Chapter 435: High Yield
Looking at his previous dynamics, these articles have been deleted by him, but it is estimated that he didn't expect to be kept screenshots, as for why the hot comments were not deleted, it is estimated that it is also because he found that they could not be deleted at all, unless he set a ban on comments.
But he is probably reluctant, after all, such an article is sent out to let others read, and if comments are banned, it is estimated that the popularity will drop a lot.
Turning off the phone, Zhuang Yan got up and poured himself a glass of water, he didn't want to pay attention to Zhao Fangde's matter for the time being, it seems that the heat of the incident is not very high, and it is estimated that it is also because of Zhou Yuyang's matter, so the traffic is accounted for a lot.
Since there is not much popularity, Zhuang Yan has no need to pay attention to it, and for the time being, Jinling University should not be involved in this matter, otherwise, this article has been posted for half a day, so it will not be so hot.
After sitting and resting for a while, Zhuang Yan called Wang Lijian.
Because it was lunch break, Wang Lijian was probably eating, and his voice was a little vague, "Ziyan, why did you remember to call me? You should have been very busy in the past two days." ”
"Okay, you're eating?"
"Well, there's one last bite, don't hang it up yet, I'll tell you when I'm done. ”
Wang Lijian quickly finished the last bite of food before he said, "I heard that you just returned from abroad and went to work at school without a day off?"
"When you go abroad, it's like a vacation, and what else do you have to rest? ”
"Speaking of foreign countries, I read the news that you went to the airport to pick up a foreigner, and it looks like a face, who is he, with such a big face, let you pick up the airport?" Wang Lijian said curiously.
"A writer I met in the United States felt good about him and came to the school to teach. Of course, Zhuang Yan couldn't tell Wang Lijian that Sinclair was a future Nobel Prize winner, "Don't talk about this, I called you this time to talk about the new book." ”
"New book, do you mean the foreign language publication of "Sophie's World", you can rest assured, the translations of several major languages have basically been done, and they won't make you wait too long, didn't your assistant Yao Qian tell you about these things?" Wang Lijian said with a smile, and at the same time a little strange, Zhuang Yan had never cared much about the follow-up work of the work before, and this time he didn't know why he made a special phone call.
It's just that what Wang Lijian didn't expect was that Zhuang Yan didn't tell him these things at all.
"It's not Sophie's World, it's another book, my new book, The Man Who Stole the Shadows. ”
"New book, the person who stole the shadow?" Wang Lijian's eyes widened on the other side of the phone, the news was too sudden, he didn't react for a while, no matter what he thought, he couldn't imagine that Zhuang Yan would have a new book so soon.
"Well, the person who stole the shadow, the manuscript has been changed, I'll ask Yao Qian to talk to you about the contract when I go back, there is no electronic version of the manuscript, if you want to see it, I'll send you a copy." Zhuang Yan said.
"You're not kidding me. "Wang Lijian always had a feeling of unreality.
Zhuang Yan laughed, "Do you think I seem to be joking with you again, besides, in the middle of the day, I also made a special call to make fun of you." ”
"You're really not joking with me!" Wang Lijian seemed to have just come back to his senses, "How many words does your book have, a novella?"
"How many words ......" is really difficult to answer, he is handwritten, there is no function of counting the number of words, roughly estimated, he said, "Maybe there are more than 100,000 or 200,000 words." ”
More than 100,000 or 200,000 words, Wang Lijian saw that Zhuang Yan wrote another book so quickly, and thought that the length was relatively small, maybe it was a novella at best, but where did he think that it would be more than 100,000 or 200,000 words.
But after accepting the facts, Wang Lijian felt taken for granted again, after all, the previous Sophie's world was four or five hundred thousand words, and Zhuang Yan didn't take long.
In less than a year, Zhuang Yan's works have more than one million words, and to say that they are highly productive, Wang Lijian can only think of a Dumas who can compare to Zhuang Yan.
However, Dumas was criticized for his prolific work, because many of his works were not even written by himself, but only signed.
Besides, in Wang Lijian's eyes, Alexandre Dumas is not a writer at the same level as Zhuang Yan at all.
Popular literature itself cannot be compared with serious literature.
Of course, Zhuang Yan is not willing to compare with Alexandre Dumas, who will compare Jin Yong and Mo Yan together, although both of them are household names, and even Mo Yan's popularity is not as good as Jin Yong, but no one will compare Jin Yong in front of Mo Yan.
Not to mention who is good and who is bad, two people are not the same type.
"Then you can send me a manuscript, as for the publication, don't talk about it, how about just following the contract of "Sophie's World"?" Wang Lijian said.
Zhuang Yan didn't expect Wang Lijian to be so decisive, and he didn't even ask what the book looked like, and directly decided to come according to the contract of "Sophie's World".
"Sophie's World" is already the top contract, and there is not much room for further up, of course Zhuang Yan is willing.
"Yes, as long as you're okay. ”
"What can I say, since it's your book, the publisher won't lose money. ”
This is also where Wang Lijian's confidence lies in the direct finalization of the contract, and now Zhuang Yan's signboard is so easy to use, as long as it is his book, it is impossible to lose money.
And he believes in Zhuang Yan and believes that there will be no Waterloo in his works.
"Then it's decided, you quickly send me the manuscript to see, and I will directly send someone to you with the contract, and you will sign it directly. ”
"In such a hurry?"
"It's not in a hurry, it's early to finalize and prepare early. The publishing house has set up a special group for you, and now "Sophie's World" is almost busy, and the group was about to be disbanded, but just when your new book came, there was no need for them to disband. Wang Lijian said.
Zhuang Yan was also a little surprised, but he didn't expect Yu Hai to set up a group for himself. After all, he went to the publishing house to see that there were not many people in the club, so it was a bit of a waste to have a team dedicated to his affairs.
In fact, what Zhuang Yan didn't know was that because of the cooperation with Zhuang Yan's several books, the Literary and Art Publishing House is now the most important institution in the literary and artistic world.
The number of people in the club has doubled, so I can get a special team for him.
And Zhuang Yan's book does need a team to be in charge, after all, the scope of publication is too wide, and one book is worth several books by others.
After ending the call with Wang Lijian, Zhuang Yan took the manuscript and went to find his assistant Fang Yun.
"Assistant Fang, help me make five copies of this manuscript. ”
Fang Yun looked at the thick pile of manuscripts on the table and rubbed her head in distress.
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