Chapter 555 0552 [Literati Look Down on Each Other, Dog Bites Dog! 】

The New Year's Eve party organized by the four major publishing houses in Taiwan officially started.

As the initiator of the party, Zhan Zhaotang, President of Crown Group, spoke to everyone.

The content of his speech is very simple, that is, the literary world of Taiwan, especially the martial arts world, is developing very rapidly. I hope everyone can work together to make this cake bigger.

For this reason, Zhan Zhaotang proposed to select a martial arts writer with great influence, good writing skills and high sales volume as the "Wulin leader" in the literary world, so as to lead everyone to climb to new heights.

As soon as this proposal came out, it immediately caused a commotion at the scene.

For these literati, reputation is more important than profit.

Especially masters like Sima Ling, Wo Longsheng, and Zhuge Qingyun are bound to win the title of "Wulin Leader".

"I support Sima Ling! He became famous after a weak crown, and even Cha Liangyong praised his works!"

"I support Wo Longsheng! His novels are very down-to-earth! Sales are also good!"

"The leader of the martial arts must be Gu Long! Now his works are the most popular, and his manuscript fee is also the highest among us!"

For a while, the scene became a mess.

As a bystander, Shi Zhijian himself is not from Baodao, nor is he a writer in the literary world, so he can see everything more clearly.

As someone who has experienced it, except for Zhan Zhaotang and the other bosses of the four major publishing houses, no one knows better than him how huge the profits of Baodao martial arts novels are now.

In this era of extremely underdeveloped entertainment, martial arts novels are simply a panacea to cure people's spiritual emptiness, so the sales are very good, no matter how bad your writing is, people will read it.

The works of masters of martial arts such as Gu Long, Sima Ling and Wo Longsheng cost more than 100,000 to 200,000 yuan, and they can directly buy a villa! Adding in copyright and so on, it's not just a villa, but a villa!

The four major publishers have made a lot of money by sucking the blood of these martial arts masters.

However, recently these martial arts authors' manuscript fees and copyright fees have been skyrocketing, and they have joined forces to negotiate with the publishing house, demanding a 30% increase in manuscript fees and copyright fees.

This is tantamount to letting the publishing boss cut his flesh, how can he agree?

But if they don't agree, the relationship can't be eased. The unity of martial arts authors is always a thorn, like a choke in the throat.

So Zhan Zhaotang came up with a plan, imitating the moves from Jin Yong's "Swordsman", to resolve it by splitting, and break through internally! Since a "Leader of the Five Sacred Mountains" can play around with the Five Sacred Sword Sect, now a "Leader of the Wulin League" can also play around with these literati!

as expected!

Everyone wants face!

What's more, these noble literati!

Zhan Zhaotang just randomly threw out the worthless title of "Martial Arts Leader", which caused these people to break up internally and start fighting among themselves.

Shi Zhijian could see clearly, but he couldn't say anything. His identity was here, and he was just a spectator.

Gu Long is very active. He is not short of money now, but he just lacks a recognized title. So he began to win over Shangguan Ding and Gao Yong to support him.

Over there, Sima Ling, Wo Longsheng, and Zhuge Qingyun also discussed and elected Wo Longsheng as the leader of the martial arts alliance. The reason for this is that Wolongsheng is older, and Wolongsheng is more popular in the industry than Sima Ling and Zhuge Qingyun. In particular, many of Wolongsheng's works have been bought by TV stations, and they are planning to shoot TV dramas, so their influence is also high. bigger.

As for the other masters of martial arts at the scene, they each supported their own martial arts leader.

For example, Yun Zhongyue and Chen Qingyun unanimously elected Liu Canyang of the Jagged Jianghu faction as the leader of the martial arts alliance.

Lonely Red and Yi Rongze jointly elected Murong Mei, a martial arts school, as the leader of the martial arts alliance.

All of a sudden, four or five martial arts lords appeared on the scene, which made people dumbfounded.

Zhan Zhaotang and the other three publishing house bosses looked at the lively scene in front of them and gave each other a wink.

These literati think they are smart, but they are as stupid as pigs!

A dog bites a dog!

The more you fight among yourself! The more disunity!

When the time comes to discuss manuscript fees and copyright, isn't it up to us to decide? !

Zhan Zhaotang glanced contemptuously over Gu Long, Sima Ling and the others, but felt a pair of bright eyes on the left staring at him.

Zhan Zhaotang looked over and happened to meet Shi Zhijian's eyes.

Zhan Zhaotang didn't know why, but he had a feeling of being seen through the conspiracy, so he calmly smiled at Shi Zhijian.

Shi Zhijian also smiled at him.

Zhan Zhaotang stopped looking at Shi Zhijian, and snorted coldly in his heart, so what if you see through him?

A foreigner from Hong Kong!

Could it still set off a stormy sea on Treasure Island?

...

Due to disputes, until the end of the party, this year's martial arts leader was not elected.

However, Gu Long and Wo Longsheng are the two who have the highest voices, so they are also called "Double Dragons Fighting for Hegemony".

Leaving Jianjian Villa, Gu Long took Shi Zhijian and others to find a nearby hotel to stay.

The next day, at dawn, Shi Zhijian's door was knocked by Gu Long: "Ajian, are you awake?"

Shi Zhijian got up, put on his clothes, walked over to open the door, but saw Gu Long with two big dark circles under his eyes, it looked like he didn't sleep well last night, and he didn't know if he was spelling out the manuscript or thinking about yesterday's matter of the martial arts leader .

"Ajian, let's have breakfast together! I have something to tell you!" Gu Long yawned.

Shi Zhijian nodded and asked him to wait a while before going to wash himself first.

Soon, Shi Zhijian came to the hotel restaurant and saw Gu Long, Shangguan Ding, and Gao Yong sitting together from a long distance away. Seeing him, he waved to Shi Zhijian: "Ah Jian, here!"

Shi Zhijian walked over, greeted Shangguan Ding and Gao Yong first, then ordered gruel and a plate of buns, took a bite of the buns, raised his head and asked Gu Long, "What do you want from me?"

"It's like this. I thought about it all night last night, and the more I thought about it, the more I felt that something was wrong---this martial arts leader seems to be useless!"

"Huh?" Shi Zhijian almost spat out the stuffing of the bun he was biting into.

Gu Long rested his cheeks on his hands, blinked his small eyes, and looked thoughtful: "Wolongsheng and I are fighting back and forth, it seems that the grandchildren of the four major publishing houses have been taken advantage of!"

"Cough cough!" Shi Zhijian really choked on the bun stuffing this time.

"So I want to ask you to do me a favor. Make peace with Sima Ling and Wo Longsheng. Let's stop fighting! The key is to make money together!"

Shi Zhijian tried his best to swallow the bun in his mouth, frowning: "Why do you want me to be a peacemaker? I don't know them very well!"

Gu Long grinned: "Who told you to be Shi Zhijian, the big boss of mythology? You don't know, when Sima Ling and his gang found out your identity yesterday, their eyes were as wide as lanterns!"

"Yes, Mr. Shi, you were so majestic yesterday!"

"It's a blockbuster! It scares Sima Ling and others to pee!"

Shangguan Ding and Gao Yong also gave a thumbs up and flattered.

Shi Zhijian, speechless!

At this moment, someone said: "Gossip about people behind their backs will ruin your mouth!"

While speaking, the three of Sima Ling came hand in hand!