Yes, You Rong didn't dare to quote!

He has been the editor-in-chief of "Fun Reading" magazine for ten years, and has read countless excellent short stories, and the one in front of him is definitely one of the top novels in his ten years of working life, of course, this is You Rong's personal opinion, after all, everyone's opinion on literary and artistic works is different.

But You Rong believes.

Anyone who watched "The Gift of the Magi" is difficult to give a bad evaluation, because this story is so moving, especially the end of the story is even more unexpected, and it feels reasonable in the aftertaste.

But one thing without a doubt:

This novel is going to be won by itself!

You Rong took a deep breath, called Chu Maan, and said his thoughts bluntly: "I am honored to be the first batch of readers of this novel, I am willing to bid 200,000 yuan to buy this novel on behalf of the publishing house, not that the value of this novel is 200,000, but the manuscript fee of our magazine generally has an upper limit......"

"Two hundred thousand?"

Lin Yuan thought about it and agreed, after all, the other party only provided a channel to release "Maggie's Gift", and he was not selling the copyright of the novel, so he was not too harsh.

"What two hundred thousand?"

Lin Yuan was shopping with his sister and sister at the moment, and when his sister heard Lin Yuan calling, her ears suddenly pricked up, but Lin Yuan didn't intend to reveal her identity, so she just said perfunctorily: "Salary or something." ”

"Let's go, Yaoyao!"

As soon as Lin Xuan heard this, she pulled her sister and walked back: "That dress just now is indeed very beautiful, although the price is more than 3,000 yuan, but who let you have such a rich brother?"

"Don't. ”

Lin Yao was reluctant at all.

Although Lin Yuan seems to have become rich, saving money is a habit of these children from the bottom of their bones, and it is impossible for Lin Yuan, Lin Xuan, or Lin Yao to become extravagant because of the sudden wealth.

Lin Yuan said: "Then let's go back." ”

Lin Xuan snorted: "What a stingy brother." ”

Lin Yuan smiled very cooperatively, he would not admit that none of the two down jackets he bought for Lin Yao before were less than three thousand yuan, otherwise his sister would be burdened to wear them.

Back home.

Lin Xuan began to answer the phone frequently, probably because the work of annual leave accumulation needed to be dealt with, after several phone calls in a row, Lin Xuan lay on the sofa depressed, complaining: "The company's predecessors said that writers will delay their manuscripts every Spring Festival, this year I can be regarded as having seen it, next month it is estimated that fifty percent of writers will open the skylight, and the editor-in-chief is estimated to have killed my heart." ”

"What do you mean by opening the skylight?"

Sister Lin Yao seemed to be very curious about this.

Lin Xuan explained: "In the early days, opening the skylight referred to the professional term of a magazine or newspaper, which was originally specially arranged, but the author could not deliver the manuscript in time so that the section was blank, just like opening the skylight. ”

Lin Yao asked, "What should I do if I delay the draft?"

Lin Xuan sighed: " Generally speaking, there is a dead line for writers, the former is to make an agreement with the editor to deliver the manuscript, and the manuscript can be handed in at this time can also be happily revised; while the latter is not finished to endanger the time of publication, that is, counting printing and so on, it is necessary to complete the original manuscript at a certain time, it can be said that the dead line is a very terrible thing for writers, but for some writers who have both talent and popularity, opening the skylight and stepping on the death line is almost their personality label. ”

Lin Yao said with concern: "Will the money be deducted?"

Lin Xuan shook his head: "Little writers don't dare to delay the manuscript, we have contract constraints, and if you can't write a manuscript, you can deduct his money, although we have a contract for popular writers, but in fact, we don't dare to deduct the manuscript fee because they delay the manuscript, such as Dongfeng Old Thief, this person is the author of the biggest brand in our publishing house cooperation, he always delays the submission of the manuscript for several months, but none of us dare to say anything, we will only urge according to the convention." ”

"That's right. ”

Although it was a conversation between his sister and his sister, Lin Yuan listened quite seriously on the sidelines, although he serialized novels in the name of Chu Mad, he didn't actually know about such an industry ecology.

So it's kind of interesting to listen to.

For example, my sister said that more than seventy percent of writers have had the experience of delaying their manuscripts, and it seems that physical publishing is the same as the online articles in the previous life, which always makes readers worry about the problem of the author's lack of updates.

"There is good news, too. ”

Lin Xuan suddenly said a little excitedly: "Before the Chinese New Year, I went to visit a teacher who had just ended her contract with other publishing houses, and invited her to come to our publishing house to write a book, and finally she agreed, and now she is the author of the biggest name I am responsible for, and I have also read the new work she wrote, it really feels very good, and it is estimated that it will be officially published after the New Year!"

"Is the editor taking a share?"

Lin Yuan asked a question of concern.

My sister shook her head: "It's not that it's shared, but the meaning is pretty much the same, it's mainly the editorial performance appraisal standard, if there is no very powerful author under him, then the performance will be ugly, which will affect our final salary and bonus payment, so it's no different from the share, otherwise why would I go out and work hard to pull the author." ”

"Where's Chu Mad?"

Sister Lin Yao suddenly thought: "Didn't my sister say that she knew Chu Mad, then when he finishes writing the novel in his hand, can you also dig him into your own hands and open a new book?"

“......”

Lin Xuan smiled and said, "You still care about Chu Madness...... The company signed by Chu Mad is called Yinlan Library, which is one of the largest publishing companies in Qinzhou, and my sister and my company are not worth mentioning compared to Yinlan Library, so Chu Mad is not easy to dig up, and Yinlan Library will do everything possible to continue to cooperate with Chu Mad. ”

"Then he's very hot. ”

Lin Yao glanced at Lin Yuan.

Lin Xuan nodded: "As a newcomer novelist of youth fantasy novels, Chu Mad can be called a god in one book, and the sales of "The King of the Net" last month were 1.4 million copies, ranking twelfth in the total number of youth fantasy books......"

"Twelfth?"

"What do you mean by only twelve, selling 1.4 million copies under the huge market competition, which means that Chu Mad had more than 1 million copies of the manuscript fee last month, this is still the case where I assume that he signed an ordinary newcomer contract, of course, according to this posture, his contract share should have risen after the New Year. ”

Lin Yuan was stunned.

My sister actually knew his approximate manuscript fee last month!

But then again, the sales of "The King of Nets" were able to break one million in the end, and it should be thanks to the assistance of professional tennis players, although Lin Yuan didn't care about current affairs, he also knew that some professional tennis players recognized the professionalism and value of this book, which brought a lot of heat to the book.

Followed by.

Lin Yuan suddenly grasped the key point in his sister's words and asked, "Why do you say that Chu Mad's contract share is going to increase?"

"It's inevitable. ”

Lin Xuan said conclusively: "The signing of the newcomer share of "Net King" is based on the fact that no one thought that this book would be a big hit, but now that this book is so popular, the publishing house will generally consider giving Chu Mania a share, otherwise they may not be able to keep Chu Mania in the next book." ”

"Makes sense. ”

Lin Yuan expressed serious agreement.

Lin Xuan said with a smile: "You don't know how to write a book, what are you telling you to do this, you work in Xingmang, why don't you tell me about the gossip of those big stars in your company......"