the next day.
After Lin Yuan got up and washed up, he went downstairs to have breakfast. When he was about to pay the bill, the owner of the breakfast shop smiled and waved his hand:
“No need to pay.”
Lin Yuan asked: "Why?"
The boss smiled even more happily: "Our breakfast shop has a new owner. The new owner is Sun Yaohuo. He showed us your photo and said he is your good friend. He also said that you will be the most precious lifetime free super member of our breakfast shop in the future."
"Thanks."
Lin Yuan did not insist.
He was indeed a little surprised.
It is said that celebrities in the entertainment industry like to invest in catering. I didn’t expect that senior Sun Yaohuo is also interested in it.
I opened a milk tea shop some time ago, and today I invested in a breakfast shop.
Should I also invest in it in the future
never mind.
Don’t think about it for now.
Now that the first volume of "Zhu Xian" has been completed, Lin Yuan plans to release it as soon as possible.
As publisher, choose Silver Blue Books.
Lin Yuan had a good impression of Blue Silver Bookstore. During the serialization period of "Prince of Tennis", both the distribution channels and publicity channels were quite complete. In the middle of the series, his contract share was increased. He had no reason to change partners.
In addition, Lin Yuan also collaborated with "Fun Reading" under Silver Blue Book Library on a short story, and the experience was also good -
They paid the royalties very promptly.
Unlike the last time when he was nervous, Lin Yuan was still quite confident about "Zhu Xian" this time.
Thinking of this.
On the way to school, Lin Yuan sent a message to editor Yang Feng: "My new book is finished."
“So soon?”
Yang Feng replied almost instantly: "Can you send it to me now?"
The reason why Yang Feng could reply so quickly was because he had set Chu Kuang as his special focus.
Although he is responsible for communication matters with many authors, Chu Kuang is the most famous writer that Yang Feng is responsible for, so he must be taken seriously.
Without waiting for Chu Kuang to reply.
Yang Feng quickly poked the screen of his phone and continued to ask, "You should write about tennis in your new book. This is probably the sport you know best. And with the experience of the previous book, it will be easy to write. I think it won't be difficult to achieve another success."
Yang Feng encouraged Chu Kuang.
In his opinion, Chu Kuang's new book will definitely continue to write about sports and competitive themes, which is what he is best at, and carry out this niche category to the end. This is also what everyone in the Youth Fantasy Editorial Department of the Silver Blue Bookstore is looking forward to.
Chu Kuang: “No.”
Yang Feng: "What to write?"
If he doesn't write about tennis, does Chu Kuang plan to write about the currently popular basketball or football? Recently, many people in the industry have followed Chu Kuang's trend and written about sports competitions, mostly targeting football and basketball. Chu Kuang probably plans to teach this group of people how to write about basketball or football
So domineering!
As expected, he is the Chu Kuang!
Yang Feng felt that his guess was almost right, but when he saw the answer given by Chu Kuang, he was stunned, because the two words Chu Kuang replied made him, the editor, feel a little unfamiliar:
"Xianxia."
Chu Kuang wants to write a fantasy novel.
The question is what is Xianxia
Yang Feng felt like his heart was about to break. As a professional editor, he certainly knew what Xianxia was. But it was precisely because he knew that he felt a headache: "Something like "The Battle of Immortals and Demons"
"That's about right."
Lin Yuan had looked up information before and knew that "The Battle of Immortals and Demons" was the most recent fairy-tale work on Blue Star. After this work, there were no more fairy-tale novels worth mentioning in Qinzhou, and it has been about eighty years since then.
"Can I make a phone call?"
"I'm ready for class."
Chu Kuang didn't reply after he finished speaking, but Yang Feng did receive a novel called "Zhu Xian" in his mailbox. For a moment, Yang Feng did not know whether to laugh or cry. This Chu Kuang really wanted to stick to the niche concept to the end!
What kind of fantasy novel should I write
Is Chu Kuang an old antique
He is still a college student.
Readers who have a passion for fantasy can probably be traced back to Yang Feng’s grandfather’s generation. “The Battle of Fairies and Demons” was a work that that generation talked about with great relish. It is simply unimaginable for Yang Feng to think that someone would write fantasy today.
…
Yang Feng came to the company with a sad face.
When colleagues saw Yang Feng's expression, they all felt very strange: "Another author has left a blank?"
"It's scarier than that."
Yang Feng said: "Chu Kuang has opened a new book."
Everyone was stunned, and then they all started laughing.
“This is a good thing.”
"Chu Kuang is opening a new book, why are you looking so sad?"
"That's right, Chu Kuang is still willing to write a long article, so you should be happy!"
"I was worried before whether Chu Kuang would cooperate with other publishing houses, but now it seems that he is quite satisfied with our Silver Blue Library."
“Will the new book also be about tennis?”
“I feel like I’ll write about basketball or football.”
"… "
Colleagues discussed the topic with great interest.
Yang Feng looked at everyone and said, "Chu Kuang's new book is about immortal heroes."
The editorial office fell silent in an instant.
After a long while, someone finally asked tentatively, "Is it the kind of immortal hero I know?"
Yang Feng forced a smile: "Do you know more about "The Battle of Immortals and Demons"?"
Really
Fairy tale novel
What era is it
Everyone looked really confused, and the scene became quiet again.
He ignored the crowd.
Yang Feng has already sat down at the table.
No matter what, he had to review the manuscript to see what Chu Kuang's fantasy novel was about.
to be honest.
Yang Feng almost forced himself to open the book "Zhu Xian". The first thing that caught his eyes was the preface of the book.
"Heaven and earth are unkind and treat all things as straw dogs!"
This is the first sentence of the preface of "Zhu Xian".
If Yang Feng had read few books, he would probably think this sentence was incredible.
In the past, some people even thought that this sentence was original to "Zhu Xian".
However, Yang Feng had read the "Tao Te Ching" and knew that this sentence came from that work.
Laozi is one of the most famous figures in the Spring and Autumn Period.
So there are two speculations in the academic community about this sentence.
The first guess is that Lao Tzu wanted to express the idea that heaven and earth are fair.
The second guess is: God is not kind and only treats all things as lifeless tributes.
No matter which conjecture fits Lao Tzu's thinking, Chu Kuang's idea of quoting this sentence as the beginning of the novel does have a sense of foreshadowing.
It seems that Chu Kuang did not decide to write the fantasy novel on a whim, but had done some homework in advance.
But why can't you let it go and insist on writing fantasy novels
Yang Feng shook his head and continued watching.
The editor reads books very quickly, and so does Yang Feng.
Prologue, Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Yang Feng read through it very quickly.
But when he read the third chapter, Yang Feng suddenly stopped.
It's like someone pressed the pause button.
Somehow, he opened the prologue of "Zhu Xian" and started reading it again.
This time, his reading speed was extremely slow, and he read word by word.
This is the first time in Yang Feng’s editing career that he has read a book at such a snail’s pace.
As if afraid of missing a single word.
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