TT couldn't have a pleasant conversation while typing, so Sun Peng simply gave Zheng Ye his mobile phone number and asked the other party to call him.
After answering the phone, he was polite again. Under Sun Peng's repeated inquiries, Zheng Ye explained patiently. Sun Peng finally got a clue and roughly guessed the secret of Shooting Condor.
reason.
The reason is very simple. It is simply that the Chinese cultural industry in this world is too developed.
For a country, it is certainly a good thing that the cultural industry is developed. In addition to creating many jobs and increasing GDP, it also shows the true strength of a country. After all, the cultural industry is the best representative of a country's political influence and influence.
One of the elements of economic strength.
But a developed industry also means fierce competition.
Because of its strong economic strength and a population of 1.2 billion, China has created an extremely huge market, and its strict copyright protection policy guarantees the interests of authors. Therefore, online literature with the lowest threshold has attracted countless visionaries.
Become famous all over the world
One after another, they rushed into this candlelight with their sweet dreams. But because of this, the fierce competition in online literature today has become a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood compared to physical publishing with higher thresholds. Every small author
Famous authors all emerge from among thousands of people.
It is really difficult for newcomers to get ahead.
It is conceivable that for a young and young author, even if it is a classic such as The Legend of the Condor Heroes, how can it easily come to the fore? Many old white readers would not even take a look at a novel of just over 100,000 words.
, which further resulted in the "miserable" data in Sun Peng's eyes. What's more, after decades of glory, chivalrous novels have long become a dead novel category in the eyes of new readers, and only those diehard fans
Only then will I continue to look for books of this type on the website and take a look.
"Without him, times have changed!"
After reading Zheng Ye's explanation, Sun Peng couldn't help but sigh: What an untimely time to travel!
If we go back to a few decades ago, when the Internet had not yet appeared, television technology had not yet fully matured, and newspapers were still the mainstream of media, the Condor Heroes would have become an instant hit, as described in many time-travel novels, and created a world as big as Earth.
Sun Peng doesn't need to worry about anything next. As long as he takes advantage of the trend and speculates on many famous works of Jin Da Da, it will be enough to create an era that belongs to him.
But it's a pity that he traveled to such a parallel world.
The era when newspapers dominated the media field has long passed. Even the influence of television is declining rapidly. Not to mention that the development of the Internet has turned novels, a game that only literary elites could play in the past, into mass entertainment. It is possible to stand out among a large number of works.
It’s not that easy. This is why The Condor is such a classic novel, but it is not noticeable at all on the Shuxiang Chinese website. People have long cultivated more than a dozen great gods and hundreds of small and medium-sized gods, and they have divided up most of them.
Reader resources for...
So in fact, The Condor's results are already very good in the chivalrous novel category!
In the words of editor Zheng Ye, Sun Peng's unsightly achievements are already very good. Nowadays, online novels are basically occupied by science fiction, mystery, urban and other categories. The popular time-travel and rebirth flow in another world is even more popular. It can be said that it is
Let a hundred flowers bloom, no less beautiful than on earth. But traditional chivalrous novels have long since died. The model of three chivalrous heroes and five righteousnesses was written to its extreme by the Chinese decades ago. Nowadays, no one except a few die-hard fans writes it anymore.
, and few people watch it anymore.
That’s why Zheng Ye said that it’s quite extraordinary for The Condor, which has less than 200,000 words, to achieve such results.
but……
After listening to Zheng Ye's explanation, Sun Peng became more and more curious and couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Zheng, I don't understand this. If this is the case, why do you still ask me about ejaculation?"
Is Diao’s copyright still there? Is it possible that your company is still publishing chivalrous novels that have no market?”
"Haha, again, physical publishing and online novels are different."
After laughing, Zheng Ye quickly explained: "In the physical publishing market, traditional chivalrous novels still have many loyal readers. They are generally a little older and are not used to reading books on the Internet... And I don't think The Condor and The Condor are the same.
Those traditional chivalrous novels are the same thing, don’t you think?”
"Hey, this is interesting!"
When he saw this, Sun Peng finally felt that this editor Zheng was extraordinary.
The 200,000-word Legend of the Condor Heroes is actually far from exciting in Sun Peng's opinion. For example, none of the most outstanding five skills have yet appeared, the Eighteen Palms of Subduing the Dragon, left and right fighting, and the rhythmic killing technique.
The extraordinary feats and skills have not yet been revealed, and exciting moments such as riding a shark and discussing swords in Mount Huashan are still to come. The two hundred thousand words ahead
, in fact, it talks about the origins of Guo Jing and Yang Kang, and the grievances and hatreds between the Quanzhen Seven Sons and the Jiangnan Seven Monsters. The most attractive part is nothing more than the Heart-Destroying Palm and the Nine-Yin White Bone Claw of the Black Wind Shuangsha, and of course...
There is the town's internal skills taught by Ma Yu to Guo Jing - for the first time in this world, the internal skills have been so perfected in front of the world!
However, Sun Peng still found it a bit incredible that he came to his door in less than a month.
Just when Sun Peng frowned and was about to ask in detail, as if he had guessed the doubts in his heart, Zheng Ye quickly continued: "Actually, I have an old friend who is a loyal reader of chivalrous novels. He must do it every day.
My homework is to look for new chivalrous novels on our website. It was he who discovered the extraordinary qualities of the Condor Shooting and strongly recommended it to me. Haha, I happen to be in charge of all the chivalrous novels published by our publishing house, so...
Do you understand?"
I see!
After listening to this passage, Sun Peng finally understood it completely.
But after understanding it, Sun Peng still felt a bit dumbfounded and felt aggrieved by Jin Dada's The Condor Shooting: No matter which world it is in, The Condor Shooting should definitely be a classic novel. Think about subduing the dragon, thinking about fighting.
Dog Stick Technique, think of Bi Hai Chao Sheng Qu, and then think of Wu Jue and Huashan Swordsmanship, it is simply the glory of martial arts novels
What a starting point! Unexpectedly, he was ignored because he appeared in this world at the wrong time. Even if he was just a plagiarist, Sun Peng felt extremely wronged in his heart - after all, he was brought over from his own world, and the Condor was brought by this world.
To Sun Peng, being ignored by others is just like how Chinese traditional culture was looked down upon by foreigners in his previous life...
While sighing with some heartache, Su Peng continued to ask curiously: "Editor Zheng, of course I am very confident in Shooting the Condor, but... after all, it only has less than 200,000 words, and it has just been opened.
It's only small, and the results are so bad that I don't even dare to put it on the shelves for sale. Why do you think it is qualified to be published? What if it fails later? If you decide to publish it directly in this case, wouldn't it be a risk for you?
Very big?"
In his previous life, Sun Peng actually had several interactions with editors.
As a junior surgeon, Sun Peng certainly does not have the qualifications to write a book, but his mentor does! Which of the clinical experts has not received an invitation from a publishing house? Either write a professional book, or participate in the editing process
Textbooks, etc. But the experts have to do surgeries, outpatient clinics, and academic
Meetings, members of various societies, editorial boards of various magazines, etc., how can they have time to write books? In the end, these trivial matters naturally fall on their doctoral or master's students, and books and papers are not enough anyway.
Same, what is needed is mature theory and knowledge, just use doctrine directly!
After several contacts, Sun Peng knew that every editor has assessment indicators.
So after thinking about it, Sun Peng couldn't figure out why Zheng Ye contacted him so early. The Condor Shooting is certainly classic enough. Even if it only has 200,000 words, it stands out among others on the Shuxiang Chinese website. People with a discerning eye can naturally discover its excellence.
But if this can make the editor of a big publishing house trust a pure newcomer and eagerly want to publish this book, Sun Peng is still a little confused!
…
There was silence on the other end of the phone. It seemed that Sun Peng would not expect that Sun Peng would suddenly ask this question. After a while, Zheng Ye's somewhat embarrassed voice came over: "Mr. Sun, this is it... For novels with a better start, especially newcomers,
We usually contact the author in advance to make a preliminary publishing agreement. Of course, whether it can be published and when it will be published depends on the quality of the subsequent content, so this agreement is only a preliminary agreement..."
"hehe!"
When Sun Peng heard this, his face darkened and he couldn't help but roll his eyes.
In vain, I was shocked just now. I thought I was lucky to have stumbled upon the plot in the novel, met a great editor, and discovered the true value of vulture shooting in the rough waves. I didn't expect it to be like this!
Preliminary agreement...
Sun Peng knew with all his strength that this agreement could not be fair.
For example, if you write well in the future, it will be published by Shuxiang Publishing House after you signed the agreement; but if you fail in writing later, or others are not satisfied with it due to some aspect, it will probably be canceled according to the agreement.
Cooperate or delay, it’s just a preliminary agreement anyway, hahahaha... you know!
But he understood, and Sun Peng wasn't too angry.
This is just the first time that the two parties have contacted each other. They are just doing their own work. What is there to be angry about? Furthermore, given the current situation of the Condor, it is a good thing that an editor is paying attention to it. It shows that as the number of words increases and the plot increases,
With the development of classics, the power of classics has begun to slowly show up, right?
So after laughing, Sun Peng said calmly: "Okay, Editor Zheng, how about you please send me this preliminary agreement and I can take a look first?"