Chapter 214 Digging a Hole
She warmly invited Shen Xuewei, describing the Dream Weaving Book Gallery as something unparalleled in the world, and listing all its advantages.
At that moment, Shen Xuewei was truly moved by her.
After hesitating for a moment, she typed a few lines.
Becoming a rich woman as soon as possible: sounds good. And this offer seems a bit too good. Are there any additional conditions?
Looking at the text sent by Shen Xuewei, Yun Li sighed softly.
This child is indeed both perceptive and intelligent.
Yun Li: Yes, there are additional conditions. Our website signs a contract with the author as a person. During the contract period, the author cannot use their contracted identity to publish novels on other websites.
Yun Li: Of course, this condition only applies to authors who sign contracts with our website later. The contracts of the first batch of authors to join our website will not include this condition; only the first batch of authors are exempt from this restriction.
Yunli: The website has just launched, so its future development is uncertain. At least, let's see how the website develops over the next year or two.
Yunli: Don't worry, I won't be so heartless as to completely tie you to our Dream Weaving Book Gallery right away.
Leveraging her experience as an editor, she invited many authors she had previously contacted to join the platform.
Nearly half of the authors have already agreed.
She was focusing on recruiting two authors from the past, one of whom had already agreed. The remaining one was Shen Xuewei.
Upon hearing that several authors had already been invited by Yun Li to join the Dreamweaver Book Gallery, and that many more had already agreed, Yun Li was very pleased.
After Yun Li's half-hour persuasion, Shen Xuewei finally agreed to move into the Dreamweaver Book Gallery.
She had not previously agreed to have all of her novels published on the Dream Gallery.
After all, some of her novels are currently being serialized or published, and if this part is also listed on Zhimeng Book Gallery, she is worried that it will divert some readers and affect sales.
She'd be willing to put those unpublished books on the Dream Gallery now.
Agreeing to join the Dream Gallery means that she must write at least one original novel that will be first published on the Dream Gallery this year.
Yunli knew her current situation, so she wasn't in a hurry for her to write. It would be fine for her to start writing after the high school entrance exam.
She'll have plenty of time then.
After the two parties reached an agreement, Shen Xuewei casually clicked on the computer screen and suddenly remembered her novel that had never been published.
Records of Fields in Turbulent Times
It's the book that kills off the entire family of the male and female protagonists.
I've had this novel in my hands for years, but I haven't been able to publish it.
During her winter break, she didn't start any new books, so she took the opportunity to dig out this novel.
After rereading it myself, I did feel that it was too heavy and tragic, so I enriched the content and made major revisions.
The ending was changed from the original story of the whole family dying to the story of following the fleeing army, migrating and wandering for nearly a thousand miles, experiencing countless near-death experiences, and finally settling in a remote mountain village to continue living.
The revised version of "The Record of Land in Chaotic Times" has reached 300,000 words.
Looking at the chat window that was still open, she typed another line of text.
Become a rich woman soon: ...Um, I made a big revision to my previous book, "The Record of Fields in Chaotic Times". Can you consider it a new one and use it to replace the one I wrote after the high school entrance exam?
Yun Li thought for a moment, then hesitated before typing a line of text instead of directly refusing.
Yunli: What's the change? Why don't you send it over so I can take a look?
Shen Xuewei immediately sent the document over.
Yun Li opened the file she sent and read it carefully for a while.
Half an hour later, she looked up, wiped away the tears that were about to fall, and ruthlessly rejected Shen Xuewei.
Yun Li: No way! Even if you change it, it's still so tedious and doesn't fit your previous style. At least under the pen name Hua Yunbi, we want romance novels for young people.
Just as Shen Xuewei was about to give up, she saw Yun Li send another message.
Yunli: Actually, it's quite well-written and should have a certain readership. If you publish it on our website first, we'll accept it. However, I suggest you use a different pseudonym.
Shen Xuewei's eyes lit up when she saw the message she received.
Under her shameless offensive, Yunli not only created an author account called "Huayunbi" for her in the Dream Weaving Book Gallery, but also another pseudonym called "Cursor Scanning Poems".
Yun Li quickly sent over the two drafted electronic contracts. Shen Xuewei signed them, added Grandma Xi's name in the guardian section, and sent them back immediately.
After the matter was settled, the two chatted idly.
Yunli is now planning to start her own business, so it's impossible for her to stay in Bieyang for much longer.
When asked this question, she honestly told Shen Xuewei.
Yunli: I estimate I'll be leaving in about two months. As for your three published novels, Bieyang will arrange for another editor to handle things with you.
Become a rich woman soon: Wow, so fast! I thought you would stay a few more months until Dreamweaver Bookstore was on track before leaving.
Yun Li: If I leave then, I'll probably be swamped with work. Besides, my two partners are pressuring me. Mainly...mainly, I feel a little guilty staying in Bieyang all the time...
Shen Xuewei wondered: Why are you feeling guilty? Isn't it just a normal resignation?
Yunli: It's a normal resignation, but... but I've already poached two good editors from the magazine to Dreamweaver Bookstore in advance.
She used to complain about Feng Xuemei, saying that even after switching jobs, she still tried her best to poach people from her old employer.
When it came to her, she... she was the same. She left with two editors, feeling bad for Bieyang.
I already feel guilty enough just sitting here in Bieyang.
If it weren't for the strong encouragement from her superiors, she wouldn't have stayed for another two months; she would have wanted to leave immediately.
Shen Xuewei felt sorry for Bie Yang for a few seconds.
After Feng Xuemei finished digging, Yun Li came to dig. Is this magazine office about to be dug into a hole?
However, with the development of the internet, the era of print media will eventually come to an end.
Yunli seized the opportunity to start her own business and set up her own shop, which she thought was great.
As she said, she has experience, has done this for many years, and has connections and resources in this field.
The two partners are a graduate of a prestigious university and have served as senior executives in large companies for several years. They are not only quick-witted but also have management experience.
The other one is a hardcore novel enthusiast who has plenty of money...
With this combination of three people, as long as there are no internal conflicts and the authors are treated well, this website might actually have a chance to succeed one day.
There weren't many people on the website right now, so Shen Xuewei wasn't in a hurry to upload the entire copy of "The Record of Land in Troubled Times" that she had in her hand.
She opened the Dreamweaver Book Gallery novel website and took a look.
It's clear that this novel website must have cost a lot of money to hire someone to set it up.
It's simple and elegant, with various category lists that are easy to understand at a glance; it already shows the influence of those novel websites from more than a decade later.
The novels available in the library are not very extensive; most of them are works by authors who have previously collaborated with Bie Yang.
In addition to the reader section, there is also an author communication section on the website. Only authors using the Dreamweaver Book Gallery author account can communicate in this section.
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