"What did you just say?"

Zhou Xiaoqi calmed down and asked Zhou Yun.

Zhou Yun's tone was a little slower: "Aunt! I'll ask you if you have received any submissions from Shi Jian's new book? Is there any?"

"Ishimi's new book contribution?"

Zhou Xiaoqi frowned slightly: "Why did you ask this question suddenly? Why? Did he release a new book? Isn't "The Smiling and Proud Wanderer" still being published? It's not the last episode! Right?"

There is no need to ask anymore. My aunt's expression and answers gave Zhou Yun the answer, which made Zhou Yun break all the luck that was beneficial to Jiuzhou's study, leaving only the last possibility that she least wanted to appear. Zhao Yan submitted the manuscript of the new book to another publishing house.

Zhou Yun was a little disappointed and a little depressed, and explained to Zhou Xiaoqi with depression: "Aunt! Shi Jian's new book has been published on his own website. The title is "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", which was released last night. I just asked Sister Xia and Xiang Bin and others. They all said that they had not received Shi Jian's new book submissions, and you had not received his submissions here. Aunt! Do you know what this means, right? Shi Jian's new book may have been signed to another publishing house! Otherwise, if his new book has not been published yet, how could he post it on the website first? How much money can he make on the website? Alas! I don't know if it was someone else who gave him a high price or if he was not satisfied with our previous cooperation, so he submitted it to another website himself!"

Zhou Xiaoqi frowned and finished listening to all Zhou Yun's words. After listening, she did not speak immediately, but frowned, her eyes slightly turned, not knowing what she was thinking.

"Aunt! Otherwise, you call him personally, right? What if he just submitted a manuscript to another publishing house and has not signed a contract yet!"

Seeing that my aunt was still calm, Zhou Yun was a little anxious again.

Zhou Xiaoqi pondered for a moment, reached out to grab the phone on the desk, and said, "Okay! I'll ask."

Zhou Xiaoqi took out a phone book from the drawer, and while searching for Zhao Yan's contact information, she looked up at Zhou Yun. Zhou Yun was able to discover that Shi Jian's new book was published so quickly, which surprised her and also a little praised. Zhou Yun's work attitude is worthy of recognition.

Following the number on the phone book, Zhou Xiaoqi dialed out skillfully.

The phone rang twice and was hung up.

"Don't answer?"

Zhou Xiaoqi frowned again and refused to answer her call directly. This surprised her and felt a little anxious. She guessed whether Shi Jian had signed a contract with another publishing house, so she didn't want to answer her call.

"Don't answer?"

Zhou Yun was stunned at first, then thought for a while, and hesitated to guess: "Aunt! Is he in class? So it's not convenient to answer your phone?"

Zhou Xiaoqi pushed the glasses on his nose, nodded slightly, and smiled: "Maybe! If you don't say it, I almost forgot that he is still a student. He should be in class at this time!"

After a pause, Zhou Xiaoqi looked at Zhou Yun and said, "So! I'll write his mobile phone number to you. At noon, you call to try it out and find out about his current situation of his new book. Is it signed to another publishing house, or has submitted the manuscript yet, or is it not signed, or something else? If you have signed a contract with another company, you can understand the reason why he signed it to another company. Is it unhappy when working with us? Or is it that other companies have opened a price that he cannot refuse? Or for other companies, if it has not signed it yet, let him tell him that our Jiuzhou Reading hopes to continue to cooperate with him. As for the specific price... we will give us sincerity based on the quality of his new book manuscript!"

Zhou Yun nodded quickly: "Okay! I understand, aunt! No matter what, I will definitely call him until he answers the phone!"

Zhou Xiaoqi nodded in praise, immediately picked up the signature pen at hand, copied Zhao Yan's mobile phone number on the note book, and then tore off the note paper and handed it to Zhou Yun.

When Zhou Yun immediately stepped forward and took it with both hands, Zhou Xiaoqi reminded: "Remember! No matter what the situation is, please tell me as soon as possible! This Shi Jian has great potential! With the fame accumulated by previous books, his new book sales will not be much worse!"

Zhou Yun: "I know! Aunt! I will definitely do my best to strive for it!"

"Yeah! Go!"

"good!"

...

Zhou Yun guessed something, that is, when Zhou Xiaoqi called, Zhao Yan was indeed in class, and it was the class of the counselor Weng Zhijian. As soon as the phone rang, many people in the class looked at him, including Weng Zhijian on the podium.

Many people frown, and their disgust was obvious.

This is also normal. Generally speaking, during class, everyone's mobile phones are turned off. In class, no matter whose phone rings, it will directly affect the atmosphere of the classroom and the coherence of the lecture. Even if the teacher's mobile phone rings in class, the teacher will generally apologize and turn off the phone directly.

Today, Zhao Yan had a sword energy when logging in with his mobile phone during class, so he watched the situation of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", so he forgot to turn off his phone during class.

When the phone rang, Zhao Yan's first reaction was also frowning with disgust. Then he realized that it was his own phone ringing. When he saw the counselor Weng Zhijian looking over with unhesitant eyes, Zhao Yan smiled embarrassedly, quickly took out his phone and refused to answer the phone first, and then turned off the phone directly.

He didn't even have time to pay attention to who called the phone, he only knew it was a landline number.

"I would like to emphasize it again! Before class, you have to turn off your phone! Okay, let's continue to class!" Seeing Zhao Yan's quick reaction, Weng Zhijian withdrew his gaze, reiterated the classroom rules, and continued to give lectures.

Zhao Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The phone rang in the counselor's class, which made him nervous, especially now that he was about to take the final exam.

Zhang Peng next to him quietly gave Zhao Yan a thumbs up and smirked.

Changsun Xiaqiu and Xi Fang at the front table also quietly looked back at Zhao Yan. Changsun Xiaqiu had a smile on his lips, while Xi Fang had a cold eyes. Zhao Yan smiled at Changsun Xiaqiu's smile, Xi Fang's cold eyes, and Zhao Yan glared back. He was not used to her bad habits, and he was not someone else.

While having lunch in the cafeteria, Zhao Yan received a call from Zhou Yun.

At that time, Zhang Peng, Xing Zheng, Li Yan, Nian Xiaobai and others next to Zhao Yan were talking about the recent current affairs news. South Korea Bangzi held a sit-in demonstration in Seoul, strongly demanding the restoration of the motherland.

Zhang Peng and others were talking about it as jokes. South Korea had long been conquered by the Ming Dynasty, and the original South Korea had long become a Korean nation and a nation of the Ming Dynasty. However, almost every year, some unwilling sticks called for the reconstruction of their homeland. They were rejected by the Ming Emperor every time, but they were always unwilling to give up.

When the phone rang, Zhao Yan raised his hand and signaled everyone to calm down before answering the call.

"Who?"

Zhao Yan asked casually while chewing a piece of repot meat in his mouth.

Zhao Yan heard the sound of taking a deep breath in his phone, and then he heard a young woman's voice introduce herself: "Hello, hello! My name is Zhou Yun, uh, that's it! I am the editor of Jiuzhou Reading. Are you Ishi Jian himself?"

Zhao Yan noticed that Nian Xiaobai and others were looking at him curiously, and they all looked at him with their ears and listened one by one.

Zhao Yan raised his eyebrows at them, stretched out his hand and rubbed Zhang Peng's head beside him, with a smile on his lips, and said, "Oh, hello! Yes! I'm Shi Jian! Is there anything wrong?"

Unlike before, whenever he talked to the publishing house editor, Zhao Yan would always feel a little nervous without consciously, but now! Now, he is different from the past. Several books have been published successfully, and have achieved impressive sales, and have sold the film and television adaptation rights of three works. Therefore, when he talks with the publishing house editor, Zhao Yan is already very relaxed. He is confident that even if he accidentally offended a publishing house, with his current reputation and the quality of the new book, other publishing houses are willing to sign his new book at a good price.

This is the confidence brought by success again and again!

Self-confidence does not mean that one can become confident if one wants to be confident, but needs to be successfully cultivated again and again.

Zhou Yun: "Oh, hello! Shi Jian, Mr. Shi Jian! That's right, we noticed that your new book "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" has been published on your personal website, right?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yan's lips curled slightly and said to himself: That's not bad! I didn't expect that Jiuzhou Reading is so well-informed. They noticed it as soon as my new book was published in three chapters! These guys are not paying attention to my updates all the time, right? They value me so much?

It’s good to pay attention to it!

Zhao Yan's eyes rolled, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became stronger. He realized that the opportunity for his new book to rise again was coming! Jiuzhou Reading paid so much attention to his updates. As soon as he posted the new book, the other party knew about it the next day. He obviously wanted to continue to cooperate with him, or even for a long-term cooperation.

Jiuzhou Reading should have tasted the sweetness in his book "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer". Since the other party wants his new book so much, if he doesn't take this opportunity to raise the price, he will be sorry that Jiuzhou Reading attaches great importance to him!

Zhao Yan: "Well, yes! I posted it yesterday! What's wrong?"

Zhou Yun: "Well, our editor-in-chief called you this morning, but you might not be able to answer the answer at that time, so the editor-in-chief handed me the task of contacting you, so I must contact you!"

Zhou Yun, who was slightly nervous, inadvertently exposed their situation further.

Zhao Yan almost laughed out loud.

Resisting his smile, Zhao Yan continued to pretend to be stupid: "Oh, that's it! Yes! I did see a call this morning. I was in class at the time, so I didn't answer. I didn't expect to be the editor-in-chief of your publishing house. It's really rude!"

He was rude and smiled all over the corners of his mouth. Nian Xiaobai rolled his eyes from the side and whispered to Zhang Peng and the others: "Superficial! Too hypocritical!"

Zhang Peng and Li Yanshen nodded with consent, and Xing Zheng also echoed: "And it's shameless!"

Zhao Yan heard the faint contempt of them, but Zhao Yan didn't feel that this was an insult at all. His mood became even better. He glanced at them with a smile. Zhao Yan raised his chin slightly, and his complacent feelings were undoubtedly revealed, which made Zhang Peng, Nian Xiaobai and others even more angry.

Zhou Yun: "Uh, it's okay! Our editor-in-chief also guessed that it might be inconvenient for you to answer the phone at that time, so I handed over the task of contacting you as soon as possible, Mr. Shi Jian! Has your new book "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" signed to another publishing house?"

“Um…”

Zhao Yan pondered for a moment and said, "Not yet!"

"Ah? Really?"

Amid Zhou Yun's exclamation, Zhao Yan could directly feel the surprise through his mobile phone.

A pleasant smile filled the corner of his mouth, and Zhao Yan gave a positive answer: "Yes! It's true."

Zhou Yun: "Then, why haven't you contributed to our publishing house yet? Don't you want to get your new book on the market as soon as possible and meet your book fans?"

Zhao Yan: "Haha, don't worry! Don't worry! I'll think about it again."

"ah?"

Zhou Yun: "You, Mr. Shi Jian! What else do you want to think about? Are you dissatisfied with our previous cooperation? Or are you, you have contributed to other publishing houses? Is that true? Mr. Shi Jian?"

Zhao Yan suddenly felt that the woman named Zhou Yun was still very young. Zhao Yan had never seen her or looked at her photos. Zhao Yan thought she was still very young at this time, so naturally it did not refer to her appearance, but to her mind and business ability.

Almost every sentence exudes a breath of youth. If he is a senior editor, Zhao Yan believes that the other party's speech cannot be so poor. Even if he wants to find out what he thinks, it will not be so direct. This makes Zhao Yan feel superior in IQ.

Smiling and shaking his head, Zhao Yan lost the interest of continuing to circle with her, and asked directly: "Ms. Zhou! Have you read my new book?"

The topic suddenly turned here, and Zhou Yun's voice was stagnant, so she replied: "Well, the editor-in-chief and others have not read it yet. At present, I am the only one who reads it. However, you have published few words now, so I only read one of the beginnings..."

Speaking of this, Zhou Yun's voice was a little hesitant, probably not knowing what to say later.

Since Zhao Yan had lost the interest in continuing to circle with her, he went straight to the center of gravity: "Then what price can you give? How much does a thousand words cost?"

How much does a thousand words cost?

When Zhang Peng, Nian Xiaobai and others heard this, their eyes lit up, and they all subconsciously stared at the mobile phone in Zhao Yan's ear. They were absolutely curious about the price of Zhao Yan's new book!

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, they all want to roughly judge how big the gap between them and Zhao Yan is now based on the price of Zhao Yan's new book.

Zhao Yan is now the best in writing in their class, at least in terms of popularity and market response, which represents the highest level of their 44th writing class.

Unfortunately, Zhou Yun's answer disappointed them.

Zhou Yun: "Uh, this... I'm sorry! I'm just the initial review editor. I don't have the right to give you a quote, but our editor asked me to tell you that the specific price needs to be read by your new book manuscript. She promised that she would show our publishing house's sincerity to let you see it! Uh, do you think this is OK? Send us tens of thousands of words of text and wait until our review is over. Will you give you a quote? " (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!