On a cloudy day, in a room with no lights on.
Song Ci finished cleaning the house.
Next door neighbor Wan Xuedong stood excitedly at the door and said to Song Ci: "Brother, do you know how popular your book is on the website now? If it is really put on the shelves, it will take off directly! It will probably set a subscription record in China. "
Song Ci wore an apron and looked at home, with Guokui running around his feet: "What's the record?"
Wan Xuedong thought without thinking: "I can make millions in a month!"
Song Ci said: "So many! But I won't pay for mine."
Wan Xuedong was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "That's right, you big stars don't need to compete for the hard-earned money of coding like us."
Song Ci waved his hand and said: "That's not what I mean. The main thing is, I'm afraid that people will say that I spend money to gain fans. You know, right? People's words are scary. I published it mainly because I want to increase my popularity. As for I have never thought about making money from this book."
"Then you can sign a contract with Huaxia alone. By the way, your book hasn't been signed with them yet, right?"
Song Ci was stunned by these words: "Signing a contract?"
Wan Xuedong: "Yes, this is big news for you now. As long as the editor is not a fool, he should contact you, right?"
Song Ci said: "How did they contact me?"
Although the questions asked by Song Ci were extremely ignorant, Wan Xuedong still took the trouble to popularize science about Song Ci: "When you publish a new chapter, log in to the author's backend."
Song Ci suddenly realized: "I haven't updated it recently!"
Wan Xuedong said: "Then you can go and have a look quickly!"
Wan Xuedong returned to his room and sat in front of the computer.
As an Internet writer who has been writing for many years and can almost make a living and save some money, he has joined many so-called Internet writer groups.
At this moment, in a group called [China’s No. 1 Divine Enlightenment].
Someone was talking about Song Ci's "Two Song Dynasties".
"Damn it, the bastards in the entertainment industry really want to take a bite of their money. Now they even want to take a bite from a plate as small as ours in the Internet literary circle! Look at it, everyone. This opening chapter of "Two Song Dynasties", if everyone didn't know that it was written by Song Ci, who would read it? It is a self-pleasure work. There have been countless such things in the Internet over the years, but really It can be said that there is no one that can become popular!”
"I've just read the first chapter of this book, but I can't continue reading. What the hell! This Song Ci poem doesn't understand how to play online novels at all. What's this all about!"
"His book has been published for so long. Although it has not reached 100,000 words, it must have been reviewed by the backend editor. Obviously, the editor of Huaxia also felt that this book did not even have the most basic contract. All standards are unreachable!”
"But things are different now. With the traffic brought by Song Ci, who dares to say that this book will not be promoted by fans!?"
"I'm even afraid that this kind of book will occupy the top of our monthly ticket sales in the future. In that case, we will really be completely occupied by this kind of star-chasing fan circle!"
Wan Xuedong looked at these people's remarks and his expression was not very good.
His pen name is [Wandong], which is also the name in the group.
He started typing and started debating with the group of friends: "You guys, you really can't see the good things about Song Ci, right? Did you watch the live broadcast two days ago? What is the level of "Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion"? Song Ci has already said that the characters mentioned in "Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion" will appear in his book. I will put the words here today. No one here has the skills to write it. The level of "Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion"!"
Wan Xuedong's words directly silenced the entire group.
The group chat was silent for more than a minute, and then someone stood up and said weakly: "One thing to say, just because the Song Dynasty poetry is good, it doesn't mean that his writing is good!"
"Yes! I read this book, "The Storm of the Two Song Dynasties", which has more than 70,000 words and is lackluster. I read it as if I were reading a physical book or a history book. But... it's really not an online book. ah!"
Even the leader of this group Tomato Potato Plus Three Spoons also spoke: "@万东, I will also put my words here. The book Song Ci can only be created by him and his fans. To gain popularity in our online literary circle, Song Ci and the people behind him are still a little too young. No wonder it has not been popular before, there is a reason."
Tomato and potato plus three spoons is a great writer in China. As soon as he said this, the entire group's voices immediately started to attack Song Ci.
"Yeah, don't brag. Song Ci hasn't signed a contract with China yet. Let's make a bet. Will China take advantage of the popularity and sign a contract with Song Ci?"
"Haha! I'm sure I can sign it, but honestly, what's the use of signing it? It's ugly just because it's ugly!"
Song Ci sat in front of the computer and opened the writer's backend.
Sure enough, I saw a text message, which was sent by an editor named Xiaolu, saying that he asked Song Ci to add him as a friend and then discuss signing a contract.
So Song Ci opened the chat software and sent an invitation to add friends.
The other party passes directly in seconds.
"Is it really Teacher Song Ci? (Cute)" The other person's avatar was a cute little elk. At first glance, Song Ci thought the other person was a woman.
Song Ci replied: "It's me, let's talk about our signing!"
"Teacher, according to the general contract on our website, it is..." Xiaolu explained to Song Ci the contract for paid online articles. Basically, everyone splits it 50-50.
But Song Ci said: "I don't plan to charge for putting this book on the shelves, I just want to publish it!"
Xiao Lu said: "That's it...this matter, haha, is not something that an ordinary editor like me can handle. Please wait a moment and I'll ask our editor in chief!"
Song Ci replied, okay.
Then I closed the chat software.
Then he was opened a document called "Rejuvenation", which was the Chinese version of Song Ci's script written to his roommate Cai Cunyi.
The writing is almost complete.
I am going to read through the Song Ci poem twice, revise it, and then send it to Cai Cunyi for review.
On the other side, Xiaolu told Huaxia’s editor-in-chief about Song Ci’s demands.
The editor-in-chief directly grabbed several people in charge and held a short meeting of ten minutes.
In the end, everyone agreed that if Song Ci did not choose to pay, then they would not sign a contract with Song Ci.
Just wait until he publishes it on the website and then attracts readers to the website.
As for the possibility that Song Ci may be poached by other websites in the future... everyone's unanimous conclusion is that Song Ci is not from the Internet literary circle after all.
And judging by the frequency of his updates, this book may take decades to write.
Although Song Ci is popular.
But this kind of popularity, even if it is signed, there is no way to monetize it.
Xiaolu quickly informed Song Ci of the website's decision: "I'm really sorry, Teacher Song Ci, but I still like your music very much. You have to work hard!"
Song Ci didn't expect that the website didn't plan to sign a contract with him.
This was indeed beyond his expectation.
But this is not a big deal, just write it step by step.
As for today’s update.
Oops... I am really tired from writing "Rejuvenation". I will update it next time.
Then Song Ci sent the script of "Returning to Youth" to Cai Cunyi's mailbox, and then called him.
"Lao Cai, I have written the script and sent it to your email. You should take a good look at it when you have time!"
Cai Cunyi on the other end of the phone didn't know what he was doing and was very noisy: "Okay, I'll watch it tonight! I have something else to do, so hang up first!"
Song Ci poured himself a glass of water, and Guokui jumped on the table and walked back and forth, as if he was inspecting his country.
Li Siyu sent a voice message: "Brother, I have been recording at the company these two days! Preparing a new song! Hehe, it's the one you wrote!! If you have time, you can also come to the company to watch my recording!"
Song Ci replied: "Okay, let me see the situation!"
Song Ci said, his eyes already falling on his email.
I haven’t checked my mailbox for a while, and there are almost a hundred emails accumulated at this moment.
Song Ci spent half an hour browsing, and then confirmed two invitations for business cooperation that he could contact.
One is an endorsement invitation from the Huoyin platform. The other party did not directly say how much the endorsement fee would be.
However, Song Ci also knew that the other party was one of the three major short video platforms in China, so he felt that this business could be discussed in depth with the other party.
The second one is the endorsement of an ice cream brand. The other party directly stated in the email that they invited Song poetry and Tang poetry.
Song Ci doesn’t know who is the best ice cream brand.
However, he often sees this brand of ice cream in supermarkets. They usually cost three and a half yuan each, and they taste pretty good.
So Song Ci responded to the business invitation emails from these two companies and waited to meet and chat with them.
At this moment, Song Ci suddenly felt that he should really hire an assistant.
Artists in the industry now basically have an agent who is responsible for business docking, an executive agent, a makeup artist, a stylist, and an assistant. It is at least a team of five or six people.
Those who work alone like Song Ci are almost extinct.
Song Ci thought for a while and then dialed Song Hongdou's phone number.
After ringing for more than ten seconds, Song Hongdou picked him up: "Hey, are you looking for my paw?"
Song Hongdou's voice was a bit lazy, and she also used her half-baked Xidu dialect, which sounded weird in her accent.
Song Ci said: "Didn't you talk to me before about asking me to find an assistant? Haha, I was thinking...see if you have any resources and introduce them to me!"
Song Hongdou smiled and said, "You know you are popular now, right?"
Song Ci said: "It is true that one person is already too busy."
Song Hongdou: "Wait a moment and I'll ask you. If there's any news, I'll tell you!"
Song Ci: "Okay, thank you sister Hongdou."
Song Hongdou said sweetly: "Aren't you unwilling to call me sister?"
Song Ci: "Haha, don't I call you sister, it makes me look younger!"
Song Hongdou: "Get out!"
(End of chapter)
