Harvey and Pran have been talking in the living room all morning. Pran's suggestion to Harvey is that they cooperate to publish count of Monte Cristo at their own expense.

Although the novel didn't win the prize in the solicitation activity of Leonard press, according to private survey of Pran, the popularity of the novel is not low. There may not be as many readers as the wild rose, but there are many readers who have a strong interest in the count of Monte Cristo. Just like Harvey's previous online novels, "wild rose" has a large collection of novels after vigorous publicity, but readers may not pay for it when it comes to the shelves. The excellent quality of count of Monte Cristo has attracted a group of core readers, who usually do not mean to support their favorite works.

Over the past few days, Pran is conducting a comprehensive survey of the data of count of Monte Cristo, and the results are much better than he expected, even though the risk of publishing at his own expense is not great.

On the issue of profit distribution, Pran became Harvey's acting author, responsible for supervising the editing, proofreading, printing and other parts of the novel, and also responsible for soliciting sponsors, demanding 10% of the profits. Harvey, as the author, owns all the copyright of the novel, and can get 50% of the profits. The remaining 40% is basically distributed to the sponsors or various channels of publicity expenses.

As long as Harvey nods, Pran can now reach out to people who are willing to sponsor count of Monte Cristo.

All the conditions are very to Harvey's taste. He only needs to pay for the novel to get the follow-up copyright revenue. The trouble is that the reviewer, Pran, will help him solve it. The only problem is that he can't guarantee a stable source of funds in a short time.

Harvey thought about it for a while. Since the count of Monte Cristo was completely defeated in the solicitation, he had nothing to worry about and readily agreed to Pulan's terms.

After negotiating the terms, the two people sitting on the sofa in the living room stood up.

"Mr. Adrian, this will be a win-win situation. I believe the count of Monte Cristo will soon become popular in the whole city of Elroy and even in the kingdom. Both noble businessmen and civilians will marvel at your imagination!" Pran held Harvey's right hand tightly in his hands, and his voice trembled with excitement!

"I hope so, then I'll ask you next." Harvey responded with a smile.

Seeing off Pulan, Harvey sits on the sofa and rubs his temple with a headache. Pulan's grand plan for him is not a mirage. His influence on count of Monte Cristo is very clear, but compared with the future, his urgent need has not been solved.

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The countess's head hung down, and the shadow of the black veil covered her cheek, as if buried in a very painful thought“ This man is very kind to you, isn't he, Albert

When she asked this, she shivered nervously. She knew the identity of the person.

Albert was not sure and replied, "I think so."

"Do you like him?"

"Oh, he's very pleasing to me, even though Franz epinay has been trying to convince me that he's someone who comes back from a certain world and is destined to be different from us."

The countess shivered in horror, raised her head and said with emotion, "Albert, I have always come to inquire about every new friend you have made before. Now that you are an adult, you have your own judgment, but I have to say to you, Albert, be careful. "

Unable to understand his mother's implicit warning, Albert said, "my dear mother, in order to understand your advice, I must know what you are afraid of. The count never played cards. He only drank water with a little white wine in it. He was very rich and would never borrow money from me if he didn't mean to mock me. So, what's so terrible about him to me. I don't have a peep at him, do I? "

"Ah, you're right," murmured the countess, with her uncertain face, and finally drooping her head and tired face, "I should not have such a worry, especially to a benefactor who has saved your life. How did your father receive him? Albert, we should be more polite to the count of Monte Cristo. Mr. Morcerf is sometimes restless. He is always thinking about his business. He may have shown impoliteness unintentionally

She was still testing, wondering if her husband had recognized the count, the count of Monte Cristo, who she was waiting for in the portrait hanging in the drawing room.

"My father's attitude couldn't be better." Albert affirmed, "more than that, he seems to like the count's compliments very much. The count's words are very ingenious, and his attitude is calm, just like the art of language. The relationship between them has become as familiar as they have known each other for 30 years." Albert said with a smile: "so when they separated, they became best friends. My father even wanted to take him to the house of representatives to listen to the speech."

The countess did not speak any more. She was deep in thought, and her eyes gradually closed. The young man standing in front of her looked at her tenderly, with sincere mother son relationship in his eyes. Later, seeing her eyes closed and hearing her breathing evenly, Albert, believing that she was asleep, tiptoed out of the room and closed the door with great care.

"Count, what a strange man." He shook his head and said to himself, "I said he would make a sensation here. Even my mother noticed him."

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Diana's delicate hands carefully closed the collection of novels by Leonard press, and she couldn't calm down for a long time. She didn't know when her purpose of buying the collection of novels by Leonard press changed from reading her own novels to paying attention to count of Monte Cristo. She had to admit that it was an excellent work, which was more attractive than all the literary works she had seen before, There is a magic that makes her indulge in, such as scratching her boots. She always looks forward to the follow-up plot after watching it. She never thought that she would hold expectations like a girl in love.

The count of Monte Cristo never disappoints her. In more than ten days, she has been fascinated by the fantastic ideas in the novel. She can't imagine that her shallow fiance can write such vivid characters in the novel. She can't help but be alarmed by the sinister feelings between people, the feelings between Edmond and Meredith, and the repressive atmosphere when Edmond was in prison, Pray that the Lord will not die easily.

The value of the count of Monte Cristo can be judged by shaking her will and changing her mind. All the works that have been able to do this have been regarded as classics.

Under the soft light, beside the collection of novels on the desk is a newspaper, which is the new issue of Leonard press this morning. The main content is about the solicitation notice.

The winner was the wild rose, followed by his daughter, which was also published separately, but the count of Monte Cristo, which she was most concerned about, was not seen. Not happy, Diana wrote to Leonard at noon and declined the chance to publish the novel alone.

She frowned at the contents of the newspaper: "the works that should have won the prize are not even qualified for publication. A publishing house does not even have the basic love of literature. It's really superficial. But is such an excellent novel really written by Adrian? "

She believes that the person who can write this novel must not be simple, but Harvey belongs to the simple and superficial type.

It is because the count of Monte Cristo is so excellent that the publisher of wild rose has to refrigerate the novel, while her "his daughter" is on the list of publications. For Diana, it is no less than slapping her in the face. It is like saying that his daughter's publishing opportunity is due to the unfair treatment of the count of Monte Cristo, The quality of her works, like wild rose, is far inferior to count of Monte Cristo.