Chapter 11: Just kidding

"Hmm. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”

Liu Qing nodded, and silently apologized to Master Huang from the other world in his heart.

Liu Yun's beautiful eyes looked at him deeply, "Liu Qing, you are very good, I didn't look away at the beginning, you gave me a big surprise." ”

Then, she changed her words and said, "Is your book on a whim, or has it been conceived for a long time?" Have you thought about the follow-up plot? ”

Liu Qing pondered what Liu Yun meant by this, and muttered for a while, "Well, I have been thinking about this book for several years, but I was busy with school before, and I never had time to write it. ”

"That's great!"

Liu Yunmei's eyes lit up, "Liu Qing, I think your book is very good, whether it is creative or plot, the writing is also very exquisite, the rhythm is in place, if it can be published, it will definitely be popular, I personally suggest that you finish writing this book and hand it over to our publishing house to operate and publish, as for the manuscript fee...... Well, for the time being, you will be given the manuscript fee standard of fourth-tier writers, can you see it? As for royalties, how about I give you a reply after I discuss it with the editor-in-chief? ”

There is a professional organization in this world that is responsible for searching a series of data to make a data-based consideration for workers in all walks of life. The accuracy rate is very high, so all walks of life use this ranking as a reference.

The author's line is ranked according to book sales and pen name influence, and the lowest level is a fifth-tier author, and Liu Qing has never written a book, so it stands to reason that the publishing house will only give him the manuscript fee standard of the fifth-tier author.

As soon as Liu Yun opened her mouth, she gave him the manuscript fee of the fourth-tier author, and obviously intended to give him more royalties, which showed a problem, she was very optimistic about this book Xun Mengji.

This is normal.

Xun Mengji's creativity is absolutely first-class in this world. Moreover, it has reached the point of innovation, but it has not taken the step to the point of the egg.

Such a creative and novel martial arts novel will definitely be able to open up a lifeless situation in the current market and make martial arts novels shine again after a long absence.

"Okay, I don't have a problem." Liu Qing nodded.

"And how long do you plan to finish the book?" Liu Yun asked, "Is there any 500,000 words?" ”

500,000 words? Liu Qing was stunned for a moment, and then said with a wry smile: "Editor-in-chief Liu, I have finished writing this book, at least it may be nearly two million words." He didn't seriously calculate how many words Master Huang wrote back then, but there were more than one million or so in any way.

Liu Yun's brows furrowed, the most popular martial arts novels on the market at present are only five or six hundred thousand words, and I have really never heard of more than one million words, "Will it be too procrastinating?" You know, it's too long, and some readers don't want to read it. Moreover, the more words in a book, the better, and the more words there are, the more the structure is not good. ”

To some extent, writing a book is like building a building, and a few bungalows are easy to build, but if you are building a building dozens of stories high, you have to think about a lot of things.

"Definitely not long." Liu Qing shook his head resolutely, Master Huang's works also have short stories, but his most popular works such as The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty, Xun Qin Ji, and Rainstorm and Clouds are all masterpieces of millions of words, which make people feel refreshed to read, and some people even complain that they have written too little.

Seeing that he was confident, Liu Yun hesitated, "How should so many words be published?" "A novel of hundreds of thousands of words, fortunately published, is nothing more than divided into three episodes, how to print millions of words?

Besides, Liu Yun is very skeptical, is there really so many stories to write?

"I suggest that the 180,000 words be divided into episodes and launched in the form of serialization, and if the market response is not good, it can also be concluded early."

Liu Qing came up with an idea, this kind of operation, in his previous world, many publishing houses did this, releasing a few episodes a month to observe the market response.

"It's a good way to operate." Liu Yun's beautiful eyes lit up, she thought about it in her heart, and said, "I'll go and discuss it with the editor-in-chief." She walked briskly out of the newsroom.

After Liu Yun was gone, the people in the editorial department suddenly relaxed and started talking there.

Of course, the topics of discussion are all focused on Liu Qing's book of Seeking Meng.

Almost everyone is full of praise for this book and is very optimistic about the prospects of publication.

"Hey, that's right."

After Wang Xiaobo finished chatting with an editor, suddenly, he remembered something, patted his forehead, and said loudly to Liu Qing: "Liu Qing, I remember, didn't you make a bet with Teacher Li before?" ”

Bang. It was the sound of a cup falling to the ground and shattering.

Everyone instantly turned their heads and looked at the place where the sound sounded.

I saw Mr. Li's hand frozen in mid-air, and it was the cup in his hand that fell to the ground, looking at his posture, it seemed like he was going out.

"Ahem...... Sorry, missed. ”

Teacher Li's face was a little embarrassed, turned around, and explained to everyone with a dry smile, "What's that, I think there's something to do, I have to go out first." With that, he hurriedly walked outside quickly.

"Teacher Li, wait a minute."

Liu Qing opened his mouth with a smile.

Hearing his words, Teacher Li froze, turned around, and smiled unnaturally, "Liu Qing, I have some urgent matters, I have to rush out and deal with it immediately, if you have something, I'll talk about it another day......"

"Don't worry, Mr. Li, I can't delay you for a few minutes."

Liu Qing interrupted him unceremoniously, stood up and stared at him and said, "Teacher Li, I remember that the two of us seemed to have made a bet yesterday, right?" You haven't forgotten this, have you? ”

There was an instant silence in the editorial office, and the pin drop could be heard.

When I made a bet yesterday, almost everyone heard Mr. Li's voice, and even if he wanted to deny it now, it was impossible.

"Ahem, Liu Qing, I was joking with you yesterday......"

Teacher Li coughed a few times and said cheekily. He has been here at the Oriental Publishing House for decades, his qualifications are older than anyone else, he usually thinks very highly of himself, and he puts on his old qualifications at every turn, and the master's shelf, teaches this and that, let him fulfill yesterday's gambling contract, and apologize to Liu Qing for serving tea in front of everyone, he feels that he really can't afford to lose this face!

"Oh? Are you sure you're kidding me? ”

Liu Qing looked at him with a smile.

Hearing Liu Qing's tone and seeing his smile, Mr. Li immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly thought in his heart, Liu Qing, this kid is still a little eyesight, knowing that he is the old qualification of the editorial department, master, with his dime boy, really dare to provoke himself?

Thinking in his heart, Mr. Li smiled and echoed his words, nodded again and again, and said with a smile: "That's right, I'm just joking with you, joking......

Before the words fell, I saw Liu Qing, who was smiling, and suddenly, his face changed, he slapped the table fiercely, pointed at Teacher Li and scolded: "But I didn't joke with you!" ”

What the?

Teacher Li's smile suddenly froze, "Liu Qing, what do you mean?" ”

"I mean it very simply, I'm not kidding you!"

Liu Qing's eyes narrowed, pointed at him, and said word by word: "Teacher Li, you have a good idea, yesterday in front of all colleagues, you were the one who bet with me, and today in front of all colleagues, it was you who said that you were joking with me." Dare to be affectionate, you are reasonable? ”

"Today, it's me Liu Qing who wins, you laugh, joke with me, joke with me, what do you say? Yes! ”