At noon on Monday, Zhou Qing received a call from Fan Yong, informing him of good news.

A publishing house took a fancy to "Zhu Xian" and wanted to publish "Zhu Xian", and the reason why Fan Yong called him was to inform him of the good news, and second, to ask for the contact information of the "Bull Demon King".

Because "Zhu Xian" and "Romance of the Dragon and Snake" and "Buddha is the Way" were directly handed over by Zhou Qing to Mars to read and serialize, and no formal contract has been signed yet.

Anyway, the fact that he is the "Bull Demon King" should not be hidden for a long time, so Zhou Qing directly told Fan Yong that he is the Bull Demon King.

Hearing that Zhou Qing was actually the "Bull Demon King", Fan Yong didn't know what to say.

Of course, he was more happy, because Zhou Qing was the Bull Demon King, and the other party occupied sixty percent of the shares, even if someone wanted to poach him in the future, they couldn't do it, after all, Mars Reading was also his own company.

Since he knew that Zhou Qing was the Bull Demon King, Fan Yong said that he would give his contact information to the editor of the publishing house, and then the other party would contact him.

It took less than five minutes to end the call with Fan Yong.

Zhou Qing's phone rang again.

Picking up the phone, a somewhat sharp young man's voice came from inside: "Hello, are you Mr. Zhou Qing, the author of "Zhu Xian"?" I'm Liu Dakang, an editor at Jiangbei Publishing House. ”

Zhou Qing replied: "Hello Editor Liu, it's me!" ”

"May I ask you that the simplified publishing rights of "Zhu Xian" are still in your hands, right?" The other party asked formulaically.

"Yes."

"Okay, then please come to Jiangbin City, the headquarters of our publishing house, within three days for a detailed discussion!"

Zhou Qing frowned: "I'm sorry Editor Liu, I don't have time to go to Jiangbin City for the time being!" ”

The other party was slightly silent for a while before continuing: "If you don't come, you are likely to lose this publishing opportunity!" ”

Hearing the other party's threat, Zhou Qing couldn't help but be speechless for a while: "Since that's the case, then forget it!" ”

"Smack!"

The other party hung up the phone directly.

In Jiangbin City, in the editorial office of Jiangbei Publishing House, after Liu Dakang hung up the phone, a trace of disdain flashed on his face: "A little network author dares to be so arrogant, I really don't know what to do!" ”

Jiangbei Publishing, Yellow River Publishing House and Yenching Publishing House are the three largest publishing groups in China.

Among them, Jiangbei Publishing House and Yanjing Publishing House are both state-owned enterprises, but Yellow River Publishing House is a private publishing house.

It is precisely because of this that the editors of Jiangbei Publishing House have always been arrogant, but the sales channels of Jiangbei Publishing House, which is backed by state-owned enterprises, are quite strong, so in addition to the writers who stand on the front line in China, ordinary writers will be quite polite in the face of the editors of Jiangbei Publishing House.

"Xiao Liu, have I told you to contact the author of "Zhu Xian"?"

At this moment, a middle-aged man wearing glasses walked into the editor's office and asked Liu Dakang.

Liu Dakang hurriedly got up from his seat: "Editor-in-chief, I just contacted the author, but the little author is quite arrogant and refuses to cooperate with us!" ”

Hearing this, Huang Ziqiang's brows couldn't help frowning slightly: "Why did he refuse?" ”

Although Jiangbei Publishing House is one of the three major publishing houses in China, in recent years, its performance has been in a state of decline, especially this year, the decline has become more serious, so Huang Ziqiang, as the editor-in-chief, has been trying to change this situation.

By chance, he suddenly found that his daughter was crying at the computer.

He couldn't help but be startled, fortunately, it was a false alarm in the end, but after learning the reason, he couldn't cry or laugh, it turned out that his daughter's tears were actually caused by an Internet called "Zhu Xian".

He has always been less interested in the Internet, believing that the authors who write books on the Internet are authors who cannot reach the publishing level.

But out of curiosity, he found the book on the Internet.

At this sight, he was completely obsessed with it.

Although this author's writing is still far from those excellent published writers, the plot is described quite well, especially when he saw the scene where the heroine Baguio died under the sword of Zhuxian to save Zhang Xiaofan, he was also quite moved.

So, he moved the idea of publishing this book, but suddenly he was delayed by an incident, and it was not until today that he remembered this matter, and immediately asked his editor Liu Dakang to contact the author of "Zhu Xian".

Hearing Huang Ziqiang's inquiry, Liu Dakang hesitated: "I asked him to come to Jiangbin City to discuss the details of cooperation, and he said that he couldn't come, and then I said that if you don't come, you will lose this publishing opportunity, and then he said, forget it!" ”

After listening to Liu Dakang's story, Huang Ziqiang couldn't help but sigh lightly, people can't come, you will threaten people immediately, can people not refuse?

However, he also knew that the editors under him were notoriously arrogant, and they looked like they were high in the face of the author's grandmaster.

If it were a private company, he would directly suggest that all such editors be opened, but this is a state-owned enterprise, and there are too many shackles, and it is too difficult to fire a person.

It is this kind of fearlessness that makes it possible for fewer people to do things, and fewer people to mess around, and even fewer people who can do things.

Huang Ziqiang said a little weakly: "Okay, it's okay, you give me the author's contact information!" ”

"Okay editor-in-chief!"

I don't care if Huang Ziqiang contacts the author Liu Dakang, anyway, if you do a good job, there will be so many salaries, and if you don't do a good job, there will still be so many salaries, in this case, who is willing to do things.

Just as Zhou Qing was about to walk into the classroom, his phone rang again, and it was still an unfamiliar landline number.

"Hey, who?"

Zhou Qing asked.

"You are Mr. Zhou Qing, the author of "Zhu Xian", and I am Huang Ziqiang, the editor-in-chief of Jiangbei Publishing House."

"Oh, hello, is there something wrong?"

Huang Ziqiang said: "That's the case, our publishing house wants to publish "Zhu Xian" under your name, I heard Xiao Liu say, you don't have time to come to Jiangbin City, you don't think this will work, how about I come to you?" ”

"Okay, I'm in Tianzhou City, call me when you come!"

"That's okay, let's just say it, I'll call you when you come to Tianzhou City!"

To Zhou Qing's surprise.

Huang Ziqiang, who claimed to be the editor-in-chief of Jiangbei Publishing House, actually came to Tianzhou in the afternoon of the same day, so Song Yan set the time of meeting at six o'clock, and the location was in a teahouse near the school.

At 5:50 in the afternoon, Zhou Qing came to the teahouse agreed with Huang Ziqiang in advance.

Under the leadership of the waiter, he came to the box booked by Huang Ziqiang.

"You are the author of "Zhu Xian"?"

Seeing Zhou Qing so young, Huang Ziqiang was very surprised.

"Well, it's me!"

Zhou Qing nodded.

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect Mr. Zhou to be so young, I'm a little surprised!"

"It's okay!"

After a brief greeting, the two sides cut to the chase: "Mr. Zhou, you should have heard of our Jiangbei Publishing House, one of the three largest publishing houses in China!" ”

"Yes."

Zhou Qing nodded.

Huang Ziqiang smiled and said: "That's the case, because we are doing online publishing for the first time, so there is a big risk, so I have two plans here, the first is that our publishing house will buy out your book, and the buyout fee for the whole book is 200,000 yuan, what do you think?" ”

Zhou Qing smiled: "Editor-in-Chief Huang might as well talk about the second plan." ”

Huang Ziqiang knew that Zhou Qing was dissatisfied with the first plan, so he said again: "Has Mr. Zhou published a book before?" ”

"Nope!"

Zhou Qing shook his head.

"That is, you are a pure newcomer!"

"Hmm!"

Zhou Qing nodded.

"The second plan is to share according to sales, because you are a newcomer, so we can only give you four percent of the royalty!"

"How much can we get the highest royalties in China?" Zhou Qing asked.

Huang Ziqiang said with a smile: "You can get 25% at most, but there will be no more than ten such people, and they are all top authors in the publishing industry!" ”

Zhou Qing thought for a while: "That's it, as long as you give me fifteen percent of the royalties, I will cooperate with you!" ”

"Impossible!"

Huang Ziqiang refused without hesitation, and the expression on his face was a little colder.

"In that case, forget it!"

Zhou Qing got up and wanted to leave.

"Mr. Zhou, I can raise the buyout price to 300,000!"

Zhou Qing was about to reply, when suddenly his phone rang again, and when he picked it up, it was actually Fan Yong calling, so he said to Huang Ziqiang: "I'm sorry, I'll answer the phone first!" ”

As soon as the phone was connected, Fan Yong's excited voice came from inside: "Good news for Mr. Zhou, a game company has contacted us and wants to spend five million to buy the game copyright of "Zhu Xian"!" ”