jdhmnovel Chapter 429 Novella
Chapter 429 Novella
He wanted to sign a contract with Daobi Ke and ask her for manuscripts, not novellas or long ones, but short stories. He would then compile the short stories into a collection and publish it.
This decision was very risky because there had never been such a precedent before, but Liang Chaoqun decided to take a gamble, and it turned out that he made the right bet.
After Daobi Ke's short film collection became a huge success, Liang Chaoqun personally went to find Lin Wuyou with the first month's dividends and the bonus given to the authors, and brought her an upgraded profit-sharing contract.
After the two met, Liang Chaoqun first praised the achievements of this published work, affirmed Lin Wuyou's ability, and then began to urge Lin Wuyou to write his next work.
Having tasted success with the collection of short stories, Liang Chaoqun asked Lin Wuyou for a second book, also a short story. He wanted to replicate the achievements of the previous work and create another glory.
Compared to Liang Chaoqun's full of anticipation, excitement and enthusiasm, Lin Wuyou seemed much calmer.
She did not immediately agree to Liang Chaoqun's short story commission, but just said that she needed to think about it carefully.
This time, Liang Chaoqun came directly to Lin Wuyou's house to see her. After seeing the decoration of the Lin Mansion, the servants' dress and demeanor, as well as Lin Wuyou's identity as the third young lady of the Lin Mansion, Liang Chaoqun immediately realized that this was a person who was not short of money, and writing might just be a whim for her.
If he pushed too hard and made this great god unhappy, he would quit his job in a matter of minutes. If he lost such a God of Wealth because of this, he would suffer a great loss.
With this in mind, Liang Chaoqun spoke in a flattering tone when facing Lin Wuyou.
Seeing that the other party did not agree to his commission, he did not continue to pester her, but said that he was not in a hurry and asked Lin Wuyou to think about it slowly. Once she made a decision, she could go to Wanjuanshu to find him at any time, and he would definitely reserve a publishing spot for her.
After giving the guarantee, Liang Chaoqun took out the new profit-sharing contract he had brought with him and advised Lin Wuyou to sign it first, so that when her subsequent works were sold, she would be able to get a higher percentage of the profit.
Although Lin Wuyou signed the contract with Wanjuanshu, what she cared about was not the money, but she would not refuse the money that was hers.
So, Lin Wuyou picked up the two contracts on the table and started reading them. After making sure there were no problems with the contracts, she asked someone to bring a pen and ink, and she and Liang Chaoqun signed their names in the signature area on the two contracts and printed their thumbprints.
After the contract was signed, Liang Chaoqun felt relieved. Everything was finally settled. He no longer had to worry about any colleagues coming to snatch the writer's job from him.
Liang Chaoqun couldn't suppress the smile on his face. He carefully dried the ink on the new contract, folded the contract, put it close to his body, said a few words of encouragement to Lin Wuyou, and left with a relaxed pace.
After Liang Chaoqun left, Lin Wuyou left the reception room and returned to the study room where he often stayed to continue completing the content he had written halfway.
Lin Wuyou already knew that her book was selling well. After all, it was the first book she published. It would be a lie to say that she didn't pay attention to it. After learning that the book received a good response, she was in a good mood.
The significance of a work being published in a weekly newspaper or separately is different, because reading a weekly newspaper has become a part of people's lives. No matter what the serialized stories are, it will not affect the overall sales data of the weekly newspaper.
But it is different when publishing a book individually. Without a large and loyal readership like a weekly newspaper, the only thing you can rely on is the quality of the book itself.
It turned out that the stories she wrote were recognized by the people. For Lin Wuyou, this was enough.
So, after that, Lin Wuyou became more motivated to write. After writing short stories in the study for a few days, she suddenly had a new inspiration.
After recording her inspiration, Lin Wuyou felt that the length of a short story could not satisfy her idea of the story's structure, so she began to try writing a novella.
When Liang Chaoqun came to him, Lin Wuyou had only completed one-third of his first novella.
When Lin Wuyou heard that Liang Chaoqun wanted her to continue writing short stories, she did not agree immediately because she was currently writing a novella.
She wanted to finish the story at hand first, see the overall effect, and then decide whether the next work should be a collection of short stories in the style of the previous one, or to try a new track.
With Lin Wuyou's dedicated creation, the new work was soon completed. After reading it through himself, Lin Wuyou revised a few unsatisfactory parts and some errors and omissions, and re-copied the article.
Looking at the works she had written, Lin Wuyou felt more and more satisfied, but she didn't know whether such works could be welcomed by the market.
Lin Chuyi just came back, so Lin Wuyou showed the story he had compiled to Lin Chuyi and asked her to review it.
Lin Chuyi used to be a hardcore novel reader. He had read thousands of novels, if not tens of thousands. Although he read many of the contents hastily and forgot them as soon as he read them, he still had basic appreciation ability.
Lin Chuyi took the masterpiece handed over by Lin Wuyou and sat down to read it carefully. From Lin Chuyi's perspective, Lin Wuyou's writing skills were still a bit immature, but her story structure was very complete, the characters' personalities were very distinct, the plot development was logical, and the plot connection was very smooth.
Overall, the merits outweigh the flaws. If she were asked to give a score, Lin Chuyi would give this work eight out of ten.
When Lin Chuyi has some free time, he will pick up a few novels and stories that are popular on the market nowadays and read them. Although there are some surprises occasionally, most of the works are catering to market demand. Writers will write what type of works has the most audiences. It's just a different soup but the substance remains the same, and there is nothing new.
Lin Wuyou's works are different. At her age, she is at a stage where her thoughts jump and her imagination is rich. Her thinking is not solidified. What she writes is full of spirit and refreshing, while making people curious about the development of the plot, making readers feel unable to stop.
Lin Chuyi felt that if this book was successfully published, the final sales performance might be even more impressive than the previous short story collection.
Lin Wuyou was very happy to receive such high praise from Lin Chuyi. Her self-confidence was boosted again at the same time.
So early the next morning, Lin Wuyou took this work to Wanjuanshu to find Liang Chaoqun. Liang Chaoqun was overjoyed to learn that Daobi Ke had a new work so quickly, but when he learned that Daobi Ke was writing a novella this time, his smile froze.