No wonder Li Chaoyang was so excited to say what conditions Lin Zheng mentioned this kind of thing, it is really that the literary world in Tianguang City has been silent for too long, not only in poetry, but also in the field of novels.

In recent years, none of the four major publishing houses has published any works that have aroused enthusiastic responses from readers, and the best achievement is a romance novel written by an author who has always written for a living - "When the Wind Comes".

And the stack of manuscripts that Lin Zhenggang took out, although Li Chaoyang only skimmed a few chapters cursorely, but whether it was in terms of writing, plot, or character conception, it greatly exceeded Li Chaoyang's expectations.

Li Chaoyang is sure that once Lin Zheng's "Dream of Red Mansions" is published, it will definitely detonate the trend!

It's been many years, and there hasn't been a well-received novel in Skylight City. A good novel can not only save the literary world of Skylight City, but also Phoenix Publishing House!

Because of the recession of literary novels in recent years, Phoenix Publishing House has long been unable to support it, and if it weren't for the help of Phoenix Tower, I'm afraid it would have declared bankruptcy and closed down long ago.

This is also the reason why Chen Xiayu only contacted Li Chaoyang after reading Lin Zheng's manuscript.

"Editor-in-Chief Li, you don't have to be like this, we are half acquaintances, and we can come as we want. Lin Zheng said flatteredly.

Li Chaoyang straightened his face and said slightly apologetically: "I'm sorry, I'm in a hurry." ”

He took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and after calming down, he said again: "I read Mr. Lin, it seems that it is also the first time to release a novel?"

"Yes. Lin Zheng nodded, "It's still the eldest girl who gets on the sedan chair, the first time." ”

Seeing this, Li Chaoyang said: "Then let me introduce to Mr. Lin, there are two modes of the release of the novel. ”

"The first is a buyout. Our publishing house will offer a suitable price to buy your novel, and after the novel is listed, the publishing house will be responsible for the profit and loss of the novel. ”

"As for the second one, it's a split sales model. ”

Li Chaoyang continued: "Our publishing house is responsible for publishing and distributing the novel, publicity and other matters, and then taking a commission according to the circulation of the novel. ”

"No matter which mode it is, Mr. Lin, you just need to create with peace of mind. ”

Lin Zheng nodded, the two ways are not difficult to understand, one is to buy out, and the other is to share, which is similar to the model of online literature in the yang world.

"Whether Mr. Lin wants to buy out or share, I can't give Mr. Lin a quote for the time being, I need to go back to a meeting to tell Mr. Lin your specific price. Li Chaoyang said.

At this time, Chen Xiayu, who was just listening quietly to the two of them on the side, suddenly said: "Mr. Chen, I suggest you divide it, if you have this will, let's open three-seven, you seven, and I three." ”

As soon as Chen Xiayu said this, it was Li Chaoyang who was the first to be stunned.

Li Chaoyang didn't expect Chen Xiayu to give Lin Zheng such a price, although the author of "When the Wind Comes" signed a sharing model with Phoenix Publishing House, which is also a three-seven opening, but it is seven publishing houses and three authors.

The division of publisher 3 and author 7 has never appeared before.

Because only when the publishing house takes the lion's share, the publishing house will spare no effort to promote the book and do all kinds of publicity and marketing for the book.

"Of course, if Mr. Lin wants to buy out, I can also give you a direct offer - five million. Chen Xiayu said endlessly.

For this price, Lin Zheng had already widened his eyes, looking at Chen Xiayu like a fool, although he knew that the literary value of Dream of Red Mansions was extremely high, but Chen Xiayu's offer still shocked Lin Zheng fiercely.

And Chen Xiayu seemed to have misunderstood what Lin Zheng meant, she smiled a little embarrassedly, and said, "I'm sorry, five million is indeed a little low, we can discuss it again." ”

The price of five million is a little lower......

Lin Zheng's little heart is beating fast.

A copy of the Red Mansion can sell for 5 million, so if you move out the four famous books, isn't that a proper 20 million?

In addition to the four famous novels, there are also Internet god books Doupo, Shatian, Douluo and so on!

Isn't this special meow, isn't a small goal of 100 million a matter of minutes?

After half a day, Lin Zhengcai woke up from his dream, although the future is promising, but the high-rise buildings are flat, you still have to come step by step, first discuss the affairs of the Red Mansion, and wait for the Red Mansion to withstand the test of the market, and then consider other things.

"Boss Chen, I think it's a little inappropriate to divide seven or three. Lin Zheng said.

"That's okay. Chen Xiayu said without hesitation.

Li Chaoyang's eyes widened when he heard this, I don't know what stimulated Chen Xiayu, the co-owner of Phoenix Building and Phoenix Publishing House, to give such a sharing ratio, although it is really good to read the manuscript, but this ratio is too outrageous.

"No, no, no, that's not what I meant. Lin Zheng hurriedly shook his head and said, "I mean, such a sharing ratio is too much for the publishing house." ”

After Lin Zheng paused, he continued: "Moreover, I also have a request. ”

"If you have any requirements, don't hesitate to mention them. At this time, Chen Xiayu had completely replaced Li Chaoyang, and I didn't know why he notified Li Chaoyang to come over......

After thinking about it, Lin Zheng said: "First of all, I am only in charge of the creation of the novel, and I will not interfere in the rest of the things, whether it is publishing or publicity, etc., let alone show up." ”

Although the release of a novel, the author's inability to show up for publicity will have a certain impact, but it is not a particularly serious problem, and sometimes it is more appropriate to maintain a moderate sense of mystery.

Moreover, Lin Zheng is already the new poet of Phoenix Tower, and this alone is enough to do publicity, so Chen Xiayu nodded.

But Lin Zheng's next words made Chen Xiayu frown.

"Secondly, I want to publish this novel under a pen name, and when the publisher is doing publicity, it cannot be promoted in any name of my own, and at the same time, I cannot disclose my identity information to anyone. ”

"If you are willing to accept these two conditions, I agree to the split model, fifty-fifty split. ”

"Why? Mr. Lin, as the poet of the Phoenix Building, if you promote it in the name of the poet, it will have a great impact on the sales of the novel......," Li Chaoyang asked.

Lin Zheng shook his head and said, "I didn't ask anything, this is one of my principles, if Phoenix Publishing House can't accept it, I can only change the publishing house......"

In fact, no matter from which point of view, Lin Zheng's move is not necessary, but the reason why Lin Zheng did this is because he has some worries in his heart!

What he was worried about was the Yama Temple!

If the Yama Palace can connect to the Yang Realm, then someone must have seen the Red Mansion, and when the time comes, won't their identity be exposed?

Of course, if Yan Luodian really wants to investigate, Chen Xiayu and the others probably won't be able to hide anything, but it is always right to be careful if they can be careful.

On behalf of the publishing house, I agreed. Chen Xiayu nodded and said, "What pen name do you want to use?"

Lin Zheng didn't think about it and said, "Cao Xueqin!"