That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 44 Chatting with him for three days and three nights (please vote for the third update)

In the end, Li Ye did not become "Shuo Ye". He single-handedly broke the shackles of the industry on the spot and set a pioneering precedent for the majority of literary workers to obtain "remuneration for each printing".

But after several arguments with Blue Ocean Publishing House, he finally cracked a gap in the contract and added an additional clause that seemed unachievable.

[This novel has a print run of more than 50 copies. According to relevant regulations, the author will be paid a basic royalties of 5% for every [-] copies. 】

A print run of 50 copies would be nothing a few decades later, but in the early 80s, for a new writer, it could be said to be an astronomical figure.

"Legends of Modern and Ancient Times", founded in 81, has sold more than 270 million copies in five years, ranking first among literary publications.

But it is a periodical, and the circulation of each issue is less than [-] copies. This is still a high sales volume brought about by word-of-mouth fermentation for several consecutive years.

At that time, many novels had only a few thousand copies per edition, and only a few had tens of thousands of copies.

As for the phenomenon of "Fortress Besieged" being republished and selling over a million copies within ten years, no one thinks it can compare to Li Ye.

Who is the author of "Fortress Besieged"?Who are you, Li Ye?
Li Yeyi is a newcomer, no matter how good the content of "Latent" is, can it compare with the classic "Besieged"?Wanting to exceed the sales volume of 50 copies is tantamount to wishful thinking.

Of course, Blue Ocean Publishing House also made a calculation, and the price of a novel is close to two yuan.

Even if Li Ye becomes a huge hit and exceeds the sales volume of 50 copies, their income will reach 70 million yuan.
At that time, even if other colleagues accuse Lan Hai of breaking the rules, Lan Hai will be able to come up with an irrefutable reason - if you want to accuse me, you can print 50 copies first.

Well, that’s what Dong Yuejin told Geng Zhi from Dahe Publishing House.

Geng Zhi followed the whole process of Dong Yuejin and Li Ye's tug-of-war, and kept trying to cut them off halfway.

But it is a pity that he did not have the responsibility of Dong Yuejin, and Dahe Publishing House behind him did not have the courage of Blue Ocean Publishing House. In the end, not only did Li Ye fail to be impressed, but Dong Yuejin, who was stimulated, worked hard and signed the contract "on impulse" Exceptions to contracts.

So when Li Ye went to the station to say goodbye to Dong Yuejin, the latter held Li Ye's hand tightly and said: "Classmate Li Ye, we are now grasshoppers on the same line. If you become famous, I will definitely take advantage of it. If you become famous, I will definitely take advantage of it." .well."

Li Ye was also a little embarrassed. To be honest, Dong Yuejin was not a bad person and he was the kind of person worth getting to know.

So Li Ye said: "If this book doesn't become popular, I will write another one for you, for a friendly price."

"Write another one?"

Dong Yuejin instantly became interested and asked: "Do you have an idea now? What type?"

[I have more ideas. 】

Li Ye thought for a while and asked Dong Yuejin: "What type of novel do you want? History, romance, science fiction. I can do it all."

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Dong Yuejin didn't know how to answer the question. If he hadn't become familiar with Li Ye's "arrogance" these days, he would have spat in his face on the spot.

What kind of novels do we want, historical romance, science fiction, you think you are a chameleon!Just by shaking your head and brain, can you change your skin?

But Dong Yuejin finally said: "Martial arts is more popular now, can you write about it?"

Li Ye pursed his lips and said, "I'm really not good at martial arts."

Dong Yuejin's eyes clicked, with an expression that said, "I'll expose your braggadocio before I expose it."

Li Ye is really not good at martial arts, because when he was writing online articles to sweep the rankings, martial arts had already declined.

Times are advancing, and so are readers' tastes.

You, Guo Jing, have pretended to be better, so you can let Yang Guo pretend again, but if you let Xiao Yan do the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms again, is the force value still high enough?That must destroy the world!

The development process of popular novels is a drama of later waves catching up with previous ones. No matter how classic a masterpiece, there are times when it makes readers numb and tired.

"There's still some time before departure, let's talk about history!"

Dong Yue still saved face for Li Ye and changed the topic.

"I see that some martial arts novels on Hong Kong Island are related to history. The author will use the historical background to promote the feelings of family and country.

I read a sentence at that time, 'A great chivalrous person serves the country and the people', which was very touching."

Li Ye: [The current situation is not suitable for talking about "Xun Qin Ji"! 】

Listening to Dong Yuejin's talk, Li Ye thought about a suitable work and finally chose a more meaningful novel - "Flying in the New Wind".

"As for history, I have an idea for the time being," Li Ye asked Dong Yuejin: "Editor Dong, do you know about the Battle of Talas?"

"The Battle of Talas?"

Dong Yuejin recalled it carefully and shook his head slowly.

Li Ye explained patiently: "The Battle of Talas was an encounter between the Tang Empire and the Arabian Empire, which were also at their peak in AD 751, during their respective expansions. It was the first battle between the East and the West at that time. A massive collision between great empires"

The story of "Shuo Feng Fei Yang" is actually not complicated. It is that the descendants of the losers of the Xuanwumen Revolution were expelled and exiled to the west of Congling, and then participated in the famous Battle of Talos.

If it simply describes the war, Li Ye doesn't highly recommend this novel.

But after the Tang Dynasty's power receded from the Western Regions, the male protagonist still led the remnants of the Tang Dynasty to fight, allowing the flag of the Tang Dynasty to still fly in the surrounded Western Regions for decades.The story of the lonely army in the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty is a bitter tragedy, but it is also an epic worth remembering forever by the descendants of the Tang Dynasty.

However, Dong Yuejin was not much touched after listening to Li Ye's narrative.

He asked Li Ye: "If you write a novel based on this idea, what do you want to express?"

Li Ye stretched out his finger and pointed solemnly at the land under his feet.

“I want to do my part to let more people understand how powerful this land once was.”

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Dong Yuejin was suddenly stunned, as if something flashed through his mind.

Li Ye asked: "Editor Dong, have you ever had any experience with imported goods? Is it easy to use?"

Dong Yuejin nodded: "I've had contact with it, it's easy to use."

Li Ye asked again: "Editor Dong, do you know that it is popular to go abroad?"

Dong Yuejin nodded again: "I know, now a quota to study abroad can turn husbands and wives against each other and brothers against each other."

Li Ye asked again: "Editor Dong, do you think the west is better, or our land?"

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Dong Yuejin said nothing.

Li Ye asked again: "Editor Dong, do you think that as our contact with the outside world increases, will the people's confidence in our land increase or decrease?"

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Dong Yuejin didn't know how to answer.

Because the island city where he is located is a port city, it has far more contact with the outside world than the mainland.

Nowadays, people who have seen the West almost all believe that the West is better, and looking at this trend, this awareness will become stronger in the future.

Even Dong Yuejin himself believed that the West at this moment was superior to his own side in all aspects.

This kind of awareness is still being hidden and hidden by others, but it can be predicted that in the near future, it will become openly and widely used.

"Li Ye, what exactly do you want to say?"

Li Ye lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said seriously: "I want to say that in the next period of time, we may be subject to strong ideological impact.
Many people will despise the land under our feet, despise our ancestors and glory, and think that this nation that has nourished us for thousands of years is backward and useless."

What Li Ye said is true.

In his previous life, the phenomenon of worshiping sheep and favoring foreigners lasted for a long time.

But decades later, when the most powerful bipolar forces on the planet began to "challenge" again, Li Ye and others suddenly discovered that the Dragon Kingdom was still so great and powerful.

It can be said that because of his advanced vision and experience, Li Ye has completely different vision and views from people of this generation.

Li Ye looked up at Dong Yuejin and chuckled: "Actually, my original intention of writing novels was for money, but I still want to make some meaningful contributions while making money."

"Our nation has been standing on top of the world for thousands of years, with power radiating thousands of miles away. Now it is just a short period of silence and decline,"

“I believe that an excellent author has the responsibility and obligation to promote the history and culture of our nation and let readers know how powerful we were.

Let readers feel proud of their identity as descendants of dragons, instead of feeling disgusted and sad. "

This is Li Ye's personal thought.

No matter how outrageous or weird the Internet articles of later generations are, most of them will adhere to one belief - we are powerful, we are awesome, and we have great hope.

It is true that there are sufferings of one kind or another in life, but instead of seizing on those sufferings and feeling sorry for yourself, why not run towards beauty?
Although everyone knows that they are not Long Aotian, no one wants to live like Xu Fugui.

Looking at the confused Dong Yuejin, Li Ye, who had written millions of words of novels, felt that his vocabulary accumulation was so lacking that he could not express his beliefs clearly to the other party.

But Dong Yuejin felt Li Ye's emotions and had obvious ideological resonance.

Cultural people are very emotional.

He grabbed Li Ye's hand and pulled him outside the station.

"Hey, Editor Dong, where are you going? The car is about to leave."

"I'm not leaving. I have to talk to you for three days and three nights."

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Dong Yuejin really chatted with Li Ye for three days and three nights, so much so that Li Ye was a little scared - I won't give birth to a XX fighter, right?
(End of this chapter)