There is a classical saying, called Mu Xiu in the forest, the wind will destroy it, and the vulgar and easy-to-understand words are that people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong.

When "Dragon and Tiger" became a small hit in the martial arts circle, heroes from all walks of life poured into the Tianya community.

"Martial arts, come and pay respects"

"Martial arts novels, come and say goodbye!"

"Dragons and dragons come to join in the fun"

"A group of knights came to meet Mr. Jin Guliang"

For a while, the Tianya Community Literature and Tianya Miscellaneous Talk Edition area was much more lively than before.

Posts about Dragon Tiger and its author, Jin Guliang, flood the forum section, but many are detrimental to the author himself. Like the following:

"From a reader's point of view, the current story of "Dragon and Tiger Fighting Jinghua" is really good, but the author claims to be the pioneering work of new martial arts, which is really ridiculous!"

"Mr. Jin Guliang dares to claim that he started a sect, and I am really impressed by the little authors when I hear it, where does Mr. Jin Guliang's confidence come from?"

"Where is the new martial arts, isn't it just a little white in the article?"

"The book "Dragon and Tiger" is not good, and the author's character is even worse, please go back, your mother called you back to eat. “

A voice of doubt!

At such moments, many loyal readers of Dragon Tiger stepped forward.

"Dragon and Tiger" is good-looking, there is a kind of you write a copy yourself, don't be blind if you don't have the ability"

"I heard that there are a lot of dogs barking in Tianya today, I, Ye Liangchen, will come and take a look at the clown's face"

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Those people are really heart-wrenching, seeing that other people's Jin Guliang's "Dragon and Tiger" became popular, they began to target others. "In a classroom in the third teaching building of Shanghai Normal University, during recess, a boy with glasses in the Chinese language and literature major held his mobile phone and cursed in a low voice.

"What's wrong?" the stone, who was sitting in the back row, heard and leaned forward.

Tianya and other martial arts forums have recently been discussing a recently popular martial arts serial novel "Dragon and Tiger Fighting Jinghua", many clowns jumped out to attack the author when they saw that people were on fire, either saying that the author Jin Guliang was arrogant, or that "Dragon and Tiger Fighting Jinghua" was false. ”

"Isn't that normal? A lot of people have this grape mentality. I seem to have heard some classmates talk about this book, when will I read it? Stone pursed his lips and said disapprovingly.

And Ye Chen, who was sitting next to the stone and was browsing the Tianya community, was a little surprised when he heard the conversation between the two, he didn't expect that there would be people in the "Dragon and Tiger" class, which made him very happy. The clowns on the Internet are attacking themselves, not only are he not angry, but he is happy.

Negative news is also news, as long as he can hit his first work "Dragon and Tiger", he is not afraid that no big magazines and publishing houses will come to him.

Actually, Ye Chen has also been a little distressed recently, and several big magazines have contacted him in the past few days. However, the price given by the other party was far from what he expected, so he refused. What disgusted Ye Chen the most was that the editors of those big magazines did not have a very good tone and attitude, as if he was the only magazine.

Just like the following conversation

"Do you want to sell it at this price?"

"Not for sale"

"Don't regret not selling. We're a big magazine, and most of the new writers rush to sign up with us. “

That's probably what it means.

As for other small magazines, not to mention, the price offered could not satisfy Ye Chen at all, and he also had to take into account the strength of the magazine.

Just as I was thinking about it, a strange text message came up on my phone.

"Mr. Jin Guliang, I'm Li Fang, the editor of "Legend of Martial Arts", if you are free now?

Ye Chen was stunned for a moment after reading the content, and then remembered that "Legend of Martial Arts" was one of several emerging martial arts magazines in China, and his strength was generally out of the classroom, so he dialed the phone.

"Is it Mr. Jin Guliang?" the phone rang, and a man's deep voice came from the other side.

"Well, may I ask what is the matter with your society looking for me?" Ye Chen asked politely.

"How many thousand words are you going to write "Dragon and Tiger Fighting Jinghua"?"

"300,000!"

"Would you be interested in serializing your novel in our magazine? Of course, the price is negotiable. ”

"I don't want to serialize, I want to publish the whole book directly!" Ye Chen said unexpectedly, this sentence was the same as other magazines before.

"Ah" The other party was obviously stunned for a moment, and then a little unpredictable Ye Chen's meaning, this means refusal?

Now that "Dragon and Tiger" is more popular and will be published directly, wouldn't the author waste the serial right in vain and lose a lot of money, Li Fang really doesn't understand.

"I mean my "Dragon and Tiger" has been completed, and I want to find a publishing house to publish it directly, I wonder if your society is interested?"

"I can't make a decision on this, I have to ask our editor-in-chief before I can send you a message!" The editor obviously didn't expect Ye Chen to come out like this, so he replied.

"Okay, I'm in trouble!" Ye Chen hung up the phone with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

In fact, he didn't think about serializing "Dragon and Tiger" in any magazine, because it was too slow, and his original intention was to publish the whole book of "Dragon and Tiger" directly.

Serialization in the Tianya community is the first and most important step in his strategy, and he wants to rely on the online platform to build his reputation, so that it will attract the attention of magazines and publishing houses. As it stands, his first purpose has been achieved.

The second is that Tongguò's existing fame can gain a certain advantage in cooperating with publishing houses. If you are a newcomer, no matter how good your article is, if you are not famous, the audience of your book will be small, and no one will buy the published book. In general, in this case, the publisher will only give the author a relatively low buyout price, not a high price, let alone a share of the author.

As for the third, "Dragon and Tiger Fighting Jinghua" is just a test of the waters, and he wants to see if the works of Jin, Gu and Liang are still dazzling in the information age of the 21st century. Judging from the current results of "Dragon and Tiger", the prospects are still very good.

The editor said that he would wait for a reply to his message, but he waited for two hours and didn't wait for the other party's call, which couldn't help but make Ye Chen feel a little empty, after all, he had been rejected by several big magazines before, and he was still a little nervous.

It wasn't until three o'clock in the afternoon that an unfamiliar number from Beijing called.

It should be the phone from "Legend of Martial Arts", Ye Chen thought to himself and answered the phone.

"Hey, is it Mr. Jin Guliang?" said a deep voice from a man in his forties on the other side.

"Hello!

"I am Wang Liang, the editor-in-chief of "Legend of Martial Arts", and our "Legend of Martial Arts" magazine belongs to Beijing Creative Culture Group.

"Hmm. ”

"Our magazine is interested, and we are willing to pay 1,000 words and 200 to buy out your Chinese Simplified Chinese copyright, how about it?"

"Hehe, since Editor-in-Chief Wang is so insincere, I won't accompany him!" Ye Chen sneered, this Editor-in-Chief Wang is really good at doing business, and wants to buy out the simplified copyright of his "Dragon and Tiger" with two hundred words. If he is an unknown rookie author, this price is very good, but now that "Dragon Tiger" has become a small hit in the martial arts circle, it is not appropriate to use this price.

"Two hundred and five thousand words, it can't be higher, you must know that many famous authors are only at this price. Editor-in-chief Wang seemed to be afraid that Ye Chen would hang up the phone, so he hurriedly quoted another price, and made a very reluctant tone.

"Editor-in-chief Wang, let's not go around in circles, open the skylight and say bright words, I want a six-percent share, if it doesn't work, it's useless to say more. Ye Chen quoted his price, not polite at all, but his heart was also mentioned. Those big magazines listened to his request and directly refused.

"Six points, Mr. Jin's appetite is too big, isn't it!" Hearing Ye Chen's strong asking price, Editor-in-Chief Wang's tone began to be gloomy, thinking to himself as a newcomer, what kind of cow are you, many famous authors have to be polite when they talk to me before.

"Editor-in-chief Wang said seriously, this is my psychological price, and I can't give in. Qin Tian knew that he couldn't be soft-mouthed when dealing with these fritters with the essence of profiteers, so he replied strongly.

"I can't make a decision on this, I'll call Mr. Jin back after I've asked our president for instructions!" Editor-in-chief Wang said as if he was dissatisfied, and hung up the phone.

Half an hour later, Ye Chen's phone rang, it was the phone of Editor-in-Chief Wang just now.

"Mr. Jin, our magazine has agreed to your conditions, but we have one condition, that is, if you have a new work in the future, our magazine can enjoy the priority serialization right and publication right!"

Editor-in-chief Wang's tone was depressed, when he asked for instructions just now, Lin Wensheng didn't know what to do, so he persuaded the president to agree to Ye Chen's six-percentage point sharing conditions, you must know that the six-percentage point share can only be signed by some well-known authors, he is a newcomer to Jin Guliang, and there is no sales guarantee, why.

"Okay, deal!" Ye Chen thought about it for a while, and happily agreed.

Next, the two discussed the relevant details of the publication, and the publishing house asked Ye Chen to send all the manuscripts over, and then send someone to him to sign the contract after reviewing the manuscript, the editor-in-chief Wang was a little depressed, and the two only chatted for a few minutes before hanging up.