The quiet night and being alone is especially suitable for thinking.
Although Zhao Dong's behavior makes Xie Qian ashamed, some of Zhao Dong's characteristics are still worth learning from Xie Qian.
It has been two or three years since Zhao Dong returned to China. He has been running into obstacles, but he has not given up. He persisted and finally got the dream he wanted.
Xie Qian was still thinking before he fell asleep. It was a coincidence that the people from the magazine chose to go to Chengdu for negotiations tomorrow. I wonder how Wen Ying could negotiate the publication of "Teenage Idol" alone.
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At 1:30 pm on Saturday, Wen Ying set out from home.
Xiao Sala and the editor-in-chief will arrive at Zou Weijun's unit at two o'clock. Wen Ying also chose to take a taxi in order to be punctual.
Zou Weijun was waiting for Wen Ying at the door of the unit. Wen Ying got out of the car and jogged for a few steps.
"Aunt Zou!"
"Slow down, don't be in a hurry."
Zou Weijun was a little surprised to see that Wen Ying was the only one here.
She can talk to Wen Ying about the preliminary matters, but when signing a publishing contract, don't Wen Ying's parents need to show up?
Wen Ying had already explained this, "I am over 16 years old, and the contract signed is legally binding. My parents said that I can make my own decisions about writing novels."
——In fact, Manager Chen doesn't want to pay attention to Wen Ying at all now, and Wen Ying forcibly interprets it as "making her own decisions".
Zou Weijun didn't know much about the situation of Wen Ying's family, but Zou Weijun knew that Wen Ying had invested 500,000 yuan in Tianjiao's TV series. With such a sum of money, Wen Ying could make the decision. It didn't seem strange to let Wen Ying sign the publishing contract by herself.
Are people who are over 16 years old but under 18 years old eligible to sign a contract?
If you rely on your own labor income as the main source of living, you can be regarded as a person with full capacity for civil conduct when you reach the age of 16 - that is, Chen Ru and Wen Dongrong completely ignore Wen Ying and do not support Wen Ying. She needs
If she works to support herself, then she can sign a labor contract at her age.
The person does not rely on his own labor income as his main source of living, but the behavior he performs is commensurate with his age and intelligence, and it is also a valid contract.
Wen Ying felt that she was not satisfied with the first one, but she was satisfied with the second one.
At the same age, it would be no problem for Wen Ying to sign a publishing contract, but it would be very problematic for Li Mengjiao to sign a contract with an entertainment company.
The former is for the publication of a single book, while the latter may trick Li Mengjiao into signing an unequal "contract of sale"!
It's actually not easy to deceive Wen Ying in a contract. She can understand the traps in contracts.
Of course, in order to reassure Zou Weijun, Wen Ying assured Zou Weijun that even if "Eige" offered her better conditions today, she would refrain from signing the contract on the spot.
"I will ask a lawyer to take a look first and then sign if there is no problem."
Wen Ying knew what she was doing, and Zou Weijun felt relieved.
Smart kids know what they are doing.
Besides, Zou Weijun was watching at the scene.
Today is Saturday, and there are not many people in Zou Weijun's workplace. Zou Weijun led Wen Ying to the office to wait. Unexpectedly, an hour later, the editor-in-chief of "Eige" arrived late.
The editor-in-chief of "Egg" is named Han. She is a tall, dark-skinned woman who looks very serious.
Behind Editor Han was a young girl with a ponytail and glasses.
As soon as Editor Han arrived, he set his sights on Zou Weijun, but the young girl was looking at Wen Ying.
"Little Salamander."
"...Are you the little fish?"
Wen Ying's pen name is "Fish Against the Current", and the editor in charge of her is called Xiao Sala. Both of them feel that they are destined.
We have been in contact online for a long time, and this is the first time we have met in real life. Xiaoyu is indeed as childish as Wen Ying thought, and he is definitely the new editor.
The little salamander looked at Wen Ying and thought Wen Ying looked so small.
He obviously knew Wen Ying's age, but when he actually met her, Little Salamander still needed time to digest it.
After confirming that Wen Ying was not joking, Xiao Salaman became excited.
Such a young and new author.
If I can win over "Eige", I will write many good works for "Eige" in the future.
The first full-length novel was on the level of "Youth Idol". Xiao Sala was really optimistic about Wen Ying's future. On the way to Chengdu, Xiao Sala kept "making suggestions" to Editor Han, and finally convinced him.
Editor-in-chief Han is willing to increase the manuscript fee for "Teen Idol" serialization in the magazine from 180 yuan per 1,000 words to 240 yuan per 1,000 words.
The manuscript fee has been increased twice after five serializations. For a new author, this is a sign of the magazine's attention.
We don’t know yet what quality Wen Ying’s next book will be. If it’s not as popular as “Teenage Idol”, Editor Han will not be very willing to pay the manuscript fee of 240 yuan per thousand words.
After all, it is difficult to lower the manuscript fee when it goes up, so it is okay to increase the manuscript fee, but the premise is that "Teen Idol" must be handed over to the magazine to operate and publish!
Editor Han believes that he came with full sincerity.
If Zou Weijun hadn't intervened, a new author like Wen Ying wouldn't have had to make such a special trip to Editor Han.
When Wen Ying and Xiao Sala met like family members, sparks flew between Chief Editor Han and Zou Weijun.
"Han Qin."
"Zou Weijun."
The two shook hands. Zou Weijun didn't mention Han Qin's lateness, nor did Han Qin herself.
As soon as the two parties sat down, Han Qin's eyes finally shifted from Zou Weijun to Wen Ying.
What is the image of Wen Ying?
She is a round-faced little girl.
He doesn't look threatening.
Such a little girl is already so excited to have her work published in EGGER, right?
Except for a few full-time authors, most of the authors who contribute to magazines work part-time. Some of the authors are students and some are office workers, but as far as Han Qin knows, most authors choose this line of work out of interest, and of course they can get royalties.
Best of all, it's an income.
It doesn’t matter if the royalties are not high. Compared with making money from writing, the dream of being a writer is more noble.
If the magazine does not take the initiative to raise the price, the author rarely does so.
Those who regard manuscript fees as more important than the dream of being a writer are full-time authors.
Full-time writers have to make a living by writing. If the royalties from "Egger" are too small, they will write for other magazines instead of hanging from the tree of "Egger".
What's more, the author's pen name is inherently free. Authors who can contribute to "Eige" will also be able to submit manuscripts in the hands of editors of the same type of youth magazines.
Therefore, in order to have stable high-quality manuscripts, the magazine will support some authors.
If a pen name only contributes to "Egger", the manuscript fee will definitely increase.
Wen Ying did not receive such treatment in the past. "Teenage Idol" broke out among many youth romance novels. Each issue became more popular than the last. Wen Ying, a new author, finally broke into Editor Han's sight.
Han Qin glanced at Wen Ying and suddenly smiled:
"Xiaoyu, you and Editor Zou know each other, right? I don't care how you two met or how close your relationship is. I just want to tell you that your future has unlimited possibilities. Don't be fooled by what's happening in front of you.
Don't be fooled by a little profit, and don't trust other people's promises. Your editor, Xiaoyu, is very optimistic about you and has repeatedly recommended you to me. I also think it's time for "Teenage Idol" to plan a standalone book. Your book is well written.
Your words are valuable, we have decided to increase the manuscript fee for "Young Idol" to 240 yuan per thousand words, starting from the June issue, what do you think?"
Didn't Han Qin open her eyes and know that Wen Ying and Zou Weijun were familiar with each other?
Instead, based on his own social experience, he believed that Zou Weijun arranged the conversation in the office of the Chengdu Publishing Group to help "Teen Idol" improve its publishing conditions!
This is putting pressure on the magazine to ask Han Qin to give better publishing conditions. Han Qin does not want to be led by others. What she is talking about is not the publication of "Teen Idol", but the period during "Egg"
serialized.
——"Teen Idol" is about to be serialized into its sixth issue. Based on the 300,000 words, it is only halfway through the series. It is very important to publish a single volume, and the magazine serialization must continue!
