Chapter Twenty-Five: The First Physical Book
Qin Ge came to the Fantasy Miracle Internet Cafe, walked to the front desk, and found that the person on duty today was not Lin Hao, but a young man about twenty-one and twelve years old, about 1.75 meters tall, with a flat head. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
"Hello, isn't Brother Lin Hao on duty today?" Qin Ge walked up and asked the young man.
"Oh, I was introduced by Brother Hao, Brother Hao, he has something to do today, he went out, asked me to help him guard here, do you have something to do with him?" The young man looked at Qin Ge and asked.
"It's nothing, since he's not here, I'll go first."
When Qin Ge heard that Lin Hao had gone out, he decided to leave and wanted to come back tomorrow. After all, the appointment with Zheng Shoudao was to be delivered tomorrow morning, so I was not in a hurry to pass the manuscript over now.
"That's it, then what's your name, I'll ask him to call you when Brother Hao comes back." The young man asked casually when he heard the love song say this.
"My name is Qin Ge, it's not a big deal, you don't have to talk to him." Qin Ge opened his mouth, since this person's name is Brother Lin Haohao, then the relationship between the two should not be bad, so Qin Ge has nothing to hide.
"Heh, you are Qin Ge? What, want to come to the Internet? When the young man heard Qin Ge's self-introduction, he stared at Qin Ge and looked at it carefully, and said with some surprise.
"Have you heard my name?" Qin Ge asked with some confusion, is it okay to be a fan of your own books? That's not right! How did he know he wanted to go online?
"I've admired the name for a long time, I often hear Brother Hao say that you play "Legend" very well, but I haven't had a chance to see your real person, it turns out that you are Qin Ge? My name is Zhang Kedong, and I also like to play Legends. The young man said to Qin Ge with a smile, and then stretched out his hand from the front desk.
"It's not that good, just play around." Qin Ge was stunned for a moment, his feelings were what Lin Hao told him.
Stretched out his hand and shook it with Zhang Kedong, then let go.
"What's the matter, you have itchy hands and want to play with two of them?" Zhang Kedong asked.
"No, I haven't played for a long time, I've almost quit, I just want to pass something today, but I don't have an ID card, and I can't get on the Internet." Qin Ge opened his mouth to answer.
"Passing on something, passing on what? Mail? Why don't you pass it on here? Zhang Kedong clicked with the mouse on a computer that locked the screen at the front desk and said to Qin Ge.
"Isn't that good? What should I do if someone comes to the Internet and wants to swipe the card? Qin Ge asked.
"It's okay, you don't need this machine to swipe the card, this machine is allocated by the Internet café to the network management, you can play if you have nothing to do." Zhang Kedong said indifferently, and then helped Qin Ge open the small door that walked into the front desk and was welded with aluminum alloy.
"It doesn't affect you, does it?" Qin Ge walked in and asked a little uneasily, he was afraid that the owner of the Internet café would have a bad image of Lin Hao and Zhang Kedong when he saw it.
"It's okay, you can use it, someone is here, I'll help someone swipe the card first." Zhang Kedong watched several people walk into the Internet café with ID cards and money, and said to Qin Ge.
"Okay, thank you then!"
When Qin Ge heard Zhang Kedong say this, he was no longer hypocritical, and sat on the high chair and began to log in to his mailbox.
Send an email, it's only a matter of a minute or two.
After Qin Ge finished sending the email, Zhang Kedong also swiped the card for someone.
Zhang Kedong leaned over, looked at Qin Ge had closed the webpage, and asked with some curiosity, "Is it passed?" What's the preach? ”
"It's nothing, it's just a copy of a newly written novel to the publishing house." Qin Ge said.
"Yo, you still write novels, great writer!" Zhang Kedong joked with a smile.
"Writing nonsense, I don't know if I can get by. Then that's it for today, thank you, I'll invite you and Brother Hao to dinner another day! Qin Ge spoke, got up from the high chair, and prepared to leave.
"Okay! But it's not enough to just eat, the wine must be in place. Zhang Kedong said.
"Okay, if you don't get drunk when the time comes, you won't return." Qin Ge also liked Zhang Kedong's character very much, and said with a smile.
What did the ancients say, things gather like people in groups, and they are really right. Qin Ge thought to himself: The person who can become friends with Lin Hao, and Lin Hao is willing to hand over his work to help take care of is definitely not a bad person, thinking that Lin Hao's personality Qin Ge is clear.
"Good! When the time comes, you won't get drunk and won't return. Zhang Kedong said with a hearty smile.
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Qin Ge left the fantasy miracle and walked aimlessly down the street after having dinner.
Look, it's still early, and he wants to call Zheng Shoudao to tell him about the manuscript he has already passed on?
Just as he took out his mobile phone and hesitated, the mobile phone rang, Qin Ge opened the mobile phone and saw that Zheng Shoudao actually called.
"Hello?"
Qin Ge answered the phone and thought: Could it be that they have finished reading the manuscript, and the review editor has not left work?
"Hey, Xiao Qin, ah! Mr. Qin Ge, is that you? Zheng Shoudao's voice gave Qin Ge a feeling of incoherence.
"Editor Zheng, you still call me Xiao Qin, what's wrong?" Qin Ge asked.
"Haha, then call you Xiao Qin, Xiao Qin, that's it, we read your manuscript, and we are very satisfied. Did you know, our editor actually cried after reading your manuscript and said to me that if the Education Press didn't publish this novel as soon as possible, she would leave the Education Press, haha......" Zheng Shoudao said, and then laughed to himself.
"Hehe, is your publishing house quite fun, so you're quite satisfied with this story?" Qin Ge asked when he heard this.
"Satisfied, satisfied, very satisfied, after we sent the article to the editor-in-chief, the editor-in-chief didn't say a word, and directly called all the editors who got off work back, and we are now going to discuss a series of promotions and publicity before the launch of "The Little Prince". "The Little Prince" may be the novel that our education publishing house has invested the most manpower and material resources since the beginning of this year, and I believe you will definitely be an instant hit when the time comes. Zheng Shoudao said.
"Then I'll borrow your good words." Qin Ge is also not modest.
"That's right, I called you mainly to tell you that our publishing house has now sent a contracted editor to discuss with you about signing a publication, they should be on the plane now, you shouldn't have anything to do at night, right?" Zheng Shoudao opened his mouth and told Qin Ge about the real purpose of his call.
"In such a hurry? Coming overnight? I'm fine, they just came and called me. Qin Ge was stunned for a moment and spoke.
"Hehe, we don't want this kind of book to fall into the hands of other publishers." Zheng Shoudao did not hide it, and directly explained his words. It seems that they are bound to get this "The Little Prince".
"Uh...... Let's hope we can have a good time working together. Qin Ge wanted to say a lot, but in the end he chose this sentence.
Qin Ge probably guessed the purpose of the Education Publishing House rushing over overnight, after all, the quality of "The Little Prince" is there, and it is definitely worth the Education Publishing House to do so.
It's just that what he didn't expect was that Zheng Shoudao actually said this in front of him, and for a while, Qin Ge looked up to this Zheng Shoudao a few points.
"Alright, let's do it first! I'm going to have a meeting here, and they'll call you when they get over, and I'm asking you to keep your phone on tonight, because I don't know if they're going to be there. Zheng Shoudao said.
"Okay, my phone will stay on at all times."
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Qin Ge thought that he couldn't talk about publishing with others in his little dilapidated house! So I agreed with the people from the Education Publishing House to meet at the "Blue Island Coffee".
It's a 24-hour coffee shop, and the environment is also good, which is good for talking about things.
While drinking coffee, thinking that his first physical book was about to be published, Qin Ge still had some small expectations in his heart.
But Qin Ge waited left and right until more than nine o'clock, and the phone from the Education Publishing House did not come, and it was not until ten o'clock in the evening that the phone finally rang.
The place of ownership of the call is the capital, and Qin Ge knows that it is probably someone from the Education Publishing House.
Connected the phone, sure enough, but the people from the Education Press have not yet arrived, and they are still on the road and may still be some distance from Duyun City, but it should be soon.
10:45 p.m.
The person sent by the Education Press to negotiate a contract with Qin Ge finally came, and there were two people in total, one was about 40 years old and had a full beard; One is about twenty-three or fourteen years old, still a little young, and looks like he has just joined the work.
The two sides simply said hello, and seeing that the time was not early, everyone went straight to the point and began to talk about the contract.
The whole negotiation process went smoothly, and the Education Publishing House directly offered a 10% share price before tax, which is enough to see its sincerity, and Qin Ge did not bargain.
Perhaps it would be a little inappropriate to describe this matter with the sentence that the king treats me with the courtesy of a countryman and repays me with the courtesy of a countryman. But if you are good to me, I will also know the truth that you are good, so since the Education Press is so sincere, then he naturally has no reason to refuse.
Generally speaking, the normal royalty is about 6%, and the royalty rate of famous artists is high, maybe 10%, 12%, or even higher, so the price given to Qin Ge by the Education Publishing House is already regarded as treating him as a famous artist.
Qin Ge took a general look and signed the contract after finding that there was nothing wrong with the contract.
This also indicates that his first book is a hint that will soon be available in this world.