Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 20 Conditions (First update, please vote, collect, and read)

After Liu Jiale left, Li Song and others hurriedly copied some things from Ghost Blows Out the Light. The background plot and the main character line had to be changed. Because the background was set during the warlords' melee, there were many conflicts that could be written about, including local gentry, warlords, gangs, underworld, foreign plunderers, and so on.

Moreover, you can be more relaxed when writing these things in Hong Kong, but if you write them in the mainland, there will be many restrictions.

Anyway, historically, the physical books of Ghost Blows Out the Light have sold very well in Hong Kong Island, the notebooks, and Southeast Asia, including Taiwan.

After Liu Jiale returned, he reported to the editor-in-chief. The editor-in-chief was a little surprised to hear that Li Song was a teenager.

He was also very interested in Li Song's suggestion of creating hype, as newspaper sales were everything.

The New Evening News had a glorious past, and many people remember it. The editor-in-chief paused for a moment and said, "This Li Song, though young, is incredibly courageous. Since he's come up with this idea, why not make it 1,000 words? That way it'll be more engaging."

"Also, the royalties have been increased to 11%. Jiale, you can go sign the contract, but please try to get Mr. Li to save as many manuscripts as possible."

"Let me take a look at the other manuscript you sent me."

"Okay, I'll do it right away." Liu Jiale didn't expect the editor-in-chief to be so straightforward, so he nodded.

The editor-in-chief actually had other ideas in his mind. He thought that Li Song was just a popular figure on the surface, and there must be other people behind him, because many of the physical terms in this interstellar mercenary were still concepts, or were limited to experiments in the laboratory.

It's not something a teenager could write.

Moreover, in less than two thousand words at the beginning, the general situation of the protagonist, the background of the novel, the main plot of the novel, and what the protagonist has to do are explained.

This is definitely not something that a teenager could write. The written expression seems a bit immature and lacks some artistic conception.

Of course, the editor-in-chief didn't know that Li Song had read too much fast-food literature, and that the adjectives used in traditional literature to add artistic conception didn't play a big role in fast-food literature, unless it was being refined in preparation for publication.

Because the consumers they target are different.

Fast food literature mainly attracts readers with its plot, and the words that add to the artistic conception also require a high level of literary skills, otherwise it will give readers a weird feeling.

It is not something that ordinary authors can do to make readers appreciate the artistic conception of the text description at once.

Liu Jiale also has other things to do, such as preparing contracts and so on.

Li Song modified the general background of the tomb-robbing novel, then listed a main line outline of 200,000 words and started writing.

Li Song's literary inspiration is flowing... Well, it's mainly because he has read it many times. Even if he can recite it by heart, he can still remember the plot. In addition, Li Song not only read Ghost Blows Out the Light, but also read tomb-raiding novels such as Grave Robbers' Chronicles.

Li Song was also very excited. If he could make money and become famous, he should do more.

Of course, Li Song still paid attention to rest, going to bed at twelve o'clock at night and getting up at seven o'clock in the morning.

As a person who stays at home in 2080, I am most energetic at midnight and go to bed at eight in the morning.

However, in this society, because there are not many entertainment activities, of course there are bars and dance halls, but Li Song is not used to those places.

Especially the bar, the large number of people made Li Song feel very uncomfortable. As for the dance hall, forget it, as he can't resist the temptation. The main reason is that he is afraid of getting sick. Besides, he wants to be famous in the future, and if he messes around now, he doesn't know how many people will criticize him. The paparazzi in Hong Kong Island can dig out anything about you and then criticize you.

So when Liu Jiale arrived at Li Song's house at ten o'clock, he saw Li Song writing furiously.

"Mr. Li." Liu Jiale was not surprised.

"Mr. Liu, please come in." Li Song didn't expect Liu Jiale to arrive so soon. Li Song had already made some tea and poured it directly for Liu Jiale. Liu Jiale thanked him and took the tea, saying, "Mr. Li, based on my argument, we will give you a hundred yuan per thousand words as a manuscript fee, plus an 11% royalty."

"Our editor-in-chief admires Mr. Li's talent and is willing to show his sincerity."

Li Song didn't expect it to be so smooth, so he said, "Thank you, Mr. Liu. You came at the right time. Look at my novel about tomb robbery. I have only written 20,000 words."

Liu Jiale was very surprised. He had already written 20,000 words. Could it be that someone wrote it for him?

"Then I will read Mr. Li's masterpiece." Liu Jiale picked up the draft handed to him by Li Song, which was still a single page.

First of all, the introduction advances the story line. The original text begins with silver dollars, and the timeline is changed to silver dollars.

Then the protagonist's name was changed from Hu Bayi to Hu Sijiu, because the word Bayi might affect the overseas physical books. After all, now is not the future.

The first person was changed to the third person.

Liu Jiale read it very carefully, spending half an hour reading the more than 20,000 words.

"Mr. Li, this is no problem. Do you have an outline?" Liu Jiale was very curious. How did Li Song know all these things?

"It's just a partial outline." Li Song took out the outline and handed it to Liu Jiale.

After reading the outline, Liu Jiale felt that Li Song was born to be a writer. He had not written anything when he left yesterday, but today he not only wrote the outline, but also wrote more than 20,000 words.

"Mr. Li, there is no problem with the outline. I want to take this 20,000-word manuscript back to show it to the editor-in-chief. Is that okay?" Liu Jiale asked.

"Of course." Li Song nodded.

"Mr. Li, is it possible for you to write two books at the same time?" Liu Jiale asked.

"It's okay, I'm short of money." Li Song said.

"Mr. Li, I have a suggestion. Why don't you write Ghost Blows Out the Light first? It should have more readers, and it will be easier to make a TV series or a movie from it in the future. Science fiction novels may only be published as physical books in the short term, and it may be difficult to adapt them into movies." Liu Jiale said.

Li Song nodded: "Okay, but we need to discuss the price."

"This...I need to report this to the editor-in-chief."

Liu Jiale had no choice but to return to the newspaper office with the manuscript of Ghost Blows Out the Light.

The editor-in-chief looked at the manuscript and outline of Ghost Blows Out the Light in surprise.

Then he looked at it carefully and asked curiously, "I'm really curious about this Li Song. What kind of person is he who can write something like this?"

"Mr. Li should be from the mainland. He has a mainland accent, and it also sounds a bit like a Guanzhong accent. I'm afraid his ancestors did these things."

"And there are a lot of science fiction magazines in his house." Liu Jiale said.

"Well, you ask Mr. Li to write 100,000 words for both books. If I am satisfied, the price is negotiable." The editor-in-chief thought for a while and said that sometimes it is not enough to just look at the beginning, but also to look at the follow-up.

"it is good!"

(End of this chapter)