up a training class for talented teenagers, and the original juvenile science and technology university gathered 21 talented children across the country and specially trained them, this matter has been noisy throughout China, and it is still talked about, and the word "prodigy" has been chanted by the Chinese for a long time.
However, unlike these prodigies, Guan Xiaojun, a genius child, is a teenager with works, not just simply smart, which is even more remarkable!
The prodigies in the prodigy training class, after all, are just teenagers with no academic achievements, and no one can be sure whether they can become the talents needed by the country in the end, and now the news newspapers no longer report on this matter, which shows that the training process is not optimistic.
But Guan Xiaojun is different, compared to those prodigies, he is the only teenager who has come up with his own works.
No matter how talented and smart a person is, it is just a matter of words, and only by making tangible results can he be worthy of the word "genius".
After getting the news, the media all over China went crazy, and reporters all over the street were looking for a teenager named Guan Zichuan, wanting to see what kind of genius boy he had written such a long book.
Some well-informed reporters have already rushed to Yunze.