In a tea restaurant on the side of the street, Lei Weidong and Chen Haiming found a corner to sit down. After ordering two dishes. We began to discuss the issue of manuscript fees.

"Mr. Lei, my name is Chen Haiming, I am the editor-in-chief of Xingchen Daily, I am responsible for your book, about your manuscript fee, I want to say that for a new author, the manuscript fee for a novel is generally 50 yuan per thousand words, which is the price recognized by the newspaper."

Chen Haiming briefly introduced himself and the manuscript fee for Lei Weidong.

After listening to Chen Haiming's words, Lei Weidong shook his head with a smile and said:

"Editor-in-chief Chen, what you said is a bit absolute, although I am only a rookie author, but the quality of my book is definitely comparable to that of Master Jin, Ni Mad and their level, my book will definitely be popular, so fifty yuan is too little, at least three hundred yuan per thousand words."

After listening to Lei Weidong's words, Chen Haiming also shook his head and said:

"Impossible, 300 yuan is about to catch up with Ni Mad and their price, Mr. Lei, you must know that Ni Mad is now a famous author in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and the manuscript fee is only the same as this price, not to mention that you are still a newly debuted author, even if your book is good, we still have to do publicity, we will give you a manuscript fee of 100 yuan for 1,000 words at most.

"100 yuan for 1,000 words will definitely not work!" Lei Weidong shook his head and said, "Editor-in-chief Chen, you just saw my house, do you think I'm a person who is short of money!" ”

"This! Not like! "Although I didn't look carefully at the furnishings in the house, just in such a high-end community, I lived in a house with a retest structure, and Lei Weidong's dress showed that Lei Weidong was not a master of lack of money.

"I still have a theater in my hands! Two shops! Now that I'm worth almost tens of millions, do you think I can see such a small remuneration as thousands of words and hundreds of yuan? Lei Weidong continued.

"Since you can't afford a small remuneration, why does Mr. Lei write novels!" Chen Haiming asked curiously, the first time he saw such an author, Chen Haiming was also very puzzled.

"It's simple, I just like it!" Lei Weidong smiled and took a sip of tea, ready to throw a bombshell:

"Editor-in-Chief Chen, Lei's Theater is my industry, I have a good relationship with Mr. He and Zou Tycoon of Golden Harvest, as long as I want, I can send the manuscript directly to Master Jin of Ming Pao! Ming Pao's influence is one of the best in Hong Kong. ”

"I'm afraid Master Jin's temper can't look at such a novel with material!" Chen Haiming had heard about Lei's Theater, but he didn't expect the young man in front of him to say that he was the owner of Lei's Theater, and it seemed that he wanted to go back and investigate it carefully!

"Master Jin can't look down on it, I'll just send it to the Oriental Daily, and the Oriental Daily is cold. As long as Mr. He of Golden Harvest says hello, no matter which newspaper in Hong Kong will give face! Lei Weidong's indifferent tone made Chen Haiming want to punch Lei Weidong in the face.

"Mr. Lei has such a good relationship, and what are you looking for us to do in this small newspaper! Amuse us! Chen Haiming's tone was a little aggravated.

"It's simple, I want to see how good my writing is!" Lei Weidong smiled:

"To tell you the truth, Editor-in-Chief Chen, I sent a total of fifteen copies of my manuscript, I want to see how the specific response is, if you don't agree to my request, and the novel has a good response, then I have to go to Oriental Daily, no matter what, the influence of Oriental Daily is not comparable to a tabloid like you!"

"You're really the owner of the Ray Theatre! Not lying to me! Chen Haiming looked at Lei Weidong, who was the formulator, and wanted to find a flaw in Lei Weidong's face, so as to expose Lei Weidong's tricks.

"What's so deceitful about this, you can just go and investigate! If I'm a liar, I'll give you the manuscript of Xun Qin Ji for free! This is the phone number of the Lei's Theater, you can call and ask to know if what I said is false. Lei Weidong said and wrote a phone call on the table

"No, you don't! Mr. Ray! Of course, Chen Haiming would not make this call stupidly, but since Lei Weidong said this, it is estimated that the possibility of deceiving people is very low, and Lei Weidong does not need to deceive people, after all, writing novels is different from other industries, and there is no benefit in deceiving people.

"I don't know, how many manuscripts Mr. Lei still has in his hand, and how many 10,000 words can be written in this novel!" Chen Haiming asked a question, if "Xun Qin" is a novel, and the rest of the content is of this quality, it seems that 300 yuan per thousand words is acceptable.

"I still have 500,000 manuscripts here, and I promise that I can write at least 1.5 million words after this book is finished, do you think the price I want is too high?" Lei Weidong replied.

"There's still a 500,000-word manuscript!" When Chen Haiming heard Lei Weidong say that there were still 500,000 manuscripts, he suddenly came to his senses and said: "Mr. Lei, can't you let me take a look!" ”

"Yes!" When Lei Weidong went out, he took the manuscript of more than 50,000 words in his arms, and when he saw Chen Haiming asking, he took out the manuscript of more than 50,000 words from his arms with a smile and put it on the table: "I have brought more than 50,000 manuscripts now, you can see how it is, is it expensive to pay 300 yuan for 1,000 words!" If you don't want to, I'll have to negotiate with another one."

Chen Haiming took the manuscript from the table, read it carefully, and made sure that it was the follow-up to Xun Qin Ji, and after weighing it in his heart for a while, he gritted his teeth and said: "Mr. Lei, my authority is only to give you a manuscript fee of 200 yuan for 1,000 words, and no matter how high it is, it will not work." “

"Then I'll have to leave it at that!" Lei Weidong stretched out his hand to get the manuscript back.

"Wait a minute! Mr. Ray! Listen to me first! Seeing that Lei Weidong was going to marry the manuscript back, Chen Haiming immediately became anxious and grabbed Lei Weidong's arm.

"What! Editor-in-chief Chen, business can't be negotiated to change guns! ”

"No, Mr. Lei, can you wait a minute! Let me and my boss ask for instructions! Chen Haiming said hurriedly.

"Are you the editor-in-chief of the Star Daily, you can't do this little thing!" Lei Weidong's body shook slightly, and his arm broke free.

"Go back and ask for advice! But I'm asking for $400 for 1,000 words now! ”

"What! Mr. Lei, why did you increase the price! Hearing that Lei Weidong had risen by another hundred yuan, Chen Haiming was about to cry.

"It's easy! Your newspaper doesn't pay attention to me, and the people who come can't even decide on this little thing! That's why I'm going to raise the price! Because he wasn't worried that Xun Qin Ji wouldn't be able to find his next home, Lei Weidong was not in a hurry, and opened his mouth directly.

"Me! I agree with your request! 400 yuan for 1,000 words is 400 yuan for 1,000 words! ”

Chen Haiming, who was about to collapse, suddenly saw a familiar person flashing outside the restaurant, although it was just a figure, but Chen Haiming, who was born as a reporter, still saw clearly that the figure was Hong Xiaodong, the editor-in-chief of Tiantian Daily, what was he doing.

Needless to say, Chen Haiming also guessed. It seems that Lei Weidong, a young man, said well, and the manuscript was sent to many homes.

No, you must die at once, and you can't take advantage of other people's loopholes.

400 yuan for 1,000 words is 400 yuan, anyway, the newspaper is about to be unable to run, if the newspaper goes out of business, he will lose his job, then everything will be over, it is better to take advantage of the opportunity to fight now, and put the bets on "Xun Qin Ji",

It's a big deal to go back and let the boss train you, as long as the novel can be popular, as long as you can save the newspaper, everything is worth it.

"Four hundred yuan for a thousand words, no regrets!" Although he didn't know why the other party agreed to his unreasonable request, Lei Weidong still decided to agree, after all, he was still a newcomer, and the price should be met to this point.

"Four hundred yuan for 1,000 words, we don't regret it, but you have to sign an agreement with us, you can't hand over the novel to other newspapers for publication! Chen Haiming said.

"Yes, but the copyright of the comic version, movie version, TV version, and single book of the novel is still my own! This must be stated in the contract! Lei Weidong continued to talk about the conditions.

"Yes, everything is done according to the rules of the industry." Chen Haiming didn't care about Lei Weidong's request for the comic version of the novel, single book and other copyrights, after all, Xingchen Daily is just a small newspaper, and it doesn't have its own publishing house at all, so he doesn't value this part.

"However, I don't know, Mr. Lei, when will I finish the novel? I don't know what your writing speed is or how many words you can write in a day! ”

Since all the bets are placed on "The Legend of Qin", Chen Haiming wants to implement the specific situation of the novel.

No way, in order to attract readers, the serialization of the novel must be very large. If Lei Weidong is dragging the gods, then Chen Haiming can't find a place to cry.

"In a month and a half, the novel can be finished in a month and a half. I can write 20,000 words a day, which is enough time for a month and a half! Lei Weidong doesn't care about the update at all, you have to know that you are just plagiarizing, and you can't keep up with the update at a speed.

"Write so fast, I don't know if the quality can be guaranteed!" Hearing that Lei Weidong could write 20,000 words a day, Chen Haiming was startled and began to worry about the quality of the book.

"Don't worry! The quality can definitely be guaranteed, don't pay if you are not satisfied! ”

"Then I'm relieved!"

So Lei Weidong and Chen Haiming made an agreement that "Xun Qin Ji" would be updated with 10,000 words a day at the beginning, and then update it at a rate of 8,000 words a day after being approved by readers.

After the terms of cooperation were finalized, Chen Haiming and Lei Weidong did not talk nonsense, and directly found a printing agency to sign the contract.

After the contract was signed, Chen Haiming was obviously relieved, and he and Lei Weidong made an appointment to go to the newspaper tomorrow to pay the money and deliver the manuscript, and then parted ways.

"Make money, make money, I have a Nokia in my left hand and a Motorola in my right hand...... Lei Weidong sang and hummed a little song.

Coming to this world to make money for the first time, Lei Weidong was in a very happy mood, just returned home, saw the editors of several newspapers gathered around, and rushed to ask for the publication of the search for Qin.

One is more expensive than the other. Lei Weidong found out the reason why Chen Haiming changed his mind, and the other party must have discovered something just now. However, the contract has already been signed, and there is no way to change it.