The fate of writers

Chapter 10 Negotiating Details and Reaching Cooperation
"Mr. Zhou is very sincere." Jiang Ling said with a smile.Since the future partner is a sincere person, she naturally has to treat each other sincerely.In this way, the interweaving of interests and feelings may go further.

"What does Miss Jiang mean?" Zhou Zhou could feel that Jiang Ling was satisfied with the price he offered, but he still had to confirm it.

"I have always believed that Guanhai Society has great potential, and the Haichao magazine is not inferior to the Shangxian magazine. When I was a child, my late father brought back newspapers, and I immediately felt that the Haichao magazine was destined for me." Jiang Ling said implicitly.

"Miss Jiang has a lot of talents, and it is my blessing to be able to cooperate with Miss Jiang, and it is also the luck of Guanhai Club." Zhou Zhou was overjoyed, his mind was cleared, and his breath was refreshed, feeling that he was not so unlucky today .As long as Jiang Ling's follow-up content can maintain the quality of the first episode, he can create another Xu Shizhi.

Xu Shizhi was excavated by Zhou Zhou. Later, when he became popular, Guanhaishe looked like he was in a state of collapse, and Xinyueshe waved his hoe lightly, and he left.

Just leave. After all, water flows to lower places and people go to higher places. But Xu Shizhi's bad character was that he took advantage of the front page reserved for him in the October [-]st Haichao magazine.Xu Shizhi promised well at that time, saying that after many years of friendship, his face changed as soon as the contract was terminated.It is only said that he is now the author of Crescent Society. It is always not good to write manuscripts for opponents. Guanhai Society should find a way on its own.

Can the front page be easily replaced by others?The newspaper just wants to push it, but will the readers buy it?The strength of the author must be there.Otherwise, virtue does not match, and there will be disasters.

Guanhai Society originally wanted to postpone it for a month to see how the author Hu Yuren's new article, which has been hanging in the second edition all year round, is going.

Xu Shizhi ran away, there was no good talk, and Hu Yuren's new article was still being conceived, now it's over, Guanhaishe is about to open the skylight for the first time.That's why Zhou Zhou licked his face and came to the door, thinking that he should at least get the October [-] article.

But now the situation is very different. Who would have thought that halfway through, the author who wanted to contribute to the New Moon Society would be intercepted.Zhou Zhou had a bold idea in his heart.He wanted to put the novel written by Jiang Ling on the front page.With gold and jade for generations, I think it can make up for the fault of his writers who almost went to the newspaper to open the skylight.

Zhou Zhou told Jiang Ling his thoughts truthfully, including the possibility of not being able to win the front page, and the advantages and disadvantages of winning the front page.A rookie author has reached the sky in one step. If the story he writes is not exciting enough to satisfy the readers' appetite, then he and Jiang Ling will be defeated and finish the game together.

"Miss Jiang, I don't know what choice you will make?" Zhou Zhou had the madness of a gambler in his eyes.

"It's the headlines of your company right after debuting. I'm so lucky." Jiang Ling agreed, luck has come, do you want her to take half a step back?The good wind sent me to Qingyun by force.

Zhou Zhou and Jiang Ling were relatively happy in the follow-up talks.Zhou Zhou didn't deliberately suppress the arrogance of the new author.Jiang Ling didn't push himself too hard, and didn't know good from bad.

During the conversation, the two sides had a preliminary understanding and understanding of the collaborators.Both Zhou Zhou and Jiang Ling were quite satisfied.There is only one point where the two sides have not reached an agreement.

That is the question of the signer or the signer.Zhou Zhou may be more inclined to sign people because of the lessons learned from Xu Shizhi, and the signing period is ten years.

Jiang Ling was thinking about signing the book, after all, it would be more convenient for her to open the vest.There will always be people who don't like a vest, but wouldn't it be possible to catch all the likes and dislikes with a few more vests?The day when the impact factor index explodes is just around the corner.

Zhou Zhou has already refilled two pots of chrysanthemum tea on the issue of signing people or signing books. His anger is completely gone, and his bladder is about to explode.

"Why doesn't Ms. Jiang want to sign people? Even the authors who are sought after by the big newspapers in Pingbo Mansion also sign people. Guanhai Club signed people because they are optimistic about Miss Jiang's potential." Zhou Zhou persuaded.

"Why is Mr. Zhou obsessed with signing people? He said signing people is actually signing books, but if you sign people, if the next book is not ideal, wouldn't it be a disadvantage for you? If you sign books, you won't have such worries. , Write one book and sign one book, if the next one is not good, just don’t sign it.” Jiang Ling persuaded Zhou Zhou in turn, seemingly thinking of Zhou Zhou, but what he said was for the sake of signing the book and for his own great career.

"How about this, Miss Jiang, you and I each take a step back." Zhou Zhou sighed, he didn't expect that it would be like this, a young girl was so difficult to chew.It's hard and soft.

"Tell me." The smile on Jiang Ling's face became more obvious, and she knew that Zhou Zhou had given in.

"Your manuscript should be given priority to Guanhai Society. One-fifth of the manuscript fee for your contribution this time will be kept on the newspaper until the novel is finished. If most readers respond well, the newspaper will give it to you." Zhou Zhou thought that this would at least help Guarantee the quality of this article, so that the author will not run away halfway without finishing the update.

Jiang Ling thought for a while, and the first priority was to test her subjective initiative. A fifth of the manuscript fee was equivalent to eighty thousand characters, which was acceptable. Look for suitable houses and shops.

"You are very considerate." Jiang Ling nodded, agreeing.

"Then Miss Jiang, happy cooperation?" Zhou Zhou finally had a smile on his face, and the conversation was finally over.

"It's a happy cooperation, Mr. Zhou. Do I still need to sign with the newspaper office?" Jiang Ling only asked about external news, and she was still curious about the specific internal process.

"That's not necessary. You just need to wait for me to come to you with the prepared contract." Zhou Zhou replied.

"At Xichang Fangkou, the third house from the east of the osmanthus tree, there is a strange stone in front of the door for resting feet. It used to be the former residence of Wang Juren, but now it is the Jiang family." Jiang Ling reported the address to Zhou Zhou, "You are a Gentleman, I just told you the address, otherwise it would be my fault if I disturbed my mother."

"It's an honor to visit, and I dare not disturb you. Don't worry, Ms. Jiang, unless you give me permission, I am the only one who will contact you in the entire Guanhai Club." Zhou Zhou understood Jiang Ling's hint and promised, "Jiang Miss, I took the manuscript away?"

"Just take it with you. The original manuscript is stored here." Jiang Ling pointed to her head. She can write it silently again at any time. This is her confidence.Of course she doesn't have a photographic memory, which is of course the magic of the system.A panel system without any magical functions can only be regarded as a large memo!

"Miss Jiang is really talented. Then I will go first, please wait for the good news." Zhou Zhou only thought that Jiang Ling had a photographic memory and had extraordinary talents.

"Mr. Zhou, walk slowly." Jiang Ling looked at Zhou Zhou's back as he walked away quickly, and shook his head in confusion. Are you in such a hurry?
Jiang Ling pushed open the window, and he could see the Crescent Club from a distance. It turned out that Zhou Zhou often watched his old opponents here on weekdays, knowing his shame and courage while drinking tea?Not only did Jiang Ling laugh out loud, even she herself felt that her thoughts were too strange, and it shouldn't be like this.

After Jiang Ling finished his cup of tea, he also planned to leave, so he asked someone to pay the bill: "Xiao Er."

"Miss, someone has already settled the bill at this table." Xiao Er quickly walked over and explained to her with a smile on her face.

"I see, please let me know." Miss Jiang took out five copper coins and put them on the table, then got up and left.Zhou Zhou should have made the knot before he left, and these five copper coins should be considered as a tip for Xiao Er.Xiao Er's clothes looked decent, but Jiang Ling didn't miss that Xiao Er's inner garment exposed from the cuffs was full of patches, and the life of the lower class people was hard.

Xiao Er picked up the five copper plates on the table and carefully put them into his pocket. The smile on his face became bigger and more real. He said enthusiastically with his loudest voice: "Miss Xie appreciates it, miss is slow!" Let's go, Miss welcomes you next time!"

When Jiang Ling returned home, he found Liuzhi sitting under the apricot tree, and it seemed that he was waiting for her.

"Mother, the weather has turned cold, you should take care of your health." Jiang Ling was a little worried about Liu Zhi's health, and Jiang Wang's departure also made Liu Zhi ill.

"I'm in good health! What do you say?" Liu Zhi asked with concern.

Jiang Ling knew that Liu Zhi was asking about manuscript submission, and there was nothing inconvenient to say, so she answered truthfully: "I submitted the novel to Guanhai Society. Editor Zhou is a capable and good person. I heard that it is possible to submit the novel to Guanhai Society." I'm fighting for the front page."

"That's good. Editor Zhou is a discerning person, and he saw that my family's A Ling is an undiscovered piece of jade. After all, Guanhaishe is an old-fashioned newspaper in Yin County. It would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail. Besides, Guanhai The club is not a chicken, but an eagle. Guanhai Club is good, and you can see people with your eyes." Liuzhi knew that Jiang Ling wanted to vote for the New Moon Club, but she didn't mention the New Moon Club, and only said that the Guanhai Club was good.

"Xiaotian, our family will no longer buy newspapers from the Crescent Club." Liuzhi told Xiaotian who bought newspapers in a loud voice that he would avoid the Crescent Club when buying newspapers in the future.After Jiang's family entered the county, especially because Jiang Ling had the intention of writing and contributing articles, he picked up the habit of buying various newspapers again.Whoever buys it doesn't always buy it.

Liu Zhi also read the newspapers of the New Moon Society, and the stories written on them were quite interesting, but the New Moon Society rejected Jiang Ling, so she would not read the newspapers of the New Moon Society in the future.

Liu Zhi felt that the novels written by her daughter were naturally good, and the Xinyue Society rejected Jiang Ling's submission, because of course the Xinyue Society had no vision.A mother who angered the Crescent Club didn't do anything disrespectful, but it's okay to stop buying newspapers from the Crescent Club, right?
"Mother, you have to buy the newspapers of the New Moon Society. If you know yourself and your enemy, you will never end in a hundred battles." Jiang Ling persuaded, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Jiang Ling knew that when his mother taught Xiaotian and the others how to practice calligraphy, she used an interesting novel by Xinyue Society, saying that it was to increase the fun, and then both the teacher and the literate were fascinated, and they discussed it from time to time. plot.Because the Crescent Club rejected her manuscript, she stopped buying the newspapers of the Crescent Club, so that's really not the case, she's not that stingy.

"Xiaotian, our family, Ah Ling, is a generous person. We will continue to buy newspapers from the Crescent Club in the future. We just need to read them thoroughly and understand them, so that we can better defeat them." Liu Zhi changed his mind.

Xiao Tian, ​​who was sweeping the fallen leaves in the yard, was relieved. To be honest, she was curious about the subsequent development of that novel.When that novel is over, she will state her position again, the novel is not guilty.Oda nodded, expressing that he will definitely next time.

Zhou Zhou on the other side has also returned to Guanhai Club.As soon as he came back, the editor-in-chief Yang Bin greeted him: "How is it? Have you recovered the manuscript?"

At this time, Fang Yuan and Wang Ze, who had been immersed in their work, raised their ears.

Fang Yuan was the editor of Mr. Hu Yuren. After all, Xu Shizhi was gone, and his subordinate Hu Yuren could just take over.

Wang Ze is the editor of Guo Shu, a frequent guest writer on the third edition. Although none of his writers could make the front page, Xu Shizhi let the pigeons go. It's a fight.As long as you have been on the front page once, it will not be difficult to log in again later.He still has to fight for his writers.

"No." Zhou Zhou shook his head.

"Oh, what are you doing back here?" Editor-in-Chief Yang Bin looked at Zhou Zhou full of disgust, "Still hanging around? You're chasing the manuscript!"

"Editor-in-Chief, I found a treasure left in the sea." Zhou Zhou handed over the manuscript written by Jiang Ling.

"What is the legacy of the sea? Can it still beat Xu Shizhi, so that our newspaper office can avoid opening the skylight?" Editor-in-chief Yang Bin took the manuscript dubiously, and he still believed in Zhou Zhou's vision in selecting articles.The novels he likes basically have a group of readers who are particularly sticky.

At the beginning, Yang Bin still read ten lines at a glance, but then slowed down, and then he couldn't help but go back to the front, and read carefully again.

"Okay, okay, okay!" Yang Bin held the manuscript tightly and said three good words, "What's next? Is there any more after? Zhou Jichuan, Zhou Jichuan, I really read you right, given time, this is the next Xu Shizhi! "

Yang Bin didn't feel bored looking at Zhou Zhou anymore, he just felt that Zhou Zhou was attractive again.

The editor-in-chief Yang Bin's evaluation made Fang Yuan and Wang Ze very curious about the treasures that Zhou Zhou found. What kind of article can afford the three good words of the editor-in-chief?At the same time, they were also very jealous of Zhou Zhou's luck. After leaving Xu Shizhi, another talent who can match Xu Shizhi came?
"The following author hasn't written it yet, but the author already has a complete idea. Editor-in-Chief, what do you think of putting this article on the front page?" Zhou Zhou said directly.

"A newcomer..." Yang Bin hesitated. He didn't know whether Zhou Zhou really wanted to praise the author or had a grudge against the author. It was a gamble to ask a newcomer to take on this important task.

Fang Yuan and Wang Ze couldn't sit still. They couldn't understand the editor-in-chief very well. If the editor-in-chief hesitated, it meant there was something going on.

Damn it, what charm is there in the manuscript brought by Zhou Zhou that the editor-in-chief favors it so much?
"Editor, I don't think so."

"The editor-in-chief is not allowed!"

The voices of Fang Yuan and Wang Ze overlapped.They glanced at each other, confirmed their eyes, and united front.

The manuscript in the editor's hand sounds like a long story, so will Hu Yuren's new article under Fang Yuan stay in the second edition?
The front page opportunity is rare, Xu Shizhi and Wang Ze are convinced, and Hu Yuren can't compete, how dare a small newcomer compete with his author?The co-authored front page was contracted by Zhou Zhou, right?Always his author.It is simply unreasonable!

　1. "Dream of Red Mansions" by Qing Cao Xueqin

　　 2. "Sun Tzu's Art of War"

　　
　
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