"Editor Kagurazaka, I can sign the contract, but can the publication be brought forward? For example, we can discuss the publication after signing the contract."
Mu Fan first agreed, then asked awkwardly. It wasn't that he had any doubts about Acorus Kagura's words, but he was so poor that his company was about to go bankrupt. If the publication was delayed, he might not be able to get the funds to save his company.
Acorus Kagura was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Twilight Mundane Sensei, why are you so insistent on publishing it earlier? A good work can sell no matter when it's published, right?"
Mu Fan smiled bitterly, "Because I need the money. If the money isn't paid earlier, I might even have to pay for my house."
Acorus Kagura said in a deep voice, "The publication matter needs to be decided by the editorial department. The chief editor and the book's results both have to meet the conditions. It might be a little difficult to discuss the publication after signing the contract."
"A little difficult?"
Mu Fan raised his eyebrows. Acorus Kagura didn't say it was impossible, which meant that there was still a glimmer of hope.
Before Mu Fan could ask, Acorus Kagura continued, "If you want to publish after signing the contract, you can only sign the new godly contract on our website."
"The godly contract can be signed as long as the author has two books with sales of two million or more, or a book with sales of close to ten million. For example, Senshou Murakami signed the godly contract a few days ago." Acorus Kagura added.
Mu Fan's heart went cold, "But my book hasn't started publishing yet. How can I achieve the achievement of having two books with sales of a million and sign the godly contract with Dengeki Bunko?"
"Things aren't absolute. You have the sales of your last book, and the book you write won't just blindly follow the trend or be short-lived. This book has a lot of potential, so I can only take you to the chief editor when you sign the contract. You also have to provide the novel's outline, step-by-step development, and character design. If the chief editor agrees, you can sign the godly contract."
"The Great God Contract has a minimum of 50 million, so you can pay this amount in advance. However, the book must be completed according to the outline. Otherwise, you will have to pay three times the amount. That's 150 million. "
Acorus Kagura was holding the contract of the Great God's Pact in his hands. After looking at it, he patiently explained the rules of the Great God's Pact to Mu Fan.
The reason why Acorus Kagura did this was because of a kind of pressure —
Kashinoku Shiyu's editor, Machida Yuanko, was promoted to deputy editor because of the sales of Kashinoku Shiyu's book and the other demigod authors.
This time, as long as Kashinoku Shiyu's new book sales exceeded 5 million, she would be able to start another group and become the chief editor.
Although she was in charge of many authors, those were authors whose sales had just started to improve. Some of them were even authors who had just signed contracts. Even Demigods only had two authors.
If she couldn't nurture authors with high sales, it meant that she didn't have the ability to be an editor. Not to mention whether she would be promoted, it would probably be difficult for her to even keep her position as an editor.
She might even be fired when the company laid off her staff.
This was something that Acorus Kagura had always been troubled by. In fact, anyone who had written light novels would understand that light novels didn't need a good teacher.
What they needed was only two words.
Look and understand!
Speaking of which, light novels were also fantasies. Just like the cultivators in the novels, some people couldn't reach the Sanctuary-realm in their entire lives. However, as long as they understood it, they could instantly understand the rules and become magicians who could fly in the sky and burrow into the ground.
Unfortunately, her authors couldn't reach this realm. They didn't even dare to try. They only wrote doujinshi works that could maintain their income.
There were also some who wrote about cross-dressing and Billy King. By the way, when Mu Fan came to this world, he found that Billy King didn't get into a car accident. Instead, he was a popular celebrity.
Every time he performed, he would perform a so-called philosophy. A group of Billy Kings would cheer him on.
Although this kind of theme could maintain their income, for example, the sales of the five volumes would be around 100,000 to 200,000. Although this was more than what they could earn by working part-time jobs, they still couldn't become a god-level author.
Fortunately, Mu Fan appeared. With his unique understanding of light novels, he brought about "World of Acceleration" which sold more than two million copies.
This time, as long as Mu Fan signed a god-level contract, and the combined sales of "Blessings for a Beautiful World" and "World of Acceleration" reached more than five million, she would be able to become a deputy editor like Sakata Yuanko.
Therefore, this was a win-win situation for Mu Fan and Acorus Kagura.
Hearing this, Mu Fan was elated. As long as he could spend the guaranteed 50 million, which was equivalent to more than 2 million in the Celestial Empire, he would be able to settle the fees for the fireworks and lighting of the venue for Chuyin's first performance, as well as the technical staff, as well as the gaming company's expenses.
Once Hatsune's performance was successful, the company's CLANNAD could be released smoothly.
Thinking of this, Mu Fan asked in surprise, "I understand. Can I go to the Dengeki Bunko tomorrow afternoon? I have some things to do in the morning. "
"Sure, the chief editor and I will be there for the next few days. However, it's best if you come within the next two days. I have a business trip in three days." Acorus Kagura reminded him.
"I'll go as soon as possible."
After discussing with Acorus Kagura, Mu Fan hung up the phone. He then opened his writing software and started to write.
When he was almost done, he saw that there were more than 100,000 words in front of him. He then prepared the outline of "Blessings for a Better World".
Signing a god-level contract was different from signing a normal contract.
In the Dengeki Bunko, many novels were written wherever they wanted to go. When signing a contract for these novels, the outline was no more than five hundred words.
In other words, these five hundred words only included the beginning, middle, and ending.
Some side missions and strategies could only be filled in by one's own imagination. That was why the later plot deviated or had no main plot.
However, the god-level contract could not be written half-heartedly with just a few hundred words. Otherwise, who would be responsible for the loss of sales if the plot deviated?
Although the editor was responsible for the novel's publication, the editor was not omnipotent. She could not determine if some of the plot would affect the book.
After all, the psychological quality of the readers nowadays was very poor. If a supporting character died, the book would collapse.
If the editor could, she would have written a book that sold millions of copies. Who would want to do this miserable nine-to-five editing job?
Therefore, many times, the editor could not judge whether a work was good or bad. They could only judge by its development and sales. They could only make a rough estimate. For example, the book had good prospects and a high probability of success in the future.
Of course, the editor could still tell if the novel was bad. The editor did not sign the contract because he could tell at a glance that the novel had no value. There was no point in persisting with such a book.
For the whole night, Mu Fan planned the outline of the plot according to his memory, from the beginning and end of the story to the small climax and suspense.
In the end, Mu Fan wrote 100,000 words for this outline. As for the update of "Blessings for a Beautiful World", it was only 30,000 words.
However, it did not matter. The 30,000 word update was still the first in the new book update list.
Mu Fan opened the author group and took a look. Sure enough, most of them were anticipating his new book and Kashinoku Shiyu's new book.
Sleepless Night: Twilight Mortal's book "Accelerated World" is already the limit of the world design. This book has a completely different style from the previous one. From the overwritten RPG setting of this book, it can be seen that he has run out of ideas. It will probably fail soon.
Exas: That's strange. A newcomer author's results are like this. Could it be fake?
An Old Salted Fish: In my opinion, it should be. After all, isn't it a bit too fake for a newcomer to have such results with two books? Could it be that some rich person is fake? Sure enough, there's nothing money can't solve.
Shitong Guoguang: Don't slander him without reading his book. Just like Kashiko and Yamada Goblin, didn't they also achieve almost impossible sales as newcomers? I read his book. It's very good. It's an existence that even I can only look up to.
So jealousy is useless. It's better to use this time to strengthen yourself and use your own book to defeat him fair and square!
.....
Sure enough, every time he wrote a novel, there would always be a group of people who could not stand it. It was like the principle of an innocent man getting into trouble because of his wealth.
However, Mu Fan did not have anything to do this time. He directly sent a message in the group using the official author name of Twilight Mortal:
"Ahahaha, everyone, I'll go and sign a contract with the Great God tomorrow. I guarantee that I can receive at least 50 million! This is great. I'm so happy to have such an opportunity! "
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