Zou Weijun obviously did not intend to tell Wen Ying and Xie Qian in detail about the difficulties in the workplace.
Ms. Zou also wants to save face.
She could use Wen Ying's suggestions to boost book sales, but she wouldn't always rely on Wen Ying to help her out. The same principle applies to her son Xie Qian: she knows he's smart, but he should have his own life and shouldn't spend all his energy managing crises for her.
Zou Weijun's attitude was firm, so Wen Ying and Xie Qian didn't dare to ask any more questions.
Zou Weijun changed the subject and asked Wen Ying:
"I heard from Xie Qian that you've been serializing your novel in a magazine, and it's now up to issue four. How's the reader feedback?"
Wen Ying gives advice to Zou Weijun, and Zou Weijun is also concerned about Wen Ying's writing career.
In March, the first grade of the provincial key high school held a science and arts class division test. Although Wen Ying chose to study science, she was almost transferred to a regular class. Thanks to Xie Qian's cram school before the test and marking the key points for her, she was able to stay in Class 16.
For this reason, Xie Qian looked at her with a look of disappointment for several days, which frightened Wen Ying so much that she became completely focused on her studies, ignoring everything else.
She no longer cares about the Shrimp King's business.
The Shrimp King is watched by Yang Xi and Deng Yaomei.
The former is cunning and the latter is honest. The two complement each other perfectly. Wen Ying feels much more at ease with them watching over her.
Anyway, Shrimp King will definitely not go bankrupt anytime soon.
Even if Yang Xi couldn't make a decision, he could still consult Geng Xiao. Qin Jiao had agreed to take charge of Shrimp King after the college entrance exam. Wang Shuang was completely absorbed in Li Mengjiao's debut TV series, dedicating all his spare time to the production, leaving him powerless to manage Shrimp King. Geng Xiao and Tang Yifeng were left alone. Geng Xiao was more mature and considered things more comprehensively, so Wen Ying entrusted Shrimp King to Geng Xiao for the time being.
Wen Ying herself, regardless of the Shrimp King's affairs, never visited the crew once and studied honestly under the supervision of Xie Xueba.
The only way to relax in the sea of ​​questions is to write essays.
For more than a month, Wen Ying has only done two things: studying and writing.
Wen Ying's scattered energy was concentrated, and not only did her grades improve visibly, but she also made significant progress in her writing.
Xiao Niu, the editor of "Aige", said that the quality of Wen Ying's two submissions was very high.
No matter how good the novel is, you may fool yourself but you cannot fool your readers.
After three issues were serialized, the novel completed the premise and the plot gradually got better. The book "Teenage Idol" gradually attracted the attention of readers.
When the book was first serialized, magazine readers just glanced at it casually.
By the second issue, after finishing the series, readers began to notice that the author of "Teenage Idol" was called "Fish Against the Current". This pen name was ordinary and plain, not at all fashionable, just like the feeling that the book "Teenage Idol" gave people at the beginning.
But for some reason, this ordinary and plain narrative can still attract people to keep reading.
"Teenage Idol" does not have a passionate love story. It tells the story of the growth of several teenagers. The multi-line narrative technique of several protagonists is different from the current youth novels. Many readers are not used to this writing style.
But in the third issue, the editor Xiao Niu felt that the manuscript submitted by Wen Ying was of high quality, so he released 40,000 words in one go. In this way, the book "Teenage Idol" was serialized for a total of 80,000 words, which can be regarded as a small climax.
It is really neither ordinary nor plain!
It's a hidden cool story.
Because the various settings are too realistic, readers don't quite get the excitement in the early stages.
When I wrote 80,000 words, the gradually accumulating excitement was finally detonated.
Re-reading the content of the first two issues, both the text descriptions and the characters and plots suddenly became vivid.
So when the March issue of "Aige" was on the market, which was also after the third series of "Young Idol", Xiao Niu told Wen Ying that the number of readers who liked her suddenly increased a lot.
Readers express their love in a very crude way. They are willing to vote for whoever they like. Youth magazines like "Aige" come with a questionnaire attached to each issue.
If magazine readers are willing to fill out the questionnaire and send it back to the magazine, they will have the opportunity to receive a small gift from the magazine.
In this way, it becomes clear at a glance which articles in each issue of the magazine are popular with readers.
At first, the vote count for "Boyfriend Idol" wasn't very high, but it skyrocketed after the March issue!
Readers are eager to know the next plot and hope that "Aige" can allocate more space to the serialized novel "Teenage Idol". Some readers not only fill out the registration form, but also write letters to the magazine, using this method to urge the "fish against the current" to update - these silly readers don't know that once they reveal their preferences, it is the magazine's turn to take the initiative. The more readers like the serialized novel, the less space the magazine will give it. The number of words in a novel is limited. If there are too many words in each issue, the serialization will be completed quickly. How can it attract readers to spend money to buy new issues?
So when the popularity of "Teenage Idol" increased, Xiao Niu made a prompt decision to only give "Teenage Idol" 20,000 words of space in the April issue.
If fewer words would not have the opposite effect of making it less readable, Xiao Niu might have been stingy enough to only give "Youth Idol" space for 10,000 words... The positive feedback from readers was beneficial to Wen Ying. Starting from the April issue, "Aige" increased Wen Ying's royalties!
For the first 80,000 words, Wen Ying's royalties were only 130 yuan per thousand words, and she received nearly 7,000 yuan in after-tax royalties.
Starting from the fourth issue, Wen Ying's manuscript fee increased from 130 yuan per thousand words to 180 yuan per thousand words!
The price increased by 50 yuan per thousand words.
Wen Ying wrote a script for Tianjiao Film and Television, and the remuneration was 500,000 before tax. Logically, she would not care about the mere 50 yuan increase, but in fact, Wen Ying was very happy.
The script remuneration is based on personal relationships. The script she wrote may not be worth 500,000 yuan. This price also includes the later "after-sales" costs. It is impossible for Wen Ying to stay out of it when the filming of the series starts.
The increase in Wen Ying's royalties from Aige was completely without any personal connection. The editor Xiao Niu didn't know her, and no one in Aige knew her. Although she was still a newcomer, she was able to get the magazine to take the initiative to raise her royalties, which was a great recognition for Wen Ying!
When Zou Weijun brought up this topic, Wen Ying's face lit up, and she condensed her thoughts into one sentence:
"I've increased my royalties."
Zou Weijun laughed immediately.
Has the manuscript fee increased?
That must be because of good grades.
The magazine wants to retain the author Wen Ying by increasing the royalties.
Wen Ying realized it belatedly after she said this, "Aunt Zou, how did you know it's been serialized to the fourth issue? Have you been following my novel?"
Zou Weijun wiped the corner of his mouth and nodded with a smile: "Xie Qian recommended it to me. You have your job, and I have mine."
Wen Ying's job is writing, and Zou Weijun's job is to discover good works.
Xie Qian remained calm even after his mother revealed his true identity.
He does have some selfish motives.
But if Wen Ying's novel is so poorly written, even if he recommends it a hundred times, his mother won't be able to finish reading it.
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