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Chapter 7 Enthusiasm
◎Master and Apprentice Sadomasochism◎
There are three bookstores in the town, all of which are average in size, but they buy new books, new issues and newspapers every month, enough to supply the entire Qingzhu Town.
A publication like "Mandarin Duck" is usually only released a day or two later than in the city. Although this publication is popular among women, especially colleges and young daughters-in-law, the goods that come in every month often have to arrive next month.Only when a new issue is released every month can it be sold out, and there will even be a few copies in stock.
But this time it completely broke this rule. Within two days after the new issue arrived, the bookstore that was closer to Yu’s house was sold out all of a sudden. Apart from young girls, there were also many men who were mothers and fathers who bought books.All of them made the owner of the book club very puzzled. After some inquiries, he found out that there was a novel in this issue of the book written by a little girl from their town.
Although the other two bookstores did not sell as fast as this one, they were also sold out within a short time.
But the sales volume in a small town is nothing, not to mention that what she wrote was only a short story, which accounted for a small proportion in a book, so it was difficult to cause any disturbance——
In fact, Yu Gesang did underestimate himself, or in other words, underestimated the enthusiasm for novels in this era.
Maybe it was just a simple short story to her, but to people of this era, it seemed like a glimpse into a new fantasy world.
Xianxia monster.
No one has ever classified monsters and gods so straightforwardly and clearly. Even though she only mentioned a few outlines in a few strokes, the feasible text seems to have no intention of revealing a more majestic world.
At first glance, ordinary readers only feel that the novel is different from the previous romances of ghosts and monsters, but they can't tell what the difference is.
But the professional reviewer is the most sensitive.
Before Yu Gesang knew about it, a well-known book reviewer wrote a book review, praising Yu Gesang's short story about to open a new category of novels.
Editor Xu Wanyan read this book review, and immediately picked up the newspaper to find Yu Gesang.
"Gesang, look, this is a book review written by Zhao Minglan for you, you are going to be famous!"
Xu Wanyan was very excited. She was just a small editor who had been working for half a year, and she usually came into contact with low-level authors. It was rare for a celebrity to appear, so she was not excited.
What's more, book reviewers in this day and age are well-known and highly respected. Some have resources at home, and before publishing an article, they will specially invite book reviewers to comment on their articles, so as to increase their reputation.
Yu Gesang has no contacts or resources, so she was commented by a famous book reviewer like this. It’s a piece of cake from the sky. Even the deputy editor-in-chief of Sanhua Publishing House took a fancy to her, praised Xu Wanyan for not mentioning it, and agreed to the next half-monthly issueContinue to leave a place for Yu Gesang - as long as she maintains this level, or this style.
However, Yu Gesang still rejected the opportunity.
"Why? This is a rare opportunity! Could it be that another bookstore has come to poach you?!"
It's not impossible. The novels that Zhao Minglan is optimistic about are all potential stocks. These days, the competition among book clubs is very fierce. There are quite a few small editors like her who are willing to make big waves.Yes, and secretly dug the corner of the wall while she didn't know.
Xu Wanyan became anxious when she thought about it, and she repeatedly said that she would continue to fight with the deputy editor, telling Yu Gesang not to submit articles to other companies, especially small newspapers and bookstores, don't look at the high manuscript fees, but it depends on the author's current reputation, if the reputation drops, it is possible to turn your face every minute!
It was funny for Yu Gesang to see Xu Wanyan make up a lot of things in his head, but she didn't look at her in a hurry, and immediately interrupted, "No, it's because I want to be published in the daily newspaper."
"what?"
It has always been only the development of weekly, semi-monthly and monthly publications, but few people go downhill. This seems to most people to be going downhill, unless there are other reasons.
Yu Gesang's idea is also very simple, because she wants to serialize her novels in daily newspapers.
In the previous life, after the development of online literature, the competition was very fierce. Later, readers and writers all defaulted to a novel day as a basic operation. If it is interrupted for too long, readers will be seriously lost.
Yu Gesang didn't have that trouble at that time. She became famous early, her readers were highly loyal, and her stories were guaranteed.
In this life, Yu Gesang chose to update daily, in addition to considering that she is a newcomer, the bigger reason is that the novel she has to write is relatively long. If it is published in a weekly newspaper or a semi-monthly magazine, the timeline will be very long..
She herself is not a person who likes to procrastinate, or maybe because of the "brief period of enthusiasm", when she starts writing a novel, it is when she is most interested in the novel, and she will want to finish it impatiently.If she died young, or if the timeline was stretched too long, she would feel bored herself.
That's why Yu Gesang wanted to serialize novels in the daily newspaper.
"I have saved manuscripts, and I have time to write at least 3,000 words every day after completing my homework, so I don't have to worry about the update frequency. As for the quality of the articles, you can take a look at the manuscripts I wrote these days."
Yu Gesang is still very confident in her novels, especially after being praised by professional and well-known book critics, she is more confident-confirming that the subject matter and style of her articles can be accepted by people of this era.
Although Xu Wanyan was shocked by Yu Gesang's idea of going to a long story just after writing a short story, and was also shocked by her coding speed, she still took the manuscript and came to read it. Out of intuition, even if Yu Gesang is currently in front of herShe has a short experience in writing, but she still thinks that the other party can surprise her.
In fact, it is true. At the beginning of reading, she still thought in her heart to comment that the writing style of the novel was as concise and attractive as before, but later on, her mind was completely occupied by the content of the story, which continued to fluctuate and change as the plot progressed..
This is a typical fairy-tale theme in Yu Gesang's original world, which can be simply and crudely classified as sadomasochism between master and apprentice.
Master-apprentice & sadomasochism, these two elements were very popular for a while. There were more people who wrote later, and the enthusiasm has subsided.It's a change of soup but not medicine.
Yu Gesang didn't completely get rid of the influence of the classic fairy tale master and apprentice, but she has her own thinking and preferences. The content and tone of the story are her own approval, and the ending is tragic, there will be no side story.
In her previous life, the Xianxia novels that she made into a TV series, under her identity as author and investor, finally did not compromise. Therefore, on the night of the TV series finale, the scarf of the crew and her own scarf were often razed by fans of the show———Even if the book fans knew about this ending, they secretly held the hope that the hero and heroine could be in the TV series HE.
However, the TV series is really good-looking, and the production funds and effort are not in vain. Even if BE is still scolded, it is still popular, and it is popular again and again, and it is popular abroad.
In this life, the manuscript she handed over to Xu Wanyan was actually a copy of her own novel from her previous life, with some modifications made according to the current society.
It can also be seen from this that Yu Gesang is a bit opportunistic this time.
But there is no way, she is short of time now, on the one hand, she needs to learn more about the history and literature of this country, on the other hand, she also needs to take into account the counterattack from the scumbag to the top student after completing her studies, and at the same time, the predicament of being "penniless" requires her to make money.
Yu Gesang has been financially independent for many years. Once she traveled to this superficial ancient times, even if she psychologically recognized that Yu Youwen and Jiang Daya were not bad parents, she didn't dare to rest assured and pin all her hopes on these two people.
In the final analysis, she still lacks a sense of emotional identification with them, which makes her eager to earn enough funds to allow her to live confidently, so that she can talk about other things.
Because this novel was copied from her previous life, Yu Gesang rewrote it very quickly. There are seven to eighty thousand manuscripts saved, and this is still handwritten.
Out of the consideration of "keeping one hand", Yu Gesang only showed Xu Wanyan the first 30,000 to 40,000 words, and it ended in a small climax chapter.
In this way, Xu Wanyan was irritated so much that she forgot her dignity as an editor, and almost asked Yu Gesang for the next plot.
This reaction made Yu Gesang curl his mouth. It is not a big problem for this novel to be approved. It depends on the reaction of Sanhua Publishing House.
In the end Xu Wanyan took the manuscript and left, saying that she would definitely fight for more rights for her, and Yu Gesang must not submit the manuscript to other people, she will come back soon.
Yu Gesang nodded. At present, she still has a good sense of Xu Wanyan and Sanhua Publishing House, and she is not prepared to make a fuss.
If they can cooperate successfully and happily this time, she doesn't mind cooperating with them before leaving Qingzhu Town.
The matter of the novel came to an end for the time being. After Xu Wanyan left, Yu Youwen called Yu Gesang to the study. Yu Youwen didn't stay to listen to their conversation just now, and took the initiative to take Jiang Daya and Yu Xingtian away for themMake room for privacy.
This behavior was very favorable to Bo Yu Gesang, so she thought about it and told Yu Youwen that she had submitted a novel.
However, she asked Yu Youwen to keep it a secret for the time being, and kept it a secret from Jiang Daya and Yu Taozhi, not because the matter was not yet a foregone conclusion and she was afraid they would leak it, but because she couldn't bear the attention.
The short story published in "Mandarin Duck" made Yu Gesang the most eye-catching existence in the whole street and the whole college. When the article was published, the neighbors in the neighborhood came to the door with the publication, and brought red eggs and so on."Souvenirs", roll call to watch her "Wenquxing", the fiery eyes and flattering words made Yu Gesang, a future generation, feel embarrassed.
It's the same at the academy, the teachers in charge may be a little more reserved, just refrain from saying a few words of praise, and the students, not to mention the classmates, the students in the upper and lower grades all come to her for the inter-class exercises, want to seeLook at her, a "big writer" who published novels in Sanhua Publishing's "Mandarin Duck" magazine.
What's even more exaggerated is that once, when Yu Gesang was walking on the path, someone suddenly shouted, "Look, that's Yu Gesang", which attracted many people over at once.
For a moment, Yu Gesang really thought he had become a big star.
It stands to reason that Yu Gesang was not unpopular in the novel circle in her previous life, and she should not be defeated by this "small scene", but the fact is that no matter how popular she was in her previous life, she was just hiding behind the scenes."Yes, she seldom holds signing events, and does not go to variety show invitations, and rarely exposes herself to the public.
And the society in the previous life paid attention to the sense of space and distance. As long as you don't break the law, the neighbors don't care what you do.
As for her family, they just regard writing as her pastime, and they are not jealous no matter how much they earn, and they don't need her earnings to subsidize their family.
They even felt that if it wasn't her hobby, they wouldn't be willing for her to write novels. Sometimes they indulged in sitting in front of the computer typing for more than ten hours, hurting their eyes and hands.
Thinking of this, the homesickness that had been suppressed since the time-traveling began to boil again, making Yu Gesang's eyes reddened.
And Yu Youwen saw it, and thought it was Yu Gesang who was timid, feared by too many people's attention.
He also understood that, after all, in his impression, Yu Gesang was a silent and almost timid child, who always hid in the room when guests came to the house.
Even if he has become more confident since the successful submission of the manuscript, making him think that he is about to change his temper, now it seems that he is still the timid child in memory.
Moreover, it's not that easy to pass a long manuscript. Wouldn't it be a joke if you didn't pass it?
So Yu Youwen agreed, saying that he would not say anything more.
Yu Gesang breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time was thinking, if this manuscript is over, should ask Xu Wanyan to publish it under a pseudonym?
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