Chapter 16 Interview with Youth Daily
"What? Youth Daily wants to interview me? Or an interview? Qin Ge asked incredulously. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Yes, interview, didn't you ask me about serializing a novel in "Youth Daily" last time, I asked for a relationship, and I agreed. And just now, the people from "Youth Daily" came to talk to me in person, and they promised that if your novel received a good response after "Youth Daily" was serialized, they could consider creating a special section for you. Fang Changqing said to Qin Ge.
""Youth Daily" is also here? Oh, CCTV is here, and they will definitely come. Qin Ge muttered to himself.
"As far as I know, there are a lot of people from Youth Daily this time, and the copyright department is already talking to the organizer of the new concept, and the theme of the next issue of Youth Daily may be this new concept essay contest. If successful, your two articles will undoubtedly make headlines, and I suspect they will talk to you about serializing a novel in Youth Daily, so you need to prepare well for this interview. Fang Changqing told Qin Ge everything he knew.
"Okay, thank you, Mr. Fang, when will it start?" Although he didn't say it, Qin Ge knew that Fang Changqing must have wasted a lot of thought about this matter.
You must know that the last issue of "The Farthest Distance in the World" has just made the front page headlines of "Youth Daily", and if the next issue of Qin Ge's article is on the front page again, then everyone can't pay attention to him.
And since "Youth Daily" is also willing to serialize novels on it by itself, Qin Ge naturally can't ask for it. After all, the sales of Youth Daily are there, and if Qin Ge wants to increase his popularity, this is undoubtedly a good choice.
"Hehe, I'm your teacher! If you want to thank you, you really have Professor Yang for this, he has said a lot of good things for you. The time of the interview has not yet been decided, but the theme of "Youth Daily" is generally decided on the day of the last issue, "Youth Daily" is published every Tuesday and Saturday, if the theme of the next issue is really a new concept essay contest, it should be today, maybe someone from "Youth Daily" will come over soon. Fang Changqing spoke.
"Uh...... So we really don't go back to Duyun today? Qin Ge asked.
"It depends, but this interview won't take much time, and we should be able to return if we take an evening flight."
"Okay then! But it's okay if you can't go back, you can just invite Professor Yang to have a meal. Qin Ge spoke, he really should thank Professor Yang Zhenyun.
"Professor Yang, by the way, I remembered when you said this, Professor Yang just told me that he wanted to pay tribute to the friendship of the landlord and invite us to have a meal, and by the way, introduce someone to you to know, well, it is the Lin Xuanran who sat next to him just now, the book has been bought quite well in recent years, if you have the intention of developing in this area, you should indeed communicate with him." Fang Changqing was taken abreast of Qin Ge's words, and only then did he remember what Yang Zhenyun had said to him when Qin Ge was meeting with the leader just now.
"Well, that's okay, learn from him when the time comes." Qin Ge said what he said from his heart, he really wanted to communicate with the so-called best-selling authors in this world.
But before that, he had to prepare for the next interview, Qin Ge felt that the two words of the interview sounded very lofty, and he didn't know what he would ask at that time.
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At five o'clock in the afternoon, a private room in a café near Jiaotong University.
"Xiao Qin, can I call you that?" Su Xue asked at Qin Ge.
"Yes, it doesn't matter what you call it, the name is just a codename." Qin Ge didn't care about opening his mouth, he didn't expect that the person sent by "Youth Daily" to interview him would actually be a girl, and she was also a pretty beautiful girl.
"Hehe, what a free and easy little brother, then I will call you Xiao Qin in the future, let's start today's interview." Su Xue smiled when she heard this.
"Well, Sister Su Xue, if you have anything, just ask, I must know everything."
Maybe it's because I've seen a lot of beautiful women at Jiaotong University in the past few days, and now Qin Ge is not as nervous when he saw the girl when he first came to this world, so he and Su Xue communicated very smoothly.
"Okay, then I'll ask a rumor first, I heard that this new concept competition was originally two first and three second, but in the end, you were the only one who won the first place, because the judges felt that your two articles had surpassed the first too much, so they moved the other first to the second, right? Can you talk about how you feel about winning first place in this New Concept Essay Contest? ”
"Huh? Is there such a statement? I don't know! I think everyone can go from the national selection to the semi-finals, and finally enter the top 10, I think everyone's articles are very good. But to be honest, I think my two articles are really well written, hehe. ”
Qin Ge smiled a little shamelessly, and then said: "Haha, just kidding, I think I'm quite lucky to get this first place, I'm quite satisfied with my performance, but it's mainly because the judges and teachers love me and give me this first place." Qin Ge then spoke.
"It's quite modest, a little bit not as arrogant as on stage just now." Su Xue teased for a moment, and then asked, "Are you a person who is very boring in private, and then very active in front of people?" ”
"Oh, no, I think I'm the opposite! As for what I just said on stage, I really mean it! Qin Ge emphasized again.
"Well, is that really the case, then we really have to wait and see, I look forward to you coming out with new works as soon as possible, and see if everyone is really shocked by you."
"Thank you, I think it's soon, the new work will come out soon, and everyone will not be disappointed."
Qin Ge really wanted to strike while the iron was hot, and follow the limelight of winning the first place in the New Concept Essay Contest, and hurriedly publish a book, striving for a real hit.
"By the way, let's talk about your entry first! Because the organizers have done a really good job of secrecy, so far we only know the titles of your two articles, can you tell us about the two articles? "Indeed, as Su Xue said, most people really only know the title of Qin Ge's article participating in the competition, so everyone must be very curious about the content of the article.
"Is this okay to talk about?"
Qin Ge asked rhetorically, then turned his head to look at Fang Changqing, who was sitting next to him.
"It's okay, we can talk." Su Xue replied in the affirmative.
Looking at Su Xue's eyes, Qin Ge probably guessed that maybe "Youth Daily" and the organizer had reached some consensus, and the theme of the next issue of "Youth Daily" might really be this new concept essay contest, so he said: "Actually, it's nothing, the "Hurry" participating in the semi-finals is an essay, probably written to cherish time, and the words of "The Emperor's New Clothes" in the final are somewhat interesting, this is a fairy tale, as for what is written, I will buy it, I want it to be known to everyone soon." ”
In fact, it wasn't that Qin Ge didn't want to talk about it, but the topic he really wanted to talk about was really a little sensitive, so he wisely chose to avoid it in this way.
"Okay, since you don't want to say it, forget it, anyway, everyone will be able to see it in "Youth Daily" soon, but you must answer the next question, I believe this is also a question that many friends want to ask." Su Xue didn't force it when she saw Qin Ge's sloppy eyes.
"Sister Xue, you ask." Qin Ge listened to Su Xue's words, and also understood that the next issue of "Youth Daily" had basically been determined to be a topic for the New Concept Essay Contest.
"I don't know if you know that a modern poem called "The World's Farthest Distance" is very popular on the Internet these days, and the author of this poem is also called Qin Ge, this person can't be you, right?" Su Xue asked.
In fact, she herself is also guessing whether this Qin Ge is the other Qin Ge, and she also likes "The Farthest Distance in the World" inexplicably.
"Well, I didn't know that "The Furthest Distance in the World" became popular on the Internet, but it was indeed written by me." Qin Ge was also quite surprised when he heard this, the song "The Farthest Distance in the World" in the previous life was also popular on the Internet, he thought that this poem might be popular, but he didn't expect it to become popular so quickly.
"Yikes! You really wrote it! I didn't expect you to know so much at such a young age. Su Xue said in surprise.
“…… Actually, I still know a lot. Qin Ge replied.
"Haha, I didn't expect you to be quite funny, okay, then I'll gossip again, you won the first prize in this contest and have 30,000 yuan, how are you going to spend these 30,000 yuan, is it convenient to say?" Su Xue asked with some curiosity.
"Well, there's nothing inconvenient, I'm going to take out some of the money to buy a laptop, and it's easier to write in the future, and I'll give the rest of the money to my mother." Qin Ge replied.
"Wow, I didn't expect you to be such a filial child! Your father and mother will be very filial if they know, right? ”
"Filial piety comes first, and filial piety to parents is the right thing for children."
"Hehe, yes, filial piety comes first, it's really good, then can I ask you another personal question."
"Senior sister, you ask."
"You are so filial and so talented, there must be a lot of girls who like you, so do you have a girlfriend now?" Su Xue asked.
"Uh...... I'm usually very low-key at school, but I'm actually a scumbag, so there shouldn't be any girls who like me, so I don't have a girlfriend now. Qin Ge thought for a moment and spoke.
"Not now, meaning there was before? Forehead...... If you really don't want to answer this question, it's okay. Su Xue asked, and then felt that it was a little inappropriate.
"Before, there were."
Qin Ge said this, various pictures of a girl suddenly popped up in his mind, his heart suddenly hurt violently, and the whole person was suddenly a little stunned, it seems that the former owner of this body really loves the girl who left suddenly!
"Okay, it seems that our Xiao Qin classmates still have some thoughts about the last relationship, then we won't talk, then let's talk about the new book, what do you want to write about the new book, can you reveal it to us in advance?" Su Xue saw that Qin Ge seemed to be affected by the question just now, so she quickly changed the topic.
"New books, there are a lot of new books to write, let's see the situation when the time comes!" When Qin Ge heard this, he came back to his senses from his trance, to be honest, there were really a lot of things he could write if he really wanted to write, so he really didn't know what to write for a while.
"Oh, is that so? Then I wonder if you are interested in serializing what you are going to write next in Youth Daily? Su Xue suddenly turned off the recorder and asked.
When Qin Ge heard this, his whole person's spirit suddenly lifted, the focus of this conversation came, was Su Xue's statement euphemistic to ask him for a manuscript?
"There's definitely interest! Speaking of which, I also have a good relationship with "Youth Daily", and my debut novel was published on it, and if I have the opportunity, I would be happy to have a more in-depth cooperation with "Youth Daily". But I don't know what are the requirements for serializing novels in "Youth Daily"? Qin Ge asked.
"Haha, if you are interested, then I will sell melons and boast about it. As one of the top newspapers in China, Youth Daily has a circulation of about 2 million copies per issue, which can be said to be one of the most successful publications. Over the years, "Youth Daily" has also become popular with many newcomers, and if you can serialize novels on it, I believe it will be a great success. Su Xue spoke, unable to hide the pride in her heart.
"And our newspaper takes you very seriously, and if your novel is serialized and receives a good response, we can create a column for you." Su Xue continued.
"That's it, Sister Xue, we don't say secret words, if I really want to serialize, what is your price?" Qin Ge directly asked the price, although he did want to serialize the novel in "Youth Daily", but all this needs to be based on the premise of the right price.
"I can't be the master of the manuscript fee, but let's put it this way, now the major newspapers and periodicals across the country basically determine the level of the manuscript fee based on the academic status of the contributor. University lecturer-level submission, 80 yuan per 1,000 words. Professor-level submissions, 100 to 150 yuan per 1,000 words. Of course, there are also best-selling authors, who will be higher, and there are also 1000 words per 1,000. ”
"However, the manuscript fee for the two editions of our "Youth Daily" novels and essays is calculated on a monthly basis or the number of words per article, and if there is no shortage of manuscripts in each issue, an extra month's manuscript fee will be paid at the end of the year as a reward. Then write exclusively for "Youth Daily", and the general manuscript fee will be higher than that of non-exclusive, with an average difference of nearly 5 to 60 percent. ”
"However, we at Youth Daily have always emphasized that the amount of manuscript fee should be based on the value of the article, the popularity of readers, and not the reputation. Therefore, the contract signed by our "Youth Daily" is also more humane, there are a variety of ways to sign a contract, if the article is serialized to have a strong response, readers really like it, there will be a big price increase, but these I really don't know very well, these you have to discuss with the review editor, the copyright department and the signing department. Su Xue told Qin Ge everything she knew.
"Oh, that's good."
Qin Ge pondered, he understood what Su Xue meant, he also had some understanding of online articles in his previous life, Su Xue's meaning was a bit similar to the guaranteed share often said in online articles, and the price would be raised according to the sales results of your book in the later period, but whether it was the same as the method used in the previous life still needed to be detailed from the "Youth Daily" in detail.
"Well, it's really a good choice for writers who are confident in their future grades. In this way, we don't have many interviews today, that's it, you go back and write a manuscript as soon as possible, and then vote it to us, and we will send someone over to discuss the signing of the contract with you, after all, there is no manuscript now, and everyone is talking about no substantive progress. Su Xue said suddenly.
"That's it! Okay, then I'll go back and write a manuscript first, and we'll talk about it. ”
Su Xue is right, after all, Qin Ge was not famous before, although "The Farthest Distance in the World" became popular on the Internet, and he won the only first place in the New Concept Essay Competition. But this does not mean that he can write a good novel, "Youth Daily" is not a charity, so he must now come up with a good enough novel to be qualified to negotiate with others.
"Okay, then that's the end of our interview today, you go back and prepare well, I hope you can really bring a new atmosphere to the literary world." Su Xue encouraged Qin Ge, and then got up to pack up her things.
"Why don't we have a meal together?" At this time, Fang Changqing stood up.
"Yes, Sister Xue let's have a meal together." Qin Ge also spoke.
"No, there are still a lot of things to sort out when you go back, next time, next time you come to Huating I will invite you, bye." Su Xue smiled, and then walked out of the private room.
Qin Ge and Fang Changqing also walked out of the private room together, and then several people separated at the door of the café.
Fang Changqing looked at his watch, it was 6:50 in the evening, and there should be a ticket back to Nanyang. So the two of them quickened their pace, preparing to go to the hotel to meet Wang Tingting and Zhang Mengmeng, and then rush back to Duyun overnight.