Since its establishment in 1872, the "Declaration" has opened the beginning of modern newspapers in China, and newspapers have been developing in China for more than 100 years.

As the birthplace of the beginning of modern newspapers in China, the newspaper industry in Jiangnan City is also at the forefront of China.

The three most popular newspapers and periodicals in Huaxia, Huaxia Daily, Jiangnan Daily, Qianjiang Evening News, and Jiangnan City are the two most popular.

Therefore, it can be said that now is the most prosperous period of the newspaper industry in Jiangnan, and according to the population of Jiangnan at this time and the total circulation of newspapers, almost five Jiangnan people will buy a newspaper, which is second only to Japan in Asia.

The newspaper and periodical industry in Jiangnan City is so developed, and Qin Shi has such a good novel in his hand, how can he worry about not being able to sell it.

Qin Shi said that he would do it, he hurriedly returned to the house, preparing to write the first draft of the book "Breaking the Sky", and then went to the newspaper.

Fortunately, this is a modern era, and computers are already a very popular thing, otherwise Breaking the Sky is such a novel with more than five million words, if Qin Shi is allowed to write it by hand, Qin Shi is afraid that after he finishes writing, he will create a unicorn arm.

It took him two whole days to type out the first draft of 100,000 words, and he was not in a hurry to write too much, because he was going to put the novel in the newspaper and magazine, and these 100,000 words were enough for the newspaper to be serialized for a long time.

After writing the first draft of 100,000 words, the next step is to find a newspaper to submit.

Qin Shi knew how popular the novel "Breaking the Sky" was on the earth at that time, and now this novel is equivalent to his daughter, and what he has to do next is to find the best son-in-law for himself.

Huaxia Daily is far away in Yanjing, and the political atmosphere is too strong, which is obviously not suitable for the serialization of novels like "Breaking the Sky", so Qin Shi's choice is only "Jiangnan Daily" and "Qianjiang Evening News".

"Jiangnan Daily" and "Qianjiang Evening News" are both local newspapers in Jiangnan City, and both have always been competitors, and their sales are also comparable, in a balanced state.

But recently this balance has been upset by an author who goes by the pseudonym "Meet".

The reverse side of the Qianjiang Evening News was originally to publish articles by several critics on the disadvantages of the times, but just half a month ago, this page suddenly began to publish an article.

And it was this article that caused a great sensation, causing the Qianjiang Evening News to be out of stock that day, which was the first time since the Qianjiang Evening News was issued.

It was a somewhat sad love story, almost everyone who saw the story was attracted by the content of the story, and everyone wanted to see how the hero and heroine were in the end, but when the readers saw the end, they were left with four bold words "to be continued".

It is precisely because of these four words that the phone call of the Qianjiang Evening News was blown up by readers that day, and readers were asking about the follow-up of the story and whether it would be serialized later.

The reply given by the Qianjiang Evening News is that the follow-up storyline will be updated on the reverse side of the newspaper from time to time, and as for when it will be updated, it depends on the author's delivery time.

Because of this story, the sales of Qianjiang Evening News began to rise sharply, and it was overwhelming Jiangnan Daily for three days, but the updates of Suo Xing's story were intermittent, not every day, generally speaking, two chapters a week.

If it weren't for this reason, the editor-in-chief of Jiangnan Daily would probably be under great pressure, because with the soaring sales of Qianjiang Evening News, many companies and enterprises that originally cooperated with Jiangnan Daily have turned to Qianjiang Evening News.

No one could have imagined that a single story could ruin the balance that Qianjiang Evening News and Jiangnan Daily had maintained for decades, and the author who wrote that story was also a mystery in the hearts of readers.

No one knows who the real identity of "Meet" is, but many people speculate that this is a woman who has been emotionally bruised, because such a story does not look like it can be fabricated out of thin air.

All this happened half a month ago, and Qin Shi was still on Earth at that time, and he didn't know about it.

Qin Shi had already walked into the office building where the Qianjiang Evening News was located.

The housing prices in Jiangnan City are the most expensive in the whole of China, and the Qianjiang Evening News does not have the strength to rent an entire office building, so their office location is only a whole floor on the eighth floor.

Qin Shi walked to the front desk and did not ask where the editorial office was going, but directly asked where the editor-in-chief's office was.

The entire floor of the eighth floor is the office of the Qianjiang Evening News, which is divided into dozens of areas, and almost every staff member is immersed in work, and the crackling sound of typing is endless.

Qin Shi walked to an office door, he looked up at the sign on the door that read "Editor-in-Chief's Office", and then knocked on the door.

"Please come in."

A deep voice came from inside the office, it was the voice of Xu Bowen, editor-in-chief of the Qianjiang Evening News.

Qin Shi pushed the door and walked in, and as soon as he entered, he said with a smile, "Mr. Xu, I am a literature lover, this is a novel I wrote, I want you to take a look." ”

Xu Bowen, who was writing documents at the desk, raised his head, he glanced at Qin Shi, confirmed that he had never seen this young man before, and then continued to lower his head to write documents, and said at the same time.

"If you want to submit, go out and turn left to go to the editorial office."

Xu Bowen's attitude is not very good, he is the editor-in-chief of the Qianjiang Evening News, if everyone who contributes comes to trouble him, then he doesn't have to work every day.

"Mr. Xu, my novel can help the sales of Qianjiang Evening News surpass Jiangnan Daily."

Qin Shi naturally wouldn't give up, he took out the 100,000-word first draft of "Breaking the Sky" from his bag and handed it to Xu Bowen's desk.

Hearing Qin Shi's words, Xu Bowen's hand that was writing also suddenly stopped, he chuckled a few times, and then continued to write, but said without raising his head: "Young man, I think you have come to the wrong place." ”

"Mr. Xu, I know that you graduated from the Department of Literature of Jiangnan University, and I am also your junior, please hope that you can give me a chance."

Although he was a little surprised by what Xu Bowen said, it was not Qin Shi's usual style to retreat in the face of difficulties, so he continued.

And when Xu Bowen heard Qin Shi say that he was his junior brother, a light flashed in his eyes, and he was still willing to support his junior brother.

I saw that he put down the pen in his hand, and then raised his head and glanced at Qin Shi.

As the editor-in-chief of the Qianjiang Evening News, he has also read countless people, and he knows that the young man in front of him has not lied to himself.

He picked up the manuscript on the table and flipped through it.

At the beginning of the story, the genius boy Xiao Yan suddenly became a waste after creating an unprecedented cultivation record in the family, and for three years, the family was cold, despised by others, and was divorced by his fiancée...... All sorts of blows followed. Just as he was about to despair, a ghost emerged from the ring on his hand, and a new door opened in front of him!

Xu Bowen graduated from the Department of Literature of Jiangnan University, his literary literacy is very high, when he saw Qin Shi's novel, his first feeling was that this was a novel that deviated from traditional literature, and it really didn't have any literary flavor.

But this story breaks the shackles of traditional literature and adopts a bizarre way of writing, with novel ideas and ups and downs in the plot, which is also really fascinating.

Xu Bowen frowned and pondered for a while, he was making a choice.

He can see that this novel has a huge market, but it is too frivolous, with a lot of violent and vulgar plots, and if it is published in the Qianjiang Evening News, I am afraid it will be a double-edged sword.

"Young man, I accepted this novel, how about the price of 100 yuan for 100 words."

Xu Bowen finally decided to sign the book, he was willing to gamble, but the bet was not very large.

"A hundred words?"

Hearing Xu Bowen's offer, Qin Shi's brows also frowned, obviously this price did not reach the price in his heart.

100 yuan for 1,000 words, 10,000 words is 1,000 yuan, and 5 million words for the book "Breaking the Sky" is 500,000 yuan.

You know, he wrote this book to make a movie, and this 500,000 is far from enough.

"Mr. Xu, a thousand words and a hundred words are too little, right?"

Qin Shi said a little tactfully, he had already thought about it, if the Qianjiang Evening News didn't give a price of more than 800 words per thousand, he would go to Jiangnan Daily to try.

He has absolute confidence in his novel, not to mention eight hundred words, even if it is a thousand words, it is definitely worth one thousand words.

"Although the plot of your novel is very good and the creativity is very novel, it also has big problems, and my willingness to give a thousand words is already the limit."

Seeing that Qin Shi was still not satisfied with the price of 100 yuan for 1,000 words, Xu Bowen was also a little unhappy with Qin Shi, a young man, you must know that the price of 100 yuan for 1,000 words is already very high, and those famous writers are only between 200 yuan and 500 yuan for 1,000 words.

Qin Shi knew that he couldn't talk about it, a look of pity flashed in his eyes, and then said: "In that case, I can only say I'm sorry, thank you Mr. Xu for giving me this opportunity, I hope your newspaper will get better and better." ”

"Young man, do your best."

Xu Bowen glanced at Qin Shi with some deep meaning and said.

To put it bluntly, he is still not at ease with Qin Shi's novel, because no one has written a novel of this genre yet, and it is very likely to be upset and popular, and now that the Qianjiang Evening News has that emotional story serialized, it is impossible to open up a new page to publish this novel for the time being.

Qin Shi walked out of Xu Bowen's office with the manuscript, and when he walked to the door, the female secretary walked in with a few handwritten manuscripts in her hand.

Qin Shi's eyes inadvertently glanced at the top manuscript, the manuscript is handwritten, the words are very beautiful, there is a kind of wind and bones, smoke and dew, and it is endless.

When he saw this word, his body also stopped suddenly, not because the word was too beautiful, but because the word made him feel a sense of déjà vu.

On this manuscript, the word "meet" lies quietly at the bottom of the text.

It's just a pen name, and it looks like it has a thousand styles, and it hides a story and compassion.