Chapter 9: The Novelist's Invitation
Luoyi No. 1 High School, as a key high school in Luoyi City, is second to none in the entire Luoyi City, both in terms of teachers and the school's hardware facilities.
Especially in the field of literature, Luoyi High School is far ahead.
In addition to the many famous writers teaching, this leadership is also reflected in the school's training of writers.
In addition to the well-known campus editorial department, Luoyi No. 1 High School has countless literary clubs organized by students, and even some clubs will publish some weekly magazines, semi-monthly magazines, etc., and the sales are also good.
Novelists are such a literary society.
Since the president of the club founded the Novelist Club, after more than a year of development, it has not only attracted many students who love novels to join, but also published the weekly "Novelist", and achieved 3,000 copies of horror sales.
Compared with "Ancient Poems and Texts", which ranks second in sales, it is only a hundred copies short.
As for the publication with the highest sales, it is naturally the school magazine issued by the editorial department, because of its own particularity, it is obvious that no publication can exceed its sales.
However, this is only the glory of "The Novelist".
Today's novelists have been completely reduced to a third-rate literary society, and the weekly magazine has become a semi-monthly system, and its circulation has plummeted to more than 300 copies.
The reason why the novelist community has developed to such a depressed point is entirely because of the lack of works, especially the few people who took the lead, who left the novelist with the graduation of the college entrance examination, and there was no successor, and the novelist did not have good-looking novels, and it was reasonable that he gradually declined.
In a study hall in the third-grade school building.
"Brother Feng, what do you say we novelists should do, now it's up to you to carry it, we can still release a few copies, if you also graduate and leave, it is estimated that our novelists will come to an end!"
Several people of the novelist got together, and one of them, a chubby teenager, uttered this sentence.
The name of Brother Feng in the boy's mouth is Feng Xuedong, and he is also the founder of the novelist club, with the pen name "Listener to the Wind".
Feng Xuedong has also published many popular novels in the "School Magazine" and his "Novelist" under the pen name of "Listener to the Wind", but he is in his third year of high school, and unlike Luo Bai, he has already been rated as a second-level writer, and he has also faded the creation of novels under his heavy studies.
Naturally, the level dropped quite a bit!
Feng Xuedong smiled bitterly: "I came into contact with Luo Bai yesterday, he is completely a lion's mouth, and the price he asks for is 200 yuan for 1,000 words, this is to write a novel, not to create prose, 200 yuan for 1,000 words, even a third-level writer can get it!" ”
"Xiaoyu, do you see if we can dig up some unpopular writers in the school, let's try to release a few more novels, and stabilize the situation of novelists first?" Feng Xuedong said helplessly.
"Brother Feng, it's not that I'm alarmist, if we can't invite someone like Luo Bai to turn the tide, we can stop publishing novelists for two months at most! After all, we have lagged behind for so long, if we want to turn over, we can only make a booster! ”
"By the way, Brother Feng, I saw a cow man on BBS today, and he wrote two novels in two sentences, and he is also a member of the campus editorial department, and he wrote the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" in the last issue of the school magazine." Another classmate with glasses said suddenly.
"Lao Kai, you're talking about writing as a literary maniac, right, he can also write novels?" Xiao Yu couldn't help but ask.
"That's right, Brother Xiaoyu, Brother Feng, you didn't read that battle post, it's really intense, especially the one who wrote down for the literary maniac, and didn't say anything superfluous, just used two simple sentences, oh, no, it's two sentences of fiction, and it completely has the upper hand. I think that if we invite novelists to write as literary fanatics, we may be able to redeem some of our disadvantages. ”
"Lao Kai, find out the post you said, I'll take a look!" Feng Xuedong said with interest.
"Well, here, Brother Feng, look!" Lao Kai took out his mobile phone, opened BBS, flipped to the post, and handed it to Feng Xuedong.
Feng Xuedong took the phone and looked at it seriously.
Five minutes later, Feng Xuedong handed the phone to Lao Kai, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Xiao Yu saw the smile on his face and asked puzzledly, "Brother Feng, do you really want to write for a literary madman?" ”
Feng Xuedong said noncommittally: "I can see that this Ye Bufan is very powerful, and we will go to the second grade to find him in the afternoon!" ”
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After a hearty scolding battle on BBS, Ye Bufan's fame, at least in Class 7, has been completely launched.
Even Wang Hailong and others, who had been against him, died down one after another and never went to trouble him again.
Although Cui Yingying, the class flower, did not experience the scolding post, she had read the Classic of Mountains and Seas in the school magazine many times.
Secretly turned her head and glanced at Ye Bufan, Cui Yingying hurriedly turned her head again.
She couldn't figure out how Ye Bufan, who couldn't write well before, wrote such a weird and magnificent mythological work as "The Classic of Mountains and Seas".
"Ye Bufan, there are people looking for you outside!"
Ye Bufan was bored looking at the Chinese textbook, when he suddenly heard someone shouting at him.
When he looked up, he saw a head sticking out of the window, baring his teeth and waving at him.
Ye Bufan was stunned for a moment, and made sure that this person was really calling himself, so he walked out of the classroom directly.
"Crazy, my name is Wang Kai, you can call me Lao Kai, I'm from the Novelists Club, I don't know if you are free at this time, our president wants to meet you!"
Society of novelists?
Ye Bufan knows a little about the clubs in the school, and he also knows a thing or two about these literary clubs.
However, the president of the Novelists Club is looking for what he is for, but he is not very clear.
"Well, is there anything your president looking for me?"
"Don't worry, it's definitely a good thing!"
Ye Bufan pursed his lips, thinking that he hadn't had classes yet anyway, so he followed Lao Kai to the front of the teaching building of the third year of high school.
Seeing Lao Kai coming here with Ye Bufan, Feng Xuedong, who had been waiting downstairs, hurriedly greeted him.
"My name is Feng Xuedong, and I am the president of the novelists club, and I invited Mada to come over this time, in fact, I want to send a chance to Madda!" Feng Xuedong said with a smile.
Lin Cheng said a little disappreciatively: "Give me a chance, then I want to hear what kind of opportunity it is?" ”
Although he is a sophomore in high school, his mind is an adult, so he naturally won't believe Feng Xuedong's polite words.
Often others give you opportunities, but they are just asking for you!
"Although Madness also entered the campus editorial department, he was assigned to the myth and legend column, but Madness is not only good at mythology, but also has extraordinary attainments in the creation of novels, if there is a platform to publish novels, he will definitely be able to quickly accumulate popularity and become a first-class writer as soon as possible."
"What's the name of your magazine, novelist?" Ye Bufan didn't think about it, and directly interrupted Feng Xuedong's words.
Feng Xuedong was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Exactly, our novelists are the same as the school magazine, and they are also published by weekly magazines. ”
When Feng Xuedong talked about the weekly magazine, Wang Kai paused obviously, but he hurriedly covered it up.
The president changed the semi-monthly "Novelist" to a weekly magazine, and it seems that he is really planning to give it a try!
Lin Cheng smiled noncommittally: "Then how much are you going to calculate for me a thousand words?" ”
Although it is a literary club organized by students, as long as it is a magazine publication, there must be a certain standard of manuscript fees.
Although the editorial department also has a certain amount of remuneration, Ye Bufan will not dislike having a lot of money.
If you can make some extra money, it is not difficult to write two novels for this novelist who came to the door.
As for what novel to write, Ye Bufan doesn't have to worry, there are so many works in his head, a novel is not a piece of cake.
"You also know, we are just a student weekly, in the form of a novel serialization, even if it is a mature magazine in the city, it is only 200 words per thousand, and I give a price of 100 words to a crazy thousand words, how about it?"
100 words in 100?
Ye Bufan doesn't know much about the manuscript fee standard in this world, but with his experience, 100 words per thousand words is already a not low price.
If you issue it once a week, write 350,000 words at a time, and it's 35,000 yuan at once!
After a rough calculation, Ye Bufan said directly: "I can write for you novelists, tentatively three to fifty thousand words a week!" ”
"Three to fifty thousand words? Crazy, are you telling the truth? ”
"Don't worry, I'll send you this week's manuscript tomorrow, you can leave your mobile phone number and email address!"
Ye Bufan directly took out his mobile phone and handed it to Feng Xuedong.