Random House.

Office of the Editor-in-Chief.

"4%?"

Adam frowned: "Mr. Cerf, as far as I know, the general share of novels is 6% to 14%, even if I am a newcomer, it should not be less than 6%, right?"

What's more, you've also read my book of mysteries, and the quality is far beyond that of ordinary newcomers, otherwise you wouldn't be interested, what do you mean by giving 4%?"

"Newcomers take 6%?"

Jack Cerf cursed in his heart, he hated this kind of newcomer who was prepared for the investigation in advance, it was not easy to deceive, but he was an old fox after all, and his face was still silent.

"Who said that? No way! How can a newcomer come up and take a 6 percent share? A newcomer is not famous, and the distribution depends entirely on the channels of the publishing house.

In this case, the risk is all on the publishing house, and do you know how high the cost of building and maintaining the channel is?

Of course, if you are very confident in your book and feel that you can be successful without relying on the resources of the publisher, then publish it at your own expense, then you can indeed get a high score. ”

“......”

The corners of Adam's mouth twitched, speechless, what a familiar and powerful logic.

Authors write books and publishers publish them, who plays a bigger role?

The public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable.

Authors naturally think that the quality of the book plays the biggest role, after all, readers come for the book, without the authors' hard work to write the book, can your publishing house get up?

Now that you're up with a publishing house, you can comfortably earn a profit, but you're not satisfied?

It's simply not giving the authors a way to live.

However, the publishing house believes that now is the era when channel traffic is king, and with channel traffic in hand, even the book can be artificially popular no matter how garbage it is, in this case, hiring the author to be the gunman for the publishing house is far more controllable and cost-saving than the cooperation between the two sides.

The mouth cannon can't tell the difference, and in the end it depends on the strength.

The result is naturally the logic of the publishing house!

Even though Adam knew that the other party was sophistry, he was speechless.

Fortunately, in this era of the United States, no publishing house can be a monopoly and control all channel resources.

Even if all publishing houses have the same attitude towards newcomers, and squeezing as much as possible is the money rule of the publishing industry, it is naturally impossible for so many publishing houses to be of one mind.

Adam believed that with the quality of the Lord of Mysteries, he would definitely impress some publishers and make them dare to take risks.

The risks and benefits are directly proportional.

Give it a go, and turn your bike into a motorcycle.

In the country of rice, where money is king, there is absolutely no shortage of people who dare to take such risks.

This is the confidence of Adam to say no to Jack Cerf, the editor-in-chief of one of the largest publishing houses in New York!

If this is not the case, unless he stubbornly does not publish, he still has to obediently sign an agreement to sell his body, and reluctantly sell his 'son' who has worked hard day and night to others.

"Mr. Duncan, it's the rule, it's the same everywhere. ”

Seeing that Adam was speechless, Jack Cerf smiled secretly in his heart, this is the benefit of 'proving the Tao with strength', everything that is unreasonable, smashing it with a punch, everything is reasonable.

"Of course, if Mr. Duncan is willing to sign the full copyright of the Master of Mystery to the publishing house, the proportion can be given according to the average old author, how about 10%?

At that time, the publisher will invest more publicity resources in the master of mysteries, and the possibility of success will be greater, and you, as the author, will get more benefits.

This is definitely the best option for new authors.

Don't set your sights on this pure yin work, after you become famous, you won't have such a dilemma when you write a book, this is a necessary sacrifice before becoming famous.

It's not just the publishing industry, it's the same in every industry!

Mr. Duncan, you are a top student at Columbia University, and you can write a novel, so you are naturally a smart person, and you should know that this is the operating rules of society.

Since you can't rebel against the rules of society, you should enjoy it. ”

"Enjoy a ghost. ”

Adam complained in his heart, but said with a perfunctory smile on his face: "What Mr. Cerf said makes sense......"

"Mr. Duncan agreed?"

Jack Cerf was overjoyed, but the smile on his face became more and more professional, with an expression of 'you made a wise choice'.

"Let me think again. ”

Adam laughed.

Just kidding, he has a detailed life goal plan, writing a novel is just a wildflower to choose from picking on the side of the road, reading a novel is very cool, writing a novel is a headache, if nothing else, this mysterious master will be the first and last novel in his life.

became famous in the first book, and made a lot of money later, no matter how reasonable Jack Cerf said, what does it have to do with him?

Besides, when writing a novel, it doesn't mean that the more you write, the better.

Many writers are at the peak of their debut!

Because the first novel is really their inspiration and dream work, it is very spiritual, once it is sold cheaply, it may not be possible to write such a spiritual and quality novel again in the future.

At that time, most of them will waste their lives, and they will only be able to reach the pinnacle of life with the books whose quality has seriously declined.

This trap cannot be explained even if it is known, because the publisher also has an 'irrefutable say' to say: Do you not have confidence in yourself?

Writers are people in the literary and artistic circles, and they are very dignified.

And you yourself don't have confidence in yourself, so what do you want others to think of you?

But all this has little to do with Adam, if he has no desire, he can choose to withdraw at any time, it's a big deal to eat without relying on talent, it's not a big deal, so he is very calm.

The corners of Jack Cerf's mouth twitched again.

Damn, is it so hard for newcomers now?

It is said that under his set of 'irrefutable truths', he should not have signed the agreement in a hurry.

He knew how eager the new authors were to release their books, especially the first pure yin work, and it was the light of dreams calling them.

But what the hell is Adam Duncan in front of you?

There is no consciousness and impulse to suffocate dreams at all, it looks like a newcomer, and the old fritters are almost the same.

However, being on the pole is not a business, as the editor-in-chief of a large publishing house, even if he is optimistic about the potential of the Lord of Mysteries, he will not be so easy to loosen his mouth about the proportion of interests involved.

After all, potential is potential, and risk remains.

Over the years, the works that he thinks has potential but finally hit the street are not one or two.

"Absolutely. ”

Jack Cerf figured it out, determined to press Adam, shook hands with Adam, and opened the door for Adam very graciously: "Welcome to come over at any time." ”

Just as Adam turned to leave, a woman walked up the hallway, followed by a smiling and flattering editor, and vaguely heard the words '3.8 million copies, that's amazing.'

Blonde hair with big waves, tight little suit.

Hook the soul and snatch the eyes, not old this.

Adam used to only know the beauty of delicate flowers, but now he suddenly understands what it means to be amorous!