Chapter 6: Elaline
Although Yan Shao's fame is not very famous now, with the quality of the first two books, Tharis has great expectations for Yan Shao. So after taking the manuscript, Tharis found a place in the room to look at it carefully, but Yan Shao's face on the side was full of confidence
What Yan Shao handed over to Tharis was the first part of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, "The Lord of the Rings", as a very famous fantasy work in later generations, the quality of this trilogy is naturally extremely high. In fact, Yan Shao himself knew that although the "Tarzan" series was of high quality, it could not bring what he wanted, so after buying a typewriter, he began work on the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
After all, the efficiency of a typewriter is much higher than that of handwriting, and while continuing to write "Tarzan of the Apes", starting the work of "The Lord of the Rings" is not a very stressful thing for Yan Shaoββββββ who told him that his job is just to copy the novel out of his head.
Although Tharis only had the first book in his hand, it took him more than an hour to read it, and when he closed the manuscript, he knew that this was exactly what he was looking for...
After pondering for a moment, Tarys spoke.
"It seems that this book is not finished yet..."
"That's right." Yan Shao nodded, and then explained. "This is just the first one, and I'm going to make this novel the same as Tarzan, so there will be many more to come..."
"So is this book also published in our publishing house?"
Now that he understood that this was a long novel, Tharis shifted the topic to what he cared about the most.
"Of course." Yan Shao did not hesitate.
On the one hand, Taris paid him a lot more money at the beginning, and he always had to reciprocate, and since the cooperation was pleasant, he was too lazy to change another publishing houseββββββ in fact, Yan Shaochao was lazy.
Hearing Yan Shao say this, Tarys was also happy on his face.
With such a good book in his hands, Taris was confident that he would be able to save his publishing house and newspaper.
Now that he has read the manuscript and is satisfied, Tharis and Yan Shao also talked about the issue of remuneration.
"By the way, there's one more thing..."
After talking to each other for a while, and talking about the remuneration and other matters, just as Tharis was about to leave, he suddenly slapped his head as if he had thought of something.
"Our publishing house, after all, is not a place that publishes English books, and now the manuscripts you send over are all in charge of an employee who originally worked in the newspaper, but that employee's English level is ...... Well, it's not very high, so the efficiency of the work is relatively poor, and the quality of the translation is not very good, and now there are a lot of opinions from outside readers about this, so I plan to hire a special one for you to be in charge of translation..."
This is also a matter of no choice, the level of the staff of the publishing house is relatively poor, this is indeed a fact, but another fact is that Yan Shao's level is not very high, and the two of them get together, so the result is...
Although the "Tarzan" series written by Yan Shao is selling relatively well, there are many opinions that have been reflected, and ninety percent of the opinions are focused on translation issues, which is why Taris decided to hire a full-time translator this time.
After all, this time Tharis intends to use this novel to save his publishing house and newspaper, and naturally he does not want to lose his interests because of the relationship between translation.
"Well, I don't have to pay for hiring a translator..."
Hearing Tharis say that he wanted to take care of the translator, he scratched his head and asked cautiously.
Although he has a small amount of money now, hiring someone to work for him is still a bit stressful for Yan Shao.
Hearing Yan Shao ask, Taris smiled.
"Don't worry, the publisher will be responsible for the money..."
Hearing Tharis say this, Yan Shao also breathed a sigh of relief.
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During this time, Yan Shao had also heard others talk about the situation of Tharris's publishing house, so he expected that Tharis would hire someone to do the translation quickly.
It's just that he never imagined that Tharis's efficiency would be so fast, and...
"Women?"
To be exact, she is a beauty, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as stunning.
The slender legs and slender waist, coupled with the height of not a few centimeters shorter than Yan Shao, make the whole person look very slender. Ruyu's skin is delicate and fair, and her waist-length long black hair is scattered behind her with only a little modification, but a strand of hair is scattered from her shoulders and on her plump chest...
As for appearance, in Yan Shao's opinion, even in the entertainment industry in later generations, I am afraid that few people can match the woman in front of them. But what Yan Shao cares about the most is the temperament of the other party, that kind of demure and elegant temperament, Yan Shao has almost never seen it...
"Who is this?"
Yan Shao originally thought that Tharis would find a man, but a woman appeared at the end of the day, which surprised him a little.
Just when Yan Shao was still in the accident, the woman had already stepped forward and smiled. "My name is Elaine, Elaline Demes..."
Tharis on the side also introduced.
"This is my niece, who is still in college, is fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese, and is learning German and Russian, so I couldn't find anyone for the time being, so I asked her to help first..."
When he said this, Tharis was also a little apprehensive in his heart.
In human history, the rise of women's status stems from the First World War.
During the war, a large number of men in the country participated in the front-line wars, which led to a significant reduction in the domestic labor force, and most of the positions in the production of munitions, weapons, and logistical support were replaced by women, which increased the importance of women.
Until then, there were very few countries with women's suffrage. The first country in history to give women the right to vote was New Zealand in 1893, the second was in Australia near New Zealand in 1902, and the overlord of New Zealand and Australia, the United Kingdom, in 1905......... Throwing two women who advocated women's rights into prison...
It was not until the end of the First World War that this changed.
First, Russia granted women the right to vote in 1917 (which was considered a withdrawal from World War I), then Britain gave women the right to vote at the age of 30 in 1918, Germany, Austria, Poland, and Czechoslovakia ratified it in 1919, the United States in 1920, and France at the latest, until 1944.
It is precisely because the status of French women is relatively low during this period that Tharis is worried about whether Yan Shao will have any opinionsββββββ of course, if it is replaced by Tharis, he is definitely a hundred willing, after all, everyone wants to have a beautiful woman by his side, but he doesn't know what Yan Shao thinks in his heart, plus now the fate of his publishing house is almost pinned on Yan Shao, and it is inevitable that he will suffer from gains and losses.
Compared with Taris, Yan Shao didn't have any superfluous ideas.
At the time when he came, the status of Chinese women was almost higher than that of men, and if he looked down on women or something, he would definitely die a very interesting death. So after being slightly surprised, Yan Shao's expression returned to his usual appearance.
This made Elaline on the other side very satisfied.
As mentioned earlier, the status of women in this era is still very low, although girls can go to school, but it is very difficult to work, and the vast majority of women basically stay at home after graduating from school.
Elano will come over to help Tharis this time, on the one hand, out of curiosity about Yan Shao, on the other hand, she also wants to get out of this predicamentββββββ that manuscript Eleanor has also read, in her opinion, if this work goes well, then she can add a beautiful stroke to her experience, and the job search in the future will be much smoother, instead of marrying early like many classmates.
After introducing each other, Taris left Elano behind and took his leave.
Elano's job was simple, translating Yan Shao's manuscript from English to French, and urging the manuscript.
As for the question of whether Yan Shao would attack Elaline during his work, neither Tharis nor Elaline was worriedββββββ or if Yan Shao really attacked Elaline, Tharis felt that what he should be worried about was Yan Shao...
"My niece is not easy to deal with..."
Thinking so, he shook his head and walked in the direction of the publishing house.