Chapter 77: Proud and Beautiful
"Why are you in such a hurry? You can eat all the melons, you know? The matter hasn't been finalized yet. Just stand upside down for whatever you want." The bald man said, shaking his head at the man next to him.
Soon, Gu Qijiao finished reading all the letters from readers.
She already understood what Ye Shouren meant. After putting the letter away, Gu Qijiao looked at Ye Shouren:
"You probably already understand what the readers mean, so now you find me, do you hope that I can change the ending of the story according to the readers' wishes and continue writing this story?"
"Yes, in fact, this story can be written longer. Isn't the heroine reborn? You can continue to write about her life after rebirth. It would be too abrupt to end with waking up from a dream.
If you feel that you can write longer, I hope you can serialize this story in the magazine for a long time. The previous salary of 7 yuan per thousand words can be changed to 10 yuan per thousand words.
See if you have the intention and.....땣꺆, continue writing this story떘. "
"You can continue writing the story, but as for the price, can you raise it a little bit? Do you think 12 per thousand words is okay?" Of course Gu Qijiao had the intention, and she had no doubt about it.
Although the story of rebirth is not eye-catching, she did not write about herself, but a fictional city girl, but after all, she herself experienced rebirth.
It is because of her experience that she could write the psychological process of rebirth in a gripping way. She can continue to write stories about rebirth with ease.
So Gu Qijiao thought she had both the intention and the desire, but she felt the price could still be negotiated.
Since Ye Shouren came all the way to see her, he must think highly of her writing, so there must be room for negotiation on the royalties.
She didn't set a price for her article, just 12 per thousand words, so that if she published it in a magazine, she would get the same money as the newspaper.
If you don't make money when you have it, you're a fool. Gu Qijiao is using her own body to make money, so she will speak up when she should.
Gu Qijiao raised the price casually, as if it was justified and openly, but it scared her parents who were standing behind her.
The price Ye Shouren had offered had already left Gu Dagan and Xie Jinxiang dumbfounded, and they had not expected that Gu Qijiao would dare to raise the price.
What should I do if the price goes up again and takes away this financial sponsor?
Xie Jinxiang couldn't even help but stand opposite Gu Qijiao and wink at her, signaling Gu Qijiao not to go any further.
After all, there are not many people like the man with glasses who are both stupid and rich.
In fact, after Ye Shouren heard the price offered by Gu Qijiao, he was indeed a little hesitant. 10 per thousand words was the price he gave after gritting his teeth.
The magazine published three issues and was always in a loss-making state.
Their family background was very high, and they had been trying to reduce the royalties, but now they were giving Gu Qijiao such a large sum of royalties.
This has far exceeded Ye Shouren's budget.
Besides, Ye Shouren couldn't be sure whether Gu Qijiao's subsequent stories would be equally exciting, so after thinking about it, he didn't immediately agree to Gu Qijiao, but asked:
"Well, Mr. Gu, I want to ask you, how long does it take you to write a 10,000-word sequel? Can you write the sequel first and show it to me, and then we can decide on the price?"
Hearing Ye Shouren calling her Teacher Gu, Gu Qijiao was in a trance for a moment.
Because when she was teaching at the university, the students all called her Teacher Gu, but she quickly responded that Ye Shouren called her Teacher to show respect.
"You can just call me Xiao Gu. Well, if I write a sequel, 20,000 words will probably take about fourteen months!" Gu Qijiao responded to Ye Shouren's question without giving it much thought.
She writes very quickly, a speed she developed when she had a column in a newspaper in her previous life.
In fact, she could write even faster, 1,000 words in an hour, so if she wrote for an hour, she could write 8,000 words, but she wanted to write slower to ensure the quality and quantity.
Ye Shouren was obviously a little surprised: "20,000 words, you finished it in four... four days?"
As the editor-in-chief, Ye Shouren himself would write some articles, but he was better at writing some popular science articles about life, or some essays and poems. It would take him ten days to complete 20,000 words.
Because after writing it, it still needs to be polished and polished.
After confirming with Gu Qijiao twice, Ye Shouren finally agreed with Gu Qijiao to submit the manuscript on April 4.
Ye Shouren will temporarily stay in the town's guesthouse for the next few days, and will come to the village four days later to confirm with Gu Qijiao about the use of the manuscript.
To show his sincerity, Ye Shouren took out five ten-yuan notes from his pocket and handed them to Gu Qijiao. He said:
"This is a deposit, you can take it first, and we'll see each other in a few days."
At this moment, the people in the village who came to watch the fun were all staring with wide eyes. They really believed that Gu Qijiao had indeed published an article in the magazine.
It must be said that Gu Qijiao is really promising.
For a moment, the eyes of the villagers looking after their families were full of envy.
Gu Dagan felt that this was the time in his life when he had stood the straightest. He held his head high and looked with pride at those people from the village who had come to Gu's courtyard to watch the fun.
In the past, people in the village said that it was useless for him to spoil his daughter, but now he can finally hold his head high, because his daughter is much better than many boys in the village.
This feeling is simply beautiful.
Xie Jinxiang, who was always stingy, even went into the house to share the candies and melon seeds that Gu Dagang had bought from the market with the people who were just eating melons.
This made those long-tongued people who had previously spoken ill of Gu Qijiao at the entrance of the village feel a little embarrassed.
Everything was settled, and Ye Shouren was ready to leave.
It was almost pitch dark outside. If we left Crescent Village at this time, it would be pitch dark before we even reached the town. Gu Qijiao kindly reminded Ye Shouren:
"Editor Ye, why don't you stay in the village for a night before leaving? If you leave now, it will be dark halfway and it will be unsafe."
When Gu Dagan heard what Gu Qijiao said, he immediately went forward to greet Ye Shouren:
"Well, Editor Ye, you can stay at our house for one night and leave tomorrow. Jiaojiao's old room is still empty, so there's room for you to stay."
Zheng Yunsheng thought to himself, wasn’t Jiaojiao’s previous room his wife’s boudoir?
Just when Ye Shouren agreed to Gu Dagan, Zheng Yunsheng interrupted Ye Shouren in time:
"I'll take you to the commune dormitory. The bed where you slept before is empty. You can sleep there for the night."
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