Chapter 9: Publishing House
[Every book is a wandering orphan, if you still see it, please put it on the bookshelf and give it a shelter from the wind and rain~~]
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"A person's life should have at least one dream that can make him stick to his life, there is hope if there is a dream, if there is no dream, it is like a person who has lost his way and wanders at the crossroads of life; If you don't have a dream, it's like a sailboat lost in the sea and can't find its guiding lights. ”
This is a sentence from the famous female writer Sanmao, "Who Calls the Shots in My Youth". At the end of the day's class, Hu Yifei also put down his extracurricular books and went straight to the Internet café. This kind of day has been going on for a while, and Hu Yifei has become more and more diligent when he runs to the Internet café.
"Zhu Xian" began to be serialized, and it did not cause a sensation all of a sudden, after all, there are still few updates. Although he has a lot of manuscripts, he still has one chapter a day and never wants to send more. But the excellent writing, the fantastic ancient stories, and the grand world background have firmly attracted a regular readership.
Among them, the readers who belong to the Phantom Sword and the end of the world are the most active. In recent years, the Internet atmosphere is still good, and many messages have something to say, and some have left a lot of words of encouragement or exaggerated applause. The most ridiculous praise is to say that he is still alive, which makes him secretly happy. There are also curious that the protagonist of this book is not Lin Jingyu but Zhang Xiaofan, and all this.
As time went on, posts on other forums began to appear discussing "Zhu Xian", which was a sign of fire.
It's just that the reply from the publishing house that Hu Yifei has been looking forward to is still nowhere to be found.
These days, he also knows a lot about the current situation of Taiwanese publishing, which is extremely prevalent in reading culture, and the publishing business is also growing very rapidly.
Since the 90s of the 20th century, with the development of the economy and the relaxed environment brought about by the lifting of the ban on newspapers, the number of publishing houses has surged, from 3,491 to more than 8,000 at present. Although the number of publishing houses is large, the scale is not large. Publishing houses with less than 10 employees account for 8 percent, 15 percent have 11 to 99 employees, and only 2 percent have more than 100 employees. And there are not many that are really running and profitable.
Despite this, the number of books published by Taiwan every year is still very impressive, with more than 40,000 titles a year, more than 3,000 titles published every month, and an output value of 40 billion yuan, plus a circulation income of 60 billion yuan, which can account for 0.5 percent of Taiwan's total output value. This proportion is also far higher than that of the mainland.
Although it does not account for a high proportion of GDP, as a content industry, the impact of the publishing industry on Taiwan's economy and society cannot be underestimated.
The best-selling books published by some influential publishing houses have played an important role in improving the cultural quality of the Taiwan people and forming modern ideas. In particular, in the seventies and eighties of the last century, Qiong Yao's romance novels and Gu Long martial arts novels were all the rage, and a large number of works introducing contemporary Western humanities and social sciences were also very popular. A large number of literary works have been adapted into film and television dramas, which has become a representative aesthetic trend of the era. It was through the publication of these bestsellers that the economic and social status of a number of publishing houses was established.
As far as Hu Yifei is concerned, no matter what the current situation of the Taiwan publishing house is, he can only take a look, and it is not his turn to choose a publishing house. Fortunately, the few publishing houses I selected are among the best and have a good reputation.
At the end of the day, he habitually opened the NetEase mailbox, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and there were already three unread emails. I was happy. clicked on it, and sure enough, it was the reply of the publishing house.
Lin Bai, Feixiang, Hema and other publishing houses.
Not surprisingly, they all passed the preliminary review, and the editor's msn contact information was attached, and I wanted to talk to myself.
He first ordered Hema Publishing House, which was the owner he had cooperated with in his previous life. The advantage of this publishing house is that the review is fast, ? The manuscript fee for newcomers in all publishing houses can be said to be the highest, and the manuscript fee contract is also quite fast, and the publishing house is quite good at marketing and advertising, and also has an overall planning and packaging for the book; The disadvantages are that they like to press books, buy out pseudonyms, and newcomers must go through two manuscripts in a row to receive remuneration.
MSN just sent a message, and the editor of "Pig Little Sister" on the other side replied, "You are Hu Yifei, the author of "Zhu Xian"? ”
"It's like a fake."
"Are you really eighteen?"
"Yes."
"Wait, our editor-in-chief wants to talk to you."
After waiting for a while, he immediately changed to a male name called "Bai Qiuciao" and added him as a friend, and verified some questions with him.
On the other side, Bai Qiucian was also quite surprised, although the cultural exchanges between the two places have been started for many years, but their publishing house is still unique in receiving submissions from the mainland. Although the manuscript is simplified, it is a little troublesome to make it into traditional Chinese, but in the spirit of not wasting the enthusiasm of the authors on the other side, he read the manuscript very carefully.
The first time I didn't care, I hastily flipped through a few pages, but after only reading three chapters, I hissed, and immediately turned back to the beginning and re-read, word by word. The author's pen is sophisticated, the plot structure is also imaginative, and the Xianxia description has the posture of returning the pearl to the owner. Especially the contrast of the fight scenes, which makes people want to watch it. The plot is also very rigorous, with a lot of suspense and many highlights. Reading it tasted good, giving him the illusion that he was almost like reading Jin Yong again. Taiwan is a world where romance novels are prevalent, and in these years, creative books like this are really rare, and they simply have the momentum of a pioneering school. He was immediately fascinated after reading the beginning, and after reading the manuscript, he was even more unsatisfied, picked it up and read it several times before discussing it with several other colleagues, and in his heart he had actually made up his mind to sign it.
Especially when he found that Hu Yifei was only eighteen years old, he felt even more terrifying.
At the age of eighteen, there is a lot to hype up when writing a novel like this.
Although Hu Yifei has a good impression of Hema, he does not necessarily have to fight with it, and bluntly said that the length of this book will not be less than 1.5 million words, and more than 400,000 words have been written so far. But he won't be limited to receiving a dead manuscript payment, that is, he will fight for a share.
Bai Qiucicada appreciates and appreciates, business has to be the same, and newcomers have to share it with one mouth, which makes him very embarrassed. didn't say anything to death, and asked to see the quality of the manuscript later. If the business wants to be satisfactory to both parties, it will naturally not be negotiated at one time, and Hu Yifei will also have to talk to several other companies and shop around.
Lin Bai and Flying Elephant Publishing House are also very powerful.
Lin Bai, later the dog house, is now one of the strongest publishing houses in Taiwan. He is good at organizing and planning the packaging of its authors, plus team battles, exquisite posters and peripheral products, and regular online publicity, making Doghouse known as the king of Taiwanese bookstores. But it doesn't accept newcomers very much, if it does, it will also be well cultivated, and it will become famous faster than other publishing houses, even if it is a job-hopping author, who was not very popular, but it is like a fish in water when it comes to the doghouse.
Flying Elephant emphasizes words ~ love, the type of happy story of the prince and princess, the head (boss lady) is a powerful character, and he is a legendary figure in the Taiwan romance history world.
Both families attach more importance to "Zhu Xian", but when it comes to sharing, they immediately become the same attitude. Hu Yifei knows that good things are grinding, and he is not in a hurry.
After getting off the plane that day, he couldn't hide his excitement, and he couldn't wait to find someone to share it with him immediately, but he also had some gains and losses. If you are forced to give up in a hurry, you will be in trouble if you can't pass the review.
Thinking about it left and right, it's not a thing, but the initiative is no longer in his hands, and it's useless to worry.
When passing by the fruit stall, he took two chilled watermelons back to the dormitory, and summoned all the livestock in the three bedrooms, and spit out a field of potato seeds. The most hateful thing is that this group of animals does not remember to eat well, and they actually justifiably say that they are happy melons for everyone to eat. This is what he Hu Yifei should have invited, to conclude a good relationship with the school flower, and specially to make up for them. This alone is not enough, and the joy candy must also be made up in the future, which is called the great consummation of merit.
"I'll go to you for a great consummation, where the hell is this."
The discussion with the publisher became clearer, and several other publishers also passed the preliminary review and expressed their willingness to sign a contract. But he still doesn't let go of the sharing. Helplessly, he can only slightly reveal the situation of his multiple submissions, that is, he is now a chat window is likely to be open N at the same time. This news immediately made people a little uneasy. Several of them loosened their mouths, and their words were not as dead as they were to speak, but they needed to be negotiated in detail. In short, the hope of sharing can already be seen.
In a happy mood, he came back from buying some fruit every once in a while, but he ate less.
Anyone who plays Legend knows that his account has been sold for 2,000 yuan, and now he is not short of money at all, and he is not polite. Especially Yang Tian and Wu Chao, they turned their grief and anger into appetite, and they looked like they wanted to eat him down. The jealous eyes, the soaring sourness, made him creepy. And these guys have no hair on their mouths and dare to say anything. What the eight poles can't hit is just like that. Fortunately, Hu Yifei has experienced a hundred battles: it is nothing more than soldiers coming to block and water to cover up.
His little life is getting more and more nourishing, but he is sad about the other side.
Li Huizhao has been plagued by scandals recently, which really annoys her.
Even the old class Li Houyu talked to her, and vaguely mentioned that she should not delay the college entrance examination and delay her good future because of some emotional things.
Li Huizhao was ashamed, she wasn't like that at all, I don't know if Hu Yifei had also been interrogated, in line with the attitude of the clearer, she naturally denied it. originally wanted to talk to Hu Yifei, but he was also implicated by him, and it was best for both parties to talk about this matter. But after observing for a few days, I found that Hu Yifei was still doing his own thing, and he looked like a nobody, so he was even more distressed.
"Why should I bear the gossip, you should turn a deaf ear."
It is said that this guy should be a little interesting to himself, and he didn't take the initiative to find himself once. I was suddenly indignant. I ignored it, and I felt distressed when I saw him giving up on himself and gradually becoming a truant king.
One afternoon after school, she aimed at the opportunity and stopped Hu Yifei, who left the classroom door late, "Hu Yifei, wait a minute." ”
Hu Yifei looked at her in surprise and asked.
Li Huizhao saw his innocent expression, and he secretly hated in his heart, and gritted his silver teeth: "You don't want to go back and forth to the Internet café like this anymore, I promise to help you with your homework, so naturally I have to do it." Let's start with self-study tonight, you don't think you can skip class. I know you're weak in science.,This is my review notebook.,The ones marked with the 'asterisk' are the key points of review.,You take a look at it first.,If there's anything you don't understand, I'll explain it to you after the evening self-study.。 That's it. ”
After saying that, the rabbit seemed to have escaped, and she could still be seen blushing up to the base of her ears.
A few of the surrounding birds and beasts who didn't leave suddenly burst into laughter, which was a confirmed scandal.
Only Hu Yifei didn't smile, pinching the thick notebook in his hand, he felt quite heavy. He frowned, and it was difficult to make a decision for a while.
Originally, tonight's plan was to skip class again.
He had the heart to ignore it, high school was short, and as soon as he graduated, he had his own things. He has experienced too much, and he didn't want to cause any trouble in high school. It's just that when he finally left the school gate, he stopped again and turned back with a sigh.
Li Huizhao was very happy in the evening self-study, Hu Yifei really didn't run honestly, this is her credit, she has to help her friends.