In the morning, Wu Xiaotian took his parents and Beibei to the zoo in Xingbei City.

My parents live in a small county town, and there are no zoos or anything else in the county. They rarely go to some places to visit. This is the first time they have seen some animals in the zoo, so they are very interested.

Beibei was so happy that she jumped even more.

This is not the first time she has come to the zoo. Wu Xiaotian has brought her here twice before while on the weekend.

However, this time Beibei was still very excited.

Moreover, when Beibei came over the first two times, she was a little scared when she saw some ferocious animals, or she didn't know the names of some animals.

When she came to the zoo this time, she saw beasts such as lions and tigers. She was already very calm. She said hello to them bravely, and told them from time to time what this animal was and what that animal was.

Therefore, all morning was full of joy and laughter.

After playing for a while, several people sat in the cold drink shop in the park and had a rest.

At this time, Wu Xiaotian received a strange call.

"Hello." Wu Xiaotian connected his cell phone and asked, "Who are you?"

There was a young man's voice over there. When he heard Wu Xiaotian's question, he said, "Hello, are you Wu Xiaotian?"

Wu Xiaotian nodded and said, "Yes."

The young man over there smiled and said, "Hello, I am the editor of Legend Magazine, Song Qi, I'm very happy to know you."

When Wu Xiaotian heard this, he was a little stunned. Hu Yidao has always been responsible for his cooperation with Legend Publishing House. Why is there another new person calling him now?

However, he still said, "Hello, Editor Song."

Song Qi on the other side was also straightforward. After introducing himself, he expressed his intention: "Mr. Wu, now I am your new editor in Legend Magazine, and I will connect with you with some cooperation matters in the future."

Wu Xiaotian asked strangely: "Isn't Editor-in-Chief Hu the one who connects with me? Why are you a replacement now?"

Song Qi smiled and said, "Editor Hu has been on vacation recently and probably has no time to work. I will take charge of him. Don't worry, I am as easy as Editor Hu."

So that's it, Wu Xiaotian was relieved.

However, he felt a little complaining in his heart. Brother Hu, after resting, he would call and ask for help. He had to wait for someone to come to find him.

Song Qi quickly got into work and continued: "Mr. Wu, the "Tianlong Bashu" you serialized in "Legend Magazine" has reached its later stages. On behalf of Legend Magazine, I want to talk to you about the publication of the entire book."

Wu Xiaotian said: "This matter, I have already talked with Brother Hu once last time. I don't know if he has handed over these things with you before taking a vacation? His meaning should be signed according to the contract for the last publication of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". There should be no problem with this."

He was telling the truth. In the past two weeks, Hu Yidao talked to him about this matter, and finally decided to sign the contract according to the contract from "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

Wu Xiaotian had no objection to this. After all, the royalties are determined based on sales, and the more they sell, the more they get.

When Song Qi heard Wu Xiaotian's words, he paused and said, "Mr. Wu, Editor-in-Chief Hu told me about this matter, but this contract is a bit inappropriate. It does not seem to comply with the regulations in our magazine, so it needs to be revised."

Wu Xiaotian asked: "How to re-modify it?"

Song Qi continued: "Our magazine mainly focuses on two aspects of the content of the contract modification. One is that this novel has been serialized in the magazine, and many readers have bought magazines and read this novel, so its freshness to readers will be greatly reduced, which means that readers may not buy it again, and we predict that the sales may not be ideal."

Wu Xiaotian had thought about what Song Qi said before, but his contract was based on sales and had little impact on the contract.

He didn't say anything, waiting for Song Qi to say later.

"The second is because the contract last time did not comply with the rules and regulations in our magazines. Generally speaking, for normal book publishing, one-star artists and below are 6% royalties, and every increase of one star will be increased by 1%. As far as I know, you are only one-star artist this year." Song Qi said with a smile.

Wu Xiaotian frowned.

He knew this, and he knew it when he first talked about it.

It is precisely because of this system that the contract was signed like this.

Now, as he listened to Editor Song's words, his book can only get royalties of less than 6%, and it will not be linked to sales, which is much less than before.

He asked Song Qi, "What's the matter?"

"But, even though I say so, I am your editor now, and it is my responsibility to fight for the best interests of the author. So I argued with the leader above and said that your novel is very popular with readers and the sales have always been very good. The two of them quarreled with each other and blushed. Finally, the leader decided not to pursue the matters that have been serialized in the magazine. Only according to your identity as a one-star artist writer, you will give you a 6% royalty, which is..."

"Editor Song." Wu Xiaotian interrupted him without hesitation.

His voice was already a little cold, and he said, "Then am I grateful to you now?"

Song Qi hurriedly said, "This is not needed."

Wu Xiaotian sneered and said, "It's definitely not necessary. If it's the royalty you said, then please tell your leaders that my book will not be published here."

"Mr. Wu, you have to think clearly. Your book was first serialized in our "Legend Magazine."

Song Qi on the other end of the phone also began to speak with some threatening meaning.

He received the above instructions that this time he must minimize the royalties of the author Wu Xiaotian, even if he had a falling out with him, he would be no exception.

Wu Xiaotian smiled even colder. He said: "My novel is indeed serialized in your magazine, but that is only the copyright of the serialization. Other copyrights have nothing to do with you. I can publish it wherever I want."

After Wu Xiaotian finished speaking this, he didn't want to talk nonsense to him. He threw a sentence directly: "Editor Song, tell your leader that if we follow the last contract, I can continue to let you publish this book because of our cooperation many times. If not, then we will end up working together."

When he spoke, Wu Xiaotian hung up the phone.

Wu’s father and mother also noticed Wu Xiaotian’s face was cold and asked with concern: “Xiaotian, is there something wrong? If there is something, let’s stop here today. It’s important for you to deal with things.”

Wu Xiaotian shook his head and said with a smile: "Nothing big is going to be done soon. Let's continue to visit the zoo."
Chapter completed!