Bishop of the Devil

But the settings that were perfect in the previous life are extremely perfect in this life!

First of all, the newspaper Richard serialized in is the Indiana Herald. The people who read this newspaper must be Indiana natives. The protagonist of the novel is set in the countryside of Indiana, which will give readers a more immersive feeling...

This is similar to previous basketball novels, most of which set the protagonists as Chinese!

Secondly, the protagonist's strong physical fitness is more in line with the appetite of old American fans...

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About two hours later, Richard had written the first chapter...

Unlike online articles, this newspaper serialization must not involve the KKK. Richard's first chapter contains about 5,000 words...

When the protagonist Blake first entered school, the coach valued his physical fitness and was recruited into the school team. As a result, he scored 0 points, 27 rebounds and 15 blocks in the first game...

The whole school was shocked, and the coach began to focus on training him!

This is the content of the first chapter. After Richard finished writing, he checked it carefully, eliminated a few typos, and changed a few inappropriate words...

The first chapter of "Violent Blake" is complete!

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Richard was just about to call Bill Robert, the editor-in-chief of the sports section of the newspaper, and prepare to submit an article, but the phone rang first.

"Lee, I'm Robert, congratulations! Congratulations!"

It was none other than Bill Robert.

Richard was startled, congratulations for what? Does this guy know that he has recruited several all-star freshmen?

"Congratulations, Lee, this time your Boilermakers team has won countless honors, especially you, ESPN Coach of the Year, NABC Coach of the Year, Naismith Coach of the Year, American League Club Coach of the Year..."

"God, it's crazy. Almost all the authoritative media awarded you the honor of the best head coach!"

"Li, let's make an appointment for an interview at ten o'clock in the morning..."

Robert said excitedly that Indiana has not had a head coach as dazzling as Richard for some years. As the editor-in-chief, he will naturally not miss this good opportunity for an exclusive interview!

"Okay, Robert, it just so happens that I have something to talk to you about!"

"Li, if you have anything to say, just say it. As long as I, Robert, can do it, I will definitely do it!"

Richard directly told what he was planning to submit, leaving Robert on the other end of the phone speechless...

He really wanted to ask Richard if he was joking, but Richard's tone didn't sound like he was joking...

"Man, we are a sports section, not a literature section. If you really want to submit an article, I can contact you. It shouldn't be a big problem..." Robert said with a wry smile.

"No, Robert, I just want to put it in the sports section, because I write a basketball novel..."

Robert was dumbfounded. He thought he heard wrong. Basketball novel? ! Is there such a thing in the world? !

There are basketball movies, but these movies all decide on the themes first and then write the scripts...

But since Richard had already said that he wanted to post it in the sports section, it was naturally impossible for Robert to refuse...

Richard still has to give him face, after all, the Herald is not the only newspaper in Indiana...

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At nine o'clock in the morning, after the reporter from the Herald completed an exclusive interview with Richard, he returned to the newspaper office with Richard's manuscript.

Early tomorrow morning, Richard will see his words appear in the Herald, which will keep him awake all night...

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At eight o'clock the next morning, Richard got the Herald for the day!

The headline of the Herald was the news that Richard won the best coach of the year. He didn't read the headline carefully, but turned directly to the sports section, looking for his masterpiece!

The basketball atmosphere in Indiana is quite good, so the sports section is also very large, taking up a full third of the newspaper's pages.

On the last page of the sports section, Richard found the eye-catching words "Violent Black" in bold bold letters, followed by Richard's name.

It occupies half of the newspaper, after all, there are quite a lot of words...

After a cursory reading, it can be seen that Robert is quite concerned about this matter and the layout is very detailed.

"Huh, I don't know how the reaction will be..."

The novel has been sent out, and Richard feels a little nervous, a bit like the feeling he had every time he opened a new book in his previous life...

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The whole day, Richard wandered around the school with nothing to do...

Under normal circumstances, the head coaches of other schools are definitely not as free as Richard. They may have to look for dozens or even hundreds of potential high school students throughout the offseason before they can finally put together a reliable lineup. !

So they basically have no time to spare during the offseason...

It took Richard a month to finish almost everything, and he may have gained much more in the end than other head coaches...

The price of completing work efficiently is that Richard starts to feel idle...

Although the novel he wrote has been submitted, newspaper serialization is definitely different from online serialization. There is no book review area, and Richard cannot see the readers' response...

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Finally at night, Richard went to bed early. At two o'clock in the morning, the phone in the room rang rapidly.

"Lee! I'm Robert!"

"God, what kind of magic do you have?!"

"Our newspapers are sold out! At one o'clock in the morning, a group of people rushed into our newspaper office and insisted on buying yesterday's newspaper!"

"But all our newspapers were sold out. Where can we find newspapers to sell to them? We almost got into a fight in the end!"

"They're all here for your "Violent Black"!"

Robert's tone was extremely urgent, with trembling excitement...

Richard suddenly fell asleep. Good news, this is definitely good news...

Even the newspaper was sold out, which shows that the response was very good and readers recognized this novel form...

Of course, this may not be due to Richard's identity. If it had been someone else, the effect might not have been so good!

In any case, Richard has successfully taken the first step!

"Li, I know you must be very busy recently, busy recruiting students..."

"But can you spare some time and write another few thousand words!"

"As for the remuneration, it's US$700 for one thousand words, no, US$1,000 for one thousand words. This is the limit our newspaper can give!"

Richard was startled, $1,000 for a thousand words? ! Good guy, such a generous remuneration almost made Richard scream!

If a full-length basketball article is 2 million words long, then the remuneration from the newspaper alone would be 2 million US dollars!

"Okay! Robert, I will write another four to five thousand words tomorrow. From now on, I will serialize it every three days..." Richard said with a smile.