Zhang Tan felt surprised, but it was reasonable.

He received a call from Li Yan and reported on the publication progress of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", the publication of the traditional Chinese version is progressing very quickly, and he has set a publishing intention with two publishing houses, both of which have cooperated with the publishing house, Xiangxiang is Xinya Culture, and Taiwan is Xianxian Culture.

Both publishing houses have given a very high royalty ratio, which is not much worse than the famous Hong Kong and Taiwan celebrities Zhang Feifei and Li Tiejian who are now active.

For the publication of the simplified Chinese version, Li Yan tends to cooperate with her Anwei Literary and Art Publishing Co., Ltd.

Anwei Literature and Art Publishing House has recently been actively expanding the publishing business of popular literature to the outside world, with Li Yan taking the lead, and the intention of cooperation is obvious. Moreover, it is very generous, no worse than the conditions given by the Jinnan People's Publishing House, and in terms of channel expansion, it is slightly better than the Jinnan People's Publishing House.

"Sister Li, I don't care who I cooperate with, of course whoever gives the conditions is good, of course, I will sign with whom, but if the conditions of the Jinnan People's Publishing House are not bad, I am more inclined to cooperate with them, after all, it is an old friend."

Zhang Tan replied to Li Yan like this.

During his trough period, the Hunan People's Publishing House came to cooperate in publishing a book, Zhang Tan must remember this friendship, and he and Wang Guohua are also acquaintances. In principle, of course, he wanted to continue to cooperate with that side, and the previous "Four Famous Catchers and Masters of the Jingshi" continued to be handed over to the other party for publication. However, in business, when it comes to practical interests, you can do what you want, and you can't be swayed by the so-called friendship.

Zhang Tan is not a pure businessman, but he is not a stunned young man who is not willful.

Li Yan immediately said, "Okay, I know." I will combine the conditions of several publishing houses, and in the case of similar conditions, I will lean towards the Hunan People's Publishing House. ”

"Well, Sister Li is bothered, call me at any time if you have something."

After sending Li Yan away, Zhang Tan didn't care about publishing anymore.

He has now handed over all the trivial matters of publishing to Li Yan, and he only needs to sit at home and wait for the publisher to come and deliver the manuscript fee.

Summer vacation for two months.

He has drawn up a schedule.

Basically, five or six hours a day are allocated to write, then one hour to cram on math classes, one hour to review other classes, and two hours to exercise. The rest of the time is freely arranged, you can go to catch fish and shrimp to enjoy the wanton life in the countryside that young people should enjoy, or you can play the guitar, play the accordion, sing, and compose music to enjoy the literary and artistic life.

Or brag with grandpa Zhang Henong, and ask for calligraphy by the way.

Or go to an internet café and play two games like Red Alert, CS, Age of Empires, and Warcraft with others.

Or go to the city to see the property market, and pay special attention to the façade houses that will be developed into commercial areas in your memory. In the future, housing prices will rise like rockets, and if you buy a house now, you will make a sure profit. Moreover, he understands the construction plan of Heqi better than others, and knows that in the next ten years, the urban center of Hehuai will change.

Within a few years, Hehuai will plan Binhu New City and move the center south to build a lakeside city.

Subsequently, the provincial capital of Anwei revoked Chaoxi City, which originally surrounded Chaohu Lake, and changed the residence of Chaohu City. Nest area, Lu. Jiang County was assigned to Heqi City, and the entire Chaohu Lake became the inner lake of Heqi. The construction of Chaohu Lake began in the center of Heqi, and the development in the north gradually slowed down, and the south was growing rapidly. And now Chaohu City is still safe and sound, and the housing prices by Chaohu Lake are pitifully low.

If you buy at a low price, you will have to multiply your house price at least several times in ten years.

Although Zhang Tan doesn't want to make money by speculating in real estate so vulgarly, it is not impossible to give his relatives ideas to buy a house in advance and enjoy a little more of the benefits brought by the property market. Besides, he can not bend his waist for five buckets of rice, but just buy a house and raise the price for free, and don't get a handful, isn't it stupid.

It's better to buy more houses than to depreciate your money in the bank.

……

More than ten days have passed in a flash, and the writing progress of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is good, and nearly 100,000 words have been written, of which the first 60,000 words have been sent to the magazine.

In Li Yan's bargaining, the Hunan People's Publishing House gave up the publication of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Wang Guohua revealed his thoughts to Zhang Tan, or for the sake of insurance, he did not dare to invest in publication before he was sure that "The Condor Shooting" would be popular, and he hoped that Zhang Tan would continue to write the four famous catches.

In the end, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was signed by Anwei Literature and Art Publishing House, with a royalty rate of 12%, which is a very risky and generous amount.

Zhang Tan also participated in the negotiations during the period, mainly revealing the number of words in the creation of "Shooting the Condor", with a plan of 1.2 million words; creative content, the growth history of a generation of heroes; The creation time can be completed by the end of the year, and no later than the beginning of spring next year. According to Zhang Tan's answer, Anwei Literature and Art Publishing House arranged specific matters for publication.

A total of eight volumes, each with 150,000 words, were published once a month, and the first volume was printed in 100,000 copies.

It is also guaranteed that the eight volumes will be published, and the minimum number of each volume will not be less than 50,000 copies. This treaty is a protection treaty, which is a risk for the publishing house and a guarantee for Zhang Tan to prevent the novel from selling badly, and the other party directly cuts the book. It is by relying on this protection treaty that Anwei Literature and Art Publishing House has won over other publishing houses.

Zhang Tan doesn't value this treaty, he has confidence in his work, and he values sincerity.

With such great sincerity from the publishing house, there is no reason why it should not cooperate.

So.

Another book is about to be published.

Zhang Tan was in a good mood.

……

July is like a shuttle, flashing, and it turns to August.

this day.

Zhang Tan went out for a walk.

I grabbed my newly bought fishing rod and prepared to hide in the shade of a tree by the small pond on a hot afternoon.

There are many ponds in the countryside, and some of them have been contracted to raise fish, but there are still many ponds that belong to the public property of the village and the brigade, and it doesn't matter if you fish in such ponds. However, the fish in the pond are not big, and the real big fish have to go to the river at the three stations and the reservoir upstream.

If you have a motorcycle, you can also ride to Wushan Town, where there is a reservoir called Weilao Lake, which has a kind of osmanthus fish, no fishy smell, and is particularly delicious.

No matter which reservoir it is, Zhang Tan is too far away, and his fishing is a process of interest fishing, so he fishes in the pond at the door of his house.

As soon as I sprinkled fragrant rice and put earthworms on the hooks, my mobile phone rang.

It was Li Yan who called.

"Hey, Sister Li, what's the matter?"

"Zhang Tan, Anwei Literature and Art Publishing House has proofread the manuscript of the first volume of "Shooting the Condor", and has also obtained the book number, ready to be printed and published. Here I am going to arrange some publicity for your book, and I have specially invited many reporters to interview you and increase the exposure of the new book. When do you have time? ”

"Would a reporter interview me?"

"Yes, a few newspapers."

Zhang Tan was a little dizzy, he didn't expect that he would be in the newspaper so soon. His writing year is almost over, and he has published two books, and he is also famous in the martial arts circles of Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the mainland, but it is limited to this small circle, and he has not become popular. Compared with Han Jingming, it is far behind.

Han Jingming has not published a novel yet, but because of the hype of dropping out of school, it has become popular in newspapers all over the country.

Zhang Tan had no one to give him this treatment, and there was only one family in "Ancient Legends: Martial Arts Edition" before, waving the flag and shouting for him. However, martial arts novels have always been difficult to reach the hall of elegance in the mainland, and have been denounced as vulgar by the mainstream cultural circles, and Zhang Tan's fame is naturally not favored by the mainstream. If Zhang Tan was in the popular martial arts areas such as Xiangxiang and Taiwan, he would have been sought after by countless people in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

But now it's his turn to get in the newspaper and make a name for himself.

"Okay, I'm always available for an interview." After Zhang Tan was stunned, he did not hesitate and immediately agreed.

"Okay, I'll contact the person in charge and arrange an interview as soon as possible."