He had earlier learned briefly about the unit of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles from known channels.

As long as you are a Chinese citizen, once the original book is published, your personal information needs to be included in the jurisdiction and subject to star rating.

In other words, if an author creates a book and a publisher is willing to publish it, he almost becomes a one-star author.

The threshold is low.

One-star author: Published 5,000 books, which is not up to the mark, and it is estimated that there is no publisher to be the main culprit.

Two-star author: -- 30,000 copies

Three-star author: -- 100,000 copies

Four-star author: - 500,000 copies

Five-star author: - 5 million copies

Six-star author: -- 10 million copies

Seven Star Authors: -- 30 million copies

Eight-star author: -- 50 million copies

Nine-star author: -- More than 100 million copies

Ten Star Author: -- Honorary Star, TBD

It can be seen from the number jù published by the Huaxia Literature Network that the five-star author is a watershed.

More than one million copies are considered bestsellers, and to reach that level, you need at least three or five bestsellers as a foundation, or one super bestseller.

Today, there are tens of thousands of four-star and below Chinese authors, but there are only 100 five-star authors, and even fewer are above.

Western countries have similar rankings, but they are not mutually recognized with China.

One is that the Huaxia Federation of Literary and Art Circles has been established for a short time, just ten years, and it is still studying in the Western world, and its previous works have not been included in the evaluation. In addition, Chinese authors are indeed not competitive, and there are only a few bestsellers with millions of copies every year.

And the West often has 3 million or 10 million copies, scaring individuals to death.

You can't blame Chinese readers for not buying it, buying books is first of all reading needs, and content is king.

Creation is a long-term job, and long forms often take years to prepare for publication.

As a late-developing country, China has given priority to the development of heavy industries such as national defense, so it naturally has less investment in cultural construction.

If you can't eat enough to eat for a living, it will be difficult for good works to appear.

……

Shen Zhe's manuscript was only published, and it was an occasional work by amateur literature lovers.

Once it is published, it will become the author of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and when the information is announced, those who have to be overt and secretly have to parry.

So he didn't want to be in public when he was in high school.

He hasn't enjoyed enough of this kind of comfortable life with the love of his parents and the company of beautiful eyebrows.

"Xiao Shen, but what's the difficulty?"

Seeing that Shen Zhe frowned for a while and didn't speak, Zhongli asked tentatively.

Shen Zhe raised his head, looked at Zhong Li and said, "Brother Zhong, you know, I am still a high school student, although I don't attach much importance to college, I still have to study." ”

Zhongli nodded and said, "Understood." ”

Judging from the work "If You Give Me Three Days of Light", the teenager in front of him must take the road of literature and have this strength.

It's true that college is not like the average high school student for him.

Let's regard this work as a novel, a good novel is a good story, and if there are a few touching plot lines in it, it will be a masterpiece. On top of this, the final creation of characters that can enter the hearts of the people is a classic.

Obviously, the teenager succeeded in creating a character like Helen Keller, which is why he and the two editors still came to the door at night.

Shen Zhe stretched out his hands: "It's impossible not to read, my mother will slice me." ”

Zhongli and the other two editors laughed.

"So, I don't want to join the Federation of Literary and Art Circles this year. ”

"On the other hand, high school students and college students are two stages, although there is only one year apart. ”

"It's much better if you join as a freshman. ”

Zhong Wei praised that the young man in front of him was indeed very mature, considered comprehensively, and was particularly good at protecting himself.

If you are an ordinary high school student, with this kind of talent, I am afraid that you can't wait to become famous.

He lowered his head and thought for a while, glanced at Editor-in-Chief Wei, looked back at Shen Zhe, and said, "I agree with your idea, so be it...... We can use the identity of the contracted author of the magazine, which is your pen name - the owner of Peach Blossom Island, to help you evaluate the star rating of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles. The real information will not be published, and the work will still be published, and the reason will be known in the future. ”

Shen Zhe smiled bitterly: "Brother Zhong, it's hard for me to refuse like this." ”

Zhongli laughed and said, "Then don't refuse!"

Editor-in-Chief Wei suddenly asked, "Xiao Shen, can I ask what your pen name means?"

Su Wei looked at him in surprise, not understanding why the old editor cared about this.

In fact, it is still a matter of experience, and the pen name of an author is generally well thought out and carries some symbolic meaning.

Where is Peach Blossom Island?

Shen Zhe smiled mysteriously: "This will be understood later, Peach Blossom Island is a place name in a novel, and there is an infatuated peerless hermit living on it, and there is a daughter of a strange elf, she will become the national girl of Huaxia!"

Shen Zhe was extremely sure.

Mr. Cha's Jing Rong Love is the most famous couple in the original time and space.

The three of them all looked at Shen Zhe, and Su Wei asked with interest: "Sounds like a good story, is it a long story?"

Zhongli also asked, "What type?"

"Oh, about a million words, as for the genre, which direction does Brother Zhong think literature will develop in the next few years?"

Zhongli raised his eyebrows: "What book is the most popular, you ask? Who can know, the reader's taste ......?"

He shook his head, obviously doing literary work for a long time, and it was a headache for Chinese readers.

Shen Zhe said: "I can sue you that the best-selling book in the next few years is martial arts!"

Editor-in-Chief Wei frowned: "You said chivalrous novels?"

Shen Zhe shook his head: "No, it's a martial arts novel, born from a chivalrous novel, a new school of martial arts." ”

Editor-in-Chief Wei looked unimpressed.

Shen Zhe is very sure that there is a lack of literary works in China today, but he still has chivalry in his bones.

Jin Guliang is alive, who can stop it?

Zhongli glanced at Shen Zhe deeply, and his heart was already shaken.

The boy looks confident, but where is the source of his confidence?

"Back to the manuscript, Xiao Shen, do you agree with my opinion?"

As he spoke, he added: "200 serialization rights for 1,000 words, 8% royalties, and global publishing." ”

Shen Zhe groaned, and Zhongli said again: "The problem of royalties is generally 3% to 12% in China, Xiao Shen, you are a newcomer, and 8% has broken the convention!"

Next to Su Wei explained: "Doujin publishing is the lowest, 5% for newcomers. ”

Editor-in-Chief Wei shook his head with a wry smile and sighed: "The courage is indeed not small, I am under a lot of pressure." If the surnamed Tan knows about this, editor-in-chief, you and I will become a laughing stock again!"

"That's okay, see who has the last laugh!"

Shen Zhe watched several bigwigs perform, and he didn't stop it, knowing that they were trying to convince themselves, but they were not exerting pressure.

But in the end he nodded in agreement.

8% is okay, the most important thing is to see their attitude.

Zhongli immediately took out the draft contract from his briefcase, and when Shen Zhe saw the editor-in-chief flipping through it, he knew that more than one had been prepared. Once you don't agree, you will definitely come up with a better contract to convince yourself, and you won't regret it.

After signing, Zhongli looked at the words "Shen Zhe" and said with appreciation: "Very good, Xiao Shen, you still practice calligraphy?"

Shen Zhe said with a smile: "The font is a person's face, and the calligraphy is the author's aura." ”

"Tsk......"

After the breakup, the editor-in-chief of Lu Wei suddenly said: "Editor-in-chief, you are not like usual today." ”

Zhongli smiled, "You mean my attitude towards that boy? Do you still think he's a seventeen-year-old boy?"

Editor-in-Chief Wei smiled bitterly: "Demon!"

"Look, in a few years, this Shen Zhe will definitely be famous all over the world, and my vision will not be wrong, although I don't have a single work. ”

"Peach Blossom Island, hey ......"