Chen Qi walked into Shen Menghai's office.

"You are the 'Apocalypse', I didn't expect to be so young."

Shen Menghai took a sip of coffee and said.

"Apocalypse" is the pen name that Chen Qi gave himself.

"It's over."

Chen Qi sat down opposite Shen Menghai.

At this time, Shen Menghai stopped talking, and looked down at the draft of "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch", he had already seen the second half of the third episode.

Chen Qi saw that Shen Menghai was still reading the manuscript, and he didn't speak, waiting quietly.

Ten minutes passed, Shen Menghai put down the manuscript and raised his head.

"It's not easy to write a novel like this at such a young age. I see you're still in school, which university? ”

"I didn't go to school after graduating from high school." Chen Qi replied truthfully.

"I was presumptuous. Is it because writing a novel delayed studying? It's a pity. Shen Menghai said.

"I didn't go to college, and it had nothing to do with writing novels. Also, I don't think it's a pity that I didn't go to university, because society is a bigger university. Chen Qi said.

In his previous life, he graduated from college, and he was not that bird, but now he is most concerned about this draft, do you want chivalrous culture? How much is the manuscript fee?

"Oh."

Shen Menghai replied noncommittally, and then said: "This novel is okay, but it's just a bit grandstanding. ”

Seeing that Chen Qi didn't speak, Shen Menghai continued: "First of all, the name is nonsense. The four words 'white-haired witch' can drive away more than half of the readers. Then, there is the content, how can the heroine be so cruel and brutal, she is simply a living devil. How can such a woman be the heroine? ”

"I chose this name, naturally with my considerations. And I don't think there's anything wrong with practicing Nishang's character, she's not cruel and tyrannical, just her true temperament. Chen Qi didn't have any expression on his face, but his tone was very firm.

He is not the kind of person who can't accept criticism, but this Shen Menghai seems to have prejudices against "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch" from the beginning, and the problem that Shen Menghai said is the characteristics, advantages, and buying points of "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch".

"If you're willing to make a big change, I can give you a good price."

Shen Menghai is used to seeing self-righteous young people, but when it comes to publishing novels under him, he must follow his ideas and follow his rules.

"I don't want to change. Is this novel willing to be wanted by chivalrous culture? ”

Chen Qi's head twitched, so he would revise it.

"Seeing that you are young, you can train it. In this way, this novel is sixty words in a thousand words, and the full copyright of "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch". You can sign a contract with our publisher now. ”

"Sixty words in a thousand words, or full copyright?"

Chen Qi stood up, the price was too outrageous.

Seeing Chen Qi's excited face, Shen Menghai didn't care, and said lightly: "I can call the shots and give you sixty words after tax." Publishing a novel in "Chivalry" is not only about the manuscript fee, but also about fame, do you know? ”

"Chivalry" magazine has never been short of submissions, even if it is a famous work, there are a lot of works. The fact that a novel can be published in "Chivalry" is an honor for most authors. Many authors can do not need to pay for manuscripts, as long as they can publish their works in "Chivalry".

Therefore, in Shen Menghai's opinion, 60 words is generous enough for Chen Qi, a rookie author.

Chen Qi hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Sixty words in a thousand words, I can give out the magazine serialization authorization." ”

The value of "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch", not to mention 60 words in 1,000 words, is not enough to describe it.

But who made Chen Qi just a rookie author who was anxious to use money.

Therefore, Chen Qi decided to make a concession and let the novel be published first.

And.

The most valuable thing about a novel is the income from physical book publishing, game adaptation, and TV series adaptation, as long as these copyrights are still in his hands, he is not too much of a loss.

"Sixty words in a thousand words, only sell the rights of magazine serialization......"

Shen Menghai shook his head, with mockery in his expression, as if he was looking at a person who was "an idiot talking about dreams".

"You're too greedy and too self-righteous. Finally, I would like to ask you, eighty words in a thousand words, all copyrighted. Sign up now if you want. Otherwise, you can leave. ”

"I refuse!"

Chen Qi's voice was categorical.

"I'm interrupted this time."

Without looking back, he walked out.

"Do you know that you are rejecting the largest martial arts novel publishing house in the industry, and if you walk out of this door, our publishing house will not accept any of your works."

When he walked to the door, Shen Menghai's slightly cold voice suddenly came.

Chen Qi paused slightly and said, "I know, I won't regret it." Excellent works should not be sold so cheaply! The one who regrets it will only be your publishing house, and next time it should be your publishing house to beg me! ”

"Humph!"

Shen Menghai snorted coldly and said, "As long as you still write martial arts novels, you will definitely come to our publishing house!" ”

……

Walking out of the Chivalry Culture Publishing House, Chen Qi was not much depressed.

Chivalrous culture is a big tree, but he Chen Qi doesn't need to rely on this big tree. In fact, compared to "Chivalry", he himself should be a big tree, because he can write an endless stream of excellent works.

No matter how high the circulation of "Chivalry" is now?

In fact, it's just a platform for publishing martial arts novels. If there are no excellent works, "Chivalry" will depreciate in value, not too quickly.

"The Legend of the White-Haired Witch" was published on "Chivalry", and the biggest benefit was "Chivalry".

It's a pity that Shen Menghai won't know about this, and he won't admit it.

The submission was a failure, but in a way, it was a success.

Because Chivalry Culture, as the largest martial arts novel publishing house in China, Shen Menghai was congenitally prejudiced against "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch", but he was still willing to pay a price of 80 words, which undoubtedly shows the excellence of "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch", and the domestic martial arts market can fully accept such works.

At this time, it was getting late, and Chen Qi did not plan to go to other publishing houses, so he returned home directly.

……

The next day.

As soon as dawn, Chen Qi got up, and today he needs to continue to go out to contribute.

As the mainstream of Chinese public reading, martial arts novels are serialized in many newspapers in addition to specialized martial arts magazines.

Chen Qi believes that with the excellence of "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch", he will not worry about buyers.

On Earth, Mr. Jin Yong serialized his novels and stubbornly propped up a Ming Pao, making the small workshop-like Ming Pao one of the most influential newspapers in Hong Kong.

This shows how valuable a good martial arts novel is.

On this day, Chen Qi ran five newspapers and three magazines.

Four of them have already given a reply, and the highest one has reached 12 words per 1,000 words, but they still need to ask for the full copyright. And this is exactly what Chen Qi cannot accept.

Chen Qi knew that they were not optimistic about "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch", they just wanted to desperately lower the price.

"A bunch of rat-eyed people."

They don't want to think about how much profit it would be if the novel became popular and drove the sales of newspapers or magazines.

"Keep contributing."

In the next three days, Chen Qi has invested in 16 well-known publishing houses.

While waiting for the results, I wrote the manuscript, and so that two days passed.

On this day, Chen Qi walked out of the room.

He was already very frugal, but the little money in his pocket was still used up.

Therefore, Chen Qi needs to do a part-time job in the past - a restaurant chores.

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(Ask for collection, everyone's support will be the biggest motivation to write down under the moon!) ）