After I was reborn, I became a great writer

Chapter 7 Finalizing the Contract
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 1 words, clicked upload, and it was done!To have a manuscript is to be willful.

Chen Tianhong, who finished uploading the latest chapters of the novel, didn't look at the work data anymore, and planned to take a nap before going to school. At this time, a message from the writer made him sit down again.

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

Finally came to the site short, although I knew in my heart that the signing would come sooner or later, but as an author, I was still very excited every time I saw the signing of the site short.

Chen Tianhong immediately logged into the TT account and submitted a friend application. The TT account is Xunteng's chat tool, which is similar to the previous Earth QQ.

Xunteng Company is similar to Tencent in the previous life. Of course, the boss no longer belongs to Lao Ma's 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, is this the author of The Best of Us?"

"It's me, editor in charge, hello!"

Chen Tianhong spoke very politely. This was influenced by his previous life. Authors would naturally treat their editors as leaders, except for the author of course.

"Hello, that's right. Your work has been reviewed by our editorial team, and it is confirmed that it has reached the signing standard. Hey, are you a student?"

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

Tencent's TT number must be authenticated, including age, occupation, home address, etc. This is to prevent criminals from cheating.As long as your personal information is not hidden, others can see it.Chen Tianhong's certification information is a senior high school student.

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

It's a bit incompetent for a professional editor, but it's not his fault. Luo Dong took a break this weekend and didn't pay attention to the website. Today, he was dealing with Xi Mingjue's signing. He didn't have a little time until now.

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

"That's not true, but there are restrictions for students to sign a contract. How about it, if you agree, we want to buy out your work directly, 50 words per thousand, which is a very generous condition."

After Luo Dong confirmed that Chen Tianhong was a student, he became less interested.

This is the acquiescence of the Internet literary world or the entire industry. Few websites will give a student a good signing treatment. The published novel will not be a hit.

Of course, there will be an example, but basically one book is okay, and then everyone will be lost.For the website, if it is okay for students to write essays, they will buy out the works directly. Instead of spending effort to train an unstable student, it is better to train adults who can write essays full-time.

"The editor-in-chief may not know that the author is a student. I don't want to give 5 stars even if Ximingjue doesn't say so, but if the boss can give 5 stars, it proves that the work is not bad, so I might as well just buy it out, 50 for a thousand characters. Not bad for a rookie."

This was Luo Dong's thought.

And here Chen Tianhong's nose is going to be crooked, he's looking down on someone!The novel websites he wrote in his previous life were bought out by 80 thousand characters.

The work was sold at 50 per thousand words. "The Best of Us" has now been updated with nearly 8 words, and the whole novel is only about 40 words. It is equivalent to Chen Tianhong selling everything in the novel for only 2 yuan.Of course, this is indeed a huge sum of money for a new author, especially a student.

But Chen Tianhong is not a novice who doesn't understand anything. How can he not know how valuable this book is in youth literature? He sold Geng Geng Yuhuai for 2 yuan, and it is estimated that if people from his previous life knew about it, he would be scolded to death.

"Goodbye."

Chen Tianhong replied these two words to Luo Dong, and this young master stopped serving him.As the saying goes, a scholar is not afraid of deep alleys. If one website doesn't work, it's a big deal to change to another website. He has many choices.

Luo Dong on the other side is also angry. If you are not satisfied, can you talk about it again? Just reply goodbye?He was really young and frivolous, he had seen a lot of arrogant authors, but it was the first time he had seen a rookie author so arrogant.

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

Luo Dong is also a person with a temper. Originally, he was not in a good mood because he gave Xi Mingjue a smile today.This is a rookie who made a fuss, but he can still get used to it. I don't care if you are greeted by the editor-in-chief. In the industry, everything follows the rules.

Changing to another website, Chen Tianhong angrily started looking for other websites, intending to post the article again.

"Ding ding."

At this time, the private message reminder came again, but it was not Luo Dong's, but Li Man, who Chen Tianhong thought was a liar.Now Chen Tianhong can receive news other than those sent by the website, and the rest are only the people he follows.

After thinking about it, I 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 thoughts at the moment.
"This Hongwen can't be the old author who changed his account. He sent him so many messages and didn't get a single one back."

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

"Dong dong."

There was a knock on the door, and Li Man said anxiously, please come in.

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

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

"Boss, the sales of the novels we publish are not very good, especially Manman Literature Weekly, which only sold more than 6000 copies last month. Many bookstores are unwilling to stock our books anymore, saying they want to unsubscribe. A few contracted writers proposed to increase the manuscript fee, otherwise they would not serialize the novel, you see, boss"

Secretary Xiao Tang said cautiously.

"Go, go, all go, a group of unfamiliar white-eyed wolves. Who discovered them back then, and the company spent so much effort to train them. Now that they are a bit famous, they have to negotiate the price with the company."

Li Man's pretty face flushed with anger, wishing to crush those heartless authors to pieces.

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

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

Like a deflated ball, Li Man lost all energy in an instant.It's a waste of money not to have good content printed and not sold, and now the company can't afford any failures.

"Okay, boss, then I'll go out to do some work first, and you should pay more attention to your health."

Xiao Tang couldn't bear to see Li Man's situation, but the affairs of the company could not be handled by her as a secretary.

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

Although the boss Li Man sometimes has a bad temper, even when the company was in trouble, he did not default on their wages. In order to pay them wages, Li Man even sold the car.

"Understood, thank you, Xiaotang, you go out first."

It has been three years since Li Man came out of the family, and only she knows how much she has suffered in these three years.

Is it possible to really give up? It's so difficult for a woman to start a career.

"Hi, I'm Hongwen, the author of the novel The Best of Us."

At this time, a piece of news came into Li Man's eyes, and the author finally wrote back.

"Hello, hello, can we add a contact information to talk in detail. What is your phone number, or TT number is also fine."

"My TT number is"

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

"Hi Hongwen, let me introduce you formally. I am Li Man, the editor-in-chief of Qingcheng Publishing House. I want to buy out your novel directly, including serialization, publishing and film and television adaptation. The authorship is still in your hands, and this is the initial stage. I can give you 20 yuan, if you can send me the follow-up manuscript now, I can look at the work again, and the price can be negotiated."

Li Man dismissed the very favorable terms as soon as she came up. She didn't think about lowering the price just because Chen Tianhong was a student and thought that he was not deeply involved in the world.

Li Man's price is really sky-high for a new author.Li Man is not stupid and sweet, even though her vision is worse 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". Whether it is from the follow-up plot or the ranking data on Jincheng Online, from the perspective of the fan audience, it is definitely not a loss to buy all the copyrights for 20.

"It's fine to buy it out. I don't have this idea for the time being. I can consider signing a contract for the website."

"If you sign a contract with us, the industry defaults to 55% of the income of the website author, and I can give you 7%. This is a contract signed by the master. If the novel is serialized and published, the maximum share can be 8%.

But Hongwen, I won't hide it from you, our website has not much traffic now, and it will take some time for the novel to be published before we can get a share of the income.I still suggest that you choose to buy out the contract, otherwise you come to the publishing house and we will meet and discuss in detail. "

What Li Man said is very true. At present, the number of readers on Qingcheng Literature Network is very small, and there are only a few dozen authors who have signed contracts. -The level of 2-star authors is about the same. At present, Li Man is mainly engaged in the publishing of novels.

Li Man's words still moved Chen Tianhong a little, he is now basically sure that Li Man is not a liar.

After thinking about it, Chen Tianhong still decided to sign the novel serialization contract. Li Man's novel publishing share was also very considerable, and he was not in a hurry to ask for money. A student would have nowhere to spend that much money.As for the low traffic on the website and how many people will buy the novel when it is published, Chen Tianhong is not worried at all, he has absolute confidence.

Of course, other copyrights are absolutely not for sale, especially the film and television adaptation rights of "The Best of Us", and he still hopes to adapt the script and choose actors in the future.

"I'd better sign the website sharing and novel publishing contract, but I only sign this book, not the individual. After the book is updated, I can publish other works on other websites.

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

Chen Tianhong expressed 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 works.

Authors of other works that have not signed a contract have the right to publish on other websites, and the author's signature means that all works under the author's name within the contract period can only be published on the attribution website.

The current mainstream signing is basically the second type, because the work signing does not have any author benefits, such as insurance, guaranteed salary, etc., only works are divided.The author signed more benefits, and the salary is also guaranteed.

Of course, this is only a relative term. For example, some great authors are willing to sign their works, 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 was more secure and advantageous.But being fooled by Luo Dong, it doesn't matter if they simply sign the green orange, anyway, the first book is to test the waters in this world.

"Only sign the works. Yes, but our publisher has the priority to choose your follow-up books? Of course, if you feel that you can't meet your expectations, you can choose other websites."

Now Li Man really doubts whether Chen Tianhong is a novice, this is not like a student at all, he is too thoughtful, Li Man originally thought that buying out would not work, so he signed someone, directly signed for two years and cultivated slowly, she It can be seen that Chen Tianhong is very talented.

"This is no problem." Chen Tianhong readily agreed.

"That's fine. I will fly to Jinling in the afternoon. It will only take two hours. I will contact you then."

Li Man was in a hurry and wanted to sign the contract and publish novels to save the company.To be honest, Li Man didn't have much confidence in his heart, but it must be better than those published novels before, after all, the quality of novels lies here.The company has reached this point, how bad it can be.

Chen Tianhong was also taken aback by Li Man's swift and vigorous style, he was about to sign a contract today, because he was afraid that he would run away!

"Okay, but you'd better come when I leave school, we finish school at 6 o'clock."

It is purely voluntary for senior high school students in this world to go to evening self-study, and the school does not force it. This is because many students have hired tutors at home.Of course, Chen Tianhong didn't invite him. His father is a university teacher, so he didn't need it at all.

Chen Tianhong spent the rest of the afternoon happily. Anyway, the first novel was finally settled, and this first step was taken.

If you are in a good mood, you will be motivated to do things. In the afternoon, Chen Tianhong not only listened carefully to the lectures, but also spoke enthusiastically. The teachers wondered why this ordinary student suddenly changed his gender. Even Liu Yifei expressed surprise at him several times. gaze.

At 6:[-], the bell rang for the end of get out of class.Chen Tianhong got up and left with his backpack. He found a quiet coffee shop not far from Zhenhua Middle School, and then sent the location to Li Man. As for Li Man, he also sent him a message not long ago, saying that he had arrived in Jinling.

Before long, a short-haired woman hurriedly walked over to Chen Tianhong's table. The woman was very young and looked about 20 years old. She had a standard oval face and was wearing a light black work uniform. Out of its tall stature.

This is Li Man who came from the capital. 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 here in person. She is also the author who wants to read the book. To Chen Tianhong A little 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. There is no novel that focuses on the trivial things of the student days, but the author is a student, so it can be explained.After all, who knows more about their own high school experience than students.

"Hi, I'm Li Man. I didn't expect you to be a student with a bright future! This is a contract, please check to see if there is any problem."

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

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

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