In the afternoon of the same day, Zheng Qian informed Stephen of his choice, and he wanted to choose between scholars and Habers, because the strength and channels of the two were comparable, and they also ranked high among the six major publishing houses.

Most importantly, they promised Zheng Qian that they would publish "The Three-Body Problem" in no less than 20 languages in the future, and sell it all over the world.

They have such strength.

Stephen smiled and said, "To tell you the truth, I originally wanted to recommend you to Scholar Press, because my old classmate was the deputy editor-in-chief there, but the conditions given by Hubbles Press were obviously higher......"

Zheng Qian understood.

Hannah, the editor of the Harbs publishing house, has been shouting the slogan "No matter what the conditions of other publishing houses are, we Habbs will always be higher than them", which is impressive, and it is impossible to shout such words without strong strength.

In fact, Hannah's visit to China does represent the editor-in-chief's intentions.

The Habers family has a big business, and in the face of a phenomenal work comparable to "Power Dynasty", they must be willing to gamble, you know, the emergence of "Power Dynasty" has made the market value of Blue Lantern Book House soar by 30%, and now there are more adapted TV series linkage, and the surrounding copyrights are blooming, which has already made other publishing groups red.

Therefore, in the face of "The Three-Body Problem", a work that can be compared with "Power Dynasty" in terms of data, they will of course attach great importance to it, even the six major publishing houses are also corporal Lixian, and they personally sent people to China to discuss, which is enough to glimpse their sincerity.

Zheng Qian signed either one, but what he wanted was an attitude, and Hannah, the editor of Hubs, was obviously more sincere than other editors, of course, the copyright rate was also the highest, 17%, 2% more than other publishing houses, and in addition, it also included 40,000 US dollars for translators.

You must know that 15% is the current rule, and royalty rates above 15% are basically the treatment of super-best-selling authors, such as JK Rowling, the author of "Harry Potter" in his previous life.

Zheng Qian, on the other hand, doesn't need to do anything, just sign a contract, and don't even need to hold a special signing meeting, and Habers is responsible for all after-sales.

Zheng Qian only needs to bury his head in writing.

Of course, the reason why Hubs did this was that he wanted to sign the copyright of the second and third parts of "The Three-Body Problem" with Zheng Qian.

Zheng Qian is very satisfied with this.

On the same day, Zheng Qian took lawyer Cheng Jinming to sign an agreement of intent with Hannah of Hubs, and Hannah flew back to the United States at an accelerated pace, and then handed over the formal signing contract to Zheng Qian, the contract was in duplicate, all in English, and had been stamped with the steel seal of the publishing house in advance, as long as Zheng Qian signed his name, the two contracts would take effect immediately.

After confirming that it was correct, Zheng Qian signed his name.

At the same time, the translator Stephen also got his own contract, and the sudden arrival of $40,000 in manuscript fees did not make Stephen very happy, he himself has an annual salary of nearly 100,000 US dollars, plus some bonuses, and the manuscript fees from ordinary photography and writing, he is already a stable American middle class.

To put it simply, he doesn't have a high desire for money, but attaches great importance to fame.

Otherwise, he would have chosen a royalty share.

Fools can see that "The Three-Body Problem" is so valued by more than a dozen publishing houses, and its future sales will definitely have an amazing result.

But Stephen still wants to wait to continue translating Zheng Qian's second and third works, because he can expect that with the publication of "The Three-Body Problem", the popularity of this science fiction will definitely rise rapidly, and countless translators will rush to cooperate with Zheng Qian, if he is too greedy, he will never get the translation copyright of the next one.

Here, after the signing was completed, Zheng Qian continued to fly to Hong Kong non-stop.

Universal Music has been waiting for a long time, because the new album will be released in another week, and they have a lot of work to communicate with Zheng Qian and prepare in advance.

Because that day was not only the album release day, but also Zheng Qian's birthday.

This time, Universal Music wanted to hold a birthday party for Zheng Qian on the day of the book signing, and planned to invite the main popular artists of Universal Music to come to the show, which obviously gave Zheng Qian a lot of face.

In addition, on this trip to Hong Kong, Zheng Qian also had to meet with a singer named Hayakawa Naksha.

The other party wants to get the copyright of the cover of "Midnight Serenade", and this trip to Hong Kong is also to solve this matter by the way.

The EP album "Humble Son" has now sold 700,000 copies.

The album has been reprinted four times in a row, and it is a small hit in the whole of Southeast Asia, and the sound of the songs in the album can be heard everywhere in Hong Kong.

After more than a month of sales aggregation, Universal Music finally settled the sales of the first batch of albums, with a total of 3.74 million yuan.

It is worth mentioning that this money is settled before tax, and it is a reasonable tax avoidance to spend this money before the tax payment date.

Zheng Qian has already thought about buying two more suites for himself in the name of the company, but this is suspected of violating the law, if he is discovered, he will become the next Fan Bingbing, of course Zheng Qian will not do this, he is still very conscious, so he can only use this money to continue to contribute to Yuexiang Entertainment.

For example, investment.

Another example is the recruitment of some professional managers and so on.

The development of the company is inseparable from talents, and if you want to become bigger and stronger, you can only continue to invest.

It is worth mentioning that now, after many share redistributions of Yuexiang Entertainment, Zheng Qian alone occupies 65% of the shares, followed by Lin Qianqian's 25%, and Ren Xin's 10%.

This is the result of final deliberations and will not be changed in the future.

On Monday, after arriving in Hong Kong, under the arrangement of Universal Music, Zheng Qian met with the singer Hayakawa Naka.

This is a beautiful little Lori.,Height is only about 1.55 meters,Twenty years old,Double ponytail,Mainly singing the theme song for the current increasingly developed Japanese comic industry.,Its own fame is actually not too high.。

"Hello, Mr. Zheng!"

In the reception room, Hayakawa Caijie looked at Zheng Qian, his eyes a little sloppy.

She was a little short-sighted, but when she woke up in the morning, she knocked over the cup containing contact lenses, and had to change to a pair of black-framed myopia glasses, but the prescription did not seem to match......

This makes Hayakawa look cute.

Zheng Qian had listened to each other's songs beforehand, and his voice was extremely loud and infectious.

I heard that the brokerage company behind it has been thinking about it for many years, and it is finally preparing to push Hayakawa picking today.

The company's music director happened to hear the song "Midnight Serenade" on the street, and wanted to have Hayakawa Nai perform the Japanese version.

This is a very common operation, and Asian countries are actually very similar in their musical preferences, so they often cover each other.

Zheng Qian replied in Japanese: "Hello, Miss Shipbuilding, welcome to China. ”

Hayakawa was surprised and asked curiously, "Mr. Zheng speaks Japanese so well!"

Even Wan Feng and the others were surprised.

They looked at Zheng Qian, and they were all a little stunned.

Zheng Qian smiled and said, "Yes, I have learned some before, not only Japanese, but also Korean, Chinese and English, in addition, I also know some Russian." ”

When everyone came back to their senses, they also secretly sighed.

I have long heard that Zheng Qian has studied in South Korea before, and it is normal to know Korean.

In fact, this new album also has songs in Russian like Opera 2, so it's not surprising that you know some Russian.

But I never expected that Zheng Qian still knew Japanese......

"What a language genius!"

Wan Feng smiled: "Zheng Qian, the surprise you brought us is too great!"

At this time, Junji Ito, the accompanying agent of Hayakawa Nanai, could not understand Chinese, and after listening to the words of the translator, he suddenly said: "If this is the case, we can cooperate more deeply, Mr. Zheng, are you considering coming to Yomoto to develop? The songs in your EP album are very much in line with the taste of our Yomoto music scene, and may be able to achieve good results." ”

Zheng Qian was stunned.

And this operation?

Junji Ito continued, "Many overseas singers have developed in our music scene, and we are a country that is tolerant of diversity, and as long as we have the strength, we can always get ahead in our song. ”

Zheng Qian nodded, this is not bad.

At present, after Korean artists reach their peak in China, they will either enter Japan or the United States, these two places will always be the highest goal of artists, as for China, just for the moment, no popular artists are willing to break into this continent, but also because of the increasing size of the Korean Wave, the mainland has also become the first choice of Korean artists at this stage.

Of course, with the gradual growth of the Chinese market, especially after becoming the world's second largest box office, popular foreign artists who come to make money are like carp crossing the river.

At this time, Wan Feng said: "Qianzai, you are so good at Japanese, it's a pity not to break into the entertainment industry, it just so happens that Hayakawa is about to release the first new album in your life this time, why don't you write another male and female duet song like "Good Breakup", and put it in Miss Hayakawa's album to explore the way first?"

Junji Ito waited for the translator to finish, knowing that Wan Feng was talking for himself, and said happily: "Hey, we also want to ask you to create an original song on this trip, Zheng Jun, if you are interested, the price is not a problem." ”

Although the economy has been declining day by day after the Plaza Agreement, the foundation left behind is very thick, and the cover copyright of "Midnight Serenade" alone was directly priced at 300,000 yuan, and it was precisely because of this that Zheng Qian was attracted to sign it in person.

This is a very ordinary market in the world, but it is a sky-high price in the mainland.

Now, the other party is eager to invite Zheng Qian to sing.

Although Zheng Qian has just received more than three million now, he is obviously more eager to grab more.

In addition, he was also a little thoughtful, so he nodded and said, "I'll give it a try, I don't know what style of music Miss Hayakawa wants." ”

"Hayakawa picks are anime girls, and so far, they have rarely appeared in public. ”

Junji Ito said: "Her singing skills are actually very good, and her singing is also very distinctive, if it weren't for her height to be an idol, she wouldn't have been buried for so long, but she has now accumulated a lot of popularity and has many die-hard fans, so after thinking twice, the company is willing to help Hayakawa release records, she is a very hard-working child, I hope Zheng Jun can help her more." ”

Zheng Qian couldn't cry or laugh, why the hell did I ask Hayakawa what style of music he wanted, did you talk so much, did you talk about the key?

At this time, Hayakawa Naka, who had been silent, raised his head and said: "I want a very amazing song, no matter what the style, I can control it, not limited to the anime theme song, please Mr. Zheng believe in my strength, if you want to enter the music world, then let's sing this song together, I can also ......"

Zheng Qian watched Hayakawa Nabu face the wall and speak, then stretched out his hand and shook it in front of him, and couldn't help but say, "I'm here." ”

Hayakawa picked up and came to his senses, quickly turned around, looked at Zheng Qian, his eyes were sloppy, and his face was slightly red, and he said, "Uh, I'm so sorry, my eyes are not very good......"

Zheng Qian laughed.

"In this case, we will stay in Hong Kong for two more days, and if Mr. Zheng has inspiration, he can contact us at any time!" Junji Ito handed over his business card with both hands, bowed down and said, "Trouble Zheng Jun." ”