“……”

After hearing this, Ji Xiu quietly put aside the teacup in his hand and said, "Sooner or later, you will have to face it." ”

"Or is that sentence, can you waste food because of choking?"

Seeing Ji Xiu say this, Hao Fatzi nodded with a calm face, suddenly slapped his thigh, stood up with "Teng", and said, "Look at my brain, this has been with you for a long time, and I forgot about the business." ”

As he spoke, he pulled Ji Xiu, hurried, and said, "Quick, take your manuscript and go with my brother, today is twenty-nine, tomorrow will be thirty." ”

“… The new book is about to go on sale, and now everyone is staring at us, and we have to print all the manuscripts today! ”

"Well, don't you want to hide, tell the family, go to my place today, and make an appointment with Shopkeeper Liu to finish eating in Juxian Lou in the evening... Where's the manuscript? As he spoke, Douda's eyes blinked, and when he saw the two stacks of manuscripts on the table, he exclaimed, "So many? Well, this is the Red House..."

"Well, I've already written all of the Condor, a total of four hundred chapters." Ji Xiu said, got up and came to the hanger and put on his robe.

“…… It's all written?! As soon as he heard Ji Xiu say that he had finished writing, Hao Fatzi suddenly let out an exclamation.

After casually saying 'wait for me at the door' to Hao Fatzi, he picked up an umbrella and went out the door, and headed towards his aunt's yard.

“… Minor repairs are coming? Aunt Ji Ying was holding a roll of Red Mansion in her hand, watching it with relish, and she was happy to see Ji Xiu.

“… What about my sister? Ji Xiu said curiously.

Even Xiaoya is not there.

“… Xiaoya took her to read and write, well, when the spring of next year begins, it is time to send her to study, so it is good to recognize some words in advance. ”

Although the style of Confucianism and Taoism prevails in this world, Cheng Zhu Lixue has long been removed with the optimization of several generations, so women can study and become officials, well, women can do what men can do, women can do it.

"Why don't you ask a gentleman to teach?"

"Xiaoya has been studying with me since she was a child, although she failed to give birth to Haoran righteousness and become a Confucian cultivator, it is more than enough to teach Lingwei...... Did you come to my aunt for something? Aunt Ji Ying raised her head.

Ji Xiu nodded and said, "Hmm." The new book will be released tomorrow, so my nephew is going to Hailan Bookstore tonight, and I am afraid that he will not be able to come back. ”

"Tomorrow?" Ji Xiu's new book will be released at the end of the month, and Ji Ying, who has been paying attention to her nephew's career, naturally knows it.

Although the Red Mansion has only published the second volume at present, the content of the ninth volume is enough for her to read and watch it repeatedly.

After knowing that the books written by Ji Xiu were sought after by many people, Ji Ying naturally stopped paying attention to the support of her family's book purchases.

"It's important to get down to business, but the weather is getting cold, and it's raining and snowing outside, Xiao Xiu must pay attention to it, don't catch a cold anymore."

"Thank you aunt for your concern, nephew knows." After bowing to his aunt Ji Ying, Ji Xiu turned around and left.

Ji Ying stared at the tall figure that disappeared into the rain and snow, until she couldn't see clearly, and then smiled and picked up the book in her hand again.

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Hailan Bookstore.

Ji Xiu sat down with the shopkeepers of the four major bookstores.

“… Now that the manuscript has been put in print, we need to discuss how to sell it. Shopkeeper Liu of Xuehua Bookstore blinked a pair of picky eyes and looked at Ji Xiu.

Seeing this, Hao Fatzi did not speak. Although Ji Xiu had already discussed with him the way to sell the Condor. But this kind of thing still needs to be said again in public.

After all, they have a cooperative relationship with the three major bookstores of Xuehua, Yashi, and Lankou, and they still have to give face.

“… The Condor is different from the 'Red Mansion', it is relatively straightforward, and because our main audience is the martial arts group..."Saying that, Ji Xiu's tone paused slightly, and he said:

"Martial Fu has a violent and irritable personality, and each chapter of the Condor is broken at key points, so the release mode of 'Red Mansion' is no longer suitable."

Shopkeeper Liu and the others nodded frequently, thinking that what Ji Xiu said was reasonable.

They have all read the manuscript of the Red Mansion, and the maximum number of words in one chapter is only about 4,000 words, which is too little.

The rest of the chapters are all two or three thousand words.

The most terrible thing is that Mr. Ji deliberately broke the chapter in the wonderful part of the plot.

If it is released according to the Red Mansion volume by volume, each volume is only two or three volumes, I am afraid that it will cause dissatisfaction among the martial artists.

No, it's anger!

Well, if these brutes get impulsive, who knows what they're going to do. They won't go to Mr. Ji for trouble, they will only settle accounts with them profiteers when the time comes!

If any reckless man comes to do chivalrous righteousness, it will really be useless to cry.

… Hmph, if you know that online articles start with millions of words, and each chapter is updated with only 2,000 words, and some authors are still out of chapter, how would you feel at that time? "So I decided that the Condor will be sold in eight volumes!"

Eight volumes? Shopkeeper Liu and the three glanced at each other.

The four-hundred-chapter martial arts script, for them, this is already a relatively common and circulating super-long script.

If it is divided into eight volumes, that is, the content of fifty chapters in each volume.

“… Wouldn't it be too much? Shopkeeper Liu's peach blossom eyes flashed, and he said tentatively: "Nowadays, there are millions of words on the market, and each volume is at most a dozen or twenty chapters... Well, I don't know the interval between the release of each volume, and how does Mr. Ji plan to arrange it? ”

A million-word novel, after it is released, there are only ten or twenty chapters per volume? The physical book industry is really dark! Ji Xiu glanced at Shopkeeper Liu and said, "The release interval of each volume is the same as that of the Red Mansion, which is sold on a monthly basis..."

"A good author should not only think about his own interests, but also think about his readers...", he poked his heart, his tone was slightly paused, and he said: "Have a conscience!" Can't disappoint those readers! ”

Fifty chapters a month, well, what a conscience I have! I would like to call myself the most conscientious author in history!

Seeing Ji Xiu's resolute attitude, after Shopkeeper Liu and the others glanced at each other, they could only nod helplessly, no way, this is Ji Xiu's freedom!

These were all signed contracts in the first place.

"The interval of a month is actually just right." Playing a stick to a sweet date, Ji Xiu naturally will not create a dictatorial stubbornness for his partners, and hurt the interests of his conscience.

“… Oh? Please sir! Sure enough, seeing Ji Xiu say this, the eyes of Shopkeeper Liu suddenly lit up.

They still admired some of this young man's ideas, which they had personally learned.

"Well, one volume is released a month, fifty chapters at a time, it seems that we are in a bit too anxious, and we can finish the Condor in eight months."

"But they ignore that this is an act of conscience, and although we have lost some profits, we have won the hearts and minds of the people."

Shopkeeper Liu and the others nodded slightly, and did not interject and waited for Ji Xiu's next words.

“… In fact, you have overlooked an important point. ”

Hearing this, everyone, including Shopkeeper Hao, looked at Ji Xiu in puzzlement, is there anything else we ignore?

Tut! Why do you say it now? You won't lose any money, will you?

Ji Xiu gently blew on a few tea leaves floating in the cup, took a sip, and said, "You say, what is the level of the Condor?" ”

Hearing this, several people didn't think about it and said, "High! Pretty! ”

Ji Xiu shook his head and said, "I mean, if all the Condor is released, if others want to imitate it, will it be difficult to write?" ”

Hearing this, several people, including Shopkeeper Hao, were stunned, and then their eyes widened, as if they had thought of something, and their breathing became short.

“… You finally get the idea. Ji Xiu put down the teacup and said: "The martial arts script, there have always been people trying, but because of arrogance and prejudice, they have never really written it." ”

"But there is a bright light to guide the road, do you think that some Confucian cultivators who rely on writing books to make a living understand what rivers and lakes are? What is a chivalrous man? And then imitate and write a martial arts book, is it difficult? ”

Well, Ji Xiu never thought he could write... The martial arts novels of copying gold, ancient and yellow can really make others unreachable in writing books... Even despair!

If there is such a situation as follows the trend of writing books, the earth will naturally have it, and this world will naturally have it.

Although they may not be able to write martial arts novels that surpass the Jin, Gu, and Huang series, they are sure to divert some readers.

An author can never know how many books he is chasing at the same time.

Well, sometimes these readers are really scumbags and scumbags.

They will not change their faces, their faces will not blush, their hearts will not beat at the same time, and they will pedal multiple boats at the same time.

They'll say a lot of sweet things to you.

For example, "It's well written", "I like it so much", "Quick change, I can't sleep at night!" "Support", etc., look at the words that make people's hearts sweet, and their faces are so happy that they laugh at acne.

But the truth is, he may not have said this to you alone, well, isn't it very heart-wrenching? Just prick your heart!

Suppressing these messy things from the bottom of his heart, Ji Xiu coughed lightly and continued: "After the concept of martial arts is introduced, there will inevitably be many people competing to imitate it. ”

"The sooner we released the Condor, we would have been able to avoid being blocked by other competitors, well, although I don't think they can have a big impact on the Condor, there will still be some impact."

“… If we grind the chirp and give others time to react and learn to imitate, the gap between the two sides will only get smaller and smaller, and our losses will only get bigger and bigger. ”

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