Without waiting for Zhou Lin to raise the question in his heart, Wang Baokang sent another paragraph.

"Mr. Zhu, in fact, your "Village Teacher" is very wonderful. I've been working on Science Fiction Literature for many years, and this novel is arguably the highest quality I've read in my years of work, and it's a first-rate work in terms of conception and imagination and plot and writing. To tell the truth, "Country Teacher" is fully worthy of "Science Fiction Literature", but "Science Fiction Literature" is not worthy of "Country Teacher". ”

"Editor Wang has won the award." Zhou Lin actually thinks so.

Sure enough, he continued: "It's a pity that I'm just an ordinary editor, even if I like "Country Teacher" again, I have to listen to the leader's command. To tell you the truth, now the editor-in-chief of "Science Fiction Literature" used to work in the Meteorological Bureau, I don't know if he understands literature, but I know that he doesn't understand science fiction, "Science Fiction Literature" used to be one of the top magazines in the science fiction industry, but under his leadership in the past few years, ......"

Wang Baokang babbled and sent more than a dozen messages, full of thousands of words, explaining the chaos of "Science Fiction Literature" in detail.

Zhou Lin kept looking politely and didn't interject.

It wasn't until Wang Baokang finished speaking that Zhou Lin asked, "Editor Wang, thank you for telling me so much, but what do you mean by telling me this?" ”

Wang Baokang said: "I am a veteran employee of "Science Fiction Literature", and I have worked for more than ten years and have a lot of affection for the magazine. If the magazine continues to do this, it will lose money sooner or later, and there is even a danger of going out of business. Originally, I didn't know what to do or what to do, until I happened to find out that Mr. Chai had such a literary forum on the Internet, and I thought of a way to save the magazine. ”

"You say." Zhou Lin became interested.

"Before I talk about this solution, let me ask a question. Mr. Zhu's "Zhu Xian" and "Blasphemy" are very wonderfully written, whether it is submitting to magazines or talking to publishers, you can get a lot of income, but they are free to put on the Internet for everyone to read. I guess Mr. Chai is not the kind of person who treats money like dung, but has greater ambitions, right? Wang Baokang asked.

Zhou Lin was stunned, this was the first time that someone saw his ambition.

He replied with an "um" word, and everything was silent.

"That's right." Wang Baokang said, "Since Mr. Zhu wants to make a career in the field of literature, I wonder if he is interested in buying a magazine?" Like "Science Fiction Literature"? ”

Nonsense, how could Zhou Lin not be interested!

Otherwise, why didn't he submit his article to one of the top magazines in the industry, but to the poorly run "Wuxia Weekly" and the deteriorating "Science Fiction Literature" to contribute, he aimed at the equity issue of these two magazines, so that he preemptively wedged a nail, in order to have the opportunity to seize control of the magazine in the future.

The equity of "Wuxia Weekly" was dispersed, and it almost changed hands a while ago, but Zhou Lin teamed up with Geng Yunhe to dispel the idea of shareholders selling with an article "Liancheng Jue".

As for "Science Fiction Literature", Zhou Lin remembered in his previous life that the equity of this magazine was a little chaotic, and it was later bought at a very low price, and it is not clear what happened in it.

Originally, Zhou Lin planned to inquire about the equity of "Science Fiction Literature" after a while, but he didn't expect Wang Baokang to come to the door, it was just dozing off and sending pillows, it was really timely!

"Editor Wang is joking, I want a magazine, but unfortunately I don't have the money." Zhou Lin replied.

"In fact, it is not as difficult to buy a magazine as Mr. Chai thought, especially Science Fiction Literature." Wang Baokang said, "If Mr. Chai is interested, I will tell you the trick." ”

"Why did you choose me?" Zhou Lin suddenly asked.

Wang Baokang said: "In fact, I have done a lot of research in the past two months, and I chose Mr. Zhu for three reasons. ”

"First, Mr. Chai has ambition and brains. The Singularity Literature Forum you founded has a more complete welfare system than the big websites in the industry, especially the attendance award, monthly pass award and reward system, which is the most perfect incentive system that combines literature and business I have ever seen. If you have such business acumen, you will have absolutely no problem managing and running a magazine in the future. ”

"Second, Mr. Chai is talented and an expert. I won't talk about your "Country Teacher". I have read "Zhu Xian", "Blasphemy", and "Mandarin Duck Knife" and "Liancheng Jue" published by you in "Wuxia Weekly", and I admire your changeable style and spicy writing. You are a real master, an insider, if you want to do a good magazine, you must have an insider as a leader! ”

"Third, Mr. Chai is rich. Although it doesn't cost much to buy "Science Fiction Literature", millions are still needed. Mr. Chai may not be a rich man, but you have written so many books, and you should have a lot of income from manuscript fees, and I think you can afford this money. ”

"I don't know many people, and even fewer people can meet the above three points.

Wang Baokang's words made Zhou Lin very useful, and replied: "Editor Wang loves it." I'm quite interested in "Science Fiction Literature", why don't you talk about how you can buy it? ”

Wang Baokang directly sent a copy of the information and said: "This is a chart of the equity structure of "Science Fiction Literature" that I collected and organized, you can see it by looking at it. ”

Zhou Lin opened his mouth wide after opening the information and looking at it a few times, and typed in surprise and asked, "No, it's that simple?" ”

"It's that simple, but unfortunately no one ever thought of it." Wang Baokang said, "Now you know I'm not talking nonsense. ”

"Editor Wang, you are my Zhang Song!" Zhou Lin suddenly sighed.

Zhang Song comes from an allusion to the Three Kingdoms, he was originally Liu Zhang's subordinate, and wanted to dedicate the map of Xichuan to Cao Cao, but Cao Cao saw that his appearance was obscene and arrogant, so he treated him coldly and beat it with a stick. Zhang Song was treated well by Liu Bei on the way back to Sichuan, and when he was moved, he dedicated the map to Liu Bei.

It is precisely because of Zhang Songxian's map that Liu Bei can successfully occupy Xichuan in the future and achieve the hegemony of Shu Han.

Wang Baokang reacted quickly and replied: "I am Zhang Song, you are Liu Bei, the map has been dedicated, what is Mr." ”

Zhou Lin sent a wry smile: "Indeed, as you said, the acquisition of "Science Fiction Literature" seems to be very interesting, but the problem is that I don't have so much money in my hands. ”

"Four million isn't much." Wang Baokang said, "If your "Liancheng Jue", "Zhu Xian" and "Blasphemy" are all published, the royalties will be about the same. ”

"The problem is that I have only negotiated the publication of "Zhu Xian" so far, and the other two books have not yet been settled. Even if it's all published, I still have a lot to spend...... Now I only have half a million on hand. Zhou Lin said.

The 500,000 is still Zhou Lin included all the royalties of "Zhu Xian", and he didn't calculate the more expenses of playing the website, otherwise even this number would not be enough.

Wang Baokang was silent for a while and said: "The opportunity must not be lost, and it will not come again." It won't be that price next year. ”

Zhou Lin looked at the information in his hand again, pondered for a while, and said, "Give me three months." By November at the latest, I'll make four million! ”