"Alas, if this novel had been delivered ten days and a half months earlier, it would probably have topped the list. ”

Chen Haodong regretted it very much, among the original so many fanworks, his favorite was "Sherlock Holmes's Testament", but now with "Sherlock Detective", he immediately left his old love behind.

Liu Qiao also regretted that such a good work could not win an award, and the hundreds of thousands of bonuses were a total income of one or two years for many authors.

If the author of "Sherlock" thought that his novel was of poor quality, wouldn't he have given up writing?

As soon as Chen Haodong thought of this, he hurriedly reminded Liu Qiao in front of him and said, "Xiaoliu, you hurry up and call this author to explain the situation." We will publish his work in the next issue, and at the same time encourage him to continue to create, and if the quality of the follow-up manuscripts of "Sherlock" is also so good, we will increase the remuneration standard. ”

No amount of verbal encouragement is as practical as an increase in remuneration.

Liu Qiao hurriedly agreed, she didn't want to miss this potential author.

Just by looking at the writing, you can know that this author named Zhang Chu should be regarded as a newcomer, or a small transparent who has not released a few works, and has great growth potential!

If you tie him to the big ship of years of reasoning, there will definitely be considerable rewards in the future.

After coming out of Chen Haodong's editor-in-chief's office, Liu Qiao returned to his desk with a smile on his face, and he immediately found the submission email he had received before, which contained Zhang Chu's name and mobile phone number.

"Sister Liu, what did Teacher Chen say just now?"

Wan Yuan, a young editor who was only recruited last year, immediately slipped over to inquire about information, and he had also seen "Sherlock" before.

The corners of Liu Qiao's mouth raised an arc, and she said domineeringly: "It's very exciting, it is estimated that it will be the main hit of the next issue." Now I'm going to ask the author if the rest of the content can also be serialized in our magazine. ”

"This is also as it should be, if the content is well written, maybe there are still publishers willing to publish it. On the side, the short and fat editor Zhou Ling said with a smile that the mystery detective novels that can be published this year are very rare, and even if they are published, the sales are very unoptimistic!

"This is also our bargaining chip, and the temptation to publish a book should be quite large. Liu Qiao was full of confidence.

At this time, a middle-aged man who was as thin and tall as a bamboo pole suddenly appeared, and he asked suspiciously: "Just now you said that the next issue of the magazine will change the main title? Didn't you say that it was Wuhua's "Angel of Sins"?"

This is the old man of the magazine since its inception, Li Yuanqing usually likes to put old qualifications or something, the original "Angel of Sin" was recommended by him, and now his face is a little unsightly.

Liu Qiao and the others didn't want to fight him, so they could only say vaguely: "It's not decided yet, and no one knows which article will be the main topic of the next issue." ”

"No, I have to go to Lao Chen and ask. ”

After Li Yuanqing shook his stinky face, he walked towards the editor-in-chief's office, and his menacing appearance seemed to be looking for fault.

Wan Yuan and the others hurriedly sat back in their seats, looked at the editor-in-chief's office with the rest of their eyes, and stood up with their ears high, standing upright, wanting to hear something.

Even if it is a small editorial department of a magazine, it is still inevitable to fight internally.

……

Zhang Chu, who was lying at home, didn't notice that his reputation value had increased a few points at this time, and the two editors in the Time Reasoning Magazine were full of praise, and they were about to praise him as the hope of Chinese detective novels.

He is using his mobile phone to check the book works of this world, because the copyright protection is particularly in place, so the literary works are extremely prosperous and developed, the sales of books remain high, and the status of writers is also very high.

It's just that in the past decade, there have been fewer and fewer new books that can impress readers, most of them are old classic books on sale, and more and more people realize that the literary market may be about to break down!

Just when he was checking the sales list of Xinhua Bookstore's authoritative books, the mobile phone page suddenly turned into a caller ID page, and an unfamiliar phone number called.

After Zhang Chu connected, he asked, "Hello, may I ask who you are?"

Liu Qiao looked at the number he dialed, it seemed to be right, how could he feel like a middle school student when he heard the voice, "May I ask if you are Mr. Zhang Chu, the author of "Detective Sherlock"?"

"Oh, it's me, what's wrong?"

Zhang Chu's heart mentioned his throat, two lives, this is the first time he has submitted to a magazine, and he has no idea what the submission process looks like.

But if you want to reject the manuscript, you shouldn't call, at least every time my father Zhang Bowen rejects the manuscript, the manuscript is returned from the email.

"I am Liu Qiao, the editor of "Time Reasoning" magazine, and after discussion in our editorial department, we believe that your novel "Sherlock" is of excellent quality and will be featured in the next issue of the magazine, and will be automatically shortlisted for the semi-final of the Sherlock Holmes Fan Essay Contest after the magazine is released. ”

Although he expected it, after hearing this, Zhang Chu still stood up from the sofa excitedly, he did it!

Liu Qiao continued: "Is this manuscript your original work, and have you submitted articles to other magazines before?"

"No, I've only been writing it for a long time. ”

"Then we will sign a work publication agreement with you, you are not selling us the copyright, just the right to use it. The level of the manuscript fee is 500 yuan per thousand words before tax, do you think it is acceptable?"

Zhang Chu had known this level for a long time, and he simply calculated in his heart that his short story had 35,000 words, and if he calculated it, he would have a manuscript fee of more than 17,000, which was quite cost-effective.

"In other words, if I want to publish a book in the future, I don't need your magazine to agree or not, right? If that's the case, then that's fine. ”

There are so many stories behind "Detective Sherlock", and now that Zhang Chu has just taken out one story, he is not ready to hand them all over to the Time Reasoning Magazine, which is still a niche after all.

"Later, I will send the agreement to your mailbox, this electronic agreement requires a scanned copy of your ID card, bank card number and bank account information, please fill it out as soon as possible and hand it to me, so that the financial side can transfer the manuscript fee to you." ”

Zhang Chu hurriedly agreed, "No problem, I'll scan it later." ”

"Okay, have a great day, goodbye!"

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Chu clenched his fists excitedly, and was so surprised that he could earn more than 17,000 yuan by writing more than 30,000 words?

I opened a bookstore in my last life, and I didn't have so much money to work hard.

"Sure enough, there is a golden house in the book, it is easy to write a book, make money, and become famous!"

Zhang Chu's eyes lit up, and he couldn't wait to quickly write out the later works in one go!