"Sprout" magazine does not have a publishing house, but they have established a good cooperative relationship with publishers across the country since the beginning of the magazine, and after the new concept was launched as a competition, they also began to plan to establish the "sprout book series" brand, so that their book editing business into a more professional and mature operation mode.

Thanks to a group of authors such as Han Han and Liu Jiajun who came out of the "Sprout" and the New Concept Essay Contest, the books launched by "Sprout" already have a stable consumer base and reliable credibility.

He made such a big move before in order to hype himself up, and take this opportunity to get the first pot of gold by publishing a book, for a teenager who is in a closed small county town and does not have too many resources at home, there is no more convenient channel to get the first pot of gold than publishing a book.

"Thank you very much for the favor of Sprout Magazine. Chen Yu'an took the lead in expressing his gratitude, "Sprout" magazine is willing to help him publish a book, although he wants to get benefits from it, but this is also good for him, mutual benefit is the long-term plan of cooperation.

However, Chen Yu'an refused to publish the book so quickly, because if it was determined to cooperate and sign the contract now, it would definitely be someone from "Sprout" who came from the magic capital and went to Qinshan County to sign the contract with his father, no way, who told him that he is not yet eighteen years old, and he is not a person with full civil capacity.

In this case, the manuscript fee must be managed by the family, and according to what he knows about his parents, they are very likely to save this money for him, and will not give it to him to invest it casually.

It's not impossible to convince them, but it will be too difficult in that case, so Chen Yu'an plans to go to the magic capital to deal with this matter, so that the money can stay in his hands for a while, and it only takes a short time.

So he replied to Fu Xing like this, "I'm also willing to continue to cooperate with "Sprout", in fact, now I have accumulated some manuscripts, but the number is still slightly insufficient, plus the final exam is coming soon, and I have to concentrate on preparing for the exam before that, so I think it's better to wait until the rematch of the New Concept Essay Contest, and then I'll go to the magic capital to talk about this matter in detail, right?"

After the mid-term exam, it's like going to work after Wednesday, and the rest of the time passes very quickly, and now it's normal to talk about the final exam, and this year's New Year is relatively early, and it's just a little more than a month before the end of the semester begins, and it will come soon.

"That's fine, you can send me the written manuscript first, I'll help you review it, and then when you come to the magic capital in January, it's best to bring your family, and you must have a guardian come forward when you sign the contract." Fu Xing knew that Chen Yu'an was only sixteen years old now.

"My family is busy with work, especially at the end of the year, and I may not be able to leave. In fact, Chen Yu'an's father's factory basically has no work now, and he is not busy at all, but isn't he working hard just to avoid this problem? How can he agree, "Do you think this will work, I asked my father to issue a letter of authorization in advance, and I signed it with my name, anyway, my father doesn't understand the publishing industry, and with you here, I can't suffer, right?"

"Although that's what I said, it's best to come here, if you really can't leave, you can also have a power of attorney, I'll send you a template later, and then you print it out for the guardian to sign, and then bring the household registration book. "It's not the first time that "Sprout" has done this, and the process is very familiar.

"Well, let's see when the time comes, I'll try to bring my father with me, and if it doesn't work, I'll do what you say. "Now it's up to me to try to convince my father to sign the power of attorney, which is easier than convincing them to hand over the manuscript fee to themselves, because they don't know how much money the book will make, right?

Chen Yu'an remembered that after Han Han published "Triple Gate", he got the manuscript fee of 600,000 yuan for the first time, which was enough to buy a house in the magic capital, but Han Han did not use the money to buy a house, but traveled around the country, played racing, and quickly spent the money.

By 2002, the book brought Han Han more than one million in income, making him the youngest million-dollar writer in the country, which caused quite a stir at the time.

Chen Yu'an's current fame is not much smaller than Han Han's, if he slowly collects royalties in the long run, it is estimated that he can also bring him no less than Han Han's income, the only difference is that "Triple Gate" is a novel, and Chen Yu'an's book is a collection of essays.

For example, two years ago, Yu Jie published a collection of essays "Fire and Ice", not to mention Yu Jie's future activities, this book sold very well, and was quite marketable among high school students and college students; in 2003, Han Han also published a collection of essays "Manuscript 2003", which sold more than 900,000 copies, ranking third among the best-selling books in the national literature category in 2003.

Therefore, Chen Yu'an believes that his book has considerable market potential, even if "Sprout" is not proposed, there will be many publishers interested in him, perhaps "Sprout" has received more inquiries, so he sent an email to discuss this matter with him in advance.

Chen Yu'an plans to whet their appetite first, delay a little time, and let more publishers participate in the competition, so that he can wait for the price and sell for the maximum benefit for himself.

After replying to the email, he got off the plane and went home, seeing that it was still early, Chen Yu'an told his father about it, but he just concealed the content of Fu Xing's invitation to his father to go to the magic capital, "...... So, when I go to the magic capital in January to participate in the semi-finals, it's best to bring the power of attorney, oh yes, by the way, help me get my ID card too. ”

At this time, Chen Yu'an did not have an ID card, he remembered that he was handled by the school before the college entrance examination, and it was inconvenient to have no ID card.

"Publishing a book?" The father was in a trance, in his opinion, publishing books is something that can only be done by people with great culture, such as Chen Zhongzhong and Jia Pingwa, who are famous in this province, but I didn't expect their children to be able to publish books?

"When will it be printed?" He hasn't thought about the remuneration for the time being, and his mind is full of waiting for the book to come out and buy more, and send it to relatives and friends everywhere, which is a matter of honoring his ancestors!

"It depends on the speed of the publishing house, I guess if you sign the contract in January, proofreading, reviewing, and printing a set of processes down, I'm afraid you won't be able to get the book until the next year, right? Chen Yu'an said.