14 p.m.

Starting Point Editorial Department.

At this point, everyone has already clocked in, sat in front of the computer, and started to work.

Tomato is a trainee editor in the editorial department of the starting point, and his main responsibility is to review the author's manuscript and sign up for works that cater to the taste of the market.

Most editors rely on their own textual instincts to determine whether the work can be signed or not, and Tomato rubs his somewhat sore shoulders and moves a book out of his shelf.

In order to facilitate the review, editors generally use the starting point account, and the works that are followed are added to the bookshelf, and the works that are removed from the bookshelf represent that they are not favored.

Tomato had already chopped several works this morning, and he was about to stand up for a sip when his eyes were drawn to a book on the shelf.

This is a novel called Zhu Xian, and this book was added to the attention list by Tomato when it was first reviewed.

When Zhu Xian first uploaded it, he uploaded ten chapters at a time, although he only needed to read the first chapter to review the new book, but the author uploaded other chapters, and the editor would read it patiently.

But when Tomato looked at it, he found that he couldn't stop.

Chapter 1: Qingyun

Chapter 2: The Puzzle

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Chapter 10: The Glen

The story slowly unfolds as the plot develops, and Tomato gradually integrates into the novel.

The ethereal wonderland, the novelty, the lifelike characters, all this seemed to linger in his mind. Tomato shouted in his heart that he hadn't seen such a work in a long time.

The novels on the Internet are not good at writing, but Zhu Xian has broken through this threshold and brought these characters to life, and also brought the world of Xianxia to life!

In China, the birthplace of chivalrous culture, every Chinese person has a martial arts feeling in their hearts, which is a feeling that comes from blood from generation to generation.

And now martial arts novels have entered a low ebb of development, and all kinds of rigid classic plots have gradually fallen into clichés, and more and more readers have begun to be disappointed.

Thinking about martial arts has never stopped, some authors have begun to conceive new plots of martial arts novels, and some authors have begun to innovate on the basis of martial arts novels.

What comes after martial arts? What is it like after the Great Perfection of the Martial Arts Realm?

Nobody knows.

At this time, the concept of Xianxia was proposed, and it can be determined that Xianxia is the sublimation of martial arts, but what Xianxia is has not yet been determined.

Many novels on the market are just put on the vest of "Xianxia", which is essentially a martial arts novel. Including the Xianxia category of major novel websites, most of them are indiscriminate martial arts novels.

In such an environment, Xianxia is usually considered to be just a concept derived from martial arts novels, an illusory concept.

However, Tomato faintly feels that the embarrassing situation of Xianxia novels is about to be broken.

Because of this Zhu Xian? Tomato, who didn't know where the confidence came from, added the book to the shelf.

Today, I saw the update reminder of Zhuxian on the bookshelf, and Tomato opened the pages of the book again and flipped through it.

Chapter 11: Mutation

Chapter 12: Reunion

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Chapter 20: The Devil's Trail

After reading the twentieth chapter, Tomato decided to sign Zhu Xian, the writing of this novel is not only so good that there is nothing to say, especially if it can update so many words a day while maintaining quality.

Well, the writing updates are all excellent.

Tomato is ready to contact the author to inform him of the signing.

At this time, Tomato suddenly remembered that although he had the right to sign a contract, giving important recommendations required the consent of the group leader or editor-in-chief.

There is an unwritten rule in the online literature industry that a newly uploaded online novel can only rely on its own traffic to rush to various lists, and the signed book can be recommended by the website.

Compared with the traffic of the work itself, the recommendation of the website is more important. Important recommendations represent the importance that the website attaches to the work, and it is also a guarantee of the performance of a web novel.

At present, after signing a new book, the starting point will be given a mosquito push, and the so-called mosquito push means that this recommendation is inconspicuous and unimportant.

After signing a new book, there is a small area at the bottom of the category to recommend your book, but the position of this recommendation is very inconspicuous, so it does not have much effect.

Tomato thought that this did not notify the author immediately, so he opened the chat page with the group leader and sent a message to him.

Hello group leader, I am the intern editor Tomato in charge of Xianxia Group 5-8. I saw a novel that was very well written, can you give me an important recommendation? Below is a link to this novel.

…

After an hour, the buckle sounded Dididi.

Tomato clicks on the jumping little penguin, and a chat message unfolds in front of him.

Team leader: After signing the contract, you can give a classification key recommendation. Please let the author know to keep it up to date and try not to interrupt the update.

Tomato was relieved when he saw this news, and the key recommendation of the classification is generally for novels that have been recommended several times, and Zhu Xian must have been affirmed by the group leader if he was able to get this recommendation.

Tomato found the mobile phone number in the author's profile and quickly dialed it.

16:30 p.m.

Chen Hao was about to go out.

At this time, the cell phone in the trouser pocket rang.

Chen Hao took out his mobile phone and looked at the screen, a call from an unfamiliar number.

Chen Hao usually has no habit of refusing to answer other people's calls, he pressed the answer button.

"Hello, Mr. Chen Hao. I'm the starting point editorial department, do you have time to talk to me about signing a contract? ”

Chen Hao was stunned, although he knew more about the online literature circle in his previous life, this was his first time writing a novel after all.

Chen Hao was a little nervous in his heart, but he still maintained a normal tone.

"Hello Tomato, it's my first time writing a novel and I don't know what it takes to sign a contract?"

Tomato: We will send you a sample contract, you only need to prepare a copy of your ID card and sign it and mail it back to our starting point editorial office.

Chen Hao: Is there anything to pay attention to after signing the contract?

The tomato on the other side of the phone seemed to be thinking, and after a pause, he said: "After signing the contract, you can only release new chapters at the starting point, and we will help you apply for recommendations, please keep it updated, contact me if you have something, and try not to break the update." ”

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Chen Hao has a general understanding of the contract, and the signing of this world online novel is the same as in his previous life. After signing the contract, the author can withdraw the reader's reward, and the work will receive various recommendation support from the website.

The text copyright will belong to the website after the contract is signed, and this text copyright does not include the game adaptation right and film and television adaptation right of the novel.

In his previous life, the concept of IP before Chen Hao's rebirth was very hot, and a large number of excellent online novels were adapted into TV series and movies.

Many investors have made classic online novels into bad movies, and they still make a lot of money by fans of the original novels.

Chen Hao hated this kind of behavior in his previous life, and many classic online novels were ruined by the adapted TV series.

However, the film and television adaptation rights of this world online novel are still in the hands of the authors themselves.