After the college entrance exam, he began to become a male god of extraction.

On the way, the two bickered from time to time.

A dozen minutes later, Xu Qin finally carried Yu Zhaoyan to the girls' dormitory building.

"arrive."

Xu Qin put Yu Zhaoyan down.

"I'm going upstairs first." Yu Zhaoyan straightened her clothes.

"Okay, I'll be going now."

Seeing that nothing was wrong, Xu Qin turned and left.

Yu Zhaoyan has a headache now because she drank quite a bit of alcohol.

She shook her head, then thought of how Xu Qin had carried her back earlier, and couldn't help but blush a little.

After all, this was the first time in her life that she had been held by a male stranger.

Although he was carrying her, Xu Qin was actually hugging her thigh, and half of his buttocks was occasionally rubbing against her face.

Yu Zhaoyan's buttocks are not small, they are just the right size.

That's talent.

Before high school, some girls were jealous of her talent and spoke ill of her, which made Yu Zhaoyan feel inferior.

But as she grew up, she realized that this was a top-tier talent that girls envied, just like her skin.

I'm so envious of you ugly freaks!

Now that Yu Zhaoyan is becoming more and more lucid, it's natural for her to blush.

But she quickly remembered what Xu Qin had just said about her weight being 120 pounds.

"You stinking Xu Qin!"

Yu Zhaoyan took a deep breath.

She planned to send Xu Qin a message, but when she opened her phone, she realized that she was not yet his friend.

So I dug out Liu Nanfeng's Feiliao chat history, found Xu Qin's Feiliao chat history from the other party's messages, and then added him.

The number in Yu Zhaoyan's university class group is not her main account.

It took more than ten minutes for my friend to accept my request.

Xu Qin greeted him, "Hello."

"Xu Qin, did you travel here from ancient times?"

"What does it mean?"

"Is this how you greet someone you know?"

"I need to take a shower, I'll talk to you later."

Xu Qin tossed his phone aside.

Upon seeing Xu Qin's message, Yu Zhaoyan immediately lost interest and stopped chatting.

Actually, Yu Zhaoyan was also taking a shower.

Yu Zhaoyan's skin is really fair; it practically glows under the bathroom lights.

With her complexion, even an average-looking woman would stand out from the crowd.

After all, in East Asia, naturally fair skin is extremely rare, perhaps even rarer than a woman's natural large breasts.

Especially since Yu Zhaoyan is a perfect blank slate, her body seems flawless from every angle, truly a gem among mortals.

After Xu Qin finished showering, he opened Zheng Fanghong's messages.

Today is the day of the second batch of sales for "New City Year One", but Xu Qin hasn't paid attention to the situation yet.

Zheng Fanghong's message came over around 7 PM:

"Young Master Xu, it looks like this is another big hit! Hahaha..."

"As of 7:00 PM just now, 16,000 copies have been sold online. In physical stores, only my bookstore is selling them, and we've sold over 2300 copies in one day. We should be able to sell them all by the end of this month at the earliest, and I estimate by October at the latest."

If I sell them all this month, won't I earn more than two million a month?

Xu Qin couldn't help but feel a little excited when he thought of this number.

He then replied to the other party's message and chatted briefly.

Finally, Zheng Fanghong raised another question: "By the way, Mr. Xu, I remember you said that you would start writing the second part of 'New City Year One' after military training?"

"Yes, that's the plan. Actually, the initial steps are all set up, and we can officially start in a few days."

"Haha, I see. Then I wish Mr. Xu's book great success!"

Zheng Fanghong: "I wonder if Mr. Xu would be interested in signing a second book with our publishing house?"

Zheng Fanghong understood that while the first part of "New City Year One" could sell for a while, it couldn't keep selling a lot indefinitely. It would eventually reach a peak and then start to decline. At that point, securing the second part from the competitor was the key to long-term success.

"Can."

Xu Qin didn't think much of it. Like many boys, he hated trouble. Just like men buying clothes, as long as there's nothing wrong with them and they fit, many men will keep buying from the same store until the store stops making the clothes or the store goes out of business.

Furthermore, Zheng Fanghong offered a very high price.

An author like Xu Qin, who isn't even a top-tier author, getting 15% royalties is considered an exaggeration. Zheng Fanghong would be criticized by the industry as a sucker and an idiot.

In the industry, a 15% royalty rate is the price that only top-tier authors can command.

Therefore, if Xu Qin signs with another publisher, it's questionable whether he can even get an 8% royalty, even if he writes a book that has been collected by millions.

However, the exploitation of workers and content creators is a very common phenomenon in all walks of life, and the law always provides loopholes for some people to exploit.

Therefore, as long as Zheng Fanghong doesn't sabotage him halfway through, Xu Qin will stay at his Tianhuo Publishing House.

"Mr. Zheng, how much are you willing to pay for this second one?"

"A million yuan publishing right, plus a 16% royalty, what do you think, Mr. Xu?"

"Can."

This price is higher than last time, especially the 16% royalty, but Xu Qin thinks it's fine.

"Young Master Xu, when would be a convenient time for us to sign a contract?"

"I haven't even started my second book yet, Mr. Zheng trusts me that much?"

"I have faith in your talent, Mr. Xu. Besides, your work has been consistently improving, so I actually think the second book will be even better and more popular than the first!"

In Zheng Fanghong's eyes, Xu Qin is a genius author, and moreover, he is still young and has a lot of room for growth.

"Thank you for your kind offer, Mr. Zheng. My military training ends on the 10th, the books will be delivered on the 11th, and let's arrange a time to meet on the 12th."

"Yes, Young Master Xu."

Zheng Fanghong: "I'm curious, Mr. Xu, how many words do you plan to write for the second book?"

"It's expected to be 300,000 words, but I have other things to do lately."

Xu Qin mentioned the essay contest for the Xincheng Hanfu Festival to him.

The deadline for submitting this article is October 20th at the latest. Given Xu Qin's typing speed, it wouldn't be too late to write it on October 1st.

Moreover, this essay contest also involves history, so Xu Qin still needs to make relevant preparations.

"Young Master Xu, have you considered signing this book with me?"

When Zheng Fanghong saw that Xu Qin had another idea for writing a book, he quickly sent him a message.

Even though this book isn't science fiction, Zheng Fanghong is still willing to believe in Xu Qin's talent.

After all, if he doesn't retain such a talented author, he's likely to be poached by another publishing house.

"Let's talk about this later; it's still far from being finalized."

"Sure, then if Young Master Xu has any ideas, could you consider me?"

"no problem."

The next few days of military training passed quickly.

With the "invisible air conditioning" in place, Xu Qin's military training passed by comfortably.

In addition, starting from the 5th, Xu Qin has been spending one or two hours writing every night.

So when he released the second part of "New City Year One" on the evening of the 11th, the manuscript already had more than 80,000 words.

On the night of the 11th, Xu Qin posted 3 words in one go.

Thus, the second part began to be officially serialized on the forum.

Meanwhile, Xu Qin and Zheng Fanghong agreed to sign the contract on the morning of the 12th.

So on the morning of the 12th, Xu Qin went to see the other party.

"Young Master Xu, it's been a long time."

This time, the meeting place was not as simple as it had been in town last time; instead, they arranged to meet at a quiet and upscale teahouse.

"Mr. Zheng, it's been a long time."

The two shook hands.

"Young Master Xu is truly a handsome and talented man!"

Zheng Fanghong sized up Xu Qin. Unlike the last time they met, when Xu Qin's hair was short and his clothes were casual, his hair had grown quite a bit and his hairstyle was better, so his overall appearance had improved.

Therefore, Xu Qin at this moment truly deserves the description of being handsome and dashing.

"Mr. Zheng, there's no need for such formalities. We're practically acquaintances now!"

"Haha, that's true, Young Master Xu, please have a seat!"

"This is the contract, please take a look, Mr. Xu."

Zheng Fanghong produced the contract.