Chapter 24 Bargaining
Pan Yuesheng's evaluation of "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" was very high. After he finished the evaluation, he turned his attention to Zhao Chen. He knew in his heart that the young man in front of him could become a famous writer by relying on his talent alone! And most importantly, since Jin Yong won the pen, the sales of "Ming Pao" began to decline, and readers who ordered "Ming Pao" also tended to decrease. How could this not make Pan Yuesheng, the editor-in-chief anxious? Now the young man in front of him has such writing style and plot control ability at a young age, and his future achievements are simply limitless. Even if he cannot become Jin Yong, he has the opportunity to become a famous martial arts writer like Gu Long or Liang Yusheng. It is precisely for this reason that Pan Yuesheng couldn't wait to speak.
While Zhao Chen was still thinking, Shangguan Xiaobao, who was standing beside him, interrupted and said, "Brother Pan, you should talk about the treatment first. If the treatment is not good, I will take Zhao Chen to the "Oriental Daily" and I can't let him suffer a loss, right?"
When Pan Yuesheng heard Shangguan Xiaobao say this, he felt a little headache because the author's treatment was basically determined by Jin Yong. When he thought of Jin Yong, Pan Yuesheng thought of his stinginess. With Jin Yong's stinginess, he would not give him too good treatment. Naturally, it is impossible to compare with Oriental Daily. This is the main reason for his headache.
"This... this is it! You guys wait a moment, and I will go find Liangyong now and strive for the best treatment for Zhao Chen!" Pan Yuesheng was obviously asked by Shangguan Xiaobao. He knew that even if he had a lotus flower, he could hardly convince Shangguan Xiaobao, so he stopped wasting his lips and went straight to find Jin Yong.
After Pan Yuesheng hurriedly left the room with his laptop, Zhao Chen and Shangguan Xiaobao smiled at each other. The first step they discussed on the way was perfectly successful.
"Zhao Chen, we have made the second plan. When you see Jin Yong, you must not talk too much. Just leave the rest to me. It is best to pretend to be a respectful attitude and never be seen through by that stingy person, otherwise the show will be in vain."
"Uncle Shangguan, I will definitely do what you said." Zhao Chen nodded, approving Shangguan Xiaobao's proposal. This may be the best way to deal with Jin Yong at present. After all, this is the first novel written by Zhao Chen. No matter how talented he is, he is still a newcomer.
Both of them looked particularly relaxed, chatting without a word, without any nervousness.
Pan Yuesheng came to Jin Yong's door with his notebook, and he didn't knock on the door, so he entered the room a little anxiously. He knew that Jin Yong was inside.
Sure enough, Jin Yong was sitting on a chair and was looking at the newspaper leisurely. Seeing Pan Yuesheng entering the room without knocking on the door, he frowned unconsciously, but he didn't say anything. After so many years of getting along, he naturally knew Pan Yuesheng's personality very well. This situation would only happen if something more important would happen.
"Liang Yong, I just received a novel from a newcomer. You can read it first!"
"That's all? Old Pan, can't you decide the price of 50 yuan for a thousand words?" Jin Yong glanced at Pan Yuesheng strangely. He thought that Pan Yuesheng had something very important, but he didn't expect that it was just a novel written by a newcomer.
Pan Yuesheng smiled bitterly on his face. He also wanted to sign the newcomer immediately, but he couldn't say the price at all, so he had to say helplessly: "The price is too low, there is no way. This time Shangguan Xiaobao brought this newcomer here!"
When Jin Yong heard Shangguan Xiaobao, his brows frowned again, and he also felt a little headache. Shangguan Xiaobao has been really annoyed him for a while recently, just to get the right to adapt his martial arts novel.
"So that's it, but you don't have to be so anxious about a newcomer's work, right?"
"Liang Yong, it would be fine if he was an ordinary newcomer, but this newcomer is really a monster. Shangguan Xiaobao didn't know where to find it. Just read this novel!" Pan Yuesheng sighed helplessly, sighing at Zhao Chen's talent.
Jin Yong took a deep look at Pan Yuesheng, said no more, and turned on his laptop and started reading.
After a long time, Jin Yong suddenly sighed and said, "There are talents in the Jiangshan Dynasty, which is a very smooth novel! The plot is also very wonderful. While bringing strong curiosity to readers, it can also portray a character with different personalities. Even a well-known writer may not be able to do this skill. However, reading the narrative method and plot of this novel should be a very difficult dual protagonist. I don't know if he has that skill. If he succeeds, it must be a martial arts classic!"
Pan Yuesheng sat opposite Jin Yong without saying a word. Jin Yong's comments were almost the same as him. His purpose was to know what kind of reward Jin Yong would give!
"This novel is indeed a fight for, as for the royalties! Let's ask them to come over and discuss it slowly!"
Seeing that Pan Yuesheng didn't say anything, Jin Yong immediately said the following words. Pan Yuesheng had a wry smile on his face, and he knew that Jin Yong would make such a decision.
"Okay, I'll take them here now!"
Pan Yuesheng finally nodded and got up and left the room.
Not long after, Pan Yuesheng took Zhao Chen and the others into Jin Yong's office, and he turned around and left by himself. He didn't want to see Jin Yong bargaining. It would be better to avoid it, so as not to be upset.
"Please sit here, please!" Seeing Shangguan Xiaobao and Zhao Chen enter the room, Jin Yong immediately stood up and led them to the chair, looking extremely polite.
"Mr. Jin Yong, we have met again. I wonder what do you think of Zhao Chen's novel?" Shangguan Xiaobao went straight to the topic as soon as he landed. He knew very well that Jin Yong could not drag it down, otherwise the good situation would probably be controlled by Jin Yong.
Jin Yong did not immediately answer Shangguan Xiaobao's question, but instead turned his eyes on Zhao Chen, took a closer look before saying, "It turns out that this person is the author of "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty". He didn't expect that he was so young and really a young talent!"
Hearing Jin Yong's praise, Zhao Chen just smiled politely, but didn't say anything.
"I said Jin Yong, can you not do this? Last time I heard you say something similar to an author, and it's time to change it." Shangguan Xiaobao held his forehead with a helpless look, and Zhao Chen, who was standing beside him, felt amused.
"Brother Shangguan, you are a big mistake. My words are all heartfelt words. There is no way, this little brother can definitely take on his talent!"
Faced with Jin Yong's rebuttal, Shangguan Xiaobao couldn't help but hold his mouth in his mouth. He could see that Jin Yong was just using sugar-coated shells. His purpose was nothing more than to make Zhao Chen's mind hot so that he could follow his next temptation. Fortunately, he reminded him several times before coming here, otherwise, with Zhao Chen's youth, he would not know that he was sold by Jin Yong.
"Then let me ask you, since my little brother is so talented, I wonder what price you can give?"
Faced with Shangguan Xiaobao's direct question, Jin Yong frowned and thought for a while and said, "A thousand words of 70 yuan, what do you think? This is a good treatment for novices."
When Shangguan Xiaobao heard this, he couldn't help but show a sarcastic smile on his face.
"This novel is so high-quality, with a thousand words only 70. Jin Yong, you are too stingy, no, you need at least 200 thousand words!"
"A thousand words and two hundred are the price of famous artists. Have you ever seen a newcomer with such a high royalty? I don't think so. I add 20 per thousand words, so there is no more!"
"Jin Yong, you're only 20 more, so you're too stingy! Then I'll give you a little more, 180 thousand words, so you can't lose any more."
"You said I'm stingy, but you're even better than that! Okay, I'll give you an integer of at most, a thousand words and one hundred, and it's really not higher."
"Anyway, I am far inferior to you in terms of stinginess. I don't think so. Everyone takes a step back. 150 yuan a thousand words, it really cannot be reduced. After all, this is my hard-earned money. Look at his clothes. He is so young that he has to carry the life of a family alone. He can't even maintain food and clothing anymore. How can you bear to exploit him?"
Chapter completed!