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Chapter 25 Signed Writer

Jin Yong was immediately in trouble. What he was best at was not eloquence, but to speak with his pen. But after he looked at Zhao Chen carefully, he still couldn't help but feel a little compassion. He seemed to see the shadow of his youth in Zhao Chen. After all, he also had a painful memory.

Zhao Chen was wearing a street stall. Although he was 1.7 meters tall, he looked a little thin due to long-term malnutrition. Coupled with the tired expression he pretended, Jin Yong could not ignore it even if he was stingy.

"Oh, that's all, just 150 yuan for a thousand words! But if a single copy is issued, what if it's 5%?" Jin Yong felt a painful feeling, as if he saw a large amount of Hong Kong dollars flying from his pocket to someone else's pocket. At this time, he still cared about money very much, otherwise he wouldn't find any reason not to pay the author a royal fee. But at the same time, Mingpao Group has such a large scale and its main contribution also comes from him. This is an undeniable fact.

At first, Zhao Chen thought that Jin Yong suddenly became generous, but after Jin Yong said the share of physical books, he had no choice but to find that he was simply wrong. Which of the share of royalties or single-books is more important? It is undoubtedly more profitable to share the single-books. If the single-books sell well, then I don’t know how many times the share of royalties are.

"I said Jin Yong, why can't you be a little generous once? A single line can be said to be the most profitable part of a novel. With your literary talent, you should also see the value of this novel. I think it's not as good as 15%, but the price is about the same."

Shangguan Xiaobao had indeed such an expression. He just didn't believe that Jin Yong would suddenly be so generous unless he had a different purpose.

Jin Yong waved his hand and said with a helpless expression: "Brother Shangguan, 5% has always been a newcomer, and we have to follow the rules, right?"

"What kind of rules are you talking about? You are talking about ordinary newcomers. How can they have such good literary talent? If not, let's leave here directly. Zhao Chen, if you believe your Uncle Shangguan, you can publish a single novel by the Holy Fire Publishing House. As for the results, as for the contribution, I think Oriental Daily is good. It is a newspaper that is not inferior to Ming Pao, and the treatment of writers is far greater than Ming Pao. If you go there to serialize novels, you will be guaranteed to offer you a high price. What do you think?"

"Zhao Chen listens to Uncle Guan in everything!"

"That's good, let's go to Oriental Daily now! I happen to know the editor-in-chief there."

The two of them sang and had sex. Shangguan Xiaobao immediately beat the snake stick and stood up directly from his seat. He pulled Zhao Chen and wanted to leave.

"Hey, I said, Brother Shangguan, everything has a process of discussion. If you think the share is small, I will add a little more. I don't think so. You don't have to go to Oriental Daily. I can give Zhao Chen a maximum share of 10%. This is close to the share of Ming registered applicants! Yishu only has this share of this."

When Jin Yong saw that the two of them were leaving, and the ones they were going to go to was the main competitor, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Shangguan Xiaobao really knew him and beat him Qi'inch, but he knew that it was the same thing. He knew that if he didn't stop him, Shangguan Xiaobao would really pull Zhao Chen over.

As soon as Jin Yong finished speaking, Shangguan Xiaobao immediately stopped and blinked at Zhao Chen in a concealed manner, as if he was saying that it was true.

“Can’t you improve any more?”

"No, this is the highest. If you want to be even higher, you can only ask for a clever one." Jin Yong's words had a decisive smell. As he said, this was really his lowest price.

Shangguan Xiaobao looked at Jin Yong, pretended to be thoughtful, and then signaled to Zhao Chen beside him.

As soon as he saw Shangguan Xiaobao's eyes, Zhao Chen showed a smile on his face, and then he said, "I am very satisfied with this price. I wonder when we will sign the contract?"

"I'll ask the staff to draft a contract now, it won't take long!" Jin Yong hid the depression in his heart, the expression on his face did not change, and then the two of them were left behind and walked out of the office.

"Look, Uncle Shangguan takes action and ensures success!" As soon as Jin Yong left the office, Shangguan Xiaobao finally showed a proud and excited expression on his face. This was the first time he saw Jin Yong's depressed look, and the initiator was himself. How could he feel unhappy if he had eaten Jin Yong's deflated place several times?

"Uncle Shangguan is really amazing. I am so glad to bring you here this time!" Zhao Chen showed gratitude on his face. It was thanks to Shangguan Xiaobao to be able to receive such good treatment from the author this time. Otherwise, if he came alone, it would be difficult to get close to him.

"No! You don't know that Jin Yong is not good at speaking, but his pen. Because of this, we can only fight quickly and decide quickly and not give him a chance to start writing, otherwise we will definitely lose a lot!"

Listening to Shangguan Xiaobao's answer, Zhao Chen just nodded, smiling without saying a word. He could see that Shangguan Xiaobao must have been quite frustrated with Jin Yong before, otherwise he would not have summed up such a tactic.

The two waited not long before Jin Yong returned to the office and handed Zhao Chen a contract that had just been drafted.

When Zhao Chen was watching, Shangguan Xiaobao was also watching from behind him. Seeing his appearance, he was carefully looking for possible loopholes in the contract. This inadvertent action made Zhao Chen more aware of Shangguan Xiaobao. At least he was a comic master who was good to him.

"Zhao Chen, no problem, you can sign!"

"Yeah!" Zhao Chen nodded. He actually knew the contract well, but in order not to leave a bad impression on Shangguan Xiaobao, he had to wait slowly. As soon as Shangguan Xiaobao finished speaking, Zhao Chen immediately signed the name. He was really a dragon and phoenix dance, looking up high, and extremely grand!

Jin Yong picked up the contract and looked at the signature on the contract carefully. After a long time, a trace of black thread appeared on his forehead. Although Zhao Chen's signature was very good, it was hard to identify because this was a way to imitate the signature of later celebrities!

"Okay, since the contract has been signed, let's discuss the update of the novel! I plan to put "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" in the "Ming Pao Supplement" to serialize it. I wonder how many words can Xiaoyou Zhao Chen code every day?"

"You can write about 10,000 yuan!" Zhao Chen thought for a while and said, but he didn't know that he was shocked by the two of them, especially Shangguan Xiaobao stood up from his seat and looked at Zhao Chen with a ghost expression.

Jin Yong glared at his eyes and calmed down immediately. Because Ni Fu's pearls and jade were in front of him, he said in a way that he was a veteran: "What, more than 10,000 words, I said, "My friend, don't force me, you would rather go less than affect the quality! Otherwise, I'm sorry for this price."

"How is this possible? Zhao Chen, don't you draw comics most of you every day! How could you code so many words, and it's this quality, it's really a hell!"

"Don't worry, the quality is absolutely fine! As for comics, I only need to spend about half of my time every day, and I spend the rest of my time writing novels. After all, both comics and novels are the same, saving a lot of time to conceive." Zhao Chen showed such an expression, and he knew that the two would have this reaction. It was because his performance was too evil.

"My friend Zhao Chen, since you said that, you will be able to run almost 10,000 words every day, but remember to ensure the quality! Otherwise, it will be cut in half!"

"I will guarantee the quality, just wait for the newspaper sales to increase!" Zhao Chen was very confident in "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty". After all, as a martial arts classic, there is no need to worry. After his careful modification, it may be even more exciting.

"Then let's decide. As for the delivery time, I'll hand it over one week! As for this notebook, I'll put it here first, and I'll return it to you after the serialization!"

"Okay, I'll come here to submit the manuscript next week, so we'll go back first."

Zhao Chen could naturally see that Jin Yong had been expelled from the guest and quickly resigned! Jin Yong did not try to keep him, but just watched Zhao Chen and Shangguan Xiaobao leave, and suddenly felt a little regretful. If he had known, he would have found an excuse to use a pen instead of his words, and there would be no need to pay such high conditions.
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