Magic City, Pu New District, Qidian Editorial Department

Zhang Ming, the editor-in-chief who is responsible for the new book signing and review, read the new book that emerged in the background as usual.

After throwing more than ten works that did not meet the signing standards into the cold palace, he was a little annoyed and picked up the chrysanthemum tea on the table and reviewed it while drinking it.

Then Zhang Ming was attracted by a new book.

The book has been uploaded in less than three days, and the number of words has reached 90,000. The author is uploading it almost at a speed of 30,000 words per day!

In addition to the uncharacteristic title of the work like "The Sinking Kingdom", Zhang Ming basically concluded that this was another new work, and it is estimated that the author directly put all his saved manuscripts on it.

However, when he put down the water cup and opened the main text, he couldn't help but feel a little confused.

The first two chapters of the work failed to get rid of the common problems of novices. They talked about the background settings in large quantities, and the subject matter was also a combination of magic and science fiction, ancient civilization and modern technology. It is commonly known as a hodgepodge and the most taboo writing method.

However, after reading the whole article, the author's clever narrative style does not make people feel like it is detailed.

And from the third chapter, the whole article began to develop towards a tone, that is, "reality" and "hot-blooded". The previous background overview also became the tip of the iceberg, and the eye-catching reading is taken down.

Whether in terms of setting or story content, it is very different from the popular online articles today. However, it is like the author telling a story about his own experience, which makes people unable to stop for a while.

After reading these, the only thing Zhang Ming could think of is that this author must have a strong foundation in physical writing!

If you look at the data of this book again, there are only 100 clicks in total, but the collection has reached 40, which is less than a three-to-one comparison.

Although such data is suspected of cheating, judging from the quality of the writing of the work, it is not surprising that the ratio of high points is higher.

However, when faced with such alternative works, even Zhang Ming, who has four or five years of editing experience, was still a little hesitant, not sure whether such works have commercial value.

After thinking about it, Zhang Ming, as an editor, did not submit the contract directly, but sent the author a message asking the other party to add him as a friend.

He plans to talk to the author first and then determine whether to sign the work. After all, once this non-mainstream work is signed, the website will be responsible for its operations in all aspects, and the risk of losing money is relatively high.

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Ishikawa City, boys' dormitory at the University of Science and Technology.

Today is the third day of uploading. According to the information collected by Li Mo himself, generally after the novel is uploaded to 20,000 words, the editor will review it to determine whether the contract is signed or not.

If there is no editing notice, you can only wait until 100,000 and 200,000 words to apply for the contract by yourself.

After two days of thinking, he had already thought that if he really couldn't sign a contract to make money even after reaching 500,000 words, he would sell the book of 2 million words as a scrap manuscript, so that he could earn at least 70,000 or 8,000 and make his losses smaller.

After school at noon, he returned to the dormitory with the food he bought from the cafeteria, out of habit, Li Mo first went to his online store to check it out and there were only two orders in the morning to recharge the phone bill.

Then he clicked on his Qidian Author's backend and planned to upload another 10,000 words as the second update today.

However, just when entering the author's background, a prompt popped up, "You have an unread text message, please go to the author's text message box to view it."

Li Mo was a little curious about opening his SMS box

"Hello, I am the editor in charge of Qidian Group One. Please add QQ1******, thank you for your cooperation."

Seeing this sudden text message, Li Mo was a little confused.

In the past two days, he will find some information related to online literature to give himself some popular science. This is not like the text messages he has seen about invitation signing.

But since the other party is Qidian editor, Li Mo naturally would not miss this opportunity casually.

With a curious attitude, he opened QQ for inquiries. After indicating the title of the work "The Desolate Kingdom", Li Mo applied to add the other party as a friend.

"Didi"

Immediately, Li Mo's friend application was passed, and the QQ dialog box flashed.

Zhang Ming: Hello, I am a group of editors, are I the author of "The Sinking Kingdom" himself?

Li Mo: Yes, what's wrong?

Zhang Ming: Do you have an outline of your article? Please send me a copy

Li Mo: Well, no, I can’t write an outline…

Zhang Ming:...Do you have any other writing experience? For example, physical books or magazines?

Li Mo: I have never written an essay since I graduated from high school. This is the first time I wrote an online essay.

Zhang Ming:... Can you tell me what the general story of your novel tells?

Li Mo: Uh... I can't explain it clearly, the plot is all in my head. If you want to read it, I can send you the 100,000 words I have written out. Is that OK?

Zhang Ming:......

Looking at the dialog box on his computer screen, Zhang Ming, as an editor, was completely speechless.

This is the first time he has seen such a weird contestant. He has no outline or writing experience, but he has such a strong writing skills and weird writing style...

He was also a little confused for a moment, and was somewhat doubtful whether to continue signing this weird work written by the weird author.

Perhaps realizing the editor's idea, Li Mo, who was eager to get a contract, did not forget to quickly propose his advantages, "I can write 20,000 words every day now. If I have enough time, I can also write 30,000 to 40,000 words, and ensure quality. Is there any hope of signing the contract?"

The moment he saw this sentence, editor Zhang Ming felt that he was about to be petrified.

Without an outline, you can't explain the story outline, but you can update 20,000 to 30,000 words every day with quality and quantity... I can't even find a sharpshooter!

What's more, this is a work that has not been signed and has no profit.

Zhang Ming then replied: That's right, this work is indeed a bit interesting, and signing a contract is OK, but it doesn't fit the current online writing style. If you sign a contract, you may not even be able to make money back in the contract - of course, you may also be able to go astray and soar.

Seeing the editor's explanation, Li Mo was determined: Then please help me sign the contract, I want to try it.

In this regard, editor Zhang Ming no longer explained too much, and responded with the idea that "sometimes, authors who are diligent and updated are more worthy of training than authors who are capable but always have more TJs."

"Okay, please pay attention to receiving backend information. Also, before it is put on the shelves, you can make sure to update five or six thousand words every day. The extra manuscripts can be saved for emergencies."

Since the other party is full of confidence, Zhang Ming plans to give this work a test recommendation to see the situation. If it really doesn't work, he can only guide this strange author with sharp writing styles to try other popular themes.

…

After chatting with the editor, Li Mo refreshed the background again and received a traditional signing text message.

"Hello, your work has been submitted for signing. Please add the signing editor × (QQ number 1******) through QQ to be a friend and negotiate peace agreement..."

Perhaps because of his character, Li Mo did not encounter any of the other writers complained about the fact that they could not add the contracted editor QQ, or the Q question was added to the question, and he easily and smoothly added the contracted editor as a friend.

After filling out the contract according to the other party's instructions, registering the bank card and other information, Li Mo was familiar with printing out the electronic documents and mailing them out by express delivery.

Although I was still a little nervous about the achievements of this ectopic novel, it was at least the first step to success, with the opportunity to be officially recommended and put on sale.
Chapter completed!