In the summer, not only fresh graduates like Hongdou are busy, but also fresh candidates, everyone is busy making the final sprint, striving to get a good score and go to the university of their choice.

Li Yue, who has always been excellent in character and learning, did not dare to be careless, and temporarily stopped the extracurricular training class.

She didn't expect that the identity of a popular science fiction writer would be so useful, and the first-class universities in the imperial capital of the magic capital all extended an olive branch, as long as she nodded, she could be directly escorted in, but she refused.

Although I mixed up a book in my previous life, it could only be regarded as a third-rate university, but now I can refuse those top universities that I have dreamed of for a long time, and the ups and downs of life are really exciting.

The reason for refusal is, of course, that he had already made an appointment with Li Yue to go to Southwest Associated University together, but this is also known as the third university in the country, although this third is self-admitted, but since he has such confidence, it will definitely not be too bad.

In fact, no matter which time and space the university is the same, there is no second, there are countless thirds. The best two schools both say that they are the first, and the others think that they are not as good as these two, so they both mark themselves as the third.

In addition to the agreement with Li Yue, because she is really not interested in reading now, what she has learned before is still very clear, and she has no plans to study a new major, otherwise she can consider going to those schools to mingle, which can be regarded as fulfilling her dream in her previous life.

Under such circumstances, no matter how hot "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang" and the two science fiction novels are now, they are isolated from school, and not being able to hear the talk of her classmates also makes her feel a little less satisfied.

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"Come on, we'll go on a school trip when you're done with the exam." Finally came to the day of the college entrance examination, Zhang Qiuxi cheered Li Yue up.

"No problem." Li Yue smiled and nodded, and walked into the examination room with confidence, Zhang Qiu saw her leave, and at this time, the mobile phone rang, and the person who could call her except Li Yue was basically only red beans.

After connecting the mobile phone, Zhang Qiuxi said: "Congratulations on graduation, and Shun Lì got the degree certificate, have you thought about where to invite me to dinner?" ”

"Stop talking nonsense, where are you?"

"I'm in the exam room, wait, how can this be considered nonsense."

"You don't need to take the college entrance examination, why do you go to the examination room to show your superiority? Come on, I have something important to tell you. ”

"Where are you coming? Let's start with a location. ”

Western Union University is also one of the universities that extended an olive branch, and originally decided to go there, but now Zhang Qiuxi is happy to even take the college entrance examination, so it is logical to become a guaranteed student of the Chinese Department of Western Union University and enjoy a special treatment.

The time of the exam is not short, she was still worried about how to pass the time during this time, but there was something wrong with Hongdou, so she took a taxi to meet Hongdou, and the location was still a café.

Hongdou, who was sitting by the window, was holding his chin and stirring the coffee with a spoon in his other hand, the expression on his face seemed to be a little gloomy, and when he saw Zhang Qiuxi, he first said: "I'm about to go to college, how do you feel?" ”

"If I want to talk about my impressions, it is that I don't have to wear a school uniform in college, and I don't need to cover my skirt when going up and down the stairs to prevent me from walking away." Zhang Qiuxi sat down and asked for a cappuccino.

"Well, it's not on the point at all, but it can't be said that it's not an impression." Red Bean also seemed to empathize with this, and continued: "It seems that you are in a good mood, then I can announce the bad news." ”

Zhang Qiuxi put down the coffee he had just lifted, and said dissatisfiedly: "What's the situation, this is, there were two good news before, why did bad news suddenly pop up again, deliberately hitting me?" ”

"There is a saying that misfortune and blessing are relied on, blessing and misfortune are lurking, a bad news or a worse news, which one do you want to hear first?"

“……”

Zhang Qiuxi hasn't said it yet, Hongdou has already sighed and said: "I told you before that you can become a regular after graduation, but now this matter is basically yellow, and I am thinking about leaving the Fantasy World Magazine." ”

Zhang Qiuxi frowned, this was indeed something she didn't want to accept, and asked, "Why is it so sudden, it's impossible for them to refuse your request for regularization, right?" ”

"It's not that they don't want me, it's that I'm leaving, in fact, the problem is yours." Hongdou stroked his hair and said: "I think you can't accept the worse news, Huaguang Publishing Group has reached an acquisition intention with the magazine, and the fantasy world will belong to Yang Cheng in the future." ”

Zhang Qiuxi's brows furrowed even deeper, and he was silent for a while before saying: "You're right, when the acquisition is officially completed, that is, when I say goodbye to Fantasy World, but I can't figure out what to sell, why does Huaguang Publishing Group suddenly want to acquire Fantasy World?" ”

Before, "Fantasy World" was silent until the current sales volume was only about 60,000 copies, but now the sales have been rising, and it has stabilized at 200,000 copies, breaking the previous record in one fell swoop.

"It's not like I know." Red Bean shook his head and said, "What do you want to do compared to this?" The fantasy world is unwilling to stay, and there is a holiday with the science fiction sky, and other science fiction magazines simply can't accommodate you, and you can't get development if you go. ”

Zhang Qiuxi single-handedly supported the sales of "Fantasy World", no matter which magazine she serialized, she could still achieve the same results, but other small magazines were afraid that they themselves had no ambitions, and the channels were very limited, so it was not in line with her interests.

"Or do you want to give up science fiction and concentrate on martial arts in the future? That might be a good idea, but it's a shame, and your Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has two more books to finish. ”

Zhang Qiuxi smiled and said: "Although this news makes me feel unhappy, it doesn't matter, it's not a very simple thing if I want to publish it now, why do I have to serialize it once?" You, I know you love your job, but there's no need to leave it. ”

"Hey, your relationship is just one of the reasons." Hongdou leaned back in his chair and clasped his hands and said: "Our editor-in-chief Wang Yuan doesn't understand why the magazine was suddenly sold, so he has submitted his resignation, and his position will be filled by the editor-in-chief Zhou Haibin." ”

"It seems that this editor-in-chief has never had a good impression of me." Zhang Qiuxi touched his nose and smiled bitterly.

Hongdou said: "Although Zhou Haibin's favor is more intense, it is actually right and wrong, but I really can't get along with him, without the mediation of Wang Yuan, the editor-in-chief, even if I stay, it is very likely that I will be swept away by him in anger." Besides, I don't want to be asked by Yang Cheng to talk about work at night one day. ”

"Well, it's actually the last point to say that it's like this."

"Because of your experience." Red Bean couldn't help but laugh again when he said this.

"Hey, don't talk like I've already dived, okay?"

"It's because you react so much every time that I think it's funny." Hongdou finally stopped smiling, and then said: "Let's get down to business, although I also know that you don't care about serialization or not, but the contract you signed is still a few months away, and you are obliged to contribute to the magazine during this time." ”

Zhang Qiuxi frowned again, and then said very shamefully: "I want to vomit when I think of Yang Cheng, but I won't compromise for this paper contract, anyway, my current manuscript fee is not too high, and I don't need to spend much money to break the contract." Sister Hongdou, is there a familiar lawyer who can introduce one to me. ”

"If you break the contract, you have to pay liquidated damages, so why bother to hire a lawyer?"

"Cut, even if I know that this is the case, I don't plan to make it easy for them, anyway, my sister is not bad for money now, so I will play with them to the end. Find a lawyer to argue with them, and entangle with them for three and a half years on the issue of how much liquidated damages should be paid, so as to relieve their anger. ”

"Little sister, the vindictiveness is too strong, this is unacceptable, but I appreciate you. The matter of finding a lawyer is left to my sister, and I have a sister who is a lawyer. Hongdou's expression at this time was like watching the excitement and not thinking it was a big deal.

"Alas, these are all trivial things, what I'm depressed about now is that the publishing rights are in their hands, no matter what, Yang Cheng's guy can profit from me, which is the most unacceptable."

In his previous life, although Zhang Qiuxi also wrote and art, he had never been exposed to such lofty things as writing and publishing, so he didn't know what the situation was, and in this time and space, if it was just a simple serial, then the copyright was in the hands of the author, and as long as he signed a contract to become a columnist, he would generally grant the magazine exclusive publishing rights.

This has both advantages and disadvantages for the author, the good thing is that the publishing thing does not need to worry about it at all, and the magazine society can handle it, and the disadvantage is of course that the magazine society earns a part of the agency fee from it.

Generally speaking, the author will be consulted when the magazine publishes, but this is just a form of courtesy, even if the author does not agree with the magazine, it can still be published, as long as the royalties are paid according to the contract, it is not an infringement.

"That's what you can't do." Hongdou shrugged her shoulders, saying that she could only accept her fate if she was unwilling, and after a pause, she continued: "It's all your credit to the fantasy world to have today, this is a personal know, no matter what the reason for Huaguang Publishing House to buy the magazine, it definitely doesn't want to let you go, I think Yang Cheng may want to repair the relationship with you." ”

"I don't believe it in order to maintain the results of the magazine, but I believe that they will come to talk to me in order to give me a set." Zhang Qiuxi's words are full of personal feelings, no matter what the reason is, it's the same anyway.