"How?" In Xu Jixin's office, Ma Chengkun, general manager of "Oriental Daily", couldn't help but ask Xu Jixin the moment he hung up the phone, his eyes were full of expectation. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Xu Jixin said embarrassedly: "He said that next Monday, he will come to the "Oriental Daily" to talk again. ”

"He is still not satisfied with the remuneration of two hundred words per thousand?" Ma Chengkun couldn't help but say.

Nowadays, Ni Frame is the best-selling novel author in Xiangjiang, and the person with the highest remuneration for Xiangjiang novels is Ni Frame, but even so, the remuneration given to Ni Frame in "Ming Pao" Jin Yong is only one hundred and eight thousand words, although this is because Ni Frame owns part of the shares of "Ming Pao", which is also the reason for the boss of "Ming Pao", but this also represents the market of Xiangjiang manuscript fees at this time.

This time, in order to keep Ling Donglai, Ma Chengkun made an unprecedented remuneration of 200 words per 1,000 words, and originally thought that Ling Donglai would agree without hesitation, but he didn't expect Ling Donglai to still refuse!

"It seems that he is not satisfied." Xu Jixin's face was also a little ugly and nodded, he didn't believe Ling Dong's words at all, 'busy, no time to talk', it could only be that the remuneration offered by "Oriental Daily" had not yet reached Ling Donglai's psychological price.

knocked on the table heavily: "You call him again and tell him that "Oriental Daily" can sign a contract with him for a salary of 500 words. ”

"Five hundred remuneration for 1,000 words!" Xu Jixin was shocked and said, "This is not in accordance with the rules." ”

The remuneration of 500 words per 1,000 words, especially the remuneration of novels, has also appeared in Xiangjiang in recent years.

Half a year ago, Huang Yulang did offer Ni Frame a remuneration of 500 words per 1,000 words, but that was just Huang Yulang buying horse bones with Wesley's daughter in order to start a new magazine, and wanted to build momentum by giving Ni Frame a super high manuscript fee, so as to make his magazine hot.

The remuneration of 500 words is actually very false.

But even so, Huang Yulang was still criticized by many newspaper and magazine bosses in Xiangjiang for seriously breaking the rules, after all, the remuneration given to the author must also come from the operating profits of newspapers and magazines, and if the author is given such a high remuneration, the profits of the newspapers and magazines themselves will be affected.

"Rules?" Ma Chengkun said disdainfully: "When the "Oriental Daily" was in trouble, did Jin Yong talk about the rules? Did Hu Xian talk about the rules? Sales volume is the biggest rule, and if "Oriental Daily" becomes the leader of Hong Kong's newspaper industry, the rules of Hong Kong's newspaper industry must of course be set by "Oriental Daily". ”

Unlike Xu Jixin, who was old and guarding the city, Ma Chengkun was only twenty-three years old at this time, which was the time when a person was the most young and energetic.

Xu Jixin wants to abide by the rules of the newspaper industry and does not dare to violate them, which is bullshit here in Ma Chengkun.

Of course, the most important thing is that even if the remuneration of 500 words is given, the impact on the profit of "Oriental Daily" is not too great, and even if "Xun Qin Ji" is calculated according to one million words, the remuneration of 500 words per thousand words is only 500,000. However, the sales volume of tens of thousands of copies of "Xun Qin Ji" for "Oriental Daily" has to be calculated in tens of millions.

"I'll make this call." Seeing that Xu Jixin was still hesitating, Ma Chengkun picked up the phone directly and dialed Ling Donglai's number again.

The remuneration of 500 words per 1,000 words, and then doing the Xiangjiang in this era is a sky-high price in the real sense. Even when Ling Donglai heard this offer, he didn't resist the urge to agree.

"Okay, Mr. Ma, you convinced me." Ling Donglai said: "On Monday, I will go to the "Oriental Daily" to sign a contract. ”

hung up the call with Ma Chengkun, and it didn't take long for Ling Donglai's phone to ring again, Ling Donglai originally thought it was Ma Chengkun calling again, but when he picked it up, he found that it was a somewhat unfamiliar voice.

"Hello, is it Mr. Ling Donglai?"

"It's me, yes."

"Hello Mr. Ling, I am Pan Yuesheng, editor-in-chief of Ming Pao."

Hearing the person on the other side of the phone report his identity, Ling Donglai gently pulled the corners of his mouth.

Jin Yong is not honest.

Although he took his novel to Jin Yong, he did not leave any contact information, and Pan Yuesheng was able to know his home phone number, which was undoubtedly obtained from someone in the Oriental Daily. As for who used what shady means, it was difficult to say, and Ling Donglai didn't have the idea to figure it out.

"Is there anything Mr. Pan calling me on?"

"Congratulations to Mr. Ling's "Looking for Qin" is a big hit, the sales of "Oriental Daily" have increased by 40,000 copies in just three days, which is all the credit of Mr. Ling's "Looking for Qin", and it is really a blessing for the Xiangjiang literary world to have a rising star like Mr. Ling." Like Xu Jixin, Pan Yuesheng first went around in a big circle and said a lot of miscellaneous things.

This is probably the fault of cultural people, these people always refuse to get straight to the point, and always have to go around a long section before talking about the topic, as if they are not cultured enough, as if they are not vulgar and not cultured.

Ling Donglai was idle anyway, so he simply went around with Pan Yuesheng, and Pan Yuesheng finally couldn't help it and said what he meant.

"I heard some rumors from a friend, it seems that Mr. Ling's "Xun Qin Ji" has not officially signed a contract with "Oriental Daily", right?"

"Oh, this one, Mr. Pan's call is late." Ling Donglai smiled and said: "Just now I have already told Boss Ma of "Oriental Daily" on the phone that "Oriental Daily" is willing to pay 500 yuan for 1,000 words, and "Xun Qin Ji" will definitely be serialized in "Oriental Daily". ”

On the other side of the phone, Pan Yuesheng was speechless for a long time, but Ling Donglai still noticed that when he said that "Oriental Daily" was willing to pay "Xun Qin Ji" 500 words for 1,000 words, Pan Yuesheng's breath was broken.

After a while, Pan Yuesheng said: "With a salary of 500 words per 1,000 words, Boss Ma is really wealthy, and he is worthy of being a famous disciple." ”

In Jin Yong's office, Pan Yuesheng hung up the phone with an ugly face: "Ma Chengkun gave Ling Donglai a remuneration of 500 for 1,000 words!" ”

Jin Yong's face didn't show the slightest displeasure, but smiled: "He is worthy of being a young man, full of momentum, and he is willing to pay a salary of 500 words." ”

"I really don't know where this Ling Donglai came from." Pan Yuesheng said unhappily: "Oriental Daily is not good when I see it, but I didn't expect to be rescued by Ling Donglai, a fledgling young man. ”

"It doesn't matter," Jin Yong said with a wave of his hand, and said indifferently: "Oriental Daily takes the vulgar route of the market, while Ming Pao has a much higher style. I rejected the manuscript of "Xun Qin", and even if I do it all over again, I will still reject his manuscript. Running a newspaper is running a newspaper, not a fiction journal, adhering to the concept of running a newspaper is the long-term way, and relying on novels to increase sales is only a temporary strategy. ”

Saying this, even though they were old friends, Pan Yuesheng couldn't help but secretly express his contempt for Jin Yong in his heart.

If it really doesn't matter, you can spend 3,000 yuan to go to the "Oriental Daily" to find someone to buy Ling Donglai's contact information?

If it really doesn't matter, you can call yourself to call Ling Donglai?

was just frightened by Ma Chengkun's remuneration of 500 words per 1,000 words.

Jin Yong and Pan Yuesheng originally didn't think that they could dig up "Xun Qin Ji" from "Oriental Daily".

Since Ma Chengkun took over, the sales of "Oriental Daily" have been declining day by day, and the sales volume has been less than 100,000 copies, and it has slipped out of the ranks of the first-rate newspapers in Hong Kong. The heavens have pitifully fallen the life-saving straw of "Looking for Qin", how can Ma Chengkun not grasp the truth tightly?

Jin Yong and Pan Yuesheng's purpose in contacting Ling Donglai was just to use "The Story of Seeking Qin" and Ling Donglai's current hot fame to stir up a wave, at least not to let "Oriental Daily" rely on a copy of "The Story of Seeking Qin" to press on the head of "Ming Pao".

But when he heard that Ma Chengkun of "Oriental Daily" gave Ling Donglai a remuneration of 500 words per 1,000 words, both Jin Yong and Pan Yuesheng knew that this matter was no fun.

The remuneration of 500 words for 1,000 words can be given by "Oriental Daily", Ma Chengkun can be given, but Jin Yong can't give it, and "Ming Pao" can't give it.

Ma Chengkun can give Ling Donglai a remuneration of 500 words for 1,000 words and is not afraid of rebellion by his authors, but if Jin Yong also gives Ling Donglai a remuneration of 500 for 1,000 words, there is only one question, how much should Ni Frame's remuneration be? How much should Yishu be?

Just these two points cut off Jin Yong's thoughts.