When the deployment of Chang Zheng was over, it was already 11 o'clock in the evening. The editors went home and stayed on duty. But it can be seen that whether they are going home or on duty, the editors are holding a bad breath in their chests.

Chang Zheng also held a breath of bird breath in his heart, this breath must come out, but it can't be reckless.

"Chick, wait a minute." Chang Zheng called out to the happy chick who was about to go home, "It's so late, I'll send you back to the dormitory." ”

Chang Zheng and Happy Chick go downstairs and get in the car. Chang Zheng started the car and drove towards the staff dormitory of the new starting point company.

"How did you feel about being an intern in our editorial office for two months?" Chang Zheng asked.

Happy Chick said with satisfaction: "I have gained a lot, learned a lot of business writing skills that I didn't know too deeply before, and I also have a deeper understanding of the entire online writing industry." All in all, it's a worthwhile trip. Thank you Cangshen for giving me this internship opportunity, I benefited a lot. ”

Chang Zheng: "That's good. When will I go back to school to do my graduation thesis? ”

Happy Chick: "I'm going to go back in early June." ”

Chang Zheng asked again: "How many drafts of "Langya Bang" have been saved? ”

Happy chick: "More than 80,000 words." ”

Chang Zheng: "You won't come to the company for an internship in May, and I will give you a good review of the internship report." You can code in the dorm or go back to school. ”

The happy chick was a little surprised: "Cangshen, you want to drive me away?" ”

Chang Zheng explained: "No, I need your help to help us get through this. I need your Langya Bang, and I need this new book to help us bring back readers, consolidate readers, and even attract more readers. In the current situation, you as an author will be more helpful to us as an intern editor. Would you like to help me? ”

"Oh, then I see, this bird net is really hateful. Then I'll stay in Nangang for a month and then go back to school, it's not good to go back early and be discovered by the school, hehe. The happy chick smiled, "When is it more appropriate for me to upload "Langya Bang"?" ”

Chang Zheng: "You save the manuscript first, the more the better, and then listen to my order for you to upload it." "Langya Bang" as a vanguard army. It is expected to be released in May. ”

The happy chick nodded and said, "Okay, I'll open the code when I get home." By the way, will my senior sister and Ah Feng fight with us? Will they also open new books? ”

Chang Zheng: "They've been fighting. They don't open new books for the time being, all they have to do is keep updating the current books. You can't just open a new book all at once. There must be some red books with a fat enough number of words to maintain popularity. Mei Ju and Ah Feng are the defenders of the city who have given us a solid rear, so they have been fighting, fighting side by side with us. Chick, this time I'm charging with you, and I'm ready to open a new book. Let's play the list together and canvass together. ”

"Really! Okay. I suddenly looked forward to my own new book, looking forward to the new book of the gods! The happy chick is on fire, "What's the subject of your new book?" ”

"Secrecy for now." Chang Zheng Dao.

"Keep it a secret from me?" The happy chick pouted.

"Actually, I'm still struggling...... You'll find out in a while, anyway. Well, here it is, good night. ”

……

The next day, May 1. The vast majority of the editors in the editorial department of New Beginnings have returned to work overtime.

In the general manager's office, Chang Zheng and Lin Yonggang are talking secretly.

Lin Yonggang handed Chang Zheng an A4 document and said, "We have selected 20 potential authors according to Chang Zheng's requirements. Their information is on paper. Always take a look. ”

Chang Zheng took the A4 document and read it carefully.

Lin Yonggang continued: "These 20 authors have basically participated in the first two author training courses organized by us, and they have all come to our company for training, which was last year. So their bodies are innocent, and they shouldn't be undercover agents of Flying Bird Net. But ......"

"But what?" Chang Zheng looked up and asked.

Lin Yonggang: "They used to be innocent, but now they can't be 100% sure." There are two kinds of undercover agents, one is a person who is originally an enemy soldier, and then disguises himself as a soldier of our army and blends into our army. The other is the people of our army, but at a certain time, they could not withstand the temptation of the enemy's sugar-coated shells. This is transformed into an undercover agent planted by the enemy within our army. ”

"I know that Mr. Chang is good at cultivating newcomers, and you have personally guided the three of them, so they can quickly go from unknown to famous. This time you are more fierce, ready to take 20 apprentices at a time? Have you thought about it. You video chat with them and you may reveal some whimsical inspiration to them. Based on this inspiration, they have the potential to create an earth-shattering work. After you reveal your inspiration, in the process of creating their work, if they defect to the enemy, then we will not give the enemy a great gift. No guns, no cannons. Do you make it for the enemy? ”

"Makes sense, I was negligent." Chang Zheng became serious, and he realized this possibility.

"Last year, the Flying Bird Network that only knew about hiring trolls, we don't have to be so cautious. But now this bird net seems to have changed its gun, and its strength has improved a lot all of a sudden, so we have to guard against it. Lin Yonggang said, "I have checked, and according to the preliminary information, Flying Bird has changed its boss." To be precise, they were acquired by a company called Yousheng Company. Flying Bird is now a book station under Yousheng Company. ”

"Yousheng Company? What's the matter? Are your sources reliable? Chang Zheng was not very surprised, he had expected that there must have been some changes inside the Flying Bird Net.

Lin Yonggang: "I have never heard of this Yousheng company, and it is estimated that it is also a new company that has just been established, and the source should be reliable." A bookseller who has a good relationship with me, his younger brother works as an administrative worker at Flying Birds.com. The undercover authors found by Asuka were not gunmen from the gunman's studio, but they had dug them up from other book stations. Some of these undercover authors are quite famous, and they used to be big stations such as Chaofenghua.com and Blue-Orange.com. ”

"These authors would rather give up the fame and popularity they had accumulated in the past and start over under a new pen name, and if you think about it, Flying Bird must have given them a considerable amount of compensation, and promised how they would become popular in the future. It seems that they want to be the leader of Nangang, but in fact, before our website appeared, they were the leader of Nangang. It's just that they didn't have any local competitors before, so even if they have been in decline for three years, they can still be the leader. ”

"This Yousheng company seems to be very ambitious, but we still have to find out what their background is and who the boss is." Chang Zheng said. "By the way, what did you want to tell me just now?"

Lin Yonggang: "I suggest that you stop chatting with these 20 authors on the Internet, and invite them directly to the company, and you will always have an interview with them." Sign a long-term contract with them first. This is the so-called 'deed of sale', and after signing a long-term contract, we will talk about the work. Authors who have signed a long-term contract, for the duration of the contract, they are our people. It is impossible for the long-term contract writer to go undercover, and there is no idea of daring to hit them again. ”

Chang Zheng thought for a moment. Say, "Okay." Then work hard Lao Lin, you make an appointment with these 20 authors as soon as possible, and we will reimburse the travel expenses and arrange the best hotel for them to stay, with good food, good drink, and good hospitality. Even if they can't negotiate a long-term contract, they are still the authors of our sharing agreement, right? ”

……

Chang Zheng saw the early morning from the afternoon to the early morning, and quickly scanned the works posted by these 20 authors at the new starting point, and had a specific impression of the level and writing style of these 20 authors.

In general, the 20 potential authors selected by the editorial department do have creative potential. They each have their own styles, and the reason why they haven't become popular online at New Beginnings is that they haven't become popular online. It's because they're too focused on their own style and ignore the marketability. In other words, they don't realize what kind of book has the greatest commercial value, and they create it entirely on their own creative instincts.

"You people are so stubborn, haven't you attended the training class I taught? Didn't I tell you what the selling point is and what is commercial? Looks like we're going to have to open a small stove for you. Chang Zheng shook his head and smiled, he loved and hated these authors.

At 10 o'clock in the morning on May 2, Chang Zheng received the first interview with the author in the general manager's office.

This author lives in Nangang, so he was the first to come.

When Chang Zheng saw this author, he couldn't help muttering in his heart, buddy. You don't pick it up, you come here. Fortunately, I know that you are our author, and the masses who don't know the truth will think that you are a fan when they see you.

This author is very emaciated, a kind of sub-health emaciation. He was pale. His hair was unkempt, and he had stubble on his temples and chin. This buddy's steps are vain, and when he walks three times, Chang Zheng wants to go up and help him.

Chang Zheng has come into contact with many full-time writers, and full-time writers generally have two mental outlooks. One is very thin, thin like a fan. One is fat. It's like a uremia patient.

This dude belongs to the former.

Full-time writers pounce in front of the computer every day to code words, do not see the sun, and there is no rule in life. If you don't pay attention to exercise, it is easy to have the above two sub-health states.

Chang Zheng took the initiative to shake hands with this buddy: "Hello, old fish, let's meet again." You're losing weight again, so pay attention to your body. ”

After Lao Yu and Chang Zheng shook hands, they laughed at themselves: "How can you compare with Chang Zheng, I am like this." ”

"Laughing, come, please be seated." Chang Zheng invited Lao Yu to sit on the sofa, "During the first training class, I remember that you were talking about antiques with a few brothers during the recess. How's that?,Have you found any treasures that have opened the door recently? ”

Lao Yu stroked his messy hair and said, "If I find it, I won't sit in front of the computer every day and hold back my constipation, and I can only earn three melons and two dates a month." ”

Chang Zheng comforted him: "Don't worry, Taobao Bei depends on luck and chance." If you don't open for three years, you can eat for three years. Maybe one day you go to the villages and towns below to collect wind and meet a kind old man, and throw their ancestral blue and white porcelain and glass jadeite to you by the pound and a few hundred yuan, then you will be in place in one step. ”

"Haha, Cheng Chang always has good words! Being able to pick up this kind of big leak is my life's pursuit. Lao Yu smiled, "Actually, this kind of thing, which player wants to make a fortune by picking up a big leak." I want to too, and it's hypocritical to say that I don't want to. But I prefer the process of tao, although it has basically been eye-catching over the years, but I think it is also a kind of fun, and it is too easy to get but I don't know how to cherish it. Just like writing a book, I've been writing on and off for four or five years. Fluttering all the way, never turning over, often on the shelves, but the average order has not been able to break through 500. But I just can't put down the pen, hey, obsession. ”

Chang Zheng said seriously at this time: "Old fish, I have seen your works. Personally, I love your writing. In fact, the male protagonist in your work is a portrayal of yourself, right? You are an experienced man with your own unique feelings about life. I asked you to come today and want to talk to you about two things. First, we at New Beginnings would like to sign a long-term contract with you, ranging from three to five years, and we can negotiate further. If you agree to sign a long-term contract with us, then we will move on to the second thing, the work thing. How, interested? ”

"Editor-in-chief Lin has already told me, so I came to meet Mr. Chang. I want to sign for three years first. Lao Yu said.

"Okay, this is the contract, old fish, you can take a look first." Chang Zheng pointed to the contract on the coffee table, and the editorial department was already ready.

Lao Yu picked up the contract and looked at it carefully.

Chang Zheng synchronously explained: "If you sign a three-year contract with us, then you will be our new starting point within these three years, which means that you can only post on our station." All copyrights of the works you create belong to us at New Beginnings. ”

Old Fish: "Understood. ”

Chang Zheng continued: "Of course, we will definitely pay you a higher remuneration and copyright buyout fees than ordinary A-signed authors, including a signing fee. As our long-term writer, we will do our best to work for you, and I believe it will be a win-win outcome. My brother settles the accounts, and some things are better to be clear in advance, do you say yes? ”

After reading the contract, Lao Yu said: "It's fair, there is nothing wrong with the contract." Then let's sign it? ”

"Okay." Chang Zheng made a gesture of please.

Lao Yu signed his real name "Yu Delong" and his pen name "Lao Yu" in the signature column of Party B of the two contracts.

Later, in front of Lao Yu, Chang Zheng wrote in the blank contract term column: The contract period is from May 2 this year to May 1, three years later.

After finishing the matter, Chang Zheng signed his name in the signature column of Party A, and then stamped the official seal.

Chang Zheng handed Lao Yu a contract, and the two of them kept one for each of them.

"I hope we can have a good time working together in the next three years." Chang Zheng shook hands with Lao Yu again, "Okay, let's talk about your new book next." ”

"New books? I haven't finished the old book yet. The old fish smiled.

"As the boss of the new starting point company, I am very responsible to tell you, hurry up and finish the book, honestly." Chang Zheng also smiled, "Actually, I shouldn't say this kind of thing to the author, but it's a special thing." ”

"Mr. Chang, what you said, you lured me to the end. You have to make up for the subsistence allowance for May. The old fish said seriously.

"Make-up, make-up!" Chang Zheng is ridiculous, you are our long-term author, and you still care about the 1,500 yuan subsistence? The signing fee for you is tens of thousands.

Chang Zhengzheng said: "Old fish, antiques and writing are your lifelong pursuits and hobbies, why not combine the two and write a book about antiques?" ”

"Antique books?" The old fish said unexpectedly.

Chang Zheng: "I have an idea, I want to communicate with you." Now the urban ability is very hot, and since the completion of "Evil Awe-inspiring", this type of city has been overwhelming. I suggest you follow this path, after all, this is the current market trend. But you can also innovate in the context of an ability, and you don't necessarily have to bring a special artifact with you. ”

"You can have the protagonist have a special ability through certain adventures, such as having a special pair of eyes that emit special rays. This special skill similar to X-ray and gamma ray can identify the authenticity of antiques, and can also see whether there is only stone or jadeite in the original stone. This kind of book is a bit new, this is really a thousand gold, what a pair of golden eyes! (To be continued.) )