I have to admit that Gu Xinxue's idea is very thoughtful, and it will take a long time to transfer goods directly from the printing house to the Hanlinxuan Bookstore in Jiangcheng, unless it is to take SF Express.

If you transfer the goods directly from Xinhua Bookstore, you can save waiting time and get the books early.

In fact, Xinhua Bookstore is a big system, not just those bookstores, but also various channels, small bookstores dream of joining the Xinhua Bookstore system, this system is known as the orthodoxy of book distribution.

Not to mention that the purchase is cheap, there are all kinds of guarantees, but they will not just take the books to others, so they have to persuade and persuade.

"Jiangdong Xinhua Bookstore Group would like to invite you to Jiangcheng Book Building for a book signing, if you agree, you can go and get those books now. ”

Modern society is such a society where interests are exchanged, and if it does not see any benefits, it is impossible for Xinhua Bookstore Group to easily hand over a hundred books to others for nothing.

Zhang Chu also knew that he had short hands and a soft mouth, not to mention that it would be beneficial and harmless for him to hold a signing meeting in his hometown, so he agreed, "No problem, just choose a good time and tell me." ”

If it were in other places, it might not be possible to hold a signing meeting according to Zhang Chu's popularity, but Jiangcheng is a base camp, and the name of the top student in the college entrance examination in this province is quite useful, and it can barely support the signing meeting.

Even if there are no readers, your family and friend group can make up enough for a signing meeting, so you won't be too embarrassed.

According to his current grades, he only has one book under his name, which is quite thin, and it seems that he has to write some books, and he can't always write Internet jokes.

After secretly making a decision in his heart, Zhang Chu was about to end the conversation, but Gu Xinxue had no intention of ending it.

"I just finished reading your "Psychological Crime-City Lights" serialized on Weibo today, and now it should be the final plot and finale, right?"

Zhang Chu did not modify this book much, but just typed out the text in the original book 1510, which has been quickly updated to the end stage.

Zhang Chu's typing speed has improved rapidly, in the past it was just a two-finger Zen, but now a few fingers have been very flexible, and the typing speed has evolved from one thousand words per hour to two or three thousand words!

"Yes, I'm going to update the finale today, it turns out that Editor Gu also reads my book, so I won't charge you money if I knew it. Zhang Chu jokingly said that his book "Psychological Crime" has been charging since the middle of the first chapter, and he has tens of thousands of subscription income and reward income in his Weibo account.

Gu Xinxue already regards Zhang Chu as a rising star in the mystery world, and he naturally pays attention to this novel that has a good popularity among mystery novel fans, and even since Zhang Chu was serialized on Weibo on the first day, he has been paying attention to it.

At that time, he wasn't sure if Zhang Chu, who had left the fandom realm, would still be able to write high-quality works, so he didn't sign a contract to publish it at the first time, but silently observed.

Later, with the rise of Zhang Chu's popularity and the gradual improvement of the plot of the novel, different cases were released, and even a public vote was made to kill the presiding judge, these novel cases are fascinating.

And the three heroines are entangled with the protagonist Fang Mu's past, which makes people can't help but wonder what they experienced in the past, but in the end they all chose to become a ray of light in the dim city.

From the editor's point of view, Gu Xinxue felt that this was the best clue to start a sequel, at least he could see someone discussing Fang Mu's past under Zhang Chu's Weibo every day.

Of course, the novel is also said by many readers to be bloody, because there is a tragic love triangle in "City Lights" that appeared from the beginning, and now it will not end vigorously until the end of the series of cases.

Although "Psychological Crime - City Lights" and "Sherlock" are two different styles, they are wonderful enough to be compared, which can be seen from the number of subscribers to Zhang Chu's serialization.

At the beginning, there were only one or two thousand people subscribed, and now almost five thousand people have subscribed near the finale, which can be said to be the result of little by little growth.

"That's right, I think your book "Psychological Crime - City Lights" is quite good, and has the potential to become a hit series. I don't know if you'd like to sign a contract with us? The conditions are still the same as before, 5% royalty, 100,000 copies for the first printing. ”

Gu Xinxue stated his purpose, he wanted to build this "Psychological Crime" series into a local reasoning classic, and the most important thing at present is of course to sign a contract.

Although Zhang Chu currently has a copy of "Detective Sherlock" that sells well, it is not a phenomenal work after all, so "Psychological Crime" does not enjoy the price increase, and it is still a 5% royalty.

However, if "Psychological Crime" can guarantee the momentum, the third book will have the capital to negotiate with the publishing company, and then he can be regarded as a rookie writer.

Zhang Chu knew very well in his heart that he had no intention of writing all the "Psychological Crimes" series, this was purely a pit dug by himself, "It's okay to sign a contract, but only this one, and I have the final say on whether to write the rest of the writing." ”

Strictly speaking, the conditions of Nanhai Publishing Company are quite good, and they are willing to settle royalties with newcomers, and they are still printing 100,000 copies.

Many other publishing houses are infinitely squeezing newcomers, what are the royalties? They all buy out, and no matter how much money they sell, it has nothing to do with the author.

Gu Xinxue thought that Zhang Chu wanted to seize the initiative, and he did not object, it is the norm in the industry to sign a book, "Then let's say it, I'll let the legal department send you the electronic signing materials later." In addition, the ending of the novel of "Psychological Crime" should not be updated for the time being, leaving enough suspense until the physical book is released, so that sales will increase. ”

In fact, this is also a common way for publishing companies, to get stuck in the most exciting places, and you have to spend money to buy them. used to be serialized with magazines, but now that Zhang Chu has gathered a lot of popularity on the Internet, he simply saves time and energy.

"I hope I won't be scolded to death by readers. ”

Zhang Chu replied, heaven and earth can be learned, this is not his deliberate ending, but the editor's request, this pot must be edited back!

Gu Xinxue was satisfied at this moment, "But wait a while, you can organize the entire book in one file, including the finale." If you can, write some extra and send it to me. ”

He wouldn't admit that he was using his position to get a sneak peek at the finale, and he wanted to know how Fang Mu had become the ultimate city light.

After the conversation ended, Zhang Chu stretched his waist and sold another work, but unfortunately these works are not popular works.

He secretly made up his mind that the next book, the next book must be written well!