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"Martial arts column?"

Editor-in-Chief Wei smiled bitterly again, he always couldn't keep up with the thoughts of Editor-in-Chief Zhongli.

According to him, it is best to serialize "Dragon and Tiger Jinghua" in the long section of the magazine first, and then publish it according to sales. Looking at the writing and poems of the manuscript, the creation speed cannot be too fast, and now that there is a full draft, serialization is naturally no problem, but there is a problem when it comes to opening a column.

China Shipping's second-ranked youth magazine, "Chinese Youth", has only one column by a five-star author.

Because the author has opened a column, although the popularity will increase quickly, it is necessary to provide manuscripts for a long time. You can't be like ordinary authors, who are not happy today and are not in the mood tomorrow, and once the manuscript is broken, the column must be closed, and at least a stable contribution must be guaranteed for a year.

Looking at the manuscript in his hand, Editor-in-Chief Wei cast a skeptical look at Shen Zhe.

With such a high text quality and magnificent background setting, no one dares to guarantee the quality and quantity of the next book.

Zhong Li also reacted as soon as he spoke, and immediately asked, "Xiao Shen, how is it, do you have the confidence to open a column?"

The works are all in his mind, and Shen Zhe is of course full of confidence.

"Speed is never an issue!"

Zhongli slapped the table and said loudly: "Okay, this Friday, next week's new issue of the magazine will use your pen name to open a martial arts column!"

Su Wei suddenly worried: "Xiao Shen, are you sure you can do it?"

I was afraid that Shen Zhe didn't understand what she meant, so he explained: "You are not like the column of the flower season back then, as long as there are a few articles in each issue that record the mood, whether it is happy or sad, can you guarantee the creation speed of the next book?"

Shen Zhe smiled and said, "Don't worry, Sister Su, the speed of three times per issue can still be guaranteed." ”

Su Wei's jaw almost fell to the ground, Editor-in-Chief Wei and Zhong Li also looked at him in surprise, and Shen Zheqi said, "What's wrong?"

"What's the matter," Su Wei stroked her forehead with her hand, "I'm talking about serialization once per issue!"

Shen Zhe was stunned and said, "One time, that's only more than 10,000 words, too little, right?"

Su Wei said helplessly: "It's the first time I've seen an author who dislikes the magazine's too few manuscripts, can you tell me about your creative speed?"

"Oh, this depends on the typing speed......"

Don't blame Shen Zhe for being slow, a 200,000-word "Dragon and Tiger Fighting Jinghua", if each issue is serialized in a weekly magazine, except for the wedge, it will take three months to write the main text of the novel twelve times. After that, when it was the turn of a million-word super long story, it would be more than half a year at every turn, and it was estimated that I would have to be busy with this for half my life.

"According to your four or fifty thousand words per issue three times, you alone will take up a small half of the magazine space!"

Su Wei was speechless, and Zhongli laughed.

"Fold it, each issue of the magazine is serialized twice, and this "Dragon and Tiger Fighting Jinghua" has a total of twelve times, that is, it has been serialized in one and a half months. If I could take on the next book, I can imagine it now, that kind of sales boom. ”

Shen Zhe suddenly said: "Okay, there's no problem with serialization, but does the magazine have a professional martial arts editor?"

When a magazine opens up a new category of literature, it can't even be without a professional editor.

He was also a little helpless, those martial arts stories in his mind were more suitable for serialization in "Oriental Heroes" where Uncle Lin worked, but unfortunately it was a local magazine.

The distribution of Huaxia's publications is a little different from the original time and space, and now they all apply for issue numbers from the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, which are divided into local, national and global journal numbers, and local publications cannot be sold in other places.

It would be too bad to let those stories only circulate in Zhonghai.

It is possible to build yì "Oriental Heroes" to be upgraded to a national publication, but Uncle Lin is not the owner of the magazine, so it is better to poach him.

Hearing Shen Zhe's question, Zhongli also frowned a little: "This thing is difficult to do, since it is a new school of martial arts, there is no professional editor." ”

"It's easy to do," Editor-in-Chief Wei interjected, "and you can poach people from chivalrous publications." ”

"It's a way. Zhongli's eyes lit up, "Martial arts can be regarded as an innovation from chivalrous novels, I asked a friend about talents in this area." ”

Shen Zhe smiled and said, "How about I introduce one to the magazine?"

"Ao, Xiao Shen knows the chivalrous editor?"

Shen Zhe nodded and said, "I know one, and I still live in the neighbor's door, which is the father of my classmate outside." ”

Su Wei suddenly looked at Shen Zhe and smiled: "You're welcome!"

Shen Zhe spread his hands and smiled: "Uncle Lin is the deputy editor-in-chief of "Oriental Heroes", and he is fully competent here. ”

Zhongli smiled slightly: "Future father-in-law?"

Shen Zhe smiled and didn't say anything.

Editor-in-Chief Wei thought for a while and hesitated: "I seem to have heard of this magazine, Zhonghai was very famous more than ten years ago, but now the chivalrous novel has declined, and it has disappeared." ”

Zhongli didn't care that Shen Zhe introduced the editor to him, Huaxia was originally a humane society, and when he encountered difficulties or good things, he would always find an acquaintance. He already has a strong business spirit, but he admires Shen Zhe's attitude, which shows that he really has a sense of closeness to the magazine.

"If you can be the deputy editor-in-chief, you must be very level, Xiao Shen, do you have contact information?"

Shen Zhe thought about it and said, "I'll go back and ask, because I don't have a mobile phone, and I haven't remembered other people's phone numbers, so I told Uncle Lin to call the magazine?"

"Okay, as long as the level is about the same, you can be hired. ”

forgot for a moment that Lin Yuhan was outside the door, and he must have known his father's phone number.

After some discussion, it was agreed that Shen Zhe would submit the manuscript three times a week, and Zhongli once again raised the manuscript fee to the highest standard of 300 words per 1,000 words. If the author is not satisfied, the editor-in-chief needs to apply to the company, but Shen Zhe feels that the price is not bad.

Even the share of publication was negotiated, and the 10% royalty was two points higher than the previous 8%.

However, if you want to raise the price again in the future, the space is not high, in fact, the income of Chinese authors is much better than that of the original time and space.

For example, publishing a book requires a lot of expenses such as editing, art, binding and warehousing, transportation, taxes, and damage, and it can't make a few dollars.

The author is paid 3%-15% of the royalties, and if a book costs 20 yuan, you need to pay about 2 yuan per book.

Not a five-star author, absolutely no publisher is willing to set royalties above 10%. At the beginning, Shen Zhe got 8% as a newcomer, which was purely because the editors were unanimously optimistic, Zhongli made a final decision, and it was a rare treatment.

It is precisely because he understands this that Shen Zhe did not think of going to other magazines to submit articles.

Unlike the original time and space, which has always been short of money, compared with the other party's attitude, he doesn't value money so much, as long as he doesn't deliberately discriminate.

Owning a chip is like knowing a billionaire's bank password, which can be withdrawn at any time without worrying about it.

After signing the contract, Su Wei said: "Xiao Shen, go buy a mobile phone, it's convenient to find you." Now you're a little rich, much richer than I am. ”

Shen Zhe nodded yes, he really needs a mobile phone.

He Lin Yuhan came out of the magazine office, did not let Zhongli send a car, and planned to go to Xinjie.

"Where are you going next?" Lin Yuhan took out a tissue to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

When he went out, it was the poisonous sun, but after a while, Lin Yuhan's little face was sunburned, and Shen Zhe frowned when he looked at it.

"I want to buy a mobile phone, I can't see how you look, I'll send you back first, I know that Brother Zhong sent a car, I'm embarrassed to go back again." ”

Lin Yuhan pouted and said, "I'm not so squeamish!"

"It's still hard," Shen Zhe said angrily, "Seeing that your face looks like a shrimp, I'll go buy you a bottle of ice water to wipe first." ”

Lin Yuhan said weakly: "My mother didn't give me money......"

"I have it, it's not the same ...... as you" As soon as he said it, he realized that he didn't have any money, and he used to go out to get his mother's wallet. The bank card was in my pocket, so I had to withdraw the money first, otherwise I wouldn't have to take the bus.

Lin Yuhan looked at the displayed string of numbers and said in surprise: "Ah Zhe, this is your money?"

Shen Zhetou didn't reply and said casually: "It's yours too!"

Lin Yuhan slapped him and snorted angrily: "If you ignore you like this again......"

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