Dongyang City, Wenbi District, Dream Cafe.

This area is not very prosperous, and the Dream Cafe is a good pastime.

Lu Changming and Lin Weixi took a taxi and walked into the café together.

Since it was still morning, there were no customers at the café, and it was all right for a while.

Lu Changming locked on a middle-aged man sitting by the window on the west side, he was about forty years old, with a Mediterranean hairstyle, wearing a suit, and a bit of a salesman.

But the crepe glasses made him look less like a salesman.

Lu Changming and Lin Weixi glanced at each other and walked over tacitly.

As soon as he approached, the man in the suit looked over and stayed for a moment, and Lu Changming's male god value increased by 30 points.

"Hello, are you the editor of the World Tree?" Lu Changming took the initiative to speak.

The man in the suit hurriedly got up, his face was very surprised, and he forcibly put on an enthusiastic look: "Yes, yes, I am Jiang Dong, and you are Mr. Changming?"

Jiang Dong was actually not forcibly enthusiastic, but Lu Changming was too unexpected - such a young and handsome young man, who would have thought that he would be the author of "The Three-Body Problem"?

Strange authors have increased.

"I'm Lu Changming, sit down. Lu Changming gave Jiang Dong a smile and sat down.

Lin Weixi was silent and sat silently on the side.

"Who is this?" Jiang Dong steadied himself and looked at Lin Weixi.

"I'm a long night. Lin Weixi opened his mouth, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he was Wang Bang.

"Long night Weixi?" Jiang Dong was taken aback, "The long night of the science fiction world?"

"Yes, I used to contribute to your society, called "Sea Forest", which was published in the 103rd issue of the "World Tree" weekly. "Lin Weixi is breezy and has an attitude towards everyone.

Jiang Dong was even more surprised: "The Forest of the Sea? That issue was widely praised because of "Forest of the Sea", and our company also invited you to write for our company for a long time. ”

"Hmm. Lin Weixi nodded and looked at Lu Changming: "Lu Changming, you can talk about the contract first." ”

"Yes, yes, let's talk about the contract first. Jiang Dong's eyes changed, and he was a little nervous.

Long Night Weixi inexplicably caused him a trace of pressure, even if the other party was obviously just a little girl.

Strange little girls have also increased.

Thinking about it, Jiang Dong had already taken out the printed contract and put it in front of Lu Changming.

Lu Changming looked at it, and Lin Weixi approached him slightly and looked at it seriously.

Jiang Dong waited quietly, and at the same time admired, the young girl in front of him was really talented and beautiful, it would be a pity not to get married.

Time passed minute by minute, and Lu Changming involuntarily sniffed Lin Weixi's body fragrance while reading the contract.

Lin Weixi also retracted his gaze, lowered his head slightly and pondered, and did not speak immediately.

"Mr. Changming, have you finished reading?" Jiang Dong showed an unnatural smile, and it could be seen that he was a little uneasy, for fear that Lu Changming would not accept the contract.

"The copyright of the physical book is 500,000 yuan, and the income from adaptation and film and television is divided into 55 after deducting third-party fees. Is that so?" Lu Changming summed up the contract.

"Yes. Jiang Dong hurriedly replied, "Now that the publishing industry is in a recession, physical publishing is basically loss-making, everyone is reading books on their mobile phones, and they won't buy physical books at all, and "The Three-Body Problem" has been serialized electronically, and physical books can't be sold, and 500,000 yuan is already a high price." ”

"Go on. Lu Changming did not refute.

Jiang Dong paused and continued to analyze: "As for adaptation and film and television, it is even more difficult to say, comics are still possible, and anime is likely not to work." In terms of film and television, limited by the theme of "The Three-Body Problem", it is difficult for any company to dare to take over, and a special effects problem alone can scare off a large number of companies. ”

Everything Jiang Dong said seemed to be very reasonable, and it was impossible to refute it.

But there are many ways to say that the copyright of a physical book, with the popularity of "The Three-Body Problem", it may be translated into foreign languages and exported to many countries in the future, and all the income at that time will go to the publishing house, because your physical publishing rights have been sold.

This is what the World Tree is considering, they are betting on it, even if the bet is wrong, the electronic sales have already earned back the copyright fees, after all, 400,000 yuan a night, what about a month?

There are even more routines for adaptation and film and television, because it is completely opaque, who can know how much your third-party expenses are? When you say that you spent 100 million yuan on operating expenses, you only earned one dollar in the end, and the author is also a dumb eater.

"May I ask what is the current electronic sales of "The Three-Body Problem"?" Lin Weixi said suddenly, causing Jiang Dong to stiffen.

Lu Changming's eyes lit up, and he didn't wait for a long night, and suddenly grasped the key point of the World Tree.

"This ...... Since it was only put on the shelves yesterday, it is not yet possible to count it. Jiang Dong responded, his eyes wandering.

Lin Weixi frowned: "I asked the altar master of the science fiction world last night, and he said that eight thousand a night, your editor-in-chief is crazy." ”

"Huh?" Jiang Dong's face turned pale, and he took a sip of coffee dryly, "I really don't know about this, the operation department hasn't given the data yet." ”

He said this, but he was shocked in his heart, what is the origin of the girl in front of him?

The owner of the Science Fiction World Forum is a big man, he is at the same level as the editor-in-chief Liu Changqian, and he has no chance to talk to him.

Eight thousand in one night must have been told by the editor-in-chief Liu Changqian to the altar master, and the altar owner told the altar owner again.

"You can call and ask your editor-in-chief, 8,000 subscriptions a night, 400,000 yuan, and now it is estimated that the subscription has exceeded 10,000. Lin Weixi calmly estimated the data, "The popularity of "The Three-Body Problem" is still rising, and I have found that there is even a topic about "The Three-Body Problem" on Weibo, which shows that it has become popular in the science fiction literature circle. ”

"Three years ago, the World Tree serialized "Returning to the Ruins", sold 5,000 copies within 24 hours on the shelves, sold 200,000 copies of the physical book, and the English version entered the top ten sales list of the Amazon Book City, by the way, "Returning to the Ruins" also won the 15th National Science Fiction Literature Hundred Flowers Award and the 2017 Science Fiction Literature Nebula Award nomination. I think "The Three-Body Problem" won't be too bad. ”

Lin Weixi spoke eloquently, word by word, graceful, crisp, and orderly.

Lu Changming sighed secretly in his heart, this literary girl who is a little cold is really amazing.

Jiang Dong began to sweat, he understood that he had planted it, and he didn't want to make too much money from "The Three-Body Problem".

The sales of "Return to the Ruins" are almost half of "The Three-Body Problem", and it has already reached so many amazing achievements, you can imagine how brilliant the future of "The Three-Body Problem" is.

The World Tree is not stupid, they can also make analogies, statistics, and estimates, and they have already spent all their minds on "The Three-Body Problem", thinking that they would make a lot of money by fooling Lu Changming, but they didn't expect to kill a long night halfway.

"Miss Weixi...... I'll talk to the editor-in-chief first, and we'll talk about that another day. Jiang Dong smiled awkwardly and politely, a forty-year-old man, stunned by a teenage girl.

"The physical copyright needs two million or royalty shares, and you can discuss the percentage slowly. Adaptations and film and television copyrights are not sold, but follow-up cooperation can be carried out, everything depends on the sincerity of your company. Lin Weixi gave an ultimatum directly.

Jiang Dong smiled awkwardly and reached out to touch the hot sweat on his forehead.

This woman is so terrifying that she must not stay!