The "fifth man" was a man in his forties, bald and slightly chubby.

At this time, he was drinking tea with his friends.

"Old Five! I really envy you, just publish a book, it's the first! "The one who spoke was the fifth person's friend in the industry, and this time he also published his work on Xinmen.com, and now he is in the 23rd place, and he sees that there is no hope of publishing this month!

The "fifth person" took a sip of tea, he was quite confident in his works, and the popularity accumulated over the years gave him enough confidence.

He smiled and said: "In our industry, there are no bells and whistles, whoever is strong is the first." ”

The friend said: "I saw yesterday, you are more than 30,000 votes ahead of the second place!" ”

The "fifth man" looked calm, such a result is not uncommon for him.

The friend said that he had opened the heart door network, and then, he saw a book and jumped up, directly surpassing "The Killer" and coming to the first place on the list.

"This ...... This ......"

"What's wrong?"

"See for yourself."

"Astrology killing magic?" Seeing that he had been surpassed, the "fifth man" couldn't sit still, and he opened "Astrology Killing Magic" with a solemn expression, wanting to see what was written in this book that surpassed him.

Half an hour passed, and he didn't say a word, and his friends called him several times, but there was no response.

Another half an hour passed, and the "fifth person" slowly raised his head, stared at his friend, and said slowly, "It's really well written, I'm starting to be curious about the mystery!" But you've seen my "The Killer", and as soon as it's officially published, it's going to be a hit! ”

"Hahaha! Sometimes, I don't even know what's in your head, this secret room in "The Killer" is so cleverly designed! Don't look at the current vote for "Astrology Killing Magic" is higher than you, and the sales of the final publication will tell us who is the top in the reasoning world! ”

"Can you tell who wrote this book?"

"I didn't see it, I'm very unfamiliar with this writing, not the guys I am familiar with."

"This kind of sophisticated writing is definitely not something that a newcomer can write, but I have some expectations, who is the vest behind this book?"

……

At the end of April, "Astrology Killing Magic" successfully topped the first place in April on Xinmen.com with more than 390,000 votes, and got the opportunity to be published.

At the same time, there are also "Murderers" with the second "Fifth Man" and "Drunk" with the third "Fireworks".

According to the rules of Xinmen.com, the royalty of the third place is 20%, the second place is 25%, and the first place is 30%.

In the editorial department of Xinmen.com, the editor-in-chief Lan Tian and the editors in charge are staring at the rankings and worrying.

An editor said: "When we negotiated with the fifth person, we gave him 35%, and he came to our website to publish the book, and now he has won the second place, and the author will be announced later, which is not very good." ”

Lan Tian nodded and said, "Let's talk to the fifth person, 30% of the royalty, and hurry up to contact Tang Yuan, the author of "Astrology Killing Magic", and sign the contract, which is also 30%. ”

"And how many copies are we going to print for the first time? All printed 500,000? ”

Lan Tiandao: "There is no problem with printing 500,000 copies of "The Killer", after all, this is the work of the fifth person, and it is completely okay to sell 500,000 within three days of the first release. But although the book "Astrology Killing Magic" won the first place, nearly 400,000 votes, and the number of real-name voters was nearly 250,000, so let's print 300,000 copies, I estimate that these can be sold for a week. When the time comes, we will decide whether to print it or not by sales. ”

Editor-in-chief Lan Tian's opinion has been unanimously agreed by everyone, Tang Yuan is still a rookie writer, and the science fiction novel "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" written by him sells very well, but the mystery novel Tang Yuan is writing it for the first time after all, and the editors of Xinmen.com still choose to be conservative.

On May 1, after the dust settled on the monthly list of Xinmen.com, the names of the top three writers were announced.

Third place, fireworks, work "Drunk".

"It's actually fireworks, this weird style of writing is still his taste!"

"Third place! You can see the book right away! ”

2nd place, 5th person, work "The Murderer".

"Sure enough, it's the fifth person, and my eyes are really vicious!"

"Looking forward to the ending of 'The Killer'!"

"Buy, buy, buy! I'm going to buy "The Killer"! ”

First place, Tang Yuan, work "Astrology Killing Magic".

"Who is Yu Yuan? Haven't you heard of this person in the reasoning world? Newcomer? ”

"Is it Yumoto who wrote The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?"

"It's really Yumoto! I want to see the sequel to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy! ”

"Isn't Tang Yuan writing science fiction? How did you run to write reasoning? Infertility if you don't do your job! ”

"Hurry up and publish it for the master, Lao Tzu wants to see the ending, now immediately immediately!"

On May 1, "Astrology Killing Magic" was officially released on the shelves of major bookstores.

This time, unlike the first time that "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" was on the shelves, this time, there are already many mystery novel lovers who have seen this book on Xinmen.com, and they can't wait to come.

Writer Stone is working on her new novel, and her Weibo keeps vibrating.

"@石头, Tang Yuan has a new book!"

"Reasoning! Yu Yuan wrote a mystery novel! ”

"Stone, hurry up and take a look!"

"Hurry up and take this opportunity to write a awesome sci-fi book, shame on you!"

Tang Yuan's new book, or reasoning?

Shishi, who had already regarded Tang Yuan as a competitor, put on her coat and went out, and when she arrived at a bookstore she frequented, she found that "Astrology Killing Magic" was sold out!

I went to the second one, and it was still sold out!

The third one, still sold out!

I ran half the city, but I couldn't buy a copy of "Astrology Killing Magic"!

And along the way, she met several readers who wanted to buy "Astrology Killing Magic" but didn't buy it!

On Weibo, the topic of "Astrology Killing Magic" printed on Xinmen.com has been brushed up!

In the editorial room of Xinmen.com, everyone is answering the phone, all of them are the voices of major bookstores urging goods, and the roar of the editor-in-chief Blue Sky resounded throughout the editorial department, and they were in pain and happy.

In stark contrast, it is Star City Press.

Qian Fuqiang and the editor-in-chief Sun Zhengye were holding a copy of "Astrology Killing Magic" in their hands, relatively speechless.

When "Astrology Killing Magic" rushed to the first place on Xinmen.com, they had already noticed this book!

I also know that since this book has come to the first place, then the publication will definitely not be a loss!

And now, the hot sales of "Astrology Killing Magic" have deeply stimulated their hearts!

Because this book was once placed in front of them, the opportunity to publish it was within reach, but they refused, if God gave them another chance, they would definitely hug Tang Yuan's thighs tightly and not let go!