Chapter 1 Underage Writers

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Listen to elegant and soft music and sip warm and fragrant Americano. Li Shengxian, who was sitting on the second floor of the café, looked at the crowd shuttling back and forth outside the window, and always felt that they were in such a hurry, what was they doing in such a hurry?

Nine o'clock in the morning is the time for office workers to start work. Lee Sung-hyun, who has been back in South Korea for a year, feels that he is still not used to the rhythm of life in this country. Although now he is very adapted, or rather enjoyed, the life he is living now.

A car accident took the lives of his parents and his originally lively and active personality. was taken back to South Korea by his grandfather, but he couldn't adapt to it either, and his grandparents took care of him carefully, so he resolutely chose to come to Seoul alone to study and live.

If his parents saw him now, they would also think it was incredible!

Thinking of his parents who have gone to heaven, Li Shengxian has been able to control the sadness in his heart very well. He knows that his parents want him to live well and happily. But he couldn't remember how long it had been since he had laughed!

Just when Li Shengxian was full of thoughts, the mobile phone on the desktop made a whining vibrating sound. Looking at the number displayed above, Li Shengxian quickly answered the channel: "Hello! Editor-in-Chief Park, I've arrived! Okay, see you later! ”

At the end of a simple call, looking at the open notebook, it was hard for Lee Sung-hyun to imagine. In the past, in the United States, he was only keen on sports, but he would become an otaku and become an online writer at home every day.

In fact, Lee Sung-hyun is also very confused, since he woke up from the car accident, there will always be some in his mind, and it seems that it is not his memory fragment that appears. He would love to stay at home and code words on the computer every day, and those memories would be troubled.

This café, which is not far from his residential community, was also walked in by chance because he was sheltering from the rain. But for some reason, the moment he walked into the coffee, he had an extra story fragment in his mind that happened in the coffee shop.

Originally, I was just passing the time, thinking about writing this story. didn't think about it, and it unexpectedly attracted attention on the Internet. The editor-in-chief Park, who has made an appointment to meet today, is to talk to him about the physical publication of the novel.

Although there is a bit of a meaning of 'unintentionally planting willows in the willows', Lee Sung-hyun, who came to Seoul to live alone, also hopes to support himself. After all, the remuneration given to him by the Internet in the past two months is actually quite considerable.

And he also knows that there are not many online novels that can be published physically. As a newcomer, he is indeed happy to have such luck. But Lee Sung Hyun knew that writing novels was not his forte.

Every time he coded on the computer, he always felt that he had become a different person, a person who was very good at writing on the Internet. This kind of confusion made Li Shengxian feel that it was not the sequelae of the car accident that made him have a split personality.

Perhaps it was this change in personality that made Lee Sung-hyun always feel that he seemed to be out of touch with the world after the car accident. Prefer to enjoy solitude and stay at home in front of the virtual world.

Not long after the call ended, a middle-aged man who looked quite literate and human-like quickly walked to Li Shengxian's location. Slightly skeptical, he asked, "Hello, are you Mr. Lee Sung-hyun?" ”

Li Shengxian, who also got up, was very aware of the suspicion in the other party's eyes, but he rarely showed a smile and said, "Hello, I'm Li Shengxian!" You're Editor-in-Chief Park, right? I'm really sorry to let you run on a trip! ”

After the two shook hands, at the invitation of Lee Sung-hyun, Park Jin-tae said in a very surprised manner: "Mr. Lee, take the liberty of asking a question, how old are you this year?" Judging by your age, you should be underage, right? ”

For a long time, Li Shengxian, who only filled in simple information and rarely took the initiative to contact the website. In the opinion of this website editor, the age of writing such an author with rich life experience must be an adult.

But seeing Li Shengxian's face, he began to doubt his judgment a little. Even though this kind of question is a bit impolite, Park Jin-tae still asked it apologetically. After all, Li Shengxian does look a little too young!

'Editor-in-chief Park has good eyesight, I was born in February '89, and I am eighteen years old this year according to my Korean age. I am currently a freshman in high school, and for some special reasons, I applied for self-study at home. Writing web novels is more of a hobby for me! ’

Knowing very well about age, he really can't hide anything. After all, the youthful appearance is there, and it is impossible to hide it. This is also the reason why he chose to keep his age secret when uploading his novel.

Listening to Lee Sung-hyun say these words very calmly, Park Jin-tae felt surprised and at the same time, he said in surprise: "Listening to Mr. Lee's accent, aren't you Korean?" ”

Foreign writers?

Park Jin-tae, who came up with this thought, soon heard Lee Sung-hyun continue: "My father is Korean, and I was born in the United States, so I am Korean-American. It's just that something has happened to my family, and I'm currently living alone in Seoul. ”

Perhaps seeing that Lee Sung-hyun was reluctant to talk about these topics, Park Jin-tae turned the conversation to the publication of the novel at the right time. From the laptop on the table, Park Jin-tae was able to confirm that Lee Sung-hyun was the author he was looking for.

I heard about signing the contract, because Li Shengxian is still underage, and he still needs his immediate family members or guardians to sign the contract on his behalf. Li Shengxian frowned a little and said, "Is that so?" So wait a minute, I'll call my guardian, okay? ”

It didn't take long for Li Shengxian to take the mobile phone on the table and make a call. Soon came from the phone, and a slightly concerned voice said, "Sage, why did you remember to call your aunt today?" Can I help you? ”

'Auntie, do you have time now?' I have something on my side, I hope you can come and help me take a look, it involves some signing issues. Aren't you a lawyer? You should be familiar with this piece, right? ’

Li Minzhu, who was working in a law firm, was a little startled and said anxiously: "Signing a contract? Sage, who are you going to sign with? What kind of contract did you sign? Where are you now? Don't rush to sign just yet, I'll come right over. ”

I know very well that this nephew, since the death of his parents, has become withdrawn. Originally, she was taken care of by her parents in the countryside, and she was a little more relieved. Unexpectedly, after recovering from his illness, Li Shengxian would propose to live independently.

If it weren't for the fact that Lee Sung-hyun was able to take care of himself completely, he would not have been afraid that his parents who were far away in the countryside would not have worried that he would come to Seoul to live alone. Of course, the main reason is that she also works in Seoul.

Although her home is some distance from the community where Li Shengxian lives, she will visit whenever she has time. What makes her happy is that Li Shengxian, who lives alone, still takes care of his personal life in an orderly manner.

As soon as I said that at the café at the entrance of the community, this aunt, who seemed to be worried that he had signed a contract that he shouldn't have signed, immediately hung up the phone. Such a vigorous and resolute personality seems to have a lot to do with the profession he is engaged in!

After hanging up the phone, Li Shengxian said slightly apologetically: "Editor-in-chief Park, I'm sorry, I may need you to wait for a while." My aunt is on her way here! She was my legal guardian while I lived in Seoul. ”

After listening to Lee Sung-hyun's apology, Park Jin-tae also smiled and said very understandingly: "It's okay, but I didn't expect that Mr. Lee actually has an aunt who is a lawyer." By the way, I don't know if Mr. Li has ever thought about adapting the novel into a screenplay?

Here's the case, some time ago, I received a call from an MBC TV station staff who seemed to have the idea of adapting the novel into a screenplay. It's just that they also seem to want to see if the results of the novel are determined after the physical publication of the novel.

Now Mr. Li's novel has attracted the attention of many young book lovers. If the results of physical publishing are not bad, I believe that MBC TV should contact our website again about the adaptation of the novel.

If Mr. Li is willing to sell the rights to adapt the script of the novel, I will get a reasonable copyright fee for Mr. Li at that time. Of course, if Mr. Li is not willing to sell, he can also ask someone to change it to a script and sell it.

At present, most of the screenwriters of Korean film and television dramas are well-known female screenwriters. If Mr. Li is interested in becoming a screenwriter, I believe you will be the youngest male screenwriter in the film and television industry. The status of screenwriters is still very respected in South Korea. ”

Regarding the situation that Park Jin-tae said, Lee Sung-hyun thought about it and quickly said: "I don't want to sell the script adaptation rights for the time being." If I want to sell it, I also want to write the script adaptation myself.

Although this is the first novel I have written, it is also a novel that I have written myself. How I adapt it, I want to be up to me. As for how much money I make, I don't really care.

If the TV station really wants to adapt the novel into a TV series, you can ask them to contact me. In terms of adapting the script, I believe no one knows better than me how this novel should be adapted into a TV series. Editor-in-Chief Park, what do you think? ”

Park Jin-tae was stunned for a moment, but quickly smiled and said, "What Mr. Li means is that you can write a script based on the novel?" If that could be the case, it would be great.

If the results of the physical publication of the novel this time are good, I believe that the TV station will not miss this opportunity. I think that with Mr. Li's talent and your age, as long as you can write a script, I believe the TV station will agree to cooperate. ”

A TV series adapted from an online novel, in addition to the fact that the novel book is sought after and has an audience base. In terms of TV stations, if you know the author of the novel, you are still a boy who is a teenager in the first year of high school. I believe it will also be regarded as a way to promote TV dramas.

It's just that Park Jin-tae won't realize it at all, when it comes to the adaptation of the novel into a TV series. In Li Shengxian's mind, relevant memory fragments flashed again. These memory fragments that suddenly popped up seem to be the clips of the TV series adapted from the novel.

What even surprised Li Shengxian was that from these memory fragments, he also knew that the TV series adapted from his novel was still a hit TV series of the year, and the ratings were still quite high!

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