The watermelon on the table was almost eaten by Ye Kai, and Zhou Kaiwen felt that if he didn't talk about business, he would probably be served tea and sent away.

So he hurriedly asked: "Does the foreign publishing house seem to have no Chinese copyright for Harry Potter?" Or do they still not look at this place in China and keep it for future development?"

In fact, he already knew that the copyright must still be in Ye Kai's hands.

Ye Kai is a writer who debuted in China, and most of the readership is in China, if Cambridge University Press has full copyright, it will definitely translate the Chinese version as soon as possible.

But they didn't, and the reason can only be that the Chinese copyright is still in Ye Kai's hands.

"Who dares to say that I can't look down on Huaxia now? Brother Zhou, don't worry, the copyright of Asia is in my hands, looking at the situation of this book, it is estimated that there are many people in the island country of South Korea who want to read it. ”

"Haha, we don't know about the rest of the country in Asia, but in China, we can guarantee that we will sell more than the first two books, and we have already bought the English version, which is really good. ”

Kevin Chow said some Harry Potter plots to prove that he had really seen it.

Most of the elite groups in the city, even if they have graduated from a junior college, can go to the management of a company, and they must be more or less able to speak English.

In the cultural industry of publishing houses, there are many highly educated people, and at most they feel unaccustomed to reading original English books, so that they will not be unable to understand them.

Ye Kai said with a smile: "Thank you for the compliment." ”

"Then the Chinese version of Harry Potter, do you think about us first?" Zhou Kaiwen said in a deep voice, "Of course, my brother's current status is definitely not the royalty before it, we increase it by five percent, and the royalty is seventeen percent, how about it?"

The royalties of Xianjian and Langya Bang are 12%, but after the best-selling of these two books, Ye Kai is now one of the few great writers in China.

Not to mention the popularity of Harry Potter in the UK, not to mention that it will be popular all over the world in the future, but at least it will be a big IP known to the whole world, and it is not a big problem to become an international writer.

In the author's industry, Ye Kai has not been in the industry for a long time, but his achievements are quite amazing.

It is impossible to sign Ye Kai with 12% of the royalty, so Zhou Kaiwen personally brought over a new contract, and if it goes well, they want to sign Ye Kai directly.

They had this idea before but failed, Ye Kai only signed the book, but what if?

"Seventeen, it's about what I expected, yes, but I haven't finished translating it yet, and I'll send you the book in two days. ”

He also wanted to raise his domestic royalties to seventeen before, not because he didn't want to get a number like nineteen or twenty, but Ye Kaizhen couldn't get it.

Every time he raises a point, he can earn two or three million more for Ye Kai.

This is a huge loss for any publisher, and sometimes they don't even make that much money for a single book.

Ye Kai thought about it for a long time before setting the number 17, but he didn't expect Zhou Kaiwen to directly break out 17, it stands to reason that Ye Kai may be able to add one or two more points if he talks to them more.

But Ye Kai is too lazy to ask for it, so it's okay to let them earn more, as long as they invest a little more in publicity.

"No, no, no, brother, you misunderstood, not only this one is to give you 17 royalties, we want to sign up for all your books for the next five years, and we will give 17 for all books. ”

Ye Kai sighed, shrugged his shoulders and said, "You know I won't agree. ”

I can struggle to become what I am now in one year, and in two years, Ye Kai doesn't know what he can write, how can he sign a long-term contract now.

Ye Kai got up and poured a glass of water for Zhou Kaiwen, and Zhou Kaiwen hurriedly thanked him and took it.

After sitting down, Ye Kai continued: "I said when I was in the publishing house that I only signed the contract for the book, didn't I? ”

"That's a pity, now there are very few people in China who can get 17 royalties. Zhou Kaiwen paused for a moment, wanting to see what Ye Kai had to say, but Ye Kai kept smiling and didn't mean to speak.

Zhou Kaiwen only continued to say: "If it is a book, we are also willing to give the top royalty in the industry, 15 percent." ”

"Not enough. ”

Ye Kai said two words lightly.

He is no longer a newcomer who just wrote a book a year ago, three books, one better than the other, one more famous than the other, and now the new book is the first in the UK, and the experience of which many authors can never complete in a lifetime.

In the UK, Ye Kai is a newcomer, and he is willing to take only 8% of the royalties on the basis of his Asian copyright.

But in China, Ye Kai is not a newcomer now.

Zhou Kaiwen calmly explained: "Fifteen percent is definitely the royalty that can only be obtained by top writers in China, and then there are some seniors who debuted more than ten years ago." ”

"I thought writers were talking about their grades. ”

"Their work appears on TV every year, and every few years there is a new version of the adaptation, and the value of the work is much higher than that of your book. ”

Ye Kai smiled dumbly.

He is really not good at words, and he can't think of words to fight with others for a little bit or two of royalties.

To be honest, he is not in it for money, he knows from Langya Bang Ye Kai, no matter how well it sells, it is estimated that the royalty within ten years will be three or four million, not more than five million.

Adaptations are the most lucrative part of a writer.

He wants high royalties, just to get to the position he should be in, and now he still gets 15 percent, what is the difference between that and some young writers in China?

Ye Kaixin made a friend, a film actor who had just met recently, the Dutch brother.

Others are the same age as themselves, although Ye Kai is slightly ahead in appearance, but there are too many differences between Ye Kai in his career, how can he make friends if he goes on like this?

Brother Holland invited himself to the party he held, and when the time came, a group of big coffees, what was Ye Kai's identity in the past?

So if it was just before, if you meet Ye Kai who wants to work hard now, without a seventeen percent royalty, Ye Kai will not agree to sell the Chinese copyright of Harry Potter at all.

Ye Kai said directly: "Then there is really no way, seventeen percent is my bottom line." ”

"The royalties are so high that we can't ...... them"

"I have always felt that writers should speak with their works, not their qualifications, and I asked my friends, and there are many people in China who now have royalties of more than 15 percent. ”

"A lot of them are long-term contracts. Zhou Kaiwen said, "They are all signed publishing houses, if you are willing to sign with our publishing house, the royalties can be talked about again." ”

"I'm not going to sign a long-term contract. Ye Kai said.

"How many books did those writers who signed long-term contracts and whose royalties exceeded my sell last year?" Ye Kai shook his head and blew off the foam in the teacup, the tea was still very hot.

Putting down the teacup, Ye Kai continued: "In the whole of China, in the past fifty years, can anyone be on the Times best-selling list of books? ”