Chapter 95: Bet on all your bets
"It's okay, it's a more innovative youth love story, the writing is very smooth and down-to-earth. But can such a book really sell for more than a million?"
The editor-in-chief doesn't know how many books he handles in a year, and his vision is naturally vicious.
Hu Yan smiled awkwardly and spoke again.
"This is different, in fact, it can't be said that Yu Wenfei is a pure newcomer. Soon, all major media and newspapers across the country will report on the New Concept Competition, and as a representative figure of the second competition, he will appear very frequently! It will not be long before he will have a high reputation. We can take advantage of his popularity to bring this book to the market, and take advantage of that limelight, it is estimated that it will sell well. ”
This is quite reasonable, it is very operational, and the editor-in-chief nodded approvingly.
"Yes, you have a good idea, and you're really an old editor. In this way, we will print a million copies of this book for him, and all major channels will be rolled out to promote the budget...... 500,000! This strength should be worthy of his status as the grand prize of the new concept competition, haha. ”
Hu Yan was overjoyed and said: "That's enough! Ordinary famous people publish new books, and this is the treatment! If he is not satisfied, it can only be said that he has too much appetite." ”
Things are going well on Hu Yan's side, but Dong Xiaoxue's side has encountered setbacks.
............
"Are you crazy?!To spend so many resources on such a newcomer's book!Have you ever considered the consequences?!"
The editor-in-chief looked at Dong Xiaoxue in shock, frightened by what she had just said.
"I'm not crazy, editor-in-chief, I'm really optimistic about this book!"
Dong Xiaoxue's eyes were shining, and her tone was extremely resolute.
"No, I can't agree. You must be crazy, this kind of quantity, in the past two years, in the category of novels, is basically the annual sales champion! Even if a few domestic masters publish new books, they may not be able to sell this number, how can he be a newcomer or a high school student!"
Dong Xiaoxue chuckled, "Hehe, if it's really those famous people who publish new books, I don't dare to say two million first prints." But Yu Wenfei is different, he is a high school student, yes, but who dares to say that a book written by a high school student can't be a big seller? Just because he is a high school student, the target audience of this book is also a junior high school girl, and the two fit perfectly. You and I both know how huge the market of middle and high schools is, and you can know it by looking at the sales of supplementary books every year. What I want is to pry open this market through Yu Wenfei, this book!"
The editor-in-chief looked at her in shock, she really didn't expect that Dong Xiaoxue's ambition would be so big.
This is just a novel, how dare you compare the sales with the teaching aids!
"Are you serious? The promotion cost is 2 million, and the first printing of 2 million copies! Press conferences, signings and sales in major cities! If this book doesn't catch fire as you expected, do you know what you're going to face?"
"I know, don't you just have to take responsibility, I'm not afraid! What I Dong Xiaoxue sees, it is impossible to fail! Yu Wenfei's book, I vaguely feel that it is going to drive a new trend of campus literature, this may be a ...... This person is also the kind of new generation writer I've been looking for in the past few years!"
Dong Xiaoxue has been saying in the past few years that domestic youth literature has great potential.
However, a new generation of writers has not yet emerged who are strong enough to act as leading figures.
The qualified candidate in her mind should be the kind of person who is not very old, preferably a junior and senior high school student, the theme of the work is close to the domestic campus life, the style is fresh, and it can be liked by the majority of junior and senior high school girls.
What she wants to create is an idol writer!
Obviously, Yu Wenfei's appearance made her feel that the person she had been waiting for for a long time had finally appeared!
The editor-in-chief shook his head and said helplessly: "Okay, I keep a limited amount of support. You, this time you are a little reckless, you have been working steadily for two or three years, and after I retire, with your performance, who can compete with you for the position of editor-in-chief. It's good now, if you mess up this time, your competitors will probably jump out. ”
Dong Xiaoxue said disdainfully: "The reason why they are not as good as me is that they are too conservative, and when things are not done, they first consider the consequences of failure." However, if you don't do many things and don't dare to fight, you will never succeed. Since I am optimistic about this man, I dare to bet all my bets on him! This is the difference between me and them!"
......
The next morning, according to the agreed time, Yu Wenfei met the two editors again.
"500,000 promotion expenses, all major channels are spread, 1 million first printing! This is the sincerity of our society. ”
Hu Yan said proudly.
This condition, for a newcomer, can be described as very sincere.
As far as he knows, Han Han's signing of a writer's publishing house is just this condition.
Yu Wenfei nodded noncommittally and looked at Dong Xiaoxue.
Dong Xiaoxue smiled, stretched out her hand and pulled her hair, before she spoke: "Two million first seals!"
Hu Yan almost didn't jump, two million first prints?
Is this Yu Wenfei as Jia Pingwa's teacher or Mo Yan's teacher?!
Before his doubts could be spoken, Dong Xiaoxue continued, "Two million promotion fees!"
As soon as Hu Yan was about to speak, he swallowed it again, almost biting his tongue.
It's really crazy!
Two million promotion costs, this is to spend real money on it.
When the publisher hasn't made a penny on this book, it has to take out a huge sum of two million dollars first, and how many books will it have to sell before it can make this money back.
"The new book signing conference, the signing and sales meetings in major cities, as long as it can be conducive to promoting you and the book, we will do it!
Dong Xiaoxue added.
This condition, to be honest, was also beyond Yu Wenfei's expectations.
He said without hesitation: "Thank you Mr. Dong for your love, this book is given to you!"
Hu Yan didn't bother to fight anymore, Dong Xiaoxue's conditions, he couldn't do it at all, and the society wouldn't agree to it.
Shaking his head, he smiled bitterly: "It's crazy, your editor-in-chief really dares to agree to such conditions." It's not that I'm not optimistic about Yu Wenfei, and it's not that I'm not optimistic about this book. But...... No matter how you look at it, it's impossible to sell so much!"
This is a cognitive error, in Hu Yan's eyes, this is a good youth romance novel, with Yu Wenfei's recent hot spot in the public opinion media, it can sell a wave, and it will sell more than one million sales.
Next, whether Yu Wenfei can become popular or not depends on his subsequent topics and new works.
But this book, judging by nonsense, is unlikely to make him popular.
In Dong Xiaoxue's eyes, things are completely different.
This book, in her eyes, is a new trend in campus literature, and it will be a phenomenal book!
Moreover, the sales of this book, she has great ambitions.
I want to wrestle with teaching books.
Like she said, a lot of things, if you don't try it, how can you know that it won't work.