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Chapter 55 1 more questions

Chapter 55: One More Question

After rebirth, luck seems to have improved!

Although it wasn't very smooth at the beginning, the Zhao Qian incident happened.

But because of that incident, everything seemed to go smoothly.

He met Chloe.

Through Chloe, I met Mela.

It can be said that if it were not for Chloe, Liu Jin would probably still be struggling to find opportunities for publication.

Of course, he could also go find Old Joe.

But the prerequisite is that he has to have that kind of friendship with Old Joe.

I guess Joe doesn't like "Amelie" and "Auntie and I".

He is the kind of person who has an extremely devout attitude towards literature.

I guess Joe will like "The Father", but it may not impress him.

Without the preparation of these three books, Liu Jin took out "The Old Man and the Sea" right away. I guess Old Joe's first reaction would be that Liu Jin stole the manuscript from someone.

Unlike now, everything happened naturally.

God bless?
I don’t believe Brother Di.

I believe in the Three Pure Ones, I believe in the ancestor of Fu Sheng Xuan Huang!

……

"still have a question."

"what?"

"It's too short!"

"What's short about me? I'm not short."

Meila was startled, but she quickly reacted and said with a seductive look, "Can you take it out and see it?"

I wanted to tease the queen.

As a result, I was teased by the royal sister...

So happy!
Meila put away her expression and said seriously, "How many words are there in this book?"

"About thirty-one thousand."

The original text has more than 27,000 words.

Well, it’s Hemingway’s original work.

While writing, Liu Jin accidentally added four thousand words.

"It's a bit short... In France, a book should be at least 120 pages, and this is at most or pages."

She hesitated for a moment and whispered, "Can't it be increased?"

"No!" Without waiting for Liu Jin to answer, Mela denied it cleanly and neatly.

"Now is the perfect time. Any more will affect the quality."

That’s right, this kind of writing is not good!
If you want me to be the Water Angel Amy or childhood sweethearts, that's fine.

But forget about "The Old Man and the Sea"!

But this also shows Mela's professionalism.

As professional as Editor Li from Guangren Publishing House in Liu Jin’s previous life.

“Does it have to be 120 pages?”

"110 is fine, but you're short!"

"Meira, if you say that again, I'm really going to take it out."

Meila chuckled.

“Can you add a few short stories?”

"Florian's daydream?"

"That's not okay. I wrote that specifically to disgust Florian. It's not worthy of inclusion."

"You are self-aware."

It's not that Florian's daydreams are bad (the work itself is a labor of love, and I won't admit it's trash); they're absurd, hilarious, and satirical to the fullest. It's just, as Liu Jin said, a rant against Florian.

Really not qualified!

"So, you still have it?"

“It’s possible, but it’s not written.”

"what?"

"It's always been in my mind, some little stories..."

"You can try."

"But I need time."

"How many days?"

"How would I know."

It was a very painful experience to write The Old Man and the Sea in four days of seclusion in Marseille.

Write again?

You know, most of Hemingway's works are related to death and are very heavy.

The snow of Kilimanjaro, cats in the rain, mountains like white elephants...

Hemingway wrote many short stories, many of which are famous.

The problem was that he had to select a few stories that were suitable for Liu Jin to write, some of which were short and even required some modification. For example, "The Snows of Kilimanjaro."

Liu Jin has only been to Morocco once in his two lifetimes.

It would definitely be inappropriate for him to write about Africa.

What a pity, why didn’t Hemingway write more novellas?
However, he had to write his three novels sooner or later.

The sun also rises, a farewell to arms, for whom the bell tolls...

Those were Liu Jin’s three favorite works in his previous life.

"Oh okay……"

Meera was lost in thought.

After a moment, she suddenly looked up and asked, "Can I have a magazine?"

"Are there still magazines in France?"

Liu Jin regretted it as soon as he said this.

Damn it, of course France has magazines!
"Nonsense, how could France not have a magazine... How about Quetzalcoatl?"

"Quetzalcoatl?"

Meila rubbed her forehead and smiled bitterly. "It's pointless to tell you. Quetzalcoatl is a short story magazine that also publishes novellas. In terms of seniority, Quetzalcoatl was founded in 1998, which isn't very long. But its founder is very capable."

"Who?"

"Pierre Astier... never mind, you've definitely never heard of him.

He's a literary agent with a portfolio of amazing French writers. Giselle Pinault, you know?"

Gisele Pinault, I don't know.

But I know Gisele Bundchen.

Looking at his expression, you can tell that he doesn't understand.

"The author of 'Tropic Highway' is good at depicting the inner world of characters... Never mind, you probably don't know."

Meila waved her hand and continued, "Laure Pescher...you wouldn't know. She's one of the founders of the Astier-Pescher agency. She's very influential in the French literary world and is also a literary agent."

As Meila spoke, she rummaged through the drawer and pulled out a business card.

"We can serialize it now with Quetzalcoatl Publishing. You can take your time writing it. About 80,000 words will be enough."

"Eighty thousand words?"

"Why are you looking like that? You submitted hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of manuscripts before..."

"It's different, sister!"

"Anyway, you work hard. I'll contact Pescher first. Once the word count is sufficient, we'll officially publish it."

"All right!"

Liu Jin only knows how to write books and nothing else.

Not to mention, this is France, and he knows nothing about French literary world.

"That's settled. Just focus on your writing and attend class. Don't worry about anything else... If anything happens to you, if I'm not in Toulouse, you can ask Ottilie for help... Remember, don't eat grass in your own yard."

"Hooho..."

Upon hearing this, Liu Jin immediately raised his hand exaggeratedly.

"Okay, that's it."

Meera stood up from behind the boss's desk.

"Chloe is drafting the contract for the two books, 'Childhood Sweethearts' and 'Father in Time'.

"A Little Sweetheart" is 30,000 copies, and "Father in Time" is 70,000 copies, for a total of 100,000 copies... The royalties are still 12%. If you're okay with it, just sign the contract when the time comes. These two books will be released in April, which is the most important event for the publishing house this year... The unexpected nature of "Amelie" is really too great."

Yes, the unexpectedness of Amelie is indeed a bit too much.

Alice, Farne's bet, Florian's incorrect language, Adjani, and the two peak sales seasons of Christmas and New Year's Day... It is indeed difficult for the two childhood sweethearts and the father in time to replicate the achievements of Amelie.

Especially childhood sweethearts.

It can be seen that Mela is not too sure either.

But she seems very confident about "The Father Trapped in Time".

Liu Jin also stood up.

"I have no problem, just remember to give me the money as soon as possible."

"miser!"

Meera picked up the coat from the hanger.

"Are you going out?"

"Well, to Paris."

"what?"

"Ah what? I'm going to find Peschel."

She put on her coat and suddenly remembered something. She took out a bunch of keys from her purse and threw them to Liu Jin.