Chapter 270 Xuyuan, this level is not easy for you
Lin Gengsheng came here in a hurry!
After hearing the news that Cheng Xuyuan came to Hong Kong to participate in the exchange, he rushed here without stopping.
For the "Today Evening News", Cheng Xuyuan's arrival is the most important thing for them right now.
After all, it was thanks to his book that the Evening News not only survived the crisis but also returned to its peak.
In Lin Gengsheng's view, such people should be respected no matter what.
What's more, at this time, "Things about the Ming Dynasty" has already reached the most exciting part.
Emperor Jiajing has ascended the throne, and Yang Tinghe is trying to stop him from recognizing his father. It is no exaggeration to say that countless readers are eagerly waiting for Jiajing to fight against officials with a court stick, and for that thrilling fight...
At this time, if Cheng Xuyuan said he was sick or could not write anymore, it would be a catastrophic loss for Tonight News.
So, he came to the party where he was not invited.
"Xuyuan, this time when you come to Hong Kong, no matter what, you must give us a chance and let us do our part as a good host."
"Also, we have a lot of your loyal fans who really want to meet you. If time permits, our newspaper plans to organize a reader meeting."
Lin Gengsheng pulled Cheng Xuyuan to a corner of the banquet and said with a smile.
Although Cheng Xuyuan attracted a lot of attention, the welcoming banquet still had to go on.
Therefore, after everyone present remembered Cheng Xuyuan, who had two pen names, Dangnian Mingyue, they continued their conversation.
However, during this conversation, many people also looked at Cheng Xuyuan.
Some people even came to Cheng Xuyuan inadvertently and wanted to join in his conversation.
It can be said that in this exchange meeting, in addition to Mr. Huo, the host, and Mr. Xiao, who has many friends, Cheng Xuyuan's place has also become a place that has attracted much attention.
It’s a good idea to hold a readers’ meeting in Hong Kong.
But Cheng Xuyuan cannot decide this matter now.
He spread his hands and said, "Editor-in-Chief Lin, you can discuss this matter with the person in charge here."
"If you allow me, I have no problem with that."
Lin Gengsheng knew that Cheng Xuyuan was not trying to shirk responsibility, so he smiled and did not continue the topic.
Instead, he smiled and said, "Xuyuan, although our newspaper sales are not soaring like before, they are also rising steadily."
"Your remuneration this month can easily reach more than 80 yuan per thousand words."
"If this meeting is a success, I will talk to our person in charge and see if we can increase your manuscript fee to a fixed rate of 100 per thousand words."
It is still relatively rare to proactively increase the author's royalties.
Even publishing houses like Yenching Literature and Art, which have a good relationship with Cheng Xuyuan, rarely receive such treatment.
Lin Gengsheng raised the manuscript fee to 100 yuan right away. In addition to wanting to fix the manuscript fee, the most important reason was, of course, to win Cheng Xuyuan's favor so that they could cooperate better and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.
Cheng Xuyuan tapped the table with his fingers and smiled, "Editor-in-Chief Lin, I know you raised my fee in order to increase my income."
“Give me a stable writing environment.”
"But I just like to challenge my weaknesses."
"I think we should follow the rules we set before for this royalty."
"I want to see if I can go higher."
Lin Gengsheng was stunned for a moment! He raised Cheng Xuyuan's fee to 100 yuan, which was originally a gesture of goodwill to Cheng Xuyuan, which meant to tell Cheng Xuyuan that we value you very much.
But unexpectedly, this person would not accept it.
Looking at Cheng Xuyuan's peaceful smile, he suddenly felt that there was an invisible arrogance in this young man's peaceful smile.
"Okay, then we'll wait and see."
"In fact, I very much hope that you can push our sales to a new height."
Lin Gengsheng said this, hesitated for a moment and said: "Xuyuan, your "Things about the Ming Dynasty" has been published quite a lot now."
"I calculated that there are about 400,000 to 500,000 words."
"During this period, we have received many letters from readers, all of whom want your "Things about the Ming Dynasty" to be printed as a book for them to read."
"I wonder what you think?"
Cheng Xuyuan had already prepared for publishing a book, and he smiled and said, "For this set of books, if it is published, it can be compiled from the following aspects."
While speaking, Cheng Xuyuan mentioned several points.
These points were determined after many studies when the previous book "Things about the Ming Dynasty" was published.
Lin Gengsheng listened to Cheng Xuyuan's words, nodded and said: "These points you mentioned are indeed very accurate."
"It seems that you are the one who knows this book best."
Cheng Xuyuan said: "Editor-in-Chief Lin, we have been working together for quite some time."
"As long as the remuneration is appropriate, I am willing to hand over the publication of the book to our newspaper."
Lin Gengsheng was a smart man. When he heard that the royalties were appropriate, he immediately understood what Cheng Xuyuan meant, which was that if the royalties were not appropriate, then he would not give them to him.
Although he is the editor-in-chief, he cannot make the decision on his own in this matter.
So in the end, he said, "Xuyuan, I will go back and discuss this matter, and I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer."
Mr. Huo's welcoming party lasted for more than two hours before it ended.
When Cheng Xuyuan left, Mr. Huo said to him, "Mr. Cheng, I also like your book "Things about the Ming Dynasty" very much."
"As a loyal reader, I hope this book will become more and more exciting."
“Also, I hope you don’t force yourself to write just for the sake of updating.”
"That wouldn't be good for the book."
When Lin Gengsheng heard this, he felt helpless.
In fact, as a fan of "Those Things About the Ming Dynasty", he also hoped that the book would be more exciting, but as the editor-in-chief of "Today Evening News", what he feared most was that Cheng Xuyuan would stop updating.
After thanking Mr. Huo for his concern, Cheng Xuyuan got on the bus that would take them back.
As the car started, everyone, who had been somewhat reserved just now, looked at Cheng Xuyuan.
Although there were not many people attending the welcoming banquet, everyone could tell from their reactions that many of them had read Cheng Xuyuan's books.
I was even more curious about Cheng Xuyuan.
"Xuyuan, now I understand why the higher-ups sent you here!" Mr. Xiao said with a smile, "But the people who registered them didn't say they registered clearly."
"Maybe they thought Xu Lingyun was more famous, so they used this pen name."
"They don't know yet that Dangnian Mingyue is more famous in Hong Kong."
In response to the praise from the senior, Cheng Xuyuan said a few more humble words, then followed everyone back to the hotel.
Because there were still tasks to do tomorrow, everyone returned to their rooms after chatting with each other for a while, but everyone started discussing more about Cheng Xuyuan.
The next morning, Cheng Xuyuan had just finished breakfast when Xiao Feng, who was in charge of liaison, came to Cheng Xuyuan with a strange look on his face.
"Mr. Cheng, someone wants to see you."
Cheng Xuyuan didn't think he had any acquaintances in Hong Kong, but since Xiao Feng said so, he followed Xiao Feng to the hotel's meeting room.
In the reception room, a well-mannered middle-aged man in his forties was sitting on a chair.
Seeing Cheng Xuyuan coming over, he smiled and said, "Hello, Mr. Cheng, I am Dong Cheng, the editor of Ming Pao. I am glad to meet you."
Dong Cheng?
As soon as Cheng Xuyuan's memory flashed through his mind, he immediately figured out who this person was.
Facing the editor of Ming Pao, Cheng Xuyuan smiled and said, "Hello, Editor-in-Chief Dong. It's nice to meet you."
Dong Cheng smiled and said, "Mr. Cheng, I am just an employee. But I sincerely admire and respect you."
"I've been reading your book Stories about the Ming Dynasty."
"When I first started reading it, I wanted to find out why the sales of Jinwanbao were increasing, but gradually, I found that I became a fan of Ming Dynasty Stories."
At this point, Dong Cheng smiled and said, "From my own perspective, I really hope that "Those Things About the Ming Dynasty" will get better and better."
Hearing Dong Cheng say this, Cheng Xuyuan smiled.
He understood the meaning of Dong Cheng's words, but he did not point it out.
"Mr. Dong didn't come to me just to praise me, right?" Cheng Xuyuan changed the subject.
Dong Cheng smiled and said, "Of course not."
"I came here this time on the request of our boss."
"He heard that Mr. Cheng had come to Hong Kong, so he asked me to come and talk to you about the publication of "Those Things About the Ming Dynasty"."
"If Mr. Cheng is willing, our Ming Pao can be responsible for publishing your Ming Dynasty Stories."
Cheng Xuyuan did not refuse directly, but said calmly: "I have an agreement with Jinwanbao. If Ming Dynasty Stories is to be published, they have priority under the same conditions."
"I don't know what conditions Mr. Dong can offer me."
Dong Cheng hesitated for a moment and said, "We can give you 15% of the royalties."
Fifteen percent was already a lot in Dong Cheng's opinion, but Cheng Xuyuan was not satisfied with it.
After all, he is no longer an unknown person.
The serialization of "Things about the Ming Dynasty" has cultivated a lot of readers, and the 15% royalties are not too high.
Cheng Xuyuan secretly complained in his heart, but on the surface he said calmly: "I'll wait for the quotation from the Jinwan News."
Dong Cheng also understood that it would be difficult for him to compete with Jinwan Bao on this matter, so he smiled and said, "Mr. Cheng, in addition to Ming Dynasty Stories, we at Ming Pao also hope to invite you to write an article."
"If you have works like "Things about the Ming Dynasty", our royalties will not disappoint you either."
Cheng Xuyuan expressed his gratitude for Dong Cheng's invitation, but he currently had two serials on hand and really didn't have time to write more, so he could only say that he would write more later when he had the chance.
This time, Dong Cheng also brought a gift to Cheng Xuyuan, which was a complete collection of martial arts novels signed by Mr. Jin.
Cheng Xuyuan gladly accepted this gift. Although he remembered the contents of these novels very clearly, receiving a set of autographed novels would be the best decoration for the bookshelf in his Overseas Chinese Apartment.
After sending Dong Cheng away, Cheng Xuyuan returned to the room amid Xiao Feng's admiring gaze.
However, just when they were about to go to Hong Kong University for exchange according to the schedule, Xiao Feng, who was in charge of the itinerary arrangements, brought a piece of news.
Originally, Hong Kong University arranged this exchange in the activity room.
But now there are too many students who want to participate in the event, so it was temporarily changed to the library.
The reason why so many students participated was because the news of Cheng Xuyuan's Dangnian Mingyue's arrival spread.
Upon hearing the news, Mr. Xiao glanced at Cheng Xuyuan and said, "Xiao Cheng, I'm afraid you won't have an easy time passing this level!"
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