Wang Kong is a family with a car, and when he left the school gate, Wang Kong took Ye Chen towards a "Silver Dragon" series car.

It seems that Wang Kong's economic conditions are quite good, Ye Chen thought to himself.

Not long after, Wang Kong drove Ye Chen to an office building in the city and stopped, and after parking the car, he took Ye Chen out of the car, and then got on the elevator with Ye Chen.

After getting out of the elevator, Ye Chen saw a signboard with a few big characters written on Huayu Publishing House, Ye Chen and Wang Kong walked in, and soon a receptionist came over and asked, "Excuse me, do the two gentlemen have an appointment?"

Wang Kong shook his head and said, "No, please wait for me, I'll make a call." ”

Then Wang Kong took out his mobile phone and made a phone call, chatted briefly, and not long after, a young man in a suit, about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, walked out, and shouted loudly from afar:

"Why did you kid remember to come to see me today, don't you usually nest in school and become a conscientious gardener to take care of the little seedlings of the motherland. ”

The voice came from far and near, and then he strode up to Wang Kong and gave Wang Kong a big bear hug with a smile on his face.

Ye Chen watched silently from the side, and it could be seen that Wang Kong was also very happy, and the relationship between the two should be very good, and the young man in front of him should be the college classmate Wang Kong said, that is, the editor-in-chief of Huayu Publishing House.

At such a young age, he became the editor-in-chief of a publishing house, which can be regarded as young and promising.

After a period of greetings, fortunately, Wang Hang did not forget the purpose of this trip, waved his hand and said:

"Okay, Zheng Wei, I'm here today to find you on business, and I'm here to negotiate with you. ”

When Zheng Wei heard this, he said curiously: "Negotiate with me? What, could it be that you have been teaching for the past few years and have written a book and plan to find me to publish it?"

"It's not me, it's my student Ye Chen who wrote a novel that is going to be published, and I promise to surprise you. Wang Chuan pointed at Ye Chen and said with a smile.

"Oh?"

Zheng Wei glanced at Ye Chen at this time, and said heartily: "Ye Chen, right, if he is really a young talent, I know very well the vision of my old classmate, there are not many people who can make him recognized professionally, don't be nervous, take it easy, I'm not like Wang Kong, this kid can put on a fight, I'm older than you, just call Brother Zheng." ”

After speaking, Zheng Wei also glanced at Wang Kong very teasingly.

Ye Chen admires Zheng Wei a lot, it can be seen that Zheng Wei is a person with a relatively cheerful personality, uninhibited, and he didn't see himself clearly because he was young, maybe he was brought by Wang Kong, but it was also commendable, Zheng Wei was older than himself, and it was nothing to call Brother Zheng, but Wang Kong was next to him, so it was a bit confusing and not good.

Perhaps he understood Ye Chen's concerns, and Wang Kong didn't treat Ye Chen as a child in his heart at this time, Wang Kong smiled and said:

"It's okay, Ye Chen, let's call each other. ”

Ye Chen was not hypocritical, and shouted happily, "Brother Zheng is good." ”

Zheng Wei readily agreed.

"Then I'll call you Ye Chen, I don't know what surprise you brought to Brother Zheng this time, even Wang Kong, who has eyes above the top, is full of praise, take it out and show it to your Brother Zheng, it will save trouble when the time comes." ”

Wang Kong smiled bitterly and shook his head, obviously having already understood Zheng Wei's fiery character, nodded at Ye Chen, and motioned Ye Chen to take out the manuscript that had just been printed out at the school gate.

Seeing this, Ye Chen did not hesitate, and handed the manuscript in his hand to Zheng Wei.

Zheng Wei didn't rush to look, but turned his head to the receptionist and ordered, "Xiao Li, please make me three cups of tea and send them to my office." Then he said to Wang Kong and Ye Chen: "Let's go, go to my office and sit for a while, and I can take a closer look at the manuscript." ”

This is a person with a good professional attitude, and Ye Chen's evaluation of Zheng Wei is a few points higher.

came to the office with Zheng Wei, Zheng Wei took the manuscript and walked towards his seat, while saying to Ye Chen and the others:

"You're welcome, sit down, I may need time to finish it, you can do whatever you want. ”

Before Ye Chen could speak, Wang Kong smiled and said, "I won't be polite to you, but Ye Chen and I came over before lunch, you read the manuscript first, and I'll take Ye Chen to eat first." ”

Zheng Wei heard that Wang Kong and Ye Chen hadn't eaten yet, so he hurriedly put down the manuscript and said:

"I haven't eaten yet, I'll take you to eat first, I know there's a good restaurant here, I'll treat you to take you to taste." ”

When Wang Kong heard this, he waved his hand again and again:

"Don't, don't, we'll just go by ourselves, you can stay here and read the manuscript, I promise you'll have a big surprise." ”

When Zheng Wei heard this, he was also aroused by Wang Kong's praise three times and twice, and he was not verbose, and said:

"Nacheng, you go by yourself, I'll read the manuscript first. ”

Here Ye Chen and Wang Kong went to eat, Zheng Wei saw Ye Chen and the two leave, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and then picked up Ye Chen's manuscript with a serious face, the first page was very simple, only five words.

The Da Vinci Code

Huayu Publishing House, in the staff area, the usually well-organized and well-organized employees who perform their duties gather together at some point, as if talking about something.

"Abnormal, really abnormal. Hey, what's wrong with our boss, he screams loudly from time to time, muttering something unbelievable, is he sick, should we go in and see. A bespectacled young man in his twenties with a few pimples on his face said.

"What is sick, what kind of illness can make people scream except for mental illness? In my opinion, eighty percent of them see something unclean, and there is a woman in her thirties in my hometown," said a certain sweeping aunt, holding a mop in both hands.

Ye Chen and Wang Kong, who came back from eating, saw this scene as soon as they entered Huayu Publishing House, Ye Chen and Wang Kong glanced at each other, both confused.

Walking towards Zheng Wei's office, Wang Kong knocked on the door, but as soon as he knocked on it, Zheng Wei's angry voice came from inside.

"Didn't I say that I was reading a very important manuscript? Don't bother me if it's okay! I'll wait until I've finished reading it. ”

Ye Chen didn't know what was going on, Wang Kong didn't pay attention to this, and pushed the door straight open and walked in:

"How is it, old classmate, Ye Chen's novel is not bad, right?"

Zheng Wei, who was about to look back to see which one had eaten the bear's heart leopard gall and entered his office at this time to disturb him, looked up and saw that it was Wang Kong, and then saw Ye Chen behind Wang Kong, his eyes lit up, he ignored Wang Kong, got up and strode in front of Ye Chen, took Ye Chen's hand and said excitedly:

"Kneel, kneel, Ye Chen, I have convinced you, this is a novel, this is a real novel. ”

Ye Chen was taken aback, but he didn't expect Zheng Wei, who had just been in a hurry, to become like a madman when he had a meal, and his incoherent appearance reminded Ye Chen of the crazy fans of those idol stars in his previous life.

Wang Kong on the side was also taken aback, he had long expected that Zheng Wei would have a reaction out of season, but he didn't expect to underestimate the shock that this novel brought to Zheng Wei, and he felt a little embarrassed in his heart, so he didn't turn his head and explained to Ye Chen with an embarrassed face:

"Zheng Wei and I both graduated from the Department of Literature, Zheng Wei has always liked that kind of unbelievable story since he was a child, and he has been developing in this direction, and now I guess I was shocked by reading your novel. ”

Ye Chen suddenly remembered those die-hard fans of mystery novels in his previous life, Zheng Wei is probably this kind of person.

"Wang Kong, don't talk nonsense, you kid, I'm not crazy, let me tell you, this book is different from any type of book I've read before, it can be said that it has created a genre, and I must sign a contract to publish this book. ”

Glancing at Wang Kong angrily, Zheng Wei turned his head to look at Ye Chen and said:

"Ye Chen, you are Wang Kong's student, Wang Kong is my iron buddy, I won't hide it from you, in my experience, your book will be popular, if you sign a contract with our publishing house, I can be the master and sign a contract with you with the highest authority of a newcomer, and if you buy out, I can give you 60 yuan for 1,000 words, but I suggest you choose to share. ”

When Wang Kong on the side heard this, he didn't say much if he wanted to say anything, Wang Kong, who was familiar with Zheng Wei's situation, knew that this was really the best condition that Zheng Wei could give.

Ye Chen nodded and said, "I believe in Teacher Wang and Brother Zheng, then I choose to share." ”

"Well, if you share it, the copyright will still belong to you, 20 yuan per thousand words, but on this basis, for every book sold, I will give you a 10% share. ”

Zheng Wei was also relieved to see Ye Chen's promise, although as the editor-in-chief of the publishing house, it was also a risk to rashly prescribe such high conditions to a newcomer, if it weren't for Ye Chen's novel was really of excellent quality and created a genre, although I don't know what the market response will be, whether he can accept this book, but Zheng Wei's intuition tells him that this book is worth taking his own risks, for money, and for his own novel.

Fortunately, the damn Zhu Jin was not in the publishing house on a business trip recently, otherwise it would be difficult to sign Ye Chen's book, but calculate the time, Zhu Jin is also coming back soon, thinking of this, Zheng Wei decided to cut through the mess quickly and negotiate things as soon as possible.

"In that case, Ye Chen, are you sixteen years old?"

"It's full. ”

"That's good, in that case, how about we print the contract first?"

"Good. ”

It wasn't until he watched Ye Chen sign the contract that Zheng Wei really relaxed and said to Ye Chen:

"Ye Chen, the contract has also been signed, my plan is like this, in the next two weeks, I will start to do some publicity for this book, maybe it will be used for your age, I hope you are prepared, if nothing else, it will start selling in two weeks."

Ye Chen nodded, these propaganda techniques were similar in his previous life, they were nothing more than gimmicks like a seventeen-year-old genius writer, although he had confidence in "The Da Vinci Code", there was no need to refuse things that were beneficial to him.

Seeing Ye Chen nodded, Zheng Wei was also relieved, and then he said:

"It's done, it's not too early now, let's have dinner later, I'll have a treat." ”

In the evening, after Ye Chen and the three of them finished dinner together, before leaving, Zheng Wei exchanged contact information with Ye Chen, and didn't say much, Wang Kong carried Ye Chen and sent Ye Chen back to Ye Chen's house downstairs under Ye Chen's guidance.

Before getting out of the car, Ye Chen turned his head to look at Wang Kongdao:

"Teacher, I'm sorry for you today, thank you!"

Wang Kong held the steering wheel, looked at Ye Chen and thanked him seriously, and said with a smile:

"You're my student, so there's nothing to thank you for, but don't forget that tomorrow morning at nine o'clock you still have to participate in the preliminary round of the National Youth Literary Creation Competition. ”

Hearing this, Ye Chen nodded with a smile and said:

"Don't worry, I will definitely get a good ranking, strive to get the first place, not for myself, we can't embarrass the teacher. ”

Wang Kongyile scolded with a smile:

"Okay, go back, don't pat me here, if you can really get the first place, I will let you take two months off. ”

When Ye Chen heard this, he suddenly came to his senses and said:

"Really?"

"Of course it's true, the teacher's words count. Wang Kong said with a smile.

"That's it, I'm sure I'll take the first place. Ye Chen said with a confident face.

"Don't talk too much, wait until you get the first one! Okay, the teacher is gone, you can go back too." Wang Kong said.

"Well, goodbye, teacher. ”

It wasn't until Wang Kong's car disappeared from Ye Chen's sight that Wang Kong turned around and walked towards his home.

I don't know how Zhao Qingwei is doing today, Ye Chen thought to himself.