1156: Your walls are about to be dug down (return 6)
Zou Weijun obviously did not intend to elaborate on the difficulties in the workplace with Wen Ying and Xie Qian.
Ms. Zou also wants to save face.
She can use Wen Ying's suggestions to promote book sales, but she won't count on Wen Ying to pass the test every time. The positioning of her son Xie Qian is the same. She knows that Xie Qian is very smart, but Xie Qian should have his own
In life, you can't always spend your energy on dealing with crises for her.
Zou Weijun's attitude was firm, and it was difficult for Wen Ying and Xie Qian to pursue further questions.
Zou Weijun changed the subject and asked Wen Ying:
"I heard from Xie Qian that you serialized a novel in a magazine. It's now in its fourth issue. What's the feedback from readers?"
Wen Ying gave advice to Zou Weijun, and Zou Weijun was also concerned about Wen Ying's writing career.
In March, the provincial key high school held a liberal arts placement test for the first graders. Although Wen Ying chose to study science, she was almost transferred to a regular class. Thanks to Xie Qian, who made a surprise entrance for her before the exam and checked the key points for her, she was in danger.
I will stay in Class 16.
For this reason, Xie Qian looked at her with a look of hatred for several days, which frightened Wen Ying so much that she couldn't focus on anything but studying.
She doesn't even care about Shrimp King's business.
Shrimp King is watched by Yang Xi and Deng Yaomei.
The former is smart and the latter is honest. The two complement each other perfectly. With them watching, Wen Ying feels relieved.
Anyway, Shrimp King will definitely not go out of business anytime soon.
Even if Yang Xi couldn't decide something, she could still consult Geng Xiao for his opinion. Qin Jiao agreed to take care of King of Shrimp after the college entrance examination, and Wang Shuang focused on Li Mengjiao's first TV series, devoting all his spare time to the crew, King of Shrimp
It was because of their own weakness. Of the remaining Geng Xiao and Tang Yifeng, Geng Xiao was more mature in thinking and considered the problem more comprehensively. Wen Ying temporarily entrusted the 'Shrimp King' to Geng Xiao.
Wen Ying herself, regardless of the Shrimp King matter, has never been to the crew to visit the class once, and is studying under the supervision of Xie Xueba.
The only way to relax in the sea of topics is to write.
For more than a month, Wen Ying only did two things: studying and writing.
Wen Ying's scattered energy was concentrated, and not only the improvement in her grades was visible to the naked eye, but also her writing improved significantly.
Xiao Sala, the editor of "Egg", said that the quality of Wen Ying's two submissions was very high.
As for the quality of the novel, you can deceive yourself but not the readers.
After being serialized for three issues, the novel has completed the premise and the plot is getting better. The book "Teenage Idol" has gradually attracted the attention of readers.
When the first issue of this book was serialized, readers of the magazine only read it casually.
By the second issue, after reading the serial, readers began to notice that the author of "Teen Idol" was called "Fish Against the Current". This name was ordinary and plain, not foreign at all, just like the beginning of the book "Teen Idol"
The feeling you give.
But I don’t know why, in this ordinary and plain narrative, it can attract people to keep reading.
"Teenage Idol" does not have a grand romance. It tells the growth of several young people. The multi-line narrative method of several protagonists is different from the current youth novels. Many readers are not used to this writing method.
But by the third issue, the editor Xiao Sala felt that the manuscript submitted by Wen Ying was of high quality, so he released 40,000 words of content in one breath. In this way, the book "Teenage Idol" had a total of 80,000 words of serialization, which can be regarded as detonating a
Little climax.
It is really neither ordinary nor plain!
It is a hidden cool article.
Because the various settings are so realistic, readers are a bit unable to get the excitement of it in the early stages.
When I reached 80,000 words, the excitement that gradually accumulated was detonated.
Re-reading the content of the first two issues, whether it is the text description or the character plot, it suddenly became vivid.
So the March issue of "Eige" was released, which was also the third serial issue of "Young Idol". Xiao Sala told Wen Ying that the number of readers who liked her suddenly increased a lot.
Readers express their love in a crude way. They vote for whomever they like. For adolescent magazines like "Egg", every issue comes with a questionnaire.
If readers of the magazine are willing to fill out the survey form and send it back to the magazine, they will have the opportunity to receive small gifts from the magazine.
In this way, it becomes clear at a glance which of the articles published in each issue of the magazine is popular with readers.
The number of votes for "Teen Idol" was not high at the beginning, but it skyrocketed after the March issue!
Readers are eager to know the following plot. They hope that "Egg" can allocate more space to the serial novel "Teenage Idol". Some readers not only fill out the registration form, but also write to the magazine, using this method to express their gratitude to the magazine.
"Fish against the current" reminder - these stupid readers don't know that after they reveal their preferences, it will be the magazine's turn to take the initiative. The more readers like the serial novel, the less the magazine will give it.
There are multiple pages and a limited number of words in a novel. If there are too many words in each issue, it will be serialized quickly. How can it attract readers to spend money to buy new periodicals?
So after "Teen Idol" became more popular, Xiao Sala made a decisive decision to only give "Teen Idol" 20,000 words in the April issue.
If it weren't for the fact that fewer words would have the opposite effect of losing readability, Xiaoyu might be stingy enough to only give "Teen Idol" 10,000 words of space... The positive feedback from readers is beneficial to Wen Ying. Starting from the April issue,
"Eige" has increased the manuscript fee for Wen Ying!
For the first 80,000 words, Wen Ying's manuscript fee was only 130 yuan/thousand words, and she received nearly 7,000 yuan in after-tax manuscript fees.
Starting from the fourth issue, Wen Ying's manuscript fee increased from 130 yuan per thousand words to 180 yuan per thousand words!
One thousand words increased by 50 yuan.
Wen Ying wrote a script for Tianjiao Film and Television, and the remuneration was 500,000 yuan before tax. Logically speaking, she would not take lightly the increase of only 50 yuan. In fact, Wen Ying was very happy.
There is a human element in script remuneration. The script she wrote may not be worth 500,000 yuan. This price also includes the "after-sales service" in the later period. It is impossible for Wen Ying to stay away when the series starts filming.
And "Egg" raised Wen Ying's manuscript fee, which was completely devoid of human feelings. Editor Xiao Sala didn't know her, and no one in "Egg" knew her. Although she was still a newcomer, she could make the magazine take the initiative to increase the manuscript fee.
, this is a great recognition for Wen Ying!
At this time, Zou Weijun mentioned this topic, Wen Ying's face lit up, and thousands of words converged into one sentence:
"I've increased my royalties."
Zou Weijun immediately laughed.
Has the manuscript fee been increased?
That must be a good result.
The magazine wants to retain the author Wen Ying by increasing the manuscript fee.
After Wen Ying said this, she reacted belatedly, "Aunt Zou, how did you know that the serialization has reached the fourth issue? Have you been paying attention to my novel?"
Zou Weijun wiped the corner of his mouth and nodded with a smile: "Xie Qian recommended it to me. You have your job, and I also have mine."
Wen Ying's job is to write, and Zou Weijun's job is to discover good works.
Xie Qian was exposed by his own mother, but he remained calm.
He does have some selfish motives.
But if Wen Ying's novel is poorly written, even if he recommends it a hundred times, his mother won't be able to read it.
