Random House.

Newsroom.

"Nora, I'm so glad to see you. ”

The professional smile on the editor-in-chief Jack Cerf's face turned into a sincere smile from the inside out when he saw the amorous woman who came over, and he took the initiative to step forward and hug him with a Western-style greeting gift.

"Me too, Jack. ”

This woman named Nora, the corners of her mouth moved slightly, revealing an intellectual smile, and her deep voice formed a unique charm against the backdrop of her appearance and temperament, which was particularly attractive.

Adam believed that if God wanted the world to vote for a female believer to pray to Him, he would vote for Nora.

"Don't you hate New York the most, are you here this time?"

Jack asked enthusiastically.

"Yes, I hate New York, but I can't help it, my son is here. ”

Nora smiled helplessly: "This time I came here mainly to see him, so by the way, I won't be unwelcome when I come to you to have a look, right?"

"Welcome, welcome. ”

Jack smiled exaggeratedly, "I wish you could live in New York for a long time, you are our brightest star." ”

"Huh. ”

Nora smiled and looked at Adam with seductive eyes, "Who is this?"

"Adam Duncan. ”

Hearing the other party mention his son, Adam instantly cut off the charm in his heart, he is a principled person in the end, and he will never do bad things that destroy the family of his beloved.

"Hello, Adam, I'm Nora. ”

Nora saw the familiar glint in Adam's eyes, and her eyes grew more and more curious.

She is a professional writer who specializes in writing about men and women, and she knows everything about things between men and women.

The eye is the window of the soul, and men usually look at her as what kind of eyes she looks at, what mental activities she represents, and she is like a fire.

It's not for nothing that men are not interested in her, like her ex-husband.

But the eyes were still very hot one second, and the next second was at room temperature instantly, and she had never encountered it.

The sensitivity of her profession has made her accustomed to exploring the unknown mysteries of the professional field.

And this is still an ordinary man.

So she reached out and shook Adam's hand: "Are you also a writer?"

"Just a newcomer. ”

Adam smiled modestly.

"Is the contract signed?"

Nora gave Jack a thoughtful look.

"Not yet, I need to think about it. ”

Adam shook his head.

"Jack. ”

Nora smiled, looked at Jack, and teased, "You're bullying the newcomer again, aren't you?"

"No, no. ”

Jack smiled bitterly, "Nora, you know, we always do things according to the rules......"

As he spoke, Lemon Essence glanced at Adam, and scolded in his heart: "Damn! Being handsome is delicious! I have shown kindness to Nora so many times, and she has not responded once, but now it is good to meet this guy, so proactive, and it is really a woman who writes about that little thing, and she is charming enough." ”

"Come on, Jack. ”

Nora winked at Adam and then interrupted Jack with a look of "I was miserable when I first published my book, do you remember how my subsequent book was transferred to Random House for publication?"

"Ugh. ”

The corners of Jack's mouth twitched.

Of course he remembers.

At that time, he was still a small editor, and how did he convince the other party to poach Nora, who had just emerged?

Naturally, it is to denounce the shameless oppression of the opponent.

Later, even if the conditions given by both parties were the same, Nora, who had a grudge, still chose to give the book to Random House for publication.

Of course, there are also stronger factors in this.

However, he understands what Nora meant, that is, although writers also value money, they are not mercenary businessmen, especially in the newcomer stage, and if they are given enough respect, they will often gain a lifetime of friendship.

But I know it, but not many people do it, because the fall rate of newcomers is too high, and friendship is too fragile in the face of interests.

It's nothing, what really gives him a headache is the other meaning of Nora's mouth, that is, she has taken a fancy to Adam and asked him to give her a face.

Nora is a truly top author, selling millions of copies per book.

The reason why Adam has never heard of Nora's name is because Adam is a serious person and is not interested in this kind of colored romance books, let alone never read or heard of them.

Her books were widely circulated among young boys and girls, accompanied them to grow up, and her fame even spread abroad, even in a large publishing house like Random House.

For her, Random House must be carefully coaxed, for fear of hurting the good cooperative relationship between them, because she has achieved fame, with a large amount of traffic, she can get rid of Random House at any time.

"Mr. Duncan, why don't we go back to the office and talk about it, and everything can be discussed?"

Jack Cerf was depressed, but he squeezed out a smile from his heart.

"It's fine. ”

Adam understood this and accepted the invitation with a smile.

This kind of good thing is actually not abrupt, because he often encounters, such as the female teacher who enthusiastically helped him apply for financial aid during the interview at Columbia.

Adam was accustomed to other people's overtures.

"You don't mind if I hear it, do you?"

Nora laughed, "I'd like to read your masterpiece too." ”

"Of course not. ”

Jack and Adam quickly shook their heads.

The three of them entered the editor-in-chief's office, Jack graciously invited Nora to sit down, and Adam handed her the manuscript of the first thirty chapters.

"You talk, leave me alone. ”

Nora took the manuscript and smiled at the two of them.

Jack and Adam looked at each other and began to renegotiate.

"The share ratio is 6%, but the full copyright of the Lord of Mystery will be handed over to Random House to operate, and Random House will take 50% of the revenue......"

"No, the 6% share ratio is acceptable, but only talking about the distribution right of the book, the full copyright of the mysterious master, Random House can help to negotiate, but there is no right to decide, if the negotiation is successful, you can pay 6% of the operating costs of Random House. ”

"6% of the operating costs?Mr. Duncan, are you kidding?"

"Of course not, Random House is just a publishing house, why bother with full copyright? Copyrights such as film and television, games, etc., have nothing to do with Random House, and what Random House wants to do is only to be a middleman to make the difference, and that is also after the fire of the Lord of Mystery.

Random House is only willing to give 6% of the book copyright fee, that is because it bears the channel fee and risk, but once a company is willing to buy the copyright of film, television, games, etc., I can contact the other party myself, Random House has zero risk and zero investment, why should I charge up to 50% of the share?"

"Without Random House's channel investment, how could the mysterious master be popular? You should talk about the copyrights of film, television, games, and so on, and you think you can talk about high prices? Only a big company in the industry like Random House can get the top copyright licensing fees for film, television, games, and other copyrights for you, and grant all the copyrights to Random House, so as to achieve a win-win situation. ”

"Then, as soon as Random House got the full copyright operation right, it sold the full copyright of the mysterious master to the relevant subsidiary at a low price, and finally this subsidiary came forward to operate and sell it at a sky-high price, but what does that have to do with me?"

“......”

Facing Adam's questioning, Jack Cerf had a headache, he really didn't think how Adam, who had not yet entered the society, knew these twists and turns in business.

What is wrong with the current youth?

Is there still a little bit of naivety?

Bang bang bang.

Nora, who had been sitting on the side reading the manuscript, couldn't help but applaud and exclaimed, "Wonderful!"

Then, he looked at Adam gently: "Young man, are you tired?"

Adam:......