"Bang, Bang Bang ......"

A series of rhythmic percussions resounded in the editor-in-chief office of Oriental Magazine.

At this time, Zhongli was sitting behind the desk, his left arm elbow resting on the table, his right hand curling his fingers, constantly tapping on the tabletop, his mind did not belong, and his eyes glanced at the computer screen on the side from time to time.

After several months of hard work, the magazine has gradually become regular, and the editor-in-chief's office has just been cleaned up a few days ago.

There were only two people in the room.

Editor-in-Chief Wei shook his head slightly, not knowing what was going on, he called him over too.

I didn't say anything when I came, I sat for more than half an hour, and I was still a young man, and I couldn't hold my breath when I encountered something.

Zhongli is actually under a lot of pressure these days.

He was mentally prepared for the competitive behavior of his peers, but he didn't expect that the first person to face would be his old club.

After talking to Shen Zhe on the phone the day before yesterday, he immediately rejected the request for cooperation with Ocean Culture, and as of this morning, almost all agents have received requests to terminate the contract. This is influence, and Zhongli knows that they will be compensated in some way in other ways. If he chooses one of the two, it is an inevitable choice to abandon the nascent magazine of Oriental Culture, and he will do the same.

Fortunately, when I called Shen Zhe again in the morning, I also got the news that the new book was completed today.

In addition, knowing that the magazine was really in trouble, Shen Zhe didn't say anything, only said that he would do his best to let him take a look.

If the new book can guarantee millions of sales, he is sure to get the support of the bookstore.

As for its own distribution channels, that is something that will be busy in the future, and now the serialization is at a critical juncture, and other forces must be used first.

"Ding-dong......"

As soon as the email prompt sounded, Zhongli immediately refreshed.

Editor-in-Chief Wei suddenly said: "Editor-in-chief, whose email, have you been waiting for this?"

"It's Xiao Zhe's new book, I just learned about it a few days ago. Zhongli replied, downloading the document.

"Oh? "White Hair" is over in three issues, and it just happened to be connected, and Xiao Zhe is still quite interested. Editor-in-Chief Wei laughed.

"It's not for serialization, it's published directly, so I called you...... Well, let's take a look. ”

"What about serialization?" Editor-in-Chief Wei frowned.

"The serialized part is still martial arts, and the manuscript was handed over to me before he went to Yanjing, but it has not been announced, and Editor-in-Chief Lin also knows. ”

"That's good. ”

……

The two of them each placed a notebook in front of them and gently clicked on the document.

"What type is it this time?"

"History. ”

Hearing this, Editor-in-Chief Wei was not too surprised, after several errors in judgment, he felt that Shen Zhe could accept whatever he wrote.

In the past, a youth author suddenly wrote a science fiction book or something, which would definitely make him suspicious.

But I just watched a few paragraphs, and I almost choked on one breath.

Name: Zhu Yuanzhang alias (nickname): Zhu Chongba, Zhu Guorui

Gender: Male

Ethnicity: Han

Blood type:?

"What is this, it's messy, it's also called history?"

Motto: What's yours is mine, I'm still mine

1368-1398 - The main job was to be emperor

Seeing this, the old man in his fifties was finally choked, coughed violently, raised his head and looked at Zhongli incredulously.

"Editor-in-chief, you're not kidding me, are you?"

Zhongli's face was also very strange, and it seemed to be slightly distorted, but he didn't take his eyes off the document and reached out to press it.

Read on, this time it's definitely not a joke, Xiao Zhe won't be so ignorant. ”

"It's also ......"

Soon the faces of the two became solemn.

……

The first chapter of the first part of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" quickly grasped their hearts, except for the beginning of Zhu Yuanzhang's archives and the mathematical explanation of the family name, which was slightly ridiculous, it was difficult to produce a sense of historical reading, and then they felt a gloomy color.

-- After the disaster came, on the sixth day of the fourth month, Zhu Chongba's father starved to death

-- The ninth eldest brother starved to death

-- On the 12th, the eldest brother's eldest son starved to death

-- On the 22nd, my mother starved to death

As the article says, if this is a diary, it is definitely one of the most tragic diaries in the world.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor, has a bad reputation among the people.

On the one hand, it was the Manchu Qing Dynasty that revised the "History of the Ming Dynasty", and the historians had long been extinct at that time, so it was inevitable that there would be some crooked writing. In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang did do many unpopular actions, such as slaughtering heroes, peeling daylilies, and killing corpses, which were too tyrannical and covered up his love for the people.

But in just a few minutes, after a quick reading of the pages, Zhu Yuanzhang's image completely turned over in the hearts of the two magazine practitioners.

Starting from abject poverty, with no background and support, Zhu Yuanzhang's every qiē was won by himself. After a lot of hardships, burying the bodies of his comrades, getting up and continuing to fight, countless powerful characters Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng, Wang Baobao, etc., all fell under his outstanding military talent.

Zhongli's face flushed, and Editor-in-Chief Wei's face sank like water.

Just like the subtitle of Mingyue's serialization of this book - history should be able to be written beautifully.

Shen Zhe also added it after the title of the book.

The style of writing is humorous and relaxed, the brushstrokes are clear, and there is no jerky feeling of previous historical works at all, which makes people fully engaged.

Senior editor Lao Wei certainly knows that a good book will have a rough judgment when you read it for the first time.

Do you feel stuck? Do you can't bear to release the volume? And the best works can reach the point where people forget their breath.

Now he has forgotten the professionalism of the editor.

……

"Incredible!"

Editor-in-Chief Wei raised his head a little dazedly, rubbed his sore neck, and saw that Zhongli was still buried in front of the computer, and once again set his eyes on the document in front of him.

I began to look up some historical information on the Internet in order to confirm a few doubts in the book.

Historical works can be less rigorous, but they must be rigorous.

If there are too many loopholes, no matter how interesting the writing is, it can only be attributed to grandstanding.

"Smack!"

Zhongli suddenly slapped the table and said loudly: "Happy, this is the best historical work I have ever read!"

"Incredible......

I only heard Editor-in-Chief Wei say something incredible, and I couldn't believe it: "The penmanship of the novel, the popular way of expression, can still follow the historical facts......"

Zhong Licai doesn't care what kind of expression he means, he only cares whether readers like to read it or not.

He is also a reader, and he is a digger of works with an extremely vicious vision, otherwise he would not be able to be the editor-in-chief.

Excited, he immediately called Shen Zhe.

"Xiao Zhe, history can be written so beautifully, how did you do it?"

Shen Zhe said with a smile: "Brother Zhong, from a historical point of view, we have always been on the road of popularization. The more grassroots a work is, the easier it is to be promoted and accepted by the widest number of readers. "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is a grassroots history book, don't you always say that you are a businessman, do you like it?"

Unconsciously, I commented from the reader's standpoint.

Zhongli didn't care, and promised: "It's definitely a super bestseller, don't worry, I'll take care of the rest!"

Shen Zhe remembered that the reason why the Internet was not accepted by the mainstream was probably not just too popular, but a pastime and entertainment.

"Lao Wei, you are in charge of the preparation for publication, I will contact the printing house, and the first edition will be completed within two days!"

"Roger!" Editor-in-Chief Wei did not hesitate.

……

Two days later, the manager's office of the Zhonghai main store of the Bowen bookstore.

The bookstore manager received Zhongli, a beautifully designed book, placed on the coffee table between the two, and began to talk and laugh.

On the third day, the first part of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" was released nationwide!

It is somewhat surprising that this time the new book was launched, except for Shen Zhe informed the fans of the book on the forum, Zhongli did not do any publicity and hype.

"This book doesn't need our hype!"

Businessmen know that the most powerful hype is word-of-mouth, and readers will automatically help you do it.

Unless you gag everyone. (To be continued.) )