Shen Baoxin's office is in pure Chinese style, and the first thing you see when you walk in is a pure wood red sofa. The size of the room is also large, about 30 square meters, and there is a wooden door behind the quaint desk, and there should be an inner room inside.

Shen Baoxin greeted with a smile: "Xu Sheng, please take a seat, Lao Cha may have to come back later, we can talk casually first, I heard that Xu Sheng came to submit the article for the first time, but we came to Mingbao, but it's a pity that the people under him didn't seize the opportunity!"

Xu Zhidao: "It's nothing, the Ming report is stricter, this is also a normal thing, but the person who rejected me at the beginning won't have any trouble, right?"

In fact, Xu Zhi had almost forgotten that person, although he rejected his manuscript at that time, but it was just a work need, after all, he was a stranger, it was his duty to help you, and it was his duty not to help you.

Empathy, he will not be a good person, but the other party was quite polite to him at the time, and he also explained the rules of Ming Pao well, and also advised himself to find a small newspaper, so Xu Zhi still didn't want the other party to have any trouble because of himself, in some large companies, many things are indiscriminate, Xu Zhi is afraid that Ming Pao is the same.

Shen Baoxin waved his hand and smiled: "No, employees are just doing things as required, which is also a problem we stipulate." ”

Xu Zhi said with a smile: "It's not a problem, and it's impossible for a big newspaper to accept everyone's manuscripts." I stayed at Golden Harvest Daily for a few days, and I also received a lot of messy manuscripts, which seemed to be a real headache. ”

The front desk walked in and handed over the two teas that had been brewed, and Shen Baoxin suddenly said, "Prepare another one, the chairman will come soon." ”

"Okay. The front desk immediately responded, and couldn't help but look at Xu Zhi twice, a little puzzled by what kind of person this young man was, even Kim Yong Yong had to come.

Shen Baoxin blew a few sips, took a sip of strong tea, and said, "I heard that Xu Sheng is making a movie?"

Xu Zhi nodded and said: "Yes, the filming has been completed, it will be released on the 15th of this month, if Director Shen is interested, you can go to the cinema to see it." ”

Shen Baoxin smiled: "Okay, then I'll definitely go and see it, but I still admire Xu Sheng, he has his own career at such a young age." ”

Xu Zhi smiled: "It's just fun, it's not a career, it's a real big career like Ming Bao." ”

Shen Baoxin said: "We also came out step by step, in fact, Xu Sheng is very smart, finding a powerful person to join the joint venture will indeed save countless troubles, when I founded Ming Pao with Lao Cha, I don't know how many difficulties I encountered, and then introduced other shareholders, only to grow up slowly, the more hopeful when I eat alone, I will generally choke to death!"

Xu Zhidao: "Then I'm also lucky, I just don't have any money, that's why I cooperated with Zou Wenhuai." ”

Shen Baoxin smiled: "Many times, luck is also part of strength, without a certain strength, without preparation, even if there is opportunity and luck, I am afraid that there is no life to seize." ”

Xu Zhi didn't say anything more, and said, "Actually, there is one more thing I want to ask Director Shen for help." ”

Shen Baoxin said: "Oh, what's the matter?"

Xu Zhidao: "My movie is about to be released, and I want to buy the front page of Ming Pao for publicity. ”

Shen Baoxin frowned and said, "Do you have to have a homepage?"

Xu Zhidao: "It's better to be the homepage!"

Shen Baoxin shook his head and said: "The front page is the most tense advertising resource of a newspaper, under normal circumstances, a month ago, the newspaper on the front page was already sold, and now it is basically too late." ”

Xu Zhi was already prepared, and asked again, "What about the other positions?"

Shen Baoxin said: "I don't know about this, I'll ask later." ”

After speaking, Shen Baoxin wrote it down in a notebook. This kind of is just a trivial matter, just let the secretary ask.

"Xu Sheng, I don't know how many words there are in Kunlun's book?"

Xu Zhi replied: "It's almost a million points!"

Shen Baoxin smiled: "I heard that Kunlun has been written completely, I don't know if it's true?"

Xu Zhidao: "The information of Ming Pao is really powerful, and there are only a handful of people who know about it." ”

Shen Baoxin said: "Golden Harvest is one of the top companies in the film industry, and Zou Wenhuai's entry into the paper media industry will certainly attract a lot of attention, so although we don't know the content of your cooperation, we can still guess one or two according to some information found." ”

Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang may keep it secret, but there are too many people involved in the establishment of the newspaper, and some things are not classified at all in the eyes of many people, and they may be said after a drink.

Since ancient times, the detection of trade secrets has never been as complicated as it is on television, and the most common trick is to drink alcohol.

Xu Zhidao: "Although the novel is almost written, it may be revised in the later stage, I heard that Cha Sheng has also been overhauling the previous novel, Director Shen should understand what I mean." ”

Shen Baoxin smiled and said: "I understand, there are not many Kunlun novels written in the newspaper now, and today I want to talk about the physical book release of the prequel Iron and Blood Tianjiao." ”

Xu Zhi asked, "The number of words of Iron Blood Tianjiao is a bit small, right?"

A normal physical book, with a word count of about 20-300,000, and Iron Blood Tianjiao only has 130,000 words, which is a bit too little.

Shen Baoxin nodded and said, "Yes, but it doesn't matter, it's good to be a little thinner, it's not a problem." ”

Xu Zhidao: "Then how can we cooperate?"

Shen Baoxin said: "There are two methods, one is that we Mingbao directly pay a sum of money to buy out, and the other is to share, each book, Xu Sheng can share from it." ”

Xu Zhidao: "What are the copyrights?"

Shen Baoxin said: "All copyrights, global. The copyright belongs to us, including translations into foreign languages. Even if it is a sharing agreement, Xu Sheng can get his share of the share, but the copyright still belongs to us. ”

Xu Zhidao: "Ming Pao's appetite is too big!"

Shen Baoxin said: "Xu Sheng may not understand that once we promote a novel, we will promote it in its entirety, if the copyright is not all in our hands, isn't it always making wedding dresses for others?"

Xu Zhi asked: "Then I don't know what the price of the buyout is, and what is the price of the share?"

Shen Baoxin said: "If you buy it out, it will be 300,000 yuan, including the follow-up Kunlun's book." The sharing is more complicated, involving Xiangjiang and overseas sharing, and the sharing is different in each place, and the specific aspects require a lawyer to build a contract. ”

Xu Zhidao: "Kunlun is not over yet, are you willing to spend money to buy copyrights?"

300,000 may not feel like anything in later generations, but this is 77 years, and a thousand-foot mansion in Xiangjiang at this moment is about the same price, and in 2019, the value can break 15 million (depending on the location of the house, conservative estimate).

Shen Baoxin said with a smile: "Zou Wenhuai dares to invest millions of yuan to run a newspaper, can't we afford to pay these hundreds of thousands?"

Xu Zhi asked: "Is this copyright permanent?"

"Yes, it is valid forever, but according to international copyright law, the copyright of an individual's work is within 50 years after a person's death, and according to Xu Sheng's age, it is estimated that Kunlun's copyright should be more than 100 years! Shen Baoxin explained with a smile.

Xu Zhi asked: "Director Shen should know that the current Kunlun serialization speed is not fast, even if the physical book is published, it will definitely have to wait until after the serialization, which is a long time." ”

Shen Baoxin said: "We know this, if the cooperation is successful, we will first launch the iron-blooded Tianjiao, according to the serial speed of Jiahe Daily, there will be 200,000 words of Kunlun in two months, which is also in line with our distribution speed." I wonder if Xu Sheng has thought about whether to choose to share or buy out?"

Xu Zhi asked: "I don't know about the sharing agreement, it doesn't seem to be very certain!"

Shen Baoxin smiled and said: "To put it simply, almost here in Xiangjiang, Xu Sheng can get a royalty of 5 cents for selling a book, and if you are overseas, it will be almost 3 cents! ”

Xu Zhi frowned and said, "That's it?"

Shen Baoxin said with a smile: "This data is already very high, there is more than one book in a set, and the terminal selling price of a book is only two or three yuan, RB and Europe and the United States may have high prices, and in Asia, there is no market for too expensive prices." Gu Long's novels are about the same price, it seems very little, but there are hundreds of millions of Chinese in Southeast Asia alone, and this year, Kim Yong Yong's novels are also very popular in RB Korea after translation, and your Kunlun may not be bad, these people's annual purchases are definitely not low, so even if a copy is only a few cents, the income of tens of thousands of dollars a year can still be guaranteed, of course, it must be really good-looking. ”

With an income of tens of thousands of dollars a year, Xiangjiang in this era is definitely at the gold-collar level, but these are just big pies at present, and it is not up to the publishing house to decide how many books are sold, can you still run to prove it, not to mention overseas sales, even the Hollywood box office can be faked with you, not to mention physical book sales.

The safest way is to get the money in place at one time, maybe Xu Zhi will become famous in the future, Ming Pao will not be too fake, and the income will be higher than the buyout, but at the end of the 70s, Xiangjiang was full of gold, and getting more money early was the king.

Xu Zhidao: "Then I choose to buy out." ”

Shen Baoxin nodded and said, "Okay, but Xu Sheng's novel has not been completely written, even if we buy it out at one time, we will not be able to fully pay the manuscript fee until the book comes out." ”

Xu Zhi refused: "Then if that's the case, what copyright do I sell?" When Kunlun is serialized, it is estimated that Zou Wenhuai will be able to do his own channel, why should I cooperate with you now?"

Shen Baoxin frowned and said: "It's not that we have to wait for the novel to end, we can calculate it according to the number of words, part of the cost of iron-blooded Tianjiao can be given to you now, and you can also get the corresponding income when the first volume of Kunlun can be produced." ”

"No, either you give it to me all at once, or don't talk about this cooperation. Xu Zhi resolutely refused. Not surprisingly, after two months, the income of drunken boxing will be available, even if the box office is not as successful as in history, but it is estimated that I will not care about this book patent at that time.

Shen Baoxin was silent for a moment, and said: "Okay, then let's take a step back, I can give you this money directly, but you must also serialize a novel of no less than Kunlun quality in our Ming Pao, and we will not give you a low manuscript fee." ”