Chapter 57: Terms and Conditions for Discussion (3/3)
"What kind of subject matter will it be?" Hu Da asked tentatively, "Is it a modern man going back to the past, or is there another golden finger?"
Yang Yi shook his head: "Neither, the subject matter is very traditional, write a story of an ordinary regiment leader!"
Hu Da was a little disappointed, but he felt relieved.
Judging from the previous "Soldier Assault", Yang Yi is more familiar with the writing method of traditional themes, if Yang Yi is asked to write online articles, he may not be able to write the same excellent story!
In addition, the reason why he attaches so much importance to Yang Yi is also because Yang Yi can write excellent military literature on traditional themes! Military writers of the online literature type read a lot of Chinese online, and there is no shortage of excellent people!
But only Yang Yi can help read the Chinese network to win over more netizens from the iron blood network!
Hu Da smiled half complimentarily and half seriously: "I believe that Yang Yi's writing will definitely be wonderful!"
Yang Yi smiled faintly, he didn't respond, but after a while, he brought up the two cups of coffee that had been brewed: "Mandheling, you have a good mouth, I just roasted a batch of green beans the day before yesterday, and I brewed it to drink it in the past few days, and it tastes the best!"
In this world, of course, this kind of coffee beans is not called Mandheling, but Yang Yi still likes this name, he was at the supplier, looking for most of the day before finding two cans of Sumatran Mandheling in the old goods, it seems that the people of this world did not treat it as a treasure, but let Yang Yi take it back at a low price.
When he brought it back the day before yesterday, Yang Yi was still rare to indulge in the remains, and pulled Xixi to dance, as if he had picked up gold!
You know, before the Blue Mountain coffee came out in the previous life, Mandheling was the best in coffee! But in this world, Blue Mountain coffee is very famous, but Mandheling has become a low-end product that few people care about - because its beans are ugly!
However, Yang Yi knows that the more unsightly Sumatran Mandheling coffee beans are, the better, more mellow, and smoother they taste!
However, Yang Yi seems to have used Mandheling to entertain these two a bit of a tyrannical thing!
"It's a little bitter!" Qiangzi took a sip and said with a frown, "Can I add some sugar?"
Yang Yi wordlessly handed over the sugar jar.
Hu Da next to him also looked at it with a blank eye, and he said, "Give it to me after adding it, and I want a little too." ”
Yang Yi's heart was dripping blood, and he remembered the conversation just now.
"Do you all drink coffee?"
"Drink, we usually drink it at work. ”
That's why Yang Yi wanted to take out Mandheling and share it with them......
Made, if I had known, I would have asked again: "Do you usually drink instant coffee?"
The answer is now obvious......
It was too late to regret it, so Yang Yi didn't take it to heart anymore and continued to talk about the previous topic.
He didn't bother to go around with Hu Da, and asked directly: "Qiangzi told me before, you want me to continue to publish the new book on the first reading, then, what are the conditions you can give?"
Hu Da's heart sank, knowing that it was not easy to do!
Most of the authors above are otaku, and when they negotiate contracts with websites, they generally don't know how to fight for better benefits for themselves.
Of course, Qiyue also has its own strength and toughness to say no to the author who made the request.
Only a few authors who have been famous for a long time are familiar with some unspoken rules in the online literature industry, and can also get in touch with some competitors of Qiyue, so they have the ability to make Qiyue regress.
But Yang Yi is a rookie writer, and before Hu Da came, he felt that he had a great grasp of convincing Yang Yi without much effort!
However, it doesn't look the same now!
First of all, Yang Yi is not an otaku writer, he doesn't look young, and he has such a big daughter, no matter what ideals Hu Da talks about, he can't fool Yang Yi.
Secondly, Yang Yi has his own business, and if you look at this coffee shop, you can see that this man should not be bad for money! Then, if his own conditions are small, people will disdain to take care of them......
Even if Yang Yi doesn't write novels, he shouldn't starve to death! So, why do people have to publish books on your website?
But Hu Da still didn't give up, he smiled: "But the user coverage of Qiyue is the widest, and the promotion effect we can give you is also the best!
"However, readers don't seem to like my book very much. There was no change in mood on Yang Yi's face.
"This, their concept will change!" Hu Da said embarrassedly, "After all, the majority of readers who like you." ”
"A lot of readers feel that I should go to Iron Blood, where I will have a better development. Yang Yi said.
Of course, Yang Yi will not choose to go to the Iron and Blood Network, he doesn't want to write military novels all his life. Military novels are just a stepping stone for him to cover himself, and Yang Yi didn't like military novels in his previous life, except for these two, the others don't seem to meet Yang Yi's standards.
Yang Yi plans to transform after writing the next "Bright Sword"! Therefore, this very comprehensive platform is more suitable for his development.
In desperation, Hu Da had no choice but to talk to Yang Yi about the conditions, and the two started talking about the sales share of the work, and the strong son, who was not good at talking, had no chance to interject.
Yang Yi wants to increase the sales share, but this is very difficult, starting from the fifty and a half percent of the share given by Hu Da, almost every percentage must be compared.
"It's really impossible to get 70 percent! Our website still has to pay 10 percent of the profit to the copyright society!" Hu said with a huff, "And we will give you a half-year bonus and a year-end bonus, so you can't let the website skip meals, right?"
Online literature is an emerging industry, and it is much more difficult to maintain copyright, so the commission charged by the copyright society will also be relatively higher.
In the end, Yang Yi accepted Hu Da's final plan of 60% sales profit sharing and 70% reward profit sharing (the amount of the reward will not be taken by the copyright society), but Hu Da was also forced to accept Yang Yi's condition.
"I have the right to veto all my works, including "Soldier Assault", as well as all future works, physical publishing, film and television copyrights and other copyrights, and the website's profit share in the copyright of these non-electronic publications has been reduced to 5%! You can provide opinions or channels, but the decision is up to me!" Yang Yi said, "This must be written in the contract!"
Hu Da spent a lot of energy in the previous negotiations with Yang Yi, and now he thought about it a little and didn't see any loopholes, after all, there are really few film and television adaptations of online novels at present, otherwise, their previous profit sharing would not be so low, and now Yang Yi's proposal of five percent profit sharing is not unacceptable.
In terms of physical publishing, this is a big deal, and many online novel entities are also selling very well.
But Yang Yi only has a few books, and Hu Da feels that it is not painful to divide them into less. And as long as the website still has the right to share profits, what does it matter which publishing house it hands on?
Besides, Hu Da came this time, the main purpose was to keep Yang Yi in the starting reading, and wanted to use Yang Yi's works to fight with the Iron and Blood Network and compete for the readers of the Iron and Blood Network......
Now that these purposes can be satisfied, Hu Dadu feels that these seemingly inconsequential copyright issues can be compromised.
"Then I wish us a happy cooperation!" Seeing Yang Yi sign the revised electronic contract, Hu Da smiled, and he stretched out his right hand to Yang Yi.
Yang Yi squinted his eyes, held the other party's hand tightly, and said quietly: "Happy cooperation!"
In fact, Yang Yi's heart is happy, he thinks that these two cups of Mandheling, please don't lose anything, don't lose at all!