Although he had long heard Old Man Li say that Ye Feng was very young, when Old Man Li said that this was the author of "Smiling Proud Jianghu", Qi Mingyuan couldn't help but be slightly taken aback.

"Mr. Ye, you are really younger than I imagined, and you are really a hero." Qi Mingyuan took the initiative to get up and shook hands with Ye Feng, and complimented him very warmly.

Ye Feng smiled and shook Qi Mingyuan's hand, and then turned his head to look at Old Man Li, you must know that Old Man Li didn't introduce who the person was on the phone just now, and now Ye Feng doesn't know what to call it.

Old Man Li smiled when he saw this, pointed at Qi Mingyuan and said, "This is Qi Mingyuan, the editor-in-chief of Hong Kong Island's "Zhuming Daily", and he came to discuss with you the buyout of "Smiling Proud Jianghu". ”

Ye Feng nodded and greeted Qi Mingyuan again.

After a few more chats with each other, Qi Mingyuan introduced the topic to the right path, he looked at Ye Feng and said: "Mr. Ye, you are also clear about my intention, I don't know what your buyout price expectation for "Smiling Proud Jianghu" is?" ”

"My expectations must be very high, but Mr. Qi is a guest from afar, why don't you set a price first, and I'll listen to it." Ye Feng did not mention conditions such as sharing, because he also knew that the newspaper serialization on Hong Kong Island was a little different from the normal way of publishing, and it was basically bought out according to how much money per thousand words.

Qi Mingyuan smiled when he heard this, then slowly put the teacup on the table, looked up at Ye Feng, and said: "Although Mr. Ye is a newcomer, the quality of his works is quite good, I discussed with the boss before I came, we can offer Mr. Ye a price similar to that of a well-known writer, I think this price should be enough to express our sincerity." ”

"Hehe, it's not enough to show sincerity, and I have to ask Mr. Qi to offer a price." Ye Feng was not dazzled by Qi Mingyuan's few kind words, and he didn't show any expression on his face from beginning to end, he kept his head down and gently rubbed the mouth of the teacup with the lid of the teacup, without even lifting his eyelids.

Ye Feng's attitude made Qi Mingyuan's eyes flash with a hint of surprise, he thought that with the other party's age, it should be easy to coax, but he didn't expect that people would not be moved at all.

Coughing lightly twice, Qi Mingyuan had no choice but to honestly quote the first price he had prepared: "One hundred yuan for a thousand words." ”

"Poof!" Ye Feng couldn't hold back, and squirted out the tea he had just swallowed in his mouth.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Ye Feng hurriedly picked up a tissue to wipe off the tea on the table, then looked at Qi Mingyuan with a strange face, and said, "Mr. Qi, you're not joking with me, are you?" A famous writer with 100 words and 100 yuan, are you 20 years ago? ”

The price offered by Qi Mingyuan surprised Ye Feng too much, if the price of 100 yuan per thousand words was indeed a high price 20 years ago, the price of ordinary well-known writers would not be much higher than this at that time, but that was 20 years ago, in this era, a famous artist is really not a 100 yuan per thousand words can be won.

"Xiao Qi, I didn't plan to speak, but the price you opened was too much, even if I found you a few third-rate writers, you might not be able to get it if you signed a hundred yuan, do you think that the level of "Smiling Proud Jianghu" is not as good as the novels of those third-rate writers? If your newspaper is so insincere, then I don't think we need to talk about it, I will contact other newspapers on Hong Kong Island for Brother Ye, I want to change to any other, I will not be so stingy. Old man Li looked at Qi Mingyuan with a dissatisfied face, and the price quoted by Qi Mingyuan made the old man feel very shameless.

Qi Mingyuan's face was also a little embarrassed, in fact, he didn't know that the price was simply low, but there was no way, the boss gave him instructions that the lower the better, he should at least have to try.

After a few seconds of silence, Qi Mingyuan spoke again with some difficulty: "What do those two think, how about three hundred words?" Today's celebrities are generally at this price. ”

Old Man Li glanced at Ye Feng and did not speak, obviously this price has reached Old Man Li's bottom line, and how to negotiate further depends on Ye Feng himself.

Ye Feng didn't hesitate, and shook his head directly: ""Smiling Proud Jianghu" is more than this price. ”

Qi Mingyuan glanced at Ye Feng, and from Ye Feng's eyes, he read resolutely, obviously the other party would not accept this price at all.

After pondering for a moment again, Qi Mingyuan gritted his teeth: "Five hundred words in a thousand words, this is our final bottom line, and it is also the top price for newspaper novels today, and many excellent and well-known writers can't get this price." ”

"It's true that many famous artists can't get this price, but those many famous artists can't write "Smiling Proud Jianghu", otherwise Mr. Qi wouldn't need to come across the sea." Ye Feng didn't seem to notice Qi Mingyuan's face, just looked at the scenery outside the window, and said in a leisurely tone.

Bite!

The teacup in Qi Mingyuan's hand slammed on the glass tabletop, his face was difficult to look at, he stared at Ye Feng and said: "Mr. Ye, you should know how to be a person, as a newcomer, five hundred yuan per thousand words, this is already an unprecedentedly high price, you can go and inquire and see which newspaper has given newcomers such a price?" ”

"Those newspapers really didn't give newcomers such a price, but those newcomers didn't write "Smiling Proud Jianghu", did they?" Ye Feng was not moved at all, on the contrary, a sneer appeared on his face.

Qi Mingyuan glanced at Ye Feng deeply, and said in a deep voice: "In this case, we don't have to talk about it?" ”

Ye Feng didn't seem to hear what Qi Mingyuan said at all, and said to himself: "I can also understand your difficulties, so I will sell you the 180,000 words that Old Man Li voted for you before, and I will sell them to you at a price of 500 yuan per thousand words, and after you send these 180,000 words, we will talk about the price again." ”

Qi Mingyuan's eyebrows furrowed tightly, he didn't expect Ye Feng to offer such a condition, it is obvious that the other party is very confident in "Smiling Proud Jianghu", this confidence is even strong enough to believe that "Zhuming Daily" will be inseparable from this novel, so he will offer this condition, in order to get more manuscript fees after the novel is popular, but in this way, once the novel is really popular, then the follow-up price will be more difficult to negotiate, because if the price cannot be negotiated at that time, the other party can take the novel to other newspapers to continue serialization.

Without waiting for Qi Mingyuan to speak, Ye Feng spoke again: "Mr. Qi, I understand your concerns, but what I want to say is that opportunities are not always available, this is a novel that can greatly increase the amount of expensive reimbursement, if you miss it, you don't know when the next time will be, or, there will never be a next time, what do you say?" ”