After rebirth, I became a great writer

Chapter 6 The cautious Xi Mingjue

"The world is in a panic, but only a few taels of silver can be broken. But these few taels of silver can solve the world's countless sorrows. These 200,000 have really affected my coding progress."

Chen Tianhong stopped typing while mumbling, and looked at the time. It was already 5 p.m.. Today, he had not coded as much as yesterday, only just over 40,000 words, but it was not bad.

Chen Tianhong thought about it and decided to upload 10,000 words today and keep the rest as a manuscript. He will go to school tomorrow and he will study hard to see if he can get into a good university and save money.

His mother, Liu Yanhong, always nags him.

When uploading the latest chapter of the novel, he saw another private message from Li Man.

"How persistent!"

The more persistent Chen Tianhong became, the more he didn't believe it. How could anyone just come up and ask for 200,000 yuan? Even though Chen Tianhong knew the value of the novel "The Best of Us" he wrote, he never heard that it was discussed in this way from the beginning.

This was something Chen Tianhong suffered in his previous life. When he first entered the industry, he met a man who poached people and collected articles. He praised Chen Tianhong for a while and offered conditions that were even worse than Li Man. At that time, Chen Tianhong was just a novice.

He didn't understand anything and foolishly thought he had met a noble person, and then his heart fell in love, and then the article he had worked so hard to code was gone.

Just after publishing the chapter, Chen Tianhong heard the sound of the door opening. It was his parents who were back.

"Chen Tianhong, stop tinkering with the computer in the house and come out to eat."

As soon as she entered the house, Liu Yanhong shouted loudly. Although she was still a little dissatisfied with her son, it did not hinder her love for her son. Liu Yanhong was afraid that Chen Tianhong would not eat well during her absence in the past two days, so she bought some on the way back.

There are a lot of delicious food, all of which Chen Tianhong likes to eat.

"Thank you, Mom! I love you so much."

Chen Tianhong saw the big and small bags in his parents' hands filled with delicious food, and his eyes instantly lit up with a hungry green light.

"Go, turn off the computer before eating, and you are not allowed to play on the computer or read novels tonight. After dinner, you can honestly review your homework for me."

Liu Yanhong put her hands together to block her son, raised her eyebrows and stated her conditions.

"Fine."

Chen Tianhong reluctantly went back to his room and turned off the computer. As the saying goes, he who knows how to eat is a hero, he should fill his stomach first before talking about anything else.

Dad Chen Zhide asked kindly: "Tianhong, how is the novel going? Don't be discouraged. You still need to study hard and enrich your knowledge. Only by laying a solid foundation can you write good articles.

novel."

Chen Zhide's first sentence was to ask, and then he didn't even wait for Chen Tianhong to speak, and just took care of himself.

"Dad, Mom, my novels have been very successful. Someone from a publishing house just came to me and offered to buy out my novels with an investment of 200,000 yuan."

Chen Tianhong Regardless of whether Li Man is a liar or not, it is still quite interesting to pretend to be a little bit in front of his parents.

Hearing his son's words, Chen Zhide and Liu Yanhong looked at each other, with distress in their eyes. Their son was writing a novel and had an illusion, 200,000. Chen Zhide is a university teacher, and his annual income is not low, plus the year-end

The prize is only over 300,000 yuan.

"Tianhong, eat, eat more. Mom won't tell you anymore. If you like to read novels, just read them. Just be careful about moderation." Liu Yanhong handed the delicious food to Chen Tianhong.

"Don't play for too long, pay more attention to rest." Dad Chen Zhide said.

"Um, what's going on? I'm telling the truth!" Chen Tianhong had a question mark on his head.

Early on Monday morning, Liu Yong gently knocked on the editor-in-chief’s door in the office building of Jincheng Literature Network.

"Come in." A dull voice came.

Liu Yong straightened his clothes, tried hard to hold back his fat belly, carefully opened the door and walked in.

What you see is a spotless office. The indoor items are placed in an orderly manner, and even the directions of the items are symmetrical and regular.

Editor-in-chief Ding Senlei is sitting upright, staring at the computer screen meticulously. There is a cup of coffee on his right hand. If there are people here who are proficient in calculations, they will notice that the position of the cup of coffee is exactly 10 centimeters from Ding Senlei's arm.

The distance is exactly the same.

"Editor-in-Chief."

Liu Yong shouted softly. This office was the last place Liu Yong wanted to come to. Every time he came, he felt extremely depressed. Because Ding Senlei was a severe mysophobia patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder, and he was very demanding.

"What's the matter? Wait a minute. Your collar is wrinkled. Let's straighten it out."

Ding Senlei raised his head and glanced at Liu Yong, then frowned, as if he had discovered something that disgusted him.

Liu Yong hurriedly straightened his collar, and when he saw that Ding Senlei's face improved, he said: "Editor-in-Chief, I would like to recommend a new book called "The Best of Us". It has now ranked third on the new book list.

Yes, I think I can give you a 4-star contract."

The levels of contracted authors are divided into 1-5 stars, with 5 stars being the highest. Of course, there is also a great sign on it. The contract terms corresponding to each level are different, and the benefits the authors receive are also different.

"Why not ask the editor in charge to recommend it."

Liu Yong is just a review editor. For general novel signings, it is the responsibility of the editor to determine the star rating of the author.

Hearing Ding Senlei's question, Liu Yong looked troubled. He asked, but the editor in charge of youth literature was busy with Xi Mingjue and had no time to listen to him. Instead, he left the matter to his assistant to handle.

There are also several small editors under the editor-in-chief. However, the small editors do not have much power and can only finalize 1-2 stars. If it is above 3 stars, the editor-in-chief must nod, and if it is signed by the chief editor, the editor-in-chief and the editor-in-chief must agree.

"Okay, I understand. You can go out. I read the book you mentioned. 4 stars is a bit low. You can consider giving it 5 stars. I will tell Luo Dong about this. You can go and do your work first.

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Ding Senlei understood Liu Yong's dilemma, and he waved his hand to indicate that Liu Yong could go out. Ding Senlei didn't like others staying in his office for too long, as it would ruin the cleanliness of his office.

"Five stars, so high. This is equivalent to reaching the sky in one step for a new author. The entire Jincheng Literature Network has only more than 100 5-star authors." Liu Yong secretly smacked his tongue. It seems that he still underestimated this book.

The potential of fiction.

After Liu Yong left, Ding Senlei picked up the office phone and said, "Hey, this is Luo Dong. There is something. There is a new book on the website called "The Best of Us". You can talk to the author and try to sign him.

, it is best for the copyright of the work to be bought out.

The star rating for the author's contract is based on the 5-star standard. You also need to check with the publishing house. No share will be given for the publication of the novel for the time being. If the author is not willing, we can negotiate again, and the maximum can be 5%."

"The best of us, new book? New author?"

In the reception room, editor-in-chief Luo Dong put down his mobile phone a little dull. The editor-in-chief called him personally and asked him to sign a new author, and he also wanted to give 5 stars to sign the contract. What made him even more incredible was that the editor-in-chief meant that if he could not sign,

You can also consider giving a share of publishing. This has never been seen in Luo Dong's career in the industry. At this moment, he secretly speculated on the origin of the author of this novel.

"Editor Luo, what's wrong?"

A feminine voice came, but it was a very handsome boy.

Yes, this boy is very beautiful, with a pair of mist-like eyes, lips as small as cherry blossoms, and skin as delicate as porcelain. If he hadn't seen the bulging Adam's apple, anyone would have thought he was a girl.

"Sorry, I was distracted. I just got a call from the editor-in-chief, saying that he wanted me to sign a new author, which was a bit surprising. He said that he wanted to sign a contract with 5 stars."

Luo Dong came back to his senses, looked apologetic, and casually explained the reason why he was distracted.

This pretty boy is no ordinary person. He is a great author of Jincheng Literature Network and one of the four pillars of youth literature on the website. Xiang Anruo, whose pen name is Xi Mingjue.

Xi Mingjue is here to renew his contract today. The master's contract is signed every three years and it just expired today. By the way, he was talking about the adaptation of the novel "Youth Chasing Dreams", which will be made into a TV series.

"Five stars? Editor Luo, if I remember correctly, it was only 3 stars when I signed the contract with our website. What is the author's name and what is the title of the book?"

When Xi Mingjue heard that a new author website was going to sign a contract with 5 stars, his mood suddenly became a bit unpleasant.

He can be regarded as a great writer trained by Jincheng Literature Network, and he has grown from a newcomer to a great writer step by step.

Of course, with Xi Mingjue's current status, a 5-star writer cannot be compared with him. Although there is only one level difference between a 5-star writer and a great god, the gap between this level is as vast as the world.

Hearing the tone of Xi Mingjue's words, Luo Dong knew that he had said the wrong thing. This great master was famous for being narrow-minded in the industry. He didn't know if it was because of the literary scorn.

Anyway, this guy has always been very arrogant, and what this great guy cares about most is that when he was a newcomer, the website gave him 3 stars when he signed the author contract.

"The book is called The Best of Us."

Since the master asked, it shouldn’t be a big deal to give me a book title!

At this time, Luo Dong finally remembered that Liu Yong had told him about this matter in the morning. However, he was busy at that time to entertain Xi Mingjue to discuss signing a contract, so he left this matter to the editor below.

""The Best of Us", haha, that water-letter maniac! When did our website sign a contract with the author's star rating based on the number of words? Could it be that just a little cat and a shrimp who adds water and words to the novel without any brain can get the contract?

There is no fair mechanism at all. Why is the website like this now? Editor Luo, I will reconsider whether to renew the contract with Jincheng."

How did Luo Dong know that Xi Mingjue really knew this book? It was okay if he didn't mention the title of the book, but Xi Mingjue became even more angry when he mentioned the title.

The reason is that in the past two days, fans have been overwhelmingly criticizing him in the book reviews. They said that if you look at the author of "The Best of Us", he will update tens of thousands of words at a time, and at least 10,000 words will be fixed every day, and then look at "Dream Chasing Youth"

Only one update a day, only a few thousand words.

If this is just a reminder to return the update, some radical readers even say that "Chasing Youth" is not as good as "The Best of Us".

This made the always proud Xi Mingjue break his guard and went to take a look. Of course, he looked at it with colored glasses. The result was no doubt. He looked at it with the eye of looking for problems. The highlight was definitely the look.

Not available.

This is also true, Xi Mingjue couldn't stand it after reading a few chapters.

What? The storyline is so fragmented and cumbersome, and the writing style is just like that. There are occasionally a few good sentences that are okay, but they are much worse than his "Youth Chasing Dreams". How can this be compared with him?

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"No, Brother Xiang. I will have a good communication with the editor later. If the novel is really watery, we will definitely not sign a contract with such an author."

When Luo Dong heard that Xi Mingjue was not renewing his contract, he immediately became anxious. He regretted saying this so casually, and now he really wanted to slap himself.

"Haha, that's not necessary. Who am I? How can I care about a newbie? Doesn't the website have a contract review process? Let me make a suggestion. Editor Luo, you should review it carefully. 5-star authors are not just casual

You can sign it. Okay, let’s talk about the TV series adaptation.”

Xi Mingjue was very satisfied with Luo Dong's attitude. In fact, he was just trying to scare Luo Dong. The treatment offered by Jincheng Literature Network was very generous and he would not leave easily.

Luo Dong was smiling all over his face, but he was complaining in his heart. You are so generous. A great master is competing with a new author. I have never seen such a narrow-minded person.

(End of chapter)