Now only two days before February 1st, the Lunar New Year is just one week later, and a lot of companies have started holidays.

However, the Nanhai Island Headquarters of Nanhai Publishing Company was very busy, and the artist worked overtime to make the cover. The editors of the proofreading room also stared at any word.

If it weren't for the shortage of words in "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli", they would probably not be able to hold on!

It was difficult to snatch Zhang Chu's new work from other publishing houses. Gu Xinxue did not want such a work to be full of flaws and had very strict requirements.

Overtime pay always exists in legends, and few people have actually seen it.

Look, the employees in the editorial department are quite confused about this overtime work. They are doing their own injuries while complaining.

"I really don't know why I have to set everything before the Spring Festival. Isn't it the same if I do it after the Spring Festival?"

"Yes! It's just a book. What's the impact of posting early and late."

"This is not a novel. It is a miracle to expect academic works to be sold well. Not to mention our company, there are not many historical academic works in the entire book market that can be sold!"

"My wife has already bought the air tickets back to her hometown, but now I can only work overtime in the company, which is so annoying."

"The company is too casual. Zhang Chu is just a freshman. What academic things can he write? He doesn't even have to review it carefully. If the content is mediocre or average, our company will lose a lot!"

"Old Li, what you said is. Although Zhang Chu is famous, he is just writing novels. I'm afraid the academic field still needs to be carefully reviewed."

"Oh, there are no historical experts among us, so we can just get a fuck."

Of course, Gu Xinxue is not a deaf person. He knows that many colleagues deliberately said behind his back. Who told Zhang Chu to dig it out by himself?

Nanhai Publishing Company has limited resources. When Zhang Chu, a newcomer, consumed so much of his budget, and when Zhang Chu's treatment caught up and surpassed their contracted writers, resentment and jealousy rose.

It is normal to work overtime and complain. Gu Xinxue is not the editor-in-chief, so he has no right to stop anything.

However, because of his special relationship with Zhang Chu, he had a certain right to know when signing the contract. Gu Xinxue knew that the reason why they were able to get the contract was not because of the 15% royalty ratio, but because he promised that the 15th year of Wanli would be launched within 45 days!

Many other publishing houses have given royalties that symbolize the author's peak, but no one dares to boast about such a thing. After all, a little slower efficiency in the superior department will cause delays.

"Menglong Culture has found many historical experts and professors to review the manuscripts. Do you know Hu Wei, the number one in history sales last year? He was also invited. The book reviews of others have been written, so I will wait for it to be published in two days."

Gu Xinxue explained that this was equivalent to saving time and effort for his company.

It would be fine if he didn't say it, but this statement made the rest of the people more firepower!

Li Sui, who was at the desk next to him, said sarcastically: "Who knows that those book reviewers are not objective? If we all hand over the review work to the writer's agency to operate, maybe a few masterpieces will appear every day."

This is very true, but the tone of speaking is really not so pleasant.

"We are not without the review of the draft. The editor-in-chief has read the content very early, and the proofreading room is also working overtime. The worst thing is to invite experts to review the draft, and they completed it themselves. Our company may not be able to find so many experts for a while, right?"

Gu Xinxue doesn’t want to have conflicts with his colleagues. Now is a time to fight every second, so it’s unwise to waste time on it!

In fact, what they both said makes sense, but their identities are different.

As Zhang Chu's editor, Gu Xinxue must of course protect the interests and reputation of his contracted writers. At least such discourses questioning the quality of books should not be published by the publisher.

If even people from a publishing organization do not believe in the quality of "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli", can we still expect consumers in the market?

Gu Xinxue is very tired. He is just reviewing Zhang Chu's last manuscript fee before the Lunar New Year. The manuscript fee I have to pay in January 2019 is quite high. All manuscript fees must be paid before the bank holiday.

It’s not just Zhang Chu, but the writers signed by the entire publishing company all need this royalty fee. Many of them actually don’t have much royalty fee.

The more are millions and the less is only a few hundred yuan, and the difference is quite obvious!

The royalties issued in January were actually the sales share in November last year. That month was a month when Zhang Chu's revenue soared.

"Pi's Fantasy Drift" sold more than one million copies that month, and it was also exciting to the tomb robber novel "Ghost Blows Out the Light", and many other works were sold.

Even if "Ghost Blows Out the Light" was just stuck on the gimmick at that time, it was enough to make Zhang Chu the focus.

"Will this kid really make it to the top ten of the writer's income list this year?" Gu Xinxue exclaimed secretly. Zhang Chu became popular so quickly and his writing speed was so fast. He was really worried that he would squeeze too hard in a short period of time, resulting in the loss of spiritual energy in the later works.

It is the peak as soon as it debuts, this is not a joke!

A lot of excellent writers, singers, and actors cannot escape this fate. Their debut works are too classic and cannot be surpassed in the later stage.

Strictly speaking, "Ghost Blows Out the Light" is Zhang Chu's first sales peak, but it is less than a year since his first work was published, so it was also classified as the time of his debut.

Everyone here knows that academic works are not easy to sell, so who can expect ordinary readers to read those things?

Moreover, after Zhang Chu handed over the manuscript to the publishing house, they also read it, but it turned out that it was difficult to define this way of writing.

It seems that it is a bit inaccurate to say that academic works are popular but not so attractive.

"Forget it, let it go. Anyway, it's a victory to sell the million copies of the first printed book."

Gu Xinxue picked up the teacup and drank a sip of strong tea. He then checked the income of the other writers and would hand it over to the finance department tomorrow morning. He did not expect that some writers said they did not receive the royalties during the Spring Festival.

Fortunately, the South China Sea Island is the southernmost part of the country. Even at night, there is no cold air. The cool breeze blows through the windows and it feels very comfortable to everyone.
Chapter completed!