Chapter 3 Signing a contract with Haohan.com
Some things may sound easy, but after actually trying them, I realized that copying books is not as easy as I imagined. Even if you have the whole text of 'ghost blowing the lamp' in your head, it is not easy to change it to your own work.
In order to make readers more immersive, Lu Wenbin replaced the first person of the ghost blowing the lamp with the third person. In addition, because of the difference between the two time and space, there was no such thing as educated youth going to the countryside in the Yanhuang Empire.
Fortunately, the Yanhuang Empire has continued to this day, and it also participated in the First and Second World Wars. Lu Wenbin's Beiyi, during the Second World War, also had a border rebellion.
Later, in order to better control the border, the Yanhuang Empire finally made the decision to emigrate and garrison. Some ethnic minorities who originally lived in Beiyi were relocated to inland cities such as the south to live in them.
Some young Han people living in the south and north, along with a group of soldiers on the border of Tuntian, gradually became the aborigines of Beiyi. Therefore, the identity of the protagonist Hu Bayi was replaced by a young man who moved to Beiyi that year.
Even the name of the protagonist Hu Bayi was replaced by Lu Wenbin with Hu Dapeng, a new protagonist based on the dormitory boss Hu Feipeng. So much so that Hu Feipeng, who had read a few chapters, quickly realized this.
smiled and said: "Binzi, why do I think this Hu Dapeng you wrote is very similar to Lao Tzu?" ”
'The Boss sees it! I think that a handsome and martial image like the boss should become the hero of my novel! What do you think? What do you think of my practice? ’
'Nice! Although some of the stories sound mysterious, people can't help but keep reading them. Isn't it a crime to rob a tomb? Is it really okay to write this kind of novel? ’
In the face of Hu Feipeng's inquiry, Lu Wenbin quickly said: "Literary creation itself requires unbridled imagination. What's more, tomb robbing has existed since ancient times. In order to raise military expenses, didn't Cao Cao also set up an army dedicated to tomb robbing? ”
'Is there such a thing?' ’
'Absolutely!' In order to write this novel well, I have been looking up information on the Internet a lot during this time. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, in order to make up for the lack of military salaries, Cao Cao set up military ranks such as Faqiu Zhonglang General and Captain Jin, specializing in robbing tombs to obtain wealth and subsidizing military salaries.
And according to the speculation reached by the archaeological community at present, the ten chambers and nine emptiness of the Han tomb are only afraid that they have a lot to do with Cao Cao's army. Although there is no direct evidence to prove it, it may not be groundless, is it? ’
Just when Lu Wenbin was discussing the history of tomb robbing with Hu Feipeng, Ling Tong, the editor in charge of supernatural contributions on Haohan Literature Network, looked at the new book waiting for the signing backstage, and also felt that there was nothing that made her shine.
When he saw Lu Wenbin's novel, Lingtong said with a little surprise: "Ghost blowing the lamp, the title of this book sounds good, but I don't know how the story is written!" Let's take a look at the synopsis first! People light candles, ghosts blow out lamps, and there are proverbs to prove it? ”
After reading the introduction, Lingtong suddenly felt that this novel might give her an unexpected surprise. What surprised her even more was that this supernatural novel seemed to be about tomb robbing. This is the first time this has appeared in the supernatural novels on the website.
When he saw that 'tomb robbery is not a dinner party' in the quotation and described it as a destructive technique, Lingtong felt that this quotation was well written. Some of the tomb robbery stories quoted later are also real in history.
After reading this chapter, the number of words is less than 3,000, and the introduction chapter about the origin of tomb robbery, Lingtong can't wait to start browsing the first chapter. And the first chapter written by Lu Wenbin also tells a story about the 'white paper man'.
Although it doesn't look very scary, Lingtong can feel that the story described in this chapter is more to let readers know more about the protagonist's origin and family background, and it can be regarded as a chapter that connects the past and the future.
In the next few chapters, several bizarre stories around the protagonist's elders have appeared one after another, which also makes Lingtong feel very novel. Even she began to wonder if the story written by this author really happened.
It wasn't until the latest chapter uploaded by Lu Wenbin that he saw that the protagonist finally appeared, and he was still a young man who responded to the call of the empire to immigrate to Beiyi in the early years, Lingtong became more and more curious, what will happen to the protagonist of the story in the future?
looked at the collection data of 'Ghost Blowing the Lamp', less than 20,000 words without any recommendation, and the recommendation and collection data actually entered the top 20 and top 10 of the new book list. In Lingtong's opinion, this result is undoubtedly a very good result.
'Signed! If this author can continue to maintain this level of writing, I think the results of this novel should not be too bad! ’
Knowing that she was not the only one who reviewed and edited the supernatural, Lingtong decisively included this novel under her name and soon applied for a contract. After doing all this, Lingtong suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that she couldn't pick up a treasure this time.
Just when Lingtong was waiting for the author to contact him, Hu Feipeng, who happened to want to see the results of Lu Wenbin's new book, suddenly saw a signing text message popping up. He was very happy and said: "Binzi, I'm here for a text message, I'm looking for you to sign a contract!" ”
'What? So fast? I read the news on the Internet, doesn't it say that it is possible to receive a contract text message of about 50,000 words? Wait, I'll add this editor's Firefox first and see what the signing conditions given by the website are. ’
Lu Wenbin, who was also a little unexpected, had the experience of being a street writer in his previous life, and he was very clear about some of the conditions for signing a contract. But in this life, Lu Wenbin didn't want to give up the copyright of the film and television adaptation of 'Ghost Blowing the Lantern'.
In Lu Wenbin's view, he knows better than anyone that the real value of this novel is still in film and television adaptation. If he really wants to be a film and television screenwriter in the future, this is the best stepping stone to enter the industry.
Lingtong, who has no intention of watching other works and wants to sign this work immediately, saw a message from his Firefox to apply for a friend. When I saw the author's name and the title of the work, I immediately rejoiced: "Haha, this work is finally mine!" ”
After the application was approved, looking at the greeting message that popped up in the dialog box, Lingtong also quickly said: "Hello, I am Lingtong, the contracted editor of Haohan Literature, is the copyright of your work all there?" ”
'Lingtong editor, hello, the copyright is there! ’
After some very formulaic chats, Lingtong sent a website signing contract to Lu Wenbin, and then typed: "This is the signing contract of our website, you can take a look at it first, if you have any questions, please reply with a message!" ”
After opening the contract for receiving and downloading, Lu Wenbin looked at the copyright contract and found that the copyright requested by the literary websites in this time and space was more of a share of text publishing and subscription.
The copyright of similar game adaptation and audio-visual related copyright is not in the contract. From this point of view, Lu Wenbin feels very fair. As for the signing method of the word buyout, Lu Wenbin will not consider it at all.
After carefully browsing the contract, Lu Wenbin felt that the conditions were good. Although the CD is divided into half points with the website, on the whole, Lu Wenbin does not feel a little harsh on this condition.
Although I saw the news from the Internet, some famous Internet authors can reach eight to two subscriptions with the Internet. In addition, buying out by word count is also a way for many websites to like to sign up for works.
It's just that in Lu Wenbin's view, this kind of buyout on the number of words is difficult to ensure the quality of the work, and it is easy to indiscriminately fill the number. Therefore, subscription sharing is actually a very beneficial way of cooperation for both the website and the author.
After carefully reading the contract and confirming that there were no contract traps, Lu Wenbin quickly replied: "There is nothing wrong with the contract, I choose to divide the contract." If you buy out, forget it! ”
received the message from Lu Wenbin, and Lingtong explained some information related to the signing. After it was over, Lingtong couldn't help but wave his hand and said, "Huh! It worked! ”
The review editor in the same office said curiously: "Lingtong, why are you so happy?" ”
'Nothing, sit for a long time, move!' ’
Lingtong, who knew that the competition in the office was also very large, didn't want to tell everyone the news that she had signed this work. In her opinion, before receiving Lu Wenbin's signing contract, this matter still needs to be cautious.
After all, there is a lot of competition among the literary websites of the Yanhuang Empire, and it also happens from time to time to privately snatch excellent authors. This kind of author who has not yet signed a contract is undoubtedly the easiest to be snatched up by other websites.
Fortunately, Lingtong's worry did not appear, and two days later, when he saw the signing contract sent by Lu Wenbin, the mailing address on the courier made Lingtong a little surprised: "Ah! This author, 'Big Thief', turned out to be from the Imperial Shadow Literature Department! ”
Lingtong, who saw this information from the address, felt that this author's writing should be guaranteed. After all, in her opinion, most of the students who can enter the Diying Literature Department should have a good literary background.
After personally processing the contract, Lingtong quickly changed the status of the book and submitted a recommendation application to the editor-in-chief. In Lingtong's view, this is a supernatural suspense novel with a novel theme, which should be seen by more supernatural lovers.
The more readers you love, the better the book will be. Correspondingly, the more bonuses she, as a review editor, can enjoy. This may also be the reason why she attaches so much importance to Lu Wenbin, a rookie author!