Chapter Eighty-Three: Write and Sing!
Liu Yu really did his best for Zheng Long, and finally made an appointment with almost all the authors who participated in the author conference. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Except for one author in Gansu, who has no Internet at home, and has to go to the town to access the Internet... There's really nothing that can be done about it...
Liu Yu told Zheng Long about the appointment, and Zheng Long was very grateful and said:
"Brother Yu, thank you so much this time, otherwise where would I go to find so many manuscripts..."
"Hey, what are you talking about, they're all brothers, it's not a trivial matter..."
Zheng Long also said:
"Oh yes, would you like to come and help me? Our magazine is based in Xiacheng and is looking for an editor-in-chief, so I think you're a good fit..."
"You can pull it down, just me... Even though I graduated from junior high school, I really don't want to study much anymore..."
"Ah, what's going on with Brother Yu..."
Zheng Long was a little caught off guard, and he didn't know why Liu Yu suddenly said that...
"My mom and my dad were laid off all of a sudden, and you don't know my family's economy, and I don't have a place to go, so I think it's better for me to go out early to make money..."
"Brother Yu, then you might as well really come to me to help me! I'm sure I'm not a penny for you, and I'm sure I'll be able to fulfill all your ambitions here! ”
Liu Yu hesitated on QQ for a while, and then typed:
"Brother, let me think about it, after all, this is not a trivial matter... It's a bit far from you, I'll have to talk to my parents... Besides, I'm just a writer, and I don't have much experience, so you can rest assured that I will be the editor-in-chief... You think too highly of me, don't you..."
Zheng Long hurriedly knocked on QQ:
"Don't, no one has experience now, Brother Yu, you are still more suitable... That's it, I'll give you a salary of 2000 every month, you can see if it's enough, it's still difficult for the studio to operate now, and I'll definitely give you a salary increase when it's on track in the future..."
"How much?"
Liu Yu looked at the numbers in front of the computer screen, a little square...
"2000, you read that right..."
In 2001, you could get more than 1,000 yuan a month for working in many places, and this 2,000 yuan was a sky-high price for Liu Yu, who had no work experience and expertise... Moreover, his parents have just been laid off, and their monthly income is only 500 yuan from the factory, which is a great help to his family every month...
Of course, this money is really just a small amount of money for Zheng Long now. After all, the third manuscript fee over there has already come, this time there are more than 200,000... Zheng Long's "Phantom City" has not only sold 380,000 copies in Wanwan, but has also achieved good sales in Chinese areas such as Hong Kong City, Singapore, Malaysia and even Thailand...
For Zheng Long, who already has nearly 400,000 yuan in cash on hand, the salary expenditure of 2,000 yuan per month is no longer a big problem. But if Liu Yu can be poached, it will be a great help to his studio...
After all, one of the major issues faced by all magazines is the problem of how to organize their manuscripts. If you have an editor-in-chief who is well-connected in the industry, it will be a big killer for manuscripts...
And Liu Yu is such a person. He seems to be very good at interpersonal communication by nature, just went to the author conference of the magazine, he met many authors and editors, and even extended his tentacles to the overseas listed writers' association, cheekily toasted the leaders of the writers' association, and successfully got several business cards...
Although in Zheng Long's opinion, even if he gets a business card, it is useless, who will remember the words at the cocktail party? But Liu Yu doesn't think so, he thinks that as long as he has the opportunity to meet friends, he has to spare no effort to get to know them, and he doesn't know when he can use them.
Well, sometimes that's called a specialization...
After getting Liu Yu's side, Zheng Long silently turned on the computer and began to write his second novel "Jue Ji" in earnest.
According to Guo Mingmingdu's life trajectory, this book is actually ranked very behind, but after judging the situation, Zheng Long feels that this book should be the most reasonable for continuing his momentum.
is also a fantasy romance theme, and it is relatively easy for readers to accept it, so that at least in a short period of time, Zheng Long can ensure that he has sufficient funds and can run a studio.
"Jue Ji" is actually Guo Mingming's work when he was close to 30 years old, and its content and penmanship are more than one grade better than "Phantom City", Guo Mingming's own life has also undergone great changes, and he is already in the upper class, which is no longer the same as when he wrote "Phantom City".
Perhaps because of this, some of Guo Mingming's writing methods have actually begun to detach themselves from the needs of readers and have some literary pursuits, so this book has also been criticized by some die-hard fans, saying that they can no longer find the feeling they used to.
Therefore, when Zheng Long re-coded this novel, he was bound to make some improvements to it to meet the needs of readers in 2001.
In addition, this time, because it was decided to publish the traditional Chinese version first, Zheng Long deliberately took care of the reading habits of traditional readers, and also adjusted some words...
For example, in some dialogues, Zheng Long simply expressed it in a crooked tone, the original dialogue was "Why do you do this", but now it is changed to "Why do you do this..."
One night, Zheng Long coded the first part.
Since he moved out and no longer had to worry about his parents urging him to sleep, Zheng Long's life became more relaxed.
The night is already very deep.
The night scene outside the window, even in a small city like Pucheng, is enough to make people lose themselves in the strange light organized by neon lights.
Suddenly, Zheng Long's cell phone rang.
It's a strange caller.
It's not Xiao Hongda's, it's not Liu Yu's, it's not Cai Liangfa's, it's not my parents' call...
Zheng Long picked up the phone suspiciously...
"Hey, may I ask who you are..."
On the other side of the phone, there was an unusually excited voice:
"May I ask if you are Zheng Long? Did you send us a draft of the lyrics before?"
"yes, what's wrong..."
"Ah, it's really you, we can't believe that such a poem is actually from a junior high school student!"
Zheng Long smiled and said nothing, he really wanted to tell them that this song was actually "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky" by the Escape Plan Band that touched countless people in later generations!
This inspirational work, once launched, triggered the sensitive god-level of countless people!
Everyone is the brightest star in the night sky, but too many people forget that they once shining!
Such a work that has been appraised by the market, with excellent lyrics and songs, is simply overkill when put into such a small competition!
However, Zheng Long definitely can't say that...