Except for occasionally going out to look for publishing houses, Xu Zhi spent all the remaining time to complete his writing career. He no longer had to work early and late to purchase goods, and his time and body were best replenished.

But after all, human hands are not mechanical, and they still write traditional Chinese characters. Even if he works harder, Xu Zhi can barely finish 100,000 words in five days. Adding in the previous half month, almost one-sixth of the entire book has been completed.

.The prequel "The Iron-Blooded Prodigy" has ended, and Liang Xiao has just appeared.

After finishing writing the latest chapter, Xu Zhi shook his sour right hand, stood up and walked into the bathroom. Today he made an appointment with a small newspaper company.

Since Xu Zhi has been busy writing books these days, he asked Wu Peng to find a smaller publishing house in Kowloon. Now only small publishing houses may have the opportunity to publish his novels.

Although Kowloon is not a big place, many publishing houses have all kinds of weird things. Many newspapers do not even have a fixed location. Wu Peng found the place based on the locations marked on several newspapers at the market.

I went to the place several times and found out that it was just a small bookstore. I usually sold books, and then collected some old information and some small articles. I also started to make a cheap newspaper. With the low price, I could sometimes sell hundreds of dollars a day.

Thousand copies.

After several days of screening, Xu Zhi finally selected a small newspaper of some size located on Broadcasting Channel.

…………..

Small newspapers have the advantages of small newspapers. When Wu Peng came the day before, he explained that he was submitting articles and immediately met the person he wanted to meet.

Editor-in-chief Lin Wenzhou found out that it was a young man who came, and was very unhappy at first. However, considering that it was rare for someone to submit articles, his newspaper was almost out of stock, and sales were not very good recently, so he took a look at Wu Peng's

Articles to come.

However, this sight made him famous.

Although he is only the editor-in-chief of a small newspaper, he may not be able to receive excellent manuscripts like Ming Pao, but since he is in this line of work, almost all newspapers in Hong Kong must read him every day. Although his literary accomplishment may not be

It will improve, but your horizons will also broaden a lot.

When he first read this article, Lin Wenzhou was very happy. The manuscript Wu Peng brought only had a few thousand words, but one look at the writing style revealed that the person who wrote the book was not bad. After confirming that the person who submitted the manuscript was not the author, he immediately agreed on a time.

Meet the next day.

Xu Zhi suddenly fell in love with this kind of small company. There is no need to register at the front desk. Just ask someone at the editor-in-chief's office. They will not ask more about what you are here for. They will directly point in the direction and tell you politely.

"Bang bang"

"Come in" a voice came from inside.

Xu Zhi opened the door and saw a middle-aged man in his 40s and wearing thick glasses sitting in front of the office.

"Who are you?" Lin Wenzhou looked at the young man in front of him and was stunned for a moment.

"My name is Xu Zhi, and I wrote Kunlun!" Xu Zhi sat on the chair opposite the office and went straight to the topic.

"…………."

Seeing that Xu Zhi was not joking, Lin Wenzhou suddenly felt that he had detached himself from the world. How could such a child write a novel?

"You're not kidding me??"

Seeing that the other party didn't believe him, Xu Zhi smiled and immediately took out another manuscript from his backpack and said: "Chief Editor Lin, take a look first. This is the second half of yesterday's chapter!"

Lin Wenzhou had a look of disbelief. He took it and glanced at it. Although he only read a little bit of the content, the writing style and style were indeed the same.

"It seems true!" Lin Wenzhou thought to himself.

A young girl a few years older than Xu Zhi walked in, probably an assistant, and brought in two cups of coffee.

At this time, Xiangjiang was the junction of Chinese and Western cultures, and coffee was very popular here.

"Thank you!" Xu Zhidao.

The girl nodded, glanced at Xu Zhi, and walked out.

Lin Wenzhou said: "This is the latest imported coffee we purchased. Xu Sheng can try it!"

Xu Zhidao: "Okay, I'm not in a hurry. Editor-in-chief Lin can take a look at my article first. If there's anything wrong with it, please tell me."

Lin Wenzhou smiled and said: "I don't dare to take it seriously. Although Xu Sheng is young, his literary talent is extremely outstanding. I think I can't write this kind of novel."

The manuscripts Xu Zhi brought were not many, and together with those brought by Wu Peng before, there was only one big chapter in total.

Within a few minutes, Lin Wenzhou had finished reading: "I wonder how many words there are in Xu Sheng's Iron-Blooded Prodigy?"

Xu Zhidao: "This is a short story, about hundreds of thousands of words!"

Having learned the lesson from Ming Pao, Xu Zhi does not want to publish the entire Kunlun at once. If he tells the entire length of Kunlun, the small newspapers in front of him will definitely not refuse. However, from the perspective of reputation, it is better to publish only the prequel first.

After all, the other party has insufficient resources. If the novel cannot gain fame, it would be a pity to target this small newspaper for the entire article.

When Lin Wenzhou heard that it was only a hundred thousand words, he frowned and asked, "It's a bit short. Why is it so small? Can't it be longer?"

A hundred thousand words is too few. If two thousand words are serialized in one day, two months will be over. At this time, the martial arts trend in Hong Kong is popular. A good novel can greatly increase the sales of the newspaper, but only

A two-month serialization is too short, and it is difficult to gain fame. Even if it becomes famous, the serialization will end, and the newspaper will suffer a huge loss.

Xu Zhi explained: "The first time I wrote it, the story was so long, and I had already finished it. It would be too troublesome to revise it again. If the response is good, I might write a sequel."

Lin Wenzhou asked: "Have you thought about the outline of the sequel? If you already have it, we can publish it continuously. Judging from your writing style, it should be good in the future."

Xu Zhi shook his head: "We will only discuss this book today."

Lin Wenzhou said: "Okay, then Xu Sheng is willing to serialize this novel in our newspaper?"

"I'm very happy, but there is one thing I want to explain. The first part of this novel has been taken to her school by my sister, but it is only the beginning." Xu Zhi thought of this problem and said.

Lin Wenzhou frowned and said, "Approximately how many words are there?"

Xu Zhidao: "A few thousand words!"

Lin Wenzhou nodded and said: "That's okay, but the content must not be revealed later."

"Okay, no problem, then I don't know how to calculate the royalties!" Although the main purpose of publishing in a small newspaper is to gain fame, the value of it cannot be underestimated. The value of a book often depends on how the previous one was.

.

Lin Wenzhou said: "How about 10 yuan for a thousand words?"

Xu Zhi laughed and said: "It's too low."

One thousand words is 10 yuan, and hundreds of thousands of words is just over 1,000 yuan.

Lin Wenzhou shook his head and said: "It's not low. This price is good for newcomers. Even in our newspaper office, many people earn less than 20 yuan a day. A novel of 100,000 words earns more than 1,000 yuan, which many ordinary white-collar workers can earn in a month."

Less than.”

After Xu Zhi listened, he was silent for a while. He didn't care much about his family's finances after coming to Xiangjiang. But when Lin Wenzhou mentioned it, he realized that the Hong Kong dollar was very valuable at this moment.

The average salary in Hong Kong in 1977 was about 500 Hong Kong dollars, but this was the average salary. One white-collar worker in a Central office building could earn an average of three to five factory workers. And this is not the information age yet. Government statistics are also based on large companies and

The income of government personnel is mainly the main income.

However, for a newspaper, the profit from serializing a good novel can be extremely considerable.

Seeing that Xu Zhi did not agree, Lin Wenzhou smiled and said: "Since Xu Sheng's article has been written, as long as the contract is signed, we will receive half of the manuscript first. As long as the quality is acceptable, I can settle the half of the manuscript fee immediately. How about it?"

"

Half of it only has tens of thousands of words. As editor-in-chief, Lin Wenzhou still has a few hundred yuan of autonomy.

Xu Zhi shook his head: "30 yuan per thousand words. If possible, sign the contract immediately. If not, I will leave."

"Wait a minute." Lin Wenzhou immediately stopped him. There was a good book and he couldn't let it get away. "It's 20 at most. Xu Sheng can go out and ask. Many old writers may not have this price."

Xu Zhi smiled: "Since it's so expensive, I won't bother you anymore."

After saying that, he immediately took the manuscript back and prepared to leave.

Lin Wenzhou also stood up and said: "Let's do it, 25 for a thousand words. As long as I see the article, I will pay it in one lump sum!"

Xu Zhi smiled and said: "Okay! But it's after tax!"

Lin Wenzhou: "..."

Next, we discussed some details of the contract, and agreed to start publishing the newspaper in a week. The daily serialization should not be less than 2,000 words, and the whole story would be completed within two months. This is the advantage of small newspapers, which can be published directly.
Chapter completed!