The next day, March 4, Lin Shangzhou carried his satchel with the manuscript he had written early in the morning, took a portable typewriter and rode a bicycle to the newspaper office.

The deputy editor-in-chief was a little surprised by Lin Shangzhou's arrival, he thought he would have to wait a few days, but he didn't expect it to be completed in a week, he took the manuscript from Lin Shangzhou's hand and looked at a few sheets cursorely, and nodded with satisfaction.

"Very good, by the way, Fritz, what are you going to use under your

pen name?" "Pen name?"

Lin Shangzhou was stunned for a moment, and then reacted that he was publishing a novel, and he was the author, so he either used his own name or a pen name.

"Pseudonym, deputy editor-in-chief, please let me think about it. "

It's okay, there's plenty of time, you want a pen name that you're happy with." The

deputy editor-in-chief sorted out the manuscript paper and put them on the table, quietly waiting for Lin Shangzhou to answer.

He didn't think about it for too long, and a pen name didn't need to be thought through.

"Deputy editor-in-chief, my pen name is Phil, a combination of part of my first name and part of my last name.

"Well, I see, you go to work, I'll take care of the printing and publishing matters later." The

deputy editor-in-chief nodded, and wrote the word "Phil" on the manuscript paper.

Lin Shangzhou did not turn around and leave, but said

to the deputy editor-in-chief: "Deputy editor-in-chief, I met Goebbels last night, and after talking to him, I decided to teach him how to create like me, because I am far away from his home, so I hope to teach him during working hours, do you agree?"

The

deputy editor-in-chief nodded briskly, although he didn't expect to let Lin Shangzhou teach Goebbels, but this kind of good thing was exactly what he expected, how could he not agree?"

After thanking him, Lin Shangzhou turned around and was about to leave, when the deputy editor-in-chief thought of the matter of revenue sharing, so he hurriedly stopped Lin Shangzhou.

"How about the proceeds from this novel, which are collected by the society for printing and promotion, as well as a part of the taxes paid, and then all the proceeds go to you?"

Lin Shangzhou turned around and looked at the deputy editor-in-chief unexpectedly, he didn't expect that the newspaper would only charge fees for printing and promotion, and the part of paying taxes would not be counted, and it would eventually be handed over to the tax bureau, so he naturally agreed, but the fundamental purpose of his writing the book was not to make money for himself, but to improve the newspaper's income and expenditure, and he also had a good impression of this newspaper, so he nodded and said:

" Of course, but I am personally willing to give 60 percent of it to the newspaper, after all, the fundamental purpose of my book is not to make money, but to improve the newspaper's income.

The deputy editor-in-chief was stunned after listening to Lin Shangzhou's words, he didn't expect Lin Shangzhou to say this, this idea was put forward by him, the book was written by him, and he was willing to give 60% of the income of the novel to the newspaper to improve the newspaper's income and expenditure, from the publication of this story, the newspaper's sales doubled can be seen its popularity, if it is published for the novel, the income will be more.

Now he really wants to go to Berlin immediately to hug Editor-in-Chief Louis and kiss him, thank him for sending such a big savior to the newspaper!

The deputy editor-in-chief immediately stood up and walked up to Lin Shangzhou excitedly, held his hands tightly, and said in a trembling voice: 'Filitz, I'm really... I really don't know what to say, you are so generous, so kind, on behalf of all the staff of the newspaper, I would like to express my sincerest gratitude to you, and I am sure that the editor-in-chief Louis will be very happy to know about it. '

"Uh... Don't get too excited, this is what I should do, as a member of the newspaper, I should contribute to the newspaper.

Lin Shangzhou is still that modest, the deputy editor-in-chief is a little scared of him, the deputy editor-in-chief said that his generosity and kindness are based on Lin Shangzhou's good impression of the newspaper, he has not been excluded and discriminated against in the newspaper, and he gets along with his colleagues very happily on the basis that if he hates this newspaper, he will not give away 60% of the profits, on the contrary, he will do his best to take money from the newspaper.

The deputy editor-in-chief let go of his hand and said with some embarrassment.

"Ah, sorry, it was me who lost my temper.

"Anyway, when the contract is ready, I will go to you with the contract, and finally I thank you again for your generosity and kindness.

Then Lin Shangzhou walked out of the office and walked to his place, and before he could walk over, he saw a person sitting next to him, it was Goebbels.

Lin Shangzhou walked over and greeted Goebbels:

"Yo, Paul, good morning." "

Good morning, Firitz.

Lin Shangzhou sat in the chair, turned his head and saw the manuscript paper in front of Goebbels and understood what he was doing.

"Did you come up with any good ideas?"

Goebbels shook his head, his expression a little lost.

"Nope.

Lin Shangzhou moved his chair to Goebbels' side and said to him:

"In that case, then I will teach you now, and the deputy editor-in-chief has also agreed to let me teach you during working hours, so let's start now." "

Well, I'll study hard.

Goebbels nodded, picked up his pen and prepared to jot down the main points.

Then Lin Shangzhou told Goebbels how to improve his imagination, and after speaking, he gave him a few topics for him to do, he wanted to see how Goebbels's imagination was, after all, what is most needed in writing is imagination, and Lin Shangzhou is not worried about other aspects, after all, Goebbels has written novels and screenplays, and has also been a director.

However, at present, Goebbels's films are not very profitable, and they may not be very popular, otherwise they would not have worked at this newspaper.

At ten o'clock, the deputy editor-in-chief came to Lin Shangzhou with the contract, and after signing the contract, the deputy editor-in-chief left, while Lin Shangzhou paid attention to how Goebbels' homework was written.

After Goebbels finished Lin Shangzhou's question, Lin Shangzhou took the manuscript and looked at it, and he was quite satisfied with the content, and then he picked up the pen on the table and asked Goebbels:

"Paul, what do you think of when you see this pen? Try to think about interesting and unusual things, and don't think about things like writing, which are ordinary things that can be thought of by individuals."

"Isn't it interesting and unusual

?" Goebbels closed his eyes and pondered for a while, and after more than twenty seconds, he opened his eyes and looked at

the pen and said, "A talking pen?" "Very good, and then?"

Lin Shangzhou's eyes lit up and he continued to ask.

Goebbels thought for a moment and said,

"And then ... Then he was picked up by a passer-by and used to make money, and finally the pen was so squeezed by the passer-by that he closed his mouth and stopped talking.

Goebbels's story surprised Lin Shangzhou.

At present, Goebbels is much stronger than at the beginning, he has a foundation, he is also a high-achieving student, and it is normal for him to learn so quickly.

Putting down the pen, Lin Shangzhou nodded to Goebbels with satisfaction, and then he took out the manuscript paper of "Our Struggle" from his drawer and put it in front of Goebbels and asked:

"Next, I want to know what type of stories you prefer to write? Do you want to write imaginary fantasy stories like me, or do you want to write realistic works that are based on reality and do not detach from reality like your previous works and this "Our Struggle"? Or is it based on history?"

Goebbels fell into contemplation again, Lin Shangzhou's personal opinion is that Goebbels is suitable for creating realistic works, after all, he wrote this type of novel before, and it is okay to create based on history, anyway, it is not very suitable for writing fantasy and magical stories, if he is allowed to write, he may feel that what he writes is too incredible and stop writing.

"Realism and history-based writing, I studied history and literature in college, both of which are more suitable for me, although the fantasy stories you are good at are interesting, but I can't write them, I can only try to make my good works interesting.

Goebbels put his hand on "Our Struggle" and said.

"Well, you're fit for both.

Lin Shangzhou nodded, you can't force a person to do something he is not good at, just now Goebbels mentioned the things of his college days, Lin Shangzhou became interested in his academic qualifications, so he asked.

"Paul, what is your education now? I'm curious.

Goebbels smiled and replied with a smile: "I received my Ph.D. from the University of Heidelberg. "

, Doctor!)

"Awesome!" Lin

Shangzhou said with sincere admiration.

"Where, Fritz, you can create such an interesting story, and I wonder what you studied in college.

Goebbels asked, looking at him curiously.

Lin

Shangzhou thought in his heart that although he had gone to college before crossing over, the predecessor of this world was a complete family squatting, not to mention it when he was in China, his family was also quite miserable, otherwise his uncle would not have taken him to Germany, and in the past ten years in Germany, his German and German should have been the only education received by his predecessor.

In other words, the predecessor or the other person said that he did not go to school.

After thinking about it for a while, he decided to answer truthfully, anyway, it is not a shame to have not gone to school in this era.

"I'm sorry, but you may be disappointed, I didn't go to school, I didn't even receive a systematic education.

Lin Shangzhou looked to the side awkwardly, although this was not a shame, he still felt embarrassed, after all, he said that he had not gone to school.

"I didn't go to school..."Goebbels' eyes widened in surprise, he didn't expect to hear Lin Shangzhou say this, he actually didn't go to school

, and he didn't even receive a systematic education, he was such a person without any academic qualifications to write such a popular story, and he instantly admired Lin Shangzhou a lot in his heart.

He said to Lin Shangzhou:

"Where will I be disappointed, on the contrary, I feel that there is a big gap between you and me, and I am a person with a doctorate degree who can't compare to you in literary creation... Looks like I still need to keep learning.

"Ahh Haha, you're right.

Lin Shangzhou smiled embarrassedly, he knew that he and Goebbels could not be compared at all.

In the next time, Lin Shangzhou asked Goebbels to write a few stories for himself to see, and it didn't take long for him to write them, but all of them were rudimentary, and if you want to write them down in detail, you need to think more carefully.

Lin Shangzhou was also quite satisfied with these stories, but Goebbels made great progress in one morning, and Lin Shangzhou also showed the synopsis of the stories he wrote to the people in the newspaper who had read Goebbels's works in the past, and the feedback was better than before.

This made Goebbels happy, and so was Lin Shangzhou.

In the afternoon, Lin Shangzhou didn't teach Goebbels anything, after all, he still had to work, in order to let Goebbels practice, Lin Shangzhou gave him the task of writing a new story, and he himself was thinking about what to write next.

Although the first book has not yet been sold, and even if it does, the real results are unknown, but this does not prevent Lin Shangzhou from putting aside his own book and becoming a best-selling author in Germany.

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