Scholastic Press, inside the office of the royalty settlement.

Roy looked at Wang Yan who was sitting opposite, his face was gloomy and terrifying.

Who would have thought that after this young Asian American relied on an accident to become popular with a book "I Am an Archmage", he would be able to write a high-quality fantasy masterpiece "Arcane Throne"?

The most critical problem is that even through the book reviewers, the popularity of that novel has not been suppressed.

Nowadays, in front of the senior management of the publishing house, some people are soliciting him to offer excellent conditions.

It is conceivable what kind of image he is now in the eyes of the senior management of the publishing house.

And Wang gradually didn't pay much attention to Roy at the moment.

All he had in mind was a 20% royalty and the highest guaranteed royalty.

I have to admit that the bald head named Bezos has very attractive conditions.

You can break away from the publishing house and publish the book through the website...

Is this reliable?

Wang gradually thought about it, and decided to discuss it with his copyright agent, Tom, after leaving here.

With the financial staff of the publishing house, he handed over a table of sales statistics of "I Am an Archmage".

The royalties for this issue of "I Am an Archmage" have been settled.

Wang gradually took the sales statistics and cash checks and looked at them.

The second edition of "I Am the Archmage" sold 30,000 copies.

$10 per copy, 7% royalty.

Total profit, $21,000.

Wang gradually frowned a little dissatisfied.

After deducting its own 7% royalty share, Scholastic made $279,000 from the second edition of "I Am the Archmage" alone.

Even after deducting the cost of books, the profit is more than 10 times that of yourself.

The most critical problem is that the other party has done nothing other than printing and shipping to the bookstore.

Roy watched as Wang gradually picked up the check and prepared to leave.

I'm thinking about opening, ready to mend the relationship with the other party.

Unexpectedly, the editor-in-chief of the publishing house pushed the door and walked in, then ignored himself and walked directly to Wang Yan's side.

"Mr. Wang," the middle-aged white man with not very thick hair said to Wang Yan, "I think we had a good time working together in the early days of 'I Am an Archmage'. ”

"As for the misunderstanding that arose later, it should be that the editor in charge is not doing well. We will make a change to their position as soon as possible, and we hope that you will not be suspicious of Scholastic's desire for good works. ”

"We are looking forward to your next book, as well as our collaboration with Scholastic Publishing. ”

Roy's face turned pale at first, and then he became furious.

I still remember that when I reported to the editor-in-chief that the royalty of the second edition of "I Am an Archmage" was reduced to 7%, the other party praised himself as an excellent editor.

But when Wang gradually wrote another best-selling book, he was used as a scapegoat to appease the anger that this Asian kid might have?

Wang gradually just chatted casually with the editor-in-chief, saying that he would definitely consider Scholastic Publishing House for his next book, and thinking about the interest-sharing relationship between the author and the publishing house.

It wasn't until he walked out of the publishing house building that he just realized that the one who was going to be reassigned was Roy who threatened him.

Wang gradually thought for a moment, smiled and shook his head.

Probably because he has been in New York for a long time, he doesn't care much about personal grievances now.

And what I care more about is how to get more benefits through the books in my mind.

He turned to Tom and asked Tom to investigate Amazon's current situation.

Suddenly, a flash light came on.

Then several journalists rushed out.

"Excuse me, as an author, how do you evaluate that I Am an Archmage was almost graded PG-13, and that Arcane Throne became the first "Recommended Book for American High School Students" this year?"

"There are several Nobel laureates in physics, when refuting the "uselessness of reading", recommended your "Arcane Throne" to everyone, what do you think?"

"It is said that Horace Mann Middle School and Columbia Preparatory School have plans to invite you to give a lecture, do you accept it?"

Wang gradually looked at the camera and microphone in front of him, and did not react for a while.

I'm just a copyist.

Reporters chase and block best-selling authors, isn't that Hemingway's treatment?

Don't be so exaggerated.

"Sorry, I haven't gotten that yet. Wang gradually replied: "I can only say that "Arcane Throne" is a novel that I am very satisfied with, thank you." ”

With that, he got into Tom's car.

"What's going on?" Wang gradually looked at Tom and asked, "Why are there reporters again?"

Tom shook his head and said, "I don't know. However, it should be the role of that "Ivy League recommended book". ”

"After all, that recommendation is generally only recommended for famous books. And your "Arcane Throne" should be the first novel to be recommended before it is finished, because it just tickles them. ”

Wang gradually thought about it, and couldn't find any other possibilities for the time being, so he smiled and said, "This will increase the sales of "Arcane Divine Seat", right?"

"Of course. Tom is much more excited than Wang, "You know, American students will semi-force to read some "recommended books for middle school students" in reading classes. ”

"If your Arcane Throne can continue to be of a high standard, maybe it will become a masterpiece of fantasy literature like The Lord of the Rings. ”

"After all, it's so much to the appetite of scholars, haha. ”

Wang gradually thought about the content behind the "Arcane Throne", and couldn't help laughing on his face.

The periodic table of chemical elements, Schrödinger's cat, E=mc^2, middle school students in the United States, are you ready?

Just in Wang Yan's imagination, the two returned to the apartment.

And they were greeted by Jack Dorsey's big face with extremely obvious dark circles.

"You see, after the website was revamped like this, the click-through rate has increased a lot. Dorsey dragged Wang gradually to the computer.

He pointed to the computer screen and said, "After this revision, the website has become an online bookstore." ”

"Online bookstore?" Wang gradually thought of Bezos, and asked, "Like Amazon?"

"Nope. Jack Dorsey shook his head and said, "Are they using the Internet as a medium, or are they selling physical books?" ”

"We, on the other hand, are going straight to digitizing books. He proudly said, "We don't need to print and ship anymore. We just need the content, we just need the network!"

Wang gradually picked up the mouse and clicked to enter his website.

When entering the homepage of the website, rows of book names appear neatly.

And these books are not distributed or divided by the publishing house.

He clicked through the books as he listened to Dorsey's whispering in his ears.

"Now, we just need better servers, more bandwidth. Take a look at our website, and then look at that Amazon. ”

"We have more hits than they do. ”

Wang gradually nodded, and casually clicked on a work called "I Really Am the Archmage".

After looking at it for a while, he almost vomited blood.

The only difference between this book and "I Am an Archmage" is that I don't eat tacos and eat donuts instead.

The most critical question is that the message under this work is: good-looking, really good-looking.

Hurry up and keep writing!

...

Wang gradually looked at the computer, looked at Dorsey, and then looked at the royalty check for "I Am the Archmage" in his hand.

For a moment, I didn't know what to say.