Xiao Fei smiled, it seems that the magic of the classics is huge, and even the most traditional scholars cannot deny that "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is an excellent historical work.

"Teacher Qian, I'll take a look."

Hearing Qian Dali's praise, Lu Zelin's curiosity could no longer be contained, and he stretched out his hand to Qian Dali.

"Then let you read a few pages, but let me read through this manuscript of Xiao Fei in the past two days, okay?" Qian Dali handed the manuscript to Lu Zelin, but his eyes were looking at Xiao Fei.

"Of course you can, that's what I can't ask for, and I still want Qian Lao to help me check it." Xiao Fei said.

"Don't say anything about the gatekeepers, unless there is a significant fallacy in the historical materials in your book, I won't point fingers, the old guy should be self-aware." Qian Dali said with a smile.

Xiao Fei saw him smile for the first time.

Well, Qian Dali who laughed was still a little kind.

Qian Dali's sentence also shows that he recognizes Xiao Fei's manuscript very much.

Lu Zelin read the beginning of this manuscript and recognized that it was an expanded version of "A Brief History of Zhu Chongba's Counterattack" written by Xiao Fei during his interview this year.

After reading this article, he liked it very much, and told Xiao Fei at that time that he could write seriously in such a style, and it was very promising to write historical works like this.

And Xiao Fei also promised at that time, saying that he would try to write.

Lu Zelin didn't expect Xiao Fei to write it out so quickly.

He took a quick look at the manuscript very carefully, and he read it quickly, just to see what the quality of the manuscript was from beginning to end.

Lu Zelin spent about 20 minutes flipping through the more than 70 pages of the manuscript.

He found the book to be of high quality and very well written.

He weighed it. The manuscript paper of 500 words per page is thick and uses about 400 pages, so this manuscript is about 1670,000 yuan.

It's time to make a decent book.

What's even more valuable is that, judging from the last page of the book, it is clear that this book is part of a series of books. This book is mainly about how Zhu Yuanzhang worked hard to establish the Ming Dynasty and the process of painstakingly running the Ming Dynasty.

So. This set of books called "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" must really have covered the history of the Ming Dynasty.

The more Lu Zelin looked at it, the more he liked it, and asked Xiao Fei: "Xiao Fei, have you chosen a publishing house for this book?" If you don't choose, it's better to leave it to our Peking University Press to operate, our school's publishing house is still relatively famous for publishing this kind of academic works. ”

Xiao Fei shook his head: "Teacher Lu, I'm sorry, this book has signed an agreement with a publishing institution." ”

"Huh? Which one is it? Lu Zelin asked.

He didn't expect that Xiao Fei had already chosen a cooperative publishing house so quickly.

Lu Zelin said uneasily: "If the publishing house you are looking for is not good." It's going to ruin this good book. ”

"I handed over "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" to Hanmo Book Culture Co., Ltd. for operation, and I have cooperated with them before, and I am still more at ease with them." Xiao Fei said.

"Hanmo Company, I know this company, a writer I know has worked with it, and it is still very creditable, my friend published a book from it, and got a total of more than 100,000 royalties. It's so much better than working with other publishers. Cao Zizheng said.

"Oh, that's good." Lu Zelin nodded. He asked again, "Do you plan to write about the entire Ming Dynasty in this set of books?" ”

"That's right." Xiao Fei nodded.

"How many volumes are you planning to write in total?"

"The appearance of seven volumes, each volume ranges from 1230,000 to 1670,000 words, totaling about one million words." Xiao Fei introduced.

"That's a magnificent." Qian Dali said on the side.

For academic works, there are generally not so long, and a "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is millions of words. In Qian Dali's view, it is thick enough.

"What's the progress of writing now?" Qian Dali asked.

"I've spent a lot of time trying to catch up on my writing this semester, and I'm nearing the end of it." Xiao Fei said with a smile.

Lu Zelin closed his eyes and calculated the time, from March to the present. It's not enough that more than 8 months have passed, Xiao Fei is busy with other things, and he even finds time to finish writing a brilliant historical masterpiece with millions of words.

It's simply incredible.

A book like "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is not like a novel that can be made up casually, and writing this requires a lot of historical data collection.

Just collecting historical materials, it takes a lot of time.

Lu Zelin thought, only a freak like Xiao Fei can complete such a difficult task in such a short time with quality and quantity, right?

But can the quality behind the book be guaranteed when it is written so quickly?

"Xiao Fei, writing a little too fast, right? If you write quickly, you will often be in a hurry, and the quality of the book will go down. Qian Dali obviously thought of this and said in a deep voice.

"Qian Lao rest assured, I will never sacrifice the quality of the book for the sake of speed, I can absolutely guarantee the quality, from the front to the end." Xiao Fei said.

"I hope your words prove to be right in the end." Qian Dali nodded with his hand, Xiao Fei said.

"So, Xiao Fei, when will your book be published?" Lu Zelin asked.

"The initial plan is after the Spring Festival." Xiao Fei said.

"Look, do you need help from the department?" Lu Zelin said what Xiao Fei wanted him to say the most.

Xiao Fei smiled: "Mr. Qian and Mr. Lu, both of them are famous historians in China, I hope that when I publish this book, you can help me write a preface or something." ”

"Also, Hanmo plans to hold a press conference in the near future to announce the news of my new book to the public, and I hope that the two teachers can attend to help me speak out." Xiao Fei said.

"After the date of the press conference is confirmed, let me know in advance." Qian Dali said, "As for writing the preface, I think it's better for Zelin to write it." ”

"Old Qian, you still write the preface, let's cheer for Xiao Fei at the press conference." Lu Zelin humbly conceded.

"Don't be humble to each other, if you can write a preface for me at the same time, it will be a great honor for me." Xiao Fei said with a smile.

"You, you! The little mouth is really good at talking. Qian Dali shook his head and said, "If my old man writes a preface to this book, it is destined to stain your light, and your book will be very good to sell from the perspective of my old antique, and it is estimated that most readers will know who Qian Dali is through your book!" ”

Qian Dali did not shy away from saying that he was optimistic about "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty".

He also knows his popularity, and he is naturally well-known in the circle of historians, but among ordinary people, his popularity and influence are too different from Xiao Fei.

Giving a preface to a book that seems destined to be popular is actually a great benefit for the preface.

"Mr. Qian's words make me panic too much, in front of the two of you, I'm just a little character who needs your support." Xiao Fei smiled humbly.

"The two teachers each wrote me a preface, which is the greatest affirmation of me in the historical world."

This is the benefit that Xiao Fei gets.

The two bigwigs in the historical world made footnotes to themselves and waved their flags and shouted, "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is destined to not have to rely on the enthusiasm of readers from the beginning to complete the gorgeous turn from the grassroots to the nobility of the historiography from the previous life, but the starting point is too high.

"Haha! Okay, Mr. Qian, then let's all write a preface to Xiao Fei and touch his light? ”

"Okay, then let's write it all."

Lu Zelin and Qian Dali glanced at each other, and finally reached an agreement.

"Mr. Qian, the standard of Xiao Fei's book is still very high, according to the regulations of the department, credits can be awarded, Mr. Qian thinks it is more appropriate to reward Xiao Fei with credits?" Lu Zelin said to Qian Dali again.

Xiao Fei was overjoyed when he heard it.

Of course, he knew that the department had a credit reward system for students with particularly outstanding performance.

For example, if you have published an important academic paper, published a powerful monograph, won a national or even international award, etc., you can award credits.

"According to the regulations of the department, if students can independently complete and publish influential monographs, they can be rewarded with 1 to 5 credits. Qian Dali said.

Lu Zelin groaned.

"Now, "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" has not yet been published, and the specific response is not known now, and it doesn't seem good to reward too many credits, so let's reward 2 credits first." Lu Zelin said.

Don't underestimate these 2 credits, the general elective courses are only 2 credits in total.

Moreover, these 2 credits cannot be obtained in full, and the score of the subject must be excellent in order to get almost all the credits of the subject.

"Then thank you, Mr. Lu." Xiao Fei thanked him.

"If the follow-up book sets off a great repercussion in China after its publication, the department will continue to reward you." Lu Zelin said with a smile.

"I did my best to make the book a hit." Xiao Fei said.

Xiao Fei naturally knows that the popularity of this "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is simply inevitable and unstoppable.

"Xiao Fei, I hope you can boost the prestige of the History Department of Peking University." Lu Zelin said earnestly.

"Peking University will be proud of you in the future." Qian Dali also said.

This made Xiao Fei feel a heavy burden on his shoulders. The more people are valued, the more it shows that the responsibility is great.

At this point, the turmoil caused by Xiao Fei's absenteeism has finally completely subsided, not only the situation has subsided, Xiao Fei feels that this result can be regarded as a happy person.

In the future, I no longer have to worry about being put in small shoes by Qian Dali.

He originally thought that old historians like Qian Dali were old monster-level characters who were difficult to conquer, but he didn't expect that he would easily be convinced. (To be continued......)