Chapter 51 Oh, you deserve to be single for the rest of your life
Chapter 51 Oh, you deserve to be single forever
I am busy studying and recording songs every day, and time flies.
On Friday, Fan Wumian received a notice from Shang Chang, the editor of Huiwen Daily, that the contract had officially begun to be executed, which meant that he had an additional task to continue writing novels.
After a week of serialization.
As there were too many readers urging the manuscript of "Emperor of the Desolate World", Huiwen Daily decided to increase the number of words serialized in each issue of the newspaper to about 5000 words, squeezing out some unpopular pages, and still only updating on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
In the weekly magazine under the Huiwen Daily, thousands of words of content will be arranged in advance.
This is easy to understand.
It is similar to the "advanced on-demand" function used by future video websites. Some readers are too impatient and can pay extra money on weekends to buy more expensive magazines and read some subsequent content in advance.
As a member of the clumsy writing group, the weekly submission volume has increased to about 20,000 words, which is enough to give Fan Wumian a headache.
Fortunately, there is both pain and happiness. If I keep working hard, I may even have the opportunity to earn one million Hong Kong dollars a year.
Socializing is important for adults.
So, taking advantage of the upcoming weekend, on Friday evening, Fan Wumian made a special phone call to arrange a private meal with the editor Shangri-La Chang, and chose the good-quality Fulinmen Restaurant.
Fan Wumian ordered all the signature dishes of the Wan Chai Fortune Hotel, including "Kai Lan with Abalone", "Bamboo Fungus Stuffed Bird's Nest", and "Abalone with Oyster Sauce".
He thought that if his debut was not so smooth, at least he could leave himself a way out so that he wouldn't have to lie at home and worry.
It's not that I'm worrying about nothing.
In this era, whether in Hong Kong or the Mainland, there are a lot of stars who are very famous but cannot make any money. The good times are far from coming.
According to the news that Fan Wumian accidentally learned through various channels recently, Jiang Manyu’s pay for making a movie is only 200 million Hong Kong dollars, and the pay for the big-mouthed beauty Shu Qi is only 80.
If the mainland market is not developed, the entire Chinese-language film and music industry will have a hard time.
At TBV TV station, many well-known actors are vying for the job, with a guaranteed monthly salary of several thousand or tens of thousands of yuan.
There is also Che Baoluo, the actor who played "Fat Monk" in the 1998 version of "The Deer and the Cauldron". Recently, it was reported that he was almost laid off by TVB and was later only given an annual salary of 2000 yuan.
That's right.
It’s really only 2000 yuan, and it’s an annual salary.
After hearing this, the extras in Lianhengdian would probably feel sad for him.
The situation now is very different from what it will be in the future. Fan Wumian has witnessed the grand occasions of making tens of millions of dollars from a film and billions of dollars at the box office for a movie, but the current market size is simply horrible.
Therefore, even he did not dare to say that it was 100% stable.
Fan Wumian is very sure that this piece of gold of his will shine sooner or later, but the problem is that he may need to hold on for a while before the big opportunity comes.
Since I’m busy making an album, I recently checked the album sales of previous years online.
Despite Jay Chou's super popularity, he sold more than 2003 albums in 2260 in the Formosa region with a total population of over 33 million, slightly higher than the 5000 copies of Cai Linyi's "Look at My 33 Transformations". The total sales in Hong Kong were less than 5 copies.
Compared to the golden age of the 1990s, when millions of albums were sold at a glance, sales figures for physical albums have shrunk significantly.
There is a clear disproportion between the influence and income of these singers.
There are two main reasons. On the one hand, it is because of the impact of "free resources" on the Internet. On the other hand, even if physical albums are sold, they are not necessarily genuine and the money does not go into the singers' pockets.
This way.
As a complete newcomer, it is probably unrealistic to expect to get rich quickly with just one album.
Even Chen Yisen, whom he looked up to, borrowed more than 200 million from his girlfriend two years ago because he could not afford the medical expenses for his father's treatment.
This bucket of cold water was like a chill in his heart.
I feel that the four words "great wealth and honor" have become much further away from me.
It was around six o'clock on Friday night.
The business at Fulinmen Hotel is very good, it is the peak period for customers.
Fan Wumian finally managed to get a small private room, and in order to appease the waiter, he even spent 880 yuan and ordered an extra bottle of red wine from French Chateau Cheval Blanc.
When the editor of Shangjia Chang arrived and exchanged pleasantries with him, Fan Wumian was the first to ask:
"Does my novel have a lot of readers who like it? Seeing that you have increased the space and added 2,000 words at once, the situation should be pretty good."
limited ability.
Stitching together the plots of so many classic fantasy novels at once and re-arranging them into a weird book, how can we be absolutely sure that it will be a big hit?
The contract had already been signed in advance, so there was no harm in revealing the details. Shangjia Chang's editor laughed so hard that he couldn't stop smiling, and explained:
"Very good, especially this afternoon. The phone was almost blown up. They all wanted to know what was going on with the protagonist's supreme bone being dug out."
"The number of readers who subscribe to the newspaper has increased by several hundred. It's a rare increase instead of a decrease. It turns out that our editor-in-chief has a good vision. If he hadn't agreed to give you that price, I wouldn't have been able to help you even if I wanted to. You must continue writing seriously. We plan to publish it as a book when the number of words is sufficient. Eh? Cheval Blanc red wine?"
"It's really expensive. Fortunately, we ate in a private room. Otherwise, if my colleagues saw us, they would think that there was some shady deal between us. In fact, we could just find a food stall."
Having said that, the display is still important, and it can be seen that the editor of Shang Shang Chang is quite happy.
The Fortune Hotel is also known locally as the "Rich Man's Canteen". In the early years, many wealthy people who were well-known in Hong Kong were regular customers of this restaurant. Even now, there are still many celebrities and wealthy people patronizing this restaurant, and the business is still booming.
Fan Wumian made up a nonsense reason and said:
"My father and I don't know much about the wine at home, so why not bring it to you to try. If "Emperor of the Desolate Sky" is published, will I make money?"
Editor Shangjia Chang asked in confusion:
"Didn't you read the contract? You're still young, you can't just sign something carelessly. It's easy to be cheated. Fortunately, our company is more formal. If it is published, we will give you 10% of the profits. It should be higher, but the price we gave you for the invitation is already very high, so high that we don't even dare to tell others."
Fan Wumian certainly read the contract, but he paid more attention to aspects such as the royalties, copyright ownership, and breach of contract clauses.
He only gave the copyright of the text to Huiwen Daily, and he was still thinking about the opportunity in the future. Maybe he could try to make a mobile game of "Huang Tiandi", or film and adapt it into a film, television or animation series. I heard that these are more valuable.
The newspapers didn't care much.
After all, with the Nine Dragons pulling the coffin and the blood-stained bronze palace, it seems that there is no value in making a film or TV series about it.
The huge failure of "The Legend of Zu" in 2001 almost completely ruined Hong Kong Film's attempt in the field of oriental fantasy films. No one dared to continue to spend money to try their luck.
So when signing the contract, Fan Wumian tried to propose only authorizing the text copyright, and Huiwen Daily nodded without saying a word, not even bothering to fight for it.
Fan Wumian still remembers that when he was a student in his previous life, the bookstalls were always filled with very thick, oversized novels, which were much larger than other books.
It was not until mobile phones and MP4s became popular that these "big-headed books" of the online novel type gradually faded out of history. Coupled with the huge impact of the Internet, he did not expect to make much money from publishing.
Like physical albums, the golden age of bookselling is over.
They ate abalone and drank bird's nest, chatted about famous martial arts novel authors, and talked about the subsequent plot settings of "Emperor of the Desolate Sky". There was no dull moment at all.
During the banquet.
I unexpectedly heard a commotion coming from outside, and after asking the waiter, I found out that the "real Fa Ge" was also coming to dinner tonight.
Fan Wumian knew Fa Ge, but Fa Ge didn't know him, so of course he wouldn't go and disturb the other person for no reason and make trouble for himself.
The port city is small in area, but has a lot of celebrities, and people have long been accustomed to it.
Wait until you are full of wine and food.
He took a taxi to send editor Shang Shang Chang home, and then returned to Tsim Sha Tsui and went to Harbour City for a walk.
When he walked into a large digital store and planned to buy an Archos MP4, his cell phone suddenly rang and an unfamiliar number appeared on the screen.
As soon as Fan Wumian answered the call, he heard a girl's voice from the other end: "Hello, Fan Wumian?"
"Well, who are you?"
"I can't believe you. It's me, Zuo Ziyan! My cousin just asked me out for dinner. She said she was having a party with friends during the day and asked about your album release. Write down the number and find a time the day after tomorrow, Sunday, to talk to the owner of the record company."
Campus Beauty Zuo paused for a moment on the other end of the phone.
She was worried that Fan Wumian didn't understand these things and would suffer a loss in negotiations with the record company, so she took the initiative to say:
"I happen to be free this week. How about we meet at a coffee shop? You can wait for me then? I will act as your military advisor and give you advice for free. We'd better do some homework first, so that we won't be at a disadvantage easily."
I thought to myself, what does a 17-year-old girl know?
Fan Wumian said cheerfully:
"Thank you. I'd better not trouble you. I have already looked up some information on the Internet."
"???"
Meet individually off campus on weekends.
Zuo Ziyan thought that he should be very happy.
I didn't expect to be rejected outright, and the tone was so crisp and clear, without any hesitation.
Head full of black lines.
Even after hanging up the phone, Zuo Ziyan still couldn't calm down.
Finally, I gritted my teeth and uttered:
"Oh, you deserve to be single forever"
(End of this chapter)