The Office of the General Manager of Oriental Daily.

Ma Chengkun listened to the report of his deputy editor-in-chief with a spring breeze on his face, and Deputy Editor-in-Chief Liu was also full of excitement, "Mr. Ma, when "Zhu Xian" first started to be serialized, the sales of "Oriental Daily" stopped declining, and then it was slowly growing, although the growth was very slow, but it has been growing, but there have been two explosive growth recently. I noticed that the first increase was when Lu Xueqi, the heroine of the novel "Zhu Xian", appeared. The mountain wind blew, the white clouds fluttered like the softest and most beautiful silk, Lu Xueqi's clothes fluttered, her complexion was like snow, and she was unstoppable, like a fairy of the Nine Heavens falling into the mortal dust, which made people feel a little awe-inspiring when they loved and pity. Readers seem to think that this is a goddess character comparable to Xiaolongnu and Wang Yuyan, and the daily sales growth after this Tuesday has increased significantly, and now the newspaper's sales have reached 130,000 copies, surpassing the "Sing Tao Daily", and the gap from the 145,000 copies of "Ming Pao" is also gradually narrowing, but the specific reason is not very clear, which is curious. ”

"yes, didn't you find out why?" Ma Chengkun is also very interested in this reason.

"I know a little bit about that." Editor-in-chief Wang said with a smile.

"Oh, Uncle Wang, you know, then tell us what the reason is." Ma Chengkun and Deputy Editor-in-Chief Liu were very curious.

"The reason for this second increase in sales is the author of the novel "Zhu Xian", Yue Lang Xingxi." Editor-in-chief Wang seemed to be very emotional.

"Oh? You mean Chen Lang, the author of "Zhu Xian", Xiaoyou, does Chen Lang have any other explosive news? Deputy Editor-in-Chief Liu asked curiously, and Mr. Ma was also very puzzled.

"Because Chen Lang is now a campus idol."

"Campus idol? Chen Lang is still a big star? How I don't know. ”

"Of course, we adults don't know, because it's on campus that he became famous."

"How did you become famous on campus?" Deputy Editor-in-Chief Liu asked.

"The news that he wrote the novel "Zhu Xian" and serialized it in the "Oriental Daily" has spread on campus, and this kid can even write songs, and he sings well, although he only wrote two songs, one of which is simple and straightforward, but catchy, and the other is quite touching, although I am not a professional music critic, but this is definitely a classic." Editor-in-chief Wang seems to be still recalling the melody of "Childhood" in his mind.

This made Ma Chengkun and Deputy Editor-in-Chief Liu deeply surprised, although Editor-in-Chief Wang is not a music critic, but after so many years of editor-in-chief career, the so-called touch bypass, the basic vision is still there.

"And now these two songs have been circulated in all schools in Hong Kong, my granddaughter is a fan of this kid, singing "Childhood" in front of me every day, I am about to sing it, and what touches me the most is this kid's speech at the opening ceremony.

'We are young, so we have no regrets, we are young, so we are fearless, we are young, so invincible. My youth, my way. I'm youth, I speak for myself' It can be seen that this little guy is definitely a confident person, coupled with amazing talent, I really don't know how far this kid will grow. ”

When Ma Chengkun heard Editor-in-Chief Wang's words, he stood up directly, and whispered in his mouth, "We are young, so we have no regrets, we are young, so we are fearless, we are young, so invincible." My youth, my way. I'm a young man, I speak for myself, this is really a talented young man. ”

"So what we have to do now is to hold on to this kid and tie him to our warship, which is considered an investment, even if it fails, there is no big loss, but once it succeeds, there will be a huge return." Editor-in-chief Wang said categorically.

"It's true to hold on to him, but how? Give him a fee increase? Ma Chengkun asked.

"It's not necessary, it's all a contract written in black and white, and it doesn't need to be changed, but when he goes to the next book, he may have to pay a lot of money. As for now, didn't Deputy Editor-in-Chief Liu say that his family seems to be in some difficulty, we can first give him all the manuscript fees, he said that he will write about 1.5 million words, then give him the rest of the money together, let his family tide over the difficulties, and then we want to show our sincerity and determination for his next book. Editor-in-chief Wang said slowly.

"Okay, let's do it first, and we'll give him the highest manuscript fee for the next book. Then it will be troublesome for Editor-in-Chief Liu to go again. Ma Chengkun said.

"How can it be troublesome, I also want to meet this genius boy again." Deputy Editor-in-Chief Liu said with a smile.

"The other thing is that we tried our best to hide information about this kid, but I still learned about him from my daughter, so our idea may be bankrupt, and it won't be long before he is in the pages of the major newspapers. So it's better to keep this opportunity to yourself, if you go this time, discuss it with him, and we will do our best to promote him, so that he has a reputation and we can sell more newspapers. ”

"I'm afraid it's not a few, hahaha......" After speaking, the three of them laughed, as for Chen Lang, who was calculated, he didn't know anything.

As soon as Chen Lang and his sister Chen Yun opened the door, they heard the laughter of the family, and when they looked up, it turned out to be Deputy Editor-in-Chief Liu, so they asked, "Uncle, why are you here?" ”

"I'm here to thank you, Chen Lang."

"Thank me? I guess I'm thanking you, right? Chen Lang put down his schoolbag and sat between his father and mother.

"Of course I thank you. You don't know, before your novel "Zhu Xian" was not serialized, the sales of our "Oriental Daily" had fallen below 100,000 copies, but since your novel was serialized, the sales of the newspaper have been rising, and now it has sold 130,000 copies, and your novel has brought more than 30,000 copies to our newspaper at once, so naturally it is time for me to thank you. Deputy Editor-in-Chief Liu was full of spring breeze.

"Really? "Zhu Xian" is so powerful, then uncle, you really have to thank me. Chen Lang is very happy with the strong influence of "Zhu Xian".

"This kid is really not ashamed." Chen's mother gently knocked Chen Lang's little head.

"Son, that's the truth." Deputy Editor-in-Chief Liu looked at Chen Lang with a smile, this is a living God of Wealth.

"Then you're here to thank me this time, what's the reward?" Chen Lang looked at his uncle with wide eyes, feeling cute.

"There is no additional reward, but in order to thank Xiaoyou's novel for the help it has brought to the company, we decided to pay all the manuscript fees of 120,000 yuan for the novel "Zhu Xian" and the remaining more than 100,000 yuan to Xiaoyou." Saying that, Deputy Editor-in-Chief Liu took out a check and handed it to Chen Lang, Chen Lang was not polite, and after taking it, he gave it to Chen's mother without looking at it, Chen's mother was a little surprised, and she was a little excited to hold the check in her hand.

"In addition, I have a check for 20,000 yuan here, which the company also wants to give to Xiaoyou." After speaking, Deputy Editor-in-Chief Liu took out another check, this time Chen Lang's family of four was confused, what was going on.

"That's the case, the novel "Zhu Xian", we serialized two chapters in the newspaper at a time, at this rate, and the total number of chapters that Xiaoyou said, then it may be over at the end of the year, and now it's almost October, and it's not far from the end of the year, so we want to talk to Xiaoyou about the next step of serialization." Deputy Editor-in-Chief Liu explained.

"The next novel, it's too early, right?" Chen Lang was even more stunned, Chen's father, Chen's mother and sister were also surprised, could it be that his son's (younger brother's) novel was really so good, so good that "Oriental Daily" was so anxious to renew the second novel, and at the same time, he was also happy and proud in his heart.

"Not early, not early, the first time we didn't promote Xiaoyou's novel enough, the second one is naturally to be fully prepared." Deputy Editor-in-Chief Liu opened his eyes and said nonsense. Chen Lang's family didn't say anything, after all, the other party is also Chen Lang's Bole, and the cooperation between the two sides is also very pleasant.

"I've really conceived this second novel, but I haven't put pen to paper." Chen Lang is also very satisfied with "Oriental Daily", and he will not treat himself badly if he sees this, and even sent an appointment fee of 20,000 yuan, which shows his sincerity.

"Oh, is it still a Xianxia novel?" Deputy Editor-in-Chief Liu was excited, but he didn't expect that there was really a surprise, it seems that Chen Lang is also very satisfied with the sincerity of his company.

"Yes, it's still a Xianxia novel, you also know that the novel "Zhu Xian" also writes all kinds of spells and magic weapons and strange insects and beasts, but there is one place that is not perfect, that is, a clear set of realm level settings, so I plan to set a complete and detailed set of realm levels in the next novel, I want people who write Xianxia novels in the future to create Xianxia novels based on my realm level settings." After Chen Lang finished speaking, he felt a little excited.

"Oh, that's really good, this setting is good, as long as you write this novel well, then you are the leading character of Xianxia novels, and when it comes to Xianxia in the future, you and the owner of Huanzhu Mansion will not be able to avoid you." Deputy Editor-in-Chief Liu was also surprised and happy when he heard Chen Lang's words.

And Chen Lang's family was also surprised when they heard the words of Deputy Editor-in-Chief Liu, could it be that their son (younger brother) was going to become a famous novelist. Chen Lang didn't care, because he already knew what the result would be, so he wasn't surprised. This made Deputy Editor-in-Chief Liu even more shocked, and he was indeed a talented and confident teenager.

"By the way, our newspaper has not reported specific news about you before, for fear that it will affect you, but the report on you has not stopped in the past three weeks, but because there is no specific information about you, it has not caused a sensation, but paper can't contain the fire after all, I believe that other media will soon know your specific news, so we want to discuss with you, and our newspaper will directly report your accurate information, so as not to speculate and talk nonsense in other media, what do you think?" Deputy Editor-in-Chief Liu asked cautiously.

When Chen Lang heard this, he looked at his parents, afraid of affecting his family. Chen's father and Chen's mother glanced at each other, and then said to Chen Lang, "We have nothing to do with each other, you can decide for yourself." ”

Chen Lang saw that his parents had no opinion, and he thought that he would agree to be famous as soon as possible. Deputy Editor-in-Chief Liu almost jumped up happily when he saw Chen Lang nodding, and then put down the check for 20,000 yuan and left. Chen Lang also gave the 20,000 yuan check to his parents, "There are almost more than 120,000 points here, and after paying off the debt and mortgage, there is still 40,000 yuan left, mother, you can save it, I am only 14 years old, and I can't use the money, so I will leave it to the family for emergency." Chen's mother did not refuse, and put it away and prepared to pay off all the foreign debts tomorrow, so that the family would be really debt-free and light.