I really don't want to be a novelist

Chapter 221

Whether you live up to it or not...you can do whatever you want.

Ji Zhuo's requirements are not too high, he just hopes that he can at least gather wool for a month like last time.

Now it's 3000 million a month, how many books have to be sold to earn back.

"Clumsy and uncommon: Well... let's see the market reaction. Don't force it.

Carol: The market response to Mr. A's book will definitely be very good.The quality of this book deserves a good enough grade.

carol: I think there are very few people who don't like such an excellent and great work. "

Ji Zhuo just replied, and Carol sent a few words in succession,
I can feel the love and excitement for Ji Zhuo's new book through the screen,
Make it look like a fanatic.

"carol: I think he will definitely get what he deserves!

Clumsy and uncommon: I hope it gets the grades it deserves, too. "

"Carol: Don't worry, Mr. A, Burt Publishing will do everything possible to protect your work."

When you say that, I'm a little worried.

"Clumsy and uncommon: Hmm..."

"Carol: Mr. A, when is your work expected to be finished, maybe you can consider a release date.

carol: Burt Publishing will also prepare and warm up your works in advance.

It's clumsy and uncommon, there are more than ten or 20 days before the completion of the draft, and the release time will be set at the beginning of next month. "

The release date of this new book,

It was Ji Zhuo who checked it in advance, although it was urgent,
But within a month after the release, there were basically no famous literary awards awarded.

The last time I won an award and detonated the sales of the work, I naturally have to avoid it this time.
At least for the first month, he didn't have to worry about winning the "Epic of the Empire" and then the sales skyrocketed.

In this way, at least the first month's incentive money can be obtained, and as for more, Ji Zhuo can hardly ask for extravagantly.

"Carol: Although I'm a little anxious, since you have decided, Mr. A, that's fine.

Carol: But Mr. A, please send it to the publishing house every time you finish a chapter, and we will let the printing house print it in advance.

Carol: In this way, when the "Epic of the Empire" is finished, you only need to print the last part, and then you can enter the binding process.Let's have enough books on sale. "

Can we not print for the first month, and wait for the second... In this way, if there are no books sold, there will definitely be no sales.

It's a pity that the system can't agree, anyway, Ji Zhuo can't let Carol do this.

Carol is unlikely to agree or even be confused.

"Clumsy and uncommon: OK."

"carol: Mr. A, then there is another important thing, the signing of your work with our publishing house."

"carol: In view of the achievements of your previous works, this time we can increase the royalty sharing ratio for you to 14%. In addition, Mr. A, if you are more concerned about the publishing rights of the Chinese version, we still do not require the Chinese version like last time. exclusive right to publish."

That is to say, as before, the publication of other language versions of "Empire Epic" is exclusively authorized to Burt Publishing House, and other publishing houses are not allowed to publish it.

However, Burt Publishing House can still publish the Chinese version, but it does not have the exclusive right. Ji Zhuo can also authorize other publishing houses to publish the Chinese version of "Epic of the Empire".

In addition, the royalty share has been increased from the original 12.5% ​​to 14%.

It can be said that it is already a very generous share ratio, and it can also be regarded as the benefit of Ji Zhuo's choice to cooperate with the publishing house - if it exceeds the system target, he will get more manuscript fees.

From this generous share ratio, it can be seen that Carol likes and is optimistic about this book.

Not only the excitement and frenzy expressed by the language, but actually more excitement.

"Carol: Mr. A, what do you think?"

In addition to Carol's own optimism and liking for this book,
It was also because of the success of Ji Zhuo's "Seven Sins" that Carol was given more authority to give such generous conditions.

For this condition,

Ji Zhuo was quite satisfied, but naturally he talked about the share ratio as usual.

The finally negotiated sharing ratio is 14.5%, and other conditions remain unchanged.

"Carol: Then, Mr. A, it is a happy cooperation again, and I wish "The Epic of the Empire" will go to his throne and become a recognized classic.

Clumsy and extraordinary: happy cooperation.

Carol: Then Mr. A, I will send it to you when the contract is finalized. Please print it and mail it.

Clumsy and extraordinary: OK.

carol: By the way, Mr. A, the second batch of autographed books that need your signature has been shipped out.

Clumsy and uncommon:..."

Ji Zhuo didn't reply to Carol again,
Raising his head, he glanced at the first batch of books that had not been signed in the room,
Ji Zhuo had a feeling that he wanted to show off,

Silently, he raised the Coke in his hand and took a sip.

……

the other side.Europa.

Burt Press, Office of the Editor.

The sky was still bright outside the window, it was afternoon.

After Carol finished chatting with this "ABC",

Then he turned his head with great interest, and excitedly set his sights on the content of the second chapter of the "Epic of the Empire".

I was excited after watching the "Epic of the Empire" before, and I was anxious to confirm the publication authorization of the work with 'ABC',
He just read the first chapter of "Empire Epic",

The content of the second chapter has not had time to finish.

His eyes fell on the text of the second chapter displayed on the computer screen,

Under the author's exquisite text description, Carol seems to be drawn into the world in the book again,

Many expressions on the face are restrained, but as the plot changes, emotions also fluctuate.

Immerse yourself in what is depicted in the book.

Just read the beginning of the second chapter,
His full anticipation was aroused again,
The expectations I raised when I read the first chapter were not disappointed.

Dongyang, the story of the Weiss people, also seems to be a magnificent history in the long past,
The author's strokes seem to describe the beginning of a civilization,
Readers can't help but imagine, not excited by the magnificent epic.

When seeing the hole sheep at the beginning, that is, the migration of the entire tribe of the Weiss,

The dialogue during the migration was sketched in the mind of the reader, Carroll,
The status quo of the Weiss people in the process of constant hunting, hunting, and encirclement by the Kaji people.

The description of the "evil beast" by the Wess in that book is obviously the Khaki people,
And it seems that the weapons used by the Kaji people have made great progress, and it seems that time has moved forward a lot.

It's the Rain Tribe, the second leader, or king, of the Kaji Tribe!
The one chosen by the leader Yu to serve as the second king of the Kaji tribe must have played an important role in it.

Before becoming king, the second king of the Kaji people was a wise man and created many tools!
In addition,

For this batch of cave sheep, the Weiss people still use tools,
Apparently, the wise Wess were avoiding the siege of the Kaji people,
Although the first batch of Wess people who used weapons had long since died, it was still unavoidable that weapons would also be mastered by batches of Wess people.

Such an idea made Carol feel as excited as witnessing the history of the Kaji people and the history of civilization in the book.

Look further down,
The Kaji people, that is, the evil beasts in the population of Weiss, appeared.

They expertly hunted down the Wess, leaving only young Wess and female Wess.

and,

The book also describes the unusual anger of the Khaki people towards the Weiss who took up arms,
Naturally, it can be imagined that the king of the Kaji tribe and the Kaji people inherited the will of the leader Yu.

They were vigilant and hated the Wiss or cave sheep who also seemed to have wisdom, and were consciously hunting them down.

This hatred may come from the most primitive fear of another intelligent life, or it may come from the history of the Khaki people.

The first king of the Khaki people, Yu, died because of the cave sheep.

And in this hunting process, the Wess people will inevitably resist, which naturally deepens the history of hatred between the two races.

With this indescribable feeling of witnessing the magnificent historical changes,

Carol continued to look down,

Seeing that the protagonist Sen in the second chapter was brought back to the tribe by the hunted Kaji people,

Also through Sen's perspective,

I saw the current grand occasion of the Kaji tribe.

The author uses a lot of strokes to describe the current prosperity and growth of the Kaji tribe.

It also made Carroll, who had read the first chapter, a sense of epic epic surge in his heart,

Then follow the author's description, and then bring into the perspective of the protagonist Sen in the second chapter.

The Weiss were hunted and killed by the Kaji tribe, and they hid XZ in the east, and they were already very weak.

If this continues, it is likely to perish one day, or become a circle for the Kaji people to domesticate livestock,
Those domesticated cave sheep.

The plot continues,
Naturally, Sen was imprisoned in the circle surrounded by wooden piles and covered the top,
With some cave sheep that have degenerated to the point of not being able to speak, an old, female Wesian, and other livestock.

In this paragraph,
During the conversation between Sen and the old Maiwes, Sen obtained a lot of information about the Kaji tribe.
At the same time, it also allows readers to have a general understanding of the current situation of the Kaji people.

And the play continues,
In this circle, the only old Weiss person who can communicate with Sen, also because of old age,
He was dragged out of the circle by the kakis early one morning.

The whereabouts of the old Maiwes people are not written in the book, but it is enough for readers to think about it.

A cattle, sheep, and livestock kept in a pen were originally used to breed young, but now they have lost the ability to breed, so what kind of results can there be?

And Sen, after the old Maiwes were dragged away,

Also lost the only person who can communicate,

Even if she keeps trying to teach those who have degenerated and numb the language of the cave sheep, it is difficult to succeed.

These cave sheep, which were supposed to be from the Weiss, were like other livestock in the pen,
He will not think about leaving this circle, but will only wait for the Kaji people to raise food for a certain period of time.

to here,
The story of the second chapter has actually become very depressing.

Dansen's story is necessarily an epic story,

As the protagonist of the second chapter, will Sen lead his tribe to become stronger like the leader Yu in the first chapter?

As a reader, it is natural to have such expectations.

but,

How can Sen escape from such an environment?
When can Sen escape from here?

In the book, time keeps passing.

Even though those cave sheep were unable to learn the language of the Wess, Sen never gave up.
He has been tirelessly teaching them, repeating word by word to these Wes people lying on the ground.

Perhaps this is the only thing Sen can do, and make her remember that she is a Wes, not a livestock in this circle.

And under Sen's tireless teaching again and again,
One of these cave sheep finally uttered the first word, which was 'food'.

This made Sen very happy, and after that, Sen also tried to prevent these cave sheep from eating on their stomachs like other animals in the pen.

Instead, it stood up, like her, even if it wanted to eat the leaves poured in by the Kaji people on the ground, it had its forelimbs to pick them up and eat them.

But these cave sheep, her kind, more feel that she wants to rob them of food,

He also knocked Sen down to the side once,
Sen felt a little wronged, especially when he got up from the ground again,
But he was not angry, and taught these cave sheep as usual.

Gradually, these cave sheep can understand her meaning and understand her words, but it is still difficult to communicate with her fluently.

These cave sheep have been in this pen since birth, and the original old Wess never taught them anything,
They can't speak, and they don't have any knowledge of the world. They are really like livestock in the pen, and they have degenerated long ago.

And even if Sen did this, it didn't help the status quo much. She was still trapped in the circle of Kaji people and couldn't leave.

It's been a long time.

There was also a small episode in the middle.

One day the circle door opens,

The khakis who feed the animals in this pen carry the fodder as usual, some weed leaves.

But there was also a kaki boy who followed the adults.

Sen couldn't understand what the kaki people were saying, but he kept talking to the adults, and curiously looked at the kaki children who were looking at the livestock in the pen.

It reminded her of herself, when her parents were still there, her parents went out to collect food,
She also always wanted to be next to her parents.

By the way...she also named many plants.

Naturally, this little episode passed quickly.

The Kaji adults finally took the child out seriously, probably because he was afraid that the child would be harmed by the livestock in the pen.

Mori never saw the child again after that.

So what if you just see it, even if it is a child of the Kaji people, it is impossible to let her and them out.

But this comparison,

It makes readers very uncomfortable.

At least when Carol read this passage, she felt depressed and uncomfortable.

There was silence for a while,

Carol read on,

in the book,

After a little episode,
Time is still going on and on,
There is no direct description of Sen's age in the book,

It is also difficult for Sen himself to remember the clear time in this circle,
It's just that Sen's height has grown a lot,
And Sen took the trouble to teach some short vocabulary Dong Yang, has already been dragged out to replace a batch.

A long time has obviously passed.

And what happened to Sen here,
There is no direct description in the book, and Carol as a reader is unwilling to think about it,
As soon as I went to Lenovo, I felt extremely depressed.

It's just written in the book,
Sen still maintains a certain degree of optimism,

She still tirelessly taught the new batch of cave sheep,

Let them exist as Wess, not sheep.

In addition, Sen also looked towards the gap between the wooden posts, looking at the world outside the circle,
She gave a name to a plant on the ground outside the enclosure that she could see through a gap,
She guards the plant every day, looking at it from time to time,
From the growth of this plant, to the flowering, and then the flowers fade.

But the turning point in the book did not come for a long time.

But finally,

In this depression, the plot moves forward,
After time has passed for a while,

Mori, who has fully grown up, finally ushered in a turning point,
Her chance of escaping here,
This turn of events came a bit unexpectedly.
But if you think about it carefully, it makes sense.

It was a big earthquake.

The earthquake affected the entire Khaki tribe,
The Kaji tribe spread along the original mountainside and spread to the plain opened below the mountain.

When the earthquake struck, many houses of the Kaki tribe collapsed, and the whole Kaki tribe fell into chaos.
And the pens for domesticating livestock, including Sen's, are also somewhat collapsed and deformed.

The originally domesticated livestock were running around. Obviously, the Kaji people who were panicked by the natural disaster could no longer take care of them.

Sen naturally also escaped from the opportunity that this natural disaster brought you.

This turn of events came a bit unexpectedly.
Carol, a reader, hadn't thought about it before. The chance of turning around was due to the earthquake.

But think about it carefully, apart from this kind of natural disaster, Sen couldn't have any other chance to escape.

Or,

It cannot be said that Mori encountered an earthquake, but it is better to say that the earthquake created the future Mori.

If it weren't for this earthquake, Sen would have died here just like the old Wessman before.

(End of this chapter)