Random House.

Office of the Editor-in-Chief.

"Young man, are you tired?"

Editor-in-chief Jack Cerf's face darkened when he heard this.

Mmp！

The gap between this man and man is sometimes greater than the gap between man and pigs.

A pig is always a pig, it can't be a pig's foot, and sometimes people are really not human.

Although he was bald, pot-bellied, and married, he thought he was good enough for Nora, why did Nora just meet Adam and help him like this.

Why?!

Jack's heart is roaring!

At the same time.

Adam's heart was also roaring, why did this sound so awkward and familiar, was she teasing him?

The beheaded charm resurfaced, this thing is like a leek, cut off a stubble and a stubble soon after, it can't be eradicated, so I unconsciously substituted a classic role that I liked in my previous life who was good at psychological drama: "If it's a brother, come and cut me...... Oh, wrong, wrong, it should be, to die, to die. ”

"Ahem, it's okay, it's okay. ”

Adam coughed lightly and replied embarrassedly, but in his heart he kept hinting to himself: "She is a good family, she has a son and a family, she does not belong to the category of scumbags, don't succumb to the demons in your heart because you respect her." ”

Thinking of this, Adam once again slashed the demon with his sword, and looked at Nora with a clear gaze again.

Nora was really shocked this time, as if she had seen the ninth wonder of the world, closed the manuscript, and was impatient Jack dragging her time, so she spoke directly to help.

"Jack, I took a brief look, this master of mysteries is definitely a superb work, Random House deserves to be published, you don't want to bully Adam. ”

"Nora, this is the necessary process......"

"I know the process, but what you're struggling with now doesn't fall within the normal process at all, and Adam also said that it's just about the right to distribute books, which is the normal process. ”

Nora stood for Adam: "Adam is willing to take a 6% share ratio, which is already very low, the first edition is not less than 100,000 copies, as for the copyright of film and television, games, etc., Random House can contact on behalf of him, but the decision must be left in Adam's hands, the contact is successful, Adam pays Random House's share ratio of 6% is too low, it can be increased to 30%, this is a win-win situation." ”

"I'm okay with that. ”

Adam nodded with a smile.

As Jack said, only a big company in the industry like Random House can afford to get a high fee for film and television game adaptation.

The previous 6% was just Adam satirizing the other party's book copyright and only giving himself 6%, and he also knew that this was impossible, and it was impossible for the other party to help negotiate the price without a sufficient proportion of the benefits.

The ratio of 30% is just right.

More Adam suffered, less Random House was unwilling, and it was just stuck on the bottom line of both sides.

From this point of view, Nora is worthy of being a senior god and has a wealth of experience.

“......”

Jack's psychological shadow area is already infinitely large, but he offended Nora, who has been making a lot of money for the company, so he can only laugh and say: "Since Nora you have spoken, I generally agree, but is the first edition of 100,000 copies too much?

Nora looked at Adam, who was a professional writer of color novels and had little grasp of the market for fantasy Cthulhu-style novels like Master of Mysteries.

"I don't know how much it costs?"

Adam mused, "I wrote 700,000 words in the first volume. ”

"So much?"

Jack was a little surprised, and then frowned: "Generally, a fantasy novel has a word count of more than 200,000 to 300,000 words, and you have enough words for two copies, and the price can be increased, 50 dollars, but in this way, the first edition must not exceed 10,000 copies, and the risk is too great." ”

50 dollars and 10,000 copies, with 6% of the copyright fee, that is, the income of 30,000 dollars is in hand, which is enough for Adam to live a good life in a short time.

After Adam made a silent calculation in his heart, he nodded and said, "Then the first edition of 10,000 copies." ”

He obviously forgot about the personal income tax, and when he knew that the personal income tax rate could reach up to 39.6%, he would be in a bad situation.

"Linda. ”

"Editor-in-chief?"

Jack pressed the landline, and an office girl came in.

“...... Play two standard contracts. ”

Jack recounted what he had just agreed on and commanded.

"Yes. ”

The office lady should go out, and after a while, she walked in with two contracts.

Jack looked at it and handed it to Adam: "You see, if it's okay, you can sign it." ”

"Can I take it back and see it?"

Adam glanced at it and saw that it was indeed what he had agreed on, but he did not sign it immediately.

Just kidding, this is a deceitful business game, all kinds of trap word games, countless, and he is not a professional lawyer, where can I find out if there is a problem in it.

To be cautious, take it back and find a lawyer to take a look.

"Of course. ”

The corners of Jack's mouth twitched, this young man was too steady.

"Goodbye, Mr. Cerf. ”

"Jack, I'm gone, too. ”

When Adam took his leave, Nora also stood up: "Together?"

"Okay. ”

Adam grinned, not knowing what to say, only nodding and smiling.

People are so helpful and so righteous, he naturally can't refuse.

Outside the Random House Headquarters Building.

"Sit with me?"

Nora invited.

"Nope. ”

Adam politely refused: "There is a welcome party in the evening, besides, aren't you here to see your son?

"My husband?"

Nora laughed at herself, "Ever since my ex-husband got together with the maid and ended up dancing in Las Vegas, I won't have a husband in my life." ”

“......”

Adam was stunned by the amount of information in Nora's words, and shouted in his heart: "People in the American drama world really know how to play!"

But after the shock, it was the regeneration of the demons in his heart, and he said tentatively: "What about you now?"

"I've seen through marriage, it's just two people living together, and it's meaningless. ”

Nora laughs: "Now I'm almost the whole world, enjoying life, writing books, free, meeting the right person in the right place at the right time, then a little pause, but never for anyone longer pause." ”

Adam couldn't help but give a thumbs up, and secretly said in his heart: "Women named Nora are awesome." ”

In his memory, there was also a woman named Nora, who had six boyfriends, two ex-husbands, and a fiancé, and the numbers were being renovated every day.

In contrast, the Nora in front of him gives him a better impression, at least she came out to play in the name of a free body and not someone else's fiancée, and the most important thing is that she looks righteous!

"There's a welcome party at Columbia University in the evening, are you going?"

After determining that the principles were met, Adam initiated the invitation.

Nora was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Okay." ”