book of old days

Chapter 138 "One Hundred Thousand Miles of the Sky"

The cooperation is confirmed, but the specific details still need to be discussed.

Henry asked: "I wonder how long it will take Professor Sean to finish this work?"

Xiao En thought about it for a while. Generally speaking, for this kind of single-volume novel, a book can have as little as 30 million words and as many as 50 million words. Thirty thousand miles under the sea have written more than 30 words, which is quite satisfactory.

If this book is also calculated according to this figure, it will take half a year.

Physical books are different from online novels, and have higher requirements for words, especially considering that this book needs to make readers feel immersive, so it will undoubtedly need to be polished repeatedly, and the time must be more sufficient.

In this era, there is no computer typing, and the typewriter has not even been invented yet. It is all handwritten, and it is enough to be able to write [-] words a day, and this is without considering other jobs.

But Sean still needs to continue his grand plan of summoning, and also conduct magic experiments, and he certainly can't devote himself so wholeheartedly, so rounding it up——

"It will probably take a year or two."

Henry pondered for a moment, "Two years is too long, and it's best to finish it within one year. The people of our country are looking forward to this kind of spiritual food."

Sean thought about it, time was a bit tight, but it should be no problem, he also wanted to reap the faith as soon as possible.

"Okay, one year is one year, how should I contact you then?"

"You don't need to contact us. After half a year, we will send someone to find Professor Xiao En to understand the progress."

Sean tentatively said, "But I might not be here in half a year."

Henry chuckled after hearing this, "Professor Sean doesn't have to worry about this, we rational society have our own way of finding people, no matter where you are at that time, we will find you."

These words are not only showing off, but also more or less threatening.

Sean's heart trembled, it seemed that he had guessed right, the other party definitely possessed some kind of special technology, and could find the person he was looking for.

He pretended to be relaxed, "Then it's settled, so should the manuscript be paid now or wait until the book is finished?"

Although he is not short of the three thousand pounds, there is no harm in having more money, and since he intends to follow the Rational Society, he must hide the fact that he owns the Book of the Old as much as possible to avoid showing his flaws.

Three thousand pounds is not a small amount, if he doesn't show his heart, it will be too suspicious.

"We will pay a deposit of [-] gold pounds first, and then we will pay the second payment according to the situation after half a year, and pay the final payment after the completion of the book."

As Henry spoke, he took out the checkbook, wrote a check, printed his badge on the check with the seal on the ring, and handed it to Sean.

This check can be cashed at any Institute of Rationality bank.

Sean hurriedly took it and put it away carefully.

So far, the matter has been finalized.

Although the contract has been finalized, it still takes a lot of work to implement it.

Writing a novel is not an easy task, especially if the other party also requires that the reader must feel immersive and treat the non-existent story as reality, which is a bit difficult.

Reading a book is a very subjective thing, and no one can guarantee whether readers will like it or not after a book is written.

Fortunately, Xiao En has read countless books in his previous life, and he has been a literary giant for several years in this life. He still has some confidence in the readers of this era. He couldn't wait to start planning, so he greeted the two of them, turned and left the tavern .

Before he had gone far, Ragnar chased him from behind.

"So they're not here to trouble you?"

"No, in fact, they came to discuss business with me."

Talk about business?Ragnar immediately remembered the group of Sturts in the Vaughn Valley back then. Sean was also negotiating business with them at the time, but as a result, all the guys died while talking about them.

"Aren't you planning to go back and look for a chance to deal with them again? What are you going to summon this time, a demon? A devil? Or a big snow monster."

Xiao En thought to himself what are you talking about, "No, no, no, this time it's a real business deal, and it's a big deal. They came to make an appointment with me, and they even gave me a deposit. I have to go back and start my new book as soon as I get down, go do your work and say hello to Agatha for me, I may not be able to go to her place for a while."

After saying goodbye to Ragnar and walking home, Sean was already thinking about the story frame of this book. Although the Rational Society didn't care about the specific content of the story, Sean himself couldn't help but care.

Anyway, this is also his new masterpiece. In fact, he wanted to write a completely original work a long time ago. Although copying books is good, how can it compare to the refreshing feeling of seeing his work being talked about by people? Woolen cloth?
The reason why I chose to copy books in the past is that it is easier and less troublesome, and secondly, these books have been proven successful in the history of the previous world, so it is more confident to write.

However, this does not mean that Sean does not want to write his own story.

At this time, he was inspired, and the thoughts in his mind were one after another. Before he got home, he had already conceived the general framework of the story.

The title of the book, Sean decided to call it "Above the Sky".

The theme framework of the story is somewhat similar to that of Thirty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. The protagonist is not the real core, but more like a bystander, witnessing the adventure story of a strange man with a mysterious background.

Sean decided to incorporate the story of his own adventures in the North Sea not long ago.

That experience left a deep impression on him, and what he experienced personally in reality is naturally more realistic and touching when written.

Another point is that it is easier for readers to have a sense of reality when combined with what actually happened in reality, just like Jin Yong's martial arts novels often bring historical events into it.

Presumably those who have read this book are likely to search for Captain Edward and the Northern Expedition Plan. Once they find out that there is such a thing, it will naturally make it easier for them to believe that the other contents of the book are also true.

Back home, Sean immediately went into the study, took out his notebook and spread it out on the desk, and began to record the outline.

The protagonist of the story is Goodman, a naturalist and explorer. Out of interest, he signed up for Captain Edward's northern expedition plan and became a member of the expedition fleet.

The purpose is to investigate the ecological environment of the North Sea with the team.

(End of this chapter)