After the disfigurement I became a superstar

Chapter 275 Inexplicable Rules

Early this morning, Cloud Chinese Network released a promotional page.

Congratulations to "Ghost Blowing Lantern" Baimeng!
Naturally, there was also a voice of congratulations.

This can be regarded as a milestone event in the Internet circle,
The headline of the cultural section of the newspaper in Shanghai reported the disagreement between Chen Ge and Jiang Xiao in the conference hall of the Peninsula Hotel yesterday.

[A confrontation between traditional literature and online literature. 】

In the report, it talked about the dispute between Jiang Xiao and an Internet author called "Banded in a Word" at the Peninsula Hotel yesterday.

The Noon News on Tomato Channel at noon also played the video of the two arguing yesterday.

Newspapers and TV stations, at the end, naturally have to sublimate the theme, encourage both parties, and calm things down.

Yesterday, this matter was only spread in a small area in the Internet circle. Today, with the broadcast of newspapers and TV news, this matter has suddenly become a hot news in the entire cultural circle.

Other newspapers began to write review articles, and everyone began to comment on online literature and traditional literature.

Of course, TV stations and newspapers are more or less biased towards traditional literature. In these reports, everyone has a slightly blaming and critical attitude towards Chen Ge's performance, feeling that Chen Ge is not modest enough.

On the Internet, it is obvious that Chen Ge has more supporters, almost overwhelmingly supporting Chen Ge.

On the surface, it was a comparison and contest between traditional literature and online literature, but it didn't take long for it to evolve into a contest between traditional media and new media on different battlefields.

In traditional media, web literature is still dross, but on the Internet, web literature also has good works, and traditional literature also has dross, and the voices that should not look down on web literature are getting stronger and stronger.

Chen Ge only knew that newspapers and media reported what happened to him yesterday, but he didn't know that the two sides had slowly started to quarrel.

At this time, Chen Ge was in the conference room of Cloud Chinese Network, waiting for the imminent arrival of the publishing house representative.

I talked with He Yunqing about publishing yesterday, but there are 4 alternative publishing houses.

After Chen Ge learned from Zhuo Wei that one of them was the publishing house where his fans belonged, he decided to meet him today.

At this time, Chen Ge was in the conference room, waiting for the girl named Qian Cao Mo in the fan group to arrive.

When the appointed time came, Zhuo Wei went to the door to pick her up.

Not long after, a twenty-three or four-year-old woman came to the door of Cloud Chinese Network. The woman was wearing a white-collar uniform. She looked a lot more mature, but she still had a kind of elegance.

"Are you Asakusa Mo?"

When chatting in the group, Zhuo Wei and this Asakusa Mo sent each other's photos. Although they don't look exactly the same as the photos, they can basically be seen.

When the woman saw Zhuo Wei, she smiled and said, "Are you a twist in the group?"

"good for you."

"Hi, you can call me Tang Xiao."

"Alright, Tang Xiao, you can call me Zhuo Wei."

"Ok."

"Let's go, we have been waiting for you in the office for a long time without a word."

Tang Xiao was still a little nervous, and said: "I really like the book "Ghost Blowing Out the Lamp", and I really hope to cooperate. You can help me talk about it when the time comes."

Zhuo Wei smiled and said, "This author never listened to me once. If I don't speak for you, I just help you."

Tang Xiao didn't know that Unexplainable is her idol, and said, "Is this author difficult to deal with?"

Zhuo Wei smiled and said, "I advise you to be mentally prepared."

Zhuo Wei's words made Tang Xiao even more nervous.

Tang Xiao didn't know what kind of psychological preparation Zhuo Wei made her mentally prepare for.

Zhuo Wei took Tang Xiao to the door of Chen Ge's office, and Zhuo Wei knocked on the door.

"Come in." Chen Ge spoke.

Zhuo Wei gave Tang Xiao an encouraging look, looked at her and said, "Wait a minute, try not to shout too loudly."

Tang Xiao was taken aback for a moment, not understanding what Zhuo Wei meant, but said, "What?"

Zhuo Wei didn't answer, and when she entered the office, she closed the door behind her.

When Tang Xiao entered Chen Ge's office, she felt like a sheep was in the mouth of a tiger.

Chen Ge sat on the desk and looked at Tang Xiao. There was a glass window behind him, and the light was so strong that he couldn't see his face clearly. In addition, he was wearing a mask, so Tang Xiao didn't think about it for a while.

"Sit." Chen Ge said.

"Thank you." Tang Xiao sat down in front of Chen Ge. She couldn't help but look at Chen Ge. The author of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" that she had been obsessed with for a long time did not expect to be like this.

Tang Xiao was a little curious, this is hard to explain, why is she still wearing a mask in her office.

"You Huizhou Publishing House wants to publish my "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", right?" Chen Ge asked.

When it came to business, Tang Xiao immediately became serious, and said: "Yes, I read your novel, it's so wonderful, we not only came up with the first one, but we also came up with all the following chapters, just... To see how the market reacts, let’s release one first to see the effect..."

All publishing houses are the same. To minimize the risk, it is a good choice to publish only one book at this stage.

Chen Ge has no opinion on this point.

"It doesn't matter, but I see that your publishing house quoted us 5.5% of the manuscript fee, and the publication is expected to be 5 copies, right?"

"Yes, it seems that you understand everything."

"I want to ask a question, why do you want to publish my book?" Chen Ge asked.

Tang Xiao smiled. The question was simple: "Because everyone in our agency read your "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" and thought it was very good-looking, and thought it could be published."

"Is it better than the traditional literature published by your publishing house?" Chen Ge asked.

"Compared to most of them." Tang Xiao didn't dare to say too much.

Chen Ge smiled, and said, "Then let me ask you another question. If you publish works for traditional writers, how much is the manuscript fee?"

Tang Xiao suddenly realized what was wrong, but this thing can't lie, so she could only stammer: "8%..."

"Since you have said it all, you all think that "Ghost Blowing Out the Lantern" is better than most of the traditional literary works published by your publishing house, so why is our manuscript fee nearly half lower than theirs?"

Tang Xiao knew that Chen Ge was not satisfied with the manuscript fee.

Regarding the manuscript fee, it has always been the most important part of the negotiation between the two parties, and Tang Xiao doesn't think there is any problem.

Tang Xiaodao: "The 5.5% we gave is already very high. After all, "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" is an online article. This is the case in our industry. Although there are no express regulations, everyone abides by the rules. The manuscript fee for online article publishing cannot be compared with traditional As tall as a writer."

Chen Ge was speechless after hearing this, but it wasn't about Tang Xiao, after all, she was telling the truth.

Chen Ge was speechless because of this inexplicable "rules"!
Publishing houses publish books, and each publishing house should have its own publishing standards. Those who fail to meet the standards should just not publish them. It is outrageous to give unfair treatment because of the "origin" of the work despite meeting the standards. !
(End of this chapter)