The Cold War: Jumping back and forth between the two camps

“The real deal!”

Dunn felt his face getting a little hot when he said this.

"It should be a relatively simple matter to expand the content according to this outline!"

I can’t let Liu Liyuan worry about whether he wrote the outline. If I keep asking him, I’ll really blush.

"That's easier! I can even do it!"

Liu Liyuan rubbed his hands and said excitedly.

He is a good writer with a certain literary talent, so he has no problem writing a novel.

It's just that he has been busy with too many things and has little inspiration and time to sit down and conceive a novel.

Now that Dunn has laid out the outline and framework of the novel, all I have to do is expand on it according to the outline.

"That's easy! Just let you write it, Mr. Liu! As for the royalties, I'll pay you the highest price in the industry!"

Dunn waved his hand and said generously that the money was allocated by the Central Youth Bureau anyway, and the CIA would continue to provide funds before the newspaper made money. Dunn himself did not need to spend any money, and other reporters were also paid for writing articles.

All in all, the bulk of the money is basically the royalties for a novel.

The funds allocated by the CIA are more than enough. Since there is enough money, it would be a waste not to take advantage of this opportunity.

"Isn't this not good?"

Liu Liyuan felt a little embarrassed to take this money. The outline of the novel was given by Dunne, and he had no experience in writing novels. Unexpectedly, he was paid the highest fee in the industry for his first novel. If this got out, it would be fine if the novel became popular, but if it was not, it would be embarrassing.

"There's nothing wrong with that. It's settled! I'll give you the highest salary in the industry!"

"You should take the money, Mr. Du. The novel will also be in your name. After all, I am just a writer responsible for expanding the outline you gave me!"

Liu Liyuan still had some dignity left and decided not to sign his name.

"I just gave you an outline and you don't have to do anything else. You will be the one to complete the major processes. The name is yours and that's it!"

Dunn didn't want to cause any trouble. He didn't need to become famous through novels, and he had full confidence in Jin Yong's novel.

Compared with Jin Yong's other works, according to the classification of online literature in later generations, The Deer and the Cauldron should strictly be regarded as a low-level martial arts novel. The martial arts are not as fancy and profound as those in the Condor Heroes trilogy during Jin Yong's heyday. The protagonist Wei Xiaobao doesn't even know any martial arts at all.

From a literary perspective, The Deer and the Cauldron belongs to Jin Yong's later works and is Mr. Jin Yong's final work.

It may have higher literary value than other works, and many martial arts fans even rank this work first among Jin Yong's works. But from the perspective of the majority of readers, the martial arts in The Legend of the Condor Heroes trilogy and Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils may be more attractive.

In this era, the cultural quality of readers is generally not as high as that of later generations, and they are not able to analyze a work from a literary perspective.

However, in this era, martial arts had not yet officially become popular, and there seemed to be few authors who really wrote martial arts. At this time, it seemed that the only book Dunn knew about was The Legend of the Shu Mountain.

So we will first use The Deer and the Cauldron to test the waters, and then later put Jin Yong's The Legend of the Condor Heroes and Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils into the newspaper. It is a gradual process, and I believe that by then the sales of the newspaper will definitely get better and better.

"Then I'll just come up with a pen name!"

Liu Liyuan decided to deploy his real name first and then see if the novel can become popular. If it doesn't become popular, then he will have to take the blame.

"There's also royalties. Let's split it 50-50!"

Liu Liyuan thought that he should not embezzle all the royalties in front of his boss. He also knew that the newspaper was supported by the CIA. Dunn did not have to take the royalties, but he had to give him certain benefits in return.

"Let's make it 3:7. You take 7 and I take 3. After all, I only gave you an outline!"

Dunn thought about it and decided not to exploit Liu Liyuan too much.

"Let's split it 50-50! Sir, I'll listen to you about the signature, but you still have to listen to me about the profit sharing. I really don't have the face to let you take 70%!"

Liu Liyuan said firmly.

Seeing that he was so persistent, Dunn agreed reluctantly. It would be good to get more funds.

Perhaps during the serialization period of the novel, this income is not worth mentioning to Dunn, but the big money will be made from selling the copyright of the novel, printing it into books, and even adapting it for the screen in the future.

However, it is still another matter to see how the situation will develop when that time comes and whether Dunn will still return to Hong Kong.

"I didn't expect Mr. Du's research on Chinese history is so in-depth. Many of the names in this novel can correspond to real historical figures!"

Liu Liyuan said this as he flipped through the outline of the novel with great interest.

"I've only done a little research. I usually treat Chinese history as a story. You know, China has a 5000-year history, and there are nearly 2000 years of recorded history. Just these 2000 years of history are incredible to me! China should not be as backward as it is now. I have a feeling that it will be able to revive sooner or later!"

Dunn said this with a firm look on his face. He had witnessed this with his own eyes and appeared particularly confident when he said it.

"I hope so. Times are tough right now!"

Liu Liyuan said worriedly that it was not that he had no confidence in China, but the current situation was still unclear, especially since there was still a government on the isolated island.

After the mushroom egg was invented, everyone in the world was amazed at its power. At present, there are only two countries that have mushroom eggs, and China is not one of them.

Now the situation of the Cold War is basically clear. In the eyes of the world, World War III may break out at any time and anywhere, especially after the Red Empire also possesses the mushroom egg.

Therefore, Liu Liyuan does not dare to be disappointed about the revival that Dunn mentioned now. He just hopes that China can survive this round of competition.

"Okay, Mr. Liu, go back and think about it first. There's not much time left before our newspaper opens. Write the first few chapters as soon as possible!"

Dunn didn't want to say more about this topic. It seemed too weird that a beautiful Chinese like him admired China so much and was also a CIA agent.

So Dunn ended the conversation directly.

"Okay, I'll hand over the finished manuscript to you as soon as possible!"

Liu Liyuan picked up the outline of the novel on the table, bowed to Dunn, and then left Dunn's office.