The waiter said respectfully to Jia Yun with a smile on his face: "This brother, our master has invited you."
It's not that Jia Yun bribed this clerk, he didn't even give him a single copper coin.
However, he came to the flagship store of Qiwenwu today, riding a black horse and wearing a black uniform from Jing's martial arts, with the four words "Jing's martial arts" written on the black uniform.
The clerk at Qi Bookstore is literate and can recognize the four characters "Jing's Martial Arts" and can also recognize that Jia Yun's black horse is a good horse.
So in his eyes, Jia Yun, a young boy, was a noble person who needed to be treated with respect.
Immediately, under the guidance of the waiter, Jia Yun went up to the second floor and walked into Cheng Huanian's study.
When Cheng Huanian saw Jia Yun for the first time, he couldn't help but frowned. The waiter just said that the visitor was a young man. Although the Jia Yun in front of him was tall and slender, he looked younger than he expected.
Such a young boy wants to publish a book with him? What a joke.
However, Hua Nian immediately noticed the four words "Jing's Martial Arts" written on Jia Yun's black uniform and asked, "Are you a martial arts student from Jing's Martial Arts?"
Jia Yun said: "Yes."
Cheng Huanian pointed to a chair opposite the desk: "Sit down and talk."
Even the clerks know about Jing's Martial Arts, let alone the boss Cheng Huanian. He knows that most of the martial arts students in Jing's Martial Arts are rich or famous, and he also knows some other things.
Jia Yun sat on the chair and looked at Cheng Huanian calmly.
Cheng Huanian asked: "You want me to publish a book?"
"Yes." Jia Yun responded, and then handed the four manuscripts he brought to Cheng Huanian: "This is the book I want you to publish. I brought the first 40,000 words, you can read it first."
Cheng Huanian took the four manuscripts, looked through them briefly, and asked, "Is this a novel?"
Jia Yun said: "A long martial arts novel in chapter chapters."
Cheng Huanian asked: "Did you write it?"
Jia Yun said: "Of course not. How can I write such a martial arts novel at such a young age?"
Cheng Huanian nodded and asked, "Who wrote that?"
Jia Yun said: "I have an old friend who is more than ten years older than me. This martial arts novel was written by him. However, he has a very eccentric temperament and does not want to interact with others. He asked me to find a bookseller to print and publish it for him to earn some money.
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Cheng Huanian nodded and immersed himself in reading the 40,000-word manuscript in his hand.
Forty thousand words, it took Jia Yun a long time to copy with a brush, but it was very fast to read. Moreover, many years of reading experience and bookseller experience have allowed Cheng Huanian to develop a very high reading efficiency.
Cheng Huanian quickly read the 40,000-word novel, and felt happy after reading it. He said to Jia Yun: "Please wait a moment longer, and I will read it again carefully. While waiting, you can choose a book in my study to kill yourself."
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Jia Yun was not polite and immediately stood up and walked to the bookshelf.
Although this study room is just Cheng Huanian's office, there are two bookshelves inside. There are many books on the bookshelves, most of which are "wonderful texts".
Jia Yun checked it for a while, then selected a volume of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" and started reading it.
Although "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" is a collection of classical Chinese short stories, it is also a masterpiece. There are nearly 500 classical Chinese short stories in the book, with a total word count of 700,000.
"Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" with so many words would naturally be divided into many volumes when published in this world.
The volume Jia Yun is holding now has only about 20,000 words.
"Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" is a classical Chinese text and is slow to read. Jia Yuncai read less than 10,000 words, while Cheng Huanian had already carefully read the 40,000-word "The Eight Parts of the Dragon".
Cheng Huanian was very excited. Even though he had only read 40,000 words, he could already tell that this was a very good martial arts novel. It was printed and published by Qiwenwu and it would not be difficult to sell well.
He suppressed his excitement and asked: "From the 40,000 words, this martial arts novel should have a lot of words. Did your old friend tell you how many words this novel has?"
Jia Yun said: "One million."
"Well……"
Even though Cheng Huanian had not expected that this martial arts novel would have a lot of words, he was still surprised by the number one million.
A novel with one million words is really a masterpiece in this world. It has more words than "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin" and "Journey to the West".
However, Cheng Huanian felt new excitement in his heart. Once this martial arts novel became a bestseller, the more words there were, the more volumes a book would be divided into, which generally meant more money.
Those two booksellers, who had strong backers and were very courageous, made a lot of money by printing and publishing "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio". One of the reasons was that the book had a lot of words.
Cheng Huanian asked: "Has the whole book been written?"
Jia Yun said: "I have only written 100,000 words so far, but you can rest assured that my friend can write 2,000 words every day. As long as you are willing to print and publish, this book will definitely be completed."
Cheng Huanian nodded and gave his evaluation of "The Eight Parts of the Dragon": "This martial arts novel has a strange imagination and is novel and attractive. It is a rare masterpiece. Although it is too vernacular, this has its disadvantages and advantages. Disadvantages
The advantage is that it is easily criticized by high-level readers, but the advantage is that it can be understood and loved by more people."
Jia Yun nodded, he also judged this.
Although writing in his previous life was Jia Yun's specialty, when he wrote "The Eight Parts of the Dragon", he paid attention to using writing styles that were in line with the current world as much as possible. However, his writing skills in classical Chinese were limited and his memory was very strong.
So much so that the writing style of "Dragon and the Eight Parts" he wrote is highly similar to the original work. Although the writing style of the original work is somewhat suitable for this world, it is still too vernacular for this world.
Cheng Huanian then asked: "How old are you this year?"
Jia Yun told the truth.
Cheng Huanian nodded again, picked up the teacup, and thought to himself while drinking tea: "This little boy in front of me is not simple. He is so young, but he is so majestic, and his speech and behavior are much more mature and calm than the average boy of this age. It can be seen that he is a precocious man."
A wise man.”
Cheng Huanian put down his teacup and asked, "Can you tell me your family background?"
Jia Yun said: "I am from the Jia family."
Jia Yun had already approached two booksellers before, one of whom was the owner of Qinxue Books.
When looking for these two booksellers, Jia Yun neither exposed the identity of a martial arts student of the Jing family nor the identity of a child of the Jia family.
He is cautious.
Martial arts novels such as "The Eight Parts of the Dragon" would be regarded as evil by Jia's mother, Jia Zheng and others of the Jia family.
Even if Jia Yun is not looking for booksellers to print and publish in the name of the author, but under the guise of helping Wang Nian's acquaintance, if this kind of thing spreads to the Jia family, it may cause obstruction.
But this time, in order to increase the success rate of publishing and to get Cheng Huanian's attention, Jia Yun decided to reveal her identity as a martial arts student of the Jing family and a disciple of the Jia family, and not hide it in front of Cheng Huanian.
It was also because he carefully inquired about Cheng Huanian before coming here, and based on what he inquired about, he judged that Cheng Huanian was probably a Confucian businessman.
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ps: I found that there are fewer investors in this book. I don’t understand this. Please feel free to invest. It seems that you don’t need to spend starting coins.
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