Mr. Jin Yong is also well-known for his slamming of the door, both for the writers who write in Ming Pao and for the staff of the newspaper.

may be because it is different to consider the problem from the perspective of an entrepreneur and boss, Jin Yong is very calculating, not only giving the author a very low manuscript fee, but also rarely taking the initiative to raise the salary of employees.

There is a real incident that many people know that Yishu and Lin Yanni, two of the four talented women in Xiangjiang, both wrote in "Ming Pao", and both of them have asked Jin Yong to increase their salaries.

Then they were all rejected by Jin Yong, and when he rejected Yishu, Jin Yong said: "You don't spend money, no matter how much you add, it's useless, don't add it." ”

Replaced by Lin Yanni, Jin Yong said: "You like to spend money so much, no matter how much you add, you will only spend it all, and you don't add it." ”

As far as winning the door, although the prestige of "Ming Pao" is very high, the newspaper has never been able to retain people, and Jin Yong doesn't care about it, because a batch will come soon, and there is no need to worry about no one being available.

With his fame, it was easy to attract young people to join him, so although there was a lot of criticism, "Ming Pao" was still booming.

If he submits his article to "Ming Pao", Zhang Xiaoye will not have too much hope for the manuscript fee, but it is easier to get "fame" for serialization in "Ming Pao", there is no doubt about this.

In the 80s, Ming Pao sold nearly 100,000 a day, and was regarded as an intellectual newspaper with an independent style, and won a high reputation.

"So how do you choose? Fame or fortune? Zhou Huimin was also very curious about whether Zhang Xiaoye wanted fame or fortune.

Zhang Xiaoye smiled and said: "Of course, it is both fame and fortune, I don't plan to serialize it in Ming Pao, but the submission is to be submitted, which is called throwing stones and asking for directions." ”

"I don't understand." Zhou Huimin shook her head, Zhang Xiaoye took her hand and said, "You'll know when the time comes." Let's go, we'll go to Ming Pao now. ”

The office building of "Ming Pao" is located in Jiaye Street, Chai Wan, Hong Kong Island, Zhang Xiaoye and Zhou Huimin took a bus directly, and the reception lady at the front desk identified themselves to come to contribute, and they were immediately welcomed in.

With the title of the winner of the Qingwen Award, it is much easier for Zhang Xiaoye to submit articles now, at least there will be no things that will be blocked from the door, after the front desk lady reported, it was Dong Qiao, the current editor-in-chief of "Ming Pao", who was invited to receive them.

Dong Qiao is an overseas Chinese in Indonesia, who studied at a university in Taiwan, and turned to Xiangjiang to develop, but now he is over middle age, but his demeanor is still undiminished.

In addition to being the editor-in-chief of Ming Pao, he is also a writer himself.

"Sure enough, it's a hero out of a teenager." When he saw Zhang Xiaoye, he first praised it, then looked at Zhou Huimin and laughed: "And it's still a young man." ”

Zhou Huimin couldn't help but be shy when she heard this, but this time she was very calm, and she nodded to Dong Qiao with embarrassment.

After a polite greeting and self-introduction, Dong Qiao beckoned the two to sit down, and at the same time asked the secretary to pour tea, and at this time Jin Yong also came in.

Jin Yong still often appears in the newspaper, originally he still had his own affairs, but he heard that Zhang Xiaoye came to contribute, so he came to take a look, he admired Zhang Xiaoye very much, and he could hear it inside and outside the words.

"I've read your book, it's written with great aura, and now there aren't many young people in Xiangjiang who have such a sharp spirit, and even fewer can express it so well."

The highly respected Jin Yong did not hesitate to say anything about Zhang Xiaoye's praise, which made Zhou Huimin flutter when he heard it, and only after a while did he get to the point, and after expressing his modesty, he handed over the manuscript of "Xun Qin Ji".

Jin Yong took it and read it immediately, it was only a few tens of thousands of words, and it didn't take much time, so he handed it to Dong Qiao after reading it.

In this process, Zhou Huimin involuntarily became nervous, sitting on the sofa and only grabbed Zhang Xiaoye's arm, Zhang Xiaoye held her hand and signaled her not to worry.

When Dong Qiao saw that it was almost over, Jin Yong took a sip of tea and said: "You won the Qingwen Award, and your writing is naturally speechless, whether it is giving me a girl at the age of eighteen or this Xun Qin Ji now, you are doing very well." ”

"And the idea of traveling through time and space is novel." Dong Qiao nodded in approval, and continued: "The important thing is that the plot is tightly layered, although it feels a bit nonsense to travel through history and participate in historical events, but it is not written as a farce, which is very difficult." ”

Jin Yong smiled and said, "This is indeed a good story, but it is too different from your previous works, how did you come up with the idea of writing such a book?" ”

"I was cranky in history class, so I was inspired." Zhang Xiaoye casually found a reason and said with a smile: "Actually, I write books like this, I sort out my cranky thoughts, and when I see all kinds of things I am interested in, I will have all kinds of ideas, so the writing style and type are a bit fanciful." ”

"The idea of crossing is really fanciful." Dong Qiao nodded again, then glanced at Jin Yong, and then said: "Yezai, you are already a cutting-edge writer, if this book of Xun Qin Ji is serialized in our Ming Pao, we can give you a price of 80 words per thousand, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Xiaoye smiled and deliberately said in a joking tone: "Uncle Dong, what you say doesn't sound like a cutting-edge writer, but like a pure newcomer. ”

Jin Yong smiled and said: "Actually, this is not wrong, after all, it is the first time for you to write this type of novel, in fact, this price is not low, and the price of ordinary newcomers' works will basically not exceed 30 words per thousand." ”

Although Jin Yong admires Zhang Xiaoye very much, it does not mean that he will give him a high remuneration standard because of this.

At present, the highest remuneration in Xiangjiang is Ni Yu, before Huang Yulang bought the entertainment magazine "Fresh Weekly", in order to invite Ni Yu to meet his request of 500 words.

This incident caused a sensation throughout Xiangjiang, but later people thought that Huang Yulang was buying horse bones, in fact, the manuscript fee should not be so high, but it was just Huang Yulang's desire to show his thirst for talent, and Ni Yu didn't mind putting gold on his face.

No one knows the truth of the matter, but it is also a fact that Ni Yu's manuscript fee is high, and when others can only take five yuan for a thousand words, he can already reach about thirty thousand words.

The price of 80 words per thousand words offered by Dong Qiao is medium in "Ming Pao", and Zhang Xiaoye is indeed a high standard by their standards.

After Jin Yong finished speaking, Dong Qiao spread his hands, and then said: "Yezai, in fact, Mr. Cha and I are very optimistic about you, but if you are not satisfied with this price, then we can only express regrets." ”

All this was expected, Zhang Xiaoye smiled and said: "The two seniors would rather be real villains, and I will not be a hypocrite for the juniors." Jin Lao, I'm really not satisfied with this price, since I can't talk about the serialization of Xun Qin Ji, I'll just forget it. ”

After a pause, Zhang Xiaoye continued: "Looking for Qin Ji, I will take it to other newspapers to serialize, how about you open a column for me in Ming Pao?" ”