Chapter 7 A young man came to the circle
Yue Qingyan didn't know Mi Wu at this moment. Du Xiao and A Yue had already made an appointment to see him. He was still addicted to the frustration of getting tricked skills.
"Eight Minutes of Warmth" he had no hope. The city and campus are all a bunch of kids. What skills can he have? The final draw was "Gu Xiye - High School Physics". The skill description is also extremely simple: the answer rate of physics questions in high school or high school is 100%.
Yue Qingyan has graduated from college at least? Is it necessary to get a skill like high school physics to facilitate making up for the sake of making up for the sake of?
Of course, in "Eight Minutes of Warmth", other skills are not much better, with several major roles assigned to various disciplines, and there is also a "debate". It was expected to draw a high school physics, and I was not disappointed.
But "The Story of Your Life" is not. Except for the protagonist, most of the other characters in it are soldiers, such as "shooting", "parallel", "special tactics", "fighting", "tactical command", "needing protection" and so on. In fact, it is useless, but a boy cannot be uninterested in this kind of thing. However, Dangdang, Yue Qingyan drew the protagonist's skills. He drew "Louis Banks-Linguistics."
Although "linguistics" is really awesome skill and is useful to an author,... just now, I still don't know what to do with this thing.
Yue Qingyan was really tired. The three novels together have been around for almost a month, and he has been staying at home to write things. When he encountered a community where the decoration was too noisy, he took his laptop to a cafe in the mall for a day. The range of activities is no more than two kilometers. He ordered takeout when he was hungry, and when he thought about what he wanted, he placed an order. This kind of life was really decadent.
When the phone rang, Yue Qingyan was sitting at the desk, reading books along with the website list. Read 30 chapters in a book to understand the subject matter, the author's writing ability, and the plot direction. This is also one of the basic skills of online writers. The boss taught them before.
Generally, an author can just scan the list once a week to see what new works there are, and it won’t take much time. But for Yue Qingyan, who has completely started over, there is too much homework to make up for. Especially now.
Because of his own whim, Yue Qingyan wrote a novella with very good quality but no place to publish, and wrote two short stories about participating in the essay contest. In order to live a life, various basic daily necessities and clothes cost several thousand. Although he still has more than 20,000 yuan in money, God knows when he will earn the royalties in the future. He must plan in advance. One or two months or two months is fine, but if it really delays for a longer period of time, it would be embarrassing.
The author is such a profession. It is also good luck and fate. Sometimes good works may not be sold well. Even if they sell well, they will not get money quickly. They are reborn in literature and often edit them and then print them 50,000 yuan in one bite and then sell them quickly over a million copies. Or the online subscriptions have suddenly soared to a great extent. Perhaps they have never really been in this circle. No job or no profession is simple.
Yue Qingyan now answered the phone without looking at the number at all. Now his identity information is so clean that it is simply outrageous. In his mobile phone address book, the ones who called him were all takeaway or couriers from these days, and there was no one else.
Yue Qingyan answered the phone. "Hello. Who?"
"I am A Yue, the head of the judging committee of the Creative Elements Essay Competition."
"Hello. Is there anything wrong? I remember it should be two weeks before the result came out?"
"Yes. After reading your two works, I feel that the quality is very high. I want to find you to learn about some creation. I wonder if you have time? Just this afternoon." A Yue's tone was very polite.
"No problem." Yue Qingyan looked at the computer: 12:29. At this time, we made an appointment for an afternoon party, and the other party was really decisive.
A Yue reported the name and location of the cafe to Yue Qingyan. After Yue Qingyan recorded it briefly, he had to prepare to go out immediately.
When my hair was a little longer in the mirror, it was uncomfortable not to cut it off. Yue Qingyan realized more and more that it was impossible not to go out. He could no longer become a dead house.
Following the address, when I was "training", Mi Wu, Du Xiao, A Yue and a colleague in A Yue's company, Xu Yingying, an operation girl in charge of the competition organization process management.
"Here!" Seeing Yue Qingyan, who was dressed very simply and went out without even bringing a bag, A Yue quickly raised his hand to signal.
"It's really young." A Yue helped introduce it. After everyone greeted him, Mi Wu sighed.
Age is part, and skin quality is another part. After Yue Qingyan was reborn, the skin quality was simply amazing. It was not the kind of girl-like rosy and delicate, but healthy and clean. Moreover, Yue Qingyan was not ugly either.
After hearing what Mi Wu said, Yue Qingyan didn't know what to say. Everyone present was the youngest and less than a year after graduating from college. Xu Yingying looked at the youngest, with a baby face, bright and cute clothes, and very lively makeup, and she looked like a beautiful Japanese girl. But Xu Tingting was one and a half years older than Yue Qingyan and had been working for more than a year.
"After graduation, I have nothing to do, so I can only write something." Yue Qingyan answered some questions, but the meaning was that he had arrived.
"It's okay. Girls care more about age." Mi Wu looked at Yue Qingyan carefully and suddenly laughed: "How casual are you buying clothes? Why are you wearing Uniqlo all over?"
Yue Qingyan laughed and said, "I don't have time to pick clothes, and I don't go out anyway, so it's better to feel comfortable. How good is it to go shopping in the family to solve all the clothing problems?"
Xu Yingying added: "From the inside to the outside?"
So Yue Qingyan was blocked again and didn't know how to answer.
"What did you learn? Don't you look for a job?" A Yue asked. The number of professional authors is smaller than expected. Most authors cannot make a living by writing, and they create after work. But Yue Qingyan doesn't look like him. I don't know if he can't find a job or not.
"I wanted to find a job before, but I didn't have a good time. I just wrote something to see if the manuscript fee is easy to earn." Yue Qingyan sighed: "Learn linguistics." The skills that Yue Qingyan learned were taken out to show off. At this time, he said so with the mentality of not pretending to be useless. "It's very difficult to find a job. I'm not strong in academics, so I can't stay in school."
"This is true. It's useless for academic majors without staying in school." Du Xiao said: "However, it seems that you should be able to live by earning royalties."
"That's right." Mi Wu said in agreement: "Du Xiao and I saw two of your manuscripts respectively, and we wanted to pass them on to each other. Unexpectedly, they were all from your hands. Judging from your writing style, it doesn't seem like you were writing at the beginning, it's quite sophisticated."
"I used to write some writing practice, but I was really the first to write." Yue Qingyan couldn't do anything without pretending to behave in this regard.
"How long did these two articles take?" Mi Wu continued to ask.
"Total, it's more than 10 days." Yue Qingyan thought for a while: "There are two or three days of rest in the middle."
"It's amazing." Du Xiao said: "It's okay to "Eight Minutes of Warmth", but "The Story of Your Life" still needs to put in a lot of effort to do some research. Your linguistics foundation is really good."
"It's okay." Yue Qingyan doesn't need to be too modest in this regard. After all, his current skill "linguistics" comes from a true academic master-level role.
A Yue smiled and said, "I didn't run away from earning royalties. If nothing unexpected happens, you will win the prize. Then, give us the copyright and you can get a fee for copyright transfer."
Yue Qingyan said without much hesitation: "Okay."
A Yue was a little surprised: "Don't ask about the price? Just agree?"
Yue Qingyan smiled and said, "Newcomer, I know my weight. Moreover, I have read your essay details, and the copyright transfer is not bound to personal rights. I will not restrict anything I write afterwards. It's OK. Prices, newcomers don't have anything to worry about, and it's useless to care about it. Let's look at the long term."
Although Yue Qingyan is a newcomer, he is very familiar with the habits in the circle and so on. The most important thing is that there are no bad habits that new people regard themselves as more important than the sky. In the field of literature and culture, everyone is not easy, and everyone needs to have the space to do things and make profits. Those authors at the forefront of the industry have the opportunity to be willful, but for newcomers, it is best not to take themselves too seriously while ensuring their own interests. Once or twice, the publisher and the publisher may think that this author is too unique and difficult to communicate, and there are some opportunities that will not find such an author. If a very unique author cannot communicate, it would be fine if he can keep a high level of creation. But if he encounters other troubles, it will be difficult to turn over.
A Yue smiled and said, "I like newcomers who have clear minds the most. How did you think of these two stories?"
Although Yue Qingyan is easy to talk and sensible, after all, A Yue and the others still have to take the exam to get a good school. Is this guy really capable?
Regarding the article "The Story of Your Life", it is natural that it is easy to explain Yue Qingyan's professional background. However, Mi Wu had great doubts about the article "Eight Minutes of Warmth". She couldn't believe that Yue Qingyan actually understood this point of women's psychology.
"The core of the two novels is actually the same. They are about communication, exchange, and differences in positions. They have evolved from some misunderstandings to irreparable wars. I first thought of "The Story of Your Life", but it is too difficult to write, so I originally wanted to write a story about misunderstandings and practice my skills first. However, what about writing about misunderstandings and motivations between girls? I thought jealousy would be a very strong motivation, so I started to try it. I thought about a lot of plots and really wanted to write them, but I actually could write them into a long one. But I also felt that this was too girlish and too fine. But I focused the plot on the contradiction between Gu Xiye and Yan Ze, and it was less than 20,000 words. I felt that some expressions were not sufficient and I couldn't write them. The third-person perspective was also quite problematic, and it was very uncomfortable to get stuck there. The open ending was designed by me and I didn't think about how to deal with it. Moreover, I really liked the two characters and didn't want to write them too well."
"I feel that you have written about the communication between the human and Qilibu bucket. The most important thing is to reach an agreement. But why... Yan Ze and Gu Xiye want to live to the death?" Du Xiao asked.
"Because, the conflict between girls is more difficult to resolve than the conflict between humans and aliens." Xu Yingying added lightly.
"People and aliens are nothing more than communication on the right to survive, nothing more than life and death. Sometimes, between girls and girls, they are still unhappy when they die." Mi Wu added with a smile.
"I don't mean that at all!" Yue Qingyan said quickly. Everyone laughed.
"You talk about the third-person perspective... Indeed, I feel that when you narrate it later, some details are still handled in a vague way. Do you want to write in the first person? Or, like the story of your life, second-person?" Du Xiao focused on the writing technology of the novel itself.
"POV, narration of the line." Yue Qingyan said: "The two characters are narrated from the perspectives separately and then combined. Some of them can use some POV techniques and methods when facing each other."
Yue Qingyan's mind is very clear, and he did have thought more carefully before.
As Yue Qingyan said this, everyone thought about the feasibility and nodded. The last trace of suspicion about Yue Qingyan disappeared. Just being able to express this directional idea is enough to prove his writing ability.
"Awesome." Du Xiao said: "But if you write this way, you can't stand it within 20,000 words. This article will probably expand to more than 40,000 or even more?"
Yue Qingyan nodded: "Yes, and this POV method is used to tell different directions of the same story. Repeated narratives may not like to read. Readers with average level cannot understand the key to this writing method. So, I gave up."
"You have thought it through very carefully." A Yue exclaimed: "Have you written anything else? Let's take a look?"
"There is a light novel that I can't send it out." Yue Qingyan said: "Add a WeChat message? I'll pass it to you."
Yue Qingyan didn't expect to release "Your Name", just to show it to everyone. When the few people here saw this novel, they scanned the beginning, and were fascinated by the tone of the novel's narrative. The writing style of "Your Name" is more like "Eight Minutes of Warmth", but it is more powerful and more complex.
"The completion degree... is really high." Du Xiao finished reading the fastest: "Nine people rarely have such high completion degree. Are you really just starting to write?"
"If you want to change it."
While everyone was chatting, A Yue and Xu Yingying finished watching the second time.
Xu Yingying said: "Is this novel copyright complete?"
"I just finished writing... I wrote it last month. This is a very Japanese light novel. I don't know what to do. I just had an idea, so I wrote it." Yue Qingyan said.
"Sign up with the company. We have a framework agreement for cooperation with the publishing house on RB. Although it is not guaranteed, there is room for operation."
"Okay. This is a complete surprise." Yue Qingyan said.
"Go to treat me." Miwu said in a lively manner.
"It's my honor to have the opportunity to entertain seniors." Yue Qingyan put his posture very low.
"Haha, it's really cute." Mi Wu covered his mouth and smiled, "No matter how hard you are, a newcomer, treat you. A Yue?"
"Mine, I should ask me for it." A Yue was very happy: "It's a great thing to collect three copyrights a day."
Du Xiao said: "If you can meet such a powerful newcomer, you must have a good drink."
Chapter completed!