Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 34 Signing a Contract
Editor Zhao said, "Don't worry, his parents have already issued a letter of authorization to our magazine, I can sign it on his behalf."

Noma Nobuhiko breathed a sigh of relief and extended his hand, "That's good, Mr. Chen, I wish us a pleasant cooperation."

In fact, everyone knew that Chen Linfeng's words were just an excuse. If nothing unexpected happened, the cooperation had already been settled.

Nobuhiko Noma believed that no one else would offer a higher price.

After all, this young Chinese writer has not yet proven himself in Japan, and no publishing house dares to offer a high price right away.

If he didn't want to prove his ability and take a gamble, he wouldn't have offered such a price.

Chen Linfeng shook Noma's outstretched hand and said, "It's a pleasure to work with you."

After the people from Neon left, Cheng Yongxin couldn't help but smile with ease.

"Finally we've come to an agreement. I couldn't help but agree to it for you at the beginning. Xiaofeng, you are really calm."

He asked curiously, "How do you know that light novels have illustrators who share royalties? I've never heard of that."

Information in this era is indeed very closed. Chen Linfeng certainly would not say that he had seen it on the Internet in his previous life. He only said that he heard it when he recently participated in an exchange activity and communicated with other Japanese writers.

Editor Zhao also smiled happily, "As for the company under Kadokawa, if you hadn't asked one more question, we would have suffered a loss."

Cheng Yongxin felt the same way. "Yes, yes, Japanese people are too cunning and have no integrity at all."

This is a common occurrence. After joining the WTO, Chinese companies will still suffer losses.

Chen Linfeng couldn't say that he had experienced such a scene in his previous life, so he just evaded the question by saying, "This is how the capitalist world is. I've read so many books that say that capitalists are not good people, so of course I have to be careful."

Zhao Changtian said with emotion, "Xiaofeng, you really read the book to your heart. Unlike the two of us, we have lived to such an old age and almost fell into evil."

Cheng Yongxin said disdainfully, "Go away, don't involve me. I didn't fall for it. I have always been cooperating with Xiaofeng."

"You're just being stubborn now."

The two middle-aged men started bickering like little kids.

After the exchange meeting ended that day, other people heard that Chen Linfeng's new book had been picked up by a major publishing house, and they all came to him to ask for details.

After learning about the conditions offered by the publishing house, they were all envious.

Someone took out the novel that Chen Linfeng had given him before and studied it carefully.

This isn’t written very well, so how come it was picked up?

Yu Hua is relatively young among this group of people. He can still read such novels and gave a relatively objective evaluation:

"The writing style is average, but it's pretty good among young writers. The key is the plot, which is very novel and fast-paced. It always immerses the audience and creates a sense of crisis, which is rare."

The more rational ones nodded in agreement, "Indeed, this is obviously not the same type of novel as ours, so we can't simply judge it as good or bad."

Ge Fei sneered, "Isn't that just like a Hollywood commercial movie? It gives you an adrenaline rush while you watch it, but nothing is left after you finish watching it. How can it benefit the people?"

"That is, it can neither educate the public nor make people think. Isn't it pure textual garbage?"

Several writers who advocate avant-garde literature and serious literature echoed the sentiment.

Yu Hua did not argue with them and directly criticized them, "But this book can be sold abroad, can those meaningful books you mentioned do the same?"

Several younger writers quietly expressed their support, saying that their books all focus more on plot narrative and are not far from popular novels, so it is possible to change track.

Ge Fei was furious. "Don't let external temptations make you lose yourself. Where is your original intention in choosing the path of literature?"

Soon the argument escalated to the ginseng rooster.

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The debate lasted until midnight and was later known to the editors-in-chief of various magazines who came to Neon for exchanges.

They also have different opinions on this. Some emphasize literary quality, while others support and encourage writing good stories to increase sales. No one can convince anyone else.

As the editor-in-chief of a major literary magazine like Shouhuo, Cheng Yongxin naturally hopes that pure literature will develop well, but he is also aware that the market has changed and popular literature is easier to sell.

As the leader of this exchange group, he needs to promote the better dissemination of domestic literary works abroad. Cheng Yongxin interrupted the debate and said, "Let's not argue about which work is better. Now that we know that Neon Publishing House values ​​works with stories, we can't just sit there."

He waved his hand heavily and said, "Adjust your thinking. Everyone, notify your colleagues in China immediately and ask them to select some popular literature works with exciting stories as soon as possible.

While this exchange meeting is still going on, I will do everything I can to get the book out there.”

"That's the truth. Being able to get a book out there is the real skill."

Each company began to contact domestic magazines. The signing of Chen Linfeng's new book was a vivid example and naturally was talked about a lot, and it quickly spread within the industry.

In the following two days, several publishing houses still came to seek cooperation. Chen Linfeng listened to their conditions and found that no one offered better conditions.

Three days later, Chen Linfeng and Kodansha officially signed the contract.

The contract signing for other writers in the exchange group was also arranged together because the media wanted to concentrate on publicity.

In addition, there was a signing ceremony for domestic publishers to introduce Japanese works.

Compared with those introduced from Japan to China, the number of literary works introduced from Japan into China is much greater.

As an important outcome of this exchange meeting, many reporters from Neon came, and domestic reporters stationed in Neon also conducted interviews.

The focus of reports in Japan is on Chen Linfeng and Japanese writers, while the focus in China is mainly on several famous domestic writers, and Chen Linfeng is just a side issue.

This is not surprising. In China, Chen Linfeng has just started out and cannot be compared with those big guys who have been famous for a long time.

The situation is different for the Japanese media. To them, Chinese writers are unknown.

Many of these reporters were invited by Kodansha and had their own missions. They rushed to interview Chen Linfeng and brought other unrelated media along as well.

However, the news value of a talented foreign writer who is only thirteen years old is indeed very explosive.

Seeing that the Japanese reporter was only interviewing a young man, the faces of several domestic writers immediately darkened.

They had quarreled for most of the night a while ago because they couldn't stand seeing a little kid taking the spotlight. Now that they were treated like this by foreign reporters, they couldn't suppress the jealousy in their hearts.

Several people looked at the lively scene here and sneered in their hearts. They were laughing happily now, but they would make a list later.

They are not only writers, but also well-known literary critics. They are unfamiliar with Neon, but the same is not true when they return to China.

"Go back and see how I can help him with this book," Ge Fei gritted his teeth. He felt extremely unbalanced that he was not as good as a young man.

Chen Linfeng knew that some people were dissatisfied with him, and he had also heard about the previous discussions about him.

But human hearts are the hardest to change, and he is not Hua Yuan, so he cannot please everyone, so he can only let it go.

Chen Linfeng is now trapped in the crowd and cannot escape.

Neon was very interested in this underage writer, especially after learning during the interview that Chen Linfeng was also a young actor.

He has starred in two TV series so far, both of which had good ratings. The most recent one, which was just released this year, even had a viewership rating of 30%.

There was an uproar in the crowd.

This has become a national hit.

The media who came here were instantly excited. This was the highlight. It was not a wasted trip today.

Nobuhiko Noma was also surprised that Chen Jun was actually a famous actor, Red Bean Paste Si Guoyi (this is really amazing).

After the interview, he called his subordinate and said, "Go collect some news about Chen Jun in China."

Nobuhiko Noma fully understands the inherent modesty of East Asians, who generally do not publicize their achievements.

He emphasized, "We need to know the information that Chen Jun did not say. Everything, all of it, as long as it is worth publicizing, we need to dig it out."

The subordinates hurriedly inquired through various connections in China.

(End of this chapter)