Zhang Xiuyuan hurriedly handed over the manuscript.
When Song Wanxian glanced over for the first time, she frowned slightly, and then relaxed.
Zhang Xiuyuan's heart was in his throat.
Suddenly someone held his slightly cold hand. Zhang Xiuyuan turned his head and looked back. It was Zhao Chuchu.
Zhao Chuchu's lips moved and she said a few words.
Zhang Xiuyuan recognized her and said: Don't be afraid, you can do it.
When Zhang Xiuyuan met Zhao Chuchu's soothing eyes, his heart suddenly calmed down.
When Song Wanxian saw the introduction to the storybook, a hint of surprise flashed across her eyes, because nowadays there is no such thing as an introduction to the storybook. Apart from the name of the storybook, there is the main text directly.
However, if a brief introduction is added under the title of the story, it will be more attractive and people will be eager to read the main text.
Song Wanxian read the text again, she read it carefully and attentively.
A manuscript of 50,000 words is neither too much nor too little.
Zhao Chuchu and Zhang Xiuyuan were both very quiet and didn't pay any attention to her.
It was not until a quarter of an hour later that the manuscript finally turned to the last page. After reading it, Song Wanxian finally moved her eyes away from the manuscript.
Although Zhang Xiuyuan did not disturb her, he was still paying attention. When he saw Song Wanxian finish reading, his heart immediately became uneasy.
Before he could say anything, he met Song Wanxian's surprised gaze.
"Brother Yuan, did you really write this?" Song Wanxian asked.
Zhang Xiuyuan nodded: "Yeah, what's wrong? Is it not good?"
"Of course it is. It is very good. I have never seen a storybook of this style. The content is very novel and tortuous, which makes people want to read it. Moreover, your writing is good and the sense of substitution is very strong..." Song Wanxian did not hesitate to praise her.
Zhao Chuchu: Well, another die-hard fan of melodramatic novels has been born.
Zhang Xiuyuan concealed his inner excitement and asked after Song Wanxian finished speaking, "So, is my storybook already on sale here?"
Song Wanxian immediately gave him a positive answer.
"Well, let's not sign the agreement for now. Let's serialize your story in my Fengya Books for a while and see how it goes."
Generally speaking, the storybooks submitted to bookstores will have such a process of serialization in books and magazines, which is simply called "testing the waters". It also gives new storybooks a chance to be exposed.
Otherwise, if the novels are directly sold in bookstores, few people will buy them if they are written by new authors.
Books and periodicals are available in every bookstore, and they contain some recently serialized stories and essays.
Ordinary people usually search for and follow articles in books and magazines.
If a certain story in a book or magazine is popular among the people, the bookstore will consider selling that book as a separate volume.
The reason why Song Wanxian was unwilling to sign an agreement with Zhang Xiuyuan first was that she wanted to see the response of the storybook in the popular market first.
She didn't think Zhang Xiuyuan's script was bad, but she thought it was too good.
If it is really a best-seller, then buying it out or splitting the profits 50-50 would be too unfair to Zhang Xiuyuan.
That's why she made this suggestion.
Zhao Chuchu and Zhang Xiuyuan understood what Song Wanxian meant, so naturally they had no objections.
"By the way, you haven't told me your pen name yet?" People who write storybooks almost never use their real names, they all use pen names.
"Brother Yuan, what pen name do you want to use?"
Zhang Xiuyuan thought of the crabapple tree in the yard.
He said, "Let's call it a Begonia."
At this time, Zhang Xiuyuan had no idea what kind of response his casually mentioned "a branch of crabapple" would cause in the future.
"Aunt Song, I'll leave the manuscript with you for now."
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