“…… Cracking sound. ”

(End of book)"

Almost ten days passed.

Ji Zhuo has basically been focusing on the new book "Caged Bird" every day since this time, and he has not paid much attention to other things, and occasionally glances at the news in the readership group and watches the anime adapted from "Mortal Immortals".

Perhaps because the plot is written more and more smoothly, the book was written earlier than Ji Zhuo expected, and it took more than 30 days from the beginning to the end.

"Hoo ......"

At the end of the final finale chapter, he typed down the three words of the whole book, and Ji Zhuo let out a long breath.

Then I looked at the number of words in the whole book displayed in the lower left corner of the codeword software. 30.1w word.

Almost exactly 300,000 words, Ji Zhuo nodded with satisfaction.

Now that the new book is finished, it's time to send it to the publisher for publication and sale...... But before that, Ji Zhuo was going to find a master to press his neck and shoulders.

This tastes sour, this tastes......

Outside the study,

It was already dark by now.

It was a cloudy day, and it was drizzling in the evening.

The drizzle hit the windows and the branches and leaves of the trees that were green in the community,

The sparse sound added some calm to the surroundings...... Especially after Ji Zhuo stopped the code words at this time,

After moving his sore wrists and shoulders, Ji Zhuo looked at the book that had already been completed, and he always had the urge to write another testimonial.

But this book is not serialized...... Write a testimonial about the end of the ball.

glanced at the computer screen with a little regret,

I'm ready to turn off the codeword software and go out.

"Ding-dong......"

At this time, someone sent a message from the penguin chat.

"Huating Publishing Qian Editor-in-Chief: Big Guy...... Then, it's not like I'm urging you to write...... It is...... Ahem, did you write it today, I kind of want to see it. ”

This time...... It's not that no one is urging to change.

Although "Caged Bird" has not yet been released, the editor-in-chief of Huating Science Fiction Publishing House seems to have been addicted to Ji Zhuo's new book manuscript.

From time to time, two messages were sent, and then two sentences were transferred to the script.

Ji Zhuo's opening of a vest can be regarded as enjoying the treatment of a great god - the editor's urging?

A little numb, Ji Zhuo picked up his phone and replied to a message.

"Coincidentally: "Caged Bird" has been completed, and I will send it to you, Editor-in-Chief Qian?

Editor-in-Chief of Huating Publishing Qian: Finished writing? It's done, it's done......

Editor-in-Chief of Huating Publishing: Then you can send it to me, the publishing house will arrange for the printing house to start printing as soon as possible, and other preparations have been carried out beforehand. It is expected to be officially released within a week.

Coincidental work: "Caged Bird". docx

Daqiao does not work: Okay. ”

According to the contract that Ji Zhuo has signed with this Huating Publishing House,

The first printing of The Caged Bird was 30,000 copies.

For a new vest that has never proven its feats in the world of sci-fi and brick-and-mortar publishing before,

This is already a lot of first printing.

The royalty share is according to the 15% mentioned earlier, and it is basically the share that only top authors can get.

This made Ji Zhuo feel a little complicated.

I feel that this publisher is a little too optimistic about its new book...... It's not going to be another big hit at the beginning.

Probably not...... After all, the physical publishing sector has withered away.

The manuscript of "Caged Bird" that has been completed was sent to the editor-in-chief of Huating Publishing House.

Ji Zhuo turned off the computer.

got up and took an umbrella and walked out of the house,

While glancing at the system interface that had just been called.

Looking at the system interface,

With the determination of "Caged Bird" as the book to be released in this issue, the mission objectives of the current issue have been specifically determined.

Because the royalty ratio of physical publication is much less than that of online serialization,

However, on the other hand, the price of a 1,000-word book published in a physical book is much more expensive than that of an online serialization.

Therefore, in the system, in the current mission goal, about three copies of each entity published are equivalent to one average subscription of online serialization.

The specific requirements of the mission objectives of this issue are:

"Create a work that has been published and sold more than 45,000 copies, with a word count of at least 250,000.

(The current calculation period is the first quarter after the publication and sale of the work.) Achieving the target in the first quarter also ends the current cycle. ）”

The task goal of the system in this period is really not low, so that in one quarter, that is, 45,000 copies will be sold in three months.

Rounding, it is equivalent to selling hundreds of thousands of copies a year,

It's a bestseller in the field of physical publishing.

But it's not low.

The higher the target of the system task, the more beneficial it is to Ji Zhuo.

The goal of the task is high, and he may be able to return blood if he earns manuscript fees and copyright fees when he achieves the goal.

If you can't reach the goal, that's better, isn't the system's six million a month encouragement gold fragrant?

Glancing at the system interface, Ji Zhuo nodded with satisfaction.

……

“…… Dog Author, Dog Ji. ”

“…… Bad man, watch me fight! ”

In the bedroom, Yun Qingmu hung a ravaged and miserable doll bear on the edge of the wardrobe.

Posing, clenching teeth, is a hammer against the doll.

But after a few hammers, the doll bear hung on the ground, and Yun Qingmu was also tired and lay down on the bed.

“…… Yun Qingmu, you are tearing down the house in the house! Knock knock bang! ”

Yun Xinxin, who was watching the TV outside the door, raised his head and shouted.

“…… What about the author of the hammer dog! ”

Yun Qingmu, who was tired of lying on the soft bed and didn't want to move, replied.

“…… Didn't look, people are crazy? ”

“……”

“…… Yun Xinxin, do you have any news of the new book by the dog author? ”

“…… No, I haven't seen any communication between the editor-in-chief and the dog author lately. ”

“…… I'm mad, dog author, dog Ji clumsy, bad man, don't open a new book yet! ”

"Ah......hh For this kind of author who has been delaying the opening of a new book, he should whip it with a small leather whip......"

Yun Qingmu was so angry that her teeth itched, and she turned over from the bed and sat up from the bed.

and picked up the doll bear from the ground, which had been ravaged and miserable.

“…… Hey, why do you have to bear the sin that the dog author bears...... Dog Author! ”

"Ahhh......h

Yun Qingmu ...... Impotent rage!

Punch the doll bear in return.

……

"Ding-dong."

"Clumsy and extraordinary: two pots of hot pot? Come?

300,000 per second: Don't come!

Clumsy and extraordinary: really not coming?

300,000 per second: I want to eat barbecue! ”

Ji Zhuo has news, this is Yun Qingmu's last stubbornness in the face of the dog author!

……

Here, Ji Zhuo held an umbrella in one hand, walking in the drizzle, watching pedestrians hurry.

The other hand held the mobile phone and sent a message to Yun Qingmu.

He just suddenly remembered that he seemed to have promised Yun Qingmu to send a new book to tell her.

So Ji Zhuo sent a message to Yun Qingmu.

Of course...... also just told Yun Qingmu that his new book had been released.

As for the name, it's out there...... Don't ask, asking is confidential.

At this moment, looking at the news that Yun Qingmu came back,

Ji Zhuo felt ...... It's a little numb......

……

"Once upon a time: ...... Brothers, there are no inner ghosts. Any news?

Canyon Grass: Non-ink has been explored, no news, no trace of the author's new book.

Eight Immortals Across the Sea: I have read it on the first reading network, but the old number has not issued a new book, and I have not found a new book with a unique theme and a good writing.

The leather whip gave me a hard beating: Qiming has read it, there is no news, and there is no trace of the new book of the dog author.

Zeng Canghai: Well, I have searched all the big and small websites on the market, but I have not found any traces of the new book of the dog author.

Once upon a time: ...... Guys, I don't have any other meaning, I'm just saying that there's a possibility, that is, the new book by the dog author may not have been released yet.

Canyon Grass: Impossible, Impossible! According to the law of the dog author, he should release a new book in half a month, and this has been more than a month.

Canyon Grass: It's been more than a month, and you haven't even written the beginning of a new book? No way! According to the frequency of dog authors, if the book is written in a small number of medium and long stories, it will be written in a month!

Eight Immortals: +1.

Whip: +1.

Canyon Grass: Then keep exploring! ”

Originally, in the book friend group, a group of loyal old readers took a few small groups in private.

It's like a spy war.

But these loyal readers still find it interesting...... It feels like a battle of wits with a dog author.

It doesn't seem to matter what type of new book you want at this time, what you need is the process of finding a book.

"Canyon Grass: Brothers! Strive to have our people spread across the major sites! I want the new book by the dog author to be exposed to us as soon as it appears! ”

Ambitious!

……

"Uncle Yu...... Why don't you let Mr. Yu ask for you? ”

Yucheng.

After the old man had dinner, he sat on the sofa with a physical book of "Seven Days of Hell".

He raised his head and didn't speak, as if he was thinking about something.

The nurse next to him sat with him for a while, and couldn't help but turn his head and propose to the old man,

When the old man heard the words of the nurse next to him, he turned his head sideways, probably in the direction from which the voice came, and still did not speak.

“…… I think according to the author's rule of releasing new books, it's time to release a new book after so long, maybe it's really like the last time I changed the author's number. ”

The nurse continued.

“…… Let me ask for you, I'll send you a message. ”

The old man was still just sitting, not moving much, and the nurse touched the mobile phone, thinking that the old man did not agree.

Immediately after, I heard a faint response from the old man.

"Hmmm......"

“…… Pinch my shoulder on this side, it's a little sore. ”

The old man spoke up again.

The caregiver was helping the old man send a message on the side,

Hearing this, I couldn't help but smile, but I didn't laugh out loud.

Sometimes when people get old, they are like children.

……

“…… Bad man. Ahhhh......h

“…… Hiss...... Tap. ”

Ji Zhuo and Yun Qingmu were lying on a massage table,

After eating, the two walked into a massage bone shop, and called two old aunts who knew that they had good skills at a glance and pressed their shoulders, necks and backs.

Yun Qingmu screamed in pain, and Ji Zhuo also inhaled in pain.

“…… Young man, little girl, you are not having a hard time. ”

The two massage aunts laughed and said to Ji Zhuo and the two,

"Auntie, I'm weak, you can do it lightly."

“…… Oh, man, is your body so weak as a man? ”

"Auntie, she has a good body and bones, she is struggling, you press her hard, rub hard."

“…… Ahhhh......h Auntie, I don't have a hard time, Auntie. ”

Yun Qingmu turned his head and glared angrily at Ji Zhuo, gritting his teeth with hatred...... It could also be a pain from massaging the shoulder.

Ji Zhuo was still directing the aunt who pressed his shoulder to lighten his strength.

The aunt who pinched the shoulders of the two of them was laughing next to them,

"Young man, the girl is looking at you."

The aunt who pressed Ji Zhuo's shoulder said with a smile,

"I know."

Ji Zhuo took another breath of cool air, nodded and looked at Yun Qingmu.

“…… Dog author, what about your new book? ”

Yun Qingmu gritted his teeth, took a breath from time to time, and then asked with a small face,

"It's gone."

Ji Zhuo said as a matter of course.

"Huh?"

Yun Qingmu didn't expect such an answer, he was stunned, and he couldn't maintain his little face.

Just follow and gnash your teeth...... It's a little sore when you press your shoulder.

"Didn't you ask me to send a new book to tell you, didn't you tell you something about it?"

Ji Zhuo said again.

"Huh?"

Yun Qingmu was stunned again,

And then gritted his teeth,

"Auntie, you wait a while and then press it."

Yun Qingmu said to her aunt, who withdrew her hand with a smile.

Yun Qingmu took out his mobile phone,

I opened the first reading network and found the author number of 'Era Coincident',

There are no new books.

I opened the non-ink again and found the 'Jade Artifact'.

There are no new books either,

Even Yun Qingmu returned to Shiyue.com and looked at the author number of 'clumsy and extraordinary',

But no.

“…… What about the new book? ”

Yun Qingmu turned his head again and glared at Ji Zhuo with a tight face.

"It's done...... Yes, that's it, Auntie has more pressing on her back. ”

"Where?"

"It's gone."

Yun Qingmu seemed to understand what Ji Zhuo meant,

glared at Ji Zhuo again...... Then Ji Zhuo has been directing the massage aunt to press on her back.

Yun Qingmu's eyes were a little sour, and he couldn't hold back.

“…… Well...... It should be in the process of releasing a new book now, and it will take some time for readers to see it. ”

Ji Zhuo thought for a moment, turned his head to Yun Qingmu and said again.

"Oh."

Yun Qingmu, who was holding his head up, answered lightly and fell down again.

What she thought was that Ji Zhuo's new book should still be in the warehouse for review, so she couldn't see it yet.

And Ji Zhuo is pondering,

Isn't it a process of publishing a new book?

Well, that makes sense.

I, Ji Zhuo, never lie.

……

After massaging the lower shoulders, neck and back,

Ji Zhuo's body was sour and much more comfortable.

Ji Zhuo and Yun Qingmu naturally went back to their respective homes.

Ji Zhuo walked all the way,

The new book is finished, so why do you have to wait until some time after the book is released?

It can be described as leisurely and leisurely.

And Yun Qingmu hurried home all the way.

She was ready to go home and wait for Ji Zhuo's new book to be reviewed.

According to her thoughts, Ji Zhuo is also a famous author.

This kind of author's new book review should be very fast, right?

thereupon

After returning to Yun Qingmu, he sat at the desk in the bedroom, turning on the computer and holding the mobile phone.

The computer shows non-ink, and the mobile phone shows the first reading.

I brush,

I brush ......

Then the night was late.

The beginning is......

Well, it should be almost over, I'm going to be the first reader of the dog,

The dog author must not be very moved, look at how loyal I am a reader.

And then there'......

Maybe it's going to take a while to review...... Well, wait, it's still early anyway.

And then there's ......

It's so late, it should be that the review editor has already left work.

Also, it is not possible to ask others to work 24 hours a day.

Let's wait for the next day.

Finally, the next day, the sleepy-eyed Yun Qingmu touched his phone and looked at it,

“…… Dog Ji Clumsy! Dog Author! ”

"Ahhh I'm! ”

Yun is light and envious, impotent and furious......

……

Ji Zhuo, who returned home, was because the massage eased the sourness on his lower body.

After taking a shower, I threw my phone aside and slept comfortably.

Then the next day, Ji Zhuo got up from the bed,

Glancing at my phone...... found that it seems that there are a lot of messages on the penguin chat.

"Squid: Big guy, has the new book been released? Can you tell us the title of the new book?

Squid: Some readers have found me here, and they want me to help ask the big guy if your new book has been sent, although I also want to read your new book, big guy, #Cover your head.

Squid: Of course, if it's inconvenient for you to reveal it, I'll just say hello. ”

And then from top to bottom,

and then the editor-in-chief of Shiyue.com,

Screenwriter of Pioneer Film and Television Media.

pen and ink,

The clouds are light,

Editor-in-chief of Huating Publishing House.

Except for the news of the editor-in-chief of Huating, the content of other people's messages seems to feel similar.

Good guy, so many people care about his new book.

Looking at the squid's message and other people's messages,

Ji Zhuo fell into deep thought.

He wondered if he didn't click on the news to see it.

Is it okay to pretend that you didn't see the message and then don't have to reply......