Chapter 20: The Mouth Is Tough, but the Body Is Honest
"Lin Qiu."
"Just call me Feng Xin."
After shaking hands, Cao Xue smiled and said:
"When I first saw you were so young, I was shocked."
"I didn't expect you to have such a mature writing style."
Cao Xue has been the editor-in-chief for so long, and she has hardly met a young author with mature and sophisticated writing style.
"Thank you."
It can be said that Lin Qiu is completely unknown now, even though he has appeared on the hot search several times.
It is difficult to accumulate fame whether as a lyricist or a director, not to mention that even photos are rarely circulated.
But Lin Qiu knows that his identity will be exposed soon, so he needs to prepare for a rainy day.
"This is the contract. According to your request, a confidentiality agreement about real information has been added."
"You can take a look."
Cao Xue handed the newly drafted contract to Lin Qiu. Lin Qiu was very satisfied with the content of the contract before, but he only asked for a confidentiality agreement about identity information.
This request is not excessive at all, and the website did not think much about it, but just felt that Lin Qiu was afraid of being blasted by extreme readers.
Under normal circumstances, the author's real information is difficult to be leaked.
"Okay, no problem."
After chatting about some details about the website and the contract, Lin Qiu signed the contract directly after confirming that everything was correct.
With such sincerity, Lin Qiu may not only publish his second novel on Xianque Chinese website.
As long as the website does not make trouble, subsequent online novels will be published on Xianque Chinese website.
"Huh..."
Seeing Lin Qiu officially sign the contract, Cao Xue breathed a sigh of relief and asked:
"Excuse me, has Xingkong contacted you?"
"Yes, but the contract is not sincere, so I rejected it."
Cao Xue was not surprised at all. It was because of this that Cao Xue gave such a sincere contract to keep Lin Qiu in Xianque completely.
"To be honest, Xianque is really afraid of being poached by authors."
Cao Xue smiled bitterly.
Among the three major online websites, Xingkong is the strongest. It is precisely because of this that many authors choose Xingkong as their first choice.
Even authors who are famous in Xianque have the idea of switching to Xingkong.
The website itself is a snowball. The more popular the author is, the more money he can make. The more money he makes, the more authors there are. The more authors there are, the more popular they are.
In business, for the profession of online authors, making money comes first.
Xingkong chooses to poach people. If the author feels that he can make more money, he will naturally change jobs.
Xianque has to pay a lot for every platinum god he keeps.
"By the way, how far is the sequel of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" prepared?"
"The website can do pre-promotion in advance."
"It will be released next week."
"So fast? That's great!"
Cao Xue was very excited. The earlier the book is released, the earlier the popularity of the "Legend of Sword and Fairy" series can be continued.
As for whether the reputation can be reversed, the quality of this sequel is extremely important.
The reason why I tried my best to keep Lin Qiu is because "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is about swords and abuse, not about bad writing!
Every day after the finale of "Legend of Sword and Fairy", Cao Xue has been paying attention to the public opinion on the novel forum.
From the initial excitement to now, Cao Xue can clearly feel that the public opinion has warmed up.
Even the novel ratings on the Book software have unknowingly jumped back by 1 point.
…
Just as April began, the online literature circle welcomed a blockbuster news.
[Cement Sealed Heart] The new book "Legend of Sword and Fairy 3" officially opened for pre-collection and will be officially released on Xianque Chinese website on April 15!
As soon as this news came out, the readers of the entire online literature circle were completely boiling!
[Great, great! Pretending to be dead for a month! Finally dared to come out! Wuxin old dog thief! Give me back Ling'er! ]
[Legend of Sword and Fairy 3? Did I travel through time? What about 2? ]
[Resurrect Ling'er! Resurrect Ling'er! ]
[Alas, Ling'er will not be resurrected after all. I support the old thief's new book and collect it first. ]
[Oh? Sequel? Is there a turnaround? Masaka! ]
[Uh, there is no sequel to online literature that is worth reading. Be cautious. ]
…
One stone stirs up a thousand waves!
The book "Legend of Sword and Fairy" itself has a very high popularity.
Although it was all abused in the end, it can still be considered popular!
Now that the news of the sequel came out, many readers have hope in their hearts!
Could it be...
Ling'er will be resurrected in the sequel!
When thinking of this possibility, many readers trembled with excitement and directly added it to the pre-collection!
But more readers are curious.
It is obviously a sequel, why is it 3, not 2?
Did I lose my memory?
What about 2?
…
"Sometimes..."
"Sometimes..."
"I will believe that everything has an end!"
In a KTV in Yanjing, Sun Zheng, the well-known platinum leader of "Legend of Sword and Fairy", performed this song "Red Bean" affectionately.
A broken heart is hard to put together again.
Since Ling'er's death, Sun Zheng has been EMO for a whole month, and he has not recovered until now.
After the song, a young man sitting not far from Sun Zheng exclaimed:
"Damn! Zheng!"
"The old thief Wuxin is going to publish a new book!"
Not only Sun Zheng, but also his friends who are loyal fans of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" were heartbroken.
"Don't tell me this."
"I have made up my mind not to read the books of this old thief anymore."
Sun Zheng lit up a cool little cigarette and sighed to the sky.
Damn, when I was reading the second to last chapter of "Legend of Sword and Fairy", I also gave him 200,000 yuan.
Sun Zheng was depressed for a long time after the ending.
200,000 is not much for Sun Zheng, who is from the Platinum Alliance, but Sun Zheng still wants to shout:
"RNM!"
"Money back!"
…
"The sequel to Legend of Sword and Fairy..."
"Fuck! Fairy Sword 3!"
Hearing the words "Sword of Immortality", Sun Zheng's fat hand holding the cigarette couldn't help but trembled, and he still said harshly:
"Say not to watch."
"I just won't look at it."
"Even if you jump from the second floor, eat this cigarette!"
"I also……"
Sun Zheng's words were ignored at all, and several brothers gathered together to ask about the status of the sequel to Fairy Sword.
These discussions were like a cat scratching his heart, constantly tempting Sun Zheng and making him restless!
Although "Sword of Immortal" is painful, it is really beautiful!
After enduring it for a minute, Sun Zheng couldn't bear it anymore. He stood up from his seat and joined the discussion group:
"let me see!"
"Let me see it!"
"What sequel!"
…
The novel pre-collection of "Legend of Sword and Fairy 3" has become extremely popular as soon as it was launched!
Many rewards came one after another, and without even a word of the novel being published, the number of alliance leaders exceeded 500!
In the leader group of "Sword and Sword 3".
There was a long silence.
Looking at those familiar IDs, Sun Zheng twitched the corners of his mouth and typed:
[Sheep, didn’t you say that if you delete your account, you won’t read Wu Xin Old Thief’s novels even to death? 】
[Qingkuang, are you there? 】
…
The messages in the group keep jumping.
[You still have the nerve to say that to me, don’t you say the same thing? 】
[Well, they are all familiar faces, cough...]
[Stop x-on: me, please. 】
[Ahem, it seems that everyone’s mouth is tough, but their bodies are still honest. 】