After rebirth, I became a great writer

Chapter 7 Finalizing the Signing

After returning home from school at noon and having dinner, Chen Tianhong turned on the computer and skillfully found the saved manuscript, directly copied and pasted 10,000 words, clicked upload, and done! Having saved manuscripts is self-willed.

After uploading the latest chapter of the novel, Chen Tianhong stopped looking at the work data and planned to take a nap before going to school. At this time, a message from the writer prompted him to sit down again.

"Dear author, hello, your work "The Best of Us" has been submitted for signing by the first editorial team of the youth literature category. If you are willing to sign, please add editor Luo Dong, TT number: to discuss specific work signing matters."

I finally came to Zhanzuo. Although I knew in my heart that the contract signing would come sooner or later, as an author, I was still very excited every time I saw the contract signing.

Chen Tianhong immediately logged into the TT account and submitted a friend application. The TT account is a chat tool of Xunteng Company, which is similar to QQ on Earth in his previous life.

Xunteng Company is similar to Tencent in the previous life. Of course, the boss is no longer from the Lao Ma family, but has the same surname as Chen Tianhong. Maybe it was still the same family 500 years ago.

The news that the application was approved came within a few minutes.

"Hello, are you the author of "The Best of Us"?"

"It's me, hello, editor-in-chief!"

Chen Tianhong speaks very politely. This is due to the influence of his previous life. Authors naturally treat their editors as leaders, except for great authors of course.

"Hello, that's it. Your work has been reviewed by our editorial team and it is determined to have met the contract standards. Hey, are you a student?"

Luo Dong here saw the personal information of Chen Tianhong's TT number and asked uncertainly.

Centen’s TT account requires information authentication, including age, occupation, home address, etc. This is to prevent criminals from deceiving you. As long as your personal information is not hidden, others can see it. Chen Tianhong’s authentication information is

Senior high school student.

In fact, Luo Dong didn't know the specific situation of Chen Tianhong. If Liu Yong and editor-in-chief Ding Senlei hadn't told him, he wouldn't have known about the novel "The Best of Us".

This is a bit incompetent for a professional editor, but it is not his fault. Luo Dong took a break this weekend and did not pay attention to the website. Today, he is dealing with the signing of Xi Mingjue. He has only had a little time until now.

"Yes, what's wrong? Can't students write novels?"

"That's not true, but there are restrictions when students sign contracts. Let's do this. If you agree, we would like to directly buy out your work for 50 per thousand words. This is a very generous condition."

After Luo Dong confirmed that Chen Tianhong was a student, his interest was no longer that great.

This is the default in the Internet literary world or the entire industry. Very few websites will give a student a good signing package. This is not discrimination, but students generally update unstablely, and are affected by their own knowledge and experience.

The novels you publish will not be popular.

Of course, there will be some cases, but basically one book is good, and then it will be forgotten by everyone. For websites, if students write articles well, they will directly buy out the works instead of spending efforts to cultivate an unstable one.

students, it is better to train adults who can write articles full-time.

"It's possible that the editor-in-chief doesn't know that the author is a student. Even if WestMG didn't say it, I don't want to give it 5 stars. But the fact that the boss can give 5 stars proves that the work is not bad. Let's just buy it out. 50 for a thousand words."

It’s pretty good for a newcomer.”

This is what Luo Dong is thinking.

And here Chen Tianhong's nose is almost crooked with anger. Who are you looking down on? Even the novel website he wrote in his previous life bought out at 80 per thousand words.

Really selling the work according to the 50 per thousand words, "The Best of Us" has been updated to nearly 80,000 words, and the entire novel is only about 400,000 words. It is equivalent to Chen Tianhong selling the entire novel for only 20,000 yuan. Of course, this is

It is indeed a huge sum of money for an author who has just written a book, especially a student.

But Chen Tianhong is not a novice who doesn’t know anything. How could he not know how valuable this book is in youth literature? Why bother? He sold Geng Geng Yuhuai for 20,000 yuan. I guess if people in his previous life knew about it, he would be able to survive.

He was scolded to death.

"goodbye."

Chen Tianhong replied with these two words to Luo Dong, and this young master no longer wanted to serve him. As the saying goes, if one website is not enough, he will have to change it. He has many choices.

Luo Dong on the other side was also very happy. If you are not satisfied, you can talk about it again. Just reply goodbye? He is really young, frivolous and arrogant. He has seen many authors, but this is the first time he has seen such an arrogant new author.

Do you think you are Ximingjue? If you are, then I beg you to sign the contract. A newcomer must have the consciousness of a newcomer.

Luo Dong is also a person with a temper. Originally, he was not in a good mood when he tried to apologize to Xi Mingjue today. He was still getting used to being slapped by a newcomer. I don’t care if you are greeted by the editor-in-chief. In the industry, everything

Follow the rules.

After changing the website again, Chen Tianhong angrily began to look for other websites and planned to post again.

"Ding ding."

At this time, the private message reminder came again, but it was not from Luo Dong, but from Li Man, who Chen Tianhong thought was a liar. Now, apart from the messages sent by the website, the only messages Chen Tianhong could receive were the people he followed.

After thinking about it, he still replied with a message. What if it is true? Even if he is a liar, he is still a liar with vision, at least better than Luo Dong. This is Chen Tianhong's inner thought at this moment.

"This Hongwen can't be the old author who changed his account? I sent him so many messages but didn't get back a single one."

In Qingcheng Publishing House, Li Man refreshed the background over and over again. It has been two days, and she has sent 80 private messages to Hongwen, if not 100. Unfortunately, she has not received any reply so far.

"Dong dong."

There was a knock at the door, and Li Man anxiously said, "Please come in."

In response, a young girl wearing a pink uniform walked in. This was Li Man's secretary Xiao Tang. She saw that the boss's face was a little bad, and she was a little hesitant about what to say next.

"What's the matter?" Seeing the secretary's hesitant look, Li Man's heart sank.

"Boss, the sales of the novels we publish are not very good, especially the Manman Literary Weekly, which only sold more than 6,000 copies last month. Many bookstores are not willing to carry our books anymore, saying they want to unsubscribe. Still.

Several contracted writers have asked for an increase in manuscript fees, otherwise they will not serialize novels. Look, boss."

Secretary Xiao Tang said cautiously.

"Let's go, go, let's go, a bunch of unfamiliar wolves. Who discovered them in the first place? The company has spent so much effort to train them. Now that they are somewhat famous, they have to negotiate the price with the company."

Li Man's pretty face turned red with anger, and she wanted to bite those heartless authors into pieces.

"Boss, then, how many copies will we print for the next issue?"

"Forget it, don't print the next issue yet."

Like a deflated rubber ball, Li Man instantly lost his energy. If there is no good content, it cannot be printed and sold. It is a waste of money. Now the company cannot afford any failure.

"Okay, boss, I'll go out and get busy first. Please pay more attention to your health."

Seeing Li Man's condition, Xiao Tang couldn't bear it, but the company's affairs were not something that she, a little secretary, could handle.

To be honest, she admires Li Man very much. She sees how difficult it is for a woman to be the boss of a company.

Although the boss Li Man sometimes has a bad temper, he never owed them their wages even when the company was in difficulty. In order to pay them wages, Li Man even sold all his cars.

"I know, thank you, Xiao Tang, please go out first."

It has been three years since Li Man left the family. Only she knows how much hardship she has endured in the past three years.

Is it really necessary to give up? It is so difficult for women to have a career.

"Hello, I am Hongwen, the author of the novel "The Best of Us"."

At this time, a message came into Li Man's eyes, and the author finally replied.

"Hello, hello, can we add your contact information and talk in detail? What's your phone number, or your TT number?"

"My TT number is"

Li Man hurriedly added it, and after adding it, she was surprised to find that the author was actually a student, but Li Man didn't care about this.

"Hello Hongwen, let me introduce you formally. I am Li Man, the editor-in-chief of Qingcheng Publishing House. I want to directly buy out your novel, including serialization, publishing and film and television adaptation. The authorship rights are still in your hands. Here are the preliminary steps.

I can give you 200,000 yuan. If you can send me the follow-up manuscript now, I can take a look at the work again and the price can be negotiated."

Li Man dismissed Chen Tianhong with very favorable conditions as soon as she came up. She did not try to lower the price because Chen Tianhong was a student and she thought he was not experienced in the world.

The price offered by Li Man is really a sky-high price for a new author. Li Man is not stupid, even though her vision is less sharp than some experienced editors in the industry.

But in the past two days, she has been paying attention to the progress of the novel "The Best of Us". From the perspective of the subsequent plot, the ranking data on Jincheng.com, and the audience of fans, buying all the copyrights for 200,000 yuan is definitely not a loss.

"Forget it if you buy it out. I don't have this idea for the time being. I can consider the share of the website contract signing."

"If you sign a contract with us, the industry default is that the website author's income will be divided into 55%. I can give you 7%. This is a contract signed by a master. If the novel is serialized and published, the maximum divided share can be given to you up to 8%.

But Hongwen, I won’t hide it from you. Our website has little traffic right now, and it will take some time for the novel to be published before you can get profit sharing. I still recommend that you choose to buy out the contract, or you can come to the publishing house and we will meet to discuss it in detail."

What Li Man said is very true. At present, the readership of Qingcheng Literature Network is very small, and there are only dozens of contracted authors, none of which are famous. Strictly speaking, it is only the same as the 2 in Jincheng Literature Network.

-The level of 3-star authors is about the same. Currently, Li Man is mainly engaged in the publishing of novels.

Chen Tianhong was still somewhat moved by Li Man's words, and he was now basically certain that Li Man was not a liar.

After thinking about it, Chen Tianhong decided to sign a novel serialization contract. The share of the novel publishing given by Li Man was also very considerable. He was not in a hurry to ask for money. A student had nowhere to spend so much money. As for the website's small traffic, the novel publishing

Chen Tianhong is not worried at all about how many people will buy it. He has absolute confidence.

Of course, other copyrights must not be sold, especially the film and television adaptation rights of "The Best of Us". He also hopes to adapt the script and select actors in the future.

"I'd better sign the website sharing and novel publishing contract, but I only sign it for this book, not for myself. After this book is updated, my other works can be published on other websites.

Also, I am a student now, so I may not be able to go to your publishing house to sign the contract, so I have to trouble you to come. My home is in Jinling City."

Chen Tianhong stated his request.

Website signing is divided into two types: work signing and author signing. Work signing means only signing works under the author's name, which can be one or more.

The authors of other unsigned works have the right to publish them on other websites, while the author signed means that all works under the author's name within the contract period can only be published on the home website.

The current mainstream signings are basically the second type, because the work signing does not provide any author benefits, such as insurance, guaranteed salary, etc., only a share of the work. The author signing has more benefits, and the salary is also guaranteed.

Of course, this is only relative. For example, some great authors are willing to choose a work signature, so that they are not bound and can leave and change places at any time.

From the bottom of his heart, Chen Tianhong still wanted to sign a contract with a website as big as Jincheng. After all, it had more guarantees and advantages. But after being tricked by Luo Dong, it didn't matter if he simply signed with Qingcheng. After all, the first book was to test the waters in this world.

"Only the works will be signed. Yes, but our publisher will have priority in selecting your subsequent books, okay? Of course, if you feel that it does not meet your expectations, you can choose other websites."

Li Man now really doubts whether Chen Tianhong is a newbie. He doesn't look like a student at all. He has thought too carefully. Li Man originally thought that if he couldn't buy it out, he would just sign someone and train him slowly for two years. She

It can be seen that Chen Tianhong is very talented.

"That's no problem." Chen Tianhong agreed readily.

"Okay, I'll fly to Jinling in the afternoon. It only takes 2 hours. I'll contact you then."

Li Man was very anxious and wanted to quickly sign a contract to publish novels and save the company. To be honest, Li Man was not very sure, but he would definitely be better than those previously published novels. After all, the quality of novels is here. The company has reached this point.

, how much worse could it be.

Chen Tianhong was also shocked by Li Man's vigorous and resolute style. He wanted to sign the contract today because he was afraid that he would run away!

"Okay, but you should come when I'm out of school. We finish school at 6 o'clock."

In this world, it is purely voluntary for senior high school students to study in the evening, and the school does not force them. This is because many students hire tutors at home. Of course, Chen Tianhong did not hire a tutor. His father is a university teacher, so there is no need for one.

Chen Tianhong spent the whole afternoon happily. Anyway, the first novel was finally completed, and this first step was taken.

When you are in a good mood, you will be motivated to do things. Chen Tianhong not only listened carefully but also spoke enthusiastically during class in the afternoon. The teachers were all wondering why this usually inconspicuous student suddenly changed his gender. Even Liu Yifei looked at him in surprise several times.

gaze.

At a quarter past 6, the bell rang on time. Chen Tianhong got up and left with his backpack. He found a quiet cafe not far from Zhenhua Middle School, and then sent the location to Li Man, who also sent him the location not long ago.

The news said that it had arrived in Jinling.

Before waiting for too long, a short-haired woman hurriedly walked over to Chen Tianhong's table. The woman was very young and looked like she was in her 20s. She had a standard oval face and wore a light black work uniform suit, which was perfectly outlined.

Showing his tall figure.

This is Li Man who came from Kyoto. Originally, she could arrange for her subordinates to come over for this matter, but this matter may be related to the life and death of the company, so she came over in person. She also wanted to read the author of the book and asked Chen Tianhong

Somewhat curious.

When Li Man saw the word Zhenhua on the chest of Chen Tianhong's school uniform, she was sure that "The Best of Us" was indeed written by the young boy in front of her.

Sure enough, the novel still comes from life. No wonder the style of this book is different from the current popular youth novels. No novel will focus on describing the trivial matters of student days, but it can be explained by the fact that the author is a student. After all, who else can be better than a student?

Learn more about their own high school lives.

"Hello, I'm Li Man. I didn't expect you to be a student with a bright future! This is a contract. Please check it first to see if there are any problems."

Li Man briefly introduced himself, then took out two printed contracts from his bag and handed them to Chen Tianhong.

Chen Tianhong took the contract and read it carefully from beginning to end, and found that it was basically in accordance with his requirements. It was quite reliable, and Chen Tianhong took out his pen and signed his name directly without hesitation.

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