Chapter 337 Smart Man
“Who is Jin Yong?”
Huang Jin’s sudden question also left Li Chunfang stunned.
He looked at Huang Jin in slight astonishment. Huang Jin looked at Li Chunfang's astonished expression and seemed to have a suspicion in his heart.
Huang Jin laughed and said: "We are just asking casually. The story of "The Condor Shooting" is good. Can you help my family to ask if Jin Yong has any subsequent chapters? We want to take a look."
After Li Chunfang heard what Huang Jin said, he felt relieved. He was afraid that Huang Jin would break the casserole and ask the truth.
Whether he says Zhu Zaijing is Jin Yong or not, he will suffer a crisis of confidence from Zhu Zaijing or Huang Jin.
After all, betraying one’s master is a taboo in any era.
So, the smartest way is to not say anything but at the same time, convey some information that others want to know. This is the wisest thing.
So Li Chunfang’s shock and daze just now was a just right expression.
Without directly informing Huang Jin, he conveyed an embarrassment to Huang Jin that he could not explain.
So, after Huang Jin understood Li Chunfang's expression, he immediately smiled and said the next words directly to prevent Li Chunfang from further embarrassing herself.
Li Chunfang breathed a sigh of relief and bowed to Huang Jin: "Father-in-law, the subsequent chapters of "The Condor Shooting" are returned to Xiaguan. Originally, according to Xiaguan's plan, this novel was to be published in "The Ming Dynasty" After being serialized in the magazine for half a year, the full version will be released directly."
"Because our "Da Ming Feng Hua" magazine is published once in January, and novels like "The Condor" have at least eighty chapters. If we only serialize it twice in each issue, it will take several years. This is obviously not in line with the prince’s expectations and requirements of us.”
“So, after the discussion between the official and the prince, as long as it is. Serialized novels that can be selected into the magazine "The Elegance of the Ming Dynasty" will be sold in full volume directly after half a year of serialization, so that people who like this novel will not have to wait too long, and more excellent novels will not be able to get the "Elegance of the Ming Dynasty". 》Recommended serialization opportunities ”
What Li Chunfang said was actually a small suggestion made by Zhu Zaijing after giving him "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".
After all, Zhu Zaijing really wants to serialize "The Condor" at the rate of two chapters per issue. With the eighty chapters in the whole book of "The Condor", wouldn't this mean that it would be serialized six times? Seven years?
Obviously this is not in line with the normal story logic, so Zhu Zaijing gave Li Chunfang a small suggestion, asking him to serialize "The Condor" for half a year to see how the market reacts to the story.
If the response is good, the complete version will be printed and sold directly in half a year. If the response is not good, then the "Serial Novel" column will be directly cut off, and we will not engage in such vain innovations in the future. .
Now that the first two episodes have been released, it has attracted Huang Jin’s attention, which gives Li Chunfang an unexpected surprise.
Therefore, Li Chunfang naturally did not hide the follow-up plan, but directly informed Huang Jin.
Huang Jin’s eyes suddenly lit up when he heard that there was a complete story.
Huang Jin said: "Hurry and show it to our family."
Huang Jin looked at Li Chunfang impatiently.
Looking at the impatient Huang Jin, Li Chunfang did not hesitate and directly took over the manuscript of "The Condor Shooting" sent by Zhu Zaijing.
Li Chunfang said: "Father, I haven't had time to have this manuscript proofread and copied by the bookstore. After you read it, I will get it back and continue arranging the second issue of serialization."
Huang Jinren She couldn't help but hum happily, "Don't worry, we will have someone send it to you as soon as you finish reading it, and it will definitely not delay your second serialization." Li Chunfang bowed to Huang Jin, "Thank you, father-in-law. "
Then Huang Jin took the manuscript of "The Condor Shooting" back with excitement.
Li Chunfang looked at Huang Jin leaving and couldn't help but sigh in her heart, "I hope the prince will not blame me."
There is a reason why Li Chunfang sighed like this, because he directly gave Zhu Zaijing's handwritten draft to Huang Jin. Although this handwritten draft was very sloppy and had many omissions, as long as he was familiar with Zhu Zaijing's handwriting, People should still be able to tell whose manuscript this is.
So, Li Chunfang sighed like this after Huang Jin left.
He really didn't want this, but at this time Huang Jin would find him here and be so interested in "The Condor Shooting". At first, he could have thought that this was Huang Jin's personal hobby.
However, with the passage of time and calm thinking, Li Chunfang naturally guessed the real reason behind.
The reason for this was that he had to see through it but not tell it thoroughly, and he had to pretend to be stupid and not know. Therefore, in order to balance loyalty and filial piety, Li Chunfang naturally gave Huang Jin the autographed manuscript sent by Zhu Zaijing.
Moreover, there is another more important reason why Li Chunfang did this. That is, when Zhu Zaijing gave him this manuscript, he never asked him to keep it secret.
So, when facing Huang Jin and the person behind Huang Jin, Li Chunfang naturally chose to pretend to be stupid.
Only in this way can Li Chunfang not offend both parties.
Huang Jin happily returned to Xiyuan with the manuscript of "The Condor Shooting".
Huang Jin also did not expect that "The Condor Shooting" actually had a complete manuscript. He originally thought that the content of three or four chapters at most would be very good, but he did not expect that Li Chunfang was so good at it. He gave the entire manuscript to him.
Huang Jin carefully glanced at the manuscript in his hand. When he saw the handwriting on the manuscript, the smile on his face grew.
"It is indeed Prince Yu's handwriting."
Huang Jin had the most dealings with Zhu Zaijing, and he knew Zhu Zaijing's handwriting very well.
Although the handwriting in this manuscript is more sloppy than Prince Yu's usual handwriting, and most of the words are reduced strokes, the feeling between the lines is unmistakable. This must be Prince Yu's handwriting. .
“I really don’t know how Prince Yu’s head grows? Is this the legendary innate wisdom? This is the image of a saint!”
Huang Jin's imagination of Zhu Zaijing also reached a point where he felt frightened.
However, Huang Jin still knows his position very well. Although Zhu Zaijing's performance makes him unable to help but be loyal to him, he understands that he can only be loyal to one person, and that is today's Your Majesty the Emperor, no matter how good or powerful the others are, he must stick to the bottom line and understand his own sense of proportion and position.
So, even if Huang Jin is optimistic about Zhu Zaijing, he can only look at it with the mentality of a slave looking at his little master, but with the mentality of a slave looking at his master.
This is also an important reason why Huang Jin has always been trusted by Emperor Jiajing.
(End of this chapter)