Zhang Tan returned to the classroom in confusion.

He was found by the principal, and then chatted for a long time without explanation, talking about learning, life, ideals, and world view, all in all, Zhang Tan was confused. However, he also summed up a little, and the principal's intention seemed to be to let him go to school at Shuangdun Middle School with peace of mind, and the school would support his writing.

"That's what it means."

Regardless of the meaning and meaning, Zhang Tan thinks so.

Then write and train leisurely.

The school football team is about to go to Shuijia Lake, and the school sports meeting is about to be held.

It's not that interesting.

The Shuangdun Middle School football team that went to Shuijiahu lost to the Changfeng No. 2 Middle School football team in the first game, and Zhang Tan, who started the game, scored the only goal of the whole team, but the difference in strength was too big, and the opponent was at home, directly 3:1, and the Shuangdun Middle School team was cleanly cut off.

When I came, the big guy came in a minibus hired by the school, and he came in a chic and happy way.

When I went back, I was depressed one by one, as if I had committed chicken plague.

Xu Weidong, who played soy sauce all the way and had no chance to play, sat next to Zhang Tan, and kept complaining about the referee on the side of Changfeng No. 2 Middle School, which was too partial, and blew a penalty kick from Shuangdun Middle School at the end of the game, Yunyun.

Zhang Tan is more open-minded, even if a penalty is awarded, his side will still lose, and the level is not at the same level; Second, the home advantage is also the most basic unspoken rule of football, and it is normal for the referee to be biased, which is not only a Chinese characteristic, but also an international characteristic.

Shuangdun Middle School, which lost in the first game, took a bus again five days later. This time it is a game with Zhuangshan Middle School, it stands to reason that the grade of Zhuangtomb Middle School is relatively low, and there are fewer people, so the strength should be very poor. But the result is so dramatic, 2-0 will be Shuangdun Middle School K.O.

Zhang Tan didn't play well, or the whole team didn't play well.

Putting aside this faint atmosphere of defeat, it took two and a half weeks for Zhang Tan to finally write the second part of "The Four Famous Capture and Shock Kanto", "Chase and Kill", and the remaining 40,000 words. After the transcription was completed, it was mailed directly to "The Legend of the Ancient World".

In total, he has sent a total of 100,000 words to the magazine, the entire article of "Outlaw".

Next month, that is, in December, I don't know if "Ancient Legends: Martial Arts Edition" will be published in full here, or in two parts, anyway, as long as the money is in hand, Zhang Tan doesn't care.

"Still, let's give us a call and ask."

Just do it when you think of it, Zhang Tan directly dialed Wang Conglun's office phone number from a long distance, which was left by Wang Conglun, saying that he could call this number directly if he had something.

The call was quickly connected.

"Hey, is it Editor-in-Chief Wang? I'm Zhang Tan. ”

"Zhang Tan, is the writing going well, the quality of the manuscript of "Outlaw" is even higher than that of "Pursuit", and it will be the main chapter of our inaugural issue next month. Oh, also, Bi Wanzhen interviewed your press release, do you want to have a look, you can contact her on QQ and ask her to send it to your mailbox. Wang Conglun poured beans and said a lot.

Zhang Tan sighed: "Okay, I know." That, I want to say, I have finished writing the 40,000-word manuscript for the follow-up to "The Outlaw", and I have sent it over, and it will arrive in about three or five days, and you can publish it all at once, and then the manuscript fee will be called? ”

"It's been written, it's great. It's just a one-time publication, I'm afraid there is no way, it's already mid-November, and we will immediately complete the sample and deliver it to the printing house for printing, and the time is too late. However, are you in dire need of money, and if so, we can pay you in advance. ”

"It's not that I'm short of money, but the plan I set for myself every month is to write 60,000 or 70,000 words. Zhang Tan paused, and said, "Of course, it's better to give me the manuscript fee in advance, I just don't have the money to buy a laptop, and it's always too troublesome to write with a pen, so it's better to type faster." ”

"That's right...... Sixty or seventy thousand words a month, indeed, some occupy space, after all, our "Martial Arts Edition" still has to publish a number of different novels to meet the different tastes of readers. It's just that your manuscript is of high quality, and we can't have too much, you are our optimistic author, and you deserve our strong support. ”

Zhang Tan raised his eyebrows, thinking that you value me so much, it just so happens that I should propose to increase my remuneration.

But Zhang Tan didn't rush to say.

Wang Conglun continued on the phone: "I have an immature idea now, you see if this will work, our magazine not only does it do monthly, but also publishes some special issues. If you have accumulated a lot of manuscripts, we can try to increase the number of issues of "Martial Arts Edition" and release your work separately. ”

"Increase the number of installments?" Zhang Tan had a flash of inspiration in his mind, thinking of the month-end editions he had bought after chasing this magazine in his previous life.

In the first few years of its existence, the development of "Legend of the Ancient Martial Arts Edition" was vigorous, first monthly, then revised semi-monthly, and then added the end-of-month edition. The month-end edition is a long story that will be released separately by a martial arts author every month, similar to a single book, but the month-end edition is finally summarized in the total number of issues.

However, compared with the month-end edition, Zhang Tan is looking forward to another form: "Editor-in-Chief Wang, if the quality of my work is as good as ever, can you help me publish a single book, or simply take the publishing route?" ”

Published in a magazine, no matter how well it is written, it will only cost that little manuscript fee, how can it make money quickly by publishing novels.

Zhang Tan believes that these classic martial arts that he borrowed from will be welcomed by readers, and it is not easy to sell hundreds of thousands of copies casually. Besides, the manuscript fee or royalties, they are all small heads, and the real big head is the film and television adaptation, once the novel becomes famous, the adaptation fee does not have to be decided by Zhang Tan.

Don't come too fast.

"Publishing, this is no problem, we have a cooperative publishing house for "Ancient Legends", and we will also recommend some excellent works for publication in a collection. In this way, if you send the manuscript over, we can publish it on the "Martial Arts Edition" first, and if the response is good and there is market potential, I will recommend your novel to be published, how about it? ”

"Then all I can say is that the cooperation is pleasant."

"Haha, Zhang Tan, don't worry, our "Ancient Legends: Martial Arts Edition" is going to do a big job, and we will try our best to discover and support the authors who publish their works in our magazine. I can also give you a clear answer to the question of the manuscript fee you just mentioned, and when I read the follow-up draft of "Outlaw", I will remit the manuscript fee to you. ”

"Thank you so much. Oh yes, Editor-in-Chief Wang, how good was the response to "The Four Famous Capture of Kanto"? ”

"Very good, in the trial issue of this issue, readers generally responded that the quality of "The Four Famous Capture of Kanto" is very high, and I am very much looking forward to the follow-up story." Wang Conglun said excitedly that the trial issue has high-quality manuscripts that are attractive, which means that after the official release, the sales volume is guaranteed.

Zhang Tan was also happy: "That's good, that's good, this, Editor-in-Chief Wang, you see, I write so well, is the manuscript fee going up?" ”